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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-11-02
Forney in a Fury,

Over the reported intention of Gov.
Swami, of Maryland, to remove the radi.
@al Police Commissioners of Baltimore,
Who are charged with the execution of the
"egistry law, Forney has become perfectly
furious, and threatens civil war in Mary.
land. He charges that the Governor has
zone over to the rebels that his purpose
IS to put in a set of Police Commission
RS who will open the Polls of Baltimore
10 the rebels excluded by law, and that
his purpose is to secure two or three reb-
els to Congress. This radical hue and
cry against Gov. Swami is, however, very
absurd He has the power to remove the
Baltimore Police Commissioners, and
against the exercise of this power civil
war will be only the foolish experiment of
Jeff. Davis & Co. over again on small
scale, and it will have to be put down in
the same way. On the other hand, sup
posing that Gov. Swami does put in set
of Commissioners who will open the polls
to rebels not authorized by law to vote,
and suppose that two or three rebels are
thus returned to Congress, what then p
They will be sent back home again as
men illegally chosen, and therefore not
"duly elected as members of Congress-
In Missouri, where the State laws and au-
thorities are all nicely working together
for the radicals, they are all right; but in
Maryland, where the Governor, it is fear.
ed, may turn the law against the radicals,
they threaten civil war. This will never
do. Forney is in too much of fuster.
lie ought to remember that "sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander," and that
the doctor ought not to object to his own
medicine ~ Y Herald.
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M1stelIane0us.
The Inequality of presentation.

The six New England OF Yankee States
have a united population of 3,11O,572
whites, and 24,711 negroes. For this
population they have twelve Senators in
Congress, whilst New York, with $685..
730 whites and 49,005 blacks-moro than
the whole population of the Yakee States
has only two Senators. Her excess Of
population over those six States (excess
745, 452) amounts to more than the white
population of Maine; (62S,279D more
than the whole of New Hampshire and
Vermont combined (326,073 ;315, 008)
and more than that of Connecticut and
Rhode Island combined, (460, l47 174,-
620)
Pennsylvania, with population of g.
849,266 whites and 56,S49 blacks, and
lacking only about two hundred thousand
Of the sum total of the aggregate New
England population, has only two Sena
tors. Throw off Vermont or New Hamp-
shire, and Pennsylvania has more people
than the remaining five States.
Ohio, if you throw off Maine, or New
Hampshire and Vermont, has as large a
population as the remaining States, and
yet has only two Senators.
Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, if YOU
throw off Massachusetts, contain each as
largea population as the remaining five
New England States, and Yet each of them
has but two Senators. On an equitable
representative basis, whilst these five
States have ten Senators, those three ives.
tern States should have thirty instead Of
six.
The ten Southern States which are de-
MED representation in Congress, are en-.
titled to twenty Senators. If allowed Sen
ators according to population, compared
with the New England population, they
would be entitled to twenty. -four Senators
and have l,O52,O77 people to spare
number equal to the population Of Maine
a. Connecticut; or that of Connecti
cut, Vermont and New Hampshire
Thus theses tates would be entitled, &C
cording to the Yankee apportionment, te
from twenty six to thirty,one Senator's
from six to eleven more than they ever had
In addition to these facts, nine of the
Southern States separately exceed Rhode
Island in white population eight exceed
Vermont; seven exceed New Hampshire;
and one equals it; three exceed Connec-
ticut and two exceed Maine.
In the Senate of the United States a.
represented New England furnishes che
sixth of the members-twelve Senators
although the-people of that section mum.
Der only one.tenth of the country's pop.
ulation. Whilst the eleven Southern
States remain out the Yankee section pos
sesses one-third the Senators of that body
and consequently yields an immense pow
er. If restricted to population repre-
sentation those six States would be emit
tied to but seven Senators and one-fiftt
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-11-02
from Me JegerSoniai
The Principles of the PARTY.

