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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15

Mrs. PARTINGToN IN A PERFUME
SToRE.-"Can | wait upon you, madam p
said Mr.. Gushing, politely, as Mrs. Par
tington stood looking at the stored sweets
at liz Washington street.
"Were l younger" said she, smiling as
sweetly as Cytherea upon pomade bot
tie, 81 might feel Aattened by such an Of
fer. | do like politeness, though it is
rarely one meets with it. The other
night l went up to the opera, and stood
an hour outside, and nobody had the good
manners to offer me seat" Due sympa-
thy was expressed, when she went on like
a wheelbarrow 81 declare, it must seem
to you as if you we're breathing the airs
of Paradox or Ceylon's lie, or some such
fragrant thing all the time. Have you
any of the odor of sauctity, that you could
give me little to put on my handker-
chief 2" She was assured that they had
none on tap, but expected some, with a
fresh supply of the essence with which
the ghost of Hamlet scents the morning
air, and would remember her. She thank
ed them very kindly continuing her in.
spection, while Ike amused himself by
shaking up some of the bottles and seeing
the bubbles rise to the surface.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15
Ml1stellantous,
From the atlantic Monihly.
Scenes in the Rocky Mountains
BY FITZ HUGH LUDLOW

Mormondon being my theme, and my
space SO limited, / must resist the tenn pta-
ton to give detailed accounts of the many
marvellous masterpieces of mimetic art
into which We find the rocks of this regiDD
everywhere carved by the hand of nature.
Before we came to the North Platte, we
were astonished by ship, equalling the
Great Eastern in size, SURPRISING it in
beauty of outline, its masts of columnar
sandstone snapped by storm, its prodi-
gious bulk laboring in gloomy sea of
hornblendic granite, its deck houses sha-
pen with perfect accuracy Of imitation,
still remaining in their place, and werd
looking demon at the wheel steering it on
to some invisible destruction.
This naval statue (if its bulk forbid not
the name) was carved out of coarse mill
stone-grit by the chisel of the wind, with
but slight assistance from the unfrequent-
ed rain storms Of this region. in Colora-
do first began 20 p receive how vast an
omission biologists had been guilty of in
their failure to give the wind place in
the dynamcs OF their science.
Depending for year at a time, as that
territory sometimes does, upon dews and
MEETINGS from the snow peaks for its wa
ter, it is nevertheless fuller than any 9TH
er district in the world of marvellous archi-
! tectural smulations, vast cemeteries crowd
ed with monuments, obelisks, castles, for
tresses, and natural collossi from two to
five hundred feet high, done in argillace-
GUS sandstone or a singular species of con
glomerate, all of which owe their existence
almost entirely to the agency of the wind.
The arid plains from which the con.
glomerate crops out rarity the superin-
cumbent air stratum to such degree that
the intensely chilled layers resting on the
closely adjoining snow peaks pour down
to re,establish equilibrium, with the wrath
full force ofen invisible cataract, eight, ten,
even seventeen thousand feet in height
These foods of cold wind find their ap-
propriate channels in the Characteristic
canons which everywhere furrow the whole
no Ky m,uutain system to its very base.
Most of these are exceedingly tortuous,
and the descending winds, during their
passage through them acquire spiral mo-
ton as irresistible as the fercest hurri
cane Of the Antilles, which, moreover,
they preserve for miles after they have is
sued from the mouth of the canon.-
Every little cold gust that observed 10
the Colorado country had this corkscrew
! character The moment the snirsl raoob
es IA loose sand-bed, itsweeps into its vor-
tex all the particles of grit which it can
hold. The result is an auger, of diameter
varying FROM All inch to thousand feet,
capable Of altering in its direction so as to
: bore curved holes, revolving with iueaicu-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15
What Becomes Of Dead Horses.

