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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road.

From the Cumberland Mail.
The recent judgments against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for an aggregate amount
little short of million of dollars, on account
of the arrears of passenger tax on the Wash
ington Branch-a railroad in which the State
is heavy stockholders beginning to invite
criticism somewhat of different character
from that generally INDUCED in. Our cotem-
porary, the Herald and Torch, referring to
this matter, without going into its merits,
very correctly calls attention to, and CON-
ments upon the fact, ''that without the Balti-
and the city of Baltimore would be very far
behind other States and cities in the great race
for agricultural and commercial supremacy.
That company has struggled manfully with
the great companies north of us for the i'm
pcrtant trade of the West, and has attained
success that is astounding, the results of which
have been largely shared by our State and its
metropolis. We think, there, that more
kindly feeling should be manifested by our
people generally toward a company which has
done so much for our own State during the
last twenty years, in the face Of a powerful
opposition or competition. The Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad has extended its connections
far and wide over the Western country, and
is drawing to our State and its great city
trade that has never before reached either,
and that will in the course of time give the
latter commercial importance that but few
of our large cities enjoy. What indeed, it
may well be asked would the State of Mary
land be without the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road?
This is very proper question, and in con-
sidering it the people should first Of all divest
themselves of any feeling which might cloud
their judgment, as is msnifestly what the
writer has done in this instance. BY culpa-
BILE oversight in our legislation, tax of one
fifth Of the gross receipts of the road is i'm
posed upon our own road, whilst foreign
corporation is by us exempted from any such
tax, and thus are we placed in q ruinously
anomalous position, from which it will take
all the wisdom and tact of our best citizens to
eXtricate us.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

A PHILADELPHIA newspaper sounds a SOL
emn warning to the residents ard visitors
there during the Centennial to beware of
thieves. The city is full of them, not only
those that have fiocked there from other cities,
but also great number who have come from
Europe to practice their profession among the
crowds and at hotels and private houses.
Their department of industry will be as COM
pletely represented as any at the Centennial
grounds, and the detectives will have their
hands full of work.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

The Washington correspondent oil
the New York Tribune writes: An
interesting incident which fureshadOw-
ed the tragic fate of President Lincoln.
but which has never before found its
way into print, is vOuched for by a
nnmber of persons, still in Washington,
and who were witnesses of it. On the
day when Mr.. Lincoln was inaugural
ed the second time, 1856, and just as he
had passed from the rotunda of the
Capitol to the platform at the east pert
leo, where his inaugural was to be de-
livered, man who was recognized by
several persons to be John Wilkes
Booth, pushed hurridly through the
passage leading from the Senate Cham
ber to the rotunda, and in an excited
and determined manner broke through
the line of policemen which kept the
crowd back from the procession, and
made desperate effort to reach the
eastern door Of the Capitol. He was
discovered by member of the Capitol
POlice-Mr. j. w. Westfall, of New
York-who on several occasions before,
as we'll as since, has given evidence of
his faithfulness and efficiency. He
seized the excited stranger, and after a
severe struggle, during which Major
b. B. French. then Commissioner of
Public Buildings, at the suggestion of
Mr.. Westfall, caused the door to be
closed and aid to be furnished, succeed
ed in forcing him back into the crowd.
Booth had already been noticed by at
least two persons who knew him pass
ing rapidly from the Senate Chamber
toward the rotunda, and some idea of
his determination to reach the inaug-
ural platform may be formed from the
fact that he broke away from the man
who first seized him. Mr.. Westiall, and
but for the closing of the door would
have accomplished his pur-
pose whatever it was. Those who
stopped Booth on that day, and who in
all probability preserved the Presi-
dents life, were not aware who the ex-
cited stranger was, but the importance
of their action can hardly be oyer esti-
mated. 1t will be remembered that at
that time the great work of Mr.. Lin
coins life had not been accomplished.
The war was still going on. By this
act of Mr.. We,tfalPs the Presidents
life was probably spared for time, at
least, and he was permitted to see the
dawn Of peace. After the assassination
Of the President, and when it became
known that Wilkes Booths attempt toI
reach the inaugural platform had been
thwarted by Mr.. Westfall, the latter
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
The Country Editor.