The Cleveland Ledger, a Stevens Dis.
union paper, expresses its views upon ne.
gro suffrage in the following lucid style,
in regard to the doings and designs of the
"loyal Southerners" Convention
"Another noticeable fact in the delibe,
rations was this-that every Union man in
the Northern and Southern delegations
avowed himself in favor of equal suffrage
as principle. The only objection was as
to the expediency of Incorporating it into
the platform at present. The argument
used was the following: Negro suffrage is
not now an issue. 1t is perhaps our fault
that it is not the question. The fact that
it is not an issue remains. The declara.
tion of this Convention in favor of negro
suffrage will divide our strength and may
cause our defeat. If we are defeated in
this election all is lest. But if we sue
coed now there is plenty of time for equal
suffrage afterward. The thing to be done
now is to preserve two-thirds radical
majority in Congress. When that is
done, all is done. When that is lost, all
is lost.
"This reason was successful, and equal
suffrage was not insisted upon as q condi-
ton. But non the less The time Is CON-
ing a0hen At pW be made paran,ount-
Slowly but surely the American people
are beginning to realize the truth of this
declaration "7He Equal Rights Of all
Men IS the sole and sufficient Condition of
Reconstruction"
This is very plain talk 1t will be hard
to convince the people, however, that ne
gro suffrage is "not now an ISSUE" after
every delegate has avowed himself in favor
of 1t Gas principle" When the leaders
ola party coincide in partisan or political
measure, that measure becomes an issue,
whether admitted or denied, and whether
put in their "platform" or not. The
statement that the negro suffrage question
was deferred for the present, as an expe-
dent to prevent the defeat Of the Radical
candidates, is certainly true; but, when
it is asserted, also, that the success of the
Radical party now will make negro sutf-
rage paramount hereafter, the inference is
plain that negro suffrage is at present as
much aD issue as it can be at any future
time. If the success of the Radical Dis.
union ticket this fall is to eventuate in
making negro suffrage an issue, then ne
gro suffrage is now an issue. So the PEG.
pie understand the question, and so they
intendt meet it-for the Union and the
righ of white men to rule themselves,
and against being overpowered and gov
erned by negro votes controlled by Disu-
MON demagogues.
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VOL. X.---NO. a..
The Federal Offices.
The N. Y. World saws:

uo 4Ns L VOINu says
The Tribune, in order to belittle the
strength of the Democracy, is represent
ing to lite readers that we on our side
have, besides the Union men of the
Republican party, the weight of the Re-
publican offices.
The statement is false. The Federal
offices of the Northern States, 80 per
cent. Of them, at least, are in the hands
Of Republicans, Radical blatant, or Radi-
calsilent. President johnson has incur
red all the odium attached to wholesale
transfer of the Offices, and has enjoyed
none of the advantage, be it much or be
it little, which an actual transfer of the
offices from his enemies to his support
ers would have given him.
Not one per cent. of the Federal Offices
have been taken from his enemies and
given to his friends. Some changes have
been made here and there, but the lri.
bune's own columns are the witness that
these changes have besn relied upon to
inspire the resentment and the activity of
its friends and that all it breads in the
matter is the benumbing of the fear of
future removal upon the great bulk of
Republican office-holders.
We have nothing to say as to President
Johnson's policy in respect of offices,
whether it is wise, or the reverse. We
simply assert that, as matter of fact, the
weight of the influence of the federal Of
fees in the late and the coming elections,
has been and will be on the side of the
Radicals, with very slight and inconsider-
able exceptions.
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Jefferson Davis and the Iron Mask.

We have the Legendary punishment of
the "lron Mask" as an old French mode
OF keeping out of sight or in perpetual Sc
clusion person whose liberty was dan
gerous to particular dynasty. The ty.
ranical mode might have operated we'll
enough century or two ago, when po-
litics and kingdoms were founded upon
different bases than they are in this peri
cd. Two hundred years since it might
have been expected that rebel like JEFF.
Davis, would have had his head chopped
of at the shortest notice and his bodily
sufferings speedily ended.
But it seems that we are permitted to
see in this enlightened era an instance of
the refinement Of barbarity for political
offenses which never characterized the
dark ages. JEFF. Davis is, as it were, in q
living tomb.
That he is entitled to trial is ac.
knowledged on all hands, even by the most
radical. That he must be eternally i'm
prisoned-in other words, made to wear
perpetually an iron mask, according to the
fashion of feudal times, without trial, is
a stigma upon our American institutions.
Let jeff. Davis be tried somewhere--in
the District of Columbia, in the Capitol,
if the Chief Justice cannot find more
convenient or suitable place--or let him
be liberated under proclamation of gen.
eral amnesty. We believe the republic
need have no further fears of such men .
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1ss" Old John Brown, the "Martyred
Saint No. l, was the first American
citizen that ever fired upon the American
flag, and the Radical party to-day sing
songs in bonor of his name and deeds
Other prominent members of that party
have denounced the Constitution as sscov.
enant with death and league with he'll, and
the radicals to-day are acting out that sen.
timent, by seeking to wipe out the old in.
strument entirely, yet they deny endor-
sing this doctrine. These are the men
and this the party that are denouncing all
who do not act with the radicals, as dis
loyalists and traitors.
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HfThe Hannibal ReDubhc savs {. e.