Some people will no doubt be astonish
ed to learn that large fortunes have beer
made every year since the commencement
of the war out Of the dead horses of the
Army of the Potomac. The popular idea
is that when Rosinahte yields up the ghost
he is.buried In some field or left to mould.
err into mother earth in the woods some
where. Not so. He has made his last
charge, and gnawed his last fence rail, but
there lis some $40 to $40 in the old fellow
yet ,r4.s
A contract for the purchase of the dead
horses in the Army of the Potomac, for
the ensuing year, was let few days ago,
to the highest bidder, at Sl.76 per head,
deliI cred at the factory of the contractor
Last year 100000 was cleared on the con-
tract, and this year it is thought 100000
can be made on it.
The animals die a. the rate of about fif-
ty per day, at the lowest calculation.
At the contractors establishment they
are thoroughly dissected. First, the
shoes are pulled off ; they are usually
worth fifty cents set. Then the hoofs
are cut OFT they bring about two dollars a
set Thea comes the caudal appendage !;
worth half dollar. Then the hide
don't know what that sells for Then the
tallow, if it be possible to extract tallow
from the army horses, which | think ex-
tremely doubtful, unless he die imme-
diately after entering the service. And
last, but not,least, the shin bones are val
liable, being convertible into variety of
articles that many believe to be composed
of pure ivory, such as cane handles, knife
handles, &c. ls
By the time the contractor gets through
with the 'late lamented" steed, there is
hardly enough of him left to feed bull
pup on. Hereafter, kind reader when you
see dead "hoss,' don't turn up your nose
at him, but regard him thoughtfully, as
the foundation for large fortune in a
single year. He may, individually, be a
nuisance, but ''tbere is that within which
passeth show'-$l00,00 year.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15
Peppers Ghost in Chicago !,

Professor Peppers ghost has been
eclipsed in Chicago. An individual from
the rural districts stepped into store on
Lake street, few days ago, and while
making some purchases, cast bis eyes
down along the long line Of shelving and
counters, remarking to clerk
"Mighty long store this is, from one
end to t'other."
The clerk nodded assent, and the eye
of the countryman fell upon his own re-
Election in large mirror at the further
end of the store.
"There's my brother out there in that
ere alley, sure's you live, and 1 hain't
seen him afore in three years. How eau
| get back there ?" 81
The clerk told him he would have to
go out on Lake street, around the corner
and into the alley. 1t should be remark
ed that the clerk did not see the joke,
really supposiug that the countryman had
seen his brother through rear window.
Rural went out, and after an hours search,
returned and announced that his brother
had "gin him the slip"
Looking down the store again, be ex-
claimed, 'I'll be darned if brother John
amt there again." and down he padded
toward the mirror. AS he neared it, he
smiled; his reflection cordially returned
it, and advanced to meet him. Rural ex-
tended his hand, and the reflection extern
dod its hand. Just at that instant Ru-
rails hand came in contact with the cold
glass; he started back, rubbed his eyes,
took u second look, and saw it. He rush.
ed from the store, swearing that he and
his brother John were twins, and couldn't
tell one another apart, and the burned
lookin' glass had sucked him in. AS.
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TWELVE APOSTLES, OR THIRTEEN P

TWELVE APOSTLES, OR THIRTEEN p
A peculiar process is at present pending
before the Court of Appeals at Cologne.
The decision entirely depends on the an.
swer to the question whether there are
twelve or thirteen apostles. A farmer in
the vicinity of Mulheim, on the Rhine,
has the right by the terms of an ancient
lease to let the waters of neighboring
stream overflow his meadows on all Apos-
ties Days. This arrangement is very un-
popular with the milers of the district,
who are obliged to stop work whenever
the flooding occurs. What, however, has
especially irritated them is, that the far
mer makes use of his privilege thirteen
times year, insisting that Barnabas is
called an apostle in several passages Of
Scripture. The court has asked the opin-
ion of the Catholic priesthood on the sub
ject, and, strange to say, they are about
equally divided on the question.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15
THE Door LOOKING AFTER THE Kr,

THE Door LOOKING AFTER THE KEY.
Alexander, fourth Earl of Kellie, was
rather hard liver. He married Anne,
daughter of the third Earl of Balcarras,
and in the first confidence of early married
love, entrusted to her keeping the key Of
the wine cellar. Lady Kellie, on the first
OCCASION that he invited his boonl CON-
panions to dinner and drink, gave out as
much wine as she thought good for them,
and walked quietly up to Carnhee with
the key of the wine cellar in her pocket,
to take her four hours with the minister's
wife. The party soon discussed the modi-
cum she had left out for their consump-
ton, and on his lordship sending for more
he learned how matters stood. He had
the cellar door forced forthwith from its
hinges, and desired the servant to take it
to the manse, with his compliments to her
ladyship, and, if she asked any questions.
to say: "That it was the cellar door come
to look for the key" ...
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15
A Remarkable Vision.