The country editor lS obliged TO pre-
pare his Ow n editorials of ali the lead
ing questions of the day. To do this he
must tread up" constantly, and unless
his editorial rakes into some one, or
tears up some interest he is not able to
hide under the cover of his journal,
but must take shower of oaths for
being stale. If he rakes into parties or
measures he of course receives the
shower all the same. He is expected
to blow the horn of every aspirant for
political favor in his party, and at the
same time if he asks such ashjrant to
help him "raise the wind" with which
to ''toot his horn," he is told that some
individual who bas swung his hat,
three or four times over his head, must
be taken care of, and he must stand
aside.
The country editor must take an in
terest in all local matters. He must
advocate all public Improvements and
thereby win the hate and lasting
enmity of tax payers, who are opposed
to public improvements. If he does
not advocate improvements, then the
masses call him the paid tool of rich
tax payers. He must attend all meet
ings and conventions, and If he fail to
report the same in full, he Is said to be
behind all live journals. He must
write up local spicy matter, and If he
notices an important improvement
made by Mr.. A, he falls under the lash
of Mr.. B., because he did not happen
to be aware that MIR. B., had made i'm
provements also, which were twice as
great, on his property.
If the country editor obtains adver-
tising, he must go for it personally.
Every time he turns around he must
turn over a six-pence, or the six-pence
will turn him over. He is personally
held accountable for all typographical
errors in his journal, and must oversee
the "make up" and printing of his pa
per, and if no has a job Office attached
to his establishment, he must look
after stock, drum up work, and person.
ally attend to the details of the jobbing.
He must select all miscellany, compile
all news items, write obituaries, and
take hand at providing nonsense for
such of his readers as like il. Besides
all this he is at the financial head of an
Institution that would perplex even
banker and his score of assistants. His
subscription list must be worked up,
and kept up too, and he must see to IL,
that ali subscribers "pay up" in course
Of time. He must collect pay for his
and job work, and un-
ess he has large stock of patience and
he will occasionally get
mad, when told to "go 10 the devil
with his little picayune BILL" He must
nave the soul of an angle, the vigor OF
steam engine, the cheek Of the evil
,ne, the patience of Job, eyes as num-
,rous as the stars of heaven, a DISPOSE
ion as smeeth as oil, be able to dis
,ense with all tender feelings, and be
to blows from every
jackass's heels in his journalistic diO-
.ese. Who can edit country journal
md be happy.-R Rhitehau (N Y.
Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
TAKE WARNING.

The Republican party of the nation should
take timely warning from the past and not al
low osr political enemies to trick us into the
nomination of Mr.. Bristow or any other can
didate from the South. We all too we'll re-
member our sad experience with Andrew
johnson, and should take strong measures to
prevent repetition of the misfortunes which
befell the country and the party when he ac-
cidentally became the President of the United
States. Mr.. Bristow may now appear to be a
Republican and strong Reformer, but # his
recent operations against the ''whisky ring"
was only shrewd move to further his Presi-
dental chances we think it was-ws, with
a large majority of the party, think he is
therefore not entitled to any credit for the
work. Another significant fact, and one from
which all Republicans should take warning,
is exhibited by the course of certain Demo-
cratic newspaper editors, who ingeniously in
sist that Bristow would make the best Presi-
dent named in connection with the Republi-
can nomination. A casual remark made by
certain New England Senator, who is strong
admirer of Mr. Bristew, is equally significant.
The gentleman is quoted as authority for say
ing that Mr.. Bristow recently declared that
he would refuse to accept Presidential nom-
ination from the Democracy if offered. While
it is much to his credit to say so, it looks very
much like as if the Democrats had been ap-
preaching him with offers of a nomination,
and the simple fact that they are even think
ing of such course, is fair warning to the
Republicans that he may not prove unlike
Andrew johnson in his political preferences;
at least that he is not just the man to trust at
the present time with the lead of the Republ-
can party. The party cannot possibly afford
to be tricked in its selection of q candidate
this fall. He must be one upon whom the
whole party can rely, and not one whose po-
litica convictions are so loose that either party
can claim him as a member with equal propri-
ETY., and who when elected will not be likely
TO Tylerize or Johnsonize whenever it suits
his own purpose to do so. In order to guard
against such an unfortunate contingency, it
behooves the party to be more than ever care
full in making its Presidential selection, and
we think when looking for the proper man to
head the ticket it would be wise to avoid the
late slave States. Andrew johnson was
loud-mouthed denunciator of rebels and Dem
ocrats as well as of slavery during the war, but
almost Immediately after he was raised to the
Presidential chair, by the crime of Wilkes
Booth, he turned against the party who elect
ed him to the Vice Presidency and went over
to the Southern Democracy. The same course
might be pursued by Mr.. Bristow if the same
confidence was reposed in him. At least it is
fair to think so in the light of past experience.
Therefore it is clearly the duty Of the dele
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
The Widow of Ex-Presidenf Ty.
Washington Letter to the Syracuse Courier.

