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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18
The Ohis Leeisl.tixr.

Ohio is decidedly Republican State.
but very large majority OF its citizens
deemed it wise, in October '67. to reject
an equal-sufrage amendment to the
State Constitution, and suffered them
selves to elect the "Democraticu Legis-
lature which is still IN Session. The
ASth Article has been sent tothis body
for its action, and We regret to announce
that the 'unterrified" majority have
not the pluck to reject it, although their
present majority is due to the local un-
popularity ola kindred measure. Under
the specious pretense of desire to sub
NIT the question directly to the people,
at another election, they seek to escape
the odiun inevitably TO result from a
square refusal to ratify the most purely
Democratic PROPOSE ion ofthe day. IheS
are valiant enough however to propose
u project for re-districting the State for
Congressional purposes, so as to ecure
thirteen of the nineteen members. in
the face of a popular Republican major
hy of about Is, 900. The partilan assur-
anee which this exhibits may be better
understood, when we reflect that, under
the new census, to be taken next wear at
the latest, the regular decennial apuor-
tionment must follow. 1t is comfortable
to know that next October will afford
the right kind of popular commentary
upon this sort of .n-IPitts-
burg Gazette. -. = 80 F..
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For Governor.

General ]. Durbin, or Jesse D.. on
Jesse Durhin, or plain Durbfn Ward
Esquire, as the case may be, is annoup-.
crd as Democratic candidate for Gov.
erlor. We had hoped to see no bloody
handed Lincoln hireling come between
our Beer and this office. When Ward
was here, a few weeks since, and so
worked upon the iesympathieso of the House
with his youth and beauty as to obtain
q reception on the floor of the House.
we had no suspicion that there was any
such cat in the meal as this candidacy.
Thomas, We have been swindled! If
you expect to be candidate YOU must
have reception, or be forever falIen.-
We have it! Durbin had reception N ,
because he fought i,I the Union ARMY
you shall have one sbecatse you did not
night, either in that. or aiiyE other army.
Ana Hughes, of Butler, shall make the
motion thato will spike nIfbin's ord
nance. His hand, ariaping with Human
Gore, shall Eoid mo winning card =
Ionic state JOurnals.sa3i0zg 81 tzflg-
Wehaye made explanations hat ought
10 have been satisfactory to the j Journal,
OF the facts in the case. OF course, Dur
bin Ward will not answer for the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor. He is
a bloody-handed Lincoln hireling. Gen.
Cary is the man. He is peace Genenr
al. He never shed with the sword Jne
drop of Southern blood. More than
that, he is great On the inances. and
has tendency to t0repudiation that will
be intensely pleasing to the Conserya-
tive heart.-tCin- Com. Essil E eel
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18
Grant and GEN. H.neeck.

The Hartford Courant has the follow
ing concerning the personal relations of
GRAFT and Hancock: -, .r
(. The New York World blunders in its
haste 10 makea pointagainst Gen. Grant.
ltintimatesi that Hancock is assigned to
the Department of Dakota in a spirit of
petty revenge, and evidently suppcses
that he is to live in Dakota 1t should
have related the fact that after the Tam
many Convention Gen. Grant, against
whom no unkind word or deed against
Hancock is charged, met the latter in
the streets of $ ashingt0n, and in his
usual good humor gave him cordial
word of greeting. which Hancock pass
ed unnoticed; that is, he "cut" the Gem
erai. The insult, il =tenderea while they
were on duty, would have subjected
hancock to .cOurt-martiai. Instead of
viewing the assignment, of Hancock as
malicious, the sarcastic remarks of The
world that it is .maguanimous" is liter
ally true. The Department of Dakota
embraces Minnesota, .Dokota and Mon
tana, with headquarters at the pleasant
post of st Paul-the department from
which Gen. Terry has just been relieved.
Gen. Hancock has been treated with
courtesy and consideration that his
unofficial conduct did not merit. f.
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where the 1Le.k.r.,.r,

