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Probable Total Loss Of the Bo-
1tr1ni1m


PORTLAND, March "a northeast rain-storm haa
prevailed all day and tonight, md the wind is
blowing heavily, which seriously threatens the
steamer Bohemian, III she lies In her old position
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Gl)ifago Mriblrnc.


3Hl hEUAY. MARCH 10, 1861
THE NEWS.
Tit is too carly for President 1nak;nr
il even now impossible not to discover ann,
the people great inclination to makc j,
President at MI, this year, but with +,
'econony SO wise in War time, to get alor
"ith the old one The evidences tn II,
eject arc too general and Spontaneous to !
mistaken. From chance polls taken in
ANYWAY car, to the deliberate action ,
LEGISLATURES and conventions Of uumcror
loyal States, the conviction seems to be
settled one, that the President made In n,
cogo in 1860 will do for Baltimore in 186.
lie best and latcst proof in tl.is direction
that accorded in our Cincinnati d,snatc
elsewhere. d public officer whose skill In
-lF11oo ol public trials has giyc1
10 MS branch OF the national service sigma
SUCCESS had indeed well nigh caused reerc
among lie people that they had not two
highest gifts to bestow. But, neither b1
earnest admirers nor BY injndicious interest,
I'd friends. is Mr. Chnse blinded to the prec
-efcnces Of the people, not only Of Ohio which
-o'a1e delights to enroll him rs her most hon.
'osed sou, but Of the entire North, army rs
"cll as Wcu Us people, the preference TINT
we Vcfhc ''big job " Of this rebellion in
Tie hands TINT have become wonted to its
treatment, and will work It's cure, His posi-
*t1on does honor to Mr.. Chase and will add IN
Lis deserved popularity.
Zen. Sherman has returned to Vickaburs
with hie expedition and rounded splendid
achleVetncnt With safe return. He lett
AickRburE on the ;M Of Efhrnarv x,st,, 1t,
4otce Ill hent marching order. He has
a.ssu oI .ne enemy and to their discontinue
sl'u uce.1"ceon. de has swept like con-
''"'"s ~ u'e acfoss tracts before unyisited by
.He "af' and the rebels will long
,a,'e"' nlS coming and recall his success-
ful departure with cllagrin, And with what
ponp did TINT veteran army wind their way
anto sscksburg. What were the triumpha1
professions Of old to this. A train tcn m,lcs
long laden with the spoils of the rehcla
since the carly and violent rbolitiouist Moses
led ont the children Of Ierael from their
bondage, nothing has been seen to eono, the
march Of Sherman tho deliyercr. with ton
thousand rescued black boudmen fol1o1r;nr
his bannerr. That is the wav +e
fill up our black rccImcnts Tbe.a
be the scouting nart;es N rc.,,, t1s
true Union men n +ho so.+h eu tuc
,,'aa.,. n.a "Su 81 sherman las thus made up in
ront;aaar.,s, - =. ~ .! ntt1e worth to discuss
-xhs.,6s 1v4es sas nsseo on uncertain conditions,
1od t,,a ,t,.". o nme, Aeut nave. moi done more
ncor,1 @ ~ ~ e.n'a - e.pea!l'ons Joined his, or so
- nn:o,. ~ 49, ~ " "petate WIN hin' 1t is wise
5hc ren, ran.n,e aem - ~ lne .epels' ana gather
4ho. 90. 49,. VI no eap1olt arom what
T,ora 49, 5 - .eea u as rcSulte.
,,,o- ~ .u"ots VI important military
changes about to take place. cspecia1lv in thc
the command of +f,s orrr, ~ 49,
co,l T. 81, VI -ae oAoMac-
Wall street Thermometer ftood ~ 1cs.I
Elsewhere more extended rcfcr,nrc Il no'a
to the matter. f"'~
Elsewhere we give cranhtc slct,h of
kilpatrick's ercat mid. onc r. the - rnoe. a.. ~
ine fcuts of 40 ~. W 1As n1oeI oaf-
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1t. Louis Mnrkct-1Inrch ..
1177oN-No Eales receipts 800 bales,
Il FLOUR ASD GEAN-Du1l at $3.50 for singlc.cItrn
EEent sttady. u Is for primes st:f1q8 for choice
Corn slightly higher. N@g1c. 0ats declined S9G90c
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End Accident-Eour Persons
Killed.

