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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

SINGULAR FACTS The human eve
always attempts to supply the complement
color. Thus, if the eye rests for any
time on any one color, say green--which
is composed of blue and yellow-on shut
ting the eyes a faint repetition of the OBJ.
ject will be seen in red. which is the third
of the primary colors and complementary
to the other two.
The laws Of acoustics are hitherto but
little known, but it would seem that q
similar effect is produced, two notes of the
major triad when struck calling forth
faint impression on the ear of other notes
being supplied. 1t is curious fact, aud
one which quite upholda this law, that on
striking aoy CHORD on tie piano forte, all
the strings of the same chord throughout
the instrument which are in unison with
the notes struck, are in vibration, while
the other notes are not agitated. This
can be ooularly demonstrated by placing
on these strings little saddles of paper,
which will be seen to vibrate violently,
while when placed on other strings which
are foreign to the chord, they rest uudis-
turbed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

TnE DIsCoRD OF THE AGE The
great dscord between the head and the
heart, between intellect and faith, is the
predominant characteristic of The age -
Old forms ofthought are failing Where
ever faith finds foothold, the intellect
comes prying, doubling, and disturbing
The age is accused of having suspense
of faith" of infidelity, of materiaism -
But the discord is not with iulidhls and
materialis,s alone. 1t runs far back into
the very heart of the church. This rest
less search, this unsatisied longing, this
hurrying discord, can have but one soIu-
ton. The song that the shepherd boy
sings in the Saul of Robert Browning
to the dsquieted king, is the only music
that can soothe the troubled spirit of the
present. The truth there uttered is its
Gully resting place. The strife between
the heart aud intellect cannot cease until
the heart has learned to trust with simple
faith its own highest impulse, and to crown
it as divine. 1T must learn to take for
granted, that, as mountains sta16 by the
power OF God, as the sun shines with HIS
glory, so the heart loves and can love on y
10 HIS love- Christian Elamu1Sy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03
AIR, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1865

view to National defense or Military ope-
rations-that they are simply raids on the
Treasury for personal aggrandizement.-
They are intended TO make the fortunes
of individuals, some of whom are after
money, others intent on office and roiti-
cal consequences. They ar grabs, on the
princi pie If each for himself and the evil
one take the hindmost.
We are not denying, and will not now
discuss, either he abstract utility or the
ultimate feasibility of the works in CUES.
ton. OF ,.ursc, they can be made, with
money enough; and they will add some.
what TO existing facilities for internal
commerce. Their construction may at
some future day be advisable. though we
cannot readily admit that the Federal
Government should ever be saI'ied with
their total cost. But to compel it to shout.
der the load noe, when our ov"rstrai"ed
public credit is where it is-whcn our he
rocs in the field are sainly asking for their
hard earned pittances to feed and clnthe
their needy wives aud chllren-when
some brigades have had no dollar for their
last Fix months service, aud are becoming
mutinous and unscrviceable because I'M
paid-when nobody deals with the Gov
eminent who can find any other customer,
because payment is withheld to the last
moment, AID then oftener made in certiii-
Gates Of indebtedness which must he sold
at heavy discount-when everything
Says aud drags for want of money, and be,
cause the National credi, is so dubious
did human iufatuation and short-sighted
greed ever before prompt such com.
pound of insanity and practical treason?
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03
VOL. IX.---NO. 9.
Travelling in the Desert.

The mode Of travelling in the desert has
30 often been described, that need do
no more than add my tribute to its charms.
There is no life to be compared to it the
air you breathe is an elixir. In the des.
ert we learn for the first time what hunger
really is, and what depths of repose its
fatisuos can open to US. The Arabian
heaven is indeed poured upon our nights"
and although the Arabian sun during the
day may be little too hot, yet the deli.
cious GOODNESS of the evening atones for
the previous frizzle. Every incident, how
ever trivial, is an excitement. A strange
Arab, on his swift dromedary, is seen in
the horizon, perhaps a spy from hos lie
tribe-faint hopes of skirmish, and a
careful looking to pistols and firearms; a
group of stunted shrubs indicating tho
presence of some diamond of the DESERT"
the comfortable encampment 10 the even.
ing, so home-like that one leaves tho very
chicken.bones the next morning with re-
greet. All is delightful, strange, new and
celebrating; and l sit down again by
my sca-coal fire with deep feeling Of
thankfuness taat have experienced the
delights of Eastern travel.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03
Finger Rings.