s The Springfield Republican says:
Caleb B. Smith, Lincoln,s Secretary of
the Interier, used 70 say that if he dared,
he could run his department with half
its force of clerks, and for half its cost.
Mr. McCulloch might have put it even
stronger than that about his DEPART
ment. There are to-day twice a. MANY
clerks there as are needed, to say. moth
Ing of the quality of them, of which We;
may judge something by the fact that
Mr.. McCulloch tolerated Delmar, Binck-
ley and Spencer NJ. Clark. Gen. Walker,
who succeeded Delmar in the statistical
hureau OF the Treasury Department,
some three weeks since recommended
the discharge of twelve clerks, thus
mhking saving of $4,000 ANNUALLY. i'm
ole little corner of the great treasury
aud he pledged himself III
the work of the Office should not ltnp n
day on account of their iiischa,,si Bit
Congressmen came rushing tpin rpSt.,,t
of their proteges, and upio the las ac-
counts only thrte off the Twelve had
been dischaHsed. while -four were Trans.
ferred to other bureaux, where they wtr.
as supertluaus as before. The Instant
the new SECRETARY comes in, the other
five w.ll go too.s In nialinost every other
bureau and in every large custom house,
the same sweeping out ought to take
place. The New York custom-house is
notoriousiy a nest of unclean birds. Aud
there are many of the same brood at
Boston, both in the custom house and
the internal revenue service. aH LILO
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Fine Rural Residence for Sale,

I OFFER MY RESIDENCE, ADJOINING the
l. Town of st. Clairsville. for sale. 1 have ten
acres OF land on which there are two and a hall
acres OF Concord, Ives Seeding Iona, and other
choice varieties Of Grapes; young Peach Or
bearing Peach. Pear. Plum, and Apple trees:
Blackberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries and
Currants; fine assortment of Eyergreens Rose
bushes, &C.: a pasture lot for cow and hogs. and
about three acres of work land.
inc House good Cottage, with five rooms a
Kltchen, pantry, store-room and porch on
cellar is one Of the best in the county. There is
also good wash-house, corncrib, a large stable
and other rout-buildiDgs. 50 80 ~
This is a very desirable property, and Of
kind that Is seldom offered for sale % = ! :
For price. &C, call on or address, .i.l.tsf "a
ss.-- sFa l a'l zen N @. L. POORNAN
st. ClairsviIle Ohio.
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BIuaderi.x Again.

The New York Herald, In an article
on the runaway Legislators of Indiana,
saysi .al,9a eyed ..I
! The Democrats baye been laundering
again on the niger. They still dream
of .'the Constitution as it was" under
Buchanan, when, by the Dred Scott
decision negro had "no rights which
a white man was bound to respect. ,,
But since that day TIVE amendments
have been added TO the Constitution
the thirteenth, abolishing slavery root
and branch, and the fourteenth, ), declar-
ing among other things, equality to Mig
gers in the matter of civil rights, and
that suffrage and representation shall go
together. Nov comes the fifteenth
amendment, giving to the black man,
the red man, and the yellow man, the
everlasting Niger, the Indian, and the
Chinaman citizenized, the same right of
suffrage as the white man. General
Grant, too, thinks this amendment will
settle all this business, and so he hopes
it will be duly ratified by the States.
This Inducements there is every reason
to believe, will carry this amendment
through; for, says Richard ''the kings
name is tower cf strength e,1s 9
E Why, then, viii the Democrats per-
sist in this folly of fighting the niggsr,
when they have been almost destroyed
in their successive disasters on the mig
ger question since 1854? But fer the
stupidity of their copperhead snd rebel
leaders of the Trmmany Convention
they might have run even General
Grant a tight race. and they might have
secured handsome majority 10 the
present House # Representatives.. But
instead of recognizing the "fixed factsY
before them, the stupid managers of the
party proclaimed the reconstruction acts
of Congress Unconstitutional, revolu-
tienary, null and yoid,n and SO they
were swamped again in '8e, as they had
been under Johnson on the same issue
in '66. So they are ont in the cold,
watching and. waiting for some provi-
Dental sfnash-up of the, Republican
party, and apparently incapable of see
ing anything to fight against but the
almighty nigger. He is to them what a
bit of red flannel is to an enraged bull OF
a turkey coek-an intolerable insult, to
be resented, reckless of consequences
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18
AEricufure.

