Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-21
NEWS AND slIScELL4NEoUS

Ex-President Pierce graduated at
( Bowden College in 1924, in the same
class with Henry w. Longfellow.
! Hon. Sidnew Dean, for a long time
editor of the Providence Rhode Island)
Evening Press, has retired from that
i,aPer.
{ Chief Justice Chase has rented the res
( idence of ] ID. Hoover, at Washington,
next door to Postmaster General Cres-
well.
The New York Tribune learns by
private advices from Madrid, that the
Captain General of Cuba lately sent an
urgent demand to the Madrid Govern
nent for y, UOO, 600, put he was informed
that the Spanish treasury was empty,
and that hereafter he must raise in
Cuba itself the money he required for
military and political purposes. Spain
viii furnish troops, but Cuba must
supply the cash.
The receipts of fractional cnrrency for
the last week were 81 132, 700; shipments,
S778, 100; amount destroyed, S226,7
There was runner in Washington on
Saturday that dispatch had been re-
ceived-at theSt Department announc-
ing the breaking out of revolt in
Madrid.
Admiral Farragut's condition is
greatly improved, and his physicians
now have strong hopes that he will
fully recover his health.
Browns colossal statue of Abraham
Lincoln, is to be unvailed Thursday
next. Addresses will be delivered by
4. \. Lowe and DR.. Storrs.
The insurrection in Cuba now extends
over q, 900 square miles, or about two
thirds of the area of the island. Since
the 10th of October, 1865, st, 800 men
have been employed to put down this
rebellion, assisted by fleet of thirty
five vessels.
II is believed that Judge Pierrepont,
of New York, will be appointed to one
of the vacancies on the Supreme Bench
OF the United States.
There are now in the vaults of the Ma
tional Treasury S1l4,000,0 600 in gold, u
larger sum than has been on hand at
any time for many years.
THE tenth case of hanging by armed
mob5 in Jackson county, Indiana, trans
pired on the night of the 9Th, one Ste
pheD Clark, man of very disreputable
character, being the victim.
The Common Pleas Court, of Phila-
delphia, has decided the contested
election case of 1868. The decision
declares Mayor Fox elected by a
majority ofsiXty- eight of the legal votes,
while all the rest of the Republican
candidates are found to be elected, thus
throwing out the Democratic incum-
bents. Many frauds were discovered.
On Saturday the temporary trestle-
work at the Ohio River bridge, at Lou
isviIle, gave way, precipitating six men
a distance of nIuety-five feet. John r
Payne and James Kirby, carpenters
were instantly killed, Oscar Gallagher
and William Irvide, laborers, were NOR
tally injured, and Robert Gensiey,
laborer, and Matthew Mcclure carpen-
ter, slightly injured.
OHIO AND THE FIFTEENTH AMEND
MENT.-Some doubts have been eX
pressed as to the status of the men who
were elected on the Reform ticket in
Hamilton county, Ohio, A dispatch
received here yesterday afternoon says;
Our Legislative majority includes the
Reform members in Hamilton county,
who are Republican and will vote for
the fifteenth amendment This ensures
the ratification of the amendment by
hio.-Washington Star.
Extensive preparations have been
made for the reunion of the Army of the
Tennessee, which meets in Louisville, |
November 18th and 18th. tits necessary
that every one who intends to be pres
ent, and who desires to attend The BAN
quet should at once forward his applica |
tiOn for ticket, accompanied by his |
name and rank, to the Committee of Ar
rangements.
The procession of Grand Commandery
Masons at Cleveland, was the most i'm
pressive ever witnessed in the State. |
There were fifteen hundred in the line |
of march, comprising also the Com
mandery of Erie, Pa, and Detroit, Mich. |
The City is crowded with Masons from
ii parts of the State.
NAPOLEON is said to be in a Wretched |
state of health. His complexion has be-
come almost livid and he exhibits evil
dences of great feebleness. A CORES
pondent of the New York Times says
that the Prince Imperial is closeted very
frequently with his father, and that all
point TO a speedy abdica-
tion in his behalf, with the Prince
Napoleon as Regent. This, he says,
would have been conSummated long
ago, were it not for the determined op-
position of the Empress. She desires
the Regency herself, but is too reaction
AIRY i'll her tendencies, and has too many
sympathies with Rome, to satisfy the
French people. Now that she is in Con-
it is thought the Emperor
will carry out his wishes.