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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30
Arrcst OF Chauncey Johnson.

HE IS SUSPECTED OF STEALING ONE THOUSAND
Six HUNDRED DOLLARS PROM THE OFFICE or
ADAMS ExPREss COMPANY--IT Is ALSO ALLEGED
THAT HE STOLE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL
LARS FROM BELM0NT's BANKING HOUsE-JUDGE
BOWLING COMMITS HIN TO THE TONES, ETC.
Charles Jones' alias Chauncey Johnson Of the most
characters known to the Metropolitan Police
yesterday arrested by Captain Jourdan Of the Sixth pre-
cinc on suspicion Of having stolen money package,
containing one thousand six hundred dollars in bank
bills from the ONCE of Adams Express Company, No.
80 Broadway on the afternoon Of the 10th On shs
day Mr. william McGil money delivery clerk Of the
express company johnson in the occ just previous
70 the money being missed he being behind the COUNTER
whore he had no business.
Mr. Charles H. Buckley, clerk in the express ONCE,
testified seeing the prisoner behind the counter going
from desk to desk II in transaction Of important
business, aud when asked by the witness what hc
wanted, johnson replied that he was waiting for tho
"money clerk" He ordered to a position out
side the counter after which he left and the money
missed. johnson fully identified by Mr.. McGi
and also by Mr. Bukley the they behind tho
counter just before the money was missed
Johnson was taken before Justice Bowling, where
Clarence A. Seward, Esq, appeared on behalf OF the
express company After tho depostons had been taken
Mr. Seward conended that the evidence sufficient To
commit the prisoner for trial, while Mr. Vim. f. Howe,
who represented Johnson entered into elaborate
gunen with the vfew of showing that his client
rcly innocent Of the charge preferred against him. and
moved for his discharge. Justice Bowling denied the
notion and postponed the further hearing OF the
till next Monday morning In the meantime Johnson
stands committed TO the Tombs.
This prisoner Is also suspected Of stealing package
ming t25 900 in $500 and 81 600 nvc,wcnty bonds
from Bemonts banking house, Wall street. near william,
Thursday afternoon.
Since johnson arrest he has been positively Identified
by OF the banking house clerks the man he
standing In front of the oice counter, with one hand
extended over II as IL reaching for something. This
clerk asked johnson his business and reply he said
he waiting to see Mr.. Wetze, the cashier. A few
moments subsequently johnson disappeared and 20 did
the s26, 900 package OF bonds The examination or
johnson this charge will take place before Justice
Bowling this morning, at which time It IS supposed tho
clerk referred TO will make affidavit against the prs
oner
johnson has served two terms In the State Prison
for stealing $50 from the Bank OF the State or
New York, which recovered by detective Kcefe
into and robbng the dry goods store OF Church
and Duane streets Of n large amount of-goods
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30

RALEIGH ~ c., sept 70, 1905.
convention Of the ooored freedmen Of the State met
to-day In this city, Rev j. X. Hood presiding.
The President in q temperate speech stated the object
Of the convention be 10 demand the admission Of
colored witnesses In the courts Of Law, their
presentation in the jury box and tho right Of suffrage
These, by Gods help, no said, they would have He
counselled the members 10 maintain . respectful
demeanor, and 70 respectful language In doors and
out
There Ia excitement In the city. General Hardin
has ordered the soldiers 10 keep out Of the streets but
be ready Of need Tho people disposed
10 interfere at all with the blacks
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30
THE REVOLUTION.
The Result of the South Caro-
lima Convention.
The Secession Ordinance Repealed
and Slavery Abolished.
Reputation Of the Rebel War Debt by tho
Alabama Convention.

