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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-07-14

veys pleasing and satisfactory picture
fthe condition of the negroes and the
disposition of their employees" Eurth-
ermore, says the World, "the labor
problem is regarded as solved to the
satisfaction of all concerned" Still
further, says the World, the negroes
work with alacrity." And yet further,
it states, 1.-The industrial part of the
experiment is working to the satisfac-
ton of all concerned"
All this, and much more is set forth
in the leading editorial of the World in
it's issue of Friday, May Gath. where all
interested may read it. When we re-
member that the World is the Nations
al Democratic organ, leading the whole
newspaper press ofits party, it is
gratifying TO see such candid and hon
est testimony to the character OF the
Southern colored men. They work
with alacrity." now, and 'are improv-
ing every year, Let the newspapers
which have been making contrary
statements note these facts, thus formal
iy and cospicuously testified to-
Baltimore American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-07-14

the same complaint, and it may be OBJ
served in this country this form of
alcoholism is very common among the
consumers of whisky.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-07-14
A FINE OPPORTUNITY

EOR INVESTMENT IN COAL PROPERTY
L is now offered, in Its a cres of Goal,
Mile from Bellaire; Immediately on the Wegee
Turnpike: an outlet to the Ohio River; easily
drained; accessible by drifting, and every
bushel available. 1t is in rapidly advancing
neighborhood. VIII be sold on reasonable
Terms. For particulars enquire of
...a-. LYCURGUS AUSTIN,
3 augI9-lm*-tn South Bellaire, Ohio.
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REMOVED.

MISS NANCY B. FARIS, would inform her
M old customers and the public generaliy. ana
ladies particularly, that she has removed 10 Ine
ger. West of the st. Clair Hotel, where she VIII
Keep a full supply OF MILLENERY,. EANCft ANY,
eocS Season to which she invites the attention
of BUYERS. Thankful for past favOrs, she w9IId Si
invite those wanting HATS or BONNEIS
MsDE or TRIMMED, to call where they may
be expeditiously and neatly supplied. -i-.l'
1nar2b 1868. .' .--
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A Splendid Chance to get
into the Lumber Business.

i AM authorized to sell the undivided one
IL fourth of $50 A cres of fine laying land.
the most of 1t covered with superb growth OF
timber, together with the same interest in
Portable Saw Mill, established thereon. Sever
al Fine Teams, Wagons and every appurtenance
necessary to the profitable working of the same.
Situated in Meigs Co., Ohio, near the Ohio River.
This property is offered at very low figures, the
owners being engaged i'll other business. For
further information call on address
- = -I--r..-.5-- ...f & LYCURGUS AUSTIN.
f-.,.I--s ..f... ..--f. Bellaire, Ohio.
Z Ihaye several fine properties in and about
Bellaire, that am authorized to sell cheap: or
acres. Il mile from Bellare, suitable for a Black
Smith or Huckster. Small pieces of land from
Toto 30 Acres, Town property, New Town Lots,
see me. .5piiif1-I1 80. LYCURGUS AUSTIN.
iNov.Il, S69-u it-
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Millintrg., ,.'.'ii' :; 5s5 !
20 fEsfs =
DRESS MAX N G. &
MISS E. j. Hess.

MISS r. y. HESS, = - ~.
TAKES his method of informing the Ladies
i OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE, and Vicinity, that
she is engaged in the Dress Making BUSINESS,
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in that
line on reasonable terms. She may be 1ound
at the East end of Town in the House owned oy
Thomas Parker. -.. noh-'ih
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fafts aud figures.
Ancient and Modern Coinage.

