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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11
Barney Williams in Court.

Under the above heading the New
York Tribune of Monday bad the follow
ing item /:
On Saturday afternoon a white and col.
ored boy quarrelled in front of the Maisou
Doree, and the latter struck his antago.
mist. Barry Williams, the Irish come
dian, who was passing, interfered, and
severely reprimanded the boy with the
dark skin for striking one with lighter
one. Officer Sherwood of the Broadway
squad attempted to dispense the crowd
which had collected, when Barney re.
fused to "move on' Excited words en-.
sued, which resulted in Barney's being
taken before Justice Dodge. On reach
ing Court the matter was explained and
the prisoner discharged, after having
been admonished against refusing to COM
ply with the request of officers. Barney
threatens to take the case before the Po-
lice Commissioners.
To the above. Barney,who is willing to
stand by his own race in preference to a
negro, replied in the following card
To the Editor of the ". Y. Tribune:
SIR: A paragraph appeared in your
issue of yesterday (Monday), which if
not contradicted, would place me in u
false and unpleasant position with the
public. The following are the facts,
which differ from those stated by your
reporter: Passing the Maison Doree, in
Union Square, with a friend, I saw a
white boy returning from school with
books under his arm, in a scuffle with a
negro boy, or one "with dark skim" as
your reporter terms it. l, with a friend
stepped in and separated the boys they
had scarcely been parted an instant, when
the negro boy followed the white one, and
struck him on the nose, causing it to bleed
profusely. A person passing by called a
policeman, and requested him to prevent
the white boy from striking the negro
one in return. I said, "it is not the
white boy who is in fault, but his oppo-
nent, who struck him without provoca-
ton = to which be replied that he was
no more of negro than | was, which as
sertion I emphatically denied where
upon the policeman ordered me to clear
out. I simply replied, "Clear him out,
for he is the person causing the offense."
He then arrested me. The magistrate
before whom l was taken instantly dis
charged me, not Nth an odmonition, as
your reporter states, as my testimony was
corroborated by two respectable citizens,
who accompanied me to the court, in
order to see justice done me.
l intend commencing proceedings
against the officer for an assault upon
me.
Yours respectfully,
BARNEY WILLIAMS,
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1W1stellane0us.
From the Catholic A
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

We read in Washington dispatch that
the Government has granted Mrs. Davis
permission to visit her husband at For
tress Monroe. Althou Oh partisan press
has seized upon this simple piece of elem
ency to denounce it and viliiy the motives
of the Executive, We cannot believe that
there could be found man in the whole
length and breadth of the land, with the
slightest feeling of human sympathy in
his heart, who does not regard the indul-
gcDce exhibited, in this instance, as prop
er, humane and magnanimous. The name
of Jefferson Davis belongs to history, and
the ver.fowing tide of human events
has swept past him forever. If the Ma
cedonlan conqueror, known to this day iu
Persia as the mighty murderer, understood
how to extend IA generous protection to
the wife of TIE fallen Darius; if the
blood stained Caesar could weep over the
fate of uis illustrious rival, the unfortu.
maze Pompey; and the warlke Aurelian
illustrate his virtues by The pardon of
Zenobia, his most formidable enemy {;
surely Andrew johnson, the Christian
President of a Christian people, should
not be maligned for the prau tice of simi
lri diligence. We huuld not be driven
to Pagans for our only examples of mag
nauimity.
We blush to admit that so many of our
countrymen are dead to the instincts of
humanity. If the Confederate chieftain's
uame belongs to the page of history, the
pen OF the historian will not fail to i'm
mortalize, be it with honor or infamy, the
men who accord him justice, aud those
who would wreak their malice on his help
less head. Arguing from the most radical
standpoint, whatever may have been his
errors, they were errors of which millions
were equally guilty. When the cry for
retaliation was ruug in bis ears, and the
power to enforce it Was lodged in his keep.
ing, bis uniform and determined reply was,
ono, never; the innocent must not be pun
ished for the crimes of others" He was
charged with ohstlnacy, self-will and II
disregard of the opinions Of his advisers !;
but it was an obstinacy which should be
remembered to his advantage to-day
1t saved the life of those who had been
drawn by lot to suffer similar fate to that
me ed out to the guerllias, and other Con-
f'd,rate soldiers, executed by Federal
commanders. We well remember with
what bitterness Mr.. Davis leuiency was
denounced, what clanors were raised for
his removal. aud amid it all his steady
adherence to the most humane usages Of
civilized war. He was an open, honora.
BILE and formidable foe-the fortunes of
war have placed him In the power of the
Govern nent, and struck down the eagle
from his quarry. Vitupcration, revenge,
sectional raucor and petty malevolence,
have followed, like vul,ures, tho bound
Promelheus to his lonely cell, and will
doubtless pursue him on to the end-till
bursts his mighty soul from the taber-
naole of flesh. And who is this man that
be should have thus attracted the gaze Of
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

