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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
The President.

To-day the nation is rid of its great
-dIsgrace, Andrew johnson. For nearly
four years he has fought the will of the
people as expressed in the popular elec-
tions, and has sought to carry out the
wish of the minority composed largely
Of the persons who sought the overthrow
Of the government. The days of his
evil, pestiferous reign are at an end, and
for this we have cause of rejoicing.
To-day the peoples choice, Ulysses S.
Grant, is inaugurated chief magistrate
of the Republic, and, without knowing
more of his purposes than he has dis
closed in his few brief speeches and
letters, the people feel the utmost conf
dence that In his administration we will
have that peaceful, prosperous condi-
ton of public affairs SO much desired
We feel conscious that Grant desires
the peace and prosperity Of the country,
and will do all he can to secure them;
but whether he will be able to check or
control the current Of extrsvagance that
in high and low places, in national,
State, County and township affairs, un-
der all parties, as well as in private
families, seems to be carrying every
body to certain bankruptcy, the future
alone can determine. He will do what
he can, we have no doubt, to reduce the
expenses ofthegevernment, and through
sn economical administration its affairs,
lessen the burdens of taxation, but re-
duction OF few millions in the amount
ofour national taxes will prove of but
little benefit as long as the people are
squandering hundreds of millions in
extravagant habits and fashions, and
more than the amount of our entire
national taxes, that might and ought to
be saved, in the administration Of local
governments. We want retrenchment
and economy everywhere. In the pri-
vate family, in the administration of
town, township, county and State gov
ernments, as well rs In the administra-
tisn Of national affairs, and unless there
is q widespread reform such as this, the
saving of few millions through the
economy Of Grants administration, will
avail but little. F,.i4ysi ssl
Upon the subject of who his cabinet
advisers will be, little or nothing is yet
known, but we have no doubt the sa-
gacity that during the war always Sc
cured the best man for the position, in
the selection of his aids, will enable
him to select cabinet of wise and able
men. That they will be Republicans
there is no doubt. a-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
Farm for Sale

TTNHE UNDERSIGNED, offers to sell his farm
l. situated in Smith Township, Belmont Co.
o., one mile Southwest of Lewis, Mills on, c. o.
K. R., and two miles East of Belmont. Ilv
q Said farm contains One Hundred and Fifty
three acres of choice land .eabout 49, acres oi
which is well timbered, the balance under Q
high state of cultivation.
= There is on the premises twp story-frame
house of five rooms, with kitchen and wash
house attached. excellent well at the house, and
good spring but short distance from it.
: There is also good barn, cOrn crib. and wagon
house, plenty of stabling, &C. .g'EH SsTs-4
There are two. Apple Orchards. and quite. q
number of Peach, Plum and Cherry ttrees.-a The
society is good, Church and School House with
in Il mile of the premises, and altogether it is
most desirabie rural home 2aif..ssI .zi Is.
Consult the undersigned on the premises, sor
Oct22-tf E. H SNYDER
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
Property au.line.tion.

THE Democrat who represents this
district in the Ohio Senate, Mr.. Jami-
son, of Harrison county, has introduced
q bill to amend the law for establishing
turnpikes on the petition of majority
of the resident laud owners. The
amendment provides that the petition
era shsll represent majority of the val
ue of the lands liable to taxation for the
construction of the road. Mr.. Jamison
ought to follow up this idea and have
the Legislature provide that no school
tax, road tax, bridge tax, poor tax, or
tax Of any kind shall be levied except
with the consent of the rich; that no
school houses shall be built, or improve
ments of any kind made unless with the
consent of q majority of the money in
terest to be taxed to pay for such inn
provements. Why not at once intro
duce property qualification for voting
and thereby exclude the poor from all
the privileges of the elective franchise
II q man who owns five thousand dol
lars worth of land is to have as much
influence and say about the construc-
tion Of a public road as ten men who
own each i've hundred dollars worth,
we cannot very well understand
why the same rule should not apply in
the election Of all officers who are au-
thorized TO levy or assess taxes, especi-
ally the members ofthe Legislature who
have the power of untying the purse.
strings Of the property holder, at pleas
ure. IF you want to adopt class legisla-
tion il the interest of wealth, in order
to increase the power of the miseI
whose selfish opposition to all improve
ments, has made him rich, and weaken
the power of those whose enterprise and
public spirit makes the community rich
by Iiberality that to some extent keeps
them poor, because they are poor, then
you had better at once adopt the prop
erty qualification for all suffrage, and
exclude the psor entirely.
This is the tendency of modern De-
mocracy, and the same spirit that
would .disfranchise one-sixth of the
native bsrn population of the country
because of the color of the skin, would
if it had the power, disfranchise another
sixth because of its poverty. d.iI
No, Mr.. Jamison, we want no special
legislation in the interest of the rich,
they are abundantly able to take care el
themselves, and whenever you deprive
the poor man of his equal chance with
the ballot, you place him under the hee
of and at the mercy of the rich. :
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