The south Carolina Convention.
WASHINGTON, Sept 20, 1895.
despatch has been received by the President
nouncing the following action by the South Caroline
Convention:-
COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept 2s, 1896
The Convention is adjourned, after most harmonious
and unanimous session of fifteen days They have re-
pealed the ordinance of secession abolished slavery
equazed the Of the senate and taxation
throu ghou the State, giving the election OF Governor
and Presidential electors 10 the people, ordered voting in
the Legislature by uiva poce endorsed the admnistFa
ton unanimously and directed commission to submit
code the Legislature for the protection Of the colored
population.
They have likewise appointed Judge wardlaw, Alfred
Hager and Colonel Dewkns to visit the President in
reference 10 Jefferson Davis Governor Magrath and Mr.
Trenholm.
The election Of Governor and members Of the Legis
ature will take place the 18th Of October and james
l. Or is nominated for Governor
II is understood that Governor Perry will be sent 10
the United States Senate.
The members OF Congress will be elected in November
An extra session Of the Legislature meets the 10Th
OF October.
All are loyal and in good spirits
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The Indian Commissioners.
MKxrms Sept %, 1895
Tho Indian Commissioners arrived from Little Rock,
Ara, this morning. en- route for b. Louis.

NEw STEAMsw LINE TO BRAzn.-The 1nc steamship
Havana-,he pioneer vessel Of the United States and
Brazil Mail Steamship Company-leaves for Rio Janero
from pier No. AZ North river at noon to-day. The
Havana has undergone thorough overhaulng and been
put in nrs rate condition for In view Of tho vast
Importance now being attached TO Brazil and the South
American republics In her neghborhood the opening up
Of this new line move in the right direction. II Is
well that the two foremost Powers Of both North and
South America should cultivate kindly relations towards
each other by aordng facilities for friendly intercourse
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News fron San Francisco.
aAN TpANCrsCo gept n

oAN FhHNOKoV, ocPS ~, Hooos
Arrived, ships Sacramento Kate Dyer and Robin Hood,
from Boston, Black Hawk and Gsribaldi from New
York. Sailed, ship Chiefran, for New York.
These arrivals impars considerable animation 70 trade,
which is generally In . remarkably healthy condition.
There s little tendency TO speculation pethorc sup
ply Of money has induced the Bank Of California 10
duce the rate Of interest To per per month";
which example will doubtless be followed by all the
banks.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30

Tue AEpnRsosvnis PRpoE.-A large Photographic
view Of this forsvt Infamous SPOT hes just been pub
lshed b Mr. l. ?. Robins, Of Park Bow. II 10 taken
from Ne drawings Of N. p sneden, In ohicsr Of sns
nsers IN The upion army 4ho IVES copaps6 tAsrs s up
wards Of esvss mentha sbowS u glance the a..
rAnssmsnss 70 which 20 pvcA dissdf ssssnns Wa ow
Ing and vin svs 70 iusraAs Ne ssxs fumshsd By the
evidences On shs Win Trial, and wbseh iorns on d The
meug dgpe1fO oAeuesn y hissosn
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News from Fortress Monroe.

F0RrRsss MoNRok, Sept II, 100.
Arrangements were commenced to-day 70 raise tho
Congress from whcro she bcached. and put her In
the dry dock at the Navy Yard In Portsmouth.
A heavy essterly wind has been blowing for several
days and n consequence, from sevensy-nve 70 eighty
Ave sailing vessels have taken shelter In this harbor
FoHyRns Mosnor, Sept %, 1885,
The steamer 8. O Pierce, from Richmond for this
place Tie wreck Of the old steamer Florida, on
Ncwpors News Last evening" Which created some excite
msnt No material dAmAs9 ~ dpse
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WASHINGTON, Sept 20, 1895.
The President has been informed by telegraph that the
Alabama Convention, by vote Of sixty to nineteen, has
passed ordinance providing that all debts created by
the State Of Alabama in aid Of the late war, directly
indirectly, thereby declared void and that the Gen
era Assembly Of the State shall have authority, and
thereby forbidden TO ratfy the same assume to
provide for the payment Of the same any part thereof
and the General Assembly of the State shall have
thority, and forbidden to make any pro-
vision for the payment OF any portion Of the debts con-
tracted incurred, directly indirectly, by the Con-
federate States, its agent, or It's authority
The Convention has also decided, by vote Of sixty
one to twenty nve, TO submit the amendments TO the
constitution 70 popular vote.
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The police Of shs ely have arrested william Plat. for
circulating and designing 10 circulate bogus bank blla
package oftwenty thossand dollars was sesed On his
premisee Tho bills were mostly lvss On The Egg Har.
Dor Bank Of New JeFvsy This hank ID an insiitutiou
which failed scme time ago Patt confess thai he had
sixty thousand dollars Of The stun, portion sf which
~ cold 70 party IN New York
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a BRAZILIAN LOAN IN LONDON.
A FRENCH TREATY WITH uRAoULY.


