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New York, April II.
Subscriptions 1t the Fist National
Bank to the 1910 loan were o529, 600
Receipts ct the Custom House today,
eS56, 300, Of which ESQ, 600 were i
gold certificates.
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Clncinnau, April II.
The printers in some newspaper estab-
lishments in this city have been on =
strike for several days. Two papers. the
Daily Dispatch and Sunday Independent,
have been compelled to suspend publica-
ton in consequence.
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Tno K14De ke0teo - AoDofey.
The Int - which tho psopls II A.
kansas unaks & tAetf pe1enre1 ll1erty u
to prohibit slavery. esventeen ttlousaad
votes wsrs eaM Is IT, reoeat eleetion.-
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tAsir own motioa. and uilhoot ~ iatss-
fsrenss q psUnptisg q asy nilitsry q
civA sssAofitiss, list viil esnnsnd -
respect Of the whole country.-T Esssise
Post.
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Copperhsads speak II tsrms Of approval
and grati6ea1ioeaof IN Great liis this
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memorable; thrssgh II htsm ~ Irsassl
no pstriosic sensations in their btsasta-
elicits 20 expression Of Satisfaction koU
their lps. Arkassasshas throws 81 q
incubus that has retarded il growth md
prosperity beyond III that ito great natu
n resources could cosstsshehase. I
viii now sprisg forward sspidly 10 popu
lAticn. Improvement and vesltt Bu
the Demoeraey,. pr <xoel<nrs, fairl,
aEoas in view Of the chapgs. (6yFacus'
| journal.
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COJyGRESSXOyV:aL.
Washington, April IL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
After = personal controversy between
Grimes and Hale, Wade. from the Com
mittes on the Conduct OF the War, re-
ported the evidence 10 regard to the re-
cent Florida campaign. Ordered 10 be
printed.
Wilson reported from the Military Com
mittce bill authorizing the formation Of
battalion Of engineers.
The Senate then proceeded to the con-
siderat,on of the House bill, making ap-
preparations for the naval service q 70
ported with the Senate amendment,
On motion Of Lane, Of Kansas, the
Committee on Military Affairs vas il.
structed 70 enquire into the expedieney
to abolish the present system OF Indian
traders, which vas referred.
Grimes rose To personsl explanation.
and read from the report Of the Naval
Conmitsee, Of which Hale is chairman,
IN extract condemning the manusr in
which the resolutions concerning the
trsnsfef Of ssamen from the army 10 the
navy had been introduced without the
cognixancs of the commiltes. The re-
port says. whsa the committee first cast
their eye upon the resolutions Introduced
BY Grimes = repeal the lsgislAtion a.
thorixiog the transfer, they saw that it
repealed two thisgs Instead Of che one
necessary. Gtinss charged that The CON-
mittee never saW the report, and that Il
was Hale slose. and that Il assevts What
il not true 10 saying that "A (Grimes) de-
sired at once 70 pAss 10 rvpeal. He
knew that the geatlemaa ffon Nse
Hampshire considered hiusdf the Naval
Comnitiee BY the manner il which he
business of the eommitfes had 6een -.
Quoted for the past three ysare. and =
showing che spirit Of tbs eentjslnan. he
mentioned that At the beginaino II IL
session he {fiais0 had offered - restle
nan ffom Nsw York Harris) the 49,
nsnship of that conmittee, Bat HE ~
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GSpsoial T. World. 4

Wanhgseo, ARsiI a.
Advices received to-day slate that cos.
stsat additions are bdng nads = the de-
!ense Of the rebel capital; mines an ssn-
derssood TO be ready 1t the most vital
points.
Gen. Wilson, chief Of the Cavalry Blu
reau, has been assigned TO the command
Of the Jet division Of cavalry Of the Army
of the Potomac.
Col. Jdnther Of the 9Th Ohio, takc,
charge of tho Bsresu.
Gen. Neil and other officers have bees
ordered 70 report to Ge0sFal SMith. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-12

