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SPAIN

The Prize Court at Cadiz has declared
the capture of the Queen Victoria by the
Spanish cruiser to be illegal, and the
Council of State has confirmed the deci-
sion.-Ibid.
, 1867-05-31
THE | T STATES.

The Senate has %adJOurnd.
The treaty for the cession of Russian
America to the United States, which
was adopted by the Senate at Washing
ton on the 10Th inst, fixes the terri
tory within the following geographical
limits The eastern limit is the line of
demarcation between the Russian and
the British possessions 10 North America,
as established by the convention between
Russia and Great Britain of Feb. % (16),
1925, in the following terms Com
mencing from the southermost point of
the island called Prince of Wales Island,
which point lies in the parallel of 81 deg.
40 min. north latitude, and between the
131st and the 133rd degree Of west longi-
tude, meridian of Greenwich, the said
line shall ascend to the north along the
channel called Portland Channel as far as
the point of the continent where it-strikes
the seth degree of north. latitude. From
this aforementioned point the line of de-
narration shall follow the summit of the
mountains situated parallel to the coast
as far as the point Of intersection Of the
14lst degree of west longitude of the
same meridian and, finally, from the
said point Of intersection the said meri-
dian line of the 141st degree in its pro-
longation as far as the Frozen Ocean.
With reference to the line of demarcation
laid down in the preceding article, i, is
understo0d-6rst, that the island called
Prince of Wales Island shall belong who'll
ly to Russia, and now, by this c%ession,
wholly to the United States; second,
that, whenever the summit of The noun
tains which extend in a direction parallel
to the coast from the 56lh degree of north
latitude to the point of intersection of
the 14lst degree Of west longitude shall
prove to be at the distance of more than
ten marine leagues from the ocean, the
limit between the British possessions and
the line Of coast which is to belong to
Russia, as above mentioned-that is to
say, the limit to the possessions ceded
by this convention-shall be formed by
a line parallel TO the winding Of the coast,
and which shall never exceed the dis
lance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
The western limit, withinwhich the ter
ritories and dominion conveyed are con-
tanned, passes through a point in Behring's
Strait on the parallel Of IS deg. 80 min.
north latitude, at its intersection by the
meridian, which passes midway between
the island of Krusenstern, or I%gnaalooks
and the island Of Ratmanoff. or Noonar-
book, and proceed due north, withoutli-
imitation, into the same Frozen Ocean.
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OF SpanlardS rom nome 10 Foreign quPS-
tions, why did he deliberately cross the
peaceful path of the one Power which
Spain is perhaps least able to resist in the
event of WARP The reply, we fear, will
not be flattering to our amour propre. 1t
seems probable that The alteration was
got up with the Government Of the Uni
ted Kingdom, mainly because war with
this country would instantly bring into
play the passionate patriotism of every
Spaniard. Whether it would be consist
ent with prudent and foreseeing policy
that we should restore Gibraltar to Spain,
as we did the Ionian Islands to Greece is
a question we cannot now stay TO discuss,
But, undoubtedly, our possession Of that
rock, which forms part of the mainland of
the Iberian peninsula, perpetualjy chates
the national pride Of the Spanish people.
A war with us would be popular in
Spain, not because it Won|d promise sue
cess, but because it would Offer a fair
chance of reScuing Gibraltar from our
grasp. The landward approaches TO that
fortress are not by any means ineXpugna-
bic, and, no doubt, the first operation Of
Spain as a beIIigerent would be directed
to the recovery of her alienated territory.
The mere chance of this (Which Span
iards probably regard in the light of a
certainty would rally to the support Of
the Government the enthusiastic efforts
of the whole population. So far, there
fore, Narvaez seems to have taken q saga
cious survey of the hazards he would have
TO brave. He may have reasonably cal
culated that, even if Spain should sustain
=. lo-o rIo vyDDiI most lityo1U roNojD
Gibraltar and, above all, whilst he was
engaged in the attempt, domestic insur-
rec,i0n would cease to be thought OF.
Perhaps, he had another consideration
in view. A war between Spain and
England would be exclusively a maritime
war. The former has no fleet which
could pretend to resist that of the latter.
But Spanish statesmen are not llkeIy
TO be uniformed of the sore feeling ex-
cited in America by our treatment of the
Alabama case, and they may reckon upon
the issue from the ports of the United
States of many such practical rovers, only
too eager to prey, under cover OF the
Spanish fig, upon British commerce.
So it is, that a wrong done In any part OF
the world weakens the hands Of the Pow
er held responsible for it, and retrlbutlon
sometimes from the most uneX-
pected quarter.
Lord Stanley has admirably discharged
the duties of his Office. Public opinion
ILL all but unanimously sustain him,
~ if a war should be the result. But
it would be puerile for US to imagine that
even in hostilities with Spain we should
have things all our own way. We should
win nothing that We want; we might
lose much that we desire to keep. There
fore, we Iare not sorry to hear that the
horizon isl clearing, and that Marshal Mar
vaez, having reconsidered his prospects,
hesita&s4 10 drag his country into a con-
fIct While besides being utterly gratul-
tous, wourd entail heavy calamity on both
the nations engaged in it.
, 1867-05-31

