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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-22
Belmont Common Pleas.

NOTICE.
Serelda Vanmeterl r sst.,.. .e.
(, ERELDA VANMETER whose place of resi-
- dence is unknown, is hereby notifed that
on the lith day OF september, lsoa, said Slrnul
Vanmeter filed in sad Court a petition against
her, asking for divorce and The custody OIL cir
minor child, for the cause that said defendant
has been guilty OF adultery with one ID. B. Comp
ton about December |, 1852, at Lawrence Luunty
Indiana, and at divers other times and o aces
since that time.
The defendant is also notified that the plain
tiff will take depositions in said case 1.-THE Post
office in Mitchell, Lawrence County. Indiana On
Friday, October $, 1858, between the hours OF ) -
NJ and P. NJ. and also al Paoli, Orange County
Der Il 1855, between the hours ofSA. NJ. and p NJ
f NJ. V. B. MONROE and
D. d. Z. COWEN.
Attys Tor pltf.
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Eject of the Eisssisns In vEashingten.
A Washington letter writer says OF
IL. .lx;.at af th., In 10 ul e


The conversation here to-day in all
quarters among officeholderse and ithe
hitherto undecided gentlemen in the
Departments, shows very large Repub-
Iican gain. More persons have come
down off the fence, invariably on the
Grant side, to-day than upon any pre-
vious day for years. They came down
early this morning, and tonight, it Is
utterly impossible for strangers todis-
tingush them from original Republicans.
The mass of the unchangeable Demo-
erats are about the most despondent set
of mortals anywhere referred to in the
political annals OF this city. The Intel
ligencer attributes the unsatisfactory
state of its columns To a failure of the
reporters engaged specially for the oc-
casion, and deemed reliable. The eve-
ming johnson paper deyoses twenty
four lines TO the subject, saeing: We.
all know that rs general thing tele-
graphic operators at the North are IN
imical TO the eonservativecausa. Besides,
it is impossible at this early moment to
obtain by any, means authentic re-
turns.e Even the report that Indiana
has gone Democratic affords mo appre-
ciable relief to the Seymour. paen,, as
NEST OF them frankly admit that Grants
election is as certain asany future earth
ly event can wen be. - .',''-'.' -,
$4,000 perseus are depositors in the
4 \
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Times of Holding Courts

III He E5gh JdtIlctd Dlstrict Of Ohi0 Or The ye0T
Of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Sa1ty- Nine.
IN PURSUANCE OF THE STATUTE in such.
Il case made and provided, the Judges o! the
Courts of Common Pleas in the Eighth Judicinl
District of the State of Ohio do hereby order
that the District Courts and the Courts of CONF
mon Pleas in and for said DisIr ret for the yeal.
A. D. 1869, shall commence in the several Cou1l-
ties embraced in said District, as follows:
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REMOVED.

MISS PRISCILLA p. ALEXANDER, would
vi infrom her old customers and the public
generally that she has removed her M1LLEN-
ERY STORE, TO the room formerly occupied by
Mr. BiclSham, in eampbelfs Roomon the cor
ner and West end of New Block. where she will
keep full supply of MILLINERY GOODS,
TRIMMINGS. and ready made BONNETS, al
ways on hand at reduced prices.
ap2-lS6S.
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NOtice.

JEREMIAH T. HEBRON, whose place of resi-
- dence is unknown to the undersigned petit
uoner, is notified that Margaret Ellen Heron.
did, on the 10Th day of July, A. d. 1865 file her
petition in the office of the Clerk ofthe Court OF
Common Pleas, within and for the County OF
Belmont and State of Ohio, charging the said
jeremiah T. Heron with being under the az,
of eighteen years at the time of marriage and
that she never cohabited with him since he a =
rived at the age of eighteen years and also fraud,
and asking that the marriage contract be de-
clared null and void by a decree of the Court OF
Common Pleas of said County, and that she he
garet Ellen Reed.
Said petition viii be for hearing at the next
term of said Court. "a ssl
a MARGA RET +. HEBRON
BY NJ. d KINa n. ]. MASNING, Attys Pet.
September A-6w r.'i. .-
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- Conc aEss has adjourned till Novem
Der. The presiiiny officers met In Wash
inyton pursuant To adjournment, bu
there being no quorum present, and hav
ing no other order, adjourned to the lOti
proximo. 4.r4II.,I .l
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REMOVED.

