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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-12-28
VOL. X.---NO. 50.

of the man who would slay thousands of
his countrymen for gold Come forth We
hundreds of witnesses of this mans deprag.
ity, aud make it known to the world I
summon you to the inquisitioh, not as a
partisan, but for the cause of humanity,
Ben. Butler must be unmarked Some
body must undertake the task.
Some months ago wrote to Secretary
Stanton, giving him ",he points, against
Butler, the names of the witnesses, but
nothing has been done. l wrote pri-
vate letter to Secretary Stanton 10 regard
to this matter, but not q move has ever
been made against him.
Butler is a worthy son of New Eng.
land. He is loved there as good, true
and patriotic man. Wait for time, and
"see his guilt upkennelled."
JOHN Il WATSON.
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Particulars of the Portsmouth Riot

About s o'clock on Thursday night,
soon after the dismissal of the night watch
for their respective beats, the cry of
"Wa'ch !. Watch Help! Help"' was
heard in the direction of Gosport Bridge,
and the clauor of turbulent voices dis.
tinctly evidenced the progress of fearful
street fight. The watch in the vicinity
hurriedly ran to the scene of conflict, and
found the fight going on in the bar-room
called the "Star Saloon,' kept by mu.
l4tto man by the name of Chas. W. Clark.
The Lieutenant of tho Watch, Mr.. VIM,
Hughes, aud posse of police made
rush on the ombatants, whom they found
to be whites and negroes, and succeeded
in making several arrests, including Clark
and his barkeeper, a big, Swapping, fend-
ish-looking negro, and carried them off to
the lock up for examination this morn.
ing.
The scene that presented itself after
the turbulence was suppressed proved that
the fight was one Of extraordinary vi
olence, and, judging from the results, one
OF the narrowest possible escapes from an
act of murder. Three men were stabbed
and murderously beaten by the stalwart
negroes. MIR. Robert Peed was cut in
the neck and ear and terribly beaten on
the back of the head with some heavy in.
strument; Nv. Richard Fitzgerald, of
Norfolk, had his throat cut from the ear
in the direction Of the windpipe, about
three inches on the left side; Mr.. Thos.
Fergerson, Of Norfolk, was badly cut in
the neck and head; John Francis, no.
gro, was cut severely about the head !;
Clark's wife was badly hurt by being
thrown over the bridge.
Tho "Star Saloon" was completely rid
died Every vestise of furniture, orna-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-12-28
DEALERS IN FERTILIZERS,
Examiners Notice,

TNIlE undersigned Examiners, appointed
by the County Commissioners for
Hartford county, will meet on the ground
On Monday, the 3Ist Of December, 1866,
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
to ascertain and determine whether the
public convenience requires that public
road should be opened, commencing at
Smiths Foundry, on the Baltimore road,
in the village Of Norristown, and running
on or near the bed OF road now in use,
it being the line between Daniel Norris
and Ellen Rigdon, passing between the
Church and School House, then for short
distance through the, lands of Elizabeth
and Jane Norris, then on the line tween
Jane Norris and David A. Edie, then
through the lands of David A. Edie, pass
ing on the south side of his garden, then
passing to the north of spring branch
running from Edie's house, continuing
thereon until it comes to McCung's line,
then following the branch for short dis
tunce, striking the old road, continuing on
or near the bed of the old read through
the lands of Ephraim B. McClung, then
for short distance through the lands of
Ezekiel Slad2 to intersect the public road
leading from Mathew Wley's mill to the
Pennsylvania line at or near The terminus
of the road now in use.
DAVID PYLR
II. N. RAMPLEY,
THOMAS BUTLER,
nov30-5t Examiners.
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THE LARGEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
A number of years ago the Nashville
Dispatch published statement which was
not generally credited at tho time. The
editor in late number of the paper re-
wives the story, and claims that he can
substantiate it by hundreds of responsible
citizens in Henderson county, Tennessee.
The substance of the original article is
& ven as follows:
"NIiles Darden was, beyond oil ques-
ton, the largest man in the world, at least
since the days whom there were giants in
the land.
His height was sevon feet and six inches
two inches higher than Porter, the Ken
lucky giant. His weight was fraction
over one Thousand pounds. He measur-
ed around the waist six feet and four inch.
es, and it took one hundred feet of plank
to make bis coffin. He was SIS years of
age when he died, full of hnmor' and pos
sessed of fine sense, though very sensitive
on the subject of corpulency. We knew
Mr.. Darden fifteen years before his death.
He then weighed only 400 pounds, but
continued to increase as he became Older
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ESTRhYS.

