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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-12-24
DMIoVED,

rJSS NANCY B. FARIS, would iplogT,m ,sl nes
MI old cnsfomersand the public generstdiy, ahe ,3,e
Indies particularly that sne nay 3 Gressin
rep West OF the St Clair Hotel where she Y E1it
Keep full supply Of MILLEsEfRm, LEI En- tba raEa East
eac6 season.. to which she invites the atleutioIl
of buyers Thankful for past favors s6e w99rS
invite those wanting HATS or ta,, Z, q :
he expeditiously and neatly supplied
rn.lloh
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-12-24

Half a million in currency was sent
West, Monday, by one of the New YORK
banks. ftE Gig -- i'-
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a, The New York Tribune editorial.y
saws: We are confidentially advised
from Washington that the Supreme
Court is pretty certain to adjudge the
Legal Tender Act unconstitutional. We
are told that there will probably be but
one dissenter from the Courts judg-
ment. ~ -----L-.----- - u ~ Il
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9sntistru.

wv. FIsaER, DENTIST, ST. Glars
~ riHe Ohio. ,,.o raatb sa0. halt
set Nseanite Teeth SIS; full sets on goid' soo 70
hSlip3 Terms cash. vo,,,h side Main
IN rS~Ofice and residence on Soutn sue as rnion
street, in building formerly Aho"n -
Hosrse. 20 s-tf elfz--L
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RATES bF ADVERTISING.

One square (Ten lines Nonpariel, or less .Gone
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8usintss Cards.

noRERT PRATT q sOE.
X Dealers in
PAINTS, OILS, AND NARMNISSHtiHESk M StiHkr
RRJISHES. ARTISTS MATERIALS, e
ERENCH GERMAN & AMERICAN GLASS,
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MiIiipfru.

MRS. r. A. MARTIN,
HAS REMOVED TO NJ. KELLERs hgI hOgMS,
Z III where she is now opening new stoch o,ai "a
nniate All her old friends and many new onss,
Cali and examine her goods and prices aaTs pslors
purchasing eisegtaedle: d:,s 10 ine order' ,apztf
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AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM

The CHRONICLE is unsurpassed in this section
of Ohio. 1t is printed on new, clear type, in one
ened Counties of the State, and its circulation
is steadily increasing. t ft
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IA RIs, PHOTOGRAPHS GALLERY,
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Also. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS and CAhD
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Omen in all kinds of weather
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PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING
-.c,ia "A in the most approved style st ne
CHRONICLE JOB ROOMS. ~.
Af Give 1s a suii! "a
RATInTkCfI0G sGUAkAEThRS
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SAML. lB. PIPER, Sheriff,
p. TALLMAN, Atty for Petr. " ll-
sheriff office st. Cairsville, o., Nov. 10, 1888.
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~ TrRonE.. Joshua BoDLEY. JAS W. BoDLEY.
JIROBE & BODLEYS,
Manufacturers of
C1RRyAf f,ES- BIGGIES, ROCKAWAYS, &C.,
Cornar 4th and CLAY SITS. below Hempfeld Depot,
WHEELING, WEST VA.
ar Renairino attended to with dispatch
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Sherif's Sale of Real Estate.

SAML. B. PIPER, Sheriff Bel. Co.
Sheriffs Office st. Clairsville, o., Nov. 49, 1858.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
Prophecies about General Grant.

