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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.


WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. 3, 1876.
The cheerful anticipatious aroused Ia
the South, by the presence of feur score
sY-Coufederates In the House of Rep.
reSentatives are not confined to "but.
ternut-clothed" seekers for Office, Or
unrepentant civilian rebels who be.
siege Congress and the Departments
for greenbacks In exchange for corn
and cattle taken to feed Union soldiers.
Here is letter received from Georgia
bv claim agent of this city, under
date of January 80, 1876:
am a disabled sol.
dier. Lost an arm in the Confederate
army in the late war. Wish to know
titled TO n pension or bounty from the
Government. II so, let me hear how
to make application" &C., &c.
This should be referred to Speaker
Kerr for consideration by the men who
made him Speaker. When We look at
it there is something incomprehensible
in the fact that nearly hundred eX-
Confederate officers are drawing high
salaries rs IneInbe of the House, and
not one Of them has proposed to do
anything for the men who served un.
der him. This Georgia man must wait
until his party controls House, Senate
and Executive.
An economical House insists, so far,
upon two measures of economy. One
takes away suit of clothes and daily
ration of hard tack and salt horse from
each cadet at West Point, and the 9TH
er reduces the salaries of some of our
foreign ministers. The glaring impro-
priety of this latter measure, in the face
of an invitation sent by our Govern
ment to all the nations of the earth to
visit us at our Centennial, needs no
comment. 1t is akin to sending beg
ging letter and leaving the expected
donor to pay the postage.
That the regular army is, in its pres
eat condition, and always has been un-
necessarily expensive, nearly every one
believes. 1t has always been wretch
edly managed. No man will enlist in
it vino has self-respect enough to steal
a living, or sufficient education to talk
politics in corner grocery, and the
first and ever-recurring impulse 0f the
occasional American citizen who gets
drunk and enlists in it is to desert and
so get back his good opinion Of himself.
But the way to improve such a body is
not to degrade the officers to the level
of the enlisted men, but to make the
position of the officer that of gentle
man, and give the man who enlists
perhaps, but always
open-tO hope for promotion If he de-
serves it. AS the rule now is, and al
Ways has been. Sherman. Sheridan and
Lee might have enlisted at twenty
five, and might now be sergeants, but
nothing higher. Now, giving an op-
portunity TO enlisted men, as is done
in all civilized foreign countries,
would bring to the ranks better class
Of men, stop desertion-which has
averaged fifteen per cent. per year
and thereby reduce the expense and
increase the efficiency of the force,
1t il pretty evident that the re-
Torms" proposed by the dominant par
y In tte House DO not look to the per-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

sslgol Als,sist tetfi5ary. la ItA%SHii
e5ihty,' Senate bill to cui off the pat 'bi
cybrseet5 of the poor In Cincinnati.
House-Bills passedi Senate bill Gre
atinga special schoil district in Miami
township, Hamilton. county; Senate
bill for the relief of E. II. Smith;
House bill for a change of township
line in Noble county.
A bill making appropriations for 1876.
A resolution WAS adopted, directing
the Auditor of State to procure from
county auditors a full statement of de-
linquent taxes as returned August, 1874.
FEB. i-Segidte--The vote by which
Senate bill No. 81 was indefinitely post
poned, was reconsidered, and the bill
wss laid on the table. Adjourned till
Tuesday afternoon.
House--A communication from the
Supervisor of Printing explained that
the Mine Inspectors report had not
been printed because all the manuscript
had not been provided. Adjourned
till Tuesday afternoon.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
From the Ohio State Journal. ]