T HEREBY certify that Randolph Lay,
l. (" lI"Iord county, brought before me,
me subscriber. one OF the Justices of the
Peace i'll and for said county, this 18th
'Iay OF December, in the year 1865, as
Strays trespassing upon his enclosures,
TWO RED HEIFERS,
About two and half years old one OF
them has too Sits in left ear, the other has
hole in each ear, crop off left ear, and
slit in right ear.
Given under my hand
JOHN B. FOY, J. P.
The owner Of the above described
Cattle, is requested to prove property,
pay charges and take them away.
RANDOLPH LAY,
dec2l-3t Swamp Quarter Farm.
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FALL AND WINTER
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Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
ASHLAND COUNTY.

Mr.. Elias Croft, of Green township, ha:
lost five valuable cows from a disease I'M
known in this section of the country. Il
maifested itself at first by the cattle being
restless and uneasy, and walking around
caring little for food. Then they com
menced licking their hind legs and hips
which they kept up until the hair was al
of. Mr.. Croft opened them after death
but could see nothing unusual except
that their gall and bladders were distend,
ed with fullness. Some of his neighbors
think it q species of cattle disease, other;
call it the mad itch.
The Ashland Times SAYS: We have con.
versed with quite a number of farmers
from different sections of the county il
regard to the prosperity of the wheat
crop, and the general opinion is, that the
prospects are good for an average crop
Many of the fields that were pronounced
ruined by freezing, are beginning to look
green.
The citizens of Ashlsnd county, feeling
that the time has come when q united eff
fort on the part of temperance men
throughout the county for the suppression
of the use and traffic in intoxicating
drinks, is imperatively demanded, invite
all the friends of the cause throughout
the county, to meet in convention at the
town hall, in Ashland, on Friday tia 4th
of May next, for consultation respecting
the matter, and efecting an organization
for promoting the above objects.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
CoLUMBIANA COUNTY.

The wheat seems TO be less injured by
the winter than was for a time supposed,
and as for the grass, it has never grown so
fast as it has lately.
The Columbiana County Agricultural
Society will hold a public sheep shearing,
on the Fair Grounds, at New Lisbon, and
the 10th day of May, 1863, at ten O'Clock
A. NJ.
A public shearing will be held at East
Palestine, on Saturday, May 18th.
s. W. Clark, of East Liverpool, present
State Representative from Columbiana
county, will be 8 candidate for Congress
ional Representative for that district at
the coming nomination. So says the
Salem papers.
The wife OF Mr.. John Mills, residing
about one mile west of New Lisbon, died
suddenly on last Wednesday. Her hus-
band left her at home in perfect health
about four o'clock in the afternoon; but
upon his return, not more than an hour
sfterward, he found her a corpse. She
was subject to apopletic fits, but has not
taken any for some years past until this
last one.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02

would be the other way, that the Govern
ment would have to pay all rather than
none of the liabilities it is thus called
upon to assume.
MI. Speaker, I have made my senti-
ments known in regard to this measure,
and 1 trust they will justify my vote. 1
know very well how these Geographic
communications to members are brought
about. The same agency that has been
at work around this Hall for months, has
worked over the telegraph wires and
brought a monition to me as well as to
the gentleman from Chicago, and no
doubt to other members upon this floor,
in order to induce them to sustain this
bill. Sir, 1 can never be reached in this
manner 1 must, whenever I vote on an
important measure in this House, be per-
mitted TO vote according to the honest
convictions of my own judgment or 1
will not vote at all 1 will abandon my
position 1t once, and ask my constituents
to send some one in my place who will be
more subservient to extraneous influences.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