&5The Hannibal Republic says: "a
Northern Methodist preacher was arraign.
ed before the Recorder at Palmyra, the
other day, for fighting Mrs. Sarah j. La
fever, and was fined $25 and COSTS" As
the fighting was done on Sunday, says the
st. Louis Republican, the Reverend gen.
tleman may have concluded that the day
sancti6ed the deed. Very likely he was
loyal and had taken the oath Of loyalty,
some time previously, to say nothing of an
uncertain number of oaths he may have
taken upon the occasion referred to.
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4oetital.
FOR EVERY STATE A STAR.

AIR-'fBoNNIE BLUE FLAG"
Come all good Union Democrats,
And join the column strong,
That moves for law and liberty
Against the tyrants' wrong;
Well have no broken Union, boys,
No Poland in the South,
No Ireland ruled by iron hand,
No paddock on our mouth.
Hurrah hurrah for liberty, hurrah
Hurrah for our country's flag,
And on it every star
Dsunionists may rant and howl,
Thad. Stevens rage and roar,
And Sumner in the Senate scowl
And Wade his curses pour
Our banner is the flag that bears
For every State star;
And down with the disunionist
Its symmetry would mar.
Hurrah Hurrah for Liberty, &C.
Our Unions that of all the States
From Maine to Oregon,
From Lake to Gulf, the sisterhood
OfThirty-Six in one.
Oh who would strike a single State
From out that glorious band
Accused be his traitor heart,
And palsied be his hand.
Hurrah Hurrah for Liberty, &C.
Oh who would blot a single star
From out that good old flag,
Or call it, "Greely-like, "lie,"
And "hate's polluted rag?"
The sacrifcial blood that flowed
The Union to restore,
Appeals to that true flag that bears
For every State starr
Hurrah Hurrah for liberty, &c.
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What is LOYALTY 2

Hon. Edgar Cowan, of Pennsylvania,
in speech in the United States Senate,
in reply to remark of Mr.. Wilson, of
Massachusetts, in which the catch-phrase
"loyalty" was the leading idea, gives, in
the following brief and concise language,
his definition of the term:
"Loyal What is loyal? ask Mas
sachusetts what is loyal? What is the
meaning of the word :? A fellow that
votes with you That is like the chap
defining the orthodox '-orthodox is the
way believe; 'heterodox i. the way the
other man believes. Loyal means an
aboitionist, suppose. At least find
that everybody who does not happen to be
an abolitionist or tarred with that stick is
said to be disloyal, Loyalty, Mr.. Presi-
dent, is very simple word-Loyalty
means obedience to the laws-it means
legality. Legalus means law as we'll as
le1a means it. When man alleges his
loyalty to you, see his reverence for the
constitution and the laws. Show me a
man who disregards either ; show me the
man who does not believe in the Consti-
tuition which brought this country to such
a pitch of prosperity for seventy-fve years
and made so great and SO happy people !;
show me man that lays sacriligeous
hands upon that instrument, especially
when | know that half the time be never
read commentary on it in his life show
mo that man, and l show you one who is
not loyal. Show me man who for tenn
porary advantage, either for himself Or
his party, would set foot on one of his
country's laws, and he is not loyal.'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-11-02
HsgH The German and Irish yolunte

BsH The derman and Irish volunteer
regiments of San Francisco have been
disbanded by order of the Radical Gov
ernor of California, and their arms taken
from them. y Marysville (Ca.) paper
states, also, that the Radical assessor,
under the voting registry law, at that
place, takes none but the names Of native
born citizens. Are we to have a repeti-
ton of Know Nothing days? That was
the way the foreign-born militia compan-
les we're served in Connecticut in the
palmy days of Dark Lanternism.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-11-02

B6s~ A young lady once addressed her
lover in these terms 81 like you exceed
ingly, but T cannot quit my home am
Widows only darling, and no husband
could equal my parent in kindness"
"She may be kind" replied her wooer
enthusiastically, "but be my wife-wo will
all live together, and see if I don't beat
your mother!
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$l.5O PER ANNUM.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
Office of the Secretary of State,