The Scottish Americas Journal, an
able and interesting weekly, gives . ge.
theological sketch Of The clsas Of the
Gnnts in Scotland, and says that the
name OF Grant IL lustrous in the asnals
Of Great Britain. According To Seo,tish
traditions the origing Of the clan dates
back to the early pars Of The twelfth cen.
tury. and its leaders have always been
noted for their bravery aud dextesity Ia
feats Of arms, Our new Lientenant Gsn.
eral comes Of this fighting stock, inherit
ing ito military capacity ~ we'll - IL
stesdy purpose asd unwaverisg 1deiisy
The following II "a iotereaaing passage
from the arsiele Of the Journal:
"The Badge Of the elan Grant was the
pine or cranberry heath, and thsir slogan
or gathering cry, tSsand fast, Craigella
chis!" the bold projectisg rock OF tina
name ('the rock Of alarm 10 the united
parishes Of Duthil and Rothiemorchus
beng thar bill ~ rendssveus. Ths
Grants had : long stasding fsud With III
Gordons. and even among the diffsren,
branches Of themselves there were faction
fights, q between tho Ballindalloch aut
Carron Grants. The clan, With few ex
captions, wss noted for it, loyalty. being
generally. asd the iamily Of the chief 10
variab!y, found on the side Of tho gov
eminent. In Ssrathepsy tho name pre-
vailed almost TO the exclusion Of ever,
other, aadto this day Grant il shs pre-
dominant surname 10 the district, as allu
ded to BY Sir Alexander Boswell, baronet
in his lively verses:
| Come the Grants Of TuIIocheorum.
We their pipers gann before 'esa,
| Proud the mothers that bore EN-
| Next the Grants Of Rothismurrhus
Every man his sword and dnrk has
Every - pruud's . Turk is'
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Price si.0o DN- Sold by Druggists srerywhere.
JOHN J. KRONER Principal Agent
apr -dswSni 4u5 Chestnns &C., Philadelphia
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3prllnl Notifts.


ACksx er DyssErsJA eY s4yxxS rEaRs ssasDfxs craxp
~ oyE BOX or I. " sE.iv's extxTeAsp FMS.
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A Cow KIILsD n CAr.-Os Thurs-
day lest . Gov owned b. Mr.. Marshall
Horrisoa, Of Port Dalhousis, Canada, Va
quietly taking her soon sissse on the street
near his residence, sschewiog the cud of
sweet and bitter fancy" when some bov !
Who were playing near BY, coocsised the
idea Of having some fun By tying CT 70
the animals udder, and, catching cat,
they proceeded to put heir scheme into
execution. Az soon as the cat Was fast.
sned the boys lsft, and che cat eadeayor.
ID to follow their example. when the ton
sion on her tail caused her to scratch the
Gov, which Immediately Jumped pp and
commenced running aud bellowine Il I
fearful rate. tho cat Oh the time toratoh-
ing and biting the udder and legs, and
this cossinued until the COW fell down
with exhaustion and cut it 10 . most fear
fol manner, when the cot was liberated.
The COW died next day, Friday. The
owner threatens 70 sue the parents 81 ne
boys for dsmagSs, = he considers il I'M
just that b. should loss shs value Of the
animal through the nisohievoas prenks
okthe lads, Who require more gad asd less
Liberty.
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Dlecascs or the NcrvOus.

kaAtess EaAassI Ladies
Don't fail reAdthe In this paper headed
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES
Practice % Female ocnplafnts His Pins Ike achar
They are
aELIABLE AND sAfk.
decS0-dkwanaeod
CoL0ArEp 1oyEY scar.
rAis esaesrsssd Tetlss seaR, n sssA suivuna
demand + nasds xson IL eA6acese nat~f1an, i
'snaia and s1aesssnsin n aaars. 1ragsaasly
scented ,asd sxtrensly bsne1ieanl iHiAs ssssoa
mon the skin r~ sale By N Dtssulrss aad 1.asy
Goods Dealers. fnr1aawa&sv
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-12-30
The Explosion at Duuoht's.

The explosion at the Powder yard
known as Hasley's On Thursday morning
last, was one Of the most severe and dlsas'
trous that has taken place for a number of
years. The proprietors have prohibited
the reporters of the press wishing their
grounds, and as consequence no details
Of the destructive affair eau be obtained
The one on Thursday destroyed more lives
than are lost in some of the battles that are
reported where thousands of soldiers are
engaged on each side firing at eAh othe'
for hours. There were ten killed, add, if
tie number wounded were in proportion,
it must have been great. 1t is said the
mills were preparing government powder.
1t is an evidence Of the terrible force of
the explosion, that great heavy beams we're
lifted up like rns1ss in the air, whirled
distances, sometimes, of over 800 feet,
and Embedded SO deep in the ground fro.
zen bard as flint, us to stand iruIy on
end. b"
Great hollows were scooped in tile
ground by the mere coucussion, seeming
iy, as timbers scattered in protusion over
the fields around. Not vestige of some
OF the exploded mills remained save the
foundation walls and scared earth. The
heat generated by the sudden ignition of
such large quantity Of powder was so sud-
den and so Intense as to char great trees
IN twiukiing-the most green bark bum
ing as readily as timber, bit ceaSing to
burn when the last rumble of the roar of
the explosion had died away. TIE win
dows in the surrounding country were, of
course, damaged much.
In Christ Church (Episcopal,) every
pane was crumbled, aud in tho house Of
Mrs. a Dupont, which is situated one
hundred and fifty feet from the scene Of
disaster, the glass was shattered so violent
ly that some Of the family were cut by the
flying fragments. The house WAS shaken
from roof to foundation and seriously dam
aged Immediately after the explosion,
and when the excitement had speut itself,
the yard was closed and no admittance
granted to the numerous persons who were
attracted from the city and the country
around to curously view the havoc.
The explosion originated in the room
where the workmen were engaged in
pressing Government powder. The man
ner of the process is this (: On smooth.
ly polished plate about thirty inches
square is laid layer of powder evenly
spread, and about half an inch in height
Over this'is placed a cloth of very fine
texture, which, in its turn, is covered with
half an inch of powder. Alternate layers
of cloth and powder then succeed each
other, till the whole mass becomes about
six feet in height. A machine pressure
is then applied to it; which is Sc enor-
nous that four stalwart men are required
to turn the lever While this pre- re
was being exerted, about half past zen
o'clo X on Thursday morning the mass
explo led, tearing into atoms all 30
We're near. From the press room hit x
| plosion was Immediately commuricaf i 20
the other mills and buiIdings.-Del Gu
/ zette.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-12-30

