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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31
The Orleans Princes In the Union
Army.

General George B. Mcclellan contrib
utes to the February Century an enter
tanning paper on "The Princes of the
House of Orleans" OF their connection
with the Army of the Potomac, he says
"In August, 1861, the two brothers, ac-
companied by the Prince de Joinville,
sailed for New York. Toward the close
of September they arrived in Washing
ton. and the young Princes at once re-
ceived authority from the President to
enter the army as aides-de-camp, being
permitted to serve without taking the
oath of allegiance. and without pay; it
was also understood that they should
be permitted to leave the service should
family or political exigencies require it.
They were borne ON the army register
as Louis Philippe d'Orleans and Robert
d'Orleans, additional aides-de-camp in
the regular army, with the rank of cap
tain. and were assigned to the staff of
the Major-General commanding the
Army of the Potomac. The Prince de
JoiDville accepted no rank, and simply
accompanied headquarters, on the invi-
tatiOn of the general commanding, as an
amateur and friend. The position held
by these young gentlemen the Prince
de JOinville always designated them
was not free from difficulties. Princes
who might at any time be called upon
to assume their places in the govern
ment of great nation, yet serving in
the army of the republic whose cause
was not regarded with very friendly
eyes by the existing government of their
own country, they had many contradic-
tions to reconcile, many embarassments
to overcome. Connected by family ties
with SO many of the royal families of
Europe, always received by them as of
royal rank. the elder regarded by so
MANY in France as the rightful heir to
the throne, they could never lose sight
of the dignity of their position, while it
was at the same time necessary for them
to perform their duties in a subordinate
grade, and to win the confidence and
friendship of their new comrades. who
were sure to weigh men by their per-
sOnal qualities and abilities, not by their
social position across the Atlantic. Their
task was accomplished with complete
success, for they gained the full conf
dence. respect. and regard of their COM
mander and their comrades. From the
moment they entered the service, they
were called upon to perform precisely
the same duties and in precisely the
same manner as their companions on
the personal staff of their commander.
soon after the beginning of the Pc
ninsular campaign. the Princes were
strongly urged by their friends at home
to return at once to England, partly to
receive the large numbers of their adhe-
rents expected to attend the Exhibition
of 1862, and partly because the French
expedition to Mexico had greatly strain
ed the relations between this country
and France. They persisted in remain
ing with the army until the close of the
Seven Days. and left only when assured
that the immediate resumption of the
attack on Richmond was improbable"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

THE following anecdote of President
Lincoln is related by General Badeau
in his article on General Sheridan" !"
which is an interesting feature of the
February Century: sheridan started
before daybreak in pursuit of what was
left of Lees army. He sent word to
Grant: If the thing is pressed, think
Lee will surrender Grant forwarded
the dispatch and an account of the vic
tory to Lincoln, at City Point. and the
President replied: Let the thing be
pressed"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31
The Danger Of American Girls.

The Philadelphia Press, some days
since, in commenting on the facts in
volved in the Mutt trial referred to one
point in the tragic affair which has not
been sufficiently considered. The Press
said:
The Nuts, we are told, ranked among
the most respectable people of the town.
The young girl who was the cause of
the miserable tragedy as,we have every
reason to believe, innocent and self-re
spectine. Yet the fact remains that,
if she had been protected as the poorest
French girl is protected, no such tragedy
could have occurred. If her mother had
been in the habit of remaining beside
her daughter in the evening when she
received a crowd of unknown men, if
sfe had neither walked nor driven alcne
ISLANDERS could have been heaped upon
her for father and brother to aveBge
with their lives.
Americans have long been in the habit
of boasting of the innocent freedom of
their girls, but there Is now much cause
to doubt whether this freedom is condu-
Give to innocence. In small towns and
country places, as well as among the
lower classes in our own cities. the ''old
folks" are always de trop. Custom re-
quires that girls scarcely past childhood
shall be allowed perfectly free, uDguard-
ed intercourse with young men. of whose
characters and morals they know moth
ing.
Now and then case like this of the
Nuts, Jenny Cramer, or the Higbees,
flashes light into these obscure grades
of rural life and proves that, while this
intercourse may he barely innocent, it is
as a rule, coarse, vulgar and dangerous
in its tendencies.
Woman complain justly that neither
law nor society has any punishment for
men like Dukes. This is true. But while
it is true, while there are such men in
every comm unity, surely it is not the
place of mothers to throw victims in
their way.
There is the above food for serious
reflection. The laxity of which the
Press speaks may be moro common in
rurul communities and the smaller towns
than in cities, but it is far too common
in these also. None who take the trouble
to observe what is going on around
them but will be speedily convinced that
little more care of young girls, good
less indifference as to their company and
how they spend their time, would be to
the advantage of parents and daughters.
Cleveland Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