ISIS NANCY B. FARIS, would inform her
vi old customers and the public generally. and
ladies particularly, that she has removed TO the
room formerly occupied by Watson & Gressin-
ger, West OF the st. Clair Hotel, where she will
Keep n full supply of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS, and TRIMMINGS, fresh from the East
each season. to which she invitesthe attention
of buyers. Thankful for past favors, she would
invite those wanting HATS or BONNETS
MADE or TRIMMED, 10 call where they may
be expeditiously and neatly supplied.
mar2b 1865
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8usiness Cards.

DoBERT PRATT Il SON,
Ii Dealers in
PAINTS, OILS, AND VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, ARTISTS MATERIALS,
FRENCH. GERMAN d AMERICAN GLASS,
SASH, DOORS, FRAMES, SHUTTERS,
And Agents for
FRENCH PLATE GLASS,
No. IOS Market ST.. doors below Mcclure House
WHEELING. WEST VA.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-22

HON! ScHUYLER COL9AX, our next
Vice PresLient,- is 10 be married on the
9th OF the preset month.
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SPECIAL MASTER COMMISSIONERS
SALE OF REAL ESTATE,

SALE OF REAL ESTATE, ~
Harrison Butel
> Belmont County Com Pleas
Mary Welsh,
p Y VIRTUE OF a THIRD ORDER of sale
- in the above case issued and 70 me directed.
will offer for sale at the front door of the Court
House IN st. Clairsville, i'll said 1ounIy, on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2,Is6s,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. N. and o.
clock p. NJ. of said day, the following described
premises situate in the County of Belmont, to
wit:
The West half of Lot No. r. of Block No. I, IN
Bellalre City, Belmont Coun. y, Ohio.
Terms of Sale cash on day OF sale.
Appraised at 500. as. 7f-l'' ,.s - :
SAML. b. PIPER, Sheriff.
and Special Master Commissioners
]. B. SMIr.I, Atty for Plf - -
Sheriff 5 Office. st. Clarsville, o., Oct. ]. 1853.
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Franklin College.

TV'HEFALLTERM OF FRANKLIN COLLEGE
L will Commence the Third Tuesday, 18Th of
September, and will continue fourteen weeks.
For further Information or for catalogue, ad-
dress X. G. CAMPBELL.
Aug. 20-4w New Athens, Ohio.
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why They wlu No. vo.s tor seymour

why They win Not vo.e tor seymour.
A private letter from lady in Utica
CONTAINS the following off.hand account
of a recent conversation in 3 railroad
car, in the course of which some good
reasons were given to show why votes
should not be cast for HOratio Seymour:
i A gentleman, formerly q Democrat,
with a clear, smooth, telling voice, gave
his views. TO some gentlemen with him,
in such way as to interest all the pas
seDgers in the crowded car. The first
part that attracted me was the follow
ing: -.
MY county, which is Erie county.
gave in the first Lincoln election some
thing over nine hundred majority for
the Republican candidate; in the second
seventeen. aud now am prepared to say
she will give at least thirty-two hundred
fol Grant. rnere was u sensatioH.-
Some one said he had no grounds to go
upon, aad asked hin low he counted:
Thus wise, 2 he Teplie,i: Not one Dem
ocIstG W no gave one drop ot his blood, OF
his chiilren's, in the late war on the
Sogthern side welid vote for Seymour.
MOI Oiie man who rejoiced when our
army gained a. victory wOuhi vote To-
Seymour, Not one Inan vino had sons
OF relatives who died from starvation il
the ,ie.soav'lle and Lihoy prison
will vote or Seymour. They will al
vote for Grant" AT this moment the
lady next to me said, You may be SURE
of that. My brother died from starva-,
ton at Andersonville, no Democratic
friend of his would vote for seymour
Ny brogher-in law likewise died in the
service; aud no friend of his would vote
for seynaaar. They We're laid in their
grave skeletons; they bad no flesh to de-
cay; they were starvedi'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-22

More than tripling the public debt in
TOUR years of peace and destroying the
'creditofth GOvernmentto such an ex-
tent thot it had-t pay II per cent for
money for its current expenses. rs
Contrast this with Republican m an
agement that has paid aboutshalf of the
expenses OF a Democratic war and
brought the credit of the Government
so Tar up that it can borrow money at
hye and six per cent. Reflect on it and
decide, oh voter, in whose hands your
interests demand that the Government
shall remain. 80 TT ''','
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9hysifians.
'1fntistry.