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
IN the General Assembly, at its January
session, 1865, having adopted the follow
ing resolutions proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of our State, said
amendment will be submitted to the quail
flied electors of the State, for their con-
firma,ion or rejection, at the election for
members of the General Assembly, to be
held OH the 9th day of November next.
BY order of the Governor.
JOHN Il. CARTER,
Secretary of State.
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EXCUSE Ma little girl of four
years was saying her prayers not long
since, when her little brother came slyly
behind her and pulled her hair. With
out moving her head she said: "Please
Lord, excuse me minute, while kick
Freddy" We have known older persons
to excuse themselves from praying to
"kiok" somebody.
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Seven Millions of dollars to support the
Freedmen's Bureau, as follows:
For Officers and Expenses of OFF,
cers.....".... 332, 800 90
For Clothing and Firewood .......l, 1856, 900 90
For Provisions and Medicine. zoe, $50 90
For Railroad and other Fare. 1920, 900 90
For Asylums and School Houses 500, OO9 90
Total $6,s42, $50 90
This gives each voter to pay for Lazy
Negroes, in 1866, about One Dollar and
a-half.
The Tax Collector does not call for this
money, but you pay it to the Storekeeper
on the goods that you use.
The Government imposes duties on Su-
gar, Coffee, Tea, and all other articles of
daily use.
You must have them, and you are made
TO pay to keep up the Freedmen's Blu.
reau, by your Coffee, Tea and Sugar
being dearer; aud your children must 20
baretooted and your wife have fewer dress
cs, SO that the Negro may be kept in Idle
ness.
Did they ever vote any money to keep
the Poor White Man
Why have they flooded the country
with Assessors and Tax gatherers to suck
out the savings of every Household
Why are the people taxed, and their
hard earnings taken from them, to keep
up this unnecessary cloud of officers, when
the whole could as we'll be collected
through the State and County Officers.
The National Debt must be paid, and as
t increases, the interest to pay increas.
es.
As debt and interest increase, Taxa
ton Increases.
Increase of debt to the Government
means an increase of toll, and increase Of
the hours of labor to poor white men.
1t is question of the comfort of every
boy and girl, of every wife and mother,
md affects the ability of every father to
provide food and raiment for his wife and
children.
Congress has increased their own pay
or the last session almost twice what in
vas when they were elected and in this
term alone, Five hundred thousand del
,ars.-Jeftrsonian.
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$50 say, Mr., Pilot, amt you going
to start soon ?" said cockney on stea.
mer lying-to during e. GAS soon as
tho fog clears up" replied the captain
"Well, IT'S starlight now overhead" said
the cockney. COB, yes F! but we'ro not
going that way" said the captain.
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@ Birthstone Brownlow said, at Phil
adelphia; eff | have after death to 90
either to hell or Heaven, I shall prefer
to 60 with loyal negroes to hell than With
white traitors to Heaven :" In that
event it would DO hard to say which to
pity most-the poor darkies or the devil.
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MAKING AN ExcEpTIoN.-It is 70.
lated of an elderly dandy, who was more
noted for running into debt than for pay
ing his tradesmen, that he made an ex-
ception in favor of his wigmaker, that he
might be enabled to say that he wore his
"own hair"
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o. Congress cuts off the bounty to poor
soldiers, raises the salary of its members
to $4,000 year, and votes Sill 100000
for the benefit of negroes This is Abo-
lition reform and retrenchment
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-11-02

e. When is a man thinner than a
lath ? When he's shaving,
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No. l1.-Joint resolution abolishing
the sixth section of the 9Th article of the
Constitution.
Resolved By the General assembly OF
maryland, (Three- fifths of the members
elected to both houses concurring,) That
the Constitution be, and is hereby, amend
ed by striking out the sixth section OF
article eight.
By THE SENATE, March 18th, 1865.
AFFIRMATIVE.
Me8srs Billingea of Landslide,
Carroll, Mackall,
Billingslea of st. McMaster
Mary's, McNeal
Carroll, Phpot,
Davis Of Caroline, Stephenson,
Davis of Washington, Trail,
Earle, Turner,
HARDWOOD, Waters-lT.
Jenkins,
NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Holton, Ohr,
Maund, Tome-4.
BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, March,
l6, 1865,
AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Frazier, Lusby,
(Speaker) Malone,
Agnew, Marley,
Anderson, McCauley.
Angel, Mccullough,
Bartell, Miller of Anne
Brown, Arundel,
Calvert, Mules,
Chew, Marine,
Comegys, Norris,
Cook Parker,
Cummns, Pennington,
Darling Poteet,
Dean, Rider
Eavey, Rinehart,
Everhardt, Robinson,
Fooks, Shaw,
Garrison, Sherry,
Hambleton, Slothower,
Handy, Smith of Allegheny,
Harden, Smith of Dorchester;
Hodson, Soper,
Hoffman, Stewart,
Holloway, Stone,
Hopkins, Tarr,
llynes, Tull,
Jones, Usilton,
Keefer, Valiant,
Kiug, Wardcll,
Kirk Williams,
beaverton, Wilson,
Lee of BALTIC. city, Wooden-63.
Lee of Queen Anne's,
NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Miller of Smith of Frederick,
Washington, Heigler-4
Pilkington,
sept
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Only Seven Millions !