There is lively manifestation among the
prophets. Some predict one thing, some
another, as to GRANTS policy-some from
one motive, some from another. MIR. VAL
LANDIGuAM has led in the prophecy that
General GRANT viii ~, " C.: .tand -
,.le democratic platform. The prophets do
not know more than other people, and it is
not probable that more credit will be given
to their predictions than they deserve.
If there were any probability of General
GRANTS turning Democrat the event would
hardly be facilitated by foretelling it, and
that Democrat who makes it known is hardly
entitled to credit for wisdom or prudence.
But we have no idea that General GRANT
is going to turn Democrat.
General GRANT may adhere to his own
views, without adopting the policy OF
either party. He is known to be firm
and self-willed man. lie has made no
pledges even to the party that has elected
him. He is a man of strong common sense,
and, having never been a partisan, is not
embarrassed by old party prejudices or al
liances. Therefore he is in fine condition
to adhere firmly to the 'GRANr party" fol-
lowing its policy and carrying out its mea-
sures steadily and persistently. If he does
this, he will fulfil the hopes Of many. If
lie does not, he will carry out the Radical
policy. That he will become Democrat is
altogether improbable.
We know nothing of General GRANTS
opinions and purposes, and mean not to
speculate upon them. We take the follow
ing, on the subject, from the New York
Times Radical) of Tuesday morning:
GA correspondent of this paper said yes
terday that Grants election will in reality
be rebuke to both wings of our extreme
politicians, because it is well known that
he does not represent the extreme partisan
views on either side; and with his installa-
ton into the Presidency we may safely trust
that more wise and more moderate mea-
sures will commence to rule the country
These views should weigh with patriotic
men who are opposed to political turmoil
and party fauaticism.''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
The STAY Law of Virginia.

To the Editors Of the DESpdtch:
For three years the creditor has been de-
priyed Of all legal means Of collecting that
which is Justly due him. Now, it is an
undeniable fact that the Legislature Of Vir-
ginia only intended this law to protect the
debtor for q limited time, SO that he might
be enabled to make arrangements to pay
his debts without having his property taken
from him. We desire to know how many
have made this arrangement. can say
with impunity that not one in hundred
has made it. And if the stay law were to
remain in force for twenty-five years to
come, the Indebtedness of the people of Vir
ginia would stand very nearly as it does at
the present time. 1t will ever remain so
until the stay law does expire. The stay
law is nothing more nor less than a specu-
lating scheme, held up and advocated by
those that owe money that comes under the
head Of this Infamous and contemplate
law. 1t has been supposed that there was
being, or would be, a desperate effort made
on the part of the debtors to get General
Stoneman to extend the stay law. We hope,
however, that he will see that the extension
of the stay law would be detrimental to the
interest Of the larger portion of the people
of Virginia. Because there are those that
would pay their debts, provided they could
collect that which is due them,-" the col
lection" of which is stayed by this one
sided law-we admit that restricted stay
law would have been good-one under which
the debtor would have been held bound to
have paid portion of his debts from time
to time stately until the whole debt had
been liquidated. If this had been the Ian
guage of the law it would then have been
a benefit to the debtor, and no particular
disadvantage to the creditor. But instead
of this being done, there was an unre-
stricted and unconditional stay law enacted
that gives the debtor all of the privileges;
for he is not even required to pay all Of the
interest on his bonds, say nothing about the
principal. Now, we would respectfully ask
General Stoneman, if he should think pro-
per to interfere with the stay law, which
we hope he will not, to examine carefully
the facts which We have submitted, and
give the creditor some Of the just privileges
which have so long been withheld from
him. Reports show that there have been
good crops made this year (lS6S) nearly all
over the State, and we do feel confident
that the people generally are as well pre-
pared to pay their debts now as they will
ever be at any future time. Therefore we
think that the time has fully arrived for the
stay law to expire, and We hope that Gen
eral Stoneman will fully concur with us in
our opinion, and think proper to leave the
stay law untouched, and let it expire with
the closing of the year. G..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06

remarking that the Democrats threw their
chaaces overheard by nominating SEYMOUR
and thus insured the election of GRANT,
says: IL !,
"sLet us have peace is his tae .sasa
Grant'sl motto. We leok now 10 see . .i:ss
words converted into acts-to gee VI: oi .,,o
branch substituted for the SWORD III .he
southern States, negro supremacy 4aasay
srperceded, and such measures adop.eu as
will create harmony out OF discoro III .iiat
Genial and fruitful portion Oh our country
Comprised in the States now suhering from
a mistaken and vindictive policy. We look
aleo. and hopefully to this, that after the
a.b of March next there will be check
mt upon the monstrous corruptlons which
prevail in ali the departments of the Gov
crnment; that economy shall succeed ex-
travagance in the disbursements of the pub
lie funds; that the public debt shall be re-
duced as rapidly as possible, and that the
taxes which press upon the people shall be
made more easy to bear.
g The people expect that General Grant
will accomplish all this, and if he fails to do
SO he will not have completed the purpose
for which he is elected. But we have great
confidence in General Grant"
The Herald has been very consistent IN
its course during the wholecampaign. Inc
views here expressed it has steadily enter
tanned.
The New York World, in a long edltorlai'
eulosizes the Democracy for the fight they
have made, and urges them to remain well
banded and fortified for future struggles.
It has nothing to say Of what it expects
from the President elect. -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
General Gant-Hoeo He VIII Act-Ar
pointmentS-The Public Debt.
WASHINGTON, November 4, 1865