LOUISVILLE. March 0. ? o'clock.-The passea.cr
t1atn leaving Indianapolis for Louisville list cye-
lcmbus, Ind, about midnicht bY dIspiscar,cnt NJ
switch md the hind car waa fnferFcctcd by trec
standing near the track, killing four persons and
rounding seyeral others. The wounded ware
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=. u 3 81{51CsnC EU1F1.
WASHINGTON, March 9-In the Sup1ene Court
Justice Grier having recovered from his recent IN
disposition, and resumed his seat on the bench
er9uments in tho quicksilver case were resumeil
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II this CITY, FSb 291h 1851 By Rev J. H. Tuttte, Mr.
JUHN @. DARisQW anl Mlss HULDAH MAJ;ia
HULE Harch 9Th, In this city, and by TIC same, Mr.
5OaS HALE md Miss MARY ROBINSON.
In this city. the st Inst, the Rev. Robt Laird
SAVAGE.
, 1864-03-10

Mr. F. B. Carpenter, Of New York, ia
in Washington byinyitation Of the President
occupying a room ut the White House, while
engsgcd upon Lis large painting representing
The hrst reading OF the Proclamation Of
emancipation by President Lincoln to bie
Cabinet" The individual subjects of the
picture arc sitting to Mr. Carpenter almost
daily, and the work promises to be onc of
grcat Interest.
, 1864-03-10

ley We learn that Licat. Col. Ben. l..
Wiley, 5th Iowa Cavalry, mustered out Of
service Tor absence without leave, has been
reinstatcd in his command;
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LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
WHAT the REBELS SAY,
Rebel News from Charleston
and Florida.
Later from Europe bv
three Arrivals.
The Presidential Questionable.
Chase Declines to be a
Candidate.
GEN. SHE1kgEAN'S EXpED1.
TION. ="

tt* Arrival at Vicksburg-A Splendid
Exploit ended---Shcrman gone
down the River.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23
Southern Woods and Wood Birds.

In vividness and variety the autum nal
colorlng of Southern woods far surpass
our own. 1t may be that the keen shafts
OF green thrust up here and there serve to
"set off, "the coat of many colors." You
can see cones of hills that burn like
strange aud wonderful gems, and would
put out the light in Sinbad's Valley of
Diamonds; great trees, whose entire foli-
age resembles a single crimson or golden
flower, so evenly and wonderfully are
the tlnts laid on, and all you can think
OF, as you look, is not trunk of a tree,
bearing up its crown of painted leaves, but
a stem, lightly lifting its one majestic
blossom up before the Lord. r n
saw such trees and woods, touched
and set on fire with the sinking sun, last
night. | had read in an old volume of the
burning bush, and l never saw it till then.
How they did kindle and flash up as Day
walked along the tops of the forests to
his chamber l believe that, if ever |
shall have to take up blind Millions "But
not to me returns day nor the sweet ap-
proach of even or MORN" that scene will
come back to me again and again-one of
the brightest aud lovliest pictures in mem.
DRY. l pray all practical men and wo-
men, to pardon ME for strowing the thresh-
hold of this letter very broadly with such
tribes as leaves and flowers. But can.
not help thinking, with another, that the
Lord loves to look at them Himself
Would anybody have liked it better, do
you think, had | told him how | saw oak
leaves, as early as September, more richly
colored than any | saw last night cost
ing far more than the dye of Tyre p
Leaves splashed with blood. ...
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23
Singular Marriage Customs.

The inequality almost everywhere visi-
BILE in human affairs, is perhaps nowhere
more conspicuous than in the contrast be-
tween the poverty of ceremony which at
tends matrimonial unions in some parts of
the world, aud the pomp which accom- pa
MES them in other parts-the absence not
merely Of priest, but even of justice Of
the peace, at the nuptials of the South
Sea Islands, and the afluent presence OF
two or more first class clergymen at the
fashionable celebrations in our own socie.
ty. .1
The Samese used to marry by the sim
pie ceremony of banding over the BRIDES
pot; the couple proceeded homewards as
man and wife, without further ado But
as these people now have king who is de
voted to steam engines, telegraphs, and
other emblems of progress, doubtless the
ladies of his kingdom have obtained
glimpses of "woman rights" imported
along with other notions from the United
States, and accordingly, no doubt, they do
not now suffer themselves to be disposed
of in such fashion. Marriage with all
the modern improvements would not un-
naturally be one of the earliest reforms in.
troduced by an innovating female Siam
csc. .ot
Instead of desiring the presence of two
clergymen, the Crimean Tartars are said
to value the privilege of having one, even
50 little as to keep him standing outside
at the brides window, through which he
throws his formulas Other barbarous arc
semi-barbarous people have ceremonies
elaborate enough, though of qneer char.
acter. Among certain fire worshippcrs
the happy couple are united by hem Of
their garments and led in procession
around fire. On the banks of the Gan.
ges, the Brahmin priest, the bride and
brid"gro.n all hold IN to the tail Of cow
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23
A Worsted Tradesman.