Platinum was coined in Russia from
1928 to 1915. But the metals best adapt
ed and most generally used as coin, are
copper, nickel, Silver, and gold; the first
two being now used for coins of small
value, to make change, the latter, COM
monty designated "the precious metals, !"
as measures Of value and legal TENDER
On the continent of Europe u compost
ton of silver and copper, called bullion,
has long been used for small coins; which
are made current at much higher value
than that of the metals they contain
In China Sysee, silver is the principal
currency, which is merely ingot silver
of a uniform fineness, paid and received
by weight. =
Spanish and Mexican dollars also cir
culate there, but only after they had
been assayed and stamped as proof that
they are of the standard fineness. Asia
Minor produced gold, its earliest coinage
was of that metal Italy and Sicily pos
sessing copper, bronze was first coined
there.
The Lydians had gold coins at the
close of the ninth century b. u: Greece
proper only at ,the close of the eighth
century b. c. Servius Tullius, King of
Rome, made the pound weight of copper
current money.
The Romans first coined silver 2S1 B.
c.. aud gold 2O7 Z. G. Some nations,
although they worked the metals with
skill, seem never to have coined money,
and such was the case with the Irish, of
whom no coins are known prior to the
Euglish invasion in the twelfth century.
The amount of specie existing in Eu-
rope, A. d. IA, was equal in value to but
s359. !:
After the Augustan era the product of
the European mines failed, and the
stock of coin gradually disappeared until
the ninth century, each step of its fall
being marked by the greater poverty
and social degradation of the people,
until at last such was the scarcity of coin,
human beings in Britain were made
legal tender at speciii rates. f., ~,
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For Sale or Rent

T WILL SELL OR RENT my residence mile
Il West of Bridgeport, on the National Road.
The House contains rooms, with all the mod
ern improvements Tnre Is one acre of ground,
with ali kinds of fruit and shrubery. Apply to
A. ]. OSBORNE, on the premises.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING,

One square. (Ten lines Nonpariel, or less one
or three insertions, 81. Each subsequent .iD-
sertion 30 cents.
Business Cards, not exceeding seven lines, IS
per year.
Merchants advertising, not exceeding one
fourth of column at any time so per year
half column, not exceeding four changes
during the year, SS5. A column, not over
four changes, $50.
epectdt Notices and Double Column Advertisements
once and half the rates OF oriinarv adyer.
tiSements.
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INVENTION OF BANK NOTES.

INVENTION OF BANh 'NOIES. H'f
This dearth of the precious metals con-
tributed largely toward establishing the
dark ages. Out of these depths arose
the great modern institutions-the mer-
camille theory and credit-the one a pal
liative and the other cure. No In
crease in the stock of coin occurred until
after the discovery of America, but the
invention of paper credit largely allevi-
ated the prevailing misery. This inven-
ton is due to the Jews, who, in 1l60, in
troduced bills of exchange, and who
were the only persons, from the lnstltu-
ton of the canon law against the taking
of interest for the loans of money to the
sixteenth century, who, in Western Eu-
rope, burst make a business OF giving
credit. ..... .. -...r-
The same people established the first
banks in Europe. That of Venice was
established in Il57, that of Geneva in
of Genoa in 1407. The discovery of
America in l492, produced no immedi-
ate increase in the European stock of
coin. The mines of Potosi were opened
in 1545, but it was not until near the
seventeenth century that the stock of
coin sensibly increased. The taking OF
interest was totally forbidden in Eng
land until 1911, and the device of ex-
tending credit by means of Endorsement
was not practical until a century later,
when it was introduced from Holland.
INCREASE OF COIN.
The stock of coin steadily increased
until 1927, when it reached its highest
point, and tnen declined until the open
ing of the Pacific coast mines in lS4S,
when it again increased, passing in 1860
its greatest previous hight, and obtain
ing in 1867 the enormous sum OF two
thousand six hundred millions of dollars.
Copper coins, few in number, were
used by the Mint of the United States as
early as 1892; but these are now so rare
that one of them sold at auction in
Philadelphia, in January, 1860, for sixty
five dollars and fifty cents, and another
for fifty dollars. The Mint did not get
fairly into operation until 1913, when
the first copper cent appeared.
The estimated amount of gold In ex-
istence at the commencement Of the
Christian era was $427 100000. At the
discovery of America, i'll l492, TINS
amount had diminished to S57 200, 600.
In 1000 the amount had risen to Sl05,-
O00, 900; in 100 to S35l 900 900; in 1900 to
81 ,25l 900, 900. The Russian mines eX-
tending over one-third of the surface OF
the globe, on parallel fifty degrees north
latitude, were discovered in 1919.
In 1S43, the estimated amount OF gold
in existence was $1,000 100000.
Next followed the discoveries in Cal
ifornia. February 9th, lS4S, and in Aus,
tralia, February 18th, 1851, which added
enormously to the gold production. In
/ 1853, the amount in existence was COM
puted at So ,OOO, ,OOO,O 900; and in 1860 it was
$4 900, 900, 900.
From the commencement Of the Chris
tian era to discovery of America it was
estimated that gold had been taken
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AS AN ADVERTISING MEp1rM

