Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-01-03
POLITICAL.

Vice President, for which be has been nomi-
Dsted by Maryland paper. ~.
The Nashville Union, of the fifth saws
that the health Of Hon. John Bell is quite
feeble. r8 i.- 3. -n94 -T - 2
The Frederick (Maryland) Eramiher
says; The Grand Jury at its late session,
indicted seven of Gov. Swann's Registers.
Had Gov. Swami carried out that provision
of the Registry Law which made il obliga-
tory upon him to appoint as Registers men
who are best known to loyalty, frmpsss,
Npnd uprightness,' the Grand Jury would
have been spared the necessity Of interpos-
ing their authority to vindicate the dignity
ments be was governed by selfish metives,
and made such selections as would promote
bis own personal interests. He ignored the
reqniTements of law, and as natural result
OF his perfdy, seven of bis Registers have
indictments pending sgainst them"
"A St. Louis dispatch says that the
United States troops which Gen. Hancock
sent to Lexington by order Of Gen. Grant,
have been sent back to Fort Leavenworth,
and Gov. Fletcher is left in undisputsd
control of affairs in Missouri.
--Advices from Texas show that the ps-
tronage of the President and of the State
Department is given to unreprentent rebels,
to the exclusion Of men who were loyal DUR
ing the war. The matter will be investi.
gated by Congress. ai3 81 1
In regard to the election Of . new pre-
siding officer by the Senate Of the United
States, the Washington correspondent Of
the Springfield Republican ssys he il as
- loali,o l,aols L., H.. niaoksn.~
will not occur till the last of February or
the first of March. Mr.. Fosters speech on
the suffrage bill surprised his friends, but
there is no intention OF furnishing him fer
it, nor is there serious lack of confidence
in him. 1t is expected that he will 60 with
his party friends on most measures, as he
did last winter.
Gen. Sherman's Mexican mission is now
said to be total failure, and tho General
is reported as being immensely Disguised
with the whole business. bI
The Southern Senators nowin Wash
ington express great deal of yiTtuous in,
dignation at the memorial of the Southern
loyalists, and will publish . reply to the
charges therein made against the loyalty
and patriotism Of the conquered rebels
otherwise called the Southern people. 'l'
The Cincinnati Esquirer says: "Chi-
cago appears to be bad place for Dem.
ocratic paper. John Wentworth was once
ocrat. In few years he went over to the
Republicans. Mr. Sheahsu WAS then
brought to Chicago to edit another Dem
ocratic organ He soon sold out and vent
into Republican paper Lastly, the Chi
cago Times. the paper he started, has come
out for the Republican ideas upon the, ,ques-
tio.l Of negro suffrage, aud seems to be on
the way over to that camp. .gD
A curious little story affecting Secretary
McCulloch has lately come to light. Spooner,
the Cincinnati man who wants the Internal
Revenue Bureau. who has been at Washing
ton eight weeks pressing his claims therefor,
who has become the laughing-stock Of the
town, figures as the party of the frst part.
He satisfied himself some time ago that he
could get the place if the Secretary Of the
Treasury would only advise change and
time again declined doug this Failing to
the briian, idea of getting Mr.. McCulloch
removed Accordingly he turned his bat
tercs upon the head OF the Treasury Depart
- -
ease, has recently Sled in the White Hsuso
very strong and mplimentsry endorse
ment of himself, which Was got up at his
own request, and is signed by most OF the
nstiouul bank officers Of New York city. y
The Memphis Avalanche continues its
prescription Of Union men in that city, and
publishes black list of business men whs
were opposed to the Rebellion. 10 recent
editorial it says: From this time hence.
forth aud forever let every true Southern
man, who was an ex Rebel, or whose son,
brother, father or kin was one--let him
avoid the business houses Of Wolcott, Smith
& Co., and w. r, Moore" n
"A call is issued for State Republican
Convention, to meet at Nashville, February
%, 1867, to nominate candidate for Gov.
ernor, and express the views of uncondi-
tional Union men. -rr-,r, 4. IN
Gov. Holden. in the Raleigh IN. C.)
Standard of the goth, says: 'Sinee our re-
turn home we have conversed With many
Union men, and heard from others by letter,
and we take pleasure in saying that they
are all enthusiastically iD favor of Mr..
Stevens's bill The only objection We have
heard to it is that it is not sufficiently strin-
gent on Rebels. The wish Of allthsss with
whom we conversed is, that the oath in the
bill should be applied TO voters as well ~
Office holders. We call the attention Of
our friends in Congress to these points.
Three of our leading friendsin q joint letter
tous. say I'VE hope Congress- will lay
down its policy at once, SO that loyal citizens
msy not longer be bald in suspense. II is
the only mode to crush cut the Rebellion,
to make Union principles honorable, and
treason odious."
) Gen. William Preston tRebelJ has writ
ten letter in which he says he win accept
the Democrats nomination for Govsrpof Of
Kentucky. He is opposed to the G0nsti-
tutional Amendment, and declares for uni.
versal amnesty, but does not say uor6 df
impartial suffrage. 80 ID .pHH
i--Theodore Tlton, ia a letter on the wea,
says that Iewa will be the first Stste in tbs
Union to acknowledge the political equality
of men and women, as citizens, entitled each
alike to the citizens franchise. j s1j aol.
The johnson State Com mittee Of iows
have made touching appeal to the federal
office holders of that State to stand an 20.
sessnent of $50 piece TO pay of $500 IN
debtedness Of the committee in conducting
the late campaign. f!a 81
5---.Jobnsou. when be vetoed the Freed.