A man some six feet three inches in
height and of herculean build, went into
hosier's shop in Worcester, the other
day, and asked if they had any 'whirlers,'
that is, stockings without feet. "No,'
said the shopkeeper, "but we have got
some famous big and strong stockings, as
will just suit such person as you."-
"Let's have a look at them," said the
man. The counter was Immediately COW
cred with quantity. The working Her.
cules selected the largest pair, and said,
whats the price of them" ''Four
shillings and ninepence," was tho rejoin-
der. Can you cut the feet off them?"
was the next query. ooh, certainly"
said the .shopkeeper. "Then cut them
off" was the laconic direction. No SOON
er said than done. The long, shop shears
were applied, and instantly the stockings
were footless. "And what's the price Of
'em now? p asked the customer, with all
the composure imaginable. "Price of EN-
now % echoed the "worsted" merchant,
surprised beyond measure at the absurd.
ty of the question; "why, four shillings
and ninepence, to be sure" "Four shil-
lings and ninepence !" exclaimed the pur-
chaser; 81 never gave but one shilling
and sixpence for pair of 'whirlers' in
my life" and he laid down, the amount
upon the counter. "Well," replied the
tradesmau, chopfallen and fairly outwit-
ted, and throwing the mutilations at him,
"take them aud be off with you! You've
'whirled' me this time, but I'll take good
care that neither you nor any of your
roguish gang shall do it again as long as
l live"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23
POnnneii.

From the summit of Vesuyius, the eve
surveys the broad lands round its base,
gltteling with the sunny towns of this
our century, and among them discerns one
city, dark in sombre brown, like Capu-
chin in the midst of gala. This is Pom
peii-the irrevocable Past standing with
its solemn testimony in the presence of the
day that fits by with its trhes and its
cares.
The small things which bring home this
testimony to us have been often enumera-
ted. All have heard of the dough kneaded
for the over, the linen wruug out for dry.
ing, the meat in the act of cooking, the
loaves, and fruits, and eggs, and instru-
ments of the kitchen and the toilet. But
the most affecting of all is perhaps not SO
generally known. On the discovery, in
removing the ashes, of substance ap-
proaching in shape to human remains "a
happy thought occurred, that by making
an aperture, and pouring in wet plaster,
the form, which had doubtless wasted away
and left a hollow within, might be repro
duced. The experiment was eminenty
successful and the result as yet has been,
the production of four human figures, 10
attitudes most characteristic, and most af-
fecting. One group consists of two fe.
males; it would seem, mother and daugh-
ter. The young girl lies writhug in the
very agony in which she passed away
One hand convulsively presses handker-
chief on her head ; one foot is lifted up i'll
her pain. 1t can be plainly seen that she
was covered with thin night-robe only :
the flesh of the shoulder is comparatively
smooth, and beneath it the very texture Of
the dress can be traced. p
Time may bring to light many similar
records of human suffering, for not more
than one-third Of the buried city has been
as yet, disinterred. .
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

CURIOUS CALcULATIoN.-Few persons
have any tolerable notion of thesp which
would be occupied by the population now
living on this globe if congr egated togeth
err; and as to that vast majority, the dead F.,
the widest conjectures have been iudul.
ged in. Some have even doubted wheth.
er.such number of human beings could
find standing room on the whole face of
the earta. Now, taking the present popua.
ton of the earth to number one thousand
millions, and assuming that the average
population Of the earth from the time of AID.
am till now has been half that number, and
that the generation Of men have averaged
forty years each, we come to this couclu-
.sion-that the smallest county { England
would afford sitting room for AL the men,
women, and children, now alive OH earth,
and that number Of human beings equal
to all that have ever lived on the face of
the earth, might stand within the area of
the largest county in England. a'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