WASHINGTON, November /, 1868.
Democrats and Conservatives do not
appear respondent over the result; and
although disappointed, no few of them have
great confidence that Grant will make a
President thoroughly newfoundland in no
respect sectional-in character. At army
headquarters to-day there is no appear
ance Of hilarity only quiet satisfaction
that the election is over. No word has been
received from General Grant.
In connection with the impression which
has gained SO much ground recently, that
Grant will not allow himself to be made q
tool Of by extreme partisans, the following
paragraph from an editorial in the Wash
ington Star of this date may be regarded
as not without significance:
Seriously, however, we apprehend there
is more solid foundation for this pleasant
philosophy on the part of the minority than
most Republicans would at first thought
suppose. Not that we think General Grant
will ever place himself upon the Demo-
cratic platform, or formally leave that
framed at Chicago. From the very nature
Of things, however, it is impossible for any
President to satisfy the more ultra Of his
ante,election supporters; and in addition to
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06

this Inherent general difficulty, We do not
doubt that President Grants admins,
tration will naturally and intentionally tena
towards moderate and conservative mea-
sures. But that it will meetthe viewsand win
the praise of all true friends Of the country
we have just as little doubt. In fact, the
prospect is that he will prove to be gooa
enough Democrat for all enlightened and pa
triotic Democrats, and at the same time .
good enough Republican for all liberal anu
large-minded Republicans"
Secretary McCulloch has appointed ]. +.
McKenna storekeeper, and II. f. wilkins
inspector of tobacco, snuff, cigars, ETC., Ior
the fifth internal revenue district OF VIZ
ginia. This district comprises the countles
Of Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Halifax,
Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, ana hoano 4, }.
It is now thought that the decrease OF the
debt according to the statement which IS to
be issued this week will be about three
millions. I1MoN.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
PETERSBURG, November 5, 1868.


The Model Farm, formerly belonging to
the Union Agricultural Society, was sold
to-day ut public auction under decree Of
the Dinwiddie Circuit Court. It con-
tanned 104 acres, which was laid off IN
nine lots, and sold accordingly. The aggre-
gate sales amounted to 81, 800, being rather
less than $50 per acre. The place was
beautifully situated, just outside of the
corporate limits Of the city, and would have
been cheap at 500 per acre.
The Model Farm was the child of the
late James c. Gruce, the President of the
Society, who contributed out Of his ample
means ten thousand dollars towards it's
establishment. AS it was an annual ex-
pense he subsequently aided it by paying
it out of debt, perhaps more than once.
This was by way of loan to the Society, and
the farm was held bound for the payment.
Hence the sale under the decree of court.
1t must be acknowledged by all who were
intimately connected with the Society that
the farm was failure. 1t cost from first
to last not less than $4,000. The expert
ments, though conducted with care, were
without any general value; nor indeed
could the results be made available over
such diversity of soils as were embraced
within Tie limits tts Ct the sssistZ Bas It
served at least to attest the munihcence OF
as noble-hearted Virginian as ever lived,
whose devotion to the interests of agrlcul-
ture was the passion of his life.
A coroner's inquest was held to-day on
the Chesterfield side of the river over the
body of negro man which was found
yesterday in the water. His identity was
ascertained, and some injuries to the per-
son rather led to the supposition that his
death might have been from the use of foul
means; but they might also have been pro-
duced by falling from the bridge into the
water. AS the man was known to have
been drunk, and in the absence of all evil
dence showing criminality, the jury rem
dered verdict of accidental drowning
and the remains were buried at high-water
mark by the Chesterfield authorities. S.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
zinc yyeehIy Dispatch.

