Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-07-02
NEWS AND personal ITEMS.

Receipt: q customs for the week ending the
/ Generals Grant and Dent leave Washington
on Monday ON o Western tour. AG \
Governor warmonth has called meeting Of
the Louisiana Legislature July6. Ff
Reports nom the crops in Georgia are fay ora
Die. The late rains have been general.
Gen. Rosecrans will be appointed Minister TO
Mexico. and will very likely be confirmed.
1t is reported that Governor Seymour is TO be
tion. -
The vote in the Senate on passing the omni-
bus Pill over the Presidents veto, was yeas, 50;
The Governor Of Louisiana will issue a procla-
2ath inst. 49, 49, .I.7- --l, =.
The President has nominated Henry A..
smithe, Collector of New York. as Minister to
Austria.
Congressman Woodward. Of Pennsxivanin. .
ex-Chef Justice. Is being pressed for the Russian
Mission. ti-
A wigwam for the accommodation of the Pen.
dleton escort is to be built in Tompkins square,
New York Fi tH ,iFf fl''lr "a Ed Sni
Late advices from Arizona render probable
the election of Mccormick, the Union Delegate
to Congress. t9pe ,,s.toii.-'i.ei 800.
The reports Of the ravages Of grasshopers in
Iowa are greatly exaggerated. Only fourteen
counties are infested.
There were three hundred and ninety two
deaths in New York last week. and one hundred
and nifty In Brooklyn.
RThe Internal Revenue receipts last week were
nearly four millions--one hundred and ninety
two millions for the fiscal year. rr.rJ
The tax bill is to be complete and sent to the
Senate next week. Legislation on the tariff
question is postponed until December.
project is on foot to raise from the colored
people the sum of thirty thousand dollars to
procure for General Howard homestead In the
South. l| .t4 t.fF ttr
Twenty-three distilleriesin in Cook County; ni..
during five months, ending June |, manufactur-
ed over 5000 barrels or highwines, on which they
paid tax OF over s60oooy. 4. 81 .5rs.i-,l,..-, =
1t is thought now that Congress can finish up
business pSsi and adjourn BY the middle Of July
TO get home and go TO work in the canvass.
The Senate refuses to concur in the House bill
for further extension of the fifty per cent. vol
untary clause ofthe bankrupt law to next Jam
uary. This action is decisive against the propo-
sitioD. ~ ~ ~ ~
General Scott, Governor elect OF South Caroli-
ma, has issued q proclamation convening the
viii the provisions Of the omHbrs bill, for t6e
ratihcation OF the 18th amendment. "
General Sherman is reported to have said in
conversation that there is hing to be appre-
hended from the Indians on the plains, that
they are peaceable and quiet, and that more
murders are committed in any large city than
by Indians.
Sulzerberger, another of the New York whisky
conspirators, has been sentenced " S5,OOO fine
and ten daysimprsonment. james Winter has
been sentenced 10 three months in the peniten-
tiary and 5000 fine, for forging checks on the
sab-rreasury., Several other parties were SEN
fenced TO various terms of imprisonment, for
defrauding the United States by false certih-
Gates Its 'ttIl'
An Austrian paper alleges that the most per-
feet spealSin machine ever invented is now be-
ing exhibited in Pesth. Hungary. II is worked
by Keys, and the lady performer converses
through Its medium with ranifIity a m M
ion that even misleads the visitors. The only
preceptible imperfeetion is in rendering the
sharper or kissing sounds, such as the final Of
the letter "S."
Crop news saysthe Chicago Journal, contin-
ues fayorabe. Croaking seems to be out of FASH
ion or out of order. From the South and West
good news reaches us. The cotton crop promises
a yield of over three million bales. Other crops
In that section are also good Louisiana Will
produce one hundred thousand hogsheads of
sugar. This Will go far toward putting the South
on its feet. In the West the weather ts favora-
Bile for wheat, which Is maturing finely, and the
late rains have done wonders for the growing
corn crop.