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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26

THE principle is laid down by many
scientific men that crosses between dis
tinct species prove inferior, and either
are infertile, as in the familiar case of
the mule, or degenerate and disappear
In limited number Of generations;
while, in the case of mere varieties, the
crossing produces progeny vitality su-
perior to either progenitOr. lt will be
readily seen what would be the bearing
of such law on TIE question of the hu-
man race If the races of men are sep
arate species, nongrel races ought to de-
generate; while they ought to be hardy
and potent if of a single species. Agas-
siz, in his Journey in Brazil, strongly
asserts that the numerous mOngrel races
between Spaniards, negroes, and Indi-
ans are far inferior in Intelligence and
moral qualities to the pure races. The
same is asserted by Darwin. who quotes
Humboldt to the same effect. DIR. Liv-
ingston quotes common saying in Af-
rica, that "God made white men and ne
groes, but the Devil made half-castes."
On the other hand, the Pitcairn Is
landers has shown no signs of moral or
physical decay, through the product Of
an intermarriage between whites and
Malysians NJ. De Quatrepages, most
eminent French authority. quotes the
case of the Paulistins OfSouth America,
who were remarkable for their physical
beauty and proves. He stoutly con-
troverts the notion that such crosses
produce inferior races. In our own
country, the mixed races show no special
signs of degeneracy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
ggeaai.
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate.
ct al.,l IN PARTITION.

nancy I ign c. tA4-' -
Nancy Taylor ct al Bel. Co. Common Pleas,
nY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
- in the above case issued and 10 me directed,
| will offer ton sale on the premises OF the Isl
Tract described below, in Washington Township
near A. H. Caldwell's) Belmont county, o., on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ., 1858,
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock A. N. and o.
clock p II. of saidday, the following described
premises situate in the County of Belmont, TO
wit:
mentioned in the writ of Partition. Being the
Souti1 half of the West half of the Southeast
quarter of Section q. Townships, Range 4, con-
tanning 20 acres more or less.
IND TRACT-The balance of said list Tract In
said writ mentioned. after taking therefrom, the
80 acres above described and 10 acres thereof set
OF to the widow, Nancy Taylor by metes and
bounds. said balance containing 30 acres on OF
the West side of the North half OF the southeast
quarter of Section 81, Township 5 Ranges.
BIRD TRACr.-The 4th Tract in the writ describ-
ed being the North half of the Northwest quar-
ter Of Section u, Township >, Range 4LeXeept
10 acres heretofore conveyed by Elizabeth Edge
to Nancy Edge. containing 69acres more or less.
4rH TRAcr.-The 5th Tract in said writ des-
cribed, being all of The Southwest quarter OF
81 acres on the East side, conveyed to John
Mechem, Sr.: also, excepting about acres con-
veyed to Samuel Magillton OFF of the North west
corner, thecentre OF creek being the North linel,
and that part of the Northwest quarter of said
Section 81, lying aud being on the South side of
Captina Creek the centre of said creek with the
meandingS thereof being the North boundary
line. excepting thereform about acres convey
ed TO John Mechem, Sr., on the East side thereof,
containing l66 acres more or less.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash on day OF sale,
one-third in one year and one-third in two years
with interest on deferred payments.
Appraised LIST Ttract at $1,000.
srd snd s slsso.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Advice from an ssOld Inhabltant."

/. PatrOnize your own traders and
mechanics. This is doing as you would
be done by, and in building up the town
you live in.
2. Pay your debts, so that others can
pay theirs.
8. Quarrel with no man, and then no
man will quarrel with you.
4. Do not steal your preaching; a man
was once struck blind, you know, for
stealing fire from heaven.
5. Send your children constantly to
sch 1ol, and look in now and then to see
what they are doing there.
+. Keep all neat and clean about your
dwellings, for cleanliness, you know, is
the handmade of health, and a distant
cousin of wealth.
Z. Avoid scandal, for this is pest to
any community.
8. Be liberal in respect to any laudable
enterprise, for the good book says, 1.-The
liberal shall be made fat"
9. Empty your liquor bottles. for you
have already "forked over" altogether
enough for them.
10. Visit the sick, the widow and faith
erless, for this is one part of that religion
which is ''pure and undefiled"
IL. Keep your children in at night, for
the evening air is bad for them.
II. Feed your mind as well as your
body, for that, you know, must go into
scales at last, and finally:
13. Take the Belmont Chronicle and
pay your subscription regularly in ad-
vance, and get your neighbors to do the
same. 7-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Sea sickness.-Its Cure.