DR. j. w. FISHER, DENTIST, st. Clairs-
/ ~ rille, Ohio.
set Vucanite Teeth, sl5 full sets on gold, $50 TO
I Sll0. Terms cash.
! ksrOffice and residence on South side Main
Street, in building formerly known as Union
House.
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oAAClol H1S uF06esT dCtS b0yO0O " uSS-
| tion.-Reducticn OF Debt and FAX
i atlon--amtnense Reduction CT Sie
II Army a. 3i.1 1't' a'Fa'f'
5''o' NATIONAL DEBT. - i.','h
Net August 1865. 900
Net July sos 900
Absolute reduction of debt in less ..li,..-.
:. or ArTHEi RATE OVER SEVEN MILLIoNs
libl,s,l. fsEDUcrIoN ;oFiTAxArIoN.
2 luctioniefi taxataoad sinee July 1866,
fI el67. .003,00o per annum. p ~ 'i.ifi
slss5.sn Taxes Upon everything '7h4- .iit
1861 All agrieultliftIp products exempt
from taxation. .9liin.7-s-fti 'it ''.s't -.
1865. All manufactures EXEMPT from
taxation except distilled spirits, b5er,
tobacco and playing cards. 80
.'''' ANNUAL ExPESst.s OF. THE ARMY,
is59-s -. y g999
Army appropriate ion 3gS 8g0T
I'd =, ,itAyNUAL EXPENSES OF THE NAVY
1 00l 90.
U1J,OyO
Navy appropriation Tor, 1866 33- 3, E,,ilV,Jgi
REDUcrIoN or THE ARMY. s.
iSS1 an army of more than MILLION OF MEN. ts
los Sepfelnber, whole number ofen-
listed lnen...... -. - j.. :. .. ~ SIX
Reduction in three years....... ,ss7 MEN
"a, I'D. p, 1865 ookTRAsrED WITH ls6s..L i..
iSc5. Total cash in Treasury 900 O0t-
1SoS. June-Total cash IN the Treasury l33 900
IS6S. June -0ver1iue and uiasettlstl.....- None
y These facts are obtained from official
sources. They may be denied, but they
cannot be. disproved,. AMI they never
nave been in any particular Now let
US look at ~
i.ui Democratic Fnanciering. a..
The Democracy had complete controi
OF the government duIiDg Bu chanan's.
adm1nistration--a time of profound
peace Let us see how economical III they
managed: The official Statement OF the
public debt'at different periods t herein
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gflmoat 90. 8nsiafss lireftory,
COUNTY OFFICERS.

HrobFe Jtnsge-CHANDLER ". .CARRoLL- Ofnce
upstairs in public buildings, hrst door 10 right
.Sherir-SAMUEL b. Piper. Office In public
buildings urst floor.
Cierkef Cbauts-J. r. MITCHELL Once in pub
&c buildings adjoining the Court House.
zudiEog-R. n. CLARK. once upstairs IN puo-
lie building entrance at ieft door.
TreasurcT-BARKLKYC COOPER Once on Main
street drst door West OF the Bank
Rsoorder--JoHS q. BoLoN. Once in public
building first floor. second door to left
ProsecisiiHg AooJ1sey-J- W. SHANNON. Ohdce
: upstairs over Patterson's Drug store.
Commissioners = James Alexander, beilalre;
Dennis Kemp, Arnistrong's Mills; William A.
Campbell, Uniontown.
lsrreyor,-JoHN KsySoS, Fairview. Guernsey
County.
cbroner-GEoRGE CBIsswELL, Beliaire
Commissioners meet at st. Clairsville on the
nraf Nondar. of March. June September, and
Decern ber-snd Board OF Equalization on
Z the third "wednesday OF May In each year
The Probate Court meets on the first tuesdays
Of January, March, May, July, September, ana
November, as a criminal court, and is always
omen in business ours for the transaction OF
other business.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-22
Millinery.