YOUNG LAMBS will soon begin to
come. and the care and responsibility of
the tilockmaster will be materially in
creased. In order that the lambing sea-
son be successful one, it is important
that the ewes receive reasonable atten-
ton right along, including both shelter
and food. A neglect of the dam means
evil results to the progeny. Early
lambs are the ones which pay best, if it
is designed to market them while young,
but an early lamb is Improbable when
it is stunted and dwarfed by cold and
insufficient food. II the eve is sound
and healthy, and has been well-fed on a
variety of food, she will have no diff
Guilty in lambing or providing for the
lamb; but the trouble is that many
leave the ewes to themselves during
that period, and give them no attention
at time when it is most required
Lambs are too delicate to be left to take
their chances with the eve, when they
come in bleak weather. and it is good
idea to pen the ewes at such times
which may be coming in. Begin right
and it is not difficult to keep early lambs
thriving. Neglect them at birth, anf
you aie liable to get no good iron
them.-Stockman
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31
Belmont County OFFICIAL Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. c. Darrah.
Sheriff-Leroy C. Sedwick.
Auditof-R. R. Barrett
Treasurer-EdWard l.. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred II. Mitchell
Recorder-W. s. Hobbs.
Commissioners-Owen Mehan, Morris Cope
Nathaniel Taylor.
Surveyor-John H. Mitchell
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infirmary Directors-JOseph Bailey, Lev
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

CONGRESSMAN SHAW. of Illinois, comes
forward with second bill to repeal the
Civil Service act. Mr.. Shaw is strongly
opposed to 1.-The whole business of civil
service nonsense" as he calls it. Mr.. S.
is a Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
L Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 900 a. II. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
I1Rev. 5. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday z
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday 2 pm.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday OF
each month, Q pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, 2 pm. Young women's prayer meet.
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

THE Maine Republican State Conven
tion is to be held in Augusta, on Tues
day, April 20. 1t will nominate can =
didate for governor. and select the dele
gates at large to the National Conven-
tiOn
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

THE National Executive Committee
OF the Prohibition party have decided
to hold national convention to nomin-
ate presidential candidates in Pittsburgh
Pa, early in May.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

THREE of the four Senatorial elections
of the winter are over, and only one of
the men who sought re- election has
succeeded. This is Senator Allison
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

When Miss Clara Barton acrepted the
office of Superintendent of a Massachu
setts charitable institution she asked to
be her own bondsman. Gov. Butler ac-
cepted her in the sum of $4,000.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

THE Greeks compute time by the
Olympiads, which began 776 b. c. The
computation of time by centuries was
first adopted by France.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

The Democratic National Committee
will meet at the Arlington Hotel, Wash
ingtOn, on February %. to prepare for
holding the National Convention.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31

Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. s A. NJ
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be
fore full moon.
ROBT. NJ. EATON, w. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL
y Roysl Arch Masons. Stated convoca
tions, first Friday of each month.
]. B. RYAN, II. P,
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 81, R. & S. M
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
81. R. BUMGARNER, t. L. NJ
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, Z. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. G. W. CARROLL, L. u
L. L. 5EDwIok, Rec.
ST. CIairsvilIe Professional Cards.
W. NICHOLS.
Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
Office over Vests Drug Store, opp. Bank.
5>ly ST. CLAIRSVILLE. o.
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Published Every Thursday
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Els WAFER CURE Establishment,

A health ins tuition in it's S0th year; for near
" all kinds o Chronic diseases. and especially
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Morris tribune., 1884-10-15
Bankrupt in Principles.

What spectacle to see great party
in the position that the Democratic
party is in to-day! Itsleaders dare not
discuss the great issues of the country.
The questions involved in this cam
paign, outside of the standing question
of the menace of the solid South, and
that we have had with us since 1850,
are these:
l. Shall the property interests OF
this country receive the protection OF
laws of the United States?
3. Shall the labor classes be protect
ed against the pauper Labor OF Eu-
rope?
5. Have the workingmen equal rights
under the law with all others?
And what answer do the leaders OF
the party make to these questions?
One, only one, and what is 1t? SLAM
der. SANDER! SANDER.
When asked to define themselves on
the question of protection and free
| trade, the leaders say, "Mulllgan let
ters."
When asked to state whether they
are in favor of protecting the working
men from the pauper labor of Europe,
the answer is, "Mulligal letters"
| When asked to give the wOrkingmen
an equal chance under the law, the
answer is, "'Mulligan letters"
But what else can they do? The evil
| dence is that Grover Cleveland favored
| the Morrison bill. and the record shows
that Mr.. Follett voted for it. Is it any
wonder they refuse to talk? Is it any
wonder they seek to divert the issue!
Is it any wonder they seek to ward oil
the Judgment to come?
Does not the record show that Mr.
Cleveland vetoed every bill passed by
the New York Legislature in the inter.
ests of labor? What can he say
against the record?
Is it any wonder that they fall back
upon few sentences i'll few old let
tiers as their only stock in trade? Pool
souls. it is all they have.
But it will not avail. In 1880 thu
same crowd slandered, vilitied and ira
iuced Garfield. Prior to the October
election in that year Ohio was plaster
ed with the figures 1929" and reference!
to Credit Mobilier; but the great hear
of Ohio knew it's man, and the ides o
October fittingly rebuked the SANDER
GUS tongues, and the ides of NoVembel
covered them with confusion.
But the same crow is at it again.
Seemingly Democratic ideas of the
management of a campaign do not rise
higher than SANDER of opposing candl-
dates and fraud upon the ballOtbox.
So it will be as long as Seven-Male
Barnum and his kind are at the helm
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Morris tribune., 1884-10-15
Gen. Sickles On Cleveland.