A solicitor, resident in the Isle of
Wight, had business at Southampton. He
stayed at one of those hotels for which the
town of mail steamers is famous, and after
dinner he was looking over his law papers,
while he slipped his port. He was aroused
from his foolscap and red tape by the
opening of door. His wife (whom be
had left at home in the Isle of Wight en-
tered, gazed at him steadfastly, and passed
out through the opposite door, He natur.
ally thought that it was Authorization,
and resumed his reading with wondering
smile at his own weakness But within
a quarter of an hour the same thing oc-
Cured again, and there was on the counte-
nance of the spectre an imploring look
which terrified him. He at once resolved
to return home; with some difficulty got
boatman to take him across and when
he reached his house, he was struck by
the CHASTITY and alarmed look of his maid
servant, who opened the door. This wo-
man was SO frightened by his unexpected
return, that she spontaneously confessed
her intention to murder her mistress and
her confession was confirmed by the fact
that she had concealed knife under her
pillow. This is very perplexing case
for those who think spectral phenomena
can be philosophically explained. Here
you have the phantom of living person
projected entirely without that PERSONS
consciousness. Let it be assumed that a
person in extreme peril can, by intense vo.
lition, act on the nervous system of the
universe, so as to influence his dearest
friend but here the person whose like
ness appeared was entirely devoid of ap-
prehension, while the servant, who alone
knew what was likely to happen, would
naturally exert no volition towards reveal
ing it.-DuJlm University Magazine.
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g. Not long since an elderly woman
entered railroad car at one of the Ohio
stations, and disturbed the passengers a
good deal with complaints about "most
dredful rhumatiz' that she was troubled
with. A gentleman present, who had
himself been a severe sufferer with the
same complaint, said to her-"Did you
ever try electricity, madam? I tried it,
and in the course of short time it COM
pletely cured me-" "Electricity,' ex-
claimed the old lady-"y-e-s, I've tried it
to my satisfaction. l seas struck with
lightning about year ago, but it didn't
do me mossel O. good !"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15

Das~ John p. Putnam, grandson of
Gen. Putnam, has presented for exhibi-
ton, at the Albany Army Relief Bazaar,
the pistols in which was burnt the first
powder of the Revolution. 1t will be re-
membered that Major Pitcairn rode to-
ward the crowd drawn up in hostile array
at Lexington, shouted "dispersc, ye reb-
els" and fred his pistols into their midst.
His horse was shot under him, but he man
ag ID to escape. The pistols were found
in the saddle, became the properly of Gen.
Putnam, and were worn by him during
the Revolution.
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A QUESTION FOR THE DOcroRs The
dog question has assumed another and an
alarming complication. Here is cores
pendent who proposes an inquiry we are
not able to solve, but which comes home
to every one who loves ''sassingers:"
Mr.. Ettytur: That what | witch to
ask you is whether strychninc what the
police gives to dogs won't pizen the hu-
man being after sassiugers has been fride.
Please to put in the paper how this is, fol
if fride strychniue is pizen ! so agn sas
sengers. Yours, till pizencd
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g. An affecting incident occurred at
the New Haven barracks the other day.
A woman desired to see her husband.
embraced him, and began to sob and cry
violently. Husband gave her his hand
kerchief to wipe her eyes, after which she
curiously manipulated it under her shawl
and returned it to him. Husband took it
as if it were brickbat. Officer of guard
Investigated, aud found bottle of old rye
whiskey in handkerchief. :.
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Qoetital>
For the AgiS and Mtelligencer.
DO WE MISS THEE AT HOME?
BY MRS. h. D. R.

By MRS. E. D. R.
Do we miss thee at home-do we miss thee at
home
As far from thy loved ones in sorrow you roam ?
Yes, the Preside circle is gloomy and sad,
For we miss the kind voice that made us all glad.
We miss thee at meal-time thy plate is removed,
And sad are the faces of those that you loved
We miss the glad smile that welcomed us there,
And the hand that so thoughtfully placed us a
chair.
We miss thee at eve, in our walks and our drives,
And each day seems to lengthen, though swiftly
it glides;
Whilst weeks seem to double, and months are as
years.
And at midnights deep hour, when the moon in
her pride, s..
All regal in splendor glides on with the tide;
When the stars seem to wink and grow pale in
sky,
IT'S then that we miss you, and wish you were
nigh
When Morpheus hath hushed all our griefs and
our woes .,f
Aud nature hath sunk in her peaceful repose;
When silence sits brooding, like the spirit of
dreams,
Ger mountain and valley, DER woodland and
streams
In our slumbers we see thee, we bask in thy
smile,
How happy our hearts are-how hopeful the
while:
But morning returns to find US alone,
We arise from our pillows, to wish you were
home.
DEER PARK, March, 1868.
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heSya Rev. G.. D.. of Fayette con


