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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

= Colonel John T. Moseby, the ex-Con-
federate guerrilla chief. about whose
position in relation to the Presidency
there has been great deal of cavil in
the Virginia press since his interview
with General Grant, has written a letter,
dated the 18th inst, to Captain A. g.
Babcock, of Richmond, in which he
says:
ssOf course if Democrat is nomina.
ted shall support his election with all
my heart; but if it is reduced to ques-
ten of choice between General Grant
and Greeley, IshaII support the form
err And further-"If we are com
PEELED to go through the ceremony oi
choosing a master, to me there is less o.
humiliation in accepting the soldier te
whom Lee surrendered his sword, thar
the fanatic whose treacheries have beer
the Iliad of our woes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

An uncle of Horace Greeley died in
New Hampshire the other day, at the
advanced age Of lightweight years; re-
tanning, however, his faculties unim-
paired to the last, as may be judged
from one of the last remarks he ever
made. He said: "Horace will never
be President of the United State! He
is not the man; l know him! He is
not the manw After saying which he
eainaly bsde his friends goodbye, and
died.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
Some one wants to know II We are

Some one wants to know If we are
in favor Of primary elections We an
swer that primary elections at which
the members Of the party are called
upon to vote directly for the candi-
dates in the field, that candidate re-
ceIying the nomination who has the
largest number of votes, is not practie-
z abe ID our County. This method is
only pursued when the election Of the
nominee is certain. Weare in favor OF
4 Convention Of delegates, said dele
gates to be chosen by ballot In their
respective townships. We are opposed
70 township wire-workers electing
themselves delegates and, If any town
islfip cannot take the trouble OF choos-
ing representative, then let such town
ship be without any representation ID
the Convention. We are opposed tc
the slate process of nominating candi'
dates and while we are in favor OF can
didates announcing themselves as suehi
we are opposed tos their canyasslne
the County, currying personal iayor
making false promises and buying ul
delegates.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
HoN. DAN. VOORHEES, in his speech

HoN. DAN. VOORHEES, in his speech
at indianapolis, Saturday evening,
spoke as fellows of GRERnEY's relation
to and claims upon the Democratic
party: -
/ 1 was not, therefore, bowed down
when L heard from Cincinnati. Nv
face was rather lifted up, and brighten
ed with hope; and talked, and wrote,
and telegraphed, in the tone with which
l am talking to you now, taking for
granted that Israel would 90 20 her
tents and display her honored flag. l
recalled the fact that Mr.. Lincoln was
elected because two Democrats were
running, and was convinced, as still
am, that we had a better opportunity
for success than we had known since
Pierce was elected twenty years ago.
The path of duty and policy was the
same, our party principles and our
party. policy enjoined; they were
identical. You can hardly imagine,
therefore, the feeling with which l saw
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES haul
ing do yn Democratic names at their
mast heads, and placing in their stead
the name of one who has more fairly
earned, and more fully enjoys, the hos
tility and aversion of the Democratic
party than any other man in the United
States. And that, / know, is a strong
statement, while Morton and Grant and
their coadjutors are in existence, I'M
partial history, however, will sustain
me in it. For thirty years, commencing
far back, when these gray heads before
me were black and young, and contin-
uing until within the last three weeks.
there has been no form of coarse. brutal.
and Infamous assault which Horace
Greeley has not made on the Demo-
cratic party, in the aggregate and in
detail, en- Ds0Sse, ard individually. His
nlaievoience has iss, ...ta..Gsing, un-
sparing, universal. lie ha; ranged
everywhere for objects of his hatred
and vindictive abuse. He has not hesi-
tated to call our foremost men, like
Horatio Seymour, liars, and villains,
and traitors. He has also singled out
the people in private life, and denounced
them as Ignorant, sordid, and vicious,
for selecting Democratic officials. One
Of his special calllngs for years has been
to assail the constituents of gentlemen
who voted against his heresies in Con-
gress. Our own extensive and magnIfi-
cent district has often received his
maledictions because I represented it
and always denounced his favorite the
ories. In his estimation a majority of
this noble population of two hundred
and fifty thousand, extending nearly
two hundred miles up and down one
of the Oldest, and wealthiest, and most
cultivated valleys west of the Allegha-
ny Mountains, is sunk in ignorance and
wallowing in mire, because they do not
look at public questions as he does, and
elect man to Congress to record his
edicts. III should labor to make such
man the Democratic candidate for
the presidency, 1 would feel that 1 had
indeed betrayed you.- ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

