Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-11-13
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struclion OF Chic as the Enquirer seems
to think will be beuefcal to its party.
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In View OF tEe shor.ness of notice
given OF the District C-vi Service eX-
sIriDatiaEs 10 be held in CINCINNATI
.;iiaQ ST. Louis, the CiyI Service Com.
In.3sion mas postponed the Clhcliiiiati Ia
examination 10 December f'h, anu ~, ,iie
StiT }j:.cs exam. snaJion TO December 9th.
A., ,)ica.ic.;s VII be received at the
pr,,npr Departments from those wish
TN 'c,js.na,e g in ihe Cincinnati eX-
;.i,3snaticnto, The I'D Of November.
t.esa examinations are to ill 81, ,200
Gle .Kshies iu the Departments at
Wr,nin2t9n. The places at Whlci tiie
examinations will be held, wilt be
% sieiif;ef in the notices settto the can
~ d:6aies by the Chief Examiner, aud
ll8 4 ts,t;f. ftiris as to the form of making
?. iAhhlica,i0n may be obtained by al
d,ss.iag E. o. Graves, Chief Examiner
= at '@asniDgto0. u 80 rt.a"
5BaTRE RESULTOF rHEELECflONS.
80 d-.H EsI a.-a '"- Ha-
Further news regarding the late
~. electiunsdoas not materially change
the rasait recorded il our issue last
Week .r
There is some encouragement III lne
fact that the Legislature in New Yoik
-s.. l.a.aaiils deeisiYely Republican, though
l.rfttie Democratic State iichet is uhqes-
tignably elected by at least fltefen
tl{odeaad majority, as against the ma
ia,ity Of fifty thousand which was
III Ii "!,ssixeu 10 President Grant last year
ia Maryland has long been one OF the lew
az reYiaiiiing s,ronghold5 Of the Demo-
.iiii r.t,.5..z..5 and the Id .ncst Clean sweep
when they have just made there III
T. the picction ofnlemb bers of the LegIs-
:. !aitare VIII surprise nobody, The con-
- lest fsf Congressman in The titbn
Michigan district resulted in the ehoice
7 osarDaneorat hE small majority
,rn;s is d Demoeratic gain. f-.s ...
5r General Apathy seems to have been
ia cam uianq Of tl4e Republican forces
Z syeryNhe,e,7aNd the vote has been
-, mueh tighter even than the usually
~ light vote Of-Oti years. .-l -s... ,.i Z.
q Perhaps 1t is 100 early to det1de
.,-- E5;hat have Been the principal causes ot
this exceptiQnal indifference. + IN the
,Nrst the Farmers movement has
.3oub.Eess ssgeake,ied the fealty Of many
,aepapIican votes, who hesitated tq
SUPPORT in opposition ticket, ana yet
reIased to continue their support oT.the
s.arty in power.. The farmers OF thai.
section suffer from peculiar evils which
AN iiicrease of population with grow
ing diversity cf industries must even
e. t.;any remedy, but which no govern
q ,nietliat could help except by perseYerlngi
in tie lasnefcetit policy of protection.
But in this c;616driftrg men with !. griev-
,nce ef whatever nature always ina
"a igine. that 'the,la%s are somehow, anlddii
.- are too ready ,to seek redress OF relief iEd
poEjtical changes. in like manner the
panic. and The resulting financial sfrln-
ceney have Lesli charged to the Adj
anllaist ration by the WHY leaders of the
opposition, and such appeals, however
.srecious, ever lind many willing ears.
1871 IL is uSolSSS 10 Siiub oui y 10 ~ I'm
efI0clf fiat within the last year many
- siljtses !l.ive Been, brought to iigh1
I'D ysli;cfl. i hiie they are not property
chareeable to the Republican party.
u1 h.y4l implicated numbers of its leading
p. s5 managers. and 10 some extent impair
ed the confidence Of the people.
Death OK S9rs. General Lee
~ 5so-n, nNoshfpto;, Sisr sd
Intelligence has been received here
Of the death Mrs. Lee, widow OF Gen.
Roberb Z. Lee, at Lexington, Va, onI
Wednesday, the ith instant. She has
Iccn in inVal.ti FOR some years, and the
recent death of her daughter bore
heavily upon her declining strength
.,irs. T.E6Wts tie unIy daughter of 6.
=. y. Cu-i,s, go, Of Arlington, who
-.fA4s he ,yeungtss ciild Of John Parke
f. It,stif. Il ydn Of Ms. WASHINGTON BY
2 sltrs.ir,t l. itlsllHisd, and an aid-de-campl
TO Gen. Washington at the seise OIL
Yorktown His Two youngest children:
sIp Of th5ln me father OF MIS-. Lee, We're
.sdopiea by Sen. Washington. q. WI
p {r.tiS WIS bfJuglit up p. Modnii
K a. mob, ;Yhd Iem;IiEed a member oi
.isIS as!iaieii,II;,. IL nlilgs until the death !
p. OF MIS-. ;Mashiug, 1n, in 1892, when he
,yp.,t. fo rle:aa on the Arlington estate,
= Fear tlIfs cit~. Whicn he had inherited
- fyofu his f;;;ner, aud Whereghe had
rNfeeted the mansion known as the Ar-
1iireton house. DE was married iG l.
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