The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-09-01
GENERAL NEWS.

By the arrival at New York of the steamships
City of Washington and North American, we
have advices from Europe to the 9Th inst. The
steamship Great Eastern reached Crookhaven on
the l7th The cattle plague is still spreading in
England, Notwithstanding all the efforts made to
check it. The cholera continued its ravage3 in
Constantinople and Ancona. A new rebellion
is spreading in China, and with such success
that the rebel forces had advanced within one
hundred miles of Pekin. The Imperial authori-
ties had applied to British officers to come to
their relief. Col. Burgweine an American SOL
dier of fortune, had been captured, and the Man
darins had refused to give him up. 1t Was re-
between Austria and Prussia in relation to the
Duchies. The two sovereigns were to have an
interview at Salisbury on the 10th ult.
The Hon. Montgomery Blair made speech at
GAINESVILLE, Maryland, on Saturday last, in
which he denounced Secretaries Stanton and
Seward and Judge Advocate Holt for their
Southern proclivities at the commencement of
the war, and charged Senator Cresswel with
entertaining similar sentiments. Mr. Blair, as
also Mr.. Purnell, who spoke after him, were Sc
we're on the Registry Law of this State, which
Mr.. Blair declared to be unconstitutional, be-
cause it inflicts an infamous punishment without
trial, in State where public order is not dis
turbed, and is retrospective in its operation.
The war between Brazil and Paraguay has
taken singular turn. The army of General
TTrnnza Rro1;pc ,ooef o;an+ oll,, bo, lo,.n..l
him, and the Paraguayans seem destined for a
season to overrun, almost without resistance, the
Argentine Provinces. Troops are collecting
from various quarters to meet the forces of Para
quay, but it does not seem that much depend
ence is to be placed upon them, and the Brazilian
soldiers have suffered greatly from Sickness
owing to the change from the farnaceous diet of
Brazil to the meat diet of the Pampas The En-
peror of Brazil was to leave at once for the seat
of war, and new levies were in process of organi-
cation.
A mutiny of the Federal troops broke out at
Alexandria, Louisiana, short time SINCE
Four Captains, twelve Lieutenants, and seventy
five Sergants and Corporals were arrested in
consequence by order of General Custar. The
mutineers belonged to the I'd Wisconsin cavalry
General Candy has ordered the Federal troops
under his command to assist in repairing the
broken levees on the Mississippi.
A frightful disaster has occurred on the Ten
nessee and Alabama Railroad by which a
large number of persons were killed and wound
ed. Twelve dead bodies and eighty wounded
were removed from the wreck on Saturday. A
car, with thirty negroes, was still under water,
and many white passengers were still missing.
An important order has been issued from
Washington in relation to passports. Paroled
prisoners against whom no charges are pending,
will be furnished with passports to go abroad
on condition that the applicants do not return
without leave of the President. Passports will
be furnished to other persons implicated in the
rebellion, provided their cases are such as to
merit the concession.
destructive fire occurred at Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia, on Thursday last, in which property was
destroyed to the amount of three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. Messrs. Nelson Il Co.,
formerly of Baltimore, were among the sufferers,
ou1 thoH oloChJ tnouSu much udDdReQ, was
covered by insurance.
The National Bank of Wellington, Ohio, was
robbed, last night, of from seventy to one hun
dred thousand dollars in Government bonds, on
special deposit. The property of the bank was
not touched. No arrests have been made.
1t is said that the President will shortly order
the release of Alexander Fl. Stephens.
Mr. Kasson, Republican member of Congress
from Iowa, is out against negro suffrage.