A WONDERFUL PLANT.-Wilhin a
few years one of the most singular vegeta-
BILE productions has been discovered in the
Damara country in Africa. The plant
grows to be century old, and its trunk
attains circumference of fourteen feet,
yet it never produces more than two
leaves, and these, singularly enough, are
the first or seed leaves of the plant. Ina
CINE two leaves of a melon to keep on
growing and spreading over the soil until
they reach the length of six feet each, and
some idea can be formed of this vegetable
wonder. These two leaves, which are
split ito innumerable thongs that lie curl
ing upon the surface of the soil, are all the
foliage that the plant ever produces. The
plant inhabits the dry regions, where rain
rarely or never falls, and has no need Of
large surface of foliage. Flower stems
spring from the large trunk, and produce
cones about the size Of those Of the spruce
fir. This strange plant is allied to the
pine family.
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5WistelIaneous.
What a Suit of Clothes Did.

"Mother, said George Maxwell, there s
poor boy in our school who l wish had
some of my clothes. The boys called
him Pinch, he looks so pinched but he
is real clean-his knees and elbows are
well patched lie was dreadful cold in
school to-day; I know he was, he kept
shivering So"
"The poor don't suffer half as much
from the cold as you think for" said his
aunt they get used to it."
Lets see you try it." said George.
"Hush, my son." said his mother.
"Well, mother, just as if flesh and
blood would not feel such weather as this,
with only strip of old cloth between
them. Aunt is covered with flannel from
head to foot no wonder she doesn't know
what cold is"
George and his aunt were not apt to
agree, and the worst of it was, they did
not agree to disagree.
e.. "What is the boys name besides
Pinch p asked his mother.
"Jed Little; | guess he has no father,
and | don't know where he lives. only
know he's good fellow, and he looks real
pitiful this weather"
sJ"Well, said Mrs. Maxwell, eff you can
do anything for him | shall be very glad
to have you do 500
"Good," cried George, turning to his
book again "before to morrow night I'll
take tho shiver out of poor Jed, if
can"
He could now study better. Jed was
not ut school the next afternoon. George
asked Where he lived. None of the boys
kncw-none, at least, that he asked
After school the master told him, and
away he scampered to find him. 1t was
an old block of buildings in another part
of the town, which be made business to
search through and through, when he got
there. Presently there was tap at the
basement windows, and George spied Jed e
face at one of the squares.
"Hallo," he cried. Jed came to the
door and peeped out.
II "Where are sou bound down here p
he asked.
"Come up here" you old ftllow," said
George. .-....
"Mother is lining my trousers, and I've
got nothing to wear while she is doing it, -
said the boy; 81 can't go out, SO you
come inn
George went into the little room where
the Littles lived-a pnor widow with four
children; whom the long and severe win.
ter was pinching to tue extent of their
scanty means. Such box of a stove,
George thought, and about porringer Of
potatoes; and Jed with old summer pants
on and a blanket over his shoulders, while
his mother was basting strips of flannel in
his old school trousers, and they the hes,
he had. 1t was the reality of poverty
which he seldom saw.
81 just thought | would hunt you up
he SAID, making as if to GO; for he felt
ashamed of his thick, heavy coat beside
his hali-clad school mate.
"Thank you ever 50 much for coming
us good i'll you. Why YOU see I almost
froze in school yes erday, and mother did
not want me to 90 till she had time TO Fix
me. She scws Tor tic shop, and has t.
3 fer US by pcic.mcal | wish it was
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

Dy" We have "scion," says an ex-
change, not yet advanced to the dignity of
jacket and trowsers, who, as the genial
Country Parson" would say, seems to un.
derstaud the art of quitting things 1t
became necessary the other day to inAict
dose of castor-oil, and the little fellow
took the sickening stuff as bravey as any
veteran could see bayonet charge. A
wry face OF two, and his opinion of the
medicament found expression as follows
Smother, don't think quite like cas-
tor-oil its a little too rich ~
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23
TEA BRANDS AND THEIR MEANING

TEA BRANDS AND THEIR MEANING
The following will interest housekeepers
4Hyson" means "before the rains,' OF
"hourishing spring." that is, early in the
spring; hence it is often called young
Hyson." "Hyson skin" is composed Of
the refuse of other kipds, the native term
for which is "tea skins" Refuse of still
coarser descriptions, containing many
stems, is called "tea boues.' 'Bohea" is
the name of the hills in the region where
it is collected. "Pekoe," or "Poco,"
means "white hairs" the down of tender
leaves "Powchong," "folded plant"
"Souchong, "small plant" "Twankay"
is the name of small river in the region
where it is bought. "Congo," from a term
signifying "labor," from the care required
in its preparation.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