sD" Rev. G. D., of Fayette couu-
ty, Arkansas, one of the genuine "forest-
born" orators, preaching not long since,
on "the glory of the saints" delivered the
following burst of "native" eloquence,
which is too good to be lost .,..
"Wbo, my brethren, can describe the
glory of a saint? Why, nothing on earth
can liken it. If you drill hole through
the sun and put it on your head for a
crown, and split the moon in sunder and
put the pieces on your shoulders for epau-
lettes-if you tear down the starry curtain
of the skies and wrap it around your
body for robe, and ride to heaven on the
lightning wings Of the tempest-this will
be as nothing to the glory of the saints p
EFFECTS OF ToBAcco.-Au Irish lady
once declared that she could not under,
stand how gentlemen could smoke. at
certainly shortens their lives,'' said she.
81 dou't know that exclaimed gen.
tleman "there's my father, who smokes
every blessed day-and he is now seventy
years old" t...........,.
"Well," was the reply, eff he had ney.
er smoked, he might have been eighty by
this time" .,......,. .,..,...
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"Ill die for the fag," cried treasury clerk;
Quoth soldier, "My patriot friend, look here:
This shedding your blood for twelve dollars
mouth
Amt like shedding red ink for twelve hundred
a year.
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a9~ A lady passing along the street
one morning recently, noticed little boy
scattering salt upon the sidewalk, for tho
purpose Of clearing off the ice. "Well,
Pm sure" said the lady, "this is real be-
ncvolenco." mo, it a'u't, replied tho
boy, "irs sat"
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COAL! COAL!

TNHE undersigned keeps constantly on
l. hand all kin,s of WHITE and RED
ASH COAL, which he will sell by the
cargo OF single ton. aMyBgsH
JOSEPH NJ. SIMMONS,
JULY EIavre-de-G Grace. Nd.
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Wrecks Of Humanity.
WHY SHOULD THEY sINK7


The excitement Of "the chase " has always
been supposed to have healthful tendency;
but there is 3 kind of chase which breaks
down the constitution, debilitates the frame,
and shortens life. We mean the headlong,
unintermitting hunt after .sthe almighty dol
lar" which is the great business characters
tic Of the present day.. 1t begets other evils
unnecessary to name) which precipitate the
fate of thousands. There is however, a pos.
sibility of recovery from the prosiration pro-
duced by these causes, long after their victim
has ceased to hope for it. If we are rightly
informed, the most astonishing cnres Of what
is called general weakness and debility, which
have ever been known in this country, have
been effected, through the agency of Doctor
Holloway's inestimable remedies. Mere skel
etons of men, out of whom the very princi
pie of vitality seemed to have been drained
have been restored to health and vigor by thu
! operation Of the Pills; and Of the Ointment
in case of paralysis, rheumatism, &C., we hea
an equally favorable account. If men will
break down their energies by over exertion-
| if, in their anxiety to ,ego ahsad,p they vii
override the most precious of Gods blessings
health--it is we'll they shonld know how t
repair the mischief, when they come at las
to realize the fact of their premature deca,
The wrecks of humanity, who, without an
particular disease, appear to be sinking frol
/ in ediate relief from Doctor Holloway
/ remedies. s1.fst5 is .t4
Philadelphia Tribune" hes.
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- -
Two profaneiand dissolnte mechanics,
enc afterno6u u while at work, were beast
iAk .aoft their profaaity, and finally agreed
TO try which could sget off" the longest
string of paths, With rough expression
A requested 3 To- 4lsaa' eif. . B thought
q little and then used, with apparent ear
nestness,e eall the profaue words he could
possibly links togethers a. Asremembered
thoui ID theif erder,N and going close to
B, WHISPERED the same in His ear
NB.Was startled. Eosuse hislowp words,
"6e never had such feelings in his. life. >
Those dreadful words. he had uttered
With sinful pleasure hutwhenstheya we're
ERispered back inshis own ear, they ter
rifed himy ,andeael declared on the spot
that he'd "got enough Of swearing" He
was uneasy fhesrsst Sf {he day and as he
went home at night, he was troubled
xlluight those wicksdswords hissediu
hisseaf, and poiutedto the blaskbcss Of
his heart, and the corruptnsss of his life
He could notsrest- st--thAtetrihgo of oatns =
that string ofoathsl = - : = y = a -
Hs was, convicted, he repentsd; he was
pardoned; and to the close Of his Ire, liy-
Cd Chsistiap, He died frerq the. effects
Of an aceideat and the edgh his hysical
sufferings were extreme, his soul was
happy infhe ihordy ylsa faaHaIT ET / k2s
= fHI =
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.Iaau Legal Notice aAIu


