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Important Decision

From the Cincinnati Gazette U.s. ~ 7ain'5y 2
The Tinted States Supreme Court has
decided that contractsspeciticaily to pay
coin must be paid in coin. The Court
holds that Government has created two
kinds of legal tender, and that contracts
NAV be satisfied with the paper legal
tender. This straightens out the creek
ed decisions by which coin contracts
have been out-lawed, and by which the
courts have refused to recognize that
there were two kinds of money, of diff
ferent values, although the Government
which created the, paper tender preserv-
ed two kinds in its own transactions
1t also supersedes the imagined necessity
for thef article in Nr.Shermaa's bill to
legalize coin zcontracts-asit is adsurdly
phrased-which would not have secured
the desired purpose, for the reason that
contracts to pay coin werealways legal
the difficultybeing that while the courts
held them legal : they also held that
they might be satisfied with paper
The United StaIes Supreme Court has
thus recognized the fact there are two
kinds of money in use, of different val
ues, and that contracts to pay one kind
do OF mean the other kind. All that
great volume of business which has
been transacted on the coin basis be-
cause it must have an exact measure of
ualue, is now restored from its outlawed
state, and is again given the same pro-
| lection of law as Is accorded 70 other
contracts. The Supreme Court has rec
ognized fact and principle which, if
carried out in their logical sequences,
would settle the whole question of ad-
ljasting the value Of the currency; it is
that there are two kinds of money, of
different volues, and that contracts to
pay nominal dollars worth some where
tfrom So to 75 cents, do not bind any one
to pay dollars worth 100 cents, and VICE
VERSA. ...s -
1t would be os as unjust to do this in
directly as directly; to do it gradually as
abruptly; to do it by arbitrarily raising
the inferior currency to the value of the
superior, as by arbitrarily changing the
obligation of the contract from paper to
coin. To leave the paper currency in
circulation at the value at which it has
been received in the vast volume of ex
isting contracts, and to restore specie
payment upon it only at that Just value,
and to bring in the par money for. new
transactions, would gradually transfer
business to the coin basis, while the
cheap currency would remain to iiqui-
date old contracts until it had served
that purpose. This would restore the
business of the country to a specie basis
without any disturbance of existing val
ues or contracts, and without that terri
bic calamity to business of every sort
which Mr.. Sherman admits is insepafa-
BILE from any mode of appreciating the
existing currency to par. . ,.5l ).
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Clothing and furnishing 6uuas.
CLOTHING, HATS & CAPS.
Look to Your Own Interest.
FURNISHING GOODS
MERCHANT TAILORING,
HENRY MEYER 49,
; HENRY MEYER.

MOULD respectfully inform his old eustoms.
ersand the public generally, that he has
ieHpNeu ms Eorlner place of business one door
f-ilst 10 the corner, IL the room formerly occn-
pied by G. & F. Troll. and more recently by
tohFsd Froil, asa Dry Goods Store wheresI in
Ready Made Clothing, Hats and Cans and
1eh'S furnishing Goods. suitable to the season
W tllci 1 VIII sell low for Cash, as my motto is
t:t nslHu good Assortment of Cloths Cassimers
ps NepsstiilgS, trimmings, &e., all Of which / will
nt-fttSt and most fashionable styIe. Call and
sAtihine my stock before buying elsewhere. as
l aili n determined 10 sell as low as possible
apl6 ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18

Norwich; Conn.,, suffered Saturday
night frani the most destructive fire
known in that city for many years
The block called Appolio Hall and two
adjoining buildings were consumed, with
most of their contents The total loss
i>pstimated at S2OO. .OOO.
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Farm for Sale

'HE uNDERSIGNED. offers To sell his farm.
situated IN Smith Township, Belmont Co..
o. one mile Southwest of Lewis MiIisou G. o.
X, X. and Two miles Eastof Belmont. = i,.--
said farm contains One. Hundred and Fifty
three acres OF choice land, about :5 acres OF
which is we'll stiinbered the balance under a
high stale Of cultivation -, v --iz 80
There Is ON the premises a Two story frame
house attached. excellent well ar the house and
good spring but q short distance from it, 1-17 =.
There Is also good barn, corn crib and wagon
house, plenty of stabling,& dc
There are two Apple Orchards. sand quite n
number OF Peach, Plum and cherry trees. The
society is good, Church and School House with
ln34 mile ofthe premises and altogether it is
most desirable rural home.s77 = ~
consult the Undersigned on the premises, or
address at La Mira. Ohio !, -. - -.
0ct22-tf - '-t'@ ;-i--.- ''7''-- F. ri SNYDER
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Just Receivetland for Sale Low