How is IT WITH You PAT prayer
meeting in the church of the village Of
Spunktown, in the State of Maine, a
country lad was noticed by one of the
elder deacons to hold his head aud wrig-
gle in his seat, while the tears seemed to
start every moment.
A clear case of repentance, thought the
old deacon, as be quietly stepped to the
side of the lad and in whisper affection
ately inquired
GLOW is it with you, my SOUP
The boy looked up, and supposing him
to be the sexton, answered.
"Oh, very bad, and | want to 60 out
my innards is kickiu' up revolution,
and if | ever eat currant pic again, my
name amt Jeems Billins %
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another Hindoo custom is for the bride
and bridegroom to shower rice on each
others head.
In Ceylon they are tied together by
the thumbs, the courtship having begun
by the lover sending to buy his future
brides clothing, which, knowing that it
is to be returned along with hus!
band, she readily parts with at her own
valuation.
The Chinese practice of three days
mourning before wedding may seem Gu
rious, but it is hardly so curious as marry
ing living man or woman to the grave
of one betrothed to him or her before
death-a custom belonging to another peo-
pie.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

The MACHINERY OF THE HUMAN
BopY.-Very few mechanics are aware
how much machinery there is, in constant
action, in their own bodies. Not only arc
there hinges and joints in bones, but there
are valves in the veins, forcepump in
the heart, aud curosities in other parts of
the body equally striking One of the
muscles f,rms an actual pulley. Tho
bones which support thu body are made
precisel y in that form which has been as
certained, by calculations and expari.
ments, to be the strongest for pillars and
supporting columns-that of hollow cyliu-
ders.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

WHY THE DYING MEYER WEEp.-The
reason why the dying never weep is be-
cause the manufactures of life have stop.
ped forever the human system has run
down forever; every gland of the system
has ceased its functions. In almost all dis
eases the liver is the first mauufactory that
stops work one byone Others follow, and
all the fountains of life are at length dried
up; there is no secretion anywhere. So
the eye in death weeps not; not that all
affection is dead to the heart, but because
there is not "a tear-drop in 1T, any NOR,
than there is moisture on the lip.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23

MITE SocIETY-A correspondent from
Missouri says: awe have recently been
having "Mite societies and, "festivals' for
the benefit of the poor in our town, and
one lady was distributing food aud other
uecessaries to the needy. Amou, others
she went to Mrs. Y, who's, family
was said be almost starving. Sa, found
them without sufficient clothing, without
wood, and not a morsel of fool in tho
house.
"Well, Mrs. Y, what do you need
most what would you like to have?"
Mrs. Y neditated seriously mo-
mcnt, then her face frightened and she
exclaimed a.-.
"Well, | always did want head dress
they re so becomin'.''
The ruling passion
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poetital>
THE SUNNY SIDE.

49,. THE SUNNY SIDE.
When darkest hours of sadness
Come stealing o er the heart;
When false ones dare deceive thee,
And from thy side DEPART;
Bear up beneath the anguish,
Add breast the sinking tide
For DER the vale of shadows,
.'' Oh there's sunny side.
Let early ties be broken,
Whichever thou held st dear;
1t matters but little
The trial how severe;
For there are many others
In whom thou canst confde,
Where'er thy sad heart pineth-
Yes, there's sunny side.
Our lifetime here is fleeting,
II passeth soon away,
Like fancy dreamy visions, .m'
And Autumns wan decay.
Then take thou hold in earnest
Before though thou hast tried;
Life is made up of struggles,
There's yet sunny side.
This wide world may look dreary,
The tempest loudly roar,
While every golden moment
The life-hoit watts to shore.
Delay not in thy efforts
Against the wind and tide,
To do what thou woulds't have to do
Upon the sunny side.
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B6@ You see, grandmother, We perforate
an aperture in the apex, and correspond
ing aperture in the base, and, by apply
ing the eggs to the lips, and forcibly iu-
~haling the breath, the shell is entirely dis
charged of its contents. t.a-
. a"Bless my soul,' cried the old lady,
"what wonderful improvements they do
make Now in my young days, they
just made hole iu both ends aud suck
ed.' ....