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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

A French actress, whose youth and
beauty appeared iuexhaustible--on the
boards never would tell her age. Oh
course, the more she wouldn't tell it, the
more curious people were to know it. A
woman can't keep a secret She kept
that By good luck-as tho multitude
thought-she was summoned as u witness
on trial. The gossips rubbed their
hands and chuckled "Aha, we shall
know it COW. She must tell, or go to
prison for contempt of court. She won t
60 to prison she will, therefore, tell."-
The court was crowded with open.eared
listeners. In French courts Of justice,
the witness does not stand in box to
give evidence, but sits on stool, in the
middle of the floor of the court, 10 trout
of the presidents desk, and with no bar
rier or separation between it and himself
The lady was usbered in, raised her right
hand TO heaven, took the oath to speak the
truth, and then seated herself on the wit
ness-stool. Your name ?" asked the
president. "Angelique Toujoursfeuric."
Your profession % "Artiste drama
tique." "Your age?" You might have
heard pin drop, or the hair grow on the
bystanders' heads. Every eye was bent
on the lady. She was driven into cor
ner at last Augelique simply rose from
her seat, walked straight up to the presi.
dents desk, and whispered the secret in
bis ear. He nodded, made the entry iu
his private notes, and, smiling, continued
the rest of his interrogatory as soon as she
had resumed her place on the sellette.--
The public retired with feelings of min.
gIed disgust and admiration. The trial
had lost all further interest; and the
president was known to be man of hon
or and gallantry, who would never let q
pretty woman's cat escape from his presi-
dental bag.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

GENUINE ELooUENoE.- -There no peo-
pie 10 the world with whom eloquence ID
80 universal as with tue Irish. When
Leigh Richie was travelling in Ireland,
no passed man who was painful spec.
tacle of pallor, squalor, and raggedness.- -
His heart smote him, and he turned back.
'If you arc in want" said Richie,
"why d,n't you beg ?" u
"sure!y. it's begging l am, your hon.
or"
"You didn't say word"
"Of course not, yer honor, but see how
the skin is spanking through tho holes in
my trousers and tho bones cryin' out
through my skin Look at me sunken
checks, and the famine that's staring in
me eyes Man alive, isn't h begging /
am with q thousand tongues ?" ~
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19
VOL. X.---NO. 3.
Why They Didn't Go To Church.

| A curious nIau, who keeps note Of all
that he hears, has given to the public six
months of excuses for not attending
church, they are as follows: 90. 90"
Oversight myself; could not dress in
time; too cold too hot; too windy : too
dusty too wet too damp; too sunny
too cloudy; don't feel disposed; no time
to myself; look over my drawers put my
papers to rights letters to write to
friends; mean TO take walk going to
take ride; tied to business six days
week; no fresh air but on Sunday can't
breathe in church always 80 dull feel
a little fsverish feel little chilly feel
a little lazy; expect company to dinner;
got headache, intend nursing myself to.
day new bonnet not come home tore my
muslin dress down stairs got new nov.
81 must be reformed on Monday morning;
wasn't shaved in time; don't like the lit
urgy, always praying for the same thing;
don't like extemporary prayer; don't like
an organ, tits too noisy don't like sing.
ing without music, makes me nervous;
the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak;
dislike an extemporary sermon, it is too
frothy; can't bear written sermon, too
prosy; nobody to-day but our own min.
lister, cant always listen to the same
preacher; don't like strangers can't
keep awake when at church, fell asleep
last timo when was there, shan't risk it
again.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

the old flag. In short, the dlscordant ele-
ments left by the war have given way IN.
der the genius of johnson, to order, peace
and public security, and every State has
its own old government, but Florida and
Texas. If the miserable quacks, who
have Congress in their breeches pockets.
do not hasten t" fix up their nostrum for
The diseases of the body polite, the patient
will be sound and healthy before they be-
gin, aud Doctor Andy will rule over re-
stored and complete Union We should
like to see the quacks administer their foul
dose to a well man. Will Doctor john.
son and the people permit it )? We shall
see.- ChamJrrsburg Valley Spirit.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

A WONDERFUL TREE.--Iu the birch
wood Of Cullodsn, Scotland, there isa re.
markable tree, well worthy Of note. Some.
where about thirty years ago little 81.
ant of the forest was blown down 10 .
storm, and fell right across deep gully
or ravine, which it completely spanned,
and the top branches took root on the
other side. FROM the parent stem no less
than fifteen trees grew up perpendioularly
all in row and there they still flourish
in all their splendor, while the parent
stem evinces no token of decay. Several
of the trees are not less than thirty feet
high The tree is large fir. -"
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seS-The following advertisement

ssD- The following advertisements ap.
peared in late number of the St. Joseph
(Mo.) Gazette Bartholomew McGinnis
offers his services to the citizens of this
city as wig.-maker, music teacher,
and dealer in dry fruits. He has come
here, and gives people information that he
intends to open in Middletown Alley, No.
IL, where he proposes to make ladies'
caps, repack pork, set hens eggs under
wild ducks; orse-jockeys and faro deal
ers can be supplied with old saddles,
smelling bottles, and all the vegetables of
this years growth. Also, quail traps re-
paired, renovated and fabricated. ALI
kinds Of needle-work can be done with
accuracy; pautaloons patched with ono
hundred pounds Of new lard and forty
pounds of hemp-tow-clotb, goose-g grease
and gridirons to be bartered of for soft
soap" .'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19
WHAT EXTREMES OF RIBBON MEAN.

--tThey say that one of the latest fash
ions with the ladies is wearing long ends
of narrow ribbon around the neck Few
Of the uninitiated know the Significance
of the same. When they wear the ends
hanging in front