Gen. Dan Sickles is a strong Demo-
GRAFT. -Four years ago hemade speeches
for General Hancock, but he can't sup
port Cleveland. He says the State of
New York has 500 Democrats who rank
him in the knowledge required for the
Presidential Office. Never, he says,
were men SO terribly deceived in man
as in Cleveland in the Chicago Conven-
ton. He adds:
Cleveland is an ignorant mana ter
ribly ignorant man. He cannot be
otherwise when he will so far outrage
Executive dignity and propriety as to
write letter demanding that certain
State Senator shall not be reelected
because obnoxious to him. That is
what he did about Grady. Suppose
the President of the United States
should write a letter demanding the
resignation of a Judge of the Supreme
Court because the latter's rulings were
obnoxious to the Chief Executive, how
many million votes would that Presi-
dent be buried under if he should
come UP for reelection? Why, he
would be the worst defeated man that
ever ran for Office. In the exercise of
the veto power Cleveland has shown
equal ignorance. He seems to think
that the veto is given to the Governor
to be exercised in running the Ship of
State in the same manner as man
uses the arbitrary power of proprietor
ship to run factory.
Further On in his remarks Gen. Sick
les said:
II made speech at Buffalo four years
ago for General Hancock, Ali the
prominent Democrats of the city were
present. / was told not one was alb
sent. Grover Cleveland was not
among them. He was not considered
eminent or prominent even from a To-
cal standpoint. He was without home
standing, and is still without it. John
Kelly nominated him for Governor in a
quarrel of factions, and because a
couple of hundred thousand Republic
cans staid at home in the election that
ensued the Democratic delegates at
Chicago jumped to the conclusion that
Cleveland carries New York in his ca
pacious vest pocket. Never were men
SO deceived. Cleveland is an ignorant
mana terribly ignorant man. He can
not be otherwise when he will SO out
rage Executive dignity and propriety
as to write a letter demanding that a
certain State Senator shall not be re-
elected because obnoxious to him.
That was what he did about Grady"
1t is really frightful thing to say
that four years ago Cleveland was not
a prominent Democrat in his own
town. The fact is, he was drawn in
the lottery of availability, and was not
o prize.
Morris tribune., 1884-10-15
C,eveIand's Butter Policy.

Gov. Cleveland signed the act passed
by the New York Legislature, declar-
inc the sale of oleomargarine or othef
limitations of butter illegal and punish
able by fine; but Gov Cleveland slgneu
it under protest. He did not dsTe 10
refuse to sign it, for fear of losing the
support of the farmers. Hewas AFRAID
to sign it, for fear of losing the support
of the oleomargarine manufacturers
and grocers. So he tried to split the
difference. He said that he thoughG
the bin was unconstitutional, and then
he signed it. .4 =,
a new trap. One p. III. McGann, OF
BROOKLYN, also thought the law uncon-
stitutiOnal. Perhaps he relied on GOV
Cleyeland's opinion. He resolved 10
test the question. So he sold some oleo-
margarine, and then had his own clerk
complain of him for violating the law.
Justice Walsh fined him 500. He ap,,
pealed to the Court of Sessions, ana
that court confirmed the decision or the
Justice. Then he appealed to the eu-
preme Court. So far the proceedings
were all agreed upon, the obJect Delng
to get the case carried to the supreme
Court. But now Gov. Cleveland De.
came alarmed. If the Supreme Court
Should pronounce the law unconstltu-
tional. the Governor was afraid tnat
the farmers would be offended; II the
law was sustained, the grocers, manu-
facturers, and boarding-house keepers
would be offended. So, when the suit
was called, the court and public were
astonished by the appearance OF the
State District ATTORNEY Mr.. RldgeWay
who asked the court to postpone the
suit. Mr.. Ridgeway, on being asked
what made the State take an interest
in this suit, openly answered that GOV
Cleveland had requested him to appear
Judge Troy expressed the Amusement
of the court by saying that this inter
ference on the part of the Governor
was extraordinary and unprecedented
Judge Barnard said that the suit must
be tried at once; but, as the State-At
torney was urgent, he granted twenty
DAYS delay to allow him to show cause
| for his meddling in the case.
The object of this singular perfor
nance is plain. Gov. Cleveland is try
ing to prevent the case being decided
until after the election. This show
| what an exceedingly small politician
he is. A petty party politician l;1a WIN aa
| ministration of justice in the courts a
| Governor, for effect on an election
would disgrace the country by doln|
the same on a larger scale as PreSldenI
t-DetrOH Post. F.-
Morris tribune., 1884-10-15
Democratic Lies.