The contents os to.iay's WEEKLY are very In
teressipg The conclusion Of the proceedings OF
the Episcopal General Convention on the subject OF
Ritualism-The Eastern Virginia Christian Con-
fererce-Sons of Tempcrance-The Augusta Conn-
ty FaIr--State of the Virginia Treasury and the
State Debt-Strsngc letter of suicide Ericsson 8
sun m schine-The German Arctic ESpedition-Mr.
j. Q. Adams on the great issue James River anu !.
Kanawha Company, proceedings of-Decision o.
the Court of Appeals on the Jeter Philips '.so
DENYING n new trial-Kilpatrick denounced Q!
Central Forrest-News from the recons'fue,.
states, with riots, &c.--A carpet-oasger '',s.o,.
and swintes wldow--N'ost ENTERTAINERS ,.a ,s,ter
laay, inciudlng widow Cobo's tlrss ,,,s;,o Icc-
from Mark Twain, Josh billings 49, smusinp
tare ON the rooster. and his proverbs, an'u1 amusing
sneesa,es and fine poem esooerEdIso.i"ls
and Mark.ss. good paper for country friends
single copies per snnun g. The ei5 'eras
49,, ~ tho WEEKLY DISPATCH is very large
ao, - -" or the best advertising sheets In all
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
The Next Congress.

The Senate when full, including the
southern senators, has &c members. In
the next Senate there will be 10, if Vir-
ginia, Mississippi, and Texas remain un-
represented. Of these about four-hfths
will be Republicans.
The House of Representatives consists of
243 members when full. Deducting II for
the three States above named, there will be
22G members. Of these 1913 are from the
States that did not secede and Tennessee. In
the present Congress, of this last number l45
are Republicans and As are Democrats
three Republicans to one Democrat. To
the next Congress there are said to be
elected in the same States 126 Republicans
and 81 Democrats-a gain on the part Of
the Democrats which gives them more than
one-third of the members Of the House,
and will thus enable them to sustain the
veto. 1t may safely be assumed that the
Democrats will elect to the House, even in
Guiding ten southern members, one-third of
the whole number. The telegram in an
other column gives the Democrats rs mem
bers-a gain of 27-in the States aforesaid.
This estimate is more favorable to the
Democrats than ours.
1t must not be forgotten, however, that
our opponents are entirely INSCRIPTIONS,
and will probably expel from the House
by a majority vote sufficient number Of
Democrats to give them the two-thirds they
crave. The Louisiana and Georgia Demo-
Gratis will surely have to walk the plank, as
we'll as Mr.. VOORHEES,, General STRADER,
and perhaps some of the New York and
New Jersey MEMBERS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06