We confess that we are weakening in
our opposition to GREELEY, and feel
almost ashamed to publish anything
that looks like lighting the Liberal
movement. Straddling mule and at
lacking Windmill would be chival-
rous compared with the waste of dmu-
milton In which some of our exchanges
indulge in their attacks upon this ghost
of party. We could not expect, by
the most persistent work, to change a
single vote from GREELEY to GRANT,
for the simple reason that we have. no
material upon which to work.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
Extraordinary improvements
CABINET ORGANS

The MASON & HAMLoN OGGAN Co. respee1fnl-
~ announce the Introduction oi improve emeuts
oil much more than or1inary interest. These are
REED AMI PIPE CABINEr ORGANS
PIPES with reeds ev T made:
DAYS TRANSPOSING KEYBOARD.
mnlen W.. eau De instantly moved 10 the right or
isit, chanSlng the pitch or transpOslng ne KEY
Eor % tldtotegs d,sd description, see Circular.
NEW ASD ELE.5ANf > iILES OF DOUBLE
REED CABINET ORGANS
AZ sl4O, SISz and p each Considering Cs1paciklf
Elegance, d'ad Thorough ELceltence Of Wor5y,lr;I
snip UteSe are cheaper uttll any before offered
Tue 1hASoN & h.AhLIS organs are acknoWl-
edged bESi, anu from extraordinary facilities
lor manufacture this CoInpa can afford and
Ioao t'tdert sell at prices winch render them
UNQtsSiIONAB \ Bl.G CHEAPEST
FoOA OCrAVE ORGANS so Z cu; FIVE OCTAVE
ORGANS $40. si-J ana upwards With three setS
TeeoS sloJ anu upwards. fOgIg Stgses. Up 10 SI5DO
each. 80 r " ~N
NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALu6UE, ana Testimo-
MAJ niSI @CIrcui4r, with opinions Of MORE THAN
O-NH' tthSOOeAND ~ MUSICIANS, sent Tree.
MASON q HAMLIN ORGAN CO.
III .S4i-"-it n'-'oOstOn $50 Broadway, n. Y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

THERE is no more hackneyed nor
disgusting phrase in use than the OLD
stereotyped expression, .'At the urgent
solicitation of my friends 1 have con-
sented to become a candidate etc.
The time for forcing offices upon men is
long ago past and the time for eloaking
ones ambition in rhe old clothes OF a
period of more political virtue than this
is also past. If one man has not an
equal claim upon the people for the
honor and emoluinents of an office, be
should not desire it. If he has such a
claim, then let hinlsa SO and not come
forward with long preamble to his
announcement that it was at the urgent
solicitation of his friends, whom he does
not feel at liberty to refuse.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
Plantation BittGrS.
S. T.--I86O.--X.

This wonderful vegetable restorative
ssta anchor of the feeble and
bilitated As tonic and cordial for the
aged and languid it has no eqIal nouu
siomacnics. As a remedy Tor the uerv
Gus weakness To which women are g.
peeiaily subject, it i superseding every
other stimulant Ia al climates, tropi-
cal, temperate or frigid, ii acts as /.
specific III every species of disorder
which undermtnes the bodily strength
nj breaks down,a .llna 4pr,t4
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

The GAINESVILLE Times contains q
minute and, thrilling account Of the
murder of little boy aged six years
by his mother Margeret Brewer living
near GAINESVILLE. The child was illegiti-
mate and the murder premeditated. d.
She struck him. on the head with an
ak and then held him in her arms un;-
tilhe died. The confessed the deed,
expresses no regret, and expects to be
hung. - t.,t,, s
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

The Workingmen's Convention was
held in New York last week at which
delegates from thirty States were pres
ent. For President, GRANT received
2O4' votes and GREELEY 5. For Vice
President, WILSON received 100;
MoRaAN 25 and CoLFAx "a. l'1 !.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
Congressional Convention
-;ELLAIRE, JULY 30th, 1872.