USEFUL CURIosIrY.-On the South
Faralleone Islands, on the cost of Cali
fornia, is a remarkable subterranean pas.
sage, connected with a rocky gulch, open
to the ocean. Through this passage the
sea forces the air with much violence, and
an observation of the peculiar character of
the wind current some years ago Induced
Colonel Bache, Of the engineer corps,
United States army, to undertake to ar
range a fog whistle, which would give an
alarm to mariners approaching the place.
This he succeeded in doing, and the wind
Instrument performed at nearly all times,
but with different degrees of forco-some-
times 'piano passages and at others
fDrtissimo ones. About the time of low
water, when the waves do not enter the
gulch, it would cease for about two hours
when its shrill music would begin again.
The force of the wind in stormy weather
is so great that the first whistle erected by
Colonel B. was carried away and he sub
sequently constructed a disk of IRON per
forated with hole six inches 10 diameter.
This was securely fastened by heavy bolts
to the solid rock, and it proved entirely
successful.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11
AIR, MD FRIDAY MORNING, MAY H. 1866.

the world, and stirred the heart of a great
nation to tumult Of stormy agitation ?
An American citizen, who once added
lustre to the name, and trod the paths Of
greatness, a giant among the Titaus of the
field, the Senate and the Council. Nature
endowed him with an elegant person, a
demeanor of grace and dignity, and among
his natural gifts, heightened and embel-
lished by profound cultivation, are num-
bcred au eloquence which flows in ordina
ry conversation, and manners of surpass.
ing fascination He sat in our national
forum, with Daniel Webster on one side,
Henry Clay on the other, and Benton and
Douglas members of the same couclave
"Athos and Mount Ida,
With dashing seas Of eoquence between.''
Nor was he the unworthy peer Of those
ilustrious persouages. He breathed his
native atmosph, re amid the intellectual
lights whose extiuguishment would seem
to have left a disastrous eclipse over the
legislative halls Of the nation. 1t was his
misfortune to have been thrust forward by
his countrymen during the progress of
great revolution, but let it be added to his
honor that when madness ruled the hour,
and a dreary night of revolutionary chaos
sat broodiug over the land, he took re-
strainiug part in the most important scenes
of that rcvolution-and illustrated his
character by renewed evidences of coDser-
vatism and ability.
Jefferson Davis has descended the vale
Of years, broken in health, bankrupt in for
tune, and martyr to a cause with which
he believed were bound up the liberties of
his country. Is there nothing in all this
to excite the sympathy of his fellow-men
of his countrymen We will not in
trude with profane gaze upon the meeting
between devoted wife and such hus-
band. There are scenes too sacred and
touching tor the cold descriptions of the
pen to convey; silence on such occasions
is the most eloquent tribute which man
can pay TO the SORROWS Of his fellow man.
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FATAL TRAGEDY,-The Bristol Neu
Yours respectfully,
BARNEY WILLIAMS.

