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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Progress Of tho Proposed Amendment.

Progress Of the Proposed Amendment.
The Senate amended the proposition
of the House; the House refused to con-
cur; the Senate receded from its amend
ment; then the Senate refused to concur
in the house amendment; then the SEN
!. ate adopted the following proposition:
The right of citizens of the United
States 10 vote and hold effice shall not
be denied or abridged by the United
States. or any State, on account of race,
color or previous condition of slavery.
This was the proposition adopted by
the House, amended in phraseology, and
Nth the addition of forbidding any
6bridgement of the right to hold office
on the same accounts. 1t simply for
bids any disfranchisement of eolored
men because they are colored; and il
permits any qualification of the suff-
rage, such as educational, property,
tax-paying, provided color be not men
toned. 1t was certainly great change
from the Senate's previous amendment
to the House proposition.
This was taken up by the House on
Saturday, and amended and adopted In
the following shape:
The right of citizens of the United
States to hold office shall not be denied
or abridged by any State, on account OF
race, color, nativity, property, creed, or
previous condition of servitude.
To this amendment the Senate has
refused to acceed, and has asked for a
committee of conference.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Grant and Kesnomy.

A correspondent of the Newark Cour-
ier says Gen. Grant at home converses
upon the current topics of the day free
ly. Calling upon the General at his
headquarters in company with two La
dies, the General received the party
cordially, and entered into conversation
with:them. The conversation turning
upon the tendency to extravaganza in
the Government, he declared, with the
utmost emphasis, the conviction that
Congress should seek by all means in its
power to stop the leaks that are from
time to time iscOvered-commenci
with the complete abolition of the
franking privilege, which he regarded
as an utter abomination. "Why not, y
he inquired, "do away entirely with the
privilege, and require members of Con-
gress to pay their own postage-allsw-
ing them therefore in the settlement of
their accounts? This is the rule,n he
added, "as to the Generals of the ar
mics, and it is the right one fer all
cases. Members of Congress have fire.
guently proposed to give me the frank
ing privilege, but have uniformly de-
clined; the Quartermaster allows me for
my actual expense of postage, and l
don't want the Government to do any
more than this" Whether this report
is true or not-and we have no reason
TO doubt its cerrectness-it is fair to SUD-
pose it represents Gen. Grants views,
and is in perfect keeping with his char
acter. Already We have abundant evil
dence of the wholesome influence he
exerts. What may we not expect when
he assumes the duties of his office?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
what the oub.ns are Fighting For.


Mr. w. 81. Nevin, in his article on the
Revolution in Cuba, i'll "Lippincott's
Magazine" says:
The Cubans, if we may credit theil
own story told officially and from mouth
to mouth, are fighting for
Representation,
Severance of Church and State and
General emancipation.
Every one of these are principles ira.
ditionally dear to the American people
and ends which we have been taught to
believe just causes of war.
Cuba has to-day no representation in
the Spanish Cortes, and never has had.
She has not been offered even that con-
structiye representation with which we
were sought to by deluded in colonial
times. She has no voice in determining
the amount or the method of collection
OF the taxes which she must raise
These taxes, again, are not invested nor
spent for her benefit, nor has she any
power of any kind over them. She is
simply the Golfer of the Spanish throne.
The consequences of this disability are
those which have always followed it,
and are not few:
A burdensome standing army weighs
down and impoverishes the island.
The rule of the Captain General is alb
solute and arbitrary. fa.zz.s
The exercise of the right of Petition
has been followed by expatriation and
Imprisonment. 45l- st.' &.
The corporate association efthe people
for the purposes of science, art, or COM
merce has been discountenanced and
impeded. s.sE ...s- q.
The ports of the island have besn
closed to foreign ships, fer the purpose
of creating monopoly for Spanish bot
toms.
+ But why enumerate lengthening list
of evils? For this cause alene-taxation
war, and deemed the step well and pru-
IDENTIFY taken,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Crime and its Causes.

The Report OF the Chaplain of the
Ohio Penitentiary, for 1868, displays
facts of great interest, showing the di.
rect connection between crime and its
antecedents- ignorance, intemperance
and parental neglect. The second OF
the annexed paragraphs conveys the
most eloquent of lessons to the parental
and the public authority: -. .-.f...
OF the 374 convicts received, 36S were
males and females. Ten were 16 years
of age or under; 95 were q years of age
and under, and 269 were over q years
of age; 12l were born in Ohio, las were
natives of other States, and 9S were for
eigners. 276 of the convictions Were for
crimes against property. 65 for crimes
against the person, II for rcounterfeiting,
2 for perjury, ii for forgery for military
crimes. Of the conyicts received, APP
peared for the fourth, 6 for the third and
IA, for the second time. Both parentsof
liz of the prisoners are living; the faith
ers only of 81, and the mothers only of
IS, are living, and 104 are full orphans.
The personal history of the convicts
received shows that SS ran away from
home before they were 20 years old "a
iele uoAle peioie - years Vi age Win
the consent of their parents, and 80
never had homes;5 attended sabbath
school regular until Is years old; $50
attended irregulariy. and l29 never at
tended; 13l We're temperate men; los
Incorporate, and 135 moderate drinkers;
134 were married, and SO ha.i children;
Sc alleged intemperance as the cause of
their crime; 13l, bad company, and 154
other caused. Only 8 possessed good
educations So could barely read, and 43
had no education whatever; 1888 had
been members of the Union army, and5
of the Confederate army. of these l9l
were honerably discharged and were
deserters. t- tr. -..r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
HARD UP.