NEW 0RixIss, scpt 70, 1905.
Cotton nrp; sales Of middlDs ~ lss Exchange
heavy.
NsY ORlaASs, Hepk -, 1893.
Cotton dun; sses 400 tsIss, e. sSc fcf niddlipg
Sugar 8o k6lass&s quiet rreighs sdvAncina; cottoh
70 New YoFt ikc pr popnd EnehAnge heavy; shssks
On New Yosk pes osss dscoune
o,...-s.s. . ~ .M 4 s,:s3s :sl:l,.Ss =. ~ ''''
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The Cotton Crop or Mississippi.

New ORLEANS, Sept 27, 1885.
Accounts from Northeast Mississippi represent the
prospects Of the cotton crop very poor the ne
groes being unwilling to TO work to make contracts
with the planters The planters however, are cheerful,
and will do their utmost to mako up a CROP
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30

NSv HAys, 0rh., lspk - Ices.
%o.s,y as !. New 5ss a. .. jss q he ~ .
unknewH
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Sir Morton Pcto at EImira.

ELHRA Sept W 1900.
Sir Morton Pcto and n portion Of the English party
arrived here this evening. They entertained with
dinner at the Hathaway House by tho ofcers Of the
Eric Railroad Company. They proceed 70 New York
tomorrow. -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30

MARCH OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY-LOss or
TWENTY SHIPS OFF MoHTEvTDEo.
RIO JAxEao, August -, 1895.
Nothing decisive has occurred ut the theatre OF In
Paraguay
Flores continued his forced marches join Conavans
The Emperor Of Brazil at Cacbaira where the Count
d. Eu arrived on the sth Of August
The Paraguayans were marching upon Urrigayana and
had committed atrocities IN Corrientcs.
terrible tempest has occurred at Montevideo causing
the loss Of more than twenty ships
a BRAZILIAN LOAN IN LONDON.
From the London Times (ciey articcl Sept 1ll
Proposals for q Brazilian nve per cent loan of
CO 600 900 sterling issued this Q3th) evening by
hessrs Rothschih Tho subscription price is u, pay
able by inetalments extending the next twelve
months discount being allowed of FIVE per cent on pay
ments by anticipation, and dividend will run from the
LIST inst The bonds arc TO be issued for thirty seven
years, redeemabe by annual drawings, 10 which sink
ing fund of per cent per aud the interest
ell redeemed bonds will be applied
FRENCH TREATY WITH uRAdUAY.
The Paris konUeW Of september 10 publishes an I'm
peral decree promulgatng the arrangement concluded
between France and the Oriental republic o Uruguay
the 7h July 1885, for the purpose o again putting into
force the convention OF trade and navigation sgped
the stb April 1885, between France and that country,
which had fallen into abeyapce.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30
News from the Sandwich Islands.
SAN FRASCrCo Sept %. 1896

DAN THANCfsFO, Sept ~, Iooo
sandwich Islands dates Of the I'd inst received No
later from the pirate Shenandoah had reached the
isands which regarded favorable TO the safety Of
forty vessels In the Ochotsk sea
The Honolulu iron works, with capacity for turning
out $780, 900 worth Of work annually approaching
completion
The government Aad secured q large track Of land,
and was erecting hospital for leprosy cases
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The European Capitalists At Me.dviIie

MEADvILLE, Ia, Sept ~, IoOO
The European capitalists, since their return to Mead
vie have been the recipients Of every manifestation Of
good will from It's inhabitants. An illumination took
place afer sunset last evening, accompanied with very
nno display Of fireworks Later the evening public
reception took place, after which followed the grand
ba-the feature Of the closing festivities Of their visit
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-30
visit Of the Tourists to pithole city.