THE waynesburgh Republican says a
child was recently born in that place
that is half black-the left side, from
head to toe, being as dark as Egypt's
midnight. The editor has seen the phe-
nomenon, and can vouch for 1t. f..
There are good many children born
in this neighborhood that are half black
all over, and they are generally the
children Of good, sound Democrats who
are very much down on the "nigger.n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
s~ar.ss Amendment R.tiAed by kan.

sas.
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock,
Representative Clarke, of Kansas, tele-
graphed the presiding officer of the two
branches of the Legislature of that
State that the Constitutional Amend
ment had passed Congress. Al eight
o'clock In the evening of the same day
he received the following dispatch:
Topeka, February 27.-To Hon. Sid
neg Clarke, III. c.: The constitutional
amendment was ratified by the Aegisla-
ture. to-day. The vote in the Senate
was unanimous; in the House the vote
steod "a TOT. .-..-. .-...-
CSigned,l w. s. ADAMS,
Speaker of the House of Represents
tives. Ts5V -..-.-.
C. AKRIDGE, Psesident OF the Sen.
ate. .-s.. 3
- MISSOURI FOLLOWS. elgza 3
The Missouri Legislature on Monday
passed q resolution ratifying the consti.
tutionaI amendment. ..-#.s <
i LOUISIANA NEXT.
A joint resolution ratifying the XyIth
(suffage) amendment to the Constitu.
ton Of the United States was passed by
both houses of the Louisiana Legisla.
ture On Monday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
Fine RIra[ [RHSldRlCR fa.SalR.

, OFFER MY RESIDENCE, ADJOINING the
l. Town of ST. ClairsTille, for sale. / have ten
acres of land on which there are two and a half
choice varieties of Grapes; young Peach Or
chard containing 100 trees q. large variety of
bearing Peach, Pear. Plum and apple tress;
Black berries, Raspberries, Gooseberries and
Currants; o hne assortment of Evergreens Rose
bushes, &c; a pasture lot for COW and hogs and
about three acres of work land.
The House q 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-house, corncrib, a large stable
and other out buildings. , e -
This is a very desITable property, and of a
kind that is seldom offered for sale.
For price, &c, ealhonoradtiress,
c. l.. .POORMAN
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
c. L. ,POORMAN,
p ~ st lClafrsville, Ohio.
Land, for Sale,

r OFFER at private sale my land, situated on
Il Wheeling Creek, three miles North of ST..
Clairsville, eleven miles from Wheeling, con-
tanning % acres of first quality land, all of
which is underlafd with SIX foot vein of coal.
Forty acres cleared and in good state of culti-
vatfon, balance well atimbered For further
particulars, address then subscriber at Athens,
Athens County, Ohio.
Feb H. 2ss9svssy = - : = = - -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

-0F the great johnson Party, Andy
himself 10, - the teuton would say,
All-der.Dae vst ish isff.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04
3rh. Cuh.n In.prrsct,on.a, !,