Mrs. r. A. MARTIN,
JTAs REMOVED TO NJ. KELLER'S ROOMS,
Ii where she is now opening new stock OF
MILLINERY GOODS, and is ready to accom-
modate all her old friends and many new ones.
Call and examine her goods and prices, before
purchasing elsewhere. The latest sty les always
on hand and work done to order. ap23-u
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Nattonlh Thanksgiving. r-e
By tho freside mt Of tie United States o
i. -Anaerica, ~ LAX ~ ~.
A PROCLAMATION

-ff-satt stt a PROCLAMATION.
+ In the year which is now drawing to
ITS end, theig.rt, the skill, and the lab, 1I
OF the people of the United States have
n.employed with greater diligence
and Tigor, and in broader fields tlnrnt
ever before, and the, fruits of the earth
have been gathered into the granary and
Lne st0rehOuse in marvellous abundance.
Oon hways have been 7lenythened,
and new s.nd prolific regions have been
occupied We are permitted to hope
that long protracted political and sec
ltional dis 5ensions are, at no distant day,
10 give pl ace to returning harmony and
fraternal affection throughout the Repnb-
nc Many foreign States have entered
into liberal agreements with us, while
nallonss which are far off, and which
neFetoiore haye-been unsocal and eXclu-
slNe, nave become our friends. The an
nual pc riod 0frest, which we have reach
ed in health and tranquility, and which
Is crowned with SO many blessings, is,
by universal consent, u convenient and
suitable one, for cultivating personal pie
ty and practising public devotion. /
therefore. recommend that THURSDAY,
the 11WENTY-SIXTH DAY OF FovEMBER
naXt, be set apart and observed by all the
people OF the United States as n day of
fppio ~ oiSS, tbaiihSSiNluS anu prayer
to the Almighty Creator AMI DIVINE
Ruler of the Universe, whose ever waJch-
full, mereiful, and gracious providence
al0nei States and nations, no less than
families and individual men, do live and.
move and have their being. r5
Il In witness whereof, L have .hereuato
set my hand and caused the seal OF hei
United States to be affixed. t.-f li-f-
Done IN the City of Washington this
twelfth day of October, lin the year of
ILord one thousand eight hundred and
and of the Independence
OF the United States the ninety-third.
q7-5sbi.,R ANDREW JOHNSON
By the President: .uoiil
WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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OfTAXbr IhUpa

| York Democratic managers the para
mount object was and is to save this
State, in view of the infiuenceand power
over the general councils of the party
which these New Yorkers will be able TO
| WELD in shaping the battle of 1872. no
matter what may bethe fate of Seymour.
! The decisive consi ieration IN his favor
| in Tammany Hall was that his name
! would carry New York. aud that in
saving New York the party, in any event,
would have sold foundatiou 10 build
I upon for 1872. Now, with their loss of
Pennsylvania there is every reason to
believe that The folty-sev5n thousand
| Democrat tic majority al the Empire State
last year Will disapper IN November like
| a morning fog from the face Of the sea.
The returns of these elections of yes
| tertlav viii admit of no doctoring to
show a posi- biity for Seymour and Blair
| in November The Presidential result
| is rs certain a. any human event in No
! veinber can be, and the public mind
throughout the country will from this
day settle dowa upon this cpnclusiOn.-
| Our sc;,uty returns US We write will not
admit of any specific comparison of gen-
eraI results; but tlszasasEes,w have are
sufficient TO show 81 Is ttiie bsttfe 6f
! 1864 has been made The battle of 1858, the
result will he substantially the same.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette of Thursday RE-
l ~ publican)
- WHAT TT MEANS.
When four great States, on Tuesday
last. arrayed themselves at the side OF
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont,
in loyal support of the Constitution
and laws which Blair and Seymour are
pledged to -irample IN the dust, it meant
something more than q mere partisan
victory 1t signifitd the rending of
former political ties, by many thousands
of lifelong Democrats, citizens nota few
of whom have grown grey in the faith
ful support of the principles of jackson,
Silas Wright and Douglas, whom the
recent debaselnent of their leaders has
disgusted. and who, much as they have
loved Democracy, would not quietly see
its old glories dishonored, its purity stain
ed, or its patriotism adjured. Let the
friends of the Union everywhere remem-
Der, then, that for much of the glory OF
last Tuesday, the country is indebted to
those loyal and thoughtful Democratic
citizens, all of whom, with other hun
dred5 of thousands more, will swell the |
popular anthem of Peace in November. |
Tuesdays triumphs were won for the |
Union. not for party, and the great po-
spular wave, returning next month with
vastly redoubled power. will bear up |
patriotism and loyalty, irrespective of
old party obligations, submerging rebel |
lion. reputation, and their kindred vii
lanies forever. .r....; |
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n office.
THIS IS1TO SAY TO ALL MY BELMONT
L County and Ohio friends, who may have oc-
casion to visit wheeling, that am prepared to
supply them with their dinners, or other meals,
at reasonable rates, and will be pleased to have
them call at the NEW BOARDING HOUSE,
l6l Market Street. West side, short distance be-
low the Market House, Wheeling.
WM. HOGUE.
| je25-tf Late of Belmont County, Ohio
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s50.0O0. perssus are depositors in the
Nassachuss tts savings bankslq9f ,sdo, ,ss'i
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,REPUBLIcANi FINANCERING.