TTFH0LE, oeFt ~, IooJ
The English railway princes arrived here today In
company with several gentlemen from Meadvie. They
wore much pleased with their visit After visit to a
number Of the large flowing wells and partaking Of
sumptuous dinner specially provided for them, they
returned
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-06-23
Jflistellaneous.
ARLINGTON AND ITS PROPR1ETORs.

A visit to the Arlington mansion and
surrounding estate, few days since, filled
us with oppressive and melancholy re-
Elections. -Four years ago Robert E. Lee,
then lieutenant colonel of cavalry in the
Union army, and now Commander in
Chief of the rebel army, was with his fam
ly In the happy possession of that magnif-
cent inheritance. More than one half of
the estate, consisting of thousand acres,
was covered with splendid forest of oak
and other timber, and the rich and pro-
ductive fields adorned with the hand of
culture. To-day, what change The
venerable ancestral mansion, erected by
the honored son by adoption of the Faith
er of his Country, and for half century
his cultivated and delightful home, is now
in the centre of vast cemetery of those
who have fallen in the service of their
country. Two hundred and fifty acres of
this estate surrounding the mansion have
been permanently appropriated for burial
purposes by the Government, and enclosed
by substantial and handsome fence
Nearly five thousand soldiers have already
been there buried, and the number'is dali
ly growing larger. In 1858, Mrs. GUSTS,
the mother of Mrs. General Lee, died in
the Arlington mansion and was buried in
sequestered and delightful grove near
the mansion and in 1857 Mr.. Gusts
died, and his remains were deposited by her
side, vast concourso of persons of every
rank testifying their reverence for the de-
parted by their presence at the obsequies.
That sequcstered grove, thus selected by
its owner as the last resting place for
himself and his, has been in the tempest
of the times invaded, the forest has been
transformed into field of the dead, and
the two marble columns marking tho re-
mains of George Washington Parke Gus.
tbs and Mary Lee Fitzhugh, his wife, now
rise in the midst of more than four thou
sand patriot soldiers graves. Nearly the
whole of the timber and wood has been
swept from the entire estate and used for
war purposes. The Freedman's Village is
established upon one portion of the land
thus cleared, and it is all being put under
cultivation by contraband negro labor.
Mr. Gusts inherited this estate from his
father, who was the son of Mrs. Gen. WASH
ington by former husband. Soon after
his mother died, in 1902, he, then about
twenty-five years of age, came here from
Mount Vernon, and with his young and
accomplished wife took up their residence
in the Arlington Mansion, which he had
then just then erected and which evermore
was their beautiful and cultivated home.
The fruits of this union were four daugh-
tcls, all of whom died in infancy except
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BEL AIR, MD. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE o. 1865

by merit, major, lieutenant colonel and
colonel, for his gallantry; in 1852 superin-
tendent Military Academy; in 1855 trans
ferred as lieutenant colonel of the new re-
giment of cavalry; March 10th, 1861, pro-
NOTED colonel of the LIST cavalry; resigned
April 18th the following, and reluctantly
embarked in the rebellion.
The following are the children of Gen.
eral Lee: George Washington Gusts Lee,
about thirty-three years of age; Mary
Gusts Lee, about 30; William Henry Fitz-
hugh Lee, about twenty-seven; Annie Lee
died at Berkeley Springs, in 1868, and
would have been now about twenty-five !;
Robert Il. Lee, about twenty Mil
dred Lee about eighteen. None of them
have married except William Henry Fitz-
hugh, whose wife, Miss Charlotte Wick
ham, died at Richmond in 1868. The eld-
est son, George, graduated at the head of
his class, at West Point, in 1854, and was
a first lieutenant in the corps of engineers
when he followed his father in the South
ern service. William Henry was farming
upon the White House estate, which be-
longed to the GUSTS inheritance, when the
war opened. He was commissioned Sc
cond lieutenant in the 9th infantry in
1857, but resigned iu 1859. Robert was
at a military school in Virginia The
sons, it is we'll known, are all officers in
the rebellion. The three surviving daugh-
tors are with their mother, who it is be-
lieved, has latterly been at Lynchburg.
Mr.. Gusts, at the time of his death,
owned some two hundred slaves, who, by
his will, were to be free at the termina-
ton Of five years from his death, which
period expired October 10th, 1862. The
most of these slaves were kept on the
White House estate, and all the valua-
BILE portion were carried South some
twenty or more old men and women and
young children were left at Arlington
Mr.. Custis's mother owned the White
House estate, and resided there when she
became the wife of General Washington.
-Ltelltgencer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-06-23
A New and Dang erous Weapon.