The monthly report of the Department
of Agriculture fol February, shows that
horses have increased slightly in most
of the Western and Southern States, buI
very little In the Middle and Eastern
Statee not enough to keep pace with
the increase OF population in the Affair
tic and seaboard States. Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and the Pacific Coast States
exhibit the largest increase. That the
numbers are not equal to the demand,
Is shown by y general splall advance
in prices. The increase of mules is also
slow in comparison with the IA, id. ggr, {.
CATION of Population, and the range OF
of prices appears to be higher than last
year. Returns of oxen and either cattle
point to a positive decrease in New Jer.
sey, Kentucky, Ohio, Indian and IIli-i
nois There is u diminution amounting
20 five per cent, in the latter States
m inifch cows a reduction is repnrIed in
Texas Ohio. illinois, andi some of the
southern States. "A general increase in
the prices o. cattle is reported. \ lie
duction iii the number o. sheep al.pe.Iis
To be general, the only exceptions Leing
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Minnesota,
Kansas, and the Pacific States. The
loss can not be much less than ten per
cent. Prices of sheep have declined
slightly in certain sections and advanc-
ed in others. In districts where..merinoI
stock monopolizes sheepwalks the de-
cline is general, and, in some sections,
heavy. Returns of swine coreborate
those Of last fall, showing greatly less
ened, numbers of fattening hogs, and
mark a very decided reduction, amount
ting to fifteen per cent. In a large por-
ION of the Ohio Valley prices are large
ly increased in many Stats twenty
five or thirty, perceut,, and not uItrr-
quentls fiftyor sixty per. cent An in
specsion o. the tables viii show mark
ed advance, the result not only of re-
duction in numbers, but of a speculation
caused by such state of facts.
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WV D.a,f Yea Do Il /,

1t is nearly two weeks since the cen
stitutienal amendment on the subject Of
negro suffrage was submitted TO the Ohio
Legislature, and as yet that body has
failed to take any definite action on
on the subject. Gentlemen Democrats,
you were elected, you say On the mig
eerD. issue, why don't you vote down
this amendment? Don't try to shift
, the responsibility or dodge the issue, for
the question win be settled before you
could be reelected on this issue, even ii
the people were foolish enough to rSpeat
such stupid blunder as they made last
fall in reserecting your fosil remains
State after State. north and south, is
rapidly ratifying the amendment, and
enough States are certain to vote for 1t
to secure its adoption in spitsAf your
revolutionary, secession brethren in In
diana, or of anything you may do to re-
tard or prevent the result. Why do you
hesitate? IfOhio is Democratic State
ia her sympathies and feelings, why
not vote her into position upon this
question alongside of Maryland. Dela-
ware and Kentucky, the only truly
democratic States now left? These States
have been RETARDED in their progress
towards that true Democracy in which
the people, the whole people who are
durdened by taxation and personal ser
vice for the support Of the government,
are permitted to enjoy the rights and
privileges of the citizen, by the preju-
dices and the spirit of caste and aristOc-
racy that are bred In the degrading
school of human slavery, and they fully,
aud, clearly, and fairly represent the
true spirit and character Of modern De-
mocracy. You must either place Ohio,
by your vote rejecting this amendment,
into line with these representative DEM
oeratie States, or abandoning the dis
tinctiye idea of modern Democracy,
down with the niger" place her
slsngside of New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Maine, Missouri, Massachu-
setts, Kansas. West Virginia, Iowa,
and all the other great, progressive
States of the Union; and you ought not
to hesitate. Your Rip-Van-Winkle con-
stituents, who are still dreaming of the
return of that better dsy when slavery
with all its democratic tendencies shall
be restored, expect you to, immortalize
yourselves by yindicsting the superiori-
ty of the white race and demonstrating
the inferiority of the negro. by voting
against this proposal to allow thess de-
graded, presumptuous wretches- as they
term him-the rights and privileges Of
men, and it is not yours to stop to in
quire whether it is to be an Immortality
Of fame or an Immortality of infamy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18

:. On Monday of last week, the New
Hampshire State election, the first State
election this year, took place. The
Democrats rum Gen. John Bedsl, who
was gallant officer during the war Of
the rebellion and very popular man,
for Governor, against Onslow Stearns
the Republican candidate.
The result is Republican triumph,
, onslow Stearns being elected by 400,
while the Republican majority last
spring for Governor was only 2,523 and
the year previers s,52s. The Republic
cans have elected eight or ten Senators
and a majority in the House of Repre-
sentatives of about sixty. They carry
seven of the ten counties, and elected
all the Congressmen.
Well done New Hampshire. This
may be looked upon as the first endorse
ment Of Grants administration, and is
a glorious beginning. What do you
think of the ''first gun," Mr.. Gazette?-
It's not much Of a shower, is it?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18
THE NATIONAL ROAD.