Our adyices from Cuba can be inter-
preted in one way. The success of the
revolutionist seems certain. For the
first time in the struggle, the official in
formation acknowledges the success of
the insurgents. Heretofore, the official
advices favored the Government. The
spanish troops were victorious in every
Pencounter. But as these one-sided re-
ports Were always accothpahied with a
demand FOR more sItroops. rejecting
people,received them with due allow
anee., This cry for more troops was
never more earnest than at the present
hour All the Information we can rely
upon, whether received through Cuban
/ or official sources. confirms the impress
sion that the troops now in Cuba. have
fully as much as they can attend 10 to
fho oIdtheif own. Hence Dliiceis repeated
demands for more aid to drive oat the.
Insurgents. 1.-THE latter appear 10 con-
ftrol the island. The country is virtual
I fly in their possession. The Government
troops are either compelled to- fortffy
+ Themselves in the smaller towns, ercoD-
fine their operations to- the 'neighbor-
hood Of the prominent cities. This mitch.
| is generally admitted. : Recent engage
ment have takenpl between the in
surgents and the Government troops at
Puerto Principe, atCeloma; de st. .. Do
mingo, and at Gaanaja.' The first men,
toned was brought about by an attack
made by the insurgents upon a feraging
Fexpedition from the besieged garrison4of'
Puerto Principe. the Insurgents were.
successful. The second engagement was
bitter and the victory is Iclairned by
both parties In the last mentioned
there seems to be no doubt of the fact
that the insurgents made the attack and
Icempelled the Government trospsto act
solely upon the defensive. The enumber
Of refugees who are leaving their homes
is augmenting d lily. These facts do
not promise web for the futtife' peace of
the Captain General; or the success of
his measures. .AfPitts.. Com: - y F74N- %
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

WE have received copy of the Thir-
tieth Annual Report of the Board of
Public Works, for the year 1868. Re
ceipts from all sources Except National
road) during the fiscal year, 81 200. Ex-
penditures, exclusive of salaries. ST., ,227
40. Salaries, 5000. National road re-
eeipts, S2l ,OO2 %. Expenditures, sls,-
s29 SO. Balance will be required to meet
extraordinary expenditures for 1862
Tolls were increased 20 per cent, the
increased rate taking effect in Deem
ber. The Board recommend the collec-
ton of tolls from persons who travel be-
tween gates, but not through them
Portions of the road within the corpo-
rate limits of cities and towns Should
be turned over to the corporations. The
Board protest against vacating the
Laramie reservoir; also against allow
ing water from the Mercer county res
ervoir to be used for water power pur-
poses. The reports of the Resident En-
gineers of the three divisions, detail
minutely the operations of the year.
The report Of the Engineer of the Ma
tional Road is also given. "
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

Bond- to the amount 81, ,2s0. 900 have
been issued to the Union Pacific Railroad
on account of the completion OF two adj
iitionsh sections, terminating g006miles
west from Omaha. ~ y.dsio1q ,teigI I
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HAL estate for 5Sals.
EE 80
SSFDR SALE.
Valuable Lands Adjoining
: S;i.rNt CiairSyille,