THE CHRONICLE Is unsurpassed in this section
OF Ohio. 1t is printed on new, clear type, in one
ened Counties of the State, and its circulation
is steadily increasing.
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BELLAIRE.

I,assen,,e1 Trains leave Bellaire for
c,olur,b has a As A. NJ, 6:25 A. and S;lo p.
For baltimore at s A. n. 5 P. NJ, and y p. M
For Pittsburgh at 5s45 A. NJ, 500 A NJ. ana i'i'
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27
EVIDENCE OF BAD INTENTIONS.

| General rules are of universal applica-
ton, and the truth applies no less appro.
priately in New Orleans than in New York.
The Democratic press is wofully disguised
with the census returns in New York, and
the charge is made that they are not cor
rect. In certain wards, where the Democ-
racy has been in the habit fpiling upfive or
six thousand majority, it has been ascer-
tanned that the entire resident population
| does not number so many males entitled
to vote. As this exposes fraud, the only
recourse is for the Democrats to declare
that the returns are unreliable. But as
the pay Of the census takers was regu-
lated by the number Of people they re-
turned upon their rolls, it will be seen that
it was to the interest of the agents to make
as full a report as possible, for the more
names they gave in the more pay they re-
ceived. This system was adopted in
order to insure faithful return Of all
the population of the United States, and
the fair inference is that the census was
correctly taken, because it was the direct
interest Of the agents to do the best they
could in collecting all the names in their
respective districts
In New Orleans the Democrats are in
the same dismal condition. The regis
tration will hardly show as big vote as
they have always claimed to have, and to
escape from being caught in their fraud
upon the ballot-box, and in their decep-
ton upon their friends, they are charging
that the registration in this city is
fraud And as they declare in New York
SO they declare here, that they do not in
tend to stand it, but they are prepared to
enforce their rights. It is the same tune
in both cities, that if the Democrats are
not allowed to have majority on the
legal lists they are prepared to establish
a performance by force. Assuming that
they have a majority, they intend to have
either that or fight.
The general truth which the Tribune
applies to all this is, that where there is
so much lying there must be some pro-
jected fraud. Men do not go round tell
ing falsehoods for nothing. When they
propagate this kind Of scandal they have
an object in view, and it can not be an
honest one. So we advise our friends to
be on their guard. The registration must
be honestly made, and that done, it must |
be the duty Of the Republicans to see that
its results are not upset by any well
fraud. Such things have been
done, and they will be tried again. 1t
will be our duty to see that they do not
succeed.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27

