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

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II VIM. G. Bryant has sold out his inter.
lest in the Evening Post of New York.
The celebrated Ashburn horse, owned
by Mr.. Bonner, died last evening OF
Ispasmodic cholic.
New rumors are in circulation in re-
, gard to an organization in New York to
aid the Cuban revolutiOnists.
President johnson has pardoned John
Osbrey, recently fined one thousand dol
lars for presenting a fraudulent whisky y
bond.
J. There are now only two-and-a-half-
days, staging between the two ends Of
the Pacific Railway, and the reconstruc-
ton is being continued.
Advices from the City of Mexico, to
December 3, state that Gen. Rosecrans,
accompanied by Gen Stuart, had arrived
and been cordially received.
/ DIR. Parsons, surgeon of the flagship
! Lawrence, at the battle of Lake Erie,
and the last surviving officer of Perry's
fleet died ut Providence, Rhode Island,
Saturday.
The Augusta, Georgia. Republican
states that the Sheriff of Warren county
was shot and seriously wounded by uB-
known parties while on his way home
Monday night. a
In ST. Louis, on Sunday, Mr. Kohl,
wife and five children and two boarders
were poisoned from eating rabbits. The
whole party were very sick, but prompt
medical attendance relieved them, and
they are all doing well.
The total assessment in the Second
District of Ohio. (CincinnatD for No
vember was $4,000. OF this amount
S324, 900 was on whisky. The tax paid
on whisky by stamps the same month in
the Second District wasS176 600.
Hostilities have broken out between
Greece and Turkey growing out of the !
Greek sympathies with the Cretan re- !
bellion, and il would seem by dispatch |
es that nothing but the peremptory in /
terventiOn of the great powers can re-
store peace. re, F-.,1at
The farm of Ex-Governor Wise, in
Princess Anne county, Virginia, SO long
held by the government was on Thurs
day surrendered to the owner. The gov
eminent also ordered the payment of
rent to the owner of Libby Prison for u
years use of it.
The Senate Postal Committee brought
in bill abolishing the franking privi-
lege on and after the first day of next
July, and the corresponding Committee
of the House is likely to report similar
bill after the holidays. 1t is probably
too much to expect that either of these
bills can be carried through Congress.
Regular trains will hereafter run west
on the Union Pacific Railroad as far as
Evanston, Utah, ninety-seven miles
west of Bryan, the present terminus.-
The nine hundred and sixtieth mile has
been reached and is ready for inspection.
The weather continues mild and the
snow is melting rapidly. A heavy storm
is reported north and west of Salt Lake.
L, is stated that the National Banking
act will probably be so amended or mod
flied during the present session at Con-
gress. as to give to the Comptroller of
the Currency full power to call on the
Banks of the country for a !
which he may see fit 10 name, retro
spective or otherwise.
The estimates for the expenses of the
for the next fiscal year :,
were sent to the House Committee on
on Saturday last. The {
total amount is said to be SS0S, ,000. .0O0.-l ,
Included in this estimate is $l29, 700, 600 /;
for the interest on the public debt; S52,-
DOC, 900 for the expenses of the army; $20,- '
YOU, 600 to carry on the navy; $26 900, 600 4
or pensions, and $40, 900, 900 for civil and
expenses. 1t is thought
hat this amount will be cut down to p
$50, 100000. sa ~ t lii