In the LAST Gazette there is column
of the most contemptible peVtifogging
fustion, on the GAINESVILLE Bridge ques-
ton, that ever disgraced pewspaper.-
No msnis fitto oeditanewspaperw who will
attempt by mean trickery or evasion to
deceive his readers. The editor Of the
Gazette does not misunderstood this
question bat with the GINNING of a
shyster and the unfsirness Of a triekster,
he misrepresents it.
In the first article we wrote upon this
question we stated the whole case sus-
clnctly, when we said that in 1885 bill
passed the Legislature apprepriating
5000 to build bridge over the canal
at GAINESVILLE, which was increased the
following year by an additional appro-
priation of s., 500; that at the same aes-
sion a. bill was introduced to purchase
the old wooden bridge over the Mus
kingum river and voted down by q
Republican Legislature; that the same
bill was introduced two years later when
the Democrats had majority in the
Legislature and it was then passed, ap-
propriating $4,000 to purchase this cid,
worn-out bridge that the company always
refused to sell to the government until
it was worn out; that this bill was de-
feated in the House on the first vote
and, on reconsideration of the vote,
passed through the special efforts Of
leading Democrats, who appealed to the
partisan feeling of the Democrats and
urged them not TO be controlled Dy
Black Republicans.
Not q single statement contained in
that bill of Indictment has ever been
denied by the Gazette, and we dare it
20 deny either of them. 1t attempts,
however, to dodge the whole question
by affirming that We charged the DEM
oerstic party with the passage of the
bill to rebuild the bridge over the canal
and then ransacks the journals of the
House and Senate to find evidence that
the Democrats did MT pass that bill
We never charged that they did, and
we never undertook TO defend those who
did pass it, but this was bridge that
the State was bound to see was rebuilt
out of some fund, as it was ever the
the canal, owned by the State, and for
the use of the National Road; but this
wooden bridge is quite different affair,
the bill to purchase it was passed by a
Democratic Legislature and takes S2o,-
mo- out of the tolls of the road, and we
cannot get the editsr of the Gazette to
say one word in condemnation of those
who have robbed the National Road
fund of $50, 600 to pay GAINESVILLE pri.
vate corporation; but it contains col.
umns Of twaddle on the 81 500 appropri-
sted to build the bridge over the canal
This IL truly strsining at gnat and
swallowing q camel. -. ~
Did MT the Republican Legislature oi
1867 defeat the bill for the purchase o.
the wooden bridge at GAINESVILLE, and
did Mt the Democratic Legislature o.
/, sss spprspriate $4,000 out Of the Ss
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18

ADSER11SEAENTS. ~ rrTr
Displays, one square, eight lines, sl.Oo Business
eight words; Preferred specials, sl50 per SQUARE.
Column, hrst page, 5000, eighth page, SlO.o0.
S, Snts, eisntn page only, s2G per square. Extra
ALL PAID NATTER Published As ADVERTISE
MESTS.
People who haze Q Farm or House. or Choice
stock, or Mineral Land. or Msil, or Water Pow
er, Timber or Fruit ior sale, have the advant-
age oil onering u in q splendid market when
In the Conhnercisd. dollar will
pay Tor ten lines In the Want department of
the Commercial, and the want viii be placed
oefore the eyes Of readers througnout half a
dozen States, In the three hundred tswus and
yliiages In which the Commercial circulstes hy
daily regular agents. ~
NJ. HALSTEAD Il CO Proprletor.
Once, Pottefs BufidinE,
Fourth and Pace Streets, Cincian,si.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18

THE personnel of the Presidents Of
fetal household for the present is as fol-
lows: General Porter will have charge
OF the matter Of making out appoint
msm.s tors ash En- WI, attend as here
ence Gen. T Bsbeoek viii Ia have bsppso ebappe Of
all applications for and matters pertain
ing to appointments to office-ail such
applications will be promptly referred
to the several Department.; Gen. Dent
will have control of all arrangements
for visiting the President, interviews,
presentations, and the general charge OF
reception room-transactiDg the huis.
ness Of all callers not absolutely neces.
sary to be sent to the President.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18

IT is stated as scandalous fact that
when ex-President Johnson left the
White House he carried off all the off,
cial records, so that there was not even
the form Of an appointment left. The
motives which prompted such an action
are unreyealed. sssa5l u 1ot
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miscellaneous.
ilsTi5F ss' Iag4 ss3 EtaaisE
N EW GOODS !