FATAL TRAGEDY.-The Bristol Neaos
reports the following particulars of IA
tai tragedy which occurred on Sunday at a
church called Union, in the northeastern
portion of Hawkins county, some nine
miles northwest of Kingsport, Tennessee !:
The funeral of John Ellis, Jr who
had been Confederate soldier, was to be
preached by the Rev. R. M. Hickey, of
the Holston Conference. Two men named
Walters - perhaps brothers - manifest
ed a disposition to disturb the quiet of the
assembly. Elbridge Hord, ESQ.,, Of that
community, demonstrated against their
conduct. Some angry words onsued,
and Walters shot Hord, woundiug him
severely in the thigh. Whereupou, Sam.
uel Smith, who had been Confederate
soldier, fired twice upon Walters, killing
him on the spot. The other Walters then
shot Smith, wounding him Slightly
Smith returned the FIRE, wounding the
second Walters mortally.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

SELF-AoTINa CLoCK.-A novel ap.
plication of electro-magnetism as mo-
tive power for clock-work has just been
perfected by working jeweler at Lemipg-
toll, which promises to introduce a new
era in clock. making and to bring modern
time.pieces to state of absolute perfec-
ton. By the new arrangement the PEN
dulum, the bob or ball Of which consists
Of an electro magnetic coil, is made to os-
cillate by means of feeble current of
electricity, beating true seconds, with a
train of three wheels only. One of the
advantages of this system is that num-
Der of CLOCKS in different parts, ar even in
different houses, can be connected together
by single wire, and the whole number
will indicate the same time to second.
The clocks are of the simplest construc-
ton, and never need winding up. No
acid battery is used.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11
Floral Offering.

Earl y in the past week, (says the
Washington Herold,) bevy of "colored
ladies'" richly attired in rustling silks,
appeared at the reception rooms of the
Senate, bearing a number of bouquets OF
choicest flowers, for presentation to the
several Senators who had voted for the
civil rights bill, against the veto of the
President. A strongly scented bopuet
was placed on the table of each Senator
who had sustained the measure. Through
inadvertence, one was placed on the desk
of Senator Garrett Davis; but the gallant
Kentuckian "smelt rat" or something
equally offensive, and turned away in
disgust. The father of the bill, Senator
Trumbull, was peculiarly favoured-
having been the recipient of an ornament
ed basket, laden with rare exotics.
When the presentation was made, the
atmosphere of the Senate chamber was
rather hot and oppressive; and blended
with the odor of the flowers, there was
waited to our olfactories scent not quite
as a reeable as that which is borne by
southerly breeze as it sweeps over bank
of violets. In truth, as we gazed from the
gallery upon grave Senators who were ap-
plying these redolent offerings to their
nasal organs, we could not help travesting
the words Of the poet, as We thought
You may turn, you may smell these bouquets as
you will
But the scent Of the darksy will hang round them
still
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

~ A gentleman had five daughters,
all of whom he brought up to some re-
spectacle occupation in life. The daugh-
tiers married, one after another, with the
consent of their father. The first married
gentleman by the name of Poor, the
second Mr.. Little, the third a Mr..
Short, the fourth Mr.. Brown, and the
fifth Mr.. Hogg. At the wedding of the
latter, her sisters with their husbands
were present. After the ceremonies of
the wedding were over, the old gentle
man said to his guests 81 have taken
great pains to educate my daughters, that
they might act we'll their part in life, and,
from their advantages and improvements,
I fondly hoped that they would do honor
to the family; and now I find that all
my pains, cares and expectations, have
turned to nothing but poor, little, short,
brown, hogg"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11
OUR DANCER Nnt,onnI Renub

Our DANoER.-The National Repub-
hcdn, one of tue most ardent supporters
of Mr.. Lncoln's administration 10 the
country, says, "there are two ways of de.
stroying republican institutions; one by
open overt attack with force of arms, as iu
the case of the late rebellion and the
other, far more ins!dious and much more
likely to be successful, the gradual absorp-
ton of power from the people and its con-
solidation into some single agency The
latter system is pursued in France by the
worshlpper of Of the Caesars under the
graudiloquent plea of the Interests of civil
Iization it is being initiated in this coun-
try by Congress under the sacred name of
human rights; and with the plausible
pretext of devotion to liberty
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BOARDING SCHOOL EDUCATION OF
FEMALEs.--An honest farmer in the
county of Essex married miss from a
fashionable boarding-school for his second
wife. He was struck dumb with her
eloquence, aud gaped with wonder at his
wife's learning, "You might" said be,
bore hole through the solid earth, fling
in milestone, and she'll tell you to a
Shawn how long the stone will be goin'
clean through. l used for to think that
it was air that l sucked in every time that
I erpired howsomedever, she telled me
that she knowed better--she telled me
that had been sucking in two kinds Of
stn-ox gin and nitre gin My stars |!
I'm temperance man, and yet have been
drinking OK gin and uisrc gin all my life,
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4oetital.
8 PRIN G

