Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
News Items.

:ion.
James Watson Webb sailed yesterday
for Brazil, to resume the duties of hi;
mission.
There was 500, 900, 900 coin, and SIC,
000, 600 currency in the national Treas
ury on Saturday.
The track of the Central Pacific Rail
road Is again clear, through the deepest
snow of the .SierraS.
Dispatches from various places east,
state that Washington's birthday was
appropriately observed.
rhe steamer Arizona, from Aspinwall
on the 18th, arrived Saturday with S27o,-
900, in treasure. No news. fst.-
ST. Thomas dates to the 18th inst,
states that she people there still hope ft.r
annexation to the United States.
The Arkansas Senate on Saturday
passed a bill legalizing the martial law
proclamation and acts of the militia.
Benjamin Joy, the distinguished tenn
perance advocate. died suddenly at his
residence in Pen Yam, N V. last
Thursday.
Mr.. Reverdy johnson, it is said, has
asked leave of absence to return home
General Grant will soon give him leave
to return, and stay.
1t is reported the cashier OF the Fourth n
National Bank of Philadelphia has dis
appeared, leaving a deficit in his ac
counts of S100,O0O
The President has decided to parden
Spangler and Arnold, the two remain
ing assassination conspirators, confined
at the Dry Tortugas.
AT Hamilton, Ohio, Saturday night,
August Sehweger was shot and killed by
Charles Elyck. Both were intoxicated,
and they quarreled about u dog.
J. n. ryner, Republican candidate il,
the Eighth Indiana District. 10 fill the
vacaLcy of Congressman Pratt, was
elected by about 1000 majority.
The President and his family will va
cate the White House on the 81 of
March. and will probably leave. Was.
ington on the 5th of that month.
John Rogers, a respectable citizen of
Manchester, town adjoining Rich
mond, Va, was shot and instantly kill
ed by Tom. Willis. The latter was
arrested.
John e.. Breckenridge is in Washin =
ton. He held a reception at the rooms
of Congressman Beck, Monday, ami
was visited by large number of his
Democratic and ex-rebel friends
As an illustration of the progress of
Greece in civilization. it is stated that
between 1880 and 1866 the number of
nlS, NJ. IN I
the number of pupils from 9,240 to 76,-
374. 80
The largest patent for land granted for
many years, excepting grants to rail-
roads, was signed by authority of the
President, Saturday, in favor of Jas. f.
10y. lib. .478 acres of Cherokee neutral
lands. a- .-..
The Presi1rnt has pardoned John II.
Eagan and Nicholas Henry, convicted,
n November, and sentenced to the PEN
tentiary, in New York, for defrauding
he Government by false bounty money
md back pay paLers. -..a
John H. Bell. of Middletown, and David
". Reeve, of Wayanda, orange County,
Y. T., prominent Democratic politicians,
lave been taken to Washington by the
usal 10 answer the question of the New
FORK Election Committee.
Colonel Joseph Kaye, an old and we'll |
.aown citizen of Pittsburg, and who for /
ighteeu years past has been Superin- 1
endent of the Fort Pitt Foundry. died |
t his residence Saturday forenoon. Ex-
1ayor William Kaye, of Louisville, |
is a brother of the deceased.
The sugar product of the world for the
ear 1868 is estimated at 2,299, 900 tons,
f which Cuba produces neaaly one-third.
he consumption for the same period |
fts 2,007, 700 tons, of which Great Brit
n and her colonies consumed about
80, 7O0 tons, and the United States 467,-
6S tons,
Three prisoners confined in Richland !
ounty, o., Jail broke out Sunday night, h
y saving off the hinges of door lead
ny from the prison hall into the main
ali with an old case knife, and thence |,
scaping through a window into the
treet. Their names are John A. Simp-
)E, arrested on telegram from Ami
.rbor, Michigan, and awaiting requi-
tion; Patrick Brannon, confined for
rand larceny, and Lewis Rubel for
ct.
The London Times or the Alabama
rea y, says: The want of defini te
asis sl arbitration will reconcile Eng
md to the rejection by the United ]
tates. This point should be kept q
early in view i'll the event OF offers lOr l
lrther negotiations. England now
waits proposals from the America The
ines continues: We have done our
ast. We have gone 20 tie verge of na- ,
onal humiliation to secure ii settlement
the questions at issue. We shall now
ait for propositions from the new adj
under Gen. Grant. 1t is
the claims are IL fair subject for
iendly arbitration.
Kentucky Is preparing to receive the
aitor Breckinridge with open arms.
he proposition is to run him for Gov
nor, and The Louisville Courier wants s
understood that: ...- .-l-
The Radical organs may rest assured
one thing-THEY will have no v ice
deciding whether John g. Breckin- it
dee shall or snall not be elected to office r,
Kentucky. THAT question, the Ken cl
cky Democracy, consulting General
reckinridge, will settle for themselves. =
hey want no Radical advice, they heed z
} Radical threats or warnings, and 1
ey will tolerate no Radical obtru-
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IT appears highly probable that the
,rneli University. at Ithaca, n Y, is il
'stined to be a prosperous institution.
5 income for the present year is up
ards of SS7, 900. By the act of ipcor- !.
'ration the whole amount af agricul-
ral land script t0 which the State was
TITLED for educational purposes under
e ac of Congress was directed to be
Id for the benefit of the Uuiversity.-
ne amount of scrip was between 9OO,-
0 and l,OOO,000 acres it was all pur-
Iased by Mr.. Cornell for about $4O0,-
0. The entire property was offered to
r. Cornell for $40, 900. He voluntari-