ID 3"
n ADDITION TO OUR STOCK ON HAND
low for cash. which We are determined shall x
out 10 the trade At close profits. We especially
invite country merchants 10 examine our stock
before purchasing. We have in store and tl
arrive, the foil owing articles, viz: rli
500 Bbl and 4 Bbl. New Lake Herring,
300 4 "a Nos & MackereL
20 Hhds. choice New Orleans Sugar,
5 Porto Rico, ..--r
% Bbls. Refined, .r..
so +" choice N. Orleans Molasses,
2 l5 Syrup and Sugar Drips,
10 u Butts Virgi MIA Tobacco,
100 Caddies los. rs, & Navy Tobacco,
100 Boxes Chemical OliveSoa
r . Bbls. Oyster and Butter Crackers,
10 Boxes Lemon Il Scotch Biscuit,
500 Bbls. Keystone Flour,
2oG ' xxx Family flour,
lGS 81 Bakers -four
10 Flint Hominy, 1922 sS23 2
80 PhQenix Hydraulic cement warrsn-
ted equal to any in the United States, .1L'
100 Bbls. Celebrated Lake Island White Lime
70 Roasted Office We = "a !
2 Gro. Washing Powder, -
10 Bbls. Carbon OIL
Aso.-Soaps, Candles, or .l
wooden Ware, Specs
y. Tar, Concentrated Lye,
New Castle Bi. Carb. Soda
Turkish Prunes Zante Curants
Layer and Bunch Raisins
Cotton Batting Twines and
Yarns, Vinegar Shot and
-.e--- Lead, Salt, &c, sc. {
And ali other Goods usually kept In q Whole
sale Grocery. All goods warranted as repre-.
sented and delivered on cars or at Steam boat
landing free Of charge. felS
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18

SECRET, OF SUGCEss.--Thes talent of
success is nothing more than doing what
you eau do well without a Thought, of
fame. II IT comes at all it will come
because it Is issdeserved, nothecause It is
sought after. Tits a very indiscreet and
troublesome ambition WHICH, cares ~
much about Yhat the W9yld says to US;
Ia or always eiiyieus about the effecI of
what we do or say; to i.e always shnlit-
ing to hear the eehaesaf his avn voice.
--longlellNW. nau ~ .aLna 80 -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-18

THE New York Herald considers the
Cabinet nominations satisfactory, and
as q bid to Sumner to repeal the Tenure
of-0Hice law. The Times says the Cab
met is more satisfactory than the first
nominated. The Tribune says it is a
strong and safe Cabinet. The World is
net pleased with it, and the Sun COM
mends ii.
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Notice to The Plks.
Mrs. 7. Frazier's

III % u - q N<14Csk -
Compound Rxtrssf q Rr1ft .Lsavss,
NOW COMPOUNDED AS A GUM, and
j made into sAlye. The Gum contains moth
ing but the PURE EXTRACT Of the three
special kinds Of Leaves, and win dissolve in
water in q short time.
Fer rs cts. and tWs resfaEe sts.ps, We
will send by mail, . oircuiar, and Gum enough
to make spint Of Liquid, which will be four
pints when used IS directed.
In case Of FEMALE WEAKNESS, the pa
tient is safely and speadily relieved OF ALI s1f-
fering. For the EYES. II they are infiamed
from cold, wound or erysipelas. Il win draw.
ont the inflammation and restore the eyes to
health. - g. 80.
above mentioned. It heals without q scar
When once tried IL brags for Itself.
For Piles, Boils, Gatherings. Burns Cuts
Bruises. litter. Sores, Chaped-hands, Bunions
and all eruptions OF the skin. II makes q perfect
cure. II Is also perfect In cure OF AT those
diseases, sores and wounds peculiar to horses
For selfinterest many physiolaAs VIII saw
this Compound Extract OF EFait Eeaves. IN az
no account II YOU udoubA Ia. call and win re-
far you to many who have been cured By its
use
Wholesase Priee. s2,oo per dos, boxes Of ss,ve
or aicis Or Gum. 8 for sfool . 80 80 "
spslsss-lys enS,es
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Notice to Contractors.
SEALEn PROPOSALS wiz be rec.lved bx
st. Clairsville, on - ---
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81. lsSs

WEDNESDAY. MARCH 81. 1867.
between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. NJ and ,o,.
clock p NJ. Of said day for the DELIVERING and
breaking Of Lime Stone on the line of the Ma
ionai Road, between the 2nd and S0th miles a.
numbered West from Wheeling The amount
70 be delivered on the different miles is as fol-
II and l., 0rods each, On miles IA, la Id N. ii
~ ~ aud q. y rods each. On miles n q, al q.
~ " and 10. - rods each. Bidders mus; state
the price per rod OF 100 cubic feet. The stone 10
90 delivered at such places on the road as the
keslueni Engineer may designate, and to be
orosen toa SIZE not exceeding four ounces In
Bids for abrealxing snd Delivering must be
separate. The right 70 reject bids Is reserved.
EFeb. Is, 1859. gg,al = a i resident Ensiassr :