DR.. John Chapman, of London, pro-
poses in the Westminster Review cure
for sea-sickness. His idea il, that sea-
sickness is the result of an excitement OF
the nerves, and he therefore prescribes
the application of ice to the spinal col
umn during the voyage, as a means of
deaIiening their irritability. The ice is
TO be broken in small rieees and placed
in a long india rubber bag, which is
bound to the patients spine by suitable
bandages. A number of cases are cited
in which this expedient has been tried,
and, as the Doctor claims, with perfect
success. On the other hand DIR. FOrdyce
Baker, of New York, recently read a pa
per before the Medical Journal Associa
ton, in which he says that the horizon
tai position is the only approximation to
cure, and his direction to persons about
to embark are: !. To eat hearty meal
before going on board. =. To get to bed
before the vessel sails. 3. To eat regu-
larly for the first two or three days of
the voyage, but without raising the head.
4. To take laxative pill occasionally
8. Never to get up on an empty stomach.
6. TC lie down at the approach of storm
or an unusual rough sea.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Letter from Minis,sr Dix.

Gen. Dix has written letter to a dis
tinguished Republican official at WASH
ington, in which he expressed surprise
that his first letter, repudiating the
nominees of the New York Democratic
Convention, should have attracted so
much attention in the United States
In this last letter he reiterated the opin-
ion that the Democratic party was des-
tined to be defeated and broken up, on
account Of the sympathy of its leaders
with the rebellion. He compares it to
the old Federal party Of 1872, which
ceased to exist because of its opposition
to the war in which the nation was en-
gagged with England. He says that the
sound patriotic Democrats had no other
course left but to ally themselves with
the Republican party in the support of
General Grant. The letter throughout
breathes the strongest spirit of patriot
ism, and expresses the hope that Grant
would be elected.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Thomas r. Hoge,

Theodorick Hoge ct al. Belmont Com. Pleas.
DY Virture of an order of sale in the above
ID case issued and to me directed. will offer
for sale at the front door of the Court House, in
st. Clairsville, in said County, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER q, 1858,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock A. NJ and o.
clock p. NJ of said day, the following described
premises. to wit, situate in the County Of
lsr TRACT. Being part of the East half of
Section 5, Township S, Range 5. beginning for
arun corner to lands of Joseph Pancost, stephen
Vail and Joshua Gregg, decd; thence with
Gregg's line South s9s4o West 1852 poles to
white oak and planted stone corner to David
Hoge's land and in the Section line; thence
with David Hoge's line North Oo45, West 100 poles
to a stone planted in said lire and corner TO
Samuel Hoge's land; thence Herewith North
$3.50 East l63 poles to stone planted on the side
of a bottom near the bank corner to Samuel
Hoge and in Stephen Wallis line South o. lS East
100 poles to the place of beginning, containing
100 acres more or less. Excepting therefrom 20
acres heretofore sold and conveyed to Theodor-
described tract, the remaining part of said tract
containing about 80 acres more or less.
ALSO.-A part of the Northeast quarter of
Section ., Township s, Range D. beginning for
the same at the Northeast corner of said Section;
thence with said Section line l20 poles West to
a stake or stone; thence with VIM. Ewers line
poles and l5links to a stake or stone; thence
South T9o East LIB poles to the East boundary
line of said section to a stake or stone: thence
North with the Section line 66 poles to the begin.
ming, containing 40 acres more or less. Except
ing 20 acres off the East side of said tract last
above described heretofore conveyed to Thomas
II. Hoge, subject to the right of said Thomas r.
Hoge to maintain a Dam and Race for the
use of the % acres so sold to Thomas Il. Hoge
as aforesaid. being about % acres more or less
OF said tract. r h.
ALso.-A part dissection So, Township, Range
4, beginning for the same on the South side of
the National Road West of the Town of Loyds-
vile and at the Eastern boundary line of Eli
Nichols: thence with the National Road S4ISo
East l6.S7 poles to post; thence South u East
l265 poles to post; thence South Si1 . West loST
poles 10 Eli Nichols line; thence wi. said line
North Ao West1265 poles to a stone at the Ma
tOnal Road and place of beginning containing
one and one-third acres. more or less.
Terms of Sale: One third cash on day of SALE
one-third in one year, and one-third in two
years, with interest on deferred payments.
Appraised Ist tract at $500 .
I'd SIGn.
2rd ' SI20A.
i. . SAINT. r PIPER sheriff
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26

