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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-03-27
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO
At Old Prices.

In addition to the above, keep large stock
of all grades of Smoking Tobaccos, from SOC.
per pound to S2.GO per pound, and 10000 Cigars
of my own manufacture, from SlS to $50 per
thousand.
Don't forget the place. When you come to
town give me a call, and you will see that can
supply you with anything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices.
Respectfully,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-03-27

a. NJ. MATHEWS. ALEX. f. MATHEWS.
MATTHEWS tS MATTHEW'S,
Nk s,ssi'OR RNEYS-AT-IAW,
LEwISBURG. WEST VA,
practice regularly in the Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe Pooahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District Of w. Va.
&S-Fartieular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
NAV Wv
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-03-27
For the SPECTATOR.
Some Talk to a Young Man.
O. c. PEYToN.

Give me your hand, my dear young
friend, and, while we are taking this
little walk before US, let US talk together
about the future. Whose future? Why
yours That future whose joys and
griefs, pleasures and cares, are hidden
by an impenetrable mist. That future
which spreads out before you with not
a single spot of sin upon its record.
Doubtless, it is a joyous, happy
thought to you that you have become a
man. To be a "grown-up-man" has
long been the fairy time of your boy
hoods reveries. Full of joyful emo
tions, your heart exclaims:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-03-27

~ gorge M. HARRISON,
" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
STAUNToN, VA,
will practice in all the Courts holden in Au-
gusta county, and in the Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties
EE-Strict attention given to the collection OF
Claims.
OFFICE-East of Courthouse, over Clerks Of
fee of Court of Appeals. oc 3l-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-03-27

SCOTCH SNUFF.-For sale at Factory
~ prices, freight added.
leoi6-u M. A. BRIGHT.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
Destructive Fire I'm
Wheeling.

Wheeling Register, Friday.

wheeling Register, Friday. a'
AT lao o'clock this morning the wild cry
OF "hre J" was heard throughout the city, and
by two O'Clock the alarm was general, and
the startled citizens saw the central part OF
the city light as day with the flames issu.
ing from that fine and commodious building.
the Grant House. -..--.. .-.s-
The flames originated in the Grant House
livery stables on Market square, Immediately
in The rear Of the Grant House and kent. by
Frank Simpson. The combustible material
OF the stable caused the flames to spread rap
Idly in all directions, and in a very short time
aa the smaller buildings On the premises were
enseloped in flames, and the great monster
Dau communicated to the Main street front
snf the South side of the hotel. The fre was
delayed for few moments by the brick
wasas, bas-Haptinued- through the windows,
doors and Railways where it was fed BY the
furniture and wood work. 1t soon lesped
from story to story, and thence to the roof.
At A. N. the fire had extenced 10 the
whole OF what is known as the new building,
and from present indications by daylight
there will be nothing standing but the bare
walls of this grand edifice.
The confusion at this early hour, is inde-
scribable. The dwellings throughout the city
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
An Attack ON the President and
His Cabinet.

The New York Herald has a report
of a lecture delivered by Wendell
Phillips in Philadelphia, Monday
night, of which the editor says:
1t will help the President aHd his
public estimation, for the extravaganza
of its abuse in self-refuting in respec-
to the particular charges, and the host
tile animus it betrays is q conclusive
proof of the despair of its author. II
men like Garrison and Phillips praised
the President, or even attempted to
coax and wheedle him, the doubts o:
his sincerity might deepen into belief;
but when these men are seen to pour
out all their vials of wrath and vituper-
alton on his head, IL is evident to
everybody that they, at least, think
him in downright earnest in the policy
he has announced.
To give some qualification as to what
Mr.. Phillips has to say, the following
extracts from his lecture are given:
What name shall we give to the coel
and barefaced assumption which claims
that the Cabinet represents all the ele-
ments nf our politics? Where do you
find in it the element which Blaine,
Morton and Butler stand for? With
out that idea In the forefront cf the
canvass Tilden would be to-day in the
White House and the Republicans not
only defeated, but humbled by their
overwhelming snnihilstion. Every
other elemeus appears in the Cabinet.
This only-the Hamlet of the piece-is
omitted. There Is Evarts, who repre-.
sents the neutrsls-men so indifferent
that, In this battle Of giants and strug
gle OF principles, they could see nothing
either 10 the Republican or Democrat
ic party worth working for. Schur,
stands for the treachery, self-conceil
and morbid Office seeking that rebellec
with Greeley. Key brings Ia Tildeu
and secession. Devens keeps fresf
before US the men who ate dirt ant
wore collars In the old pro.slaver,
DAYS. II fthe Presidential canvass hst
contained ouiy these forces Haye
wsuld dwell quietly to-day in Ohio
Blaine and the biody shirt elected on
President. DuriBg the long doubt Q
December and January the only word
that reuched Us frofn Governor Haye
was the assurance how "deeply he fel
Tor the negroes; how he pitied them
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
Who Was BuHd0zed-

