Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-05-10
GENERAL NEWS SEMINARY.

Ell by some rebel d~esporadOes, near that
place. The murderers rode up, and after
10 conversation for a moment or
.wo with their victims, shot them; first the
Tather, and then the eldest son, killing both
almost instantly. A younger brother, who
nearby, seized a gun, aud fortunately
killed one of the villains. The others,
frightened at this, rode of, but not until
one more had been seriously wounded by
the brave boy. Mr.. Goode, the murdered
man, was n quiet, inofensive citizen. and a
Union man. He had always been
outspoken in his sentiments, and il is believ.
ed that this had 50 incensed his neiehbors
as to had to the atrocious murder.
AT the April term Of the Circuit Court of
Jefferson County, which just closed it's SEES.
sion at cambridge, Tennessee. De Witt G.
Williams was tried for treason against the
State OF Tennessee in aiding and abetting
the late rebellion" The jury found the
defendant guilty. as charged in the inaict.
lnent, and fxei his punishment to hard labor
and close confinement in the State Pcniten-
tiary for the tern, of fourteen years.
A SENATOR who has had a conversation
with Secretary Stanton, contradicts the
statement heretofore made on the authority
Of a member ot the Cabinet, that Mr..
Stanton was unluelifiedly opposed 10 tho
report of the Reconstruction Committee.
With the exception OF the disiranchise-
ment Of the rebels, he thinks the plan
eminently julicious.
A LATE Houston CTrxas) paper. saws the
wheat harvest on the Upper Colorado River
surpasses that of any former year. The
grass is exceedingly fine, and the bceve'
lusciously fat. The country is swarlnine
with cattle dealersfro the Western States,
Q ager TO pay the highest price. n
THE riot at Memphis is at an end The
negroes and their teachers have left thu
city, consequently the rioters have no vic
tins left upon whom to wreak their ven
geance. Gen. Stoneman did not, as report
ed, reorganize a disbanded rebel regimen
for the protection Of the city. '
FRANK GURLEY, the murderer of Gen
eral Robert McCcok, was released on parole:
at Huntsville, Ala. April %. Gurley i
Sheriff of his county, and will soon ente
upon the duties of his Office. duo
A PAPER called the National Press, rad
cal in politics, il soon to be started in Ne'
York ny a joint stock companv. Jonas Wiz
chester, formerly of the New Y ork w orld
is to be publishing agent.
IT is believed that the Postmaster Ger
eral will report favorably upon the projet
OF Government telegraph lines. The est
mated charge will be one-third Of q cent.
Hon. A. BURLINaAME, American Minis
ter to China, was standing within forty fee
of the great nitro-glycerins explosion, j
San Francisco, when it occurred.
The Franchise bill, which has been
much dreaded by the Tennessee rebels
passed the Senate of that State THURSDAY
Ii had already passed the House.
OFtwenty two lots Of kerosene oil, late
tested at Providence, r. l., only five WEI
safe for Illuminating purposes. The re
were as explosive as gunpowder.
NEARLY 1000. 600 worth of corn WI
raised in Kansas last year. 1t is confident
expected that at least double that amour
will be raised this year.
THE D,.rni, TriNune confradicts the r.
port that General Cass's health is fsiiiuJ
Il saws his health has r, cantly improved al
he is in no danger whatever.
IT is not true, as heretofore stated, tn
the tax on watches is removed by the ne
tax bill. 1t still remains, and there is
probability Of its removal.
ROBERT J. WALKER, Robert Dale Owe
and Joseph Holt, are ali said to be strong
in favor of the plan of the Reconstruct
Committee.
THE work of removing the dead from II
Bull Run battlefield has commenced. Tn
will be removed either to Arlington or Wi
chester.
VIM HUTCHINGs. one ofthe very few su
vivors ot the Revolution, has just died ne
Bangor, Maine, at the ripe age of II
l wears.
. Gov. CU9TrN declares that while no u
seem'y haste will be made in the execntil
= of Probst, there will be No unnecessary d
lay.
THERE are at present eighty nswspape
in Missouri, t%wenty1four of which are CT
2 sentative, while the remainder are decid
radical
, THE Woodstock and Catskill meuutai
= have lately been on fire; five thousand acr
q having bcen swept by the flames.
+ GEN JOE JOHNSON has been defeated
: the %election fir President Of the Ohio h NJ
e bile Railroad.
= THE Matheiist Conference 10 session
= New Orleans hss sat aside the probate
, sysleIu.
A HIVE of .tlps le,s bees has been receiy
4 nv the Agricultural Committee from Ho
duras. -
. IT is said that the price of living in y
\ Francisco has diminished one halt in o
year.
One of the new laws of Alabama punish
: horse and mule stealing with death.
a THERE are six papers in the South cc
. trolled by colored men.
! The Cadix Bank Robbery.
from The Cleveland Herald
If The plan of robhing the National Ba
at Cadiz was we'll executed, but the plan
escape was evidently not the same til
would have been adopted by the majority
o men connected with such heavy robberi,
Only one Of the party deserves any CO
mcndation for shrewdness. We give |
. course, as related TO us by q gentleman frt
d Steubsnville, last night.
After the party left the hand car, at Ale
andria Station, they proceeded, across
plowed fa'd, to a hill skirting the banks
Cross Otesk which they assembled. A. Il
top of the hill they Secreted Intensely