Our Democratic exchanges came to us
last week with their ROSTERS up, crow
ing over the election of Democratic
Senator in the two radical copperheas
counties,of Coshocton and Tuscarawas, to
fill the vacancy occasiened by the death
of the Democrat, Stanbaugh. In Co
shocton county during the past ten
years about 100000 have been stolen
by democratic county officials, and the
riff-raff all belong to that party because
they are in hopes it will come their turn
to get office afterwhile when they can
follow the example of their predecessors
and fill their pockets with the public
money. All the Democratic thieves in
Eastern Ohio have emigrated to these
counties as they are the only counties
in which the uezaocracy have the as
cendancy, and where they can have
any chance tocarry out their ,penchant
for stealing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

SENATOR SALISBURY, the Democratic
Senator from the State of Delaware, met
with an accident Saturday night by
which he was thrown down and got his
leg broken. The Senator had better
joined the Temperance Society, and
thereby avoided this accident. Can't
some of our Democratic contemporaries
get up little sensation on this oe cur
rance about the corruption and de-
bauchery of the present Radical Con-
gress?n Suppose, Mr.. St. Clairsville
Gazette, you give us little sermon on
this text.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
The Public Funds.

From Henry Clew & Cos Financial
Circular for February, we take the fol-
lowing article on the public funds:
Various causes have combined to pro-
duce firmness in the United States Se-
curities not generlly anticipated. In the
finance committees of both Houses OF
principal of Five-Twenty bonds to be
payable in coin has been received with
unexpected favor and it is now gener-
ally conceded that party considerations
alone would prevent a resolution to that
effect being adopted. Congress also
shows a disincliuatiOn to attempt any
definitive settlement of the form of the
public debt until the resumption ofspecie
payments, which is practically step
towards the payment of the bonds in
gold or its equivalent. There appears to
be little doubt that bill will be adopted
closing up all outstanding authorizations
foI the issue of bonds, except those de-
signed to aid the completion of the
Pacific Railroad. The strong opposition
in Congress to every form of unnecessa-
~ expenditure and to subsidies to cor
porations and purchases of foreign ter
ritory, and the emphatic declarations of
the President elect in favor of economy
and the payment of the public debt, are
construed by the public as contributing
very directly toward an improvement of
the credit of the Government. A SINH
lar feeling has prevailed abroad, with
the result of an advance of two and one
half to three per cent. in London and
Frankfort markets. Probably, Sl7 ,5O0,-
600 to S20, 600, 900 of bonds have been ex-
ported within the last three weeks !;
which has mainly contributed to the
advance of 29@3 per cent. upon the
quotations given in our last advices. A
suspicion prevails in some quarters that
the unprecedented advance in bonds is
more or less connected with operations
for promoting a rise in the New York
market /; however this may be, the tenor
of foreign letters leaves no doubt that
higher prices abroad are anticipated up
on the Inauguration of the new admin
istration. Present quotations are un-
usually high and it remains for time to
prove whether the the advanced scale
will prove permanent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Governors of Ohio.

Under the Territorial Government
from I7SS to 1908, Arthur st. Clair
Under the old Constitution, Edward
Tiffin Samuel Huntington, Return j
Meigs, Thomas Worthington, Ethan
Allen Brown, Jeremiah Morrow, Allen
Trimble, Duncan McArther, Robert
Lucas, Joseph Vance. Wilson Shannon
Thomas Corwin, Mordecai Barley
William Bebb, Seabury Ford, Reuben
Wood. Under the present Constitution:
Reuben Wood, William Medill, Salmon
p. Chase, William Dennison, John
Brough, David Tod, Jacob ID. Cox, Ruth
erford b. Hays. eaaa s..' ie''@,c
Thomas Kirker, in 1903; Othneil
LOCKER, in 1914; Allen Trimble, in 1922;
and Thomas w. Barley, in 1874, dis
charged the duties of Chief Magistrate
for short periods, by virtue of the office
of Speakers of the Senate. H'.tf2-3
OF the above named Governors,
Messrs. Trimble, Shannon, Barley,
Bebb, Chase, Dennison, Cox and Hayes
are still living. Mr.. Shannon I'M the
far West, Mr.. Bebb in Tennessee, and
Mr.. Chase in Washington City. The
rest are still residents of Ohio. f"s"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
News from Observation-Disclosures Rife Ev.
374 % erywhere. 'ssifi -
HAVANA, February 20, 1868.