formerly called the Pampero, a vessel
built in the Clyde for the service of the
Confederate States during the late civil
war in America, but sold afterwards to
Messrs. Isaac Campbell, and Co., of
Leith, with a cargo of coal, ostensibIy for
Rio de J%aneiro, but it was alleged by
the representatives of the Spanish Gov
rnmen in this country that she was
really the property Of the Republic OF
Chill, with which Spain was at war.
Having on her way to South America
put in at Madeira, she was there watched
by the Spanish frigate Corona, which
captured her when she left the harbour,
on Aug. %. The Tornado was brought
to Cadiz, and so were her crew, but In
severe eli uleut on board another yes
sci some yese put in irons, Others were
deprived OF their clothes, and all suffered
g~rievoGs insults and hardships. The tri-
al OF Investigation of the case was con-
Quoted in private by the Departmental
Junta at Cadiz, without the owners OF
the Tornado being present, or heard IN
their defence by counsel, or made &C
quainted with the dispositions of the crew
or even with the charges against their
vessel. Nor were they afforded any OPP
portunity for rebuttlng ;he charges, or
disproving the allegations of the caplOrS.
The crew were subjected for four months
to prolix and inquisitorial examinations,
but were not permitted to have the assls-
lance of the British Consul or Of q solicit
tor, or even an English interpreter. The
Spanish Interpreters employed by the
tribunal spoke English most impertectIy
and often quite unintelIlgibly, SO that the
seamen were unable to understand the
meaning Of many questions put to them,
and many of their answers were mlsinter-
preted. 1t is further stated that no
Spanish lawyer could be induced to I'M
dertake the defence of the prisoners. At
length, on Dec. Is, the tribunal decreed
that the Tornado should be condemned
as a lawful prize and sold for the profit
of the officers and crew of the Corona,
and that the captain and crew OF the
Tornado should be kept as prisoners OF
war till the end of the war between Spain
and Chill. Upon the report of the British
Consul at Cadiz, Mr.. Dunlop, our Govern
ment protested against the seizure OF the
vessel and demanded that the crew should
be set free. After several weeks of a%lterca-
ton the Spanish Government sulkiIy con-
sented to release all the men, except the
third mate, John Macpherson, who is
said to have been an engineer in the Chi
liam service. He is still a prisoner, and
the vessel has been disposed of. The
owners demand her restitution, with the
sum of 100000 for the loss of their trade.
The crew demand compensation to the
amount of 912, 800 for their personal IN
iuries. Within the last week, the Foreign
Office has obtained the c~learest proof
that the Tornado was seized in K1ftu-
guese waters, being only a mile and a
half from the nearest point of land in
Madeira when the Corona fired her first
gun, one shot from which nearly knocked
down a cottage on the beach.
The other case is that of the Gibraltar
felucca, the Queen Victoria, which was
seized so long aoOmMRgg 7 an, IS, 1866 bV a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION.
A Majority for the Convention Assur

