Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-01-31
personal.

thst a, n. Lee, Of Southern Illinois, who,
one report ha, il, is the holder Of the ticket
which drew Crosby's Opera House, is ana
tive sof Circlsville, Ohio. His fathers fam
lily eftsrward removed to Findlsy. and At the
age OF fifteen he went to Cincinnati, where
ne lived st the home Of an aunt, and went
to school. He then became q steamboat
clerk, and afterward . Captain. When the
war broke out he raised regiment in Hi.
nois, and became its Colonel. He is mar.
RED to French lady Of wealth, and lives
atFfhikid dH Roche. u q
There are twenty .fss bald- heads in,
Congress, two wigs, and fifteen pairs ofmu.,
'acessrsIl Halls nSnnus0 {tiES
There is soma talk Of Jenny Liua cont
ing again to this country. of which she and
her ez ezchaqper preserve generous pamoTias.
f7TheIA Crosse WisA RspublioAns d.
nouhces the tefient that Gen. Butter bad
instituted . libel suit against Brick Pensroy
as q falsskcod, coined by P6nfsrsyl to give
him notoriety among ,Copperheads.
--Brignsli, the popular tenor, is said to
be afraid ef wepen,s always beng aeFyeus
when hsshasto do lore scenes With them ;in
the opera. Women do not seem to care
anything about hin, howevsr,ssses
The prsprrietors Of tie Consl essional
Globe wish to say that the story circulated
to the effect that they pay to Francis
+, Blair an annuity Of $40, 600 has not the
slightest foundation in fact.
| tt7-Tbsuoss W. Knsx, sti bisfrcupd,thes
world voyage for the New Fofk, HerslaB
writes from Irkoutsh, Eastern Siberia--the
exact sntipodesIof New York +4thStI iiel II
the seventh Americhh who hss etef Visited
that point, and. that full grown Yankees av5
great curiesities there. The bills of fare in
that far swaytplaoeFill he ssyS ssmpare
favdrably with Dslmoniesys. I u Ss.A.
VIM Martin Torbet an officer Of the
Rsbel ram Shenandoah, has nade-a bet Of
f500 that the ASSASSIN Booth is stil dive
and pledges himself to furnish proof thereof
within six months o ,.'15,a ,;@ ass isfiR
The family of e3,Gov. Harris tRebsl)
Of Tennessee, have returned to their bone
in Henry Qshnty. The ]" headn still lre-
mains in Mexico.
Gen. Gtshi sends all the) nssspapef
correspondents whe have seats 10 the re-
portstI gallery Of Congress oafds of invita-
tion to his receptions.
"A boy five years Gid, in Braoksn County,
Ky, wasrecently fascinated by three large
black snakes, and visited them daily. His
father, discovering the fact, killed them,
and the boy pined away and died.
1t is announced from New Orleans that
the Rebel John Shdell will net. .return to
this country.
The publication of the u. 8. laws in
Texas has been given to the Austin Gazette,
whose editor was formerly jeff. Davis's Pri-
vats Secretary. - Z" " sSti s@t3 !
--Thomas Stanley, an ex. United States
soldier, while passing the public square at
Brownsville, Tenn. y day or tive since, was
asked by two Rebels If he was . Confeder-
ate. Replying in the negative, he WAS set
upon and badly beaten in tho face with 4
cane, It .I,ef 8f,b iil'i
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph says OK.
Senator U. Q. Clay has returned home,
after a protrActsd absence, to find his prop
erty libsled for oon6scaticn at the instance
of the United States District Court fol
North Alabams. ~ gaa4
One Thomas Shields Of Norwich. Conn.
on Jan. ! 4, drank squaEt Of whiskyonA bet
and died the next morning.
DIR. Labau M. Sanders Of Barnstead
N. H., died few days since from disease
contracted Eve years ago while perfsrmipi
q dissection.
james Dixon, poor fremau Of Nash
the death of a relative in Mississippi.
The Medical officer Of Halifax declare
that the sprinkling of salt on the iron rail
Of the street railroads induces an evapora
tien conducive to scarlet fever.
Mr.. R H. Olmstead and Miss Marth,
8 T. Hale Of, East Hartford, Cenn., were uni
! ted Id matrimony on Jan. l, after court
' ship Of 20 years.
The funeral of the late N. P. Will
took place in Boston. The remains wer
buried in Mount Auburn.
The report Of Gen. Grants intention t.
! visit Europe is authsritatively centradictsd
/ -Ex. Senator Jesse D. Bright, of Indi
ana, presented bill of $40, 600 to the au
, thorities of that State, for damages done t
. his estate at Jeffersonvills, by soldiers i
the early part of the war. Governor MOI
. ton examined and approved the claim, an
$l0,0 900 were actually paid to him. BY tn
revising board. The State now asks an or
!. preparation from the general government
# make this outlay good. & ~
cl - fNN = - ehA - e-S,lt.
!, 1t is Understood that the following sr
" swer was returned to the invitation receive
BY Senator Sumner and lady, 10 the ne1
q Presidential State Dinner: Mr.. 'and Nri
a Simaer regret, to be unable to z xoGept, tn
! invitation Of Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson, " 7
9 -Phissas 7. Barnum, Esq, Of Bridg,
= port, Conn, is named as Republican car
q didate Tor Congress in his District. Nj
" Barnum would make his mark in Congress
/ aud being q practical business man, -woul
o be useful man in that body. His friend
9 in the West would bs rejoioed st his nom
Q nation and election. -
Among the distinguished arrivals
. Washington on Sunday was the advent {
;, q stranger in the persen ETA yeung daugf
u ter at the house OF Secretary MeOulloch.
!. Superintendent Kennedy, Of the Ne
o York Police, and the World of that oit!
n have got into controversy about the grau
d matioal structi0n of an "erder issue
v to tho police by the Superintendent. KeI
!. nsdy writes TO the editor Of the Werld, ="
70 certainly have no objection to being critici
70 ed by a capable hand; but save me frol
" enc who misquotes, and vbc cannot eve