The school of "gonnoffs," commonly
known as highwaymen, have imported
from London or some other European cap
ital, new style of bludgeon, to be used
upon their highway victims. 1t is called
the "sand club and its use is almost GER
tain to produce death. 1t made of strong
canvass, in the shape of club, about
twenty inches long, and from six to eight
inches in circumference. This bag or club
is filed with closely packed, fine sand, and
weighs from five to ten pounds, and has
great advantages over the ordinary club or
bludgeon, brass knuckles or slung-shot.
1t will not rebound after blowis struck,
and it leaves no mark or bruise. When the
victim is struck on the top Of the head, and
that is where the sand-club is directed, he
instantly sinks to the pavement, without
struggle, the result of conclusion to the
brain, and not even a bruise, which any
ordinary blunt instrument makes, is to be
discovered on the scalp of the victim, after
the sandclub has performed its fearful
mission. Some of the clubs have already
been found by the New York police in the
possession Of desperate characters, who
made known the use for which they are
intended
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-06-23
VOL. IX.---NO. 25.
God in Nature.

When Napoleon was returning from
his campaign in Egypt and Syria, he was
seated one night upon the deck of YES
sci under the open canopy of the heavens,
surrounded by his captains and generals.
The conversation had taken skeptical
direction, and most of the party had COM
batted the doctrine Of divine existence
Napoleon sat silent and musing, apparent
ly taking no interest in the discussion,
when suddenly raising his hand, and
pointing to the crystalline armament,
crowded with its mildly shining planets,
and its keen glittering stars, he broke out
in those tones that SO often electrified mil
lions: "Gentlemen, who made all that"
The eternal power and godhead of the Gre
ator had impressed by the things that are
made; and these words of Napoleon to his
atheistic captains silenced them. And
the same impression is made the world
over. Go to-day, into the heart of Afri.
ca or into the centre of New Holland !;
select the most imbrued pagan that can
be found take him out under clear
starlit heaven, and ask him who made
all that, and the idea of Superior Be.
Being, superior to all his fetish and idols,
possessing eternal power and Godhead, i'm
mediately energies in his consciousness.
The instant the missionary takes this lust
full idolater away from the circle of his
idols and brings him face to face with hea-
vens and Garth, as Napoleon brought his
captains, constitutional idea draws again,
and the pagan trembles before the unseen
power.-Prof Shed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-06-23
FARMERS
WEATHER INDICATOR,
Woodruff's Portable Barometer.

W00druff'S Portable Barometer.
THIS INSTRUMENT should be in
i the hands Of every Agriculturist, as it
unerringly points out any change in the
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without Barometer, might be caught out
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1t is simple in construction, cheap in
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the only perfect, portable Barometer in
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We name few that have endorsed this
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BS" We are in possession of facts in re-
lation to deed of kindness performed by
Ben Butler. He seized full service Of
solid silver ofgreat value from clergyman
in New Orleans, and presented it to Re-
publican editor OF N. Y. City, with his
compliments. The clergyman despoiled
by Butler was DR.. Palmer, one of the most
eminent clergymen in America. The sill
yer service bore this inscription "The
First Presbyterian Church of New Or.
leans, to their beloved Pastor, the Rev.
DR.. Palmer" Under this inscri ption But
Ter had the following engraved-"Major
General B. f. Butler, TO-" This mag
ni6cent service is now in the possession of
Republican editor of this city, to whom
Butler donated it. Did every editor who
has defended this "gold robber" and cow
ard receive similar token of his regards2
Old Guard.