NEw-ORLEANs, Sept. 30.-The total
vote In this city falls $500 short of ma
jority of the number of the registered
voters. The Republican has received
further returns from Algiers and the
Parishes of st. Bernard, st. Charles, and
st. James, showing that so far 800 less
than majority of the henumberregistered
have voted on the Convention question,
but the returns from the country parish
es indicate that majority of the whole
State have voted. The vote against the
Convention was significant, rs was the
number ofwhite voters. Incorporation
of white voters is less than one in ten.
THE VOTE FOR THE CONVENTION.
A Washington dispatch to the Phila-
delphia Press says:
The result of the Louisiana election
has not disappointed any one here who
Is conyersant with the situation in that
State. II should be understood that the
result in New Orleans does not give any
indication of the result in the state at
large, for the apathy which prevailed in
the city, superinduced by the yellow fe-
yer and the promises held out by the
rebel newspapers there of aid from the
Administration did not extend into the
country. Persons well informed regard
! ing affairs there express the opinion that
| when the whole State Is heard from the
majority for n Convention will be as
! large as is required by the law, which Is
majority of all the voters registered,
and a Convention will accordingly be
held.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10
General Roseorans Speaks at a Union
Meeting.


Gen. w. S. Rosccrans was among the
speakers ut a Union meeting in San Fran
cisco on the night before the election
His remarks are thus reported:
Gen. Rosecrans was repeatedly cheer
ed, and the brave old soldier was visibly
affected by the enthusiasm his appear
ance among them excited. lie spoke
very m0destly of himself. He said he
presented himself before that large as
sembly with great emotion. He did not
expect to be speaker when he entered
the hail, nor should he be one now. He
begged to assure them that he received
their salutatiOn more in the light of II
token of theii faith in the Union cause
than as u manifestation ofpersonalr respect
for himself lie thanked them, therefore,
In the name OF the Union cause, rather
than personal response. 1t was not
necessary for him to speak of the local
issues, because he did not understand nor
take any interest in them. He was there
because he thought the election would
have an influence on the Eastern elec-
tions, in regard to the reconstruction OF
the States now in trouble. He would
desires in other respects of thg Union
men--iu which classification he Included
good Democrats--see that nothing OBJ
structs the restoration of the Union.-
When the Democrats came to see him,
and they were war Democrats who sup
ported the army, he said to them, What
will YOU do with the power when you get
it? You cannot do anything with it,
And he thought they had betternot give
| il to them, aud he did not think they
would.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10

TIE Herald thinks that Speaker Col
fax's threat TO hang Andrew johnson,
In case he should attempt forcible resist
ance TO the law, indicates that the Speak
er is terribly demoralized. We have
never heard that Andrew Johnson's for
mer threats to hang traitors were regard
ed as evidence that he was demorallzed.
Andrew Jackson's threat to hang Cal
houn If he dared attempt secession has
been held to indicate Generalization in
Calhoun rather than in Jackson. On the
whole, as between the Sheriff and the
criminal, society has usually decided
that IL was the criminal-not the Sheriff
that "forieited his status" Had the
Presidents hands been unstained by fla
grant violations oflaw, Mr.. Colfax's Ian
guage would never have been uttered,
or, had II been uttered, would have been
universally condemned. But the edito'
rial columns of the Herald itself, for as
long period as 1t ever advocated any
one thing, bore witness to the fact thai
Mr.. Johnson has been guilty of "higl
crimes and mlsdemeanors,n for which ht
deserves impeachment. Mr.. Colfax''
error was In being found In the Herald''
company.-[N, Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10