Major General Dix has issued another
of his style Of general orders, reiterOting
his Instructions to shoot down, if possible,
any farther raiders, on the spot, whether
acting under commission from Richmond
or not; or, if they escape, to pursue and
capture them in British territory This
order is somewhat unnecessarily offensive;
but we are quite prepared to make allow
auccs for the irritation which the release
of the St. Albans raiders on a mere side
issue is calculated to excite. The Federal
autboriti,s could have no excuse to enter
our territory In the way General Dix
purposes, unless We first show that we are
unable to maintain the police of our from
tier or are unwilling to respect well I'M
der>lood principles Of international law
The carelessuess with which we have left
our frontier to take care of itself has not
been right but the Federals have profit
ed by that, by the aid it has afforded to
kidnappcrs and for the rest We have
never furnished the Federals any good
reason to doubt our good faith, despite the
unfortunate bungling Of the recent extradi.
ton case. Our government has acted al
most too zealously in their behalf. Our
Courts only know Git is the greatest boast
Of British subjects that it is SOY the law
good or bad, as the Legislature has made
| it.
Gen Dix's statement with regard to fur.
ther. raids, we believe, for reasons stated
elsewhere, to he without foundation. l,
may not be Il simple invention on his part
for the purpose Of clap-trap, or to excite
feeling, as he may, have been imposed
upon. If, however, we are to avoid EN-.
broilmeDt with our neighbours, it becomes
the first duty of the Government Of this
country to put itself in position to de-
tect and crush if necessary any organiza.
ton that might be attempted in our ter
rltory. 1t may cost the country a: little
more than mere vaporing to do this; but
its neglect may prove to be the most
wretched of all economy We believe
that this is now the question Of paramount
importance for the Government of this
country. OF course Mr.. Jefferson Davis
! wall read with great delight the offensive
language of Gen. Dix. If angry feeling
should happen to lead to embodiment,
that would be playing his game, The
Confederate government is not at present
friendly to England; the Federal States
have much more solid reason to be so.-
The former would probably have little com.
Function of conscience at seeing Britain
mixed up in the struggle, or promoting
this result. Our Northern ntighbors
should remember how, often they failed in
the execution of their neutrality laws in
1878, and await the action Of our Par.
lament before insulting by threats such as
those contained in Gen. Dix's general or.
ders.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-12-30
The Approaching Draft.

III view OF the near approach Of the next draft.
under the late cali Of the President, we would
suggest to the people of the county the proprietv
OF holding meetings in The several districts or
otherwise meeting and consulting together, with
view TO devise some means by which the citi-
zens OF Hartford may he altogether released
This could he done by filing up the quota for
the county. There are hardly any but who are
interested in the matter, directly or indirectly,
and as there are many who are from some cause
or other exempted, that would be willing TO as
sist his neighbor to relieve himself by aiding him
TO furnish substitute, it would, We think. be
we'll to have an interchange of views on the sub.
ject The Sd District put in her seventy men after
the last draft, and if the coming draft is to make
up the deficiency on the previous call, may not
this district be already clear? 1t would, it
seems to us, be well for some of our leading men
to see TO this. There is very little time left for
making the necessary arrangements to fill the
quota Of the county, and the sooner steps are Ia
ken to that end the better
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-12-30

Duty ON PRINTING PAPER An eff
fort is being made in Congress to effect re-
duction in the duty on foreign printing
paper. The best paper is now selling in
Europe at eight cents a pound in gold,
and can be made here for about the same
But the high import duty would make
foreign paper worth about twenty-s,x cents
here. 81 the paper makers keep up the
price to about that figure, knowing none
will be imported with the present heavy
duty. The duty is simply bonus to pa.
per makers, oppressive to publishers aud
t" the people who read the papers. If it
were reduced, it wonld bring down paper to
its proper value and would not in any way
affect the revenue. 1t would, on the con.
trary'' be public economy, as the govern.
ment Is large purchaser of paper. Con-
Sress owes it to the government as well as
to the reading public to reduce this
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-12-30
WAR NEWS.

