Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-12-20
POLITICAL.

The New York Herald says Ben Wood,
State Senator, on Wednesday night, won,
OF Hon. j ohm Morrissey, one hundred and
forty thonsand dollars At faro. 2 81 \iSi y !
The appointment Of Gen. Dix as Min
ister 70 France has been confirmed by the
Senate. VSH 4 y i
-Semmes, the buccaneer, delivered a
lecture at Galveston, Texas, on the 4th inst,
in which he defended the Alabama, com.
pairing her to Paul Jones' ship during the |
war Of the Revolution. -----.-'.-
-Florids is added to the States which |
prefer representation to acceptance of the !
terms of Congress. The House has unani-
mously rejected the Constitutional Amend.
ment. 'l, - 2 .... 'r ..ey |
-Ex Gov. Holden, Of North Carolins,
frankly admits the failure Of Johnson's
Provisional governments in the late rebel
States He says emphatically that "sll
hope that existing organizations, will COZ
cur in measures necessary to restore the
Southern States toths Union, 10 at an end. y
For some time past there has been a
discussion of 4 theory that life is greatly
prolonged by sleeping with the head to the
North. This theory, according to the Gold
Hill Il Nevada) News, finds confirmation in
the strange fact that the most OF those
American politicians, who, for years past
have hadtheir heads TO the South, are now
quite dead.
The policy Of ''univeral amnesty and
universal suffrage" is not meeting with
much favor, especially among Union men in
the late slave States. The Missouri radical
papers are almost upanimous in their con-
demnation of it, and protest against the
election of United States Senator who is
not uualterably opposed TO it. In NewYork
it very suddenly destroyed Horace Greeley's
chances for the Senate.
Col. j. w, Forney has written letter
TO the Hon. Wilmer WoFthington, of Penn.
sylvania, in which he asks withdrawal of
his name should it be presented in the
Union caucus as candidate for United
States Senator. With no disposition to un-
derrate others, he is free to say he thinks
the election of Hon. Thad. Stevens as the
successor of Mr.. Cowan would promote
lasting harmony ia their household, and
would Enthusiastically secure to the United
States and the nation champion of those
great principles of matchless experience, in
tegrity and courage.
Mrs Jefferson Davis has returned to
Canada.
Assistant Secretary Fox has arrived at
New York in the steamship Cuba.
The statement in the New York Her
aid that Gen. Dix had been confirmed rs
minister to France is contradicted.
Secretary Stanton has presented tho
colored Episcopalians Of Washington with
brick to build church. The value of the
, gift is over $4,000.
1t appears to be generally conceded
that Hon. B. +. Wade will be elected
President of the Senate, If he should be,
every rebel in the land would pray that
Andrew johnson may live out his term.
!, Anew York Times W ashington special
says that Gen. Sheridan telegraphs Gener
al Grant that Gen. Sedgwick' act has given
; rise to no complications. Escobede did moi
wish Sedgwick to be held responsible. II
is said there is not city or State in Mexico
that takes issue with the JuareE Govern
ment N ,t.
The wife oe Senator Fowler, of Tennes
see, died at Washington on Friday night
r "A dispatch from Washington state
that the Western members Of Congress gen
orally are opposed to the present rate o
: contraction. and that the rate will pr0babl!
be fixed at forty millions per month.
"A Canada paper says that Surratt ha
always maintained that his plan was to car
] ry of Lincoln to Richmond, and hold hin
as hostage for Southern prisoners, AND
that Davis knew nothing Of Booths inten
ton to commit murder, &c.
!. The Rouud Table makes this goot
9 point: THE rebels, just when their caus
!, was caving in, proposed to arm the negroes
the Democrats now that they are in th
IS very death struggle, propose to give the ne
n rebels, and he will not save the Democrat
e party"
q The South Carolina House Of Repre-
o sentatives has indefinitely postponed tn
resolutions expressing sympathy with Davis
i. The Legislature has adopted resolutions az
}. oepting the Agricultural College grant, an
\. appropriating it to the State University
,r Committees on the Constitutional Amend
,r ment and National Convention repoI
against the latter, thinking South Carolina
opinion wsuld accomplish. no good, aud sue
=, :. course would -ba usdigaifed. -.
Ie Col, Ordway. Sergeant.at- Arms Of th
a House of Representatives., left Washingto
Monday for Pennsylvania, to demand tn
release Of the Hon. Chas. Vernon Culver
le member of the present Congress from VeI
'i ango County, Pennsylvania, now held in ja
at Franklin, Pa. IS.Yr9R
= The Senate and House Post, Office Con
:. " mittees have now before them the propos
;" -,iens respectively submitted to each body
Inquire into the expediency OF reporting
N bill tor the construction efa line of telegrap
ht between Washington and Now York, on
n sueh other points as may be deemed prop,
8, to be under the control aud management
the Postmaster General, subject to post
i regulations. Both Committees are unds
" stood to be favorable to this project. The
.; are . large snumbsr of members Of bot
~ ~ Houses who also favor it. The reason q
"a "a signed by them ia, that the present rat
III charged by the various telegraph oompani
are exorbitant. The Committees are
IN opinion that the Government can constru
9. the lines aud work them on the postal pri
n. oipls rs per cent cheaper than they are no
y, worked by private enterprise, and at Ii
w w same time derive considerable revenue ther
~ by The Postma General 10 also said
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