to the ghastly den at Andcr onville. Mad
with thirst, he crawls in the pitiless sun
toward muddy pool. He reaches the
dead-line, and is shot by the guard
murdered for fidelity to his country. "I
demand amnesty for that guard, L de-
mand that he shall vote" cries the
honorable Chairman of the Committee.
do not say that it is an unwise demand.
But ask him, ask you, sir, ask every
honorable and patriotic man this state,
upon what conceivable ground OF justice,
expediency or common sense shall we
give the ballot to the New York boys
murderer and refuse it to his mother?
Mr.. Chairman, Ihave thus stated what
conceive to be the essential reasonable
ness ofShe amendment which have of
fereK II is not good for man to be alone.
UnHed with woman in the creation of
human society, their rights and interests
i'm its government are Identical, nor can
the highest and truest development OF
society be reasonably conceived, so long
as one sex assumes to prescribe limits to
the scope and functions of the other
The test ofcivilization is the position of
women. Where they are wholly slaves,
man is wholly barbarous; and the meas
ure of progress from barbarism to civili-
zation is the recognition of their equal
right with man to an unconstrained de-
! velopment. &Therefore, when Mr.. Mill
] unrolls his &tition in Parliament to Sc
cure the r,Mitical equality of women, IL
/ bears the names of those English men
and women whose thoughts foretell the
| course of civilization. The measure
which the report of the Committee de-
clares to be radically revolutionary and
perilous to the very functions of sex, is
described by the most sagacious of liv'
ing political philosophers as reasonable
conservative, necessary and inevitable
and he obtains for it seventy-three votes
in the same House in which out of about
the same whole number of voters Charles
James Fox, the idol of the British Wings
used TO be able to rally only foyty vote:
against the policy of Pitt. The dawn IN
England will soon be day here. Before
the American principle of equal rights
barrier after barrier in the path of hu
man progress falls. If we are still ia
from its full comprehension and furthe
from perfect conformity to its law, it j
in that only like the spirit of Christiani
ty to whose full glory even Christendon
but slowly approaches. From the hea
and tumult of our politics we can still
lift our eyes to the eternal light of tina
principle; can see that the usurpation c
) sex is the last form of caste that linger
) in our society; that in America the mos
! humane thinker is the most practice
} man, and the organizer ofjustice tn
3 most sagacous statesman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10
INDIANA.

NEW York, Oct. 9.-Schuyler ColfaS
telepraphed to the Tribune from South
Bend, ind, as follows: This town gives
AIS Republican majority, against 2l4 last
year; st. Joseph County, 900 to 1000 Re
publican majority; Laporte County; son
\, 900 Republican majority; Elkhar
County, 400 Republican majority.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10
FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
Election Returns--NI sjority for the Com
ventton.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 4.
The total registration of Alabama is
one hundred and siXty-two thousand
Returns from thirty-one counties, whose
aggregate registration is one hundred
and four thousand, show sixty-three
thousand votes polled, two per cent. of
which were against a Convention, and
The balance were for Republicans.
Returns from the entire State will
show at least ten thousand more than
the one-half required by law. a
The election was entirely quiet, but
great exertions were made to prevent
voting.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10

TIE result of yesterdays elections has
in the nation, that, during the progress
of the rebellion, beat in sympathy with
the Union cause. 1t has cheered the
heart of every Rebel in the land, and
caused rejoicing among the men who, du-
ring the w9r, rejoiced over the success of
the armies of the Rebellion. In the
South, the men who fought four years
for the overthrow of theg government, are
to-day building bonfires and illumina-
ting their houses in honor of the victory
of their cause in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
III the North the men who sympathized
with the Rebellion during its progress,
and did all they could to secure its sue
cess-the NIillieans' and Bowles' and
Vallandighams,- Whose reasonable re-
cord during the war was more infamous
than the record of the Tories of the Rev.
olution, are to-day, in the name of the
so-called Democratic party, holding high
carnival over the defeat of the men who
during the war stood by the flag of the
country. -Herek in Belmont County, the
men who decorate their parlors with the
! portraits Of jeff. Davis and Stonewall
Jackson, ,and drank toasts to the "unre-
turning braces, "hoping there might be
a million of them, are in close commu-
nion with the men who fought during
the Rebellion under the flag of treason,
and are jubilant over the result. 1t may
be that the Union men who have here
tofore acted with us, who yesterday voted
with our enemies, will feel like rejoicing
with them now; but the time will come
and that, too, before many days, wher
with sorrow they will regret the folly
they have been guilty of,-but it will be
too late for them to arrest the evils thei
work has brought upon the country.
To those who, amidst the trickery
the frauds, the lying Misrepresentation
of the campaign, have stood firmly upoi
} the broad platform of Right and Justice
we say, be of good cheer. Remembe
that the defeat af 1S62-secured by tn
same means-was followed by the glori
Gus triumph of 1861 and so, too, will tn
defeat on the broad platform of Libert.
3 and Equal Rights in 1867 be followed b.
. an equally grand triumph in 1868, for
= "Truth crushed to earth will rise again
Tho eternal years of God are hers
| While error wounded, wr thes IN pain,
. And dies amid her worshipperT"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10