1t appears that Senator Gordon il
making his alliance with Mr.. Foster,
of Ohio, was not adverse to doing lit.
tie bulldozing. Probably he may now
have some doubts as to which of the
two parties was bulldozed. In giving
his own understanding Of the transac-
fiOn, Mr.. Gordon says:
1t was true, he said, that he went to
Mr., Foster as alleged, and told him
that he would endeavOr to prevent the
completion of the count unless some
guarantees or pledges were given As to
the course to be pursued by President
HayeS' administration. 81 don't
know" said the Senator, "that / could
have done anything, or that / could
have exerted sufficient inflaence to
have prevented the complexion, Of the
count: but / concluded TO trysa little
bulldozing on Foster, and succeeded
ad mlratly, for he took the matter in
hand, and the result was that both he
and Stanley Matthews made written
pledges In, letters addressed to me, but
which were never in my hands, although
T have seen them. These letters were
X6QeTdl ia tuCiA CadAd au1 RAC4eC4
the administration 10 give Us local self
government and home rule in the
South. There was nothing In them
about the withdrawal OF troops, bat we,
of course, understood this would follow.
What purports to be extracts from
Matthew'S and Fosters letters are pub
lished, but they are not genuine, al
though giving very nearly the tenor Of
what Ia set forth In them"
"Do you think President Hayee
knew of this compact or was party e
il p, YOUR correspondent asked.
81 know he was not" said Senator
Gordon. "This you can rely on mosf
positively. Both Foster and Matthews
felt that their relations with Mr..
HAYES were such that they could speak
for him, but am certain he was not
Icoltnsued In the matter. Copies OF the
two Istters were made and handed
around to the Democrats as soon %
received. but / have neither the ortgi-
mails nor COPIES, and therefore could not
furnish the full text ifsI was so dispos-
ed. / don't consider that there has
been any violation fthe pledges given
"a vet, although think the President
| IL pursuing O wrong course just now.
! If either Hampton or Nichols should
90 under I should feel II my duty to
sssail the transaction and to show 1t up
| In its true light. But at present ! am
Ieontent 10 await the action OF the Pres-
I ident and his Administration"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
Professional Criminals I'm En-
gland.

The Register of Habitual Criminals
in England and Wales for the years
1869 to 1876 has just been printed in
the printing works of her Msjesty's
prison, BrixtOn. The ponderous vol
ume is bound in black, and contains
the names of IL, 164 criminals, with all
their aliases.
A summary of the proportions of
habitual criminals born in particular
localities gives rather surprising re-
suits. Stefford stands at the head of the
| st, raised to that bad eminence by
thirty criminals out of a population of
Is, ,946, which gives the rate of 1881
professional criminals to every 1000
inhabitants. Worcester comes next,
with sixty-seven criminals out of q
population of 80, 116, rate of LAS TO
the 1000. Where the numbers are so
small the difference might seem the
result of chance, but the returns ex-
tend over seven years. Taunton comes
next, with twenty-seven criminals,
among 15.466 inhabitants, proper
tion of LAS; and Lancaster has pro-
portion of 1851 to the 900. or twenty
nine out of II 7,245. Manchester, Here
ford, Wigan, Shrewsbury, Liverpool,
Stockport, Warrington, Gloucester,
Cheltenham, Black kburn, Birmingham,
Bristol, CiIesr5r ana ua1fey -feffoW
clOse.
The metropolis which heads the list
for numter of habitual>criminals, pro-
ducing ,503-nearly three tiDes as
many as Mancheiter, the next town on
the list-has the low proportion, of .461
in 900 when iss habitual criminals are
compared with its total population.
London thus comes out not only bet
ter than the towns already mentioned,
but better than such places as Var
Cam mbridge. The places which prodR-
ced more than 100 babitual criminals
were London, Manchester (63e), Liy-
erpOol (551), Birmingham (343), Leeds
(21O, Bristol (1SO, Sheffield, 17g.
Preston Q12); All of the criminals
came from towns or villages which
fewer than 20 to the returns.
The habitual criminals whom Ire
land contributed to the prisons of En-
gland and Wales were ], ,O82 in number.
Those who had been born In Scotland
were I5S. Of the total number Of
prisoners, S,612 were males, 1852 fe-
males. In spite of the merciful pre-
of the law as to women act
ing under the direction OF their hus-
bands, the percentage of married fe-
male prisoners was SLIP. On the 9TH
er hand, the single men were twice as
as tho married men (67.2 per
centum of the whole to 32.S per cent
Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