These ornaments, like other jewels,
have their histories interesting to the Gu
rious. We clip the subjoined particulars
from an arch@ illogical research instituted
by one Of our cotemporaries. Capricious
as are the freaks of fashion in dress and
personal ornaments, it has been able to
work little change in the habit of wearing
rigs, since the world frs, took fancy
for them. The material aud workmanship
alter with the advance of art, but the ring
itself, from its regular beauty apart from
all superstitious, ornamental, or mystical
associations, must ever be a cherished or.
nament Betokening class which need
not labor with its hands, rings have always
been the favorites of princes aud ladies'
The history aud poetry Of these jewels are
laid up in nu nervous learned treatises.-
En!uring as rings are, their antiquity
reaches far beyond the oldest we can see
in museums. The earliest mention of
their use occurs in the Book of Genesis
some 1927 years B. g. We afterwards
hear in the sacred records of Pharaoh 5
ring. and that used by Darius at Babylop;
aud Horodotus tells US all the Bat, loni
ans n"el to wear rags. They were ORR
ginally intended strictly for use as ,ignet
rings and not as ornaments, and their use
as such soon spread from the East into
Europe. Tue earliest rings used in Greece
were slgnet rings for use only They soon
became fashionable as ornaments, howev.
err, tn precious stones set and engraved
IN them, daudies crowding their fingers
with them up to the nails, like modern
Jews or card playing dowagers. The La
ceda nonians always wore iron rings
The Roman rings were at first always of
iron, and strictly for use, but increasing
luxury corrupted this primitive fashion,
Still, such men as Marius, aud such fam
lilies as held what we should call good old
Troy principles, never gave up the iron
ring The Roman fast young men made
an improvement on the Greek profusion
by introducing light rings for summer
wear, aud heavier ones for w'rter. Thu
ring has bYoa adopted for tho symbol Of
espoussls, b"tokeniug eternity IN it's figure
aud the surprising excellence of true love
In its material and how, being Worn on
tbs f'arth finger, it thereby (so an"irnts
bo;avoiD pressed vein that ran straight
to the heart. 1t may be noticed in pass.
ing from this, that much curious learning
attaches itself to the different fingers on
which they are worn. Originally, says
that ar'ant gossip, Piny, rings we're
worn on the fourth finger, then on the Sc.
cond, afterward on the least. Oar ances-
tors Who ran wild in the wood, seem %
have preferred the fourth finger. TIE
moukish verse,
Miles, Mercator, Stultus, Martus, Amor,
assigns them, counting from the thumb,
to the soldier the merchant, the fool, the
husband "a suspicious closeness), the low
err Ancient rings were geuer lily mas
sivr. Henrietta Maria's, the queen of
Charles l., is said to have been thick
enough and large enough to be worn OIL
modern. lady's thumb. Rings play an i'm
portrait part in many original legends, but
there is no romance for those who can
read it, like that of an old worn wedding
ring.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

FLoGGING A QUEEN. recent meet
ing of the Geographical S ciety, an anus.
ing letter from NJ du Chailu was read
detailing his success 80 far as the FerDau-
do 20 river, where he was waiting for in.
struments TO replace those he had lost
He stated that he had settled With the
King that whoever was found guilty of
stealing should be f!ogged, and that ind
ing his fowls disappearing mysieriously at
the rate of ten a day, he was toll that the
woods were full of snakes and wild cats -
This excuse not satisfying him, he was af.
t'rw told that the thieves could not be
discovered, but that three buys should be
fogged tor him. He declared he would
leave them if they did not find the culprits,
who proved to be Que of the Kings wives
and another noble lady. These in vain
offered him some ELEPHANTS tusks as a
conformation of the offence. Proceedings
were stayed till the return Of the King
from au expedition, when the criminals
were so!emniy brought out, and Du Chaillu
informed that noue but himself should fog
the Queen. This be refused to do, and
the punishment was inflicted by tue lady E
brother.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

RAW RECRUITS. A veoy tall speci-
men of Buckeye extraction had been in
stalled in IA certain company ouly day or
two, when he was put on guard. The
lieutenant of the guard, noticing his green
hess, instructed him, when the officer Of
the day passed, to present arms to him,
but did not explain the manual. Imagine
the nouplus If the officer of the day, aud
the horror of the lieutenant, when the
raw recruit presented arms to the former
in literal sense. When reprimanied for
the breach of discipline, in permitting his
gun to be takeu from him when on duty
he replied:
"WaaI, didn't ye tell me to give my
shootin iron to that Teller with red
string twisted around him, when be came
s,ops!'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

ss9-In criminal court, the counsel,
dissatisfied with his want of success With
an Irish witness, complained to the Court.
Paddy replied: "Sure, an I'm 10 law.
yer, yer honor an the spalpane ouIy wants
to puzzle me-"
"Come, now, do you swear you are no
lawyer?" said the counsel.
FAX an do; and yez may swear the
same about yerself, too, without fear Of
perjury"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03
nag This is the style in which the fair

