Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-08-16
POLITICAL.

msjorities for the Congressional policy, as
follows: Ohio, 10000; Indiana, $4,000 I;
Illinois, 45,0OO Michigan, 1900; Wis
consin, $1,000; Iewa, $4,000; Missouri,
10000; Minnesota, 5000; Kansas, 10000.
Aggregate majority, 100000.
Gen. Logan, in speech q, Chicago last
wednesday night speaking Of Mr. john
sons promise to be the Moses of the freed
men, said this modern Moses missed the
road.
Hon. Joshua Hill, Of Georgia. having
declined the appointment of Collector Of
Customs at Savannah, the President has of.
fered the position to Hos. james johnson,
late Provisional Governor, and he has 40.
ccpted it.
ID. Fl. Bingham. Secretary Of the Com.
mittee OF Southern Loyaists, has been dis.
missed from his position as Clerk in the In
ternal Revenue Office, it is supposed, on ac-
count of his connection with this obnoxiou.
organization.
Gen. r. p. Buckland of Sandusky CITY
Hon. William Lawrence Of Bellefontaine,
and Gen. Z. r. Eckley of Carrollton, we're
last week renominated by the Unionists of
their Districts for reelection to Congress.
-Ex-Gov. Hahn, of New Orleans, is Wis.
| iting in st. Louis. He is still suffering &C.
verely from his wounds.
Mr.. Seward returned to Washington on
last Wednesday from his trip to Auburn,
and had an interview with the President
DE reports that proclamation will be i'm
mediately issued, re establishing tho habeas
corpus in all the States, and the practical
termination of military occupation in the
Southern States.
"A number of the clerks 10 the Treasury
Department at Washington have sent in
their designations, giving os tho reason the
! meagreness Of their salaries.
| 1t is rumored that the property of
Henry A. Wise has been restored to him.
1t is situated near DrHmmondtown, on the
Eastern shore Of Virginia. 1t ia said that
the freedmen occupying 1t have been order
! ed to vacate it, and that an agent has been
sent down from Washington to put MIR.
Wise in possession and apologize for the
soldiers ousting him.
George Francis Train, noisy Demo-
crat, proposes to bury forever the two of
fensive words, Democrat and Republican. "
That is something like the turkey cock who
said to the horses, Let US be careful, ger
tlemen, not to tread on each other.
u. s. Senator Ross, of Kansas, is only
thirty yseven years Of age. When boy he
was an apprentice in the ofsce of the San
dusky (Ohio) Mirrsr, paper published by
his brother.
AT the great Radical Soldiers meeting
in St. Louis Generals Logan, Which, Heck.
, er and Gov. Oglesby of Illinois spoke At
| the Blair Copperhead gathering Gen. Cur
ley, Col Peckham. Col Murphy and Major
Jones GRATED. To those who know the re-
spectiye records of these men the compaIi.
son is significant and rich.
There was an immense Fenian demon
stration at Haas Park, Chicago, on last
Wednesday. Gen. Logan, Gov. Oglesby
aud Speaker Colfax made speeches. Gov.
Oglesby said Andrew johnson is the
friend Of the English Government, and he
and his party have always had your votes;
lCries Of, He can't get them any MORE. i
If you keep voting in that direction you will
not deserve to be anything hut dirt-pickers
for Andy johnson. Mover, naver.'l He
encouraged yeu to cross the border, then
seized your forces in violation Of law.
-"Hurrah for johnson and jeff. Davisli
That was one of the rallying shouts in PhiIa.
delphia last week. 1t was quite appropriate
and full Of meaning.
One Union Genersl--Francis ]. Her.
ron-was appointed from New Orleans to
attend the Randall Convention at Phila-
dslphia. Directly Sfter the wholesale mur-
ders of Dostio and others, he publicly decliu-
ed the appointment. Do you think he
would have done SO if the Free-State meu
were responsible for those murders?
The Richmond Examiner speaks of the
miserable wretches who were sacrificed to
popular jastice and fury in New Orleans.
Justice and fur" is new concatenation;
but Rebel mslignity can expose itself still
more shamelessly, as witness the disgusting
and ferocious temper of Mobile paper.
which says that Dostie's body, 'boiled
down." would make ''good soap" for
"Y Ysnkeo school marms. More brutal dew
iltry could not be contained in scof, and
the evil spirit of the Richmond paper will
have to try hard to surpass it.
There are apprehensions of the sanity
of Vallandingham, who says that The Al
mighty has awarded him "a mission, the
object of which is to breaknp the tendency
to Capitalization which is cursing the coun-
try and debsuching the Administration.
Since Mr.. V. is supposed to have withdrawn
from the Philadel phia Convention, we pre-
sumo he has resigned bis mission and allow
Gu tue C6ulIdliL0IS W ~ " WoiA' lH
Gen. Jno. A. Logan, one Of the chief
heroes of Sherman's march to the sea, was;
before the outbreak of the war, Douglas
Democrat and we suppose no man in the
West has represented more vigorously, in
the hall and in the 6eld, what is known as
War Democracy, Gen. Logan, one year
ago, stood upon the same platform of hostil-
ity to unrepentant and unrequited treason
as Andrew johnson. Now, when Logan
declares. as he did in his speech Of the 18th
at Chicago, that the President is "a Judas
that has kissed the cheeks of loyalty TO
botray it 10 the arms of treason, we expect
that his language, however strong, will fiud,
thousands to applaud it in the party Of
which he was SO popular leader, and
among the brave ranks in which he fought
Who doubts that Mr. JOhnson's policy is
condemnsd by the Union soldiers Of the
country, a. the measures OF Congress- sTe
heartily and even vehemently iDdorsed2-=
No ous is more earness than Gen. Logan
| that Congress shall iisist inexorsbly on its
ultinatum OF admission, and We believe
thai lins tenths Of the people and nssrly
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