Washington Letter to the Syracuse Courier.
The widow of John Tyler, tenth
President of the United States, was
among tie ladies who looked down
upon the House of Representatives from
the gallery during yesterdays session.
She was IN company with the wife OF
GoOde of the NOrtOk k (Va.) district,
whose constituent she now IS. Mrs.
Tyler, who is still apparently on the
sunny side of sixty, has by no means
lost those traces of beauty which thirty
years ago made her the belle of Wash
irgton. She is trying to dispose OF her
Gardiner's Island propertyShaving
purchased beautiful place near Nor
folk. The lady enjoys the distinction
of being the only woman who ever
married President of the United
States, Mr.. Tyler being the occupant
of the White House at the time Of their
marriage. Those whose memories of
public events go back to 1913 will recall
the mixture of love and tragedy asso-
ciated with the widower Presidents
wOoing of the rich and beautiful Miss
Gardner. One day, while he was
courting the lady, he was invited, to-
gether with his Cabinet and others, to
take sail down the Potomac little
way and witness the testing of new
cannon. Previous to the test the par
ty had social glass of wine in the
cabin below. Miss Garder was along,
and by her bewitching conversation so
enchanted her Presidential suitOr that
he fingered i'm the cabin after the rest
of the party had gone above. Word
was brought him that the gun was
about to be fired, and it was gently
deck. But still he fingered, fascinated.
They got tired waiting for his excellen-
cy, and touched off the gun. 1t was
fatal experiment. The cannon burst
and spread death among the invited
guests who had come to witness its tri-
umpb. The members of the Presi-
dents cabinet and Mr.. Gardner, father
of the beautiful lady in the calm be-
low, were killed by the explosion. The
President and Miss Gardner, by their
failure to go on deck, escaped all inju-
ry. Of course the tragedy Mortified
the nation. One day, a few months Ia
ter, John Tyler packed his valise at
the White House and ran over to New
York, and made Miss Gardner his
bride. The engagement had been
kept secret, and the marriage came
upon the New Workers as a surprise.
A hundred guns were fired in honor of
the event, and it was the social sensa-
ton of the day. The bride was taken
to the White House, and dispensed its
in queenly manner. She
became a widow in 1862, and is, as /
have intimated, a very well-preserved
1ne to-day.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

THAT staid old Democratic journal,
the New Ysrk Journal of Commerce, is
disgusted with the hopeless perverse-
ness and imbecility of the party lead
ers. That paper says:
"The Democrats have lost ground
steadily throughout the last five
months. There has not been anywhere,
on any side OF us, in any municipal or
State convention, one noble effort to
cast off the old shackleS which have
held it down the last fifteen years, and
show that it has profited in any way
from its long adversity. At the Utica
gathering it clasped the chains of Tam
many contentedly upon its wrists, and
held out the hand thus fettered to lead
on the forces of the Empire State in the
coming contest. The people of New
York will not take the fellowship thus
protfered. They have no sympathy
with Tammany as it is now constitut-
ed. The spirit of Tweed governs it
precisely us in the days of yore. The
stealing is not on so large a scale, nor
the opportunities for it as favorable,
but the reckless dishonesty is the same
as ever. There is no difference in prin-
ciple between the court house frauds
and the distribution of extra wages
upon the public works to win over pot
house politicians and buy up needy
voters. The blood in that body has
not been changed, and the slightest
scratch on its surface betrays the race.
The old leader of the clan is fugitive
with price set Upon his head, but the
followers have as keen scent after the
loaves and fishes as when in the pleni-
tude of his power they received them
broadcast from his open hand.
The old BOurbons, having learned
nothing and forgetting nothing, will
wear their cooked hats into the st.
Louis Convention on the 9th, and at
the proper hour concentrate their votes
upon the candidate which Tammany
has previously placed on the slate"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

HANNAH Cox, one of the small band
of original Abolitionists, died on the
18th Of April, at Longwood, near Ken.
nett Square, Pa, in the room where
she was born nearly eighty years ago.
When Thomas Garrett established
the starting point of the underground
railrosd' in Wilmington, Del, the
house of the Coxes at Longwood be-
came the first station on the way to
the Canadian terminus. For years the
quiet farmer and his wife received the
fugitive slave & carried him by night
ON his way northward. When, In sep
tember, 1873, they celebrated their
golden wedding. Whittier sent Them
his poem Nv hich will be found in his
last volume) on "The Golden Wedding
of Longwood."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

SECRETARY BRIsTow, when he was colonel
in the army during the war, called on Presi
dent Lincoln in Washington, who received
him cordially and said: 81 know you very
well, Colonel-Benjamin Helm Bristow.
Your uncle, Benjamin Helm, Clerk of the
Hardin County Court, was one of the best
friends l had when 1 was boy, He used to
take good deal of trouble to explain things
in the Office to me, and show me how business
was done, and was very kind otherwise
Once, when l came to town barefooted, he
took me to store and gave me pair of shoes,
and he was my good friend always in those
days."-TN. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