Puscher's process for ornamenting pa
per with silky crystals is to mix the gum
made by heating commercial starch to
320o Fahrenheit, known as British gum,
with equal parts of EPSON salts and of
water, to which is added small quanti-
ty of glycerine. After being brought to
the boiling state, the mixture is imme-
.diately strained. While yet warm, it is
spread, with a camel's hair brush, upon
paper previously coated with thin So
luton of glue or gelatine. The paper,
on being dried, presents beautiful crys-
talline surface. The size of the crystals
may be varied by altering the strength
Of the solution. and by drying the paper
more or less rapidly. Crystals of differ
ent tints may be made by mixing ami
line colors with the solution, and pre-
pairing the paper with the white of eggs,
instead of gelatine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Sheritf's Sale of Real Estate,
TN PARTITION.
David Thorburn,

David Thorburn, IN PARTITION.
Caroline Thorburn, ct al. Bel. Co. Com. Pleas.
RY VIRTUE OF a I'D ORDER of sale in the
ID above case issued and to me directed will
offer for sale at the front door the Court House
in ST. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER, Is, 1868,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ and o.
ises situate in the County of Belmont Ohio TO
wit: Is,-e.'-. = -
Being part of fractional Sections Ii and 20.
township 4, Range 2, beginning for the same at
the Northeast corner Of David Patton's original
tract, in fractional Section II, at the West bank
OF Of the River, at Station I; thence South 7ISo
West 81 rods to Station 3; thence South 1889
West IL a poles to Station 4; thence West 202S6
RODS TO station 3; thence North ~ West 4O.2
rods to Station z; thence North 20 East ISL rods
TO Station & thence South S91So East 243 rods to
the place of beginning, containing leI acres, /
rood and poles be the same more or less. Saw
ing and excepting therefrom, the following de-
scrlbed piece or parcel of the above described
tract, beginning for the same feet South from
the Northeast corner OF said premises, on the
bank of the Ohio River thence down the River
South I5o West 4l.5S rods; thence South 1919
West 49, rods to the line of John Patton; thence
West Al rods TO the Eastern boundary of the O.
and z. r. r.; thence with the same North $40
West 50 rods; thence North 4l5o West % ~ rods
toa stake feet south OF the aforesaid boundary;
thence East 69S rods to the place OF beginning,
containing 25 acres 3 roods and 81 poles, be the
same more orless.
And Lots Nos lOS and 100 in wallaces addition
to the Town of Martinsville in said County of
Belmont and State of Ohio.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash on day of SALE
one-third In one year and one-third il: two
years, with interest on deferred payments -.
Appraised at, 1st Tract s., 800.
Nots No l0S at $780,
40 I69 at $50.
SAML. b. PIPER, Sheriff Bel Co. O.
p. TALLMAN, Atty for Petr.
Sheriff's office, st. Ciairsville, o. Nov. r. 1868.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
IS After Grant--what ="
BY HON. HENRY WILSON.

This significant question was asked by
Wendell Phillips on the eve of the cleo
tion. Mr.. Phillips seems to distrust
General Grant, and the men who gave
him their support. l have undoubting
confidence in General Grant, and the
men who have made him President of
the United States. If he or they shall
fail to '.seek the things that make
for peace" if they shall fail to secure
eauality of rights and privileges to all
citizens of the United States; if they
shall fail to establish justice and protec-
ton to all men in their rights to think
their own thoughts, utter their own SEN
timents, and do rs they please, provided
they do not interfere with the rights of
other men, Mr.. Phillips distrust will
rest on a better foundation than my.con-
fidence.
OF General Grant have seen much.
/ have read what he has written, and
studuied with some care his acts. L
have heard him converse with public
men for hours on matters pertaining to
public affairs, civil and military. His
deeds are heroic; and they make him
one of the great historic characters of
thu age. What he has written is before
the country and his enemy's have found
nothing in it even for hostile criticism.
In all the hours of his conversation to
which l have listened, do not remem-
Der him to have uttered tritiing word
or an illiberal or unjust sentiment. L
have great faith, confidence and hope in
the Republican party--sO much faith,
confidence, and hope that I have never
written line or uttered a word to dis
parage, distract, or divide it. believe
that IL was brought into being to meet
the needs of the country-to do great
work for the nation, for man, and for
God. But, great as believe this party
to te, have never, since have known
him, questioned General Grants fitness
to be It's chosen leader.
have undoubting faith that General
Grant will prove himself as worthy to
lead the Republican party, for the next
four years, as he was to command the
armies of the United States. / believe,
too, that the Republican party will prove
itself as worthy of such u leader as did
those armies.-[N. Y.Independent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Tas As...sin Rootn.