At a meeting of the District Cent? al
Committee of TIE 18th District heli at
Bellaire, on Tuesday, May 18th, 1872. i
was
l. Resolved, That the next Congress
sional Convention of the 10Th District
he held at BELLAIRE. on TUESDAY
the 3Oth day of JULY, 1872.
2. That i'll the selection of delegates
the basis heretofore established of one
delegate for every l25 votes cast Tor Gov
ernor at the last election and one for
every fraction of 75 votes or over be adj
hered to.
3. That the true manner and place of
choosing delegates to said Convention
be left to the several cOant les.
W. II. FARRAR, Chairman pro tenn.
RoBT. MARTIN, Seeiy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
what Greeley Thinks He Knows

A professional gentleman, of our
neighboring city Delaware, recently in
New York, met Greeley on street car.
AS the gentleman knew the philosopher
personally, he opened conversation as
to the canvass. Greeley expressed him,
self as sanguine of being elected, and
inquired pleasantly as to the Greeley
strength in Central Ohio.
"Oh, We don'tgo much on you in
Central Ohio-we all like Grant toe
well" said the gentleman.
swell" said Greeley, placidIy, 81
don't expect anything from Ohio, Penn.
sylvania, or Indiana; but 1 shall carry
every Southern State. And L shall be
elected"
This is precisely as reported to Us.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

Henry Fry, Defenuants.
THE Defendants, Ezekiel E. Mills, Lorenzo
I Mills, Loretta McGinnis, Edward McGin-
mis-, her husband. Martha Mills, Ida Fry and
Henry Fry, who reside in Belmont County,
Ohiv; John Mills, who resides in Muskfngum
County, Ohio; sarah Conaway and John Con-
away her husband who reside in Guernsey
County, Ohio and Mary A. Hicks, who reside
in the State of Iowa, will take notice that
petition was filed against them on the 18th OF
April. 1877, in the Court OF Common Pleas OF
Belmont County Ohio, by Pernelia Dickson
ard Evan r. Dickson. her husband and is noA
pending therein, wherein said Per'nelta Dick
ison and Evan r. Dickson. her husband, de-
mand partition of the following real estate
situate in Belmont county Ohio, and OF W lich
Robert Mills, late of said County, died seized.
First Tract:-Being in the middle of section
H. Township s, Range six, in Steuoenyllie land
district and bounde follows; On the North
by lands of Wade and the North line of Sec.
~ and the lands OF Thomas Wilson; on
the East by lands OF Thomas Wilson, Smiyh
Sinclair, John Bryant and Thoinas R1binson;
on the South by lands of Thomas Robinson
James Gibbons and Lydia Brown; on the West
by lands of John n. Conrad, MaAc a bert. n.
Wade and ]. Judkins-
Range 9. and beginning at the southeast corner
of s., q Section 10, and running thence with line
of lands formerly owned by James Mci.ish,
We st6S 81 100 percheS 10 the corner OF Hoover;
thence North 2S g. 100 perches with said H0OV-
ers line; thence East q" 81 100 perches to Sec
tion f. thence South % W-IO0 percneS To the
place of beginning. containing ~ acres of
land and tue same ueing designated as an out
Lot of the Town of Barnesville, Il hiO
Third Tract-Being part OF the SoutheastH of
section l5 of Township s. Range q, aforesaid,
and beginning al planted stone IN the line o.
lands rmerly belonging TO James HcLish ar d
running EAST 10 20 100 perches 10 planted
stone III the rosid leadIng To James LYIe'>;
thence s n.th 10 West % rerches 10 a stake in d,
line OF lands formerly owned By James Mc Lish;
thence North 2S SD-l00 perches with the line oil
said McEish's lands TO the place of beginning.
eontaing 81 acres of land.
The object and PRAYER OF said petition is that
ff,.a aal,.. aA IN
parties to this proceeding anu that at the next
Term of the Court of Common Please, petition
ers may have oruer ofpartitlon OF said prem ises
PERMILA DICKSON and
EVAN II. DICKSON. her
L. DANFORD, atty. husband.
ap250w
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NOT CE.
Zerah l.inner. Def.
James Chick, PlL-,