The Bucyrus Journal wa told . few
days since, in all seriousness, by a very re
liable man of that place, that the sum Of
S2s,6 800 had been found, buried beneath
the old water house on the railroad on the
west side Of town, by two boys. The
money was said to be found buried in q
tin box, containing $4,000 in gold, 5000 in
silver, and the balance in greenbscks. He
gave minute particulars how the matter
leaked out about their finding it, and how
they had hid it again for safe keeping
The story is told for what it is worth,
In the meantime, if any money has been
missing answering the above, some clue
NAV be gathered from this statement.
The Journal says the cold raw, driving
| continued rain and storm Of Monday, the
18th, was a severe one On young lambs
From accounts that reach US, not less than
a thousand persisted in Crawford county
alone, as we are ted that some of the
fields on the plains south of the town are
dotted all oYer with dead lambs. Mercy
and economy would seem to suggest that
more sheds and fewer sheep should be
owned.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
The Northern Paeiae RaEIread Bfn.
We mint IN anothar oolumn the speach

1me A0RE4GH4 E8GAAC A0AAEgaA nAAAa
We print in another columnt the speech
of the Hon. R. P. Spsiding, on Wednes-
day last against the Northern Pacific
Railroad bill reported by the Pacific Rail-
road COMMITTEES u the House of Represen.
t atives. On Friday the bill was killed by
the motion of Mr.. Spalding to lay it on
the table, which was carried by twenty
majority. Powerful lobby interests were
twork both for and against the bill, and
harges of corruption were freely banded
shout against both its supporters and It's
opponents. The debate was very anima-
ted and was participated in by the lead
ers Of the EHouse-Messrs. Bingham, Ste
vens, Banks Kelley and others in favor,
and Messrs. Washburne, Wentworth, De
lsno, SC, against it. The division on the
measure was not a party one, though most
Of the Democrats voted to table the bill.
An the Ohio delegation except Mr.. Bing-
ham were opposed to the bill. Its sup
port was chiefly from New England and
Kew York men, whilethe Northwest stood
with singular unanimity against it. The
Cleveland Board Of Trade had before it
resolution In favor of the bill, which was
to have been voted upon on Saturday, had
not the House of Representatives fore
stalled their action.
We are on the whole rejoiced that the
bill has been defeated. The grant made
By the ThiFty-eighth Congress comforting
upon the corporstors of the road forty
seven million acres Of land for its con-
struction, was certainly liberal enough. In
the words of Hon. John Wilson, which
Judge Spalding quotes, Hif it is properly
GmGnaged, it will build the entire road,
aft out an entire feet for the China, East
Linda and cossting trade, of sailing
Hvesaels and steamers, and leave a sur
aplus that will roll up to millions" This
ought to be enough for the nation to doin
behalf of any private enterprise however
great il public results and benefits. But
the eorporators of the road ask more than
this. They ask-and this is what the bill
proposed-that the United States become
responsible for the payment of the inter
est on their bonds, which amount to $51c
100000. The advocates of the bill claim
that the Government would new be
called or to pay interest on the entire
sum, and that the security given is ample.
But if we grant both these propositions
we ara yet unconvinced of the wisdom Of
the bill. The railroad will undoubtedly
be of great public benefit but important
and advantageous as it may be to the ma
ton. It win be of even greater advantage
to its ownerE. They have already secured
smuniacent grant from Congress, which
will ultimately not only pay the expense
of building and stocking their road, but
will put ready money in their pockets.
We cannot see how they can ask or Con-
gress oan grant anything more.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
anna n.rhnri.m Ia sInrerr.

