Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-03-01
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TIE Union mep Of Virginia are preparing {
for thorough Organisation. r

TIE Union mes Of Virginia are preparing
for thorough organisation.
IS the petition of citissns Of Virgins
praying Congress TO establish . territorial
government for that State, it 10 stated that
the Legislature of Virginia has passed q law
taxing loyal people for the pensisn OF the
widow OF Stonewall jackson.
In Gen. Lees interview with the Recon.
structlon Committee, he is reported to have
lntlmated that the feeling Of the people Of
the South, for the Union. was much strong!
er just after the close Of the war than now.
A LETTER read in the Pennsylvania Sem
ate last week, from Montgomery County in
that State. says that the cattle disease which
now prevails in Europe, commenced ia that
Ceunty last spring, and the cattle affected
with it have been seat TO other couptiep,
thus concentrating the disease TO them.
The meat Of some Of the cattle that died has
been sent to the Phiadelphis market, and
made into Bologna sausage.
THERE are now 10 the District of Colum-
bia As colored schools, with log teachers,
and a regular attendance of scholars num-
bering 8,08l. The number registered is
5.jSS. OF night schools there are IL, with
$50 scholars. The Sunday schools number
80, with 259 scholars.
Hon. D. G. Humphreys, Of Huntsville,
Ala, writing from Washington to the
Huntsville Advocate, says that Congress
is bound to take charge of the question and
see to it that ali people Of all races and oolofs
have fair start 10 the journey Of life
and he believes in it.
IN recent case in court in Maryland. the
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not be received because an old law forbid
ding it, 10 existence before the adoption of
the new constitution, had never been for
mally repealed. lie believed it ought to be
admitted.
The Winona Republican says that during
the late severe storm in Minnesota, q young
man engaged in teaching school in the
town of Viola, Olm.tead County, started
from the school-house to bi; boarding house.
. distance Of about six miles. He did not
search for him resulted in the discovery Of
bis body, frozen stiff, leaning in an easy at
tituis against fence, in sight Of house,
and within mile Of home.
HURDLE racing on ice il the latest ssnsa-
tioD at the Chicago skating parks. Hurdles
two feet in height are placed equi- distant
around the pond, the skaters start toesther
at signal and leap cscn hurdle in success
sion. One skater is on record as having
cleared four hurdles aud o complete circuit
Of the park in thirty seconds; but the cir
cumierence is not stated.
TuE MOBILE Advertiser reports the trial in
the police court OF D" pompcu5 darkey" who
was fined $50 tor ferociously cursing q
white gentleman. The question naturally
arises. how much would the white gentle
man" have been fined had he done the
terocious cursing?"
SOUTHERN dispatch says tha. Thay.r
& Noyes' Circus was ~r~afsa en- the Red
River not long since.
HIsToRY repeating itself: Vide the long
ing of the Jews in Babylon for their nAtivs
land, AMI the Democrats for their old place
at the public crib.
A DISPATCH FROM Columbia, s. c.. says
that there is perfect carnival of crime in
that city Robberies and murders Of Union
men are OF daily occurrence.
4 SPECIAL to the New York Evening
Post says that the Committee Of Hays aud
Means have voted not 20 change the tax on
VIII isky.
The Washington correspondent of ths
New Yslk World says that the Senate Gem
mittes on the District Of Columbia have de-
cided TO report in favor of repeating the City
Charter OF Washington, and governing the
city by Commissioners, as was the case
many years ago.
TIE correspondent Of the New York
World says that when Senator Hendricks,
Of Indiana, was speaking against the Con
stilutional amendment, he said that white
men put down the rebellion, and the ini-
pudent negroes in the galleries hissed. "
THE peoplo of Chicago are beginning to
be afraid to eat meat OF any kind. The
Tribune says there is "trichiR9 spirdIis" in
the pork, "gangrena' in :he boef, and
"scab' in the mutton.
TEE Washington correspondent Of the
New York Trbune says: ut ia well un-
derstood here that the recussitstion of the
Richmond Examiner was ordered by the
President in direct opposition to the dseirs
Of Gen. Grant.
The Missouri Democrat publishes the
following extract from q private letter to =
gentleman in st. Louis, by citizen Of Tex
as, former STAKEHOLDER, who was in Texas
during the war. He says While | am
writing, news has come in that Rev. y. and
his son Conrad have been hung, profsssed
| ly by Indians, in reality by the ire-esters,
however. As matters stand here. the fscs
is not such one as would astonish me-
At the last meeting of the Court whore /
served as member OF the jury, the whole
Court had more the appearance OF Con-
! federate Court Martial than anything elss.
Confederate uniforms (privates and of6cers)
were the rule; lawyers, witnesses and hang
ers-on armed to the teeth, and Of the at
torneys, every one who had By his services
gained the right of wearing rebel uniform,
was sure of parading the same. Really,
President johnson is great in his tender
mercy to these Southern FIRE eaters, and the
country must not be surprised when il
brings forth its legitimate results"
Tue pork disease has appeared at st'
Louis.
MRs. GEN. LANDER is still playing in
Cincinnati with great success The josr-
nails there say that her voice still has the
sweet and musical tones which Of yors rem
defed il so charming.