WADE HAMPTON spoke at several places on
his way from Columbia to Washington. At
Wilmington he said: go there (washington)
to assure him Hayes that we are not fight
ing for party, but that we are fighting for the
good of the whole country. am goingthere
to demand our rights, nothing less, and so
help me God to take nothing less. / go to tell
him the condition that South Carolina has
been in for years past; that our people have
been underdisadvantages never encountered by
any other people on the continent; that they
carried the election, were successful, and
that they propose to enjoy the fruits of their
victory.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
Spiral dlpfiefs.
no FAILURE KNOWN.

There is no case known where DIR. Morris
Syrup OF Tar, / berry and Horehound
hand, wherever it has been used by our peo
pie, in severe colds. coughs, asthma, bronchit
is, Group. whooping-cough and consumption,
they are enthusiastic in its praise. entaining
no opium or other dangerous drug, it does not
constipate, and is safe TO administer in all
conditions ofhealth. This is an important
announcement. noun and the suffering are advised
cents and One Dollar. Sold by HOGE, the
Druggist, opposite the ST. lair Hotel.
Also Agent for Prof Parker's Worm Sy-
rup, which is sure death to worms, pleasant
to take, and requires no physic.
Price 25 cents. Try it.
Oct u 1876
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
what 1T COSTS TO BE ARE.
PUBLICAN ELECTORIN


The attention of the President has been
called to the treatment to which Mr. Hum
phreys, one of the Republican electors in
FLORIDA, has been subjected since the Presi-
dentlaf election. Mir. Humphreys has been
for ten years the agent Of the Southern En-
press company at Peneacols, Florida, and has
iiveo IN that State since 1s26-over Mty
years, and IS not therefore MUCK despissd
ana much dreaded carpet Dagger. When
'ne ufne came Tor the meeting OF the Elee-
Iora College OF the State, he applied for q
leave OF absence for few days, to 90 to Tai
iahassee and attend the meeting. This re-
quest was refused by the SupeFintendent of
the Express Company Democrat. Mr..
Humphreys, however, went to Tallahassee,
ana cast MS vote for Hayes, bat was innsai
a5esy sasi2s zIDn hs position as agent BY
'he superintendent. Through the interees-
non OF some prominent Republicans the Pres
ident OF the company, Mr.. Plant, who has
ms headquarters in New York, ordered that
Sr. Humphreys should be restored to his pc-
sition as agent. Since that time, he has at
tended to the business of the ofiice, until q,
rev days ago, when he received letter from
Mr. Plant saying that it had been reported to
him that he (hr. Humphreys} was very un-
popular, on account of his having been Re
publican Elector, and that in Consequence OF
his fact the business of the company was suf-
'ering, and iutimating that he would be glad |
% receive his resignation IL not he;n, ,h. |
,olicv of tho cor,r.r,,, ., -.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

In addition to the order issued some weeks
ago prohibiting the importation of cattle and
hides fron Germany and England into the
United States, the Treasury Department has
issued further order extending the prohibi-
tion so as to embrace Holland, Belgium and
Ireland. As an additional precaution against
the Introduction of disease, matter in which
all concerned have so deep an interest, the
Department suggests that all horses, sheep
and swine arriving from either of the coun-
tries named be carefully examined by experts,
and il necessary, quarantined for reasonable
time. A telegram from London reports a
fresh outbreak of rinderpest in shepherds
Bush, western suburb of that city, dis
trict which has hitherto been untouched.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