Mr.. James T.. Murdoch gave his Rec
elections of Lincoln" at the Masonic
Hall, in Cincinnati, on Ihursdi even
ing, and in the course of his remarks
spoke of Wilkes Booth as follows:
D No just. dispassionate man could claim
that Booth was acting from a mistaken
patriotism when he committed the hid
eous deed. 1t was groveling personal
ambition that prompted the assassin to
to his damnable work. Excited. by love
OF notorie,y and applause, Booth flung
himself into the arms of few murder
GUS conspirators, and with them hatcaed
the plot for assassinating the President.
Mr.. Murdoch: aforementioned that on one
occasion, when Booth was cast for. the
character of Charles de Moore, in Schii-
ler's tragedy of 1.-The Robbers,n - he want
ed the stage carpenter SO to arrange the
scenes that at certain time in the pro-
gress of the play he would hurl himself
down a precipice from a great height
They expostulated with him against the
arrangement, but he insisted on having
his plan carried out, saying that no mat
ter whether ne was killed or not by the
fall, the jump would be sensational. and
would 'bring down the house, So it
was with the last desperate and terrible
act of his life. A band of rebels, know
ing that he was ambitious TO do some
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
sutsrsstina 4 snstruetire fatts.

WHAT explanation will the philoso-
pliers give us concerning the phenomena
related by an Australian paper, in which
we find detailed statement of the facts
connected with the death of the seaman
who was killed by a ball CT fire while
Steering the schooner Urana? Here are
the facts, concisely stated:
1.-The vessel was off CrOwdy Head on
Monday August 18th, about midnight,
when hedUy southedsterLy squdH came
On, and all hands were called TO shorten
sail. A seaman named II. G. Sales was
steering, and at hali-past twelve A. NJ.
on Tuesday. the 10th, a meteor, like a
ball of fire, fell Immediately over the
vessels stern and exploded with loud
report, resembling that of a heavy pieee
ofordnanee. Sparks of fire were scat. er
ed about the deck, and the steersman
was killed by the shock. Every one on
board felt a violent shock like that of a
galvanic battery, but none of the crew
were injured except Sales, who was at
his last gasp wnen picked up. His body
showed no marks, but appeared to be
blackeued, and some six or eight hours
after decomposition set IN, and the poor
IGilOW Was UuIlCu ONCI bitC oiNCs LNc
fre-bdH opphrentiy traceLed NTH the
acind, agjiich Wds from the southwest, and
when it burst the fash was 80 intensely
brilliant that the steward, who was lying
in his berth below, declared that he saw
the fire through the seams of the deck.
The cabin at the same moment was filled
with smoke, which, blackened papers
lying about. Captain Johnstone says
that the discolOration OF the paint was
like that produced by smoking the
ship" with charcoal. A peculiar hides
cribable smell was perceived for some
time after the explosion, and a aquantity
of flakes like the SCOT from steamers
funnel, were scattered about. Captain
Milman states that on his first trip to
Sydney a fireball was observed passing
ahead of the ship, about one A. NJ. on
Monday, the 18th inst. 1t travelled in
horizontal direction from northwest to
southeast. Apparently it was so near
the ship that the officer of the watch
altered her course to avoid it, when it
burst, and for a moment the whole heav-
ems seemed to be in blaze of light, and
at the same time there was terrific thun-
der Lightning and thunder continued
at intervals throughout the night and
next day Tuesday, until about half
past eight O'Clock, when the weather
cleared up"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Sheriff IS Sale of Real Estate,