History never repeats itself; but it fire.
quently runs in parallels 50 close that we
cannot avoid observing them. The recent
attempted assassination of the Car of
Russia, though in many Of its features
different yet strikingly reminds US Of the
murder Of President Lincoln almost pre-
cissly q year before. One at least, of
its lessons Is identical with that burnt
in upon the heart of this nation IS with
fire in the affection of 1865. In both
cases the ruler aimed at wa Just and gen.
srous and mild; in both cases the crown
ing glory Of his life was the cause of the
attempted murder in both cases that
browning glory, which shall make the
names of Alexander and of Lincoln slike
immortal in tie annals Of their countries,
was the emancipation of millions of
slaves. In both cases the demonisc
spirit Of slavery, in its dying
struggles, inspired the instrument of muir
der. The one assassin was stepped in the
barbarism Of Ameaiean slavery, and sub
scribed with full faith to its corollary, Sc
cession. The other, the telegraph tells Us,
lis . Russian landholder of small means,
who considered himself injured by the
emancipation Of the serfs." And the les
son which we draw from both these crimes
Is the same-the barbarian and savagery
With which slavery inspires its satellites.
Never were there apter words than those
in which, ten years ago, Senator Sumner
framed his terrible indictment against sla-
verv in the United States. Subsequent
history has over and over again confirmed
their truth. The bsrbarity Of slavery
struck at Mr.. Mr.. Sumner on the very day
after he had thus denounced it During
the war It has over and over again been
made manifest. Andersonyille Fort
Pillow, Belle Isle, Salisbury, are its men
uments. And its eliminating atrocity
was Atly its last In its dying agOnies it
struck down our best our getnlest, our
uoblest ruler, whom we have not yet
ceased 10 mourn.
Slavery in America is desd, but the
barbaric spirit which it has inspired is
SIN virulsnt and malignant. The mur
dsrs, the cruelties, the l&Elessness, the
anarchy Of the South is but the NANTES
tstiou Of this hideous bsrbarism- Yean
viii be necessary TO eradicate it. and
while the present generation Of former
slsve owners live it will also exist Let
u b careful how we loose this terrible
and destroying dumOn-@H xezesnnot-
utterly ~annihilate II. let US make it power
less.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02

The Democrats and Conservatives OF
the Fourth Congressional District will
hold a nominating convention at Green's
burg, June It'll
The call for the Ohio Union State Con-
vention has been prepared, and will be is
sued in a day or two.
Dan VOORHEES, publishes a card in the
Terre Haute papers positively declining
denomination to Congress. he consents,
however, to n the district for the
nominee.
1T Is said that Governor Stone will call
an extra session of the lows Legislature
in June.
The original Union men Of Virginia
win meet in State Convention at AleIan-
driA the 18th of May.
The prominent candidates for the Re
publican nomination for Governor Of
Maine sre Samuel E. Spring, cfPortlandr
John ]. Perry, of Oxford, W. A. P. Dill
bingham of Watesville, and Generals
Chambsrlin, Shepley and Howard.
Two State Conventions will be held in
Kentucky in May. One, Of the Confed.
crate Democracy at Louisville May LIST,
and one of the anti-C onfederate-but-not
much-better- Democracy, at Louisville,
May goth.
The particular programme Of Senator
Cowsn for defeating the Republican nom-
inee for Governor of Pennsylvania is for
Hester Clymsr to withdraw, and Gener.
al Hancock or Meade to run as the DEM
ocratic candidate.
Hon. Samuel ]. Bayard in a letter TO
the Philadelphia Age claims that the
right Of a member of a Legislative body
to vote for himself was officially recog-
nized by the Senate Of the United States
in 1929, In the case of DR.. Bsteman.
Josiah P. Hetrich, editor of the EastOn
Commercial, has been nominated for Col
lector Of Internal Revenue in the
Eleventh District of Pennsylvania, in
place of Mr.. E. T. Foster, resigned. The
Pittsburgh Gazette says that Secretary
MeCulloch, preferred another applicant
to Mr.. Hetrich, but the S~ecretary's
choice, though poor, and dependent on
the wages of a clerkship for q livelihood,
woald not agree to support the Presidents
policy as s condition of promotion.
From this circumstance We Judge Mr..
Hetrich gave the pledge.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
The "FrOst FIewer" of Russia Pro.
dueed i'm Boston.