The maiden Spring is coming,
With her gifts of power and beam,
And the earth, though locked in slumbel
Stirreth family in her dream.
But the birds have heard her footsteps
See the robin wooes his bride,
And she listens, slyly glancing,
With her dainty head aside.
The waters CLINT and sparkle,
And with mirth are dimpled DER,
As they mock, with tinkling laughter,
AT the icy chains they wore.
Reaching up to clasp the sunlight,
Tender spires of green and gold,
With heir tiny taper fingers
Put aside the garden mould.
All the lilac boughs are beaded
With their golden budded gems,
And the willows, with shy leaflets,
Curling close above their stems,
Rosy Tipped the budding peaches,
From their russell hoods look out,
Pouting saucily for kisses
From each breeze that roves about.
While the nun-like valley lily,
Seems to shrink from all the world,
Folding her pale hands together
Round her rosary of pearl.
In the wood the moss is greener,
There is balm upon the air,
Softer falls the sun and shadow,
There is promise everywhere.
Nature seems to start and listen,
And to watt with lifted eyes,
For the coming steps that bring her
Brighter robes and bluer skies.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

FAILUREs.-It has been the general
impression that there were few failures
10 1865. An examination of some recent
statistics shows that there were in that
year $50 failures, with total liabilities of
SIT ,625,000 In 1868 and 1864 the
bankruptcies amounted to about one-half
this sum for each year. The year 1857
reported 4,257 failures, with liabilities of
$265, $4,000: and the year 1861, S.
935 failures with $17S,632,177 of liabili-
ties. Average of failed liabilities from
1857 to 1865, S76, $4,000.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11
Rg-Mr. Marshall, of Pittsburg, one

BS Mr. Marshall, OF FlttS0urg, one OF
the most prominent members of the Con.
vention which nominated General Geary
for Governor, id the course of speech
made by him in that convention, said
in course of his speech, that General
Geary had told him that he (Geary) en-
dorse everything that Thaddeus Stevens
had done. Hence, the Geary platform
contains among its broadcast panks,
Negro Suffrage, The Freedmen's Bureau
Bill, and broader and ul4cker than all the
rest, Dlsuuioa, How can any conserva-
tive man or any soldier who fought for
the White Mans Government and against
Disuuiou, support General Geary, after
such an avowal by any one of his friends,
in open Convention ?-Laacaster MteH-
gencer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

The LATE WAR.-During the war
the United States Government had at it's
command 10000 miles of railroad 15,.
900 miles of telegraph were abandoned,
torn down, and reconstructed. The Eft. .
wah bridge, 625 feet long and rs feet
high, was built in six days, and the Chat
toohooche bridge, 749 feet long, and 90
feet high, was built in four days. There
were 214 ,lO2 horses and 5S,S18 mules in
Grants army, their cost for keep being
100000 dollars monthly. During the
war the horses and mules of the army con-
sumed 100000 bushels of corn, 49,
100000 bushels of oats, 100000 tons Of
hay, and q, 900 tons of straw, which cost
155,000,000 dollars. During the last
year of the war los, O19, 4O6 dollars were
paid for clothing and equipage including
100000 jackets, 100000 pairs of draw
ers, trousers and flannel shirts, and l, 746,-
034 wooden blankets; 1000, 900 canteens,
100000 pairs of socks, 1000, 900 KNAPP
sacks, 10000 flags, 1,400 flies, 1000
bugles, and 10000 drums.
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o. A correspondent of Western re-
ligious paper knows of a preacher in one
of the Southern States who has charge
of four churches, edits newspaper, is
president Of female college, runs several
pedler wagons, keeps farm, and owns
several patent rights.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

Among the curioities lately placed
in museum is musquito's bladder, con-
tanning the souls of twenty-four Govern
ment contractors and the fortunes of
twelve editors. 1t is nearly half full.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-05-11