THE New York Tribune says William NJ.
Tweed has agreed to make restitution rs far
as possible 10 the city, and will shortly be re-
leased from prison. Woodward and Ingersoll
have furnished evidence, which Tweed has
largely confirmed by documentary proof in
the shape of cancelled checks, against scores of
others in all parts of the State, and suits to re-
cover are to be instituted against all of these
persons, some Of them now hold high Offices
OF honor and trust. Among those against
whom they testify in strongest terms are Pc
ter B. Sweeney, who has agreed to restore
what money he car, and A. Oakley Hall, who
has probably sailed for Europe to avoid the
of rearrest and Imprisonment.
Mr.. Halls friends however, still believe that
no case can be made out against him, and as
sert that Woodward, Ingersou and Tweed are
inspired by desire ts implicate others as
deeply as possible in their own disgrace and
guilt. 80 -
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.ssssssS:s Esr 49,
"a ESoscSs sS.s ssE e - - Z
S sssss,ss 8 N 1t sssEs g IN NEs@sS 3
s6Rid ~ Ss 81 z 2

the count a. y1h sbesy4 fiepS cisdA,
He knew ven ehough Shen wfAStc6Sfd
would reach thg Xssiou'x E&rS "a.
make men pray 6fssffzs -stFAsa SIE
Tilden had been counted3narfA n65es
would the South have asEeT 81 btnR.
what more would he have daaedS "a
do than To withdraw the trodbS2 Fines
cy Hayes proclaiming in Octobex tfaE
he contem plated calling home the
troops! If the telegraph had announc-
cd such purpose on bis part that
moment the canvass would have virtu-
ally ended and Tilden would have
walked unchallenged over the course.
If the Cabinet calls home the troops 1
affirm they held seats which have been
obtained on false pretenses.
But Wade Hampton and Nichols
promise that, if recognized, they will
keep the peace and protect the negro.
Promise! Why, the whole soil of the
South Is hidden by successive layers of
broken promises made the last forty
years. She never yet has kept PROM
Use. To trust Southern promise
would be fair eyiaence OF insanity.
The white South Se6sitis to-day perjur-
ed before th6 world, her cartel to honor
broken and forfeited. Unasked she
offered her oath Of submission, and
took life, land, citizenship and all its
privileges, In return pledgine herself to
obey tho Constitution and secure to
every race his rights. Deliberately, in
the face of the world over and over
again she has broken the osths she vol
unteered tn take, and stands perjured
before the world. Such nen persume
TO call themselves gentlemen and talk
of promises! 1t was gross insult to
he American people when the Presi-
dent received the Hamburg assassin,
Butler, into consultation. What can
consulting with assassins lead to?
Nothing but more murders of innocent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

TRE school population Of Ohio amounts to
l,025, ,635, of this number % 93S being color
ed. The number Of pupils enrolled in the
schools is 72s, ,9e3 Fhere eaFe $50 teachers.
the male teachers receiving average monthly
wages of $50, the female teachers $50. The
Cleveland Leader says: ''If our schools have
made rapid progress in their power for i'm
improving, educating, and generally elevating
the youth of the State, it is because the best
of teachers have been employed at fair sal
aries"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

ZANEsvILLR ACCOMMODATION leaves Zanes-
vile daily except Sunday a. G. As A. NJ, and ar
rives at Columbus at $50 A. NJ.
Passengers can not ride on Mixed Passenger
and Freight Trains without special permits.
Express Trains run daily, other Trains daily
except Sunday.
L. NJ. COLE, General Ticket Agent
THOS. P. BARRY, West Passr AGENT.
VIC. QUINCY, General Manager OHIO
and Chicago Division.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
N ga R HD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indscretions of youth, nervous weakness, ear
iy decay, loss of manhood, &C., will send a
recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE.
This great remedy was discovered by a mis-.
sionary in South America. Send seif-sd-
dressed envelope to the Rev. Jos. T. lSMAN.
Station D, Bible He,ose, Nesc York City.
Nov. 2, '76-6m.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
MlcuIcAs UN1rERsrrY has now 111i stu.

