Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-07-05
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1T is reported that Gov. Hamilton, Of
Texas, will take the stump against the policy
Of the President.
-Ex-Secretary Of the Interior, John P.
Usher, is 10 Washington, and declares him.
self in favor Of the policy Of Congress.
Secretary Stanton has been confined to
his house in Washington for the past three
or four days by severe illness.
There have been six fatal cases of chol-
era at Elizabeth. ~ j., but, under the &C
tive measures taken by the Board of Health,
the disease appears to have spent itself.
-Miss Evans, the suihoress of "Beulah"
and other noted works Of fiction, has pur-
chased marble msusoleum for the Confed-
crate dead at Mobile.
"A. T. Stewards income last year was
81, 7S0, 900. ....s
john Bright writes out the prominent
heads Of bis speeches on card, aud devcl-
ops them extotnporaheousy.
Belle Boyd recently made her debut at
Manchester, England, 10 the Lady OF
Lyons, abd failed. -. ea.. ....
The irrepressible Gebrge Francis Train
is in Washington, in the interest Of Maxi.
milan.
1t is reported that Gen. Sickles is likely
to receive the nomination for naval officer at
the port of New York. IF nominated it is
stated that he will undoubtedly be confirm
ed.
Edgar Ketchum, the fashionable New
York forger, is petted at Sing Sing. He
does not take bis meals with bis fellow pris
oners, but sits at the same table with certain
of the officials.
Hon. Francis Thomas, of Maryland, is
the patriarch of the House Of Representa-
TVS His district is the most loyal and
progressive in the State. for, though the
compeer of the statesmen of nearly quar-
ter of century ago, he is as progressive as
the youngest member.
-Representative E B. Washburne, of
Illinois, was taken suddenly i'll with conges-
ton of the liver during the proceedings of
the House on the 25th ult. He tainted
away, and was taken to the residence of
Gen. Grant, where he now lies dangerously
i'll.
Gen. Fisk recently sent Corporal and
a squad of troops to jackson County, Tena.
to liberate colored boy, about l6 years old,
whom white man persists in holding in
slavery. This man maintains that since the
abolition of the Freedmen's Courts slavery
has been restored in Tennessee.
Anna Z. Dickinson has fulfilled her
lecturing engagements for the season, and
is now at her home in Philadelphia. She
has, since the opening of the lecture season,
given enc hundred and 6fty-three lectures,
and travelled nineteen thousand miles. She
will spend the summer at Rye Beach.
A party of Hungarians have secured a
large tract Of land near Egg Harbor City
N. j., which they design to clear up anG
devote to the culture Of grapes.
"A travelling correspondent of New
York paper says Beaufort, S. c., is nearl,
Yankeeised, one half of the present resi-
dents hailing from Massachusetts, and othe
New England States.
Within the past week large numbers o
Southorners have passed through Cincin
natl for various watering places. 1t is an
nounced that never We're these sylvan re
treats SO crowded as at present.
4 MIR. and Mrs. JEFF. Davis and their fam
ily are now living very comfortably ant
pleasantly at Fortress Monroe. Their nu
merous friends furnish them with ali the
various luxuries OF the season, and the Gev
ernment is stinting nothing to make thsil
4 residence at the seaside during the summer
season as agreeable as possible. .ft
AT the late picnic OF the St. Louis Agri
4 cultural Association Gen. Grant was among
| the guests, and enjoyed himself without re
straint, driving pair Of horses severa
times around the ring, and bantering Ex
Mayor Howe, who is an old friend of his
for foot race. 70
The Democratic candidate for Governor
of Maine, Mr.. James K. Kelley, declares
that he is in favor of making National pay
ment for ell the slaves emsnCipated. Bre
vet Major Gen. Chamberlain, the UnioI
candidate for Governor, is known by hi
military record, which is honorable both t
himself and the State. He entered tn
service in 1892 as Leutenant-C Colonel.
I 1-Uuder the amendment affecting repre-
sentation, the number Of Southern repre-
sentatives will decline from rs to so, reckon
ing frem the census of 1860. The numbe
of colored males over 81 years of age, to b
excluded from the basis of representation
more than 100000. The voting populatio
| of the South in 1860 was something NOR
than one million and third. In two States
Mississippi and South Carolina, the black
of proper age outnumber the white voter
by about $4,000. sV'rslla 1j eait 7as
Secretary Stanton has so far rrcovere
from his recent illness as to be able to retur
to the War Department and resume b
duties.
DIR. Nelaton, the physician who g,
tracted the ball from Garibaldi's foot, hi
declared that he has great doubts of Gar
baldi's fitness for going through campaigl
or, indeed, undergoing any great fatigue.
4 Victor Hugo has lost $4,000 by th
London panic. a''
Cyrus W. Field has made SO voyage
across the ocean on the Atlantic Telegrap
business. & gsBul sid aT
d Wolves and bears are unusually plen
this season in the Adirondacks, and nun
bers Of these snimals have boldly penetr
ted to the settlements in the middle pertiC
Of Warren and tEssex Counties. Sever
sheep, o few weeks since, were killed
broad daylight in farm yard near Potter
vile, and two wolves aud bear were !
: GENTLY taken in a trap in the village
Minerva, some twenty five miles from Cal
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