NICHOLAS voEarLY and John voegtly,
IN who reside in the State of Pennsylvania,
will take notice, that on the s26th day OF Feb
ruary 1864, Ruth Dickerson filed her psti-
ton in the Court ofcommon Pleas of Monroe
county, Ohio. the object of which is to obtain
pr sse 'sion and recover back rents Of the fol-
lowing premises. in said County, to witt
- Two ard one half acres of land In section
twenty three, township one and range four,
beginning at The north west corner of said
land, thence south eighty-seven aud hall
degrees east two hundred and sixty perches.
thencedown the Ohio river three perches and
three links. thence, north. eighty six and
three fourth degrees west two hundred and
fifty nine and a half lperehes. Z xzTsoq .
Said defendants are notified to answer OF
demurs on or before the 77th day OF MayslS64
or judgment will be taken by default at ths
May zternof said Court. ggi5sedN .savEs.
f. III q JOHN 8. fWAYrba4
I Attorney for Petitioner.
I March 2, 1s64-6w.
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ProcasdiAgs of the Central
Committee OF Monroe
Il I&SCenntya WFgEl

The Democratic Central Committee
met parsuant to the call OF, the Chairman,
Wn Fruax, John Dougherty was elect
cd Seeretary.cfue o.iy .ss0oow
The following resolutions was adopted
Resolved, That the Convention be held
on the delegate system, and that each
Zswnship be entitled to three delegates.
Resolved, That each Pewnship hold a
meeting ON the glS s4A 80 aEO9d
Second day Of Jaly.
fof the Sp1rposs Of flelecting the dalegates
20 the County Convention,A to nominate
candidates for Tthel various County ti5
ees to be filed on the Second Tuesday OF
October 1864. a'lasgT "a
Rs.olssd, That the dslsgattfss f sgaatf me- nsssF0 Z
~ 4.klddy Of Jsly, lss4hesa
st one o'clock, for the purpose of nomi-
mating Is County Ticket ssEaTgy0 3YG
Resolved, That the rules heretofore
adopted for the government OF similar
Conysntions be adopted for the govern,
ment Of this. 49, s'N
Rssolved. That Committee of be ap-
pointed 10 coressp ond with ths.ygrieps
Committees Of other Counties of the 10Th
Congressional District to FIX the time OF
holding the Congressional Convention.
samuel Grimshsw,. Fs II. Fl. rPassmoFe
and John s. Way, was appointed said
Committee = r III fE ,sLadA Asi
Resotved, That . corresponding Com
mittee of one from each Township be ap-
pointsd 1tos correspond with the County
Corrsspending Committed hsas .osssasf
The Chairman appointed the foilowiag
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Pay Your Taxes

NOTICE is hereby given that the du-
In plicates. for the Tax of 1868, due
June, will be ready for collection on the
10th day of April, 1864. All taxes not
paid by the 10th day of june, will be
subject to 8 per cent penalty; and if not
paid by the goth Of July, will be return
ed delinquentland 20 per cent penalty
added thereto. Pay your Taxes and save
the penalty I viii receive the Tax at
,.'>'G~e - WM. READ, Treas.
n. B. Every person should bring
with him his last receipt, this will save
much time and trouble. 81
March 30, lS64.-tf.
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..na We hope the. Apglo-Amsrican
press particularly that portion Of 1t (which
-beIlowsd ssslustily to put none bdt Amer
leans enaguafd ten years agoawiif read
ths lists OF killed, land wounded in the
late battlss ia Vifgfdia. TIE Macs and
O's are. very pumerous. The pear-sight-
ed mbers Of the Home Guarf1, is.ihyin-
cibles in peace, invisibles in war;" may
forget the lipnyv of dead foreigners. "
bat we assure them4ths gallant comrades
of those who have died, have breasted the
rsdstefm efatrsasohsywill not forget them
nor their little one. ireland is well rep
lxssentedsinithsiloam Of iVirginia. = Gath
ella 4slssraph.ai [ q .bna ialo1 SEQ zoa