FEB. 2-,SeHde-Bills passed: Senate
bill to make corporations liable for
nuisances, same as individuals; Senate
bill to make embezzling of funds by
executors, administrators, guardians,
etc. punishable the same as other en-
bezzIement; Senate bill making it fina-
Tie to hunt on lands without the per-
mission of the owners, and dispensing
with warnings; Senate bill limiting the
time for revival of judgments; Senate
bill repeating the law of last winter re-
lating to appeals before justices, and
re-enacts the old law; House bill chan
ging the name of New Columbia, War.
rem county, to Pleasant Plain.
House--Bills passed: House bill to
authorize Mantua township, Portage
county, to levy tax to buy a hearse,
build vault, ETC.; House bill making
fees of witnesses before Justices and
corners juries IS cents per day in GRIM
inaI cases 81 per day, and in civil cases
Sl.25 per day and D sents mileage;
House bill to authorize the trustees of
Tuscarawas township, C.,shoctnD coun-
ty, to levy bridge tax.
Bills introduced: 70 authorize courts
of common pleas to sentence prisoners
to the workhouse for the first offense,
when the term does not exceed three
years; increasing the pay of auditor,
clerk, sheriff, probate judge and re-
cOrtler.
FEB. Senate Bills introduced:
To provide for holding terms Of the
Supreme Court Commission i'm CIeve-
land, Columbus and Cincinnati; to reg
ulate inclined plain railroads; to reor-
ganize the Soldiers Orphans Dome;
for the relief of three members of the
9th o. V. L.; appropriating $500 for
the erection of q workshop at the Pen
itentiary; to determine definitely that
paid-up stOch only in n railroad com.
pany will entitle the holder 10 vote:
to amend AN act of 1868, by striking
out the provision prohibiting students
from voting at places where they are)
attending school, and striking out the
visible admixture clause.
Bills passed; House bill TO transfer
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

MIR. MORRISON, of Illinois, denoun-
ces as a sc0undrel man who, to get a
crippled brother out Of a rebel prison,
enlisted i'm the Confederate army, and
after his brother was released, deserted
and joined the Union army. Mr.. Nor,
rison holds that it was breach Of faith
and so dishonorable as to deserve the
epithet of scoundreiism. Now, we
should like TO know Mr.. MorrisOn's
opinion of the men who, as members
of Congress and Federal officers, hav-
ing taken the most solemn oath to sup
port ttheConstitutiOn and the laws made
in pursuance thereof, drew their pay
for services even after the war of seces
sion began, and then deserted to the
service of Government whose avOwed
purpose was to destroy the Union ano
its organic life?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

Col. THOMAS A. SCOTT has just claim
to be called the model contractor OF The
age. We have already recorded his
remarkable feat in building the Mark,
ct street bridge in Philadelphia in an
almost incredibly short time; and now
he has done a thing to the full as won
derful. Under the contract the city
was to pay s65, 900 for the bridge when
completed The money was paid over
but now comes Col. Scott with a state
ment that the actual cost to the Penn
rylvania Railroad Company of the inn
p,ovement was but S62, 1886, and in
closing check from that corporation
for 81. .9G4.34. being the surplus over the
outlay made by the company.-Pfts-
6uT1h Commercial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

eapaaspeal / @as sduisisj 10 bsii
and Is often required / sppsared idSs
trial under the indictment found agaihst
me, but in which Mr.. Blaine fictions
do not sppesr. The Indictment was
finally quashed, on no application of
mine, nor have ever evaded or avoid
ed trial upon any charge the general
government might choose to bring
against me, and have no view OF the
future which makes it desirable to me
to be included in an amnesty bill.
Viewed in the abstract or as gener-
al question would be glad to see the
repeal of all laws inflicting the penalty
of political disabilities on classes of peo-
Ile, that it might as prescribed by the
construction be left to the courts t0hear
and decide the cause, and to affix pen
alties according to prevailing legisla-
tlOn. The discrimination made against
our people is unjust and impolitie if the
fact be equality and the purpose be
fraternity among citizens Of the United
States.
Respectfully yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
THE editor of the Southern 1Egis, Al

THE editor of the Southern 1ESis, an
Alabama publication, says of the de-
tender of Andersonville:
Hill has dared TO open his mouth
In Congress to hurl back the lies, sland-
els and insults offered TO the South; and
the weaklings who. like SO many par
doned conyicts, have sat under the
sound of Radical misrepresentation and
personal vindictiveness, which are in
tended to keep alive the thieving party,
would strive to bolster their own i'm
becility by disparaging the effect of the
great speecb and truthful utterances OF
the great Georgia strtesman. We are
proud of Ben. Hill long may he live
to speak for Our oppressed land. and to
warm up the patriotic hearts of our
noble sons, discouraged by the calsmi-
tie. and injuries of Reconstruction"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

foais ia asiisasl psH.fssiIP 10 'hs rasss
wheE buff.
Mr.. Speloer, of Martins Ferry, re-
turned after tedious but fruitless pur-
suit Of the thief who stole his horse and
harness.
In addition to Mardi Gras, Bridge
port boasts ''wax figur" show, con-
siSting of living tableaux aud statuary,
called new way to pay the piper.
Single tickets only one-third of IA dol
lar Schools and academies desiring the
services of the show can see it in its
various aspects by addressing the Pro-
prietor John Heinlein.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
Legal Notice.