- Va SAtsAk DN lIlNs
PY AUTHORITY of the Probate Court of Bel
II mont County, Ohio, Twill offer for sale at
public auction, al the door of the Court House,
/ in St. Clairsville, on
| TUESDAY, MARCH I6. 1863,
between the hours of l0-A. n. and p NJ, the
farm of the late Thomas Ii. Genin.
| The farm adjoins the town of ST. ClaiTsyille,
and the grounds known as the Belmont County
For the heacconirnnodatiorl OF purchasers it win
be divided and sold IN separate tracts and lots,
Y Of nom . 40 10 0ors3ozAcress seeehs .Ssasissssss
of TN, trae,s. a. tbe Land a will he diyided bave
upon Them a very good quality Of stone coal;
and the tract, TO be sold with the dwelling house,
has a variety and abundance of fruit.
The tracts, into.SEieS t5e he farm has been en- & dio
vided, have been carefully surveyed:
The First tract containing 1-2 Acres, and
the Second L 2 Acres, front on The New Road
and adjoin the Fair Grounds, ON khe Nest and
Tract No. 3, contains 3 a ers ), adj Joining the
ar Sfssnas sS on NJ ,ths FAST and With tract 3
James Young lane-a townshi D road -=sand ex-
tends South to Aultis or Genin;s run These
tracts have stone coal and fine springs Of water
on them., If they are too large for one pur--
chaser, either of Them may be divided among
two or three by openine lane through TO the
run. -.. :
Lot 6, contains six AcFes-on the road be-
tween MIR. Cooper's and Mr. Rnscoe'S and with
in a few rods of The Warnock's Turnpike.
eth. The Homestead tract -tsontalns 81 L e
Acres, with the Dwelling House, barn orchards
and coal. There il n cal riage way nom the
homestead betW eeif MI. Cooper's and It =. near
the Warnock road. :lr .E.E.Isg - yEyEs IRE
a plat Of the tracts may be seen al the Office
of the ST. Clair Hotel. - b - -s-.. '--f 10
will Also on the same day, offer Tor sale the
South y of lots 10 and Is, i'll ST. Giairsville near
the New School House and phe two Acre ouI
lot, adjoining Buffingtons on the Marietta
Street road. NJ rlssF & 4s.- ds-aT 40 49, .s-s
equal annual payments. with interest," secured
by mortgage. JOHN n. GENIN
Guardian of his minor son Thomas.
ST; CLAIR KELLY, Atty. .5i,,1,r5
Feb. IL, 1869, 81. =. '.y-s.fr
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shows that every statement we have
made touching it is susceptible of proof,
and the editor of the Gazette has failed
to controyert a single one of them, and
yet, with an unblushing impudence that
is only equalled by the stupidity of its
author. 1t says, "but this is only SAM
pie of the lying of that sheet" Another
such an unscrupulous, and meanly
reckless newspaper as this same St.
Clairsville Gazette is not to be found
thanks to the intelligence that refuses
to support them-in all the great State
Of Ohio. except IN one or two benighted
neighborhoods where the Democracy are
still voting for jackson for President,
or where, during the recent rebellion,
they organized open resistance to the
authority of the government. fa
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DUMGARNER, In haeAaueASs,issr sf pes>. s>sla {
- shoes. kAsonie Hall Building.
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esN - No railway trslns have lsft Montreal
for three days. In some places the
snow drifts are thirty feet deep.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

Rich gold diggings have been discov-
cred In Lower California,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

The readiness With which the present
Ohio Legislature repeals its own legisia-
-tion is an evidence how. partisan and
unwise that legislation Is: Last winter
the Democrats of the Legislature, by a
party vote, passed a bill, to prevent the
supreme, court OF the State from taking
up cases out of their order on the docket.
This was done in order TO, prevent the
court from. reaching and passing on the
visible admixture law before. the cleo
ton sf last fall, The. scheme failed and
the court knocked the law into cooked
hat. Now a bill 10. repeal this law.
which interferes SO Arbitrarily with the
privileges of the court, has been intro.
duced into the. House ,pf, Representa-
tives by y Republican, and has. passed
that body by an emphatic vote of 81 to
8, majority of the Democrats voting
in fayor. of it. When the Democracy
ARE SO feady to undo their own work,
we may we'll understand how partisan
and unjust. It is Cleveland Leader,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

D Our bonds In London went up to SIT
yesterday, theshighest figures they have
ever attained. This is the. result of q
growing confidence in our rsecurities,anI
a hopeful feeling as to the wisdom of
General Grants administration, stimu-
lated,msre Immediately by the passage
of the bill declaring cur ybonds, ,pay9 lie
in gold. lFive-twenties are thus at q
discount of about eighteen per cent. If
the item of exchange be taken into con-
|sidel alton they are only twelve or thir-
teen per cent below ar.-lNew, Ysrk
HeralCi 18th. u..-..i .... ,.--... - !.
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Belmont G6rorliC(e

ST. CLAIRsyILLE, OHIO:
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1859.
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IN .sfssito< =Etr+7c-;' .s--.'s'': = s--s'.F
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-04