'
The steamer fIom Vera Cruz brings
dates from the City of Mexico to the
18th. .,..I.-,--,... ..- >.
Gen. Negrete on the Sd captured the
city of Puebla. He issued a preclama-
ton, bpt vacated the city on the 9th, on
the approach Of the government troops,
taking the road to Matamoras. General
Bairdi, ofthe government troops, now
holds PueDla. The report that Porfirio
Diaz was implicated in this movement
is untrue. vr. s. -
The revolutionary General Zepata, at
Sisal, had fled. General Vargas having
attacked the insurgents. Theflnsurrec-
ton in Yucatan was local merely.
A revolution was expected at Guada-
lajara. There was considerable trouble
between the military and civil authori-
ties. The Governor has resigned and
the courts had declared their inability
to administer justice. Arevolution had
also broken out in Tlascala and vicinity
A revolution has also broken out in
Nueyo Leon. Quiroga, with twelve
hundred well armed men, had pronoun-
ced in favor of Santa Anna. 1t Was re-
ported that General Corona would be
appointed Minister to Washington
General Canto had arrived at Duran
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
New York Items.

Letters from South Carolina say Thur
low Weeds health is mt improving. He
remains about as when he arrived there
Nearly all bets on the race between the
Russia and City nf Paris are held for de-
cision when the log books arrive 1t il
rumored that another race between
steamers Of the Gunnard and Inman
lines will come Otfsuun. "a.
The Board of Health has ordered the
seizure of swill milk, aud large quan
tity was seized 10y the poll to day.
Transactions in stacks have been
light, owing to holiday Monday, and the
indispqsition 70 operate produced a
weakness, except in Fert Wayne, which
was brought freely unon report of q
compromise between the Erie party and
the Pennsylvania Central.
The bank statement was unfavorable
i rhe heavy decrease in deposits is due to
the falling off in loans, specie, and legal
tenders. The loss in specie is owing tC
the great demand for customs during the
week.
The freight war between the Erie.
New York Central, and Pennsylvania
Central, was very active to-day, and
some contracts were made at thirty
cents per hundred pounds, from here to
Chicago. r- .-l- .tr-.'S t'. .''-
Several persons were seIteneed to-day
t20th. for passing counterfeit money,
The highest sentence was for six years
in the penitentiary. .a,-. ... ,.... ..t-
Physicians say the danger frsm small
pox is diminishing. No new cases have
been reported for several days.
Leading Fenians are arranging for "a
grand meeting and procession on the ar
rival of Warren and Costello.
The Sun publishes long editorial,
saying that probabilities point to Gen.
Grants Cabinet as follows: Holt, ~
Kentucky. Secretary OF State; Boutwell,,
of Mass, Secretary of nreasury; James
f. Wilson, of Iowa, Secretary of the IN
terror; j. ID. Cox, OF Ohin. Postoffirr !;
len. Schoield Secretary af War; Ada
ni-al Porter, secreEnrY ~ SaSri Iudge
f,err iani of New fdrk, Attorney
i.urr,i. p lp-thinks this nearer earreri
u ~ auy othsr yet suggeaied, and thinks
si,s,tisi aol',fy To both RadicalsIaiId War
Democrats.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
JEFFERsoN DAVIS has been final

JEFFERSON DAVIS has been finally
relieved of every disability incurred by
his treason, and is now as good as the
best, the Supreme Court having swept
away the last semblahce of legal techni-
cality. Future enemies to their country
are thus authoritively assured of the
worst that can happen to them if they
fail i'm their endeaVors to overthrow the
Government, after drenching the coun-
try in blood for five years and covering
posterity with mountain of debt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Coed Policy In Adyerti,.np.

From the Cincinnati Commercial, Feb 18th.
The real estate dealers in Chicago
have been holding a meeting and fixing
up an organization that they call a
q union. The main thing under discus
sion at the meeting was the price of ad-
vertising in the Chicago Newspapers
1t is very curious that the dealers seem
ed to think that one newspaper was as
good as another TO advertise in, and that
they should discriminate against those
that charged high prices. The fact that
an advertisement in paper that charg-
ed twelve aud one-half cents per line
might be worth ten times as much to
the advertiser as if it were in paper
charging four cents line, did not seem
to occur to the dealers. And several of
them acere so idiotic as to tall of running
up the circulation OF q newspaper lUith
cheap advertising. There is nothing that
Kills q newspaper as fast as cheap dduer-
tisen1ents. They fill up the space in
which the paper could be made inter-
esting, ard, being Improbable, the
whole concern sinks. The only healtlb.y
policy is to charge a good price for dd-
Uertisenaents in proportion to circulation
that is, the number of papers cireuLdt-
edi and the classes of persons among
aOhons they are circuldted-and thus
obtain q large revenue out Of q small
space, and use the larger portion of the
paper for reading matter Of general IN
terest, keeping up the circulation and in
credsi'eg 1T, and aOith it maintaining and
advancing the uotueof space. The sick
liest and most hopeless printed sheets,
by mistake called newspapers, are those
in which there are great masses of ad
vertising. cheap and nasty, tuInbled i'll
without order, cared for by no one, and
therefore worthless.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
The Cheapest Farm in Bel
mont C0untvfOr Sale.

