Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-05-31
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS.

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Gov. BnowNLow is not at all pleased
with the current reports concerning affairs
IN Fast tennessee. He writes from Green
vile to the Nashville Ppess that tho people
throughout East Tennessee, with the ex.
ception ofa few localities, are quiet and |
peaceable. In some csses, DISCHARGED Union
soldiers have been killed BY bushwhackers,
who are believed to be returned rebel sol.
diers. Lying reports Of the persecution of
former rebels oy Union men have been sent
to Washington, and persons have been sent
ny the Government to ascertain the facts -
Among these commissioners il General
Granger. The Governor says nine. tentbs
of the people are for the Franchise law, and
will see that it is carried out.
The cholera is increasing at Liverpool.
IL appears to have spread from the infected
steamer Helvetia to the land. Three more
emigrants and the surgeon Of the steamer
have died. while there are FIVE p~atients in
the work house on shore. These facts should
admenish the authorities of all our cities
net to relax their vigilance In enforcing
sanitary restrictions. z
AN expedition is now forming at st.
Joseph, Mo, to go to the gold mines of
Arizona aud Sonora. and will start from
that city about the 10th of June. The
Company will DO under the command OF Col.
Kinney. late ofthe United States army, and
be under strict discipline. Each one will
be armed with Spencer's rife and Colts
navies. ty. f-r' Y.. ..,w .ll4 ly
Tar most destructive fire ever in the oil
regions occurred at Oil City on the 26th inst.
The whole east side of the creek, .eompris.
ing half the business portion of the city, is
in ashes, consisting Of rs stores, 8 hotels,
40 dwellings, one church and seminary
Loss $1,000, 900; insured 500, 900.
Mrs. JEFF. DAVIS had 40 interview with
the President on Saturday, 10 reference to
the removal Of her husband from Fortress
Monroe to some fortress further North
The President did not posirively promise to
grant her request, yet Mrs. Davis has hopes
that he will. ..
In a second telegraphic contest, Mr..
Kettles, of Fall River, Mass, has again
been sdjudged champion t~elegrapber of
New England and New York. The Fall
River Monitor considers him the most rapid
and correct operator in this country. if not
in the world.
ONE of the best counterfeits that has
made it appearance for some time, is a
twenty. dollar note on the First National
Bank Of Portland, Conn. The engraving is
excellent, but somewhat different in design
from the genuine. The paper is p6ther
greasy. q t..' 81. .l 4
The Government is in possession Of evi-
dence going to show that a number of Freed.
men have been kidnapped from Georgia
and struggled off to Turks Island, to. do
forced work in the salt mines, or transferred
to agents engaged in the Cuban slave trade.
IT is announced that a National Tobacco
Fair il to be held at Louisville. Kentucky,
on May 2Sth and 10Th, and that representa-.
tives will attend from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois. Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, and several other States
A PRIVATE latter from an old and promi
nent Union citizen of Richmond received a
Washington says: "A fixed determination
seems to exist on the part Of the traitors to
drive all Union business men out Of thi:
city, but | pray. God they may not succeed.
In Monomoy Bay. Mass. three fishermen
have taken in their nets, npon an svers9c,
1000 mackerel per day, for two or three
weeks. The fish are hacked in ice and SEM
to Boston and New York, but mostly te
Chicago.
A CATHOLIC priest created sensation il
q street railroad car in St. Louis on FRIDAY
night, by knocking down and beating a fel
low passenger, whose blasphemous anG
obscene language shocked his morality.
TIE American Sharpshpoters' Society viii
hold a festival in Chicago from the 18th t.
the 18th OF June next. Competitors viii
appear from all parts of the United States
and from several places In Europe.
A LARGE party representing the business
men of Mobile and other Southern cities ar.
visiting St. Louis. Chicago and other west
ern cities with a views Of establishing amicablt
relations between the sections.
ON the 2Ist, Mayer Park Of Memphi.
sent a challenge to one of the editors ofthe
Argus. The invitation to fight was declined
and the Mayor published q card denouncinf
the Argus man as a coward. 10
The foreign news grows more exciting e,
every arrival. Movements Of troops ar,
any moment, The arrival Of every steamer
is waited for with interest. .falHi'
u CONGRESS seems to be determined tina,
the negroes shall not be hustled of the Sea
Islands BY returning Rebels. after bein,
placed there by Gen. Sherman, Blessed b.
Congress F'ilv1s-GHb irIs-g adf gI
Two HUNDRED sacks Of corn. branded
Peace" arrived at Memphis, Tenn, the
other day, for the destitute Of Alabama. =
II was hauled by the drsymsn free Of
charge:
SEMMEs has arrived in Washington, and
wants q pardon badly. As he gives bis as
sent to the Presidents policy there seem.
no good reason why be shouldn't have one.
The friends Of Mr.. William Lloyd Carl
son propose raising a fund Of $50. 900, to be
presented to him in token of their apprecia.
ton Of his labors in the anti. Slavery cause.
TIE West Virginia election returns come
in quite slowly, but indications are that the
amendment to the State Constitution dis.
franchising Rebels has been ratified.
In Baltimore, Judge Giles has denied a
petition for an injunction against a Street
Railroad for refusing to allow celored people
to ride 10 their cars. = an
Faom January last to the time Of the