Vs. The proportion of persons injured
on railroads to the number of passengers
conveyed, which in our country nearly
attains the frightful figure of one in 1907
900, in England is reduced to one in 250,-
600; and in Germany to one in 1850,
900.
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VOL. X.---NO. 10.
Will the Oil Yield Fall Of:

The tax on crude petroleum, it would
seem, has crippled the production of oil
to very great extent, and ii not soon re-
moved, it is argued, will cause the yield
to cease altogether eventually in the We
mango oil regions. At least such will be
the result, if new developments are not
undertaken, which will not be to any great
extent until the tax on crude petroleum
is removed. The Titusville Herald has
the following on the subject Of decreased
production:
The oil business was never in a more
critical condition than at present. The
doubts expressed in some quarters as to
the repeal of the tax, the very small
amount of development going on in COM
parlson to previous years, the low price
ofoil and the present large production, are
subjects which keep every interest con.
nected with oil in condition Of the most
perplexing suspense.
Letters are written from the Eastern
markets for opinions as to how the pro-
duction is going to hold out, and letters
of inquiry are constantly sent to the East
ern markets in reference to the probable
demand, but both parties appear to be
non-plussed.
1t may, however, be a reasonable sup
position that, if the tax is not removed,
the production of oil will be very liable to
fall of, as there arc SO few of the wells
whose average yield pays expenses.-
Even with large wells, which are SOCIAL
ed, the tax is a terrible drawback.
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Ses-A criminal being once asked what
was the first step that led to his ruin,
answered; "Cheating printer out of
two years subscription. When 1 had
done that, the devil took such grip on
me that could not shake him off,"
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g A certain landlady, 1t is said,
makes her pies so light, that her dodgers
can see to 90 to bed without a candle,
after eating moderate sized piece.
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No subscription taken for less than year.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-25
Letter from General Grant.

The following letter from Gen. Grant
indorsed by the President has been sent
to Congress. It is significant and has
doubtless been called forth by the recent
outrases at Memphis and other places
The letter is dated May IL, 1866, and is
as follows
q Hon. r. M. STANTON, Sec'y of War:
Sir I'm view of the long delay in the
lower house of Congress in agreeing upon
plan Of reorganization of the army suit
able TO our present requirements, and the
urgent necessity for early action, am in
duced to present the matter TO you Off
cially, and to ask the attention OF Con-
gress to it, believing that when they have
the matter fairly before them they will
do what should be done speedily. AT the
present time settlements are springing up
with unusual. rapidly in the district OF
country between the Missouri River and
the Pacific Ocean, where, heretofore, the
Indian was left in undi-puted possession.
Emigrants are pushing 10 those settle
menis and to the gold fields of tie Rocky
Mountains by every available highway
The people focking to those regions are
) citizens Of The United States and are en-
Tiled % the protection of the government
They are developing the resources OF the
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-25

to sea, the captain took dislike to this
box, surprising it might be something OF
the nature of lime, and possibly might
set the ship on fire. So he ordered a
couple of old salts TO pick it up carefully
and throw ii over the stern. Instantly on
its striking the water terrific explosion
occurred, and an immense column of water
was thrown up, filling all hands who wit
messed it with CONSERVATION and amaze
ment. Capt Alexander is entitled TO
much praise for acting thus promptly with
the terrible stuff, probably nitro-glyce-
rine) for had stray block from aloft or a
heavy sea struck the box, as It lay on
deck, the ship might never afterwards
have been heard from.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-25

THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN LOUIS
IANA.--A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, wiring from New Orleans, says
"The first decision under the Civil
Rights bill in Louisiana has just been had.
1t was with reference to the right Of
colored church TO become Incorporated
The law Of the State forbids it, but the
counsel for the church claimed that said
law was in conflict with the bill, and the
Second District Court, Judge Cazabat,
gave judgment in accordance with the bill.
Under this decision, number of colored
churches are becoming corporate bodies.
Ii is probable that the State and City
School Tax, which is levied upon whites
and blacks. but applied for the benefit of
white children only, will be tested under
the same bill, and it is believed that the
colored people win get their share of the
public school fund, of which they have
been shamefully deprived. Thus, little
by little, justice advances. But every
step has to be contested. And even with
law on the side of the blacks, the public
sentimen in community may make it