For 1866, Congress has voted nearly
Seven Millions of dollars to support the
Freedmen's Bureau, as follows:
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-11-21
AE,praiscImcmt List.

4 HE f1lloNing Appraiscment Lists Of
property, retained under tie 5th section
Il the Act of Assembly cf l4th of April,
1851, have been presented and fled in the
Office of Clerk of Orphans Court, in and
for the County Of Butler To wit +:
No. g., Sept. Term: Mrs. Elizabeth w.
Meals, widoN of John Meals, decd. Per-
soral property amounting to $29S.
No So, Sent Term: Mrs Jane Oliver
widow Of I'm Olivor, detd. Personal
property amounting to $500,
No. g., Sept torn, 1866 Mrs. Marsa-
ret Mcclure, widow Of Robert M'Cmc
decd. Real oslntc om,un'ing to $500
il, NJ. Nj Lure, EX'r.
No. IS, Sept term, 1896: Mrs Camp
bell, widow OF Robert Campbell, dec.a
Personal property amounting to Sl5l.
No. &C. Sept term. 1866 Mrs. Lydia
Bmkmau, wi3lw of Peter Bnrkmau, decd.
Personal property amounting to $500
Or which tie the Crpdiorc, Heirs, Lc-
ga1 Distributes and other intcreetel will
take notice md appear at oar Orphans
Court to be held at Butler. on the nine,
tccuth day of November, 1866, and not las
ter than The third diy thereof, to show cause
if any they have why the said urpruiso>
men. should not be confirmed.
ly tie Court.
Ou24lSGG W. J. YOUNG. CFk'
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Writ Of Partition.

y the matter Of the petition Of W IT. PETER, ct. al
! for rrsrt don of thc Reel Estate Of Gotleb PETER,
htteo Lancaster township, 'Butilr county, Pa.
Orphans Court of Butler cotuty. No. lJ, September
Term, Co. Cuumouw ealth ot Pvnusy lvania; To Re-
brcca PETER Cvldowl. Frederick rclier, Juha refer,
William pefer. uJtlich PETER. Joseph refier, benjamin
PelIrr Mary intermatrird with Christian Sextor. Re-
beccl intcrmauieI with Michael Hcglcr, Elizabeth
PelicrEunII intcrI. utad with Peter Schncdcml ntic
heirs and ,cga Representatives OF tich reer, dec d.
YOU and each Of you, hG ehy cited t. Lee and ap
pear before judges, ut Orphans Cont, TO be held
Mt Iutcr, in AMI for the county If Butter The 3d
VI IEluy of November nlNt It hc,tE the 18th day Of
said month TO show c1usc if any You have, why lar-
ton Of said Heal Estate shoul not be made prayed
for Ey tie Court,
w j. N0UN'' Clerk o. C.
Clc ks Office Euilcr, Oct 24 lsGU-all uf which the
above heirs anil le Representatives of the said Got
uL PETER dec d. arc hereby required 10 take notice.
". o. HtECflENEIDGE,
Sheriff. office ruiar October - lsue sheriff.
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oct2r65-ts.
ORPHANS COURT SALE OF
REAL ESIkIE.

ES Virtue OF an ORDER and decree Of the Orphans
CONT Of Batter county, the under-ignnl viii eNpo'6 to
sale by public yc1due aud cutlery, upon the premises,
on Saturd ", the - day Of November d. lN66, the
following described estate lgre Adam Peter de
cascd TO wit :About ouCourih OF of aud situ
Rtcd in the Village Of SjIycrsTile Bu) township Butler
county, Pa bounded on TIE North b. nnl OF Jacob tr
man East by the B'ttr and Frerport Turnpike Road ;
South by lands of Christian Smiih and west by lands
Of heirs Of Lewis KfunPcc, ded on which is erected
Twu-Stofy Frame House.
TERMS OFSALE One third In hand on confirmation
Cf sale and the balance in two equal annual nstlments
thereafter with interest ftu date OF condemnation
oRM md KIRKLAND,
JuuN PETERS.
Oct. II Gj, Ct Executors of Adam Peters, dcc's.