Mr.. GEO. w. CURTIS has written letter in
favor of pensioning common school teachers,
in which he says: Teaching in the public
schools is as essential part of the public ser
vice as the discharge of duty in ths army and
navy, and the faithful servant in one branch
is entitled to the same consideration as his fel-
low servant in another. The pension would
make teaching an assured career, and con-
stantly attract to it the best teaching talent in
the country, and the efficiency and value of
the schools would be promoted just in the de-
gree that teaching ceased to be a temporary
resource, as it now SO often is The best ser
vice in any public department is always the
cheapest, and the advantage that the State
would purchase by this little outlay would be
inestimable. l cannot help thinking that the
proposition must command the warm sympa-
thy and support of the more intelligent friends
of the common schools-and with all my heart
l wish it success"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

We suppose that there are people in this city
who firmly believe that ''Msry Merritt" is
lady with whom Secretary Bristow has at
some period of his life maintained relations of
doubtful propriety; and in fact the newspaper
bulletin boards and the head lines that adorn
the dispatches sent from Washington by the
scandal bureau are well calculated to create
such an impression.-rB Baltimore American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
BELMONTCHRONICLE.
ST, GAINESVILLE, OHIO.
THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1876

A FISH story has been started in Washing
ton to the effect that Conkling and Hayes
have formed an alliance whereby, in the event
of failure to receive the nomination at Cincin-
natl, Conklings strength in the convention
will be transferred to Hayes, the understand
ing being that should the latter be elected
President he would make the former Secretary
of State
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

A very flashy dressed young miss
was chatting with couple of young
men in front of the POst-office yester-
day afternoon, when an old woman,
rather plainly dressed, came along.
back toward her, but the old woman
recognized her. "Ah, Is that you, Mag
gie?" exclaimed the elderly party.
"And so your mother has got work
again, has she: Well, am glad to
hear it." This unselfish burst of'cop-
graduation caused the young miss to
flush to the roots of her hair Dam
bury News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
ApVBRTIsIaN RATES.

was promptly promoted to be a Lieu
tenant ofthe Capitol police force, a posi-
ton which was created by him by the
Hon. b. B. French, then Commissioner
of Public Buildings and Grounds, and
devoted friend of Mr.. Lincoln, as q
mark of his appreciation of the great
service which Mr.. Westfall had render
ed the country. This position he held
until the meeting Of the Forty-fourth
Congress, since which time he has been
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
The St. Louis Republican mentions some g

The St. Louis Republican mentions some of
the troubles that will follow the new money:
''When man walks much the inside of his
legs will be chafed raw. When; less than
dollar is to 60 by mail it will have to be con-
verted first into postage stamps. When you
run for a street-car money will fly out of your
pockets at every jump. When you tell your
wife that you have no money she. will say that
you lie, for she heard it jingle. 1t will be
difficult to pay man quarter by mistake for
a half. When you are in hurry, the store
keeper will have to weigh the coin in his hand
and sound it twenty-five times on the counter
before he can tell whether it is good. The
baby will swallow dime day: A boy with
a quarter will lose it in crack in two minutes,
from which no amount of coaxing with forks
and chips can recover it. Sleepy men will put
buttons and lozenges into contribution boxes
as of yore."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

gates to the Nominating Convention to not
only aominate Northern or Western man,
but to nominate one who has been tried in the
fiery furnace of party politics and who has
steadily stood the test One who will not re-
quire a certificate to endorse his Republican
ism, but who is known for his adhesion to
principle all over the land York (Pa. Rep
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

A Nevada WON an recently knocked
down seven burglars, one after another.
Her husband watched her from the top
of the stairs, and felt SO brim full OF
battle that he couldn't cool of until he
had jerked his eight year old boy out of
bed and "whaled" him soundly for not
getting up and helping his mother.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
Maryland.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

ObLlCAN Ia NOAN CIV lO4N.
FREDERICK, Md, May 4.-The Re-
publican State Convention met to-day,
Washington H. Tuck, presiding. G.
c. Fulton and John Thomas, Jr., Of
Baltimore, Joseph B. Pugh, Hugh
Cecil and Edward Walker, of Kent,
were elected delegates at large to the
Cincinnati Convention.
The resolutions adopted express graf
itude that all Investigations have failed
to touch the honor and integrity of
President Grant, whose administration
has been wise, patriotic and prudent,
in the reduction of the public debt and
adoption of measures looking to the
early resumption of specie payments;
they pledge the vote of Maryland to
Blaine as candidate for President, and
commend BristOw for his efforts to ex-
pose and prevent corruption. The del
egates are directed to vote for Blaine
as long as there is reasonable hope for
his nomination.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

In some parts Of Australia the Wild
horses have increased to such an extent
and do so much damage, that in their
own behoof the settlers have to shoot
them as they do wild beasts. -zs
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

IT Is believed in the Treasury De-
partment in Washington, that fully ten
millions of the outstanding fractional
currency have been destroyed, and
will not therefore be presented for re-
dempti0n.