MIoHIeAS UNIVERSITY has now I'LL stu
dents in attendance. Three additional pro-
fessorships have been filed since last year, the
faculty now numbering IS members. The
department of Literature, Science, and Arts
has 369 students the Law Department, 309 !;
Department of Medicine and Surgery, es5; !;
Homeopathic College, 81; Dental School, 33.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

were not long in emptying their occupants
and the whole four sqnsres bordering on the
scene Of the conHagration were lined with
men, women and children. The streets were
filed with broken furniture, groceries and
store goods from the hotel and the various
store-rooms under It. The fire department
seemed very Ineffective in its workings, and
what was worse than all, the engines did not
reach the FIRE until long after the time they
should For fully fifteen minutes after the
alarm, the only apparatus was hose belong
ing to Tony Dusch's stable adjoining. The
heights, Of Me streams, too, after the engines
did get to work seemed qsits powsrless and
rarely reached higher than the second story.
The complaints were general as to the poor
results attained by the department, but as
they may be undeserved to some extent, criti-
eism is reserved until further information Is
had. The occupants of the buildings con-
sumed or injured were: Lewis & Woodman-
zee, proprietors Of the Grant House; Frank
1s s<she afsns House stabssx I.A.
Lash, jeweler; Beuter Bros., clothiers; Whor-
ton q Heman, grocers; John Diehl, grocers,
and Frank Gruber, shoemaker. There was
also couple of barber shops and cigar
store located on the premises. The losses viii
be probably all they contained. A correct
estimate of the losses at this writing is difa-
cub to get, but 10 given as accurately a. pos
.ibie: Grant House and furniture S85, 600,
fully insured. $4,000 by the Fire and Ma
rine of this city on the furniture and fixtures.
The balance placed by Messrs Anderson &
PAUL. in foreign companies. Frank Simpsons
livery stable is insured for $3, 500 on stock in |
! Philadelphia company.
At $50 the walls Of the Grant House on
Tenth street has just fallen inward with ter
ible crash. As far as can be ascertained no !
ives have been or any accidents happened. !
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
A MURDERER's IDENTITY.
A Strange, Scene In the YouDgs-
town JaiI-A Mother Denied
by Her Son.

A Cleveland Leader special from Youngs-
town, o., has the following:
Charles NJ. Sterling, who was to have been
hung tomorrow, March 2S, for the murder
two years ago of a young German girl named
Lizzie Grumbacher, was yesterday respited
by Gov. Young till the 21st day of April next.
The mystery which has surrounded the &C
cused was to-day intensified by the parties
who claim to be his mother and brother, from
Maxwell, Ontario, arriving in town and visit
ing him in Jail. He has, since his second
trial commenced, claimed that his parents re-
sided there, and gave the names Of different
members of the family, and to-day, when his
supposed mother was taken into his presence,
she pushed forward to embrace him, when he
csoly drew back, saying that she was not his
mother; he never knew her and had never
been in Maxwell; that his name was not
Charles M. Sterling and that he had invented
TIA atag5e he has told 80 often; that he was
once intimste with the real Charles II. Sterl-
ing and has assumed his name. Mrs. Sterling
is positive that this Is her son, though he left
home seven years ago. The mother tried to
mention incidents that would make him re-
member her, and besought him not to add to
this the crime Of which he Is accused, and
with tears and sobs implsred one look Of
but all to no purpose
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
The Heroine or Daniel Doronda

A London correspondent says; have re-
ceutly been told 9 curious fact In relation to
George Eliot's last novel, "Daniel Deronda Z"
II is this The heroine, Glendolen, is lady
living in London, who some years ago was
possessed Of nearly million of dollars. She
went to the Continent and became an infatu.
ated gambler, losing nearly all her money and
parting with her necklace, rs the book says.
During her infatuation she was narrowly
watched by George Eliot. and also BY a
wealthy gentleman living to-day in Manches-
ter. Sointerested did he become in Glendolen
that, "a the book stated, he offered to make
good her losses, ii she would cease play, bit
was refused. A hsVs saad. the lady now
lives on an income Of about thousand dol
lars . year, all that is saved from the wreck
She is twenty Eve years of age, unmarried,
and is said to be very handsome; and what
adds interest to the tale is that she is the
Of one of England's greatest
poets.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
1857.
Be lmont County, Ohio.

I'd Saturday of Al pril, Barnesville.
1st Saturday OF May, Bellaire.
3D. saturday Of May, st. Clairsville.
ID Saturday Of Jane. ct Clairsville.
4th Saturday OF June, st. Clairsville.
Also at the close of the Institute at Norris
town in Augu st. 1871.
Exam nations beginat o'clock, A. n. ~
Pionptness Is expected. l5
Testi monials of character are needed IL ap-
pIicant is not known TO the Board, and certit-
Gates of success in teaching are allowed their
proper weight. GHAs y, sHREvE, u
Sep.7> It'd " ). buRSs.