Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-06-07
NJ OF LATE NEWS.

near Buffalo, and a battle was fought. on
Saturday, in which the Fenians were whip {
ped and compelled to retreat from Canada y
Some 500 or more have been taken prison
ers by the United States steamer Michigan,
and over $50 by the Canadian troops. Four
thousand British regulars now guard the
Canadian side of the river, ready to rcpel
any fresh attempt at INVASION. AT 10 n
o'clock Saturday night all was quiet in
Buffalo, and it was reported that no more
danger was feared in that quarter. There
is an extensive movement reported from
Detroit, though few particulars are furnish
ed. In other parts of the country the Fe-
mans do not appear much cast down. An
Albany dispatch says that the Brotherhood
there is very enthusiastic and hopeful
Gen. Sweeney bad been in that city, and 1t
is asserted that some great blow Is to be
struck in some quarter when operations are
little looked for Some, indeed, go so far as
to say that a battle has already been fought
and won. We have reports of the north
ward march Of troops from Boston. Wor-
cester, New York, Albany, Philadelphia,
Washington, and various other places. Sec
rotary Seward, report says, had an interview
on Saturday with Sir Frederick Bruce. He
assured the latter that there was no cause
for alarm, and that the whole trouble would
blow over in sixty days.
In the North Carolina State Convention,
on Wednesday, q report was received from
the special committee in reference to the
repeal of certain acts concerning the rights
of persons of color. The report recommends
, the unrestricted admission of negro testi.
mony in the courts in cases where negroes
are partissfto suits, their free migration,
their right to bear arms, and the making
=. of the law to punish negroes with death for
t an attempt at rape on white women applica
5 BILE also to white men.
A CoMBUsTIBLE STONE, which is said to
. burn like finder, has recently heen discov.
erod at Shullsburp, Lafayette County, Wis
%conSin. 1t is a grayish clay color, about as
e hard as sandstone, and seems to he impreg-
mated with a very large quantity of oil. 1t
c is found in immense beds, and the owners
are ut a loss whether it would be more prof,
table to extract the oil or to sell it for fuel
as it comes from the quarry.
TwENTY.sEvEN Counties Of West Virgin
ia give 6 .574 majority for the constitutional
h amendment prohibiting returned rebels
Ie from voting. Three Counties returned AS
10 against it. OF the remaining twenty five
Counties Wayne has given a majority for
the amendment, but the figures are not
received. Kanawha is also believed to have
polled a heavy majority for the measure.
THE St. Paul MINI Pioneer says thai
all the rep orts coming into that city
* from the agricultural districts of the STATE
70 are of the most favorable nature. A very
nc large amount of wheat in excess Of last yea
rs has been sown this sping, and good weathe
~ is all that is necessary to make the coming
u crop the largest ever gatheredin Minnesota
Ial TIE Richmond Examiner, suspended b.
of Gen. Grant, and allowed to resume publica
ton by order of the President, on a pledg
,rt to support the policy of the Executive, no,
at announces that it has been designated I
q. publish the Richmond letter list, on accoun
mr. of the underwriting support given by it to tn
Of NatioLal Administration.
Opposition will be made in the Seuat
=, TO the bill creating the grade of Genera
"a but the friends of General Grant, and thos
IN OF General Sherman, who hope to see hir
- .made Lieutenant Genera. in case of Grant
yer promotion to the rank ofGeneral, will prof.
ably carry the measure through.
A LAWYER named Alfrey was murdere
en- in Mercer County, Mo-, last week by a ma
90 named Williams, whom A'frey had prosec,
to ted on a charge of assaultinQ his wife. =
,et After the trial, Williams attacked Alfre
ed with a revolver and shot him dead.
A GRIsT.MILL at Middleton, N. Y, al
aes pears to have been dealing death arouu
m the land" by ~infusing lead. with who
'a' ~crevices in the mill.stones were filed, I'M
the -four and meal which it produced. I'll
consequences are quite serious.
ell THERE is n perfect stampede among tn
h a citizens Of Alexandria, Va, to escape the
Do extremely burdensome taxes. Two thirC
Ing Of the stores in the place are for rent, ar
tn. business of all kinds is being driven fro
nd the place.
~ ANTOINE PRoBsT, the murderer of Il
,oa Deering family at Philadelphia, will
executed in that city on Friday of the pre-
am ent week. 1t is said that no special chanl
is noted in his demeanor.
ext A LARGE edition of Secretary Seward
be Auburn speech is being printed at Il
.ow Treasury Department. 1t is gotten up
for ha' d 'ome style, and is paid for by Il
her Government-of course.
Use Mas. BRYANT, wife of William Gull,
inn Bryant, the poet and veteran editor Of Il
.utS Evening Post. lies dangerously sick at h
,oh residence at Roslyn, L.. l., with but lit
ba hope of recovery.
ing A LARGE number Of prominent merchan
and business men Of New York have invit'
,iet President johnson to that city some time
ac- June. No political significance attaches
at the invitation, and it is probable that it "
is be accepted.
her THE authorities of Pithole, Pa, ha
81. passed an ordinance declaring p~rostitut
a nuisance, and the Burgess is to issue
Yer proclamation banishing the frail sisters
nv parts unknown.
LATE Montana papers report %continu
lies depr citations on the part of Indians
ed, various sections ofthe Territory. Murde
600 are also OF frequent occurrence.
CHARLES P. BAYMILLER, for many yea
R connected with the press in IRdianapol
ms died in that city on the 3lst ult, after
ooo long aud painful illness.
.koi SIDNEY II. GAY has resigned his positi
500 as managing editor of the New York 7
600 bune. Mr.. Young, of the Press, Phi
500 delphia, succeeds him.
az A WHOLE family was poisoned 10 Alban
=, N. Y, last week by eating unwholesor