Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-04-04
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


ton, this summer.
--Artcmus Ward Wills his library "to
the best boy in the school of his native
village, Waterford, Me-"
-Ex-President Fillmore is a member
of Il society In Buffalo for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals.
Gen. Tom. Thumb is living quietly
in the enjoyment of his wealth ut Bridge
port. He ought to take the stump for
Barnum.
MIR. Milburn, the blind preacher, is
now abroad, and under treatment, where
by he has strong hopes of recovering his
eyesight. .4.s ,,ti..H
MIR. George w. Matthews, of Indi-
ana the stepfather of Speaker Colfax, is
lying dangerously i'll with typhoid fever
in Washington. .-
E-The Atlanta Era of March 26th states
that the Rebel Gen. j. G.. Breckinridge
q" has advised his friends to accept in good
faith the Sherman Reconstruction'bill.
1t is said that, in his beautiful resi-
dcnce at bridgeport, Barnum has no
relic or sign of his long life as show
man, except marble bust of Jenny
Lind.
"A letter from Samuel f. Cary to
William Penn Nixon has been publish
ed, in which Mr.. G. pleads earnestly for
the adoption of manhood suffrage in
Ohio.
The Boston Transcript says: "Some
of our best Republicans favored Gen.
Buffers election to Congress on the
ground that during the first session he
would break his political faith"
Mr.. Buchanan is not dead as some
people may havesupposed. He declines
public dinner at Philadelphia, rendered
him by Asa Packer, CLANCY Jones, Judge
Cadwalader and other political fossils.
1t is understood, says an English
paper, that Mr.. Bennett, the celebrated
| American yachtsman, will next year
cross the Atlantic in his yacht the Swal-
low, which is described as faster craft
than the Henrietta.
1t is said that the wife of Professor
Agassiz is one of the most distinguished
ladies in this or any other country. Her
| features are said to possess singular inn
preston of nobleness and intellectually,
her voice Is pleasant, and her manners
are unusually gentle and refined.
"A late London letter says "I saw
Artemus Ward on New Years Eve, a
bitter cold night, with the streets like
glass, and the horses scarcely able to
stand. He was pale, hollow-chested,
with frequent cough and q sad tone in
his voice, even when he drew from his
audience roars of laughter"
Senator Foster did not get the Austri-
an Mission because he refused to stump
Connecticut for the Democratic ticket
Frank Blair did not get it, because the
Senate said No. Mr.. Motley, our excel
lent representative in that country
against whom the McCracken-Seward
guns were fired, will probably remain.
Very good.
"A Washington correspondent states
that Senator Morton, of Indiana, has
already attained higher influence in
the Senate than is usually accorded to
new members. His general health is as
good now as it ever was. He looks, when
seated, as hearty and "robustuous' as he
ever did. His only trouble is a little
weakness in the knees, Which is rapidly
disappearing. AS for dying, which, q
few months ago many kind souls waITted
him to do, he has as little notion of it as
any man have seen in Washington
There is no worse Investment which s
middle aged man could make, than I'd
buy revcrsionary interest in the Gov
ernors estate.
Tho State Treasurer of Pennsylvania
has under his control an averagemonth
ly balance of State funds amounting tC
two million seven hundred thousand
dollars. 1t is generally deposited in the
Philadelphia banks, and for such depos
its the Treasurer receives five per cen
interest. On the sum named, the accru
ed interest for one year will amount tt
: ! hnnIraI nd thirtxy thnncnnf
dollars. The salary of the State Treas
urer is small, butthe perquisites result
: ing from speculation in State funds ar,
: enormous, and render tile Office the bes
paving one in the State. All of oul
: State Treasurers for years past have re
tired from office wealthy men.
1, Senator George Read Riddle, of Della
! ware, died in Washington on Thursda.
y evening. He was born i'm Newcastle
Delaware, in 1917, studied engineering
, and worked for some years on canals an
' railroads in Pennsylvania and Delaware
The great work Mt Harper's Ferry wa
i executed under his superntendence. ii
: aiterward studied law and was admitte
. to the Delaware Bar in 1S4S. In 1850 h
, was elected to Congress from Delaware
and reelected in 1852. He was dele
. gate to the Democratic Conventions @
:, 1914, 1913 and 1850. He was afterwar
I, elected TO the Senate for the term endin
. in 1869. During his Senatorial career h
!. has steadily acted with the Democrat
minority. NJ. ,
n Tho Washington correspondent @
y the Worcester Mass. Spy, abiding to TIL
: Military Reconstruction bill, in speak
= ing of the politics fthearmy officers, says
y Grant, who was formerly Democrat
4 Is not now man of warm political feel
5 ings, and may be set down as a consei
vative Republican" General Gran
was formerly Whig, not Democrat
He comes of Whig stock. But dislikin
:. Fremont, as nearly all West Pointers die
: Grant voted for Buchanan In 1859; but h
g supported Lincoln in 1860, and has acte
$ with the Republican party ever since, S
far as he has taken any part In politics
@ At present he is decided Republican
n and if supporting the Congressional pla
+ of reconstruction, which embraces equf
G political rights and universal sutfrag,
= makes man Radical, then he is on,
: II would be pretty hard to distinguis
i Cen Grants political sentiments froi
! those entertained by Radical Republ
Q cans, or name any line of policy whic
: they advocate that he opposes"