DEFORE Andrew Alexander. Justice of the
ID Peace in and for Richland Township, Bel
mont County, Ohio. The above named defen-
dant Zerah Linder, who is nonresident of
the County OF Belmont and State OF ohio, Will
take notice. that on the 10Th day of April, 1872,
the Plaintiff, James Chick, filed in the office OF
the above naned Justice of the Peace, his af-
fidavit setting forth. that on the 9TH day OF
April, 1860, said Plaintiff obtained a Judgment
against the said Defendant before, and on the
Docket of Wilmoth JONES' ESQ.,, late a Justice
of the Peace of said Township and County, in
the sum of $40 60, that the same is unsatiSfied
in whole; and there being justly due thereon
SIS 81, which Judgment has since become dor
mant, and that unless the said defendant ap-
pear on the 18th day of June, 1872 at 10 O'Clock,
a. m, and show cause why such judgment
should not be revived against him; and II SUI
ficient cause be not shown to the contrary; said
Judgment shall stand revived for the amount
which the Court shall find to be due:
JAMES CHICK.
Nav 2.6w
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30


WENDELL PHILLIPS has been in
terviewed upon his choice for the Presi-
dency and the following will explains:
Whom l shall vote for, or whether
I will vote at all, l do not know: but
certainly as against Greeley, I am for
Grant. We had one Andy johnson: I
will not the risk of getting another in.
and Horace Greeley IS such. / want n
man with some decided principles
Greeley never had any. Besides.
consider Greeley secession candidate.
| believe the plot to nominate him was
hatched by Southern white rebels more
than year ago, and has been mainly
nursed by them. L advise any one who
means to vote for him to find out first
what agreements have been made by
Mr.. Greeley's friends with JEFF. Davis
and his staff, as to Office and patronage.
am perfectly certain that there is a
distinct mutual understanding, if not a
positive contract, between them. II
Horace Greeley enters The White House.
JEFF. Davis will be as truly part of the
administration as Seward was in Lin.
coins day. No negro can vote for
Greeley who values Bis life or property.
or cares forhis race. If, by ifrown oi
Providence, he is elected, shall advise
every Southern loyalist to load the re-
yolvers that Grants arrest of North
Carolina Ku-Klux has allowed to be
laid aside. If he is elected, let the ne
groes live in squads of fifty, whom NO
coward will dare shoot down, and dshow
no property after sunset. Lonely men
will be shot, and no black man will own
a mule forty-eight hours if any rebel
knows the fact. For loyal admins
tration to protect the negro, awe the
rebel, and give the workingmen a
chance, Grants little finger is worth a
bakers dozen of Greeieys."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30
xWhoIesaIe Sl,inI.reck.

A terrific storm lately occurred of
the coast ofsLabrador in which over
forty sealing vessels were destroyed
Each Of these vessels carried about. one
hundred men. Out of the four thou
sand in all, only one hundred and
seventy-five are accounted for. 81
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

SUDDEN DEATH. Thomas Cook,
of Bridgeport, died very suddenly last
Tuesday morning. All the facts we
can get are, that he had taken a walk
cut the pike soon after breakfast for
recreation. He, met Mr.. J. S. Bates
coming into. town with light wagon;
Mr.. b. asked him to ride in with him.
After arriving at his home, he took a
newspaperand went into.the hall, and
sitting down near the front door, went
to reading, In a few minutes after, he
was found dead. The doctors thought
the same to be from apoplexy. Mr..
Cook was good citizen; he has been
reading medicine with his brother, DIR.
John Cook.-MartinIerry Commercial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

Phoebe Schoefeld, Ind .loaged l09, has
obtained from the war department slO,-
600 being the arrears Of pay and pen
sion duerto her husband for services
performed in the revolutionary
war;. 7. -.sf ,5fr,.ei-% E..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