VS..
Rufus E. Berry. ct al. Bel Com. Pleas.
flY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE IN
- the above case issued and to me directed
will offer for sale at the front door of the Court
House in ST. Ciairsville, in said County on ..
TUESDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1865,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ and o.
clock P. NJ. of said day, the following described
premises, situate in Belmont County, to wit:
Being part of the West half of the Southeast
quarter of section %, Township g. Range 5, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at stone on
the West boundary line of said quarter Section
and on the North side of the Road leading from
Somerton to Morristown; thence South 81 per-
ches; thence East 20 perches; thence North A
perches; thence West ~ perch; thence North
1872 West q perches; thence South 1872 West Is
36-lO0 perches to the place of beginning. con-
tanning acres and 1856 perches more or less
Terms of Sale: One-third cash On day of sale
one-third in one year and one-third in twoyears
with interest on deferred payments.
Appraised at $500.
SAML. B. PIPER. Sheriff Bel. Co.. o.
j. II. COLLINS. Atty for ptT
Sheriff s Office, ST. ClarsyiiIe o. Nov u 1919
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
REMARKABLE WORKS OF HUMANLA.

REMARKABLE WORKS OF HUMAN La
BoR.--Nineveh was Is miles long,
wide, and 40 miles round, with a wall
100 feet high, and thick enough for three
chariots abreast. Babylon was so miles
within the walls, which were 20 feet
thick, and 800 feet high, with 100 brazen
gates. The temple of Diana at Ephesus
was 4o0 feet to the support of the roof
IL was a hundred years in building. The
largest of the pyramids is 4sl feet high
and 653 on the sides; its base covers IL
acres. The stones are about 80 feet in
length, and the layers are sos. 1t EN-
ployed $50, 900 men in building. The
labyrinth in Egypt contains 800 cham
bers and II halls. Thebes, in Egypt,
presents ruins % miles round aud 100
gates. Carthage was % miles round
Athens was % miles round, and con-
tanned $50, 600 citizens and 400, 600 slaves.
The temple of Delphos was so rich in
donations. that II was plandered OF $780, :
QUO. and Nero carried away from it p
statues. The walls of Rome were
miles roundN .-y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26

THE Government vi CUBA Is described
as military despotism. Every office of
honor, or emolumentint the Island worth
having is filed by Spaniard. The
Island is burdened by taxation. all of
which is drained Off Not dollar is ex-
pended by the Spanish Government on
internal Improvements. SS,0o0,000 out
of S33, 900, 600, under the old regime, was
set apart as court perquisites." The
supreme authority is lodged in the Cap
tain General. He commands everything
and everybody, from the Court of Judi
cature to the teaching of children. He is
Chief Magistrate, Head of the Army,
Head of the Navy, Head of Public In
struction; miniature despot. Asa mat
ter of course, this is all ended now, or
will be in avery short time.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
Gard Etiquette.

The Home Journal, which is good
authority on the subject, says that WIS.,
iting cards will be, for this season, rather
larger, than formerly, and of the finest
unglazed Bristol board. The new sizes
will tend rather to the square than
otherwise. The shape of the card may
be varied, according to taste, the proper
adaptation to the size of the lettering
being maintained. Among the various
texts in use, nothing will supercede the
English script, and those inimitable
STYLES of of old English text, the most
novel being those with dropped capitals,
aud the extremely neat. extra shaded
Visiting cards. with the familiar words
denot.ng the object of the call, viii re-
main in use, to some extent especially
for CongratulatiOn or Coincidence. The
word Uisite, on the left hand upper cor
ner, will be engraved on the reverse
side. The corner containing the desired
word will he turned down, so as to de-
note tue object of the call. The word on
the right hand corner, FelicitotioR, will
be used for visits of congratulation on
so'ne happy- event, as, for instrace,
marriage, or birth; on the left lower
corner, the word Congo, used for visit
previous to leaving town; the other cor
ner Is VI Ut ti1dTktU OOrUOCcUCc. SdIuS
sent to friends before leaving for long
journey, are issued with the addition OF
P. P. C. in left hand corner. These
cards are inclosed in heavy and elegant,
though plain, envelopes, Ornamented
with tasteful monogram or initial. In
Wedding Invitations, all abreviations
like eve. for evening. will be avoided, as
well as p. m.; the word afternoon being
preferable. Invitations to eeremonious
weddings consist of square note sheet,
embellished with large monogram in
relief, entwining the combined initials
of the bride and groom. The individual
cards of both bride and groom must be
also inclosed, united with neat satin
tie; and, in some cases, another card,
with reception days for the following
month. A very neat style of card has
the customary "at home" on note
sheet, ceremony card lat fixed hourI,
and the united cards of bride and groom,
all inclosed in a splendid large envelope,
of the very finest texture, with an elab-
Orate monogram or ornamental initial.