Gen. Foster reports to Gen. Grant that the &C.
cupation of Savannah took place on Wednesday
morning. and that during the preceding after
noon and night, Hardee escaped by crossing the
river to the Union Causeway, opposite the city,
with the main body of his infantry and light ar
tiltery, having blown up the iron cads and navy
yard. He also states that 800 prisoners, $50
guns, ID locomotives, 100 cars a large supply of
ammunition and materials of war, three steam
ers and 80, 600 bales of cotton have all been cap
tured. The position of Hardees army, previous
ly estimated at $4,000, is not mentioned. Both
Gen. Sherman's and Gen. Fosters dispatches are
given in the bulletin in full
The Richmond Wing has a lengthy review of
the resources Of the Confederacy in fighting men.
THE number Of white males between the ages of
seventeen and fifty in 1860 was estimated at
l,43l, 1856. After making accounts of losses by
every means, and after all deductions, the pres
ent number subject to military duty is set down
Mt 1872 The resources at their command for
'replenlshing their armies, which consists of
youths passing annually from sixteen to seven
teen years, is calculated Mt 60, 467.
ID The Examiner of the 22d SAYS:
"Of all the mammoth armadas vet sent forth
by the North, the Porter and Butler expedition
against Wilmington is perhaps the mammothist.
Each successive colossal enterprise of that cigan
tic people is always more enormously huge than
the ast''
The Examiner consoles its readers with the in
''cligence that Wilmington is strongly fortified,
and doubts whether the combined land and naval
forces of the United States could capture the
place without great sacrifice of life.
Richmond papers of last Saturday contain
despatch from Gen. Bragg, dated at Whining
ton, n, C., on Friday, stating that twenty-six
vessels of tile Union fleet had reappeared on that
morning.
despatch from Washington says that Gen.
Sherdan's cavalry are off on another grand raid
IN the Valley, but what direction they have taken
is not stated. Southern papers of Thursday con-
tain reports two divisions of the Union caval-
ry having arrived at Madison Court House, and
that they were moving on Gordonsville.
A despatch from Louisville says that Gen Ly-
ons with from . 1000 to 5000 cavalry and 6
guns, has destroyed a small portion of the Louis.
vile and Nashville railroad ard is threatening
the important trestle-work at Muldroughs Hill.
Gen. McCook's men are in pursuit Of him.
= r''r'y "fGf'y s"erillas aIc reported to have
boarded the steamer Morning Star whilst living
ut LewiSport on her way to Louisville, Ky The
passengers were robbed of $500, 900. Two dis.
charged soldiers were killed. The gucrillas re.
leased the Loaf at Doversport
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-12-30
From the Toronto Canadoj Globe, Dec. Is.
Mr.. Coursol Conduct.

The evil fruit of Mr.. Coursops conduc
in the case of the St. Albaps raiders ha
already appeared. General Dix has is
sued Instructions to his subordinates, re
quiring them to pursue across the Cana
dian border persons who take refuge on
our soil after committing acts of depreda
ton and murder. He gave the same or
der by telegraph when the st Adams raic
was first announced, but it was not obey.
ed. lie now repeats it in formal man
ner, and it must be dealt with seriously by
cur government. We think the order ex
tremely injudicious on the part of Gen
Dix. 1t is possible that he is justified by
the rules of international law There car
be no doubt that if a neutral fails to pre-
vent raids from his territory, the assailed
party is permitted to enter the terrific.
~, and capture the assailants. But thers
are many things lawful which are not ex.
pedient He has no right to presume that
our government cannot or will not prevent
raids in future. They are making every
effort to prevent them, and there is little
chance of failure The discharge of the
prisoners is an event disgreceful to the ad
ministration of justice in Montreal, but
cannot be charged upon the government
who have done all that lies in their power
to secure the rearrest Of the prisoners Tn
til they failed to accom- lish this, at all
events, General Dix should certainly have
withheld his order He ought to have re.
collected that the object Of Southern raj
ders here is to embroil the two countries
in war, and that the object of both his
government and ours is to avoid such re-
suit. Anything which could create bad
feeling between the two countries is ex-
actly that which the Southerners desire
Ii General Dix's orders were obeyed and
Canadian soil invaded, there can be no
doubt that our government wolld be i'm.
peded in the work they have earnestly un.
dertaken Of preventing raids in the future.
The best course for the American govern
ment to pursue is to insist on our authori-
ties doing their duty in the matter, and IN
the meantime to refrain from anything
which will necdlessly embitter public leel
ing on the border.