patch, has in several recent nd;tssEr. ais de-
ciafeH1 r lla. 49, great want of Richmond is
hero-a business chief-a leader qualified
by intellect, sagacity, enterprise, and will.
to take charge of her material interests and
devote himself to them. We can easily
point out the man. It is he who now
manages those lines that connect with the
Richmond and Danville road-the hero of
consolidation and direct trade-General
Malone. Let Richmond, Norfolk, Peters
burg, and Lynchburg, all unite in sustain
ing him and his wise and energetic policy
in behalf of the prosperity and independ-
ence Of Virginia cities, and that want of
hero to which our neighhor refers will be
more than supplied. "-Whig of Tuesday.
Before the war, the writer of this was
one of few who were looking out for
the long-needed "Hero." The few agreed
upon General MALONE, and consulted
others about the way to induce him
to come to Richmond to live; but
that apathy which prevails in Richmond
about general interests, Notwithstanding
the extraordinary energy of her citizens in
the management of their individual affairs,
stood SO obstinately in the way that we
were discouraged. Had the idea prevailed,
we should have had "Hero," and one
that would have done something for Rich
mond.
But General MALONE, in charge Of oil the
Virginia Cities" is not the "hero" that is
needed for Richmond, and cannot be. Nor
is his " consolidation " the cure for all the
ills this city suffers. The nearest point of
his line to Richmond is at Petersburg. He
does not live in Richmond, and has no
especial charge of any Richmond interest
that we are aware Of. He has agreed not
to discriminate against us and so far as
we know, has not done so. This is an
act of impartiality which is guaranteed
to US by law and obedience to the law,
although exemplary, confers no obligation
upon those the law is intended to protect.
But without reserve We bear testimony to
the fairness of General MALONE towards
Richmond.
We are ready to 60 further, and say that
General MAuoNE's " consolidation " check
mated another that was very injurious to
Virginia and that was good.
Yet Richmond is like farm that cannot
be titled simply by blowing another mans
plantation. She wants direct lines and
men-heroes--livingw within her own limits,
taking care of her interests, and extending
her lines of communication. "Consolida-
ton " may or may not be fair to her. She
can rely on none implicitly that is not her
own. Her interests are large enough to
absorb the minds and employ the constant
energies of able men. The divided atten-
tons of hero whose line of operations in
cludes lesser towns without touching her
are not calculated to lift her up much from
the state to which she has been brought by
neglect. Every man who knows the ten
dency of freights on "conso hdated" " d.
rect" lines knows this. Impartial charges
will not save places reached by lateral lines
from the injury of that tendency"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
Gold in Africa.

The latest arrival by steamer from Eu-
rope brings additional news of gold dis
covcries in southern Africa. These dis
coveries are in the country north of the
British possessions. The auriferous rocks
and sands are found upon the tributaries
of the Limpopo, which finds its way to the
sea upon the eastern coast of Africa, in the
country of Mozambique. These gold re-
gions are claimed to belong to MACEN, chief
of the Bamangwato nation. Alarmed at
the threatened invasion Of gold-hunters,
the chief addresses plaintive note to the
British authorities saying that the appre-
hended invasion consists chiefly of Bri-
fish subjects, and appealing to the repre-
sentatives of her sovereign Majesty Queen
VICTORIA to buy out the mines and relieve
him of all trouble and responsibility on
account of them.
The Transvaal Argus has an enthusiastic
account Of these mines. 1t alludes to a
statement made year ago by Herr MAUcH
that it would ultimately be proved, that the
new African gold-felds were richer than
any in California or Australia. The Argus
states that the specimens exhibited at the
time of the penning of its editorial are SO
rich that statement concerning them would
be regarded as fabulous. The country of
these rich deposits is said to be healthy and
Astounding in game-one hunter being able
to supply thirty men with food.
The Natal Mercury of July 25th predicts
a great rush to these gold mines. 1t says ::
"It must be obvious to all that the influx
of so large population as will be attracted
by the all-powerful influence which the
precious metal exercises aoiu effect a COM
plete revelation in all our relations. Com
merce aoiH assume Sach mighty proportions
as aoiN battle the acildest fancy; landed pro-
perty of every description will immeasura-
bly, be enhanced in value, for it will be in
eager demand"
In its enthusiasm it becomes more re-
markably prophetic. Thus:
"Civilization and the blessings of Chris
tianity will now be carried into the uery
heart of this cast continent by the aohite
man, qoho aoiH be attracted to this part of
savage Africa by The allarementS held out
by that magic aoord gold."
The fulflment Of this prophecy would be
rather interfering with theory which has
been favorably received by great many
philanthropists-viz., that the black man,
set free in the lands where he has as slave
acquired habits of civilized industry, is to
be the means of civilizing his native land.
If that mission is to be left to the white
man, then the negro's fate is plain: he
must ever be o newer of wood and drawer
of water," and in all probability must per-
ish away from the face of the earth. If the
stimulus Of the gold discoveries, which
range from the Zambesi, in Middle Africa,
to Caffraria, fails to invite back the negro
to his native land it is probable that no.
thing will lure him on to the labor of re-
deeming Africa from barbarism, and both
the wealth Of the mines and the country
will become the inheritance Of the white
man.
The negro, with the lights Of civilization
pc mas acquired as slave to the white man,