Mr.. Soria, Of New Orleans, has arrived
in st. Lous, and by strange coincidence,
on the very day when the REPUBLICAN de-
nounced the quarantine in Galveston as
speculation aimed at New Orleans, Mr..
Soria was making the same denunciation
virtually in St. Louis to the reporter of
the Democrat. He reported, and very
sensibly, too, that as Galveston was filed
with goods sent out from Boston and
New York to be sold on commission. the
quarantine dodge was promptly and
shrewdly adopted in order to prevent
Texas merchants from visiting New Or
leans. And still further following our
identical line Of thought, Mr. Soria in
formed the reporter in St. Louis that the
Morgan steamers had Disseminated
against New Orleans by only consenting
to take such freight as was not objection
able to the quarantine rules and by
making up for its limited shipments by
doubling the rates Of freight. st. Louis
expresses no particular sympathy for us,
first, because it is our own fault if we al
low ourselves to be imposed on; and,
secondly, by suggesting to herself that
when she has her railroad completed to
Houston, possibly the Texas merchant
will be Independent Of both Galveston
and New Orleans
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27
IMPORTATION WANTED.

The St. Louis Republican declares with
burst Of school-boy exultation, that the
principles Of the Democratic party, which
are founded in eternal justice, are one by
one ascending to a fulfllment. AS the
Democracy has had SO many principles,
all Of which were said to be founded in
eternal justice, will the apostle Of the St.
Louis schismatics relieve the anxious
schismatics Of the same family, but of
different schism, in New Orleans, by in
forming them which one of the Missouri
principles it is that is just now ascending
to fulfllment in st. Louis? We are a
little anxious on this subject, because the
Democrats of Louisiana are not fully sat
isied that the eternal justice which salts
fes St. Louis is the same article Of eternal
justice which ought to satisfy New Or
leans. If we can not see the drift
Of this grand advancement over
which our st. Louis namesake makes
such a rhetorical display, how is it to be
expected that the Democrats are to see it,
seeing that they see SO little Of anything
which can even by courtesy be considered
a grand principle" and seeing that they
know so little Of what may be conscien-
tiously accepted as eternal justice?"
We are still further interested in this
information, for as grand principles and
eternal justice are rlanks in our platform,
we are curious to know how the Democra-
cy got hold Of them. There may be a
mistake, and perhaps some imposter is
at large in Missouri with spurious
article of principle and bogus specimen
Of eternal justice, which he is palming off
on that people to their great injury now
and their utter loss hereafter. prompt
response, therefore, to our natural in
quiry may save much tribulation here
after.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27
Sales of Wholesale Dealers.

Sales Of Wholesale Dealers.
The telegraph has already appraised our
readers of the substance of the decision re-
ferred to in the following letter from j. w.
Douglass, acting Commissioner, to B. F. Jou-
bert, Assessor. We give the full text of the
letter:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of Internal Revenue. ,
Washington, September IA, 1870.
SIR reply to yours of the seventh in
slant, respecting tax on wholesale dealers,
ETC., after October |, that this office has re-
versed the decision expressed in the letter
to Assessor w. H. Thompson, and published
on page 50, volume IL, Record
1t is now held that such sales are included
among those exempted by section two of
the act of July IA, 1870, and that those made
after the thirtieth instant are not to be
taxed. Sales of leaf tobacco, manufactured
tobacco, snuff, cigars, foreign and domestic
distilled spirits and wines continue, how
ever. to be liable after that date.
Very respectfully.
j. W. DOUGLASS,
Acting Commissioner.
To B. F. Joubert Esq, Assessor First District New
Orleans, Louisiana.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27
THE CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD.