BY Sturgeon, Sharp & ca, bridgeport. nhio,
800 bhs that celebrated old Key stone Mills flour
900 hhls. 'Ekk Family -four, always the s,ttne
100 hns, ,nakers Flour. 81. = s.. g 'isGJf- ii
Is bbls. Flint Hominy. .t .s-1 s- .
Buyers wfll do well to cail and examine before
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Land for Sale.

| OFFER at private sale my land, situated on
wheeling Creek, three miles North of st.
Clairsville, eleven miles from Wheeling, con-
tanning 13 acres of first quality. Ispd, all OF
when is underlaid with six foot vein OF coal.
forty acres cleared and in good state of culti-
vitlon, balance well timbered. For further
particulars, address the subscriber at Athens,
Athens County, Ohio. aa-sA . -l-of =
,,rs.s.5s ELIZABETH CUCKLEK.s
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BLACKSMITHING
and 4ar s'su,
HORSE. SHOElNC.

HAVING leased the shop or Mr.. S,.mueIStIll-
veil, IN the East end OF st. ClairsviIle, Il am
PREPARED to doatl kinds of Blacksmithing and
HORSEsHOEINGp promptly and 10 the sntiS-
Notion of my customers. Give me n call and
try me. Prices reasonable. $500. a 80 - =
oc22-n .., GEORGE SACK.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18

Proposed Christian Amendments 70 the
! Constitutlsn-The Columbus Coaven-
tion. EEr-
In response to a call which had been
widely circulated through the State OF
Ohio, a convention assembled in the
Town street Methodist church. of Co
lumbus, at 2 o'clock, p. M, February
I'd, to consider the claims of God and
the Christian Religion on our State and
nation. One hundred delegates enrolled
their names, representing various parts
of the State and different religious de,
lnomintions.. The following resolutions
were adopted unanimously after thor
ough and spirited discussion: -e
Resolved, That we hold the following
principles TO be in accordance with the
Scriptures and with right reason. sE-'
/ /. Civil government is a divine insti-
tutien. The State has its origin in the
will and arrangement of God, and its
powers and functions are determined by
Him. ~ ..-.. q. ~ s,s.=.t : is,.
2. Nations are moral persons and are
bound by the moral law. The Common
wealth wields a moral power, and sub
serves moral ends, analogous to those of
tine family, and, like tie family, the ma
g. God has manifested Himself to the
world through Jesus Christ, and made
Him Supreme Rulur of nations; through
Him, national homage is to be paid to
God, and national blessings, and the
forgiveness of national sins, are to be
sought. s5Ese ~ i9ple
T. The Holy Scriptures, as revela-
ton of the will of God to men for their
guidance in all the relations of life, are
of supreme authority, and to them all
human constitutions, in their ethical
principles, ought to conform.
. Resolved, That the great moral truths
embodied in the above statements, are
not recognized in that otherwise noble
instrument, the Constitution of the Uni
ted States: and the omission, as we veri-
ly believe, cannot be continued without
peril to all those interests which govern
ment was established TO protect, and
which are so dear 20 every patriot. %.
Resotccd, That the acknowledgment
by the State of these same truths re-
quires the adoption of no denomination
al creed nor participation in any specific
religious rite as q qualification for office;
it imposes no restrictions upon liberty
of conscience, and has not the slightest
tendency towards the unionEof Church
and State-aNnion corrupting to both
parties and destructive of the highest
ends of both 1if' ~ --s q Us -.
The Convention took steps for the
organization of State Association,
auxiliary to the National Association,
whose object is to secure an acknowl-
edgement of the above principles in the
National Constitution. From a letter
laid before the Convention, by B.. f.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18