Official Figures --Facts Beyond Ques-
tlon.-Reduoticn OF Debt aud Fax
i ation-simmense Reduction CT The
I Army st1 l't' n'Fa'f' af- -
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Belmont 60. 9nsiness 9irfftnry
attorneys.

r. MANNING, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
sn,cial Intention paid to collections
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VOICE OF THE PRESS.
What the Papers Say OF tho Elections.
The Presidency Settled.

From the n. Y. Tribune of Wednesday, Repul
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-11-12
L Sheep story.

4 few weeks since statement went
the rounds of the press that the hay seed
which was scattered in the wool Of some
sheep belonging TO Richard Batcbelder, of
Salisbury, \ II while feeding them in
the winter, had sprOuted on turning them
oIt in the spring, and the sheep were
bearing about with them a crop of grass
two inches in length. This story proba~
bly, reached the poetical editor of the New
York AlnL on enc of our late hot days,
and this is the way be tells it. This ver-
sion should be read aloud
This is the most interesting story that
ever we have seen, concerning some New
Hampshire sheep who are wearing of the
green. Twas related by person on
whose honor we rely, lie never hack ed
cherry trees. and-shouldn't tell a lie.
Robert Batchelder, this was tbs shep-
herds name, and he pastured twenty
eight sheep on Salisbury Plain. But
the leaves had fallen, and November
winds were chill, why out on the open
world they couldn't get their fill. Sc
Bobby kindly put them in well protect~
cd shed, with hay enough to feed them in
the NOV up overhead And the seed il
sifted down and it lodged in there wool,
and there it did remain till the a pri! moon
was full. And then out went the mutton,
all in the rain, you know, and, in less
than twenty -one days, the seed began tc
grow and it grew, and it grow-ed like
! the bean in fairy song, and now the gras:
! upon their backs is more'n two inchei
long. And, il is expected, that. later il
the year, red, fragrant clover blossom:
viii appear. The moral of this tale is
clear to every eye, that by .iudicious man
agement, if a person cared TO try, he
might, with little trouble. and with aid OF
rainy weather, have his lamb and peaa
growing up together"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-11-12

he talked of radiant hopes, she spoke of
to see her, and found her preserving -
Something in the looks of the paper which
she had put over the cans strHck him, and
he looked and found she had used his
love letters for that purpose. That seemed
little too cool, and he spoke of it TO her.
She replied that it was a wise idea of
hers. All those beginning ''Dear Susan"
went over the peaches, and all those be-
ginning "My own love" over the apples.
She wished he would write one more Of
the latter, in order to make up the number
she wanted. He felt such a woman would
never do for him, and has broken Off the
match. AS for returning her letters, it
was oIt Of the question. The words of
love they contained were part of him
self When he saw them it brought the
old days back-the melodies of the youth
Of their love, heard before the roses had
withered, before he had ceased giving her
saleratus
During these remarks the court wiped
It's eyes, took from It's pocket a spare band
kerchief. 4 small dictionary, some blank
Loi ulH, an aitBailaC, ana at laS', 4 SIBall TN
box, which looked as if it might, at some
time, have held Seidh;z powders. This
box the court opened, and took out little
parcel tied up in red tape, on which it
! dropped q tear ard then said:
Twenty years ago this coCrt
( loved girl liTing near Downer's Grove.
This court corresponded with that girl by
she weekly stage. In moment Of frenzy
that girl iil;ed this court, and demanded
her letters and string of beads. THIS
court replied II would not return the
beads, which it had traded at a grocery
store, and that il would not return the let
ters, when entreated by brother to give
them up. This court, 10 the great larcer-
alton Of its feelings, knocked down that
brother and stamped upon him. Ii still
retains those letters, though she who
wrote them has emigrated to Missouri -
Now this court does not intend to stultify
itself by taking any action against the de-
lendant, who will he discharged. As for
the complainant. she Will be fned $40,
which sum this court would assess on the
person dat Tilted it, if ii could get hold OF
her"