Heg- This is the style in which the fair
ones in sumo parts IF Yorkshire convey
the hint to back ward swains. "Why don't
you get marr'ed?' said young lady the
other day to bachelor friend, who was
down there on visit. "['ve been trying
for the last ten years TO FIJI some one who
would be silly enough To ave me-" was
the reply. THEN YOU haven't been
down oar way" Was tue insinuating re-
iDinder.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

O. a blss singer with bad voice, was
corrected by the conductor of choir, who
said to him-"Sir, you are numbering thS
music !" My dear SIR" was the reply,
SIT is better to murder it outright, thaa
4ep beating it as you do
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

eag"A Dublin Journal observes that
handful announcement of political meet
ing in tho city, states, with boundlcss lib.
crafty, that the "iades, without disliac.
tioD Of sex, are cordially invited"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

nara Pixies Peakcr, writing to Min
nesota journal, says the miners are very
much discouraged in that region they
have to dig through solid vein of silver
four feet thick before they reach .ne geld !!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

Bag~ Artcmus Ward notifies the gen;l,.
mau who left phosphorus i'll his bed ut tie,
ST. Nicholas Hotel, that if he will lesvs
his name with General Dix, be will hear
of something to his advantage.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

s@rThe Biddlefyrd journal tells good
story of a msu who worked all day an cleo
ton bringing voters up to the polls, bur
forgot to vote himself.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

Bss""Your mother is very poor, is shes'
eyes; she used to keep peanut stsud,
but she took bad dollar bill srd failed"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03
A Wife or a Life.

Scott of Harden, one of the ancestors
IF Walter Scott, was a famous border
thief, aud at one time, when he had either
spoiled the neighboring English of all
their cattle, or had frightened them all
away, be began to fear that from disusc
he might become less xpert at the honor.
able trade he pursued E; aud to keep his
hand in, amused himself with driving the
cattle of one Of his own countrymnn and
neishbors, Murray Of Elibank. Murray
soon found means Of revenging himself,
aud brought Scott, his followers, his cattle,
&c, all prisoners to Elband Castle. On
the walls was sitting his wife, who per.
ceiving the train that followed him, asked
what he meant to do with Scott.
"Why hang him, to be sure" was the
answer.
The more prudent wife exclaimed, -
"What! hang such handsome mamie
as Harden when We have three such sorry
damsels at home!'
Murray was persuaded by his wife.
and sending for one of his daunhters
whose ugly face and immense mouth had
acquired her the name of Nag o'mouth
Murray, proposed to Sc1tt to marry her,
leaving him no other alternative but a
halter. The unfortunate prisoner most
ungalIantly refused the lady; and the ira
dition says that it was not till the rope
was lied to the tree, aud he began to feel
1t tighten, that he repented. He was
married, and sorrowfully bent his steps
homCwards, taking with him his ugly wife.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03

pay- The population of San Francisco,
California, is 10000. In 1913, it con-
tanned four buodred aud fifty inhabita to.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-03
4oetital.

For lie 1EgiS and Hteiiigencer.
ALONE.
Alone ! alone to-night-while thou
Art roaming far beyond the sea;
The stars that shine upon my brow
Are shining. dearest, too on thee,
But do they bring unto thy heart
A thought Of thy far homeland me?
How YEARLY the hours have flown
Since that last time you said "good bye,"
And whom felt that YOU were gone,
could not weep, did not sigh;
only felt that life was dark
And dreHry-and longed to die
But patience with the anguish came,
And strength to bear the stern decree;
And kneeling, now, | breathe thy name
In prayers to Heaven for thee and me,
That God may bring thee safely back,
Across the dark and each rous sea.
ABINGDON, Feb. 9th, 1865.
, 1865-01-25
IN ycur regards and By your hreside. Give my
1--we 10 ali who inquire for me.
Address Lieut.. e. =. Keith, pEfsoner OF War, Co
lnmbis. So1th Curohha, care Of Maj. Gen. Foster,
Iiu Hfltnu Head - -