INTH UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE
Il his Farm in Richland Township belmont
county, Ohio. miles Southeast of st. Clairsvile
II miles nom Wheeling, miles from BeIlairs
on the Central Ohio r. r., miles from Neffs
siding and ~ miles East of Glencoe, contain
ing I'D Acres ofYery Rich Limestone Land
mostly IN grass, and is in high state of cult,
vatlon for farming purposes. Thesaid farm mas
about 10 Acres under fence, the fields well ar
ranged and plenty Of water in every field -
Acres OF the very best timber; the timber would
pay Ior the land in Cross Ties, as the farthesf
point Is mile from the r. r. One 6 foot vein OF
coal underlying the premises of the best quality
viii sell the coal separate or will sell the land
ana reserve the coal, or will sell both together
rhe helmprovementsc consists ofa two-story Frame
house, with seven rooms and kitchen with
cellar under trt; also, all necessary Improve
ments about the house, One Large Barn and
stable, wagon Shed aud Grain Houses: an ex-
cellent Apple Orchard of 100 Trees OF eraffed
frult, and plenty of other fruit, such as Cherries
RUINS, reaches and Pears Of the best varieties
For further particulars or Information rrIa-
tive to the price and terms, call on the subscri-
per per on Ihe farm, or address me, by letter, at
Dec. SI-SinI WILLIAM HARVEY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Farm for Sale.

HE UNDERSIGNED, offers TO sell his farm.
4 situated in Smith Township, Belmont Co..
o., one mile southwest OF Lewis Mills on G o.
L. H., ami two miles East OF Belmont.
sand farm contains One Hundred and Fifty
three acres OF choice land, about - acres OF
which is well timbered the balance, under y
high state of cultivation. =
Ihere Is on the prem ses "a two storv-fraIut.
mouse OF five rooms, with kitchen and wash
house attached. excellent well at the ho,lss. and
so0d spring but a short distance from it, NJ,
ihere Is also good barn. corn crib and wagon
mousse, plenty of stabiing,&c
1here are Two Apple Orchards and quite a
NUMBER OF Peach. Plum and Cherry trees The
society IS good, Church and School HOUSE. with
IN = mile OF the premises and altogether il is
q most desirable rural home
consult the undersigned on the premises. or
address at La Mira, Ohio VI
OctZ2-tf " SNyDE,p
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25

A Washington letter describes Gen.
Grants house, inside, as follows: A
homelike atmosphere pervades the
house of General Grant. The parlors
are elegant yet full of comfort. Every
thing in them is handsome, but nothing
is too handsome to be enjoyed. The
pictures on the walls are characteristic.
There are portraits of Lincoln, Sheridan
and Sherman. In the back parlor there
is large bust Of Lincoln, and portrait
of splendid horse. One side of the
room is covered by family picture,
which ssme day will be historic. 1t
contains portraits of the entire Grant
family, painted by Coggswell. It is a
beautiful outdoor picture, in which
the General stands in full uniform, with
his wife in graceful robes, sitting beside
him, their four children grouped around
them, all in natural attitudes, all look
ing what they srs-s happy family.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
Farm ior Sale.

WILL SELL AT PRIVATE SALE. one OF
the best ia: ms in Peaise Township being part
of Section q. Range 2, and Township3 known
as the klrkwood property, joining the town of
klrkwood and on the West bank of the Ohio.
River, directly opposite the City of Wheeling
IL contains about outONEHUNDREDA AND FIFTY
AChES, IL can be divided into three small
FARMS and will be sold in thai way If desired
Also, about 80 acres OF Coal land
Also, or Coal Lots near West WheeIing
Also, Lot No. II. both coal and surfare
Also, about one hundred and thirty town lots
in the Town of Kirk wood.
If said land and town lots are not sold by the Isl
day OF March, will offer them at the front
door of the Court House on that day at public
auction.-S Sale to continue from day to dlv untiI
all shall be offered. will receive private hI(ls
until the 10th day of February next fnr all said
property, HENRY WET AtItn'i
of Joseph Kirkwos,d dtc'd
st. ClairsVille, Jan. q, 1852
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