Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-05-13

The Mount Vernon Estate originali
consisted of 200 acres. The ladie.
with the aid of Mr.. Everett, some year
ago bought two hundred acres, incIud
ing the Washington House, and th
remaining one thousand acres is no,
advertised for sale at auction next week
The personal items of Friday are tha
General Thomas left for Louisville 10
dav; that General Hancock leaves 70
st. Paul Tomorrow; that General How
ard has gone to Alabama 10 raise none,
! for school purposes in Texas; that Gen
/ Terry soon goes to Atlanta to reliev,
Gen. Meade, who comes to Philadelphia
that Colonel Frank E. Howe, who wa
on Governor Andrews staff. during th'
war, and had charge of the Soldier!
Relief Rooms in New York, has becl
appointed Customs Agent in that city
that w. w. Boyce, one of the Soutl
Caralina Confederate Senatofs, was to-
day admitted to practice in Judge Cart
ter's Court here without taking the ties,
oath.
The President has written to General
Candy advising that the election in
Virginia be held on the last Tuesday in
June or first Tuesday in July, and the
probabilities are that it will be ordered
on one of those days. 1t has not yet
been decided what parts of the constitu-
ton shall be submitted for separate
vote, and the President intends taking
the advice of his Cabinet before issuing
instructions on this point. Most of the
Radical Republicans of Virginia will
vote for the whole constitution, but
some of its most proscriptive features
are sure to be defeated.
There is now in the Treasury of the
United States SlO8, 900, 900 of coin; of
which S92, 600, 900 is the property of the
Government. At the present rate of
receipts the customs duties yield about
SOS, ,000, 900 per annum more than the
interest on the public debt, and the ex-
penses of the diplomatic and consular
service. The gold in the Treasury.
therefore, accumulates at the rate OF
81 300, 900 per week, when no sales are
made.
Upon all blanks used for writing tele-
graph messages by the public is an
agreement on the part of the Telegraph
Company, and the sender, enumerating
the conditions upon which the message
is received by the company for trans
mission. The attention of the Commits
siener of Internal Revenue having been
called to the subject, he referred the
same to the Solicitor of the Bureau, who
has decided that the conditions, being
in the nature of an agreement, must
have = five-cent revenue stamp affixed
to each message. This, of course, will
have the effect of increasing the tariff
five cents on each message. to be paid
by the public, or the abolition on the
part of the companies of the present form
of blanks. y,,.t:l
Gov. Curtin will sail for Russia the
first week in July. *sle s.tsH
1t is again rumored that Gen. Butter
field is likely to receive the Spanish
Mission some time next month.
Gen. w. III. Terrill was en- Friday ap-
pointed Third Assistant Postmaster
General. -u ,.
It,is now believed that Russell Jones,
of Illinois, whese nomination as Minis
ter to Belgium the Senate refused to
confirm, will shortly be appointed to
that position. So
A private dispatch was received here
on Friday from Ex-President johnson,
stating that he would be in Washington
in the course of the coming week.
General James M. Ashley left here on
Friday for Montana to enter upon his
duties as Governor. 'ss-f 81
The contest over the United States
of Pennsylvania. vice Cen
eral Ely, deceased, and which bid fair
to be one of great animation, was cut
short on Friday by the President ap-I
pointing Gen. Gregory, who had been
pressed by Hon. Leonard Ayers. si
1t is reported that ex-President John
son is to visit Washington this week for
the purpose Of consulting with Senator
Sprague's friends about the formation of
a new party, and to. furnish Spragpe
with material to continue his war. next
winter upon certain radical Senators.