(Ffom he n. Y. Tribunal
confederecy OF speculato;s in legislation
and liquor gorged themselves last winte: by
getting conttol Of all the distilled liquors in
market in anticipation Of a large increass OF
the excise thereon, and then cofdupting or ca
+; from any additional tax while its market val
: ne was mose than doubled by the heavy ad-
dttiona1 excise then levied on liquors Mereij-
hr manufactured. The net profits OF this
gouge must hare ranged from twenty to f1f-
t. millions Of dollars. and few crafty. un-
scrupulous men pocketed at least half Of it.
The same or similar ring' is now At
adsance this lnpost from e. to $a5{ or s. per
gallon, In fnrtherence Of like speculation.
We en1reat the Enb0ught members not to
count nance ibis scheme. 1t hus M end but
pirate gain. The excise on whisky is quit:
as high now as 1t CAD be kept, and ought on
no ncconnt to be enhanced.
The allegation that whisky cannot now be
produced ind sold without loss, proves that
the present duty tempts to extensive frauds.
In the nature of the case. this cou'd not fail
to be. A barrel Of whisky smngyied over
the Cauuda line this way Is worth as least
$1c0 mere than it cost In the Colony. And q
dtstiller or dealer who can export s1oop-ioad
oil whisky from Detroit, Bulfalo or Oswego
to Canada, thus avoiding the ex>ise, aud then
barrel, Will make thereby snug little TOR
tune What is to be gained by increasing the
temptation to this rosuerys
II Is urged that distilling has nearly ceased
among Us. So it should have dome, When
ccrn and rye cost our laboring class $3.50 to
Sa per bu<hel, and pork over &40 per barrel,
even in grecnbacks, the presumption Is very
strong that we have no: grain 10 spare for
making whisky-thut the learth OF labor
has stinted the yield, while the edormous
consumption and waste Of coarse grains in
feeding the pumbefiess horses and mules of
our various a1mies has left no surplus for dis
tfllirg: Stop The smuggling. and there will
be no lack Of dtstiiling, whenever distilling
shall be desirable.
Unless Congress means to sink into mere
and lacquey Of the jobhers in H.
gislatfon. We trust that it will put its heel
emphatieally on this Inst devise Of the whls-
, 1865-01-25
Adventures of a Chicago 0Mccr at
Raton. RonGc.

.Ae ANc ~+tS A'S" -tt%AA3 4E4@4 2lu-
Major C1aybourp, 18th Illinois cavalry, Dis
trict OF Baton Rouge, has rec nt!y made few
dasdes Into the camps Of tue rebels and lay
hawkers in the surrounding ne;ghbortood.
The Major is IN officer Of" dash" lie is
fearless and patriotic wood, field, water and
rebel are ahke-he g:asps the whole. lie
has taken more prisoners than any other cav
airy ottictr during his command, spread more
consteInation among the lAwless crowd iu the
vicinity than any other officer, and has run
ten mile Bob {Col. Hunter) and scared him
more than regiment Of so1dtery. Last week
the Major left Baton Rouge With q force Of
about one hundred n,ra; he arrived ut the
Amite River, but found It too much swollen,
therefore crossed patt Of his command In i
sng1F cooler. Unfortunately, when one-half
Of them were over, N the next trip horse
kicked the cooler to the waters and lie had to
swim for his life. The Major then ordered
the remaining part Of his command on tue
west bank to return to this city, and then led
bis flfty men through Livingston parish. lie
took twelve prisoners, many horses and mules,
destroyed thirty stacks Of arms and quanti-
ty Of Government property. Mai. Claybourn :
recrosscl at Williams Bridge, aud arrived
here safe with his prisoners and spoiis. He
has also been successful IN another raid just
accomplished. few more such men as Alaj.
Clay b0ufu, and jayhawkcss would be dilicuit
to h. fnrnd
, 1865-01-25

At large wedding reception, the other
night, mentally selected few costumes re-
narkab1e for exquisite taste a. deserving d.
scriptton: An exquisitely fine white tarla-
tame, high co,sage made in close puttings over
lew lining, long sleeves to correspond, and
the skirt prccist u similar, like pile Of deecy
eored light blue sik slirt, OPEN % to The nerp bslt
IN front, and gradually sloptng away to nearly
{. Toint behind. ToEquoise blue pins sup
ported the waterfall, the hair IN trout frizzled
and conabed over o low cushion, ornamental
with pink rosebnds and blue forget-me-nots.
Another distisgue dress was.of amber silk fes-
tooned in deep scoltops, over q white pulled
tarlatane dress, IN amber silk boddice In deep
points o7er the pufed waist, and whenever
trimming was admissible 1t was in black vel
yet. The really beautiful black hair Of the
lair wea1er vas frizzed, twisted, rolled and
pulled awry until the original beauty disap-
peaEed IN this abominabie fashion, which so
few faces in nuc,assfca1 America can bear
[ N. ]. FcA4ioa Wriier.
, 1865-01-25

friends with many civil appointments, aud
film In his objections to any thing like rebel
holding any Office In this State. There il
great CONSERVATION among Judges Of Courts
IN the interior in the expectation that the
State CONVEX tion nlll legfslate them al1 out
Of Office.
State. Farms in the regions desolated by war
are cheap, and. Is an Investment, good pro:
perty to hold. Lafayette county was one Of
The richest In the State before the war, but
now land is sold for q song, and parties are
ntlisrd to sell TO Qht4fn muneT to live. On.
, 1865-01-25

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saeh !. te.ss ,onf s,-h co1eTei Min ssas shsd
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sary fixtures, and .iec,eI 1t .1eh poiLts on tns
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, 1865-01-25
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