w. PLUMLEY, of ths state of West Va
.D will take notice that on the Hth day of Oc-
Jober, 1879, Ann y. Whitaere and G.. L. Whit
acre, her husband, commenced a civil action
In the Court of Common Pleas OF Belmont
county, Ohio, against ]. W. Plumley TO reccv-
or the sum OF sl,S75 and per cent int rest
Ihsreon from November IS, 1871, that ON the
same day "a writ of attachment was issued in
said action, which has been returned levied ON
the following Real Estate of said county. to
wit: Lot No. y, in the town of Somerton, Bel
mont county, Ohio. The said j. ". PiumIey
Is required TO answer said petition by the ith
HoLLISTER & oKEY,
Dec,2S ls75-6t. Atty's Tor plttfs,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
VALU ABLE
Information
For Bilious, Renittent and In.
termitfent Fever.

or what is more commonly termed FEVBh
and AGUE, with pain IN the I.oins and thro'
the Beck, an indescribable chilly sensatior
down the sp'ne, an irresistible disposition to
yawn, pain a.. iiIe Eyes. which is incre. sed BY
moving them. a blae tinge In the skin, ami
great llstles>ne + and debility. sVEGE Inc
Is a SAFE and IositieU Remedy. Ii is com pound
ed exclusively frotu the Juices carefully Sc
lected harks and herbs and SO strongly con-
ceiItrated that il is OF the Gredfea CieanseTs
9f fhe Blood that is or can be put together
VEGErINE Goes not stop with breaking
ChtHs and Fever but IL extends Its wonderful
lh1nence into every part fine human system
and entirely eradicates every taint OF disease
FEGETINE does not act as n powerfulcathartic
tUuebilIiate the bowels and cause the patient to
dread other serious complaints which musi
inevitably follow. but 1t strikes at tie root OF
disease b. Purifying the Blood, restores the
LireT and Kidneys To healthy action, Reovleses
Rte BocetS, and assists Nature in performing all
OF the duties which devUlve upon her
Thousands of invalids are Suffering TODAY
from the effect OF PO,osrftd Purydtise Nos,7tnis
f1tghJ,d gtd'atities Of Quinae, oad Poison aoses
OF ATSenic, neither of which ever have or ever
could, reach the true cause II their comp plaint
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
UNQUALIFIED APPRECIATION.
Boston, Nov. Is, 1875.

| BosToN, Nov. Is, 1875.
ii. Il, STEVENS, ESQ.,
Dear Sir-DuIin the past five years have
had ample opportunity To judge of the merit
OF VEGEfINE. .Aiy vile has used it for COM
plants attending lady of delicate health,
with more beneficial results than anything
else which she ever tried. ] have given IL 10
my children under almost every circumstance
attending large family, and always with
marked beueht. l have taken II myself with
sue h great benefit that e '.ot md words to
express my unqualified 81 probation OF its
goodness.
While performing my du les as n Police OF.
ficer In this city. II has be- IA my lot TO fall In
with a great deal of sickness. j unhesitalingly
recon- mend VEG ETiNE. and never knew OF
"A case wiere IL did not prove all that was
cIi,iiued tor A. Particularly In cases of u de.
bIhIated ur Impoverished state of the blood its
effects are really wonteriul; AMI for all con-
plants arising from AN 1mpure state OF the
blood IL appears to work like charm, and / |
do not believe there are any circumstances
under which VEGt.TISE can be used with in /
furious results and iG VIII always afford me
10 give any fur'he Information AN to !
what know about NEGErlNE.
WM. b. HILL,
Ian 2O-is Police Statlon4.
Vegetine Is Sold by All Druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