Who invents the false charges
against Mr.. Blaine? There is to all
appearances a Bureau of Defamation,
with headquarters either in this town
or in Boston, which furnishes the indie
pendent Republican press and its Dem
ocrat allies with all the campaign mat
ter they want, presented in shape as
plausible as the bureaus intellectual
capacity can achieve. With a vast
field for investigation and inquiry at
hand in Mr.. Blaine's variegated career,
these stupid and malicious lacksnlpes
whoever they may be-.prefer to de-
pend on their own Imagination OF IN
genuity for campaign material. mus
It happens that they are involving them
selves and the whole anti-B1alne cause
deeper and deeper in fatuOus, hopeless
mendacity. while every exploded
charge of theirs counts for Mr.. Blaine
by the reaction created in his favor IN
the minds of all citizens who like to
see fair play. The fabricators are do
ing their best to encourage the growing
belief that there is nothing at all IN
any of the charges affecting Blaine S
personal character. No candid man
would believe SANDER against neigh
boris dog resting on no better evidence
than that offered in support OF some OF
the stories put in circulation by TINS
mysterious bureau and eagerly caught
up by the Cleveland organs, both OF the
Democratic and Independent Republl-
can sort.-N. Y. San Ind. Qen1.s.
Morris tribune., 1884-10-15

Sank Centre Tribune: The project
ofreducing the hours of school session
to five is being discussed. 1t would be
better for teacher and pupils to have
one session of school daily of four or
five hours. The long time spent on
the school seats is very detrimental
to growing children, and should be re-
formed.
The Vindicator of Ortonville, true
to it's depraved instincts, makes a
vicious assault upon Hon. Ell. Ell.
Wells by stating that he will apply
the "thumb screws" to all indebted to
the Stevens County Bank unless they
support him in his candidacy for the
senate No one who ever met Mr..
Wells needs to be told that the state
ment is a lie of the blacklist tye. Of
course the ''little trigger of the
Browns Valley Reporter copies the
falsehood. Probably he thus uses the
offal of others to distract the public
nose from the effiuvium ofhis own rot
tenness.
Morris tribune., 1884-10-15
Democratic Desperation.

The Democratic campaign thus fal
has been one of lies and forgery. MI
Blaine has been pursued with ISLANDERS
and calumnies, from his public office
clear down to his own tireside, not
sparing even his wife and children, as
no Presidential candidate has ever been
before him, but every one OF the shatts
of malice has broken against his stout
shield, though they may have flown IN
swarms. AS fast as these lying SLAM
ders have appeared Mr.. Blaine or his
friends have strangled them. Look at
the list of them. There is the lie that
Mr.. Blaine when Speaker made rulings
in favor of a road in which his friends
were interested; the lie that he re
ceived certain sum from the Union
Pacific Road for Little Rock bonds; the
lie that he was personally connected
with the Northern Pacific enterprise;
the lie that he suppressed four OF the
most important of the Mulligan letters;
the lie that he kept back his subScrlp-
ton to the Garfield Monument fund
until his recent visit to Ohio; the lie
that he told Neal Dow he declined to
vote on the prohibition amendpent fol
fear of giving offense to "bigoted Ger.
mans; the lie as to his ownership OF
coal lands and coal or iron stock IN the
Hooking Valley; the lie started by
Henry Ward Beecher that he had Of
fered to appoint certain members as g
committed, provided M Y! Joy wo t!t
! lie that he was Known othing, etc.
etc. The falsity of every one of these
charges has been proven, and every de
cent Democratic paper has voluntarily
retracted them, while the more mallg
nant papers continue to assert them IL
the face of their falsity. No story ha'
been TOO absurd for them to invent
Lies have been started which carried
their discredits on their very face
ISLANDERS have been circulated whose
| falsity were apparent at a glance. Anc
vet the scandal-mongers keep at thell
dirty work of forgery and perjury. un
dismayed by defeat, and as industrious
ly as if they expected that their low
lived business would not be exposed IL
every instance.-ChicdgO Tribune.