We accepted the polite invitation OF
Major Williamson to take Sunday morn
ing ride on this road. Starting from the
depot at nine o'clock, the train, consisting
of one Of the company's fine, new locomo-
tives and two timber cars-one of the lat
ter covered with canvas, was in a few
minutes rolling along over the we'll laid
track along the GENTLY ridge. Here the
roadway is good. The embankment,
thrown up some months ago, has become
hard and firm. Also across for
midable swamp, where track building
was difficult and expensive. But Grand
Prairie, across which the track runs for
thirty miles, is the morst trying
to the patience of the engineer, especially
if his directors and stockholders are in a
hurry to have the railroad completed.
The soil is rich, black, soft mud, about
the consistency Of ordinary mortar. 1t
must be first thrown up in high ridge
and permitted to dry at leisure There
are some formidable holes, which it re-
quires great efforts to make settle, and
which the weight of the locomotive SEN
sibly depresses every time it passes over.
But out as far as Chef Menteur, across
which the company has erected strong
bridge, the worst of the work has been
done and the iron laid. Here and there
the ties will have to be raised and earth
put under them to level them up, but this
can be done while the other sections of
the road are being ironed. Chef Menteur
bridge is nineteen miles and half from
Canal street and eleven from the Rigolets
The iron is not yet laid between these two
rival channels between the lakes.
The iron used by the company is very
heavy. The bars are fastened together
by riveting two iron cleats together, one
on each side at the joint. These are
technically called fish bars" but we
failed to see the appropriateness Of the
name. They are very strong, however.
We were informed that the bar would
break anywhere else before it would at
this joint.
MIR. Rogers, tie company's engineer;
Captain Walker, of the steamer Santa
Martha; General jeff Thompson, State
engineer; Messrs. Sanders & Rhodes,
merchants, and number Of citizens
whose names we did not learn, were on
the train. Captain Walker joined his
steamer at Chef Menteur. We learned
from him that this channel has fifty or
sixty feet Of water. It is entirely salt,
and green and clear as the gulf eight or
ten miles from shore. The train left the
bridge for the city few minutes before
twelve o'clock, and came up with a run.
For abcut thirteen miles of the distance
1t made faster time than any We have
ever been aboard of in Louisiana.
The Chattanooga Railroad Company has
accomplished some very hard work, but
more remains to be done. The chief diff
ncu''y TO be met is the soft, spongy soil,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27

If you want pleasant little book to read
in the street car, on the Algiers ferryboat,
on the jackson Railroad or on a river
steamer, 60 to Haley's, in Commercial
Place, and inquire for George S. Catlin's
little volume entitled 'Tit-Bits for Trav-
elers." It il full of nice little sketches,
many Of them local in their character, and
will serve to while away an hour very salts
factorily. The price is only twenty-five
cents, and the size is so small that it can be
laid away in the coat pocket without incon-
yenience.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27

Yesterday there was an informal meet
ing Of delegates from this city and State
to the Commercial Convention to be held
at Cincinnati on the fourth of October
Several subjects, interesting to the people
OF Louisiana and the Southwest, were
discussed, but owing to the absence of
many delegates, the meeting adjourned
to meet again this (Tuesday) evening, at
SIX o'clock, at the Bureau of Commerce,
IN the City Hall. All delegates are re-
quested to be present.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27

nominated at least three Of them for the
Legislature However, the diseased is being
Guaranteed at home, and the disafected
district is being 50 thoroughly fumigated
that there is no doubt but that it will soon
expire for want of raw material on which
to support itself. 1t is said that the De-
mocracy is counting this pestilence, and it
would not astonish US in the least if the
Christians and the Democrats made up
joint wake in November for their mutual
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27

We had the pleasure, Sunday evening, of
welcoming that esteemed friend of the pub
lie, Mr.. j. Kittredge, long the popular
treasurer Of the Academy Of Music, who
has been engaged for week or two at Mo-
bile in the management of the theatre there.
That establishment is closed for while, un-
til the yellow fever scare abates, but when it
reopens Mr.. Kittredge will return to run it
with success. In the meantime, his pleasant
face may be seen about the Academy.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27

General George A. Sheridan, one Of the
most popular orators in the South, will
leave this evening on the steamer Robert
E. Lee, for political campaign tour
He will speak in Carroll parish twice,
then in Madison and Morehouse parishes,
and ON the eighth instant will join Governor
Warmoth at Monroe; from thence they will,
60 to Claiborne and other parishes, and ad-
dress the people on the principles and
policy Of the great Republican party of the
Union.