A Boston journal describes an extraor-
binary "frost flower " of Russia, which
has been produced, it is said, in Boston in
q temperature of artificial cold, in the fol-
lowing words This wonderful plant, or
flower, is found only on the northern
boundaries of Siberia, where the snow is
eternal. 1t was discovered in 1863 by
Count Swinoskof, the eminent Russian
botanist, who was ennobled for his discov-
rry. Bursting from the frozen snow on
the first day Of thsyesr, it grows to the
heighth of three feet, and flowers on the
third day, remains in flower for twenty
four hours, and then dissolves itself into
its original element-stem, leaves and
flowers being of the finest snow. The
stalk is about one inch in diameter; the
leaves, three in number, in the broadest
part are an inch and a half in width, and
are covered with infnitesimal cones of
snow; they grow only OF one side of the
stalk, to the north, curving gracefully in
the same direction. The flower, when
fully expanded, is in shape a perfect star;
the petals are three inches in length, half
an inch wide in the broadest parts, and
tapering sharply to q point. These are
also interlaced one with another, in a
beautiful manner, forming the most deli
cate basket of frost work that the eye
ever beheld; for truly this is frost work
the most wonderful. The anthers are
five in number, and on the third day after
the birth Of the "fower of snow" are to
be seen on the extremities thereof, trem-
bling and glittering like diamonds, the
seeds of this wonderful flower, about as
large as a pins head. The old botanist
says, when first he beheld this flower, al
was dumb with establishment; filed with
wonderment, which gave way to joy
the most ecststic on beholding this won
derful work of nature, this remarkable
phenomenon of snow. To see this flower
springing from the snowy desert-born of
its own composite atoms. / touched the
stem of one lightly, but it fell at my touch,
and q morsel of snow only remained in
my hand" Gathering some of the flowers
in snow, in order to preserve the little
~diamond-ike seeds, he hied to st. Peters
burg, with, to him, the greatest prize of
his lifetime. All through the year they
were kept in snow, and on the first day of
the year following the court of st. Peters
burg were delighted with the bursting
forth of the wonderful "frost fower.S
Our friends in Boston succeeded in OBJ
tanning several of the seeds, and all
through the summer and autumn they
have been imbedded in snow brought at
great expense from the White Mountains
and the coast of Labrador; and they now
have the most unbounded satisfaction and
pleasure in announcing that all signs are
favorable to the realization of their fond
est hopes, the production of the " flower of
snow" The snow and ice are in a large
glass refrigerator, with the thermometer
forty-fve degrees below zero, and the
solid bed of snow has already begun to
show little assures and 8 slight bullying in
the centre; unmistakable evidences of the
of the phenomenon.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-02
NORTHERN OHIO NEWS.
SUMMIT COUNTY


The Akron Beacon appears this week IN
an enlarged form, having been obliged to
make the improvement on account Of its
largely increasing list of advertising IA
vors, another evidence of the thrift Of
the Akron business community, as well as
of the enterprise Of the publishers of the
Beacon.
The new Akron Rolling Mill Company
has been organized, and Col. Geo. T. Per
kins elected President.
On Wednesday, 18th, an eve belonging
to Nj. Adam Owens, of Northampton,
Summit county, gave birth to four live
lambs. One Of them lived but a few
hours. The other three are still alive
and doing well. 1t is, We believe, the
only case of double twins in all the record:
of oviue fecundity.