Mail boxes have been missed btween
st. Louis and Caro- for more than year
past, and detectives have been working
up the case for some timegIt was finally
Eascertained that the robberies were COM
mitted at Odin, Illinosi, the connecting
point between the Ohio and Mississippi
and Illinois Central Railroads. On Fri
day night the eofficers were there, and
while the mail was being transferred
from one train to the other, three, men
appeared aud undertook to carry off
some boxes The officers sprung on
them, but two made their escape, and
the other was shot twice before he could
be secured The men who escaped were
subsequently arrested, and proved to be
brothers named klsap, twenty and
twenty-three years old, They are now
in jail,at 0din. The wounded mans
name Is Howell. He was guerrilla
during the war, and man of desperate
character. The people of Odin were
strongly disposed to lynch him, but
when be was found to be mortally wound
ed they desisted ;
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18

The hostile Indians are rapidly cav
ing in. A short time ago about one
hundred of the relatives of the captive
chiefs came to Gen. Sheridan's quarters
and others are coming. From all that
has occurred it becomesstill more evident
that had the same old fngies been deal
ing with the Indian question at this
time these willy savages would have
hoodwinked the Government and got
out of the way, affhrding "a splendid
prospect Of another Indian war In the
spring. Santana and Lone Wolf, in
speaking with Gen. Custer, observed
that he and the big chleftmeaning Gen.
Sheridan) were strangers to them and all
the Indians in this country; that before
this time they could do as they pleased
and got everything they asked for, but
now there came 3 big phief apd q fight
ing ohief who were pot afraid Of the
Indians, and now they must change and
do what the big white. chief wants..r
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18

The closesof the testimony taken in
the contest of the election in the Third
(Pa. } Congressional District, finds the
title of Mi. Myers conclusively estab-
lished; Mr.. Moffet, Dem. who now
holds the certificate, has failed TO yitiate
votes, at least three hundred of his own
ballots are proved illegal. His ostensi-
BILE majority was only 127, and il dimol-
ished more thar twice over.
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Real estate for Salf.
FjDe 4VpafRGsidGlce f0PSalG,

i OFFER NY REsIDENCE, ADJOINING the
Town OF St. GlairsviIle, for sale. l have ten
acres of land on (which there are two and a half
acres ofGuncord. Ives Seeding, Iona, andother
choice yarieties Of Grapes; Young Peach Or
4chard containing 100 trees; large variety of
bearing Peach, Pear. Plum, and Apple trees;
Blackberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries and
Currants; a fine eassortment of Evergreens Rose
bushes &C.; pasture lot for cow and hogs, and
about three acres of work land.
The House good Cottage, with five rooms, a
kitchen, pantry, store-room and porch on
ground floor and two large rooms above The
cellar is one of the best in the county. There is
also good wash-hoase. corncrib, large stable
and other out buildings.
This is q. yery- desirable property, and of q
kind that is seldom offefed FOR sale 80
For price. &c, call on or address,
ftntE t1G. Il POORMAN,
ST. Clairsville, Ohio.
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Cottrell & Dickey, an elevator firm in
Cleveland, failed Saturday. Liabilities
s2OO. 900 assets So, 900.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18
Administrators Sale of Real
1-' --r Estate .-sl-l -'ss.-a.

T WILL SELL at public sale on TUESDAY,
Il March =, 1862 the following described pro-
Perty situated in Smith Township, Belmont
West of Warnock's Station, near the Central
Ohio r. r, and being the West bslfof the North
east Quarter of Seetioa 30, township g. Range 4
containing so ceres more or less. The land is
Well timhered and moderately improved
appraised at 81, ,000 - "a .'f 1888
Terms of Sale: One-third pay able A pril |, 1869:
the balance in two equal annual pay ments with
interest on deferred payments sit ~ -
...s. st.. tsE VIM. WILKISON
Administrator of Anna Edwards, decd.
Jan. -, 1859 iw
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Read the Pittsburgh Commercial,