GENERAL SHERMAN wrote a manly
and straightforward letter, In which he
declared he never was, is not BOW, and
never will be, candidate for the Pres
idency. lie believes his present posi-
ton is preferable TO four years occn.
pancy OF the White House, and he is
r;ohf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

YOU cannot cure a cancer with a
bread and miIk-poultice. JEFF. Davis
last letter shows him to be at heart as
hitter and malignant a rebel as he ever
was. 1t would degrade amnesty to
waste il on such a wretcn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
v { G { I'll N {

WORKS In The human system in perfect harmo-
ny with Ndt'.e's Ld,cs, and while IL is pleas
ant 10 the taste, genial to the stomach, and
In It's iuiGence ON the bowels, IL is absolute
In It's action on disease, and is not vlle nau-
se"us Bitters. purging the invalid INTO false
hope that they are being cured. VEGETINE
is a Psreig Vegetable Medicine, mpounded
upon scientific principles. IL is endOrsdd by
The best phyiicians where its virtues have
been tested, is recommended Only icleTe Medi-
cine is Needed. and Is not mixture of CHEAP
whisk.' sold under the cloak OF Biiters.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

JEFF. DAVIS still holds on to his
opinion tha. the South was right and
the North wrong. Under the circum
stances it is probably not worth while
pressing amnesty upon him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
Spanish Merin0 Bucks
FoR SALE

rVHE atter,iou ot Farmers and Wool Crow
j ers Is invited ~ our Thersush d bred span
ish lIerino Bucks. area by ourselves. and
leeted by US tho prevent Fall nom the best
improved flock in Vermont. These sheep are
pure blood and In good cQudition. Persons
desiring to purchase should examine them
They can be seen NJ our residence, near ST.
Clairsville. -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10
Give Health, Strength and Appe-

My daughter has received great benefit from
the use of the NEGETINE Her declining
health was sou -ce of great anxiety TO all OF
her friends. few bottles OF the VEtiETINE
restored her health, strength and appetite.
n. Ii. TiLDEN
Insurance and Real Estate Agent
No. 40 Sears Building BOSTON, Mass.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-10

is Sold by All Druggists.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-10-05
Riches.

We would all like to be wealthy
yet the man born TO fortune is not
so happy as the man who has the
ability to make one. Unless filled
by some absorbing pursuit, life is a
blank. Any profession which re-
wards man for exerting his facul-
ties to the utmost is, in the long run
a source Of the greatest pleasure in
life.--Wealth alone does not bring
happiness. ss.--Johnsou once obseved
otter looking Mt tho house Of a very
rich man, that all this wealth ouly
excluded one evil-poverty. Is The
remark may not be logically accurate
but ie points d substantial trust.
Downright want Of food and clothes,
actual physical suffering caused by
poverty, is an evil so great that no
other service which can be rendered
by wealth is equal TO that OF remov-
ing it. After q certain point of re-
lative comfort is, obtained, wealth
becomes o burden. Every dollar
added to ones income gives less
pleasure than the preceding dollar,
for tho simple reason that we nat
urally spend our income on satisfy
ing ur most pressing wants. AS
one by one we have stopped up eve.
ry avenue through which discomfort
approaches, we have to tax our inge-
nuity to discover new modes Of posi-.
tive qualification. As the human
faculties are limited this becomes
difficult or even impossible, except
at the price of making ourselves
slaves to our wealth. ...
OF course, il a man chooses to
muddle away fortune in aims giving
or gambling, there is no income Of
which he may not disbmden him
self. We are simply inquiring how
much he can judiciously speud upon
his own comfort. The list of physi.
col pleasures is very soon exhausted
A man has but ono palate and but
one pair of hands. Even if he wore
a new coat every day he would soon
find that an old coat is far more
comfortable aud the most sliillful
cooks will admit that dishes only
become very expensive by being out
Of season or by useless extravaganza.
A house of moderate size is as com
Portable as palace; aud u few
thousands year will provide the
best dwellings, in good situations
When q man has as good house as
he cares to inhabit, as good wines,
meats and cigars rs he cares to con-
sume, as many books as he can road
and as many pictures rs he can en-
joy, as much hunting or fishing or
travelling as he can fnd time for
and can see his friends rs often and
in as much comfort ms he chooses, he
has all the happiness that wealth
can give him even though he be the
owner of millions. -.'ib.f.'.i
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-10-05
Custer and his Greyhound.

