Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-03-07
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ALL SORTS or ITEMS. sia
Matters Personal, Political, and eessap--
Carefully Cleaned from Late Msus. ,
N. p. Willis, it Is said, was for yeam
before his death firm believer In spir-
| itualfsm. ...-t.rt. .'.5f
| -Rumor has 10 that General Fremont
Is soon to open banking house In New
York in connection with several we'll
known operatnrs In Wall street
| -George Bancroft, the historian, keeps
| q printer and a press in his house, and
has his copy set before he gives It the first
careful corrections. = T rts,3
Madame Parepa was married On
Tuesday to Carl Rosa, the violinist.
"A letter from Gen. Schenck states that
he is positively not a candidate fsF Gov
ernor.
Madame Ristori attended the New
Orleans Varieties the other evening,
where Maggie Mitchell is playing. She
repeatedly applauded the little comedian
in very emphatic manner. . ........
The President it is said, has tender.
ed the Vienna mission to Postrfiaster
General Randall. "lI.
The Tribune's special says that Gen.
Grant has expressed himself to senator
Wilson and the Secretary Of War a.
warmly in favor of the Reconstruction
bill. Contrary reports are unfounded.
The Cleveland Leader says that 4
large number Of counterfeit 81 bills on
| the First National Bank Of Warren.
Ohio, are in circulation in that city. .fo
The Wabash is said to be ten miles
wide at Vincennes, Ind. Steamboats, aro
running all over the prairies. The river
is said to be higher than ever before
known Some of the houses are nearly
covered; fences all swept aany, and
much damage done.i t. grr.
A letter from South Carolina to the
Baltimore American says: Owing to the
devastation by the armies and the almost
total failure of crop, this section Of our
common country Is in state Of starva-
ton, aud unless relief is afforded iInme-
diately, manyrhuman beings must pass
to premature grave for the want of
bread.
George Elier was shot in q court
room in Philadelphia, ON Wednesday, by
Thos. Leis, whose daughter Eller was
charged with outraging, and for which
crime was about to be tried. He died
almost instantly. Leis was taken into
custody and committed to the County
prison TO await his trial for the. murder.
Rebel outrages in various parts OF
Tennessee continued to be reported, but
the State Government is determined to
put an end TO them.
The New York Worlds special says
the President has rendered the Vienna
mission to Postmaster General Randall,
as the Senate will not confirm Cowan.
1t is understood that Gov. Swami
will not resign, but will decline the u.
! >. Senatorship, giving his rea5ons to the
Legislature in day or two. .....,.
The great painting of Lincoln read
| ing the emancipation proclamation to his
Cabinet, by Carpenter has been placed
over the door of the rotunda of the Capt.
tol. "F
The Austrian Admiral TegethofT last
week was visiting our principal navy
yards. ,.
A call for convention Of the loyal
men of Arkansas has been issued, to eoEIs
vene at Little Rock, April 2.
The corporal punishment Of pupil
by a teacher is unlawful III Cincinnati.
tile Louisville Bridge Company,
chartered to build the bridge across the
Ohio river, has elected w. B. Hamilton,
President. Ii is reported that the work
Will be commenced Immediately. .
"A severe penalty against failing 10
cancel Revenue stamps was put in the
tax bill. The Government has been
greatly defrauded by this practice.
A convention of Maryland base ball
clubs met at Baltimore ON Wednesday,
Over one hundred delegates were in at-
tendance. .f s. .... ~.
john Morrissey says his election to
Congress has amended his life. This
may be called u rare Congressional
amendment.
-Te!cgraphic news from Europe is to
the effect that the King Of Prussia is TO
be the Emperrr of Germany that Dis
raeli has w.thdrawn the reform resolu-
tions and promised to 0introduce reform
bill and that an American Fenian has
been arrested III Dublin. 'r..f
AT tile Temperance, Convention
held at Harrisburg, last week, resolu-
tion was adopted calling ON the medical
profession TO be careful in prescribing
alcoholic drinks. A resolution was also
adopted urging the enacting of q law 70
prevent the manufacturesof So-cailed Bit
teTs. Horace Greeley made lengthy
speech.
Professor a gassiz, the other evening,
in New York, predicted that the sever
est snow storms of the season would be
experienced towards the end OF this
month. "a aV lIu
Gov. Patton, of Alabama, the only
Southern Governor that recommended
the adoption of the Constitutional
Amendment, is icing strongly urged fdt
reelection. N
Tho judiciary Committees investi.
CATION of the return to rebels of coniisca-
ted property, shows that in Louisiana
alone property valued at fifty millions
lave been returned to the rebels by order
Of the President. All our Generals have
frequently decided that this property be-
longed 10 the Government as much a.
any could. The facts connected with
the recovery by the rebels of all this kind
Of property, in all the States OF the South,
will startle the public. They cannot
only be shown from the records Of the
Bureau of Louisiana, but from those of
the Bureaus in all the Southern States.
= .-Artemus Ward has left England fer
the Island of Jersey. by the advice %
Dr Hasfinu mn eminent physiciau he