The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-08-11
GENERAL NEWS.

1t is said to be feared at this time that po-
litical and social convulson is about to break
out in Spain. The finances are represented to
be in deplorable condition, and even the Span
ish Cabinet is suspected of entertaining revolu-
tionary designs, involving the deposition of
Queen Isabella, the offer of the throne to the
King of Portugal, and the whole remodeling of
the United Peninsula.
The Brazilian Government is extending cor.
dial invitation to all persons from the United
States, who desire to immigrate to Brazil with
view to make permaner settlement there
Abundance of fertile land, suitable to the culture
OF cotton, sugar cane, coffee, rice tobacco, &C.,
is offered for sale at the low rate of forty-four
cents per acre, to be paid in cash before occupa-
ton. The laws Of Brazil also exempt immi-
grants from the payment of import duties on all
articles for personal use and on implements of
trade and agriculture. Immigrants may obtain
papers Of naturalization, if they so elect, after
residing two years in the Empire, and in so do
ing become entitled to all the rights and priv-
leges which belong to native born Brazilians.
A defensive treaty has been entered into be-
tween the South American Republics Of Saliva
dor, Bolivia, Chill, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
and Venezuela, which is to be binding on the
contracting parties for fifteen years. By the
terms of the treaty the several Republics alluded
to agree 10 unite for the special purpose of a
common defence against foreign intervention in
the affairs of either of them and each State also
10 TT.
Power attacking any member of the league
Since the close of the war over one hundred
thousand applications for pensions from widows
have been filed at the Pension Office, at WASH
ington.
Advices from Europe by the steamship Damas-
Gus state that at ten o'clock on the morning of
the 2sth the Great Eastern was about $50 miles
from Valentia, aud had paid out FIVE hundred
miles of the cable The signals were good and
the weather fine.
Advices from Savannah TO the Cd inst, and
from Hilton Head to the 9th, state that General
Steedman has suppressed the Macon (Georgia)
Journal and Messenger for disloyal language, and
that the Augusta (Geo.) Transcript was also
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nary notice of Confederate soldier.
portion of the men belonging to the First
Ohio Cavalry, whilst under the influence of
liquor, robbed and destroyed goods at Florence
South Carolina, to the value of two thousand
five hundred dollars.
The Port Royal Neo South learns that the ne.
groes on Helena Island, have armed themselves
for their protection. ... ....
The Richmond Times states that indictments
were found last week in the circuit court of Roane
county, West Virginia, against nearly one hun
dred persons, guerllas chiefly, for horse stealing
murder and other like crimes COL Roberts,
who was member of the West Virginia Con-
vention in 1861, bnt who was subsequent ly seiz-
ed and taken as a prisoner to Richmond has OBJ
tanned judgments to the amount of forty thou
sand dollars against those persons who are
charged with having been principally responsible
for his captivity.
The amount OF Government money lost, squan-
dered or stolen from Memphis Custom House, is
now estimated at over one million two hundred
thousand dollars. Mr.. Page, who was arrested
on the charge of completely with this enormous
defalcation, has been released on BAIL 1t is the
general impression, we are told, that his transac
tons will be found legal, and that he will only be
affected as the bondsman of Carlton the chief de-
faulter. .'.t