A soldier who served three years
under General Custer, relates the
following incident which was char.
acteristic Of bis desperate and deter
mined manner
at was five or six years ago that
we had fight with the Chippewas
on the Washita river, the expedition
being led by Custer. For a long
time the General had with him on
the plains three magnificent Scotch
grnyhounds, by which he sat great
store, and for which he would accept
no price. Twenty miles from the
Chippewas village we struck tho
trail. It was in the evening and ,be~
fore proceeding on the march, Custer
ordered that tbe grayhounds be
placed in the wagons which were
not to accompany the detachment.
This was done. We took up our
liue of march aud found the village
on the Washita at midnight, the in-
habitants being wrapped in slumber
and all about the camp silent, Gus.
ter concluded to wait until daylight
TO make the charge, and after com,
manding silence all along tho line,
sat upon his horse like statue
waiting for the first indication of
dawn. While sitting thus slight
i1Attering on the ground attracted
his attention, aud upon looking down
ho perceived through the gloom one
OF his hounds crouching at his
horses feet, tho dog having escaped
from the wagon and followed his
master. The Indian village was
swarming with dogs, and Custer
knew il He also knew that II his
hound emitted tho slightest yelp
or bark it would agitate the entire
canine force Of the camp, put the In
deus on their guard, and probably
|frdstrate the object Of tbe expedition.
Slipping gently from his horse, he
|grasped the dogs throat with both
hands, and slowly and quietly chok-
cd him to, death So silently aud
quickly wps Il done that in the
gloom that prevailed only . few
|soldisrs, standing in The Immediate
vicinity perceived tAs desperate Nc
|tiou. '''h VIZ 80
With tho exception Of his last
fight, the engagement on the WASH
|ita was one 81 the most desperate
ever fought on the plains, md rs-
sultsd in . grand victory for the
creeping panther. the name by
which Custer was known among tho
Indiana
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-10-05
and forty six cents Of income tax for

and forty six cents Of income tax foi
tho year 1862 alone t .Qa
Judge Sinnot, in bis labored de-
fence of his client or employer
takes up seriatim the thirteen item,
of which the Times statement j.
comprised. To all Of them, excep
the last (l.000 rs salary as Presi
dent Of Dry Dock Company b,
puts in, for his principal, the plea o
not guilty. The Times expresses III
readiness to meet Mr.. Tilden, or his
clerk, on the issues Of fact pres sent
ed, and shall with the haste which
the examination Of a mass Of lega
and other records admit of, prove
that he attempted to conceal PERU
ry by falsehood, and to hide fraud
by the arts OF the pettifogger and
tho shyster." Tho Times will, no
doubt, make this promise good.
aud show that this foundering on
the part of Mr.. Tilden and his friends
to escape the punishment duo the
former will only sink him deeper in
tho mire of infamy.
The items from one to nine inclu.
sive, in the Times statement are for
fees, and amount TO $4,000. There
is no positive denial of the receiving
of this amount in 1862, but it is
claimed that it was mainly earned in
prior years. This is, toa great extent
an evasion, but admitting it to be
true, the proportion belonging to
1862, the dates OF payments running
from February 10, 1862 to November
Z, Of that year, would bo largely in
excess of the amount returned as in
come. Item ton for fees, amounting
to $50, 900, it is claimed was not re-
ceived in 1862. aud item eleven for
foes, amounting to $4,000, is deni-
cd toto. Item twelve amounting to
S25, 900 in bonds for fees is acknowl-
edged in part to DO true, but 1T is
claimed that whatever amount was
received was 40 Doubt accounted for
in tho return. Item thirteen amount-
ing to 81 200 for salary is acknowl-
edged TO be correct.
From the foregoing imperfect re-
view of Judge Sinnott's own show.
ing of Tildens income for 1862, will
any sane man believe that his in
come for that year, after making oil
lawful deductions, was no greater
than 81. lis, the amount returned !
Tho lie is pictured on tho forehead
so plainly that "he that runs may
read" EPSILON.