MIR. RAYMOND, of the New York
Times, says he considers himself out OF
politics, certainly out of all party COM
binations and party movements; and In
tends, moreover, to remain SO. When
he declined reelection to Congress, q
year ago, 1t was with the purpose of de-
of the Times, a position which Is mucl
more TO his taste than any other he ha'
ever filled"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10
IN THE CORAL CAVES

sea-green is said to be the prevailing color, and
FISH-TAILED MAIDENS
sit on the rocks and comb their green locks as
siduously. But the
BELLIES OF EARTH
prefer glossy browns and shining blacks to any
other tinges, and If nature has not given their
fair heads these beautiful hues, or If lnischance
has robbed them of their once exquisite beauty
they don't cry about II, but resort at once to
CRISTODOROS HAIR DYE,
which in five minutes does all that nature ever
did for any head in the happiest mood. Manu-
featured by j. CRlSTADORO IS Maiden Lane,
New York. Sold by all Druggists. Applied by
all Hair Dressers. jylS-lm
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10

VIRaINIANs, In Washington, speak
very confidently of the probable vote OF
that Staterin favor of the Convention.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-10

A FULL SUIT OF CLOTHES TO be had Mt
assortment of chcap and Fancy uothing 3
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Belmont G6roniC(c
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1867.

All communications for the paper, orupon bus-
ness re- fling to the Office, should be address
ed, "BtsaoH Chronicle 50. ClairSriUe, Ohio. "
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-12-21
$500 Reward!

We, the undersigned, heirs in law in the
w succession of w. ID. Vanarsdel, dec d
hereby renew the reward of $500 offered
for the apprehension of Kit Gregory, Ben
Gregory aud Jim White, murderers of w. d
Vanarsdel, assuming all responsibility fol
the same, and releasing from any obligation
III the premises whatever, the above named
gentlemen, citizens of Bossier parish.
KIT GREGORY is about Is wears old
black hair and eyes, and a downcast look
nis complexion is dark or rather yellow
speaks very little and slowly, and weighs
about l25 pounds, 5 feet or inches high
BEN GREGORY is about 20 years old
black hair and eyes his eyes quite small
his complexion is elbow or sunburnt; about
o feet high, very slim, and will weigh about
100 or i33 pounds.
JIM WHITE is about is about % wears
old, dark hair and rather blue eyes, about
S feet 8 or inches high, well made, and 9
great taiker, and one of his arms Thought
to be the LETT is crooked from being once
broken.
They all formerly resided in Texas.
The ABOVE reward of $500 will be paid
for the delivery of the three assassins to the
Sheriff OF Bossier Parish, at Bellevue, La
or $500 for either of them
LUCUS VANARSDEL,
Attila County, Miss.
AHASUERUSV ANARSDEL,
Jefferson County, Ky.
ELLEN j. BROWN,
WIN. NJ VANARSDEL,
Al. VANARSDEL,
Pike County, No.
Bellevue, La. Dec. It'll, 1867 n36 At