Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-07-05

1t now almost certain that Congress
will not take recess for the 4th Of July,
the Western members opposing the PROPOSE.
ton. ~ NEA
Z Senator Grsts Brown, Of Missouri, has
declined to serve aaother term in the
Senate. iWi1N
Tho Unionists Ia CONGRESS are rejoicing |
over the news from Oregon Senator
Nesmith's (Dcmocratic) term expires on the |
4th of March, and the recent victory will
secure Republican Senator for the next
six years.
The Sandusky Register tells of dog
who swan three miles alter q steamboat on
board Of which was his MASTER and who
reached the landing almost as soon as the
boat.
S-tGens Dix aud other parties. interested
in Onahs, or the Main Line of the Pacific
Bail Road, are in Washington urging the
President to veto the bill just passed allow
ing the Kansas Branch to run due West
toward Denver City, and the, California end
to build Eastward. They seem sanguine of
success, but it is doubtful whether the Pres
ident will oppose a non-political measure
that SO large majority of both Houses and
OF all parties have Endorsed. 'u'rs s'sG
1t is understood that an address to the
people Of the United States has been agreed
upon by the Democratic aHd Conservative
members of Congress. and is now being
signed 1t fully inderBes the proposed Ma
| tional Convention to be held at Phiadel-
phia, and urges participation ia its proceed
ings. 1t is headed with the names IF Sen.
ator Guthrie and Representative Niblack.
John D. Pbilbrick, Superintendent Of
the Boston schools, has an annual salary Of
S4'ooo. nifs an-Gfaj -fl,r9 = r..~atI
.--Some oficious individual asked General
sherman to call on the members of the
Southern railroad delegation from South
Carolina. now on visit to Cincinnati, to
whom w. L. 8. replied: Thank you; mol
i did call on the gentlemen once, and j
think it their turn to call on me now"
The Senate has passed the National
Telegraph bill with some amendments. In
Its present shape it authorises any duly or
ganlzed company to construct and maintain
telegraph lines over the public lands, militia
ry post roads. streams, &C., with the right
TO take material for construciion, pre- empI
necessary lands, &c. The Government il
! " ue'O piiot Iikuto IOE OlSDhICOcS, ana may
purchase within FIVE years all telegraph
property under this act at on appraisement
Mcdonald, who was beaten by Gov. Nor
ton in the last contest for Governor in Indi
ana by about twenty thousand votes, re
Gently made q speech at New Albany, anG
on being asked to say comething abou
Morton, said he didn't "waste his ammu
milton on dead ducks, y This felicitous ap
p.ication of the dignifed and elegant phrase
of the President shows that appropriate oc
casions for its uso are likely to be frequent
The expression will undoubtedly become
classic. Joe. McDonald's use of it in refer
ence to Gov. Morton is very rich. ~
"A thrifty young man married a ros,
young Irish girl, quite to the horror of hi
mother and sisters. but defended himself by
the following logic: IF / married al
American girl, must have an Irish girl t,
help take care of her, and cannot affort
to support both. " ' .'. IA -I
General Sherman has little faith il
treaties with the aborigines. He says tn,
Indians will sign treaty with one hand anc
snatch scalp with the other. s
In Renan's new book The Apostles
just published in Paris. there is said TO b,
some of the most mi agni6cent werd paintin,
of sacred places and events that has eve
appeared MIR. Carleton, of New York
will shortly publish translation of this re
narkable work. '' nor ~ r-it'InIo