! Read the Pittsburgh Commercial.
There are thousands who cannot afford to take a
daily paper and to wllom weekly is aIl-snffi-
cient, provided il be a good one To meet this
want We publish - q :
The Weekly Commercial,
avery large sheet, each number containing an
amount or reading equal to a dollar volume,
prepared expressly Tor those who desire in one
paper all the News, and Newspaper reading
enough fora family, To this end we give m the
Weekly Comneroial the particulars of leading
events, Whetherof
Politics, Finanee. HI omc. sOccar,nces nv
Foreign Intriligenoe.
To render the Weekly Commercial OF especial
value To the rural portion of the population, we
give extensively of "a .r .
Agricultural Reading
i1r which We have special arrangements; So
what To any man with AN acre of ground will
oe worth many times the cost of a wears suh-
serIptlon. s Besides. this each number Of the
weakly is stored with 49, 80. 8 ---N 80 = -
Choice Family and Firesidc Reading.
Including entertaining sketches or Biogrophv
Travel and Discovery, intersperse,i with POETRY
Stofles and light reading. 10 this We add what
Se s sSaE6t SasS%y SfSer yef SSe eeO'e
FtW Weekly Report ~ aU he Markets
@ rtttsa'dYH a"d tie Pmcip~
., Cities at Home and ibr0th.
These reports occupying nearly an entire
page, are to the buyer and seller Of whatever
valuable, - -"
The Commercial is published Daily and week
~ az The ipii9w ing rates: - Aots 81 10 /
Daily Paper, one year. m $40 %
lliberatterms to News Dealers. v
meegiy y, in Paper single copy one wear 81 "
III SlebS OF fwentys and a copy free 10
tns s.......s.. 81 80
la2Sm % Fifth Avenue. Pittsburgh
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$500 GREE MACK
\ ~ MI uctitte Sc7t free TO GEsy Book Agent.
AGENTS WANTED FOR.

\ $500 CIR EE - BACK
\ Cg }et3 UCti,tr se'it free 10 GE,u Book -40ent
AGENTS WANTED FOR.
.hAfflBN HALESHlfH'S NEW BOOK,
sunshine and Shadow in New York.
a woRS REPLETE WITH ANECDOTES AND M
~ CTDESIS OF
LIFE IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
BEING a MIRROR OF NEW YORK RKrLnCVISs
THE SECRETs OF THE GREAT CITY.
one d0-1t sold 80 ia day. Gnother sold aud de-
tircTed - in Is 6Js, d1,o,lser S04 in tia,s No
book ever published that sells so rapidly.
II You wish TO know how Fortunes are made
l. and lost in day; how Shrewd Men are
III ruined in Wall Street; how "Couhtrymeni,
a. are swindled bySharpers; how Ministersand
Merchants are Blackmailea; how Dance Halls
and Concert saloons are Managed; how Gam
bling Houses and Lotteries are conducted. how
Stock Companies Originate and how the Rrh-
bles Burst, Iyo,, read this work. Ii tells Won
about the mysteries of New York and contain,
spicy lie sketches of Its noted miiliouaries
merchants. &c. hu,ge 0cfooo Voians> 10 po0-r
FfnetT Ia,Statef. The largest comm fssIon
given. our y page circular and a $500 Creen-
back semi free ON applicatson. For mil partie-
uars and terms address the sole psshiishers
]. B. BURR & CO.,
le'-fV Hartford. Conn.
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FOR SALE.
Valuable Lands ADJOINING
NJ. CiairSyille.

Rh AUTHORITY Of the Probate Court of,F3el-
" mont County, Ohio. Twill offer for sale al
pubic auction, at the doorof the Court House.
in st. Clairsville, on ID so = : -. 'ND'
.----r TUESDAY. MARCH Is, 1859. -.s-a-.'
between the hours of 10 A. NJ and p NJ the
1arm OF the late Thomas H Genin. .. .-.
The farm adtoins the town of ST. CIairsyille,
Fair Grounds ---.s'-'-s : :, -
For the accommodation of purchasers il will
oe divided and sold in separate tracts and lots,
Of from D. 80 30 30 Acres each. -
The land is generally of very rich,soil. Some
OF the tracts, as the land will be divided. have
upon them very good quality OF stone coal:
has variety and abundance of fruit =
Terms OF sale: cash, the remainder in two
equal annual payments, with interest secured
by mortgage. - JOHN N.GENTN.
Guardian of his minor son, Thomas
Feb. II, 1869,
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Belmont g6roIlicfe
ST. CLAIRsvILLE, OHIO:

TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. Is, 1859.
Al communications for the paper or upon bu.,i
ness relating TO the office should be addre s
ed. Reisnosf Chronicle, ST. Clairxritie Obi o
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For Sale

n N. =. - = Qlt Ss.tIsa. n. J! ~. -
I OFFER TOR sale the property in which now
Il {esfde, Known as the Parker Askey Proper
ty,S at the West end OF st. CiairxVilie. being n
LARGE BRICK HOUSE, with seven rooms and
q kitchen, in good repair, with Pump, Cistern
and convenient outbuildings. \ bargain can be
had. Call soon. Nsrt - iF' = = -
Feb. 4, ,lS69-tf + a-s y-. s HENRY PIPER, 81
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PITTSBURGH COMMERCIAL,
Daily and w eekly

Now is the Time to Subscribe---
... Grants Election New-Era.
- e. II - = ~ q y.
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is manifested in q thousand ways. Muir
ders are being committed all over the
land, and lawlessness abounds in all see
tions. This depraved condition of the
public mind is the natural result of the
revolutionary teachings of modern De
mOcracy, that eliminated in a bloody
revolution for the overthrow of the law
full government, because that party was
defeated at the ballot box. This revo-
luton or organized resistance 10 laws
was the hot-bed in which knights of
the Golden Circle, Ku-Kluk KIans and
similar organizations were terminated,
whose sole missions it was to teach, not
only disregard for law, but a spirit Of
hostility to peace and loyalty, that has
to an alarming extent destroyed all re-
spect for law, individual rights, or public
peace, and filled the land with murders,
thefts and other crimes. Rebels, rebel
sympathizers, -draft-resisters, and the
men who in public speeches proclaimed
that resistance to tyrants was sbedi-
ence to God" and then persuaded the
ignorance that listened to their counsels,
that all men in position were tyrants
who were not elected by Democrats, are
responsible for this carnival of crime,
and so will history adjudge.
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PennsyIyania. Interests,

aore especially OF the great industrial classes
With whom 1T is in the closest sympathy and of
pecially in its t--'-
xtensiye and Reliable Marker Renarts
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| pectati0n was not realized, aud the work
has been suspended. The amount al
ready expended for this object Is about
So, 100. 1t is estimated that about S., 600
will finish it. At present, the record is
of little value, and unless completed the
amount already expended win have
been wasted. While not favoring the
printing of the record at this time, the
Adjgtant General urges its completion:
He confines his remarks to O statement
| of the practical reasons for this course,
growing out Of the business of his office,
in the belief that patriotism and State
pride will readily suggest other consid-
erations. The following States have not
only prepared complete s'reeords u OF
the services of their soldiers, but have
printed them, In handsome volumes at
great expense: Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode island,
Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, West
| Virginia, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas, Ar
kansas, Michigan and Minnesota. The
! following States have published partial
hrecords', only, New York, Pennsyl-
mia, Missouri, Oregon, and Wisconsin.
The revision of lists of deceased Ohio
soldiers buried in National cemeteries is
almost completed. These lists were fur
nished by Colonel 4. B. Whitemari,
Superintendent National Cemeteries,
DEPARTMENT. Of the Cumberland, and
emit brsced over 5000 names of the dead
Of the State. Each name and descrip.
tionIwas compared with rolls, and cor
rections made when required, Such was
the rude, hasty and imperfect manner
in which the recrod and inscriptions
were made from which these lists were
taken, that In nearly two-thirds of the
whole numberof names, &C., corrections
were necessary. The revised lists have
been returned to Col, Whitemsn. to be
filed With the permanent records of
National Cemeteries, and should head
boards, for the graves be supplied by
the government, the value of this revi-
sion will be inestimable. ST 4baas Jay.r
The subject Of the militia is briefly re-
ferred to In the report. The existing
militia law might haye proved sufficient
for the present wants of the State had 1t
provided a larger yearly allowance to
companies. Asthe Legislature has never
appropriated even the small sum named
In the law, there is no inducement to
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