Outof the 29O delegates already Sc
lected to attend the Republican Nation
al Convention, but six are government
officers, and thr of these six are from
districts so intensely Democratic and
therefore ignorant, that their selection
was almost a necessity. The Philadel.
phia Convention will be almost compos-
ed of fresh representatives. of the people
and they will reflect the all-pervading
sentiment of the mass of the party in
placing General Grant-the successful
soldier and statesman-again in nOmin-
alton for the highest Office in the land.
This is clearly proven in the almost
unparalleled fact, that he has no oppo-
nent for the position. Nowhere, we
believe, has the name of one single
contestant for the nomination appeared,
and he stands to-day within the party
without opposition.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30


Because JEFF. Davis has written a
letter to Horace Greeley the Cincinnati
Enquirer advised his assassination. 1t
says:
"Mr. Jefferson avis, an uufo- tunate
gentleman with very poor prospects,
who plays the part of Banquo when
ever the Democratic party sits down to
a feast, has been expressing some SYM
pathy for the Liberal movement. 1t
would be very wrong in Insurance
Agent Davis not to feel grateful toward
the editor of the New York Tribune,
but Mr.. Davis views have not been
valuable since the year 1865. .sFigura-
lively speaking" if somebody down at
Memphis would tie a grind stone about
Mr.. Davis neck, and quietly drop him
into the Mississippi river, we would
use our best endeavors to have the SEN
tence made as light as possible
q A AcOrrespondent writes of the COM
| ing trial of Rev. DIR. Huston's libel
suit against the Baltimore Anericula-
The details of the trial will be full of
declarations of the most disgusting
character, and will either develop de-
gree oflicentious crime never before
equaled in this country, or determin-
ed and well organized effort ON the
part of designing enemies to destroy a
pure and honorable career.
This is the way a Western paper
goes on about d. W: "She wore a
Dolly Warden, the night when first we
met, her chip hat, like garden, with
pOsies gay, was set. A humping big
blonde waterfall, when next we met,
she wore; her skirts spread out from
wall to wall, and busted off the floor"
Col. Forney disposes of the rumors
that Mr.. COlfaX has been intriguing
against Gen. Grant, with the remark:
.'We have rarely known firmer
friendship for one man to another than
that of COlfax to Grant, and never one
more cordially reciprocated. There
has been an open and manly champion
ship of the President by the Vice Pres
ident.
The Illinois Republican Convention
was held in Springfield on last Wednes-
day. A dispatch says "The delegates
from all parts of the State report the
ouppoIt vi 1Ioi race 0Ieeiey 10 De very
weak. They know of one sQ-and-so
who "hollers' for Greeley, but hedon't t
amount to anything. They say in the
northern portion of the State there are
some Republicans, but not any who are
very prominent, who favor the Greeley
ticket. The farmers who have taken
Greeley's paper, and who were expected
to vote for him without asking ques-
tion, are surprised that Mr.. Greeley
should run ON free trade ticket"
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Kirkwood Estate.

T'HE undersigned Administrator of tbs
i Klrlkwood estate. has recently added to thu
West end OF the Town of Kirzwood 81 lots
which with those formerly laid out makes Us
which he offers at very reasonable rates.
Also, about A acres of land lying on tht
South side OF the section, with about9e acres o
coal.
Also, Out Lots No. l3, about IL acres with tbs
coal. facing Bridgeport.
Also, Out Lois No. p, u, %, adjoining Wei
Wheeling, all of which l offer at private sale
for the present.
Enquire OF Joseph II. West, Druggist, Bridge
port, or the undersigned at st. Clairsville, Ohio
HENRY WEST, Administrator.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

: The passage of q supplemental ar
ticle to the Washington treaty is look
ed to as a settlement Of all difficulties
with England arising from the Ala
bama question. 81 .ves5l...5
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

! The amnesty bill has been signed by
the President. It includes all rebels
except about two hundred among
whom are JEFF Davis and ]. c. Breck-
euridge. 9lsias9- g97HH ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

Robert Fuller, farmer living with
in five miles Of Troy, Ohio, on Saturday
called his wife out of the house and
shot her In the breast with a. revolver,
infiicting wound believed to be fatal.
He then shot himself dead instantly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

The three additional bishops are ]. t.
Peck, Gilbert Haven and E. w. An
drews. We have given sketches of the
other five elected, elsewhere.