Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-02-14
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Gold closed in New York Monday
evening ut 1863. .Il "
The Senate of Pennsylvania has
passed a bill fOrbidding railroads to make
any distinction between passengers on
account of race or color. 1t Is thought
the bill will pass the House. -. f...s..p
The Washington correspondent of
the Pittsburgh Commercial says: Judge
Ranney and other prominent Ohio DEM
ocrats are here relative to the Northern
Ohio vacant Judgeship, but 1t Is learned
to-day that the President has fully deter
mined to appoint Charles Sherman.
The Nevada Legislature has under
consideration a joint memorial asking
that the Jurisdiction of the State be cx-
tended over the Territory Of Utah.
| An outdoor relief committee in New
| York last week found q girl, about eigh-
| teen years old, who exists by making
trimming at five cents per yard, and is
ableto make only three yards per day of
twelve hours. This trimming Ia sold by
the dealers at seventy-five cents per yard.
The authorities are taking measures
TO suppress the lottery or "gift" enter
priscs now i'm operation Mt New York,
and people are cautioned not to invest
money In them, because II will be impOs-
sible to recover IL after they are closed
up. The Sun says: Lotteries are
doomed. y ...r .,. .l .,,. ...t. B..
Gen. Grant, in a circular just issued,
says that hereafter boys under the age OF
twenty-one will not be enlisted, except
for the purpose of learning music, and
then only under authority from the Stu
perintendant OF the Recruiting Service
or the Adjutant General of the Army,
after the written consent of the parent,
guardian or master has been obtained,
and when that cannot be had boys will
not be received.
The Ways and Means Committee
have restored the clause In the tariff bill,
which had been stricken out by the
Senate, requiring the Pacific Railroad to
use American iron. ..u.l0 0s fa.t
The landlords of Chicago have almost
unanimously agreed to reduce the rents
of their tenants during the coming year,
from is to 25 per centum. ..-.....
Bands of "Regulators" In North
Carolina are destroying the property of
the negroes, and trying to drive them
from the State. 1t is said they have ta-
ken an oath to dispossess every negro In
the State. The negroes are suffering
greatly from their depredations. .'
! Tho Pittsburgh Gazette says: Gov.
Curtin will sail for Europe the last Of the
| present month, No member of his family
| win accompany him. He expects to he
gone about three months, and to extend
his trip into Italy. ia" -'.. .... s.,
1t IL said that two of the New Orleans
policemen concerned In the July riot
have fled the country, fearing they will
be punished. H 'u'' 9IB t.E 200
Solomon Johnson, cOlored man
formerly President Lincoln's barber, has
been appointed to a first class clerkshil
In the Treasury Department Mt Wash
ington, with desk In the Secretary
office. ...
| The Russians speak of the United
States as "the great empire of the two
oceans" which ~ very agreeable, o
course, to our national vanity.
/ "A city editor In Pittsburgh, Pa, ha'
been elected to the Board of Aldermen
for what offense Is not stated.--[N. Y
Evening Gazette. sIl.f E1ffrf
| Lucy Stone, In late lecture, said
i "We hear great deal about hen-peckel
husbands, but nothing Mt all about roost
er-pecked wives" tIr4r ,.ft .,.-.. X
1t Is stated that tho Lochiel IroI
Company, of Harrisburg, has contracte,
to furnish three thousand tons of railroa,
iron for Southern railroad. w, +. 4.
!, "A torpedo Of magnetic character
!, that would be drawn to the bottom O
? any iron vessel that was passing, Is talk
or IL would beavery attractive arrange
. ment. "H' -'it ~