TO a discussion then going on relative to
his salary, remarked: "Ishall
live on what Congress gives me, spend
ing of course every cent oft, and if more
was given me- should speuditalL Ihave
no desire, and do not expect. TO save any
thing from my salary, whatever it may
be. for my kind friends have placed me
in = position which leaves me free from
gll anxiety about future want, or the
wants of my children. We shall have
enough to 1--we en-, aud 1t Is better for
them tmeaning his children) that they
do not rely too much upon money"
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cept by the defeat, OF the whole appro-
priation bill. The quibble that we did
not tell the people that this appropria-
ton bill was passed by BLACK Repub-
lican Legislature because we desired to
make anybody believe that it was done
by Democratic Legislature, Is presum-
ing very largely upon the ignorance of
his readers. There isn't Republican
in the County who did not know that
the Democratic party was not in power
in this State at that time, and there is
now scarcely man in the State, Of any
party, who is not heartily sorry that by
accident that party is in power now.
+ On the question of the bill for the
purchase of the wooden bridge, it will
be seen, he doesn't raise the amequible
but agrees that everybody knows that
it was a "Black Republican Legisla-
ture that defeated the passage of that
bill. OF course the House Journal does
not say anything about what DR.. West
did in relation to the defeat of that bill
as he was member of the Senate,
which, perhaps, the Gazette man will
find out. If he studies this question five
or six weeks longer. The fact is the bill
was defeated by a Black Republican
Legislature in 1857, and passed by q So
called Democratic Legislature in 1858
and no amount Of sophistry about %
Republicans voting for 1t will screen
your party from the responsibility, for
1t has q clear working mAiority In both
branches, and had the power to pass or
defeat any msasurs, pomatter how the
Republicans voted. .@'0
An examination of this controversy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-22

TaE WINTER SOIsrICE. To-day, December
22l, will be the winter solstice, when the SUI
reaches his greatest Southern defamation. aud
appears To traverse the tropi, of Capricorn, OF
the goat. There are two solstioes in the year,
the summer solstice, June the -, wien the
sun seems to traverse the Tropic OF Cancer or
the crab, aud the winter sol,tice as above stat.
oil 1t is sought to give the idea OF climbing
by the goat, as Illustrative OF the ascent of the
sun in the sign nt Capricorn when he Is IN
Cancer it may be said that he is about to back
down. The meaning OF the word sostce is to
stand still The period is that in the annual
revolution of the earth around the sun when he
is at that point in the ecliptic farhest north or
south from the equator, or in other words
reaches his greatest northern or southern decIl-
nation. For several days before and after the
solstice, there is but slight variation in the
SUI S apparent decliuatiOu, and he is said to
stand still; those days in winter are the Short
est and in summer the longest in the year.
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Underlined Ailments.


There ara many ailments, trying in their ma
tdls, but the symptoms oil which ara not sutti
cienl'y specific to enable physicians to elias
SHY them under any particular head. A. a
gems al rule they ar;e from general de-
biiiiY Of the whole organization, but their pri-
mary cause in at least three cases out of i've, Is
a lack of brisk vital action in the stomach and
liver Stimulate and tone the relaxed diges-
tive AID secretive organs, and bodily ease,
health and vigor will follow tho treatment -
Among all the medicines which have been rec
commended as conducive to this end, none has
be n administered with such uniform and en-
the success az EOSTETFERS STOMACH
BIrrERH
III Ingredients were- ) ected from the vt&e-
table kingdom, originally, with view to the
invigornton of tho physique and the .nstitu-
tion, and also for their anti bilious and slightly
laxative properties. Twenty odd years of ex-
perionce has proved that these herbal restora-
tives were wisely chosen I'D have been Judi
ciously npportioned in this celebf ated prepare
ton Not only as n specific for indigestion
and all kindred complaints, but rs u household
reme3y for all the minor ailments incident to
humanity, it hiss obtained q re- utation based on
unimpeachable testimony, which fairly eclipaes
that Of any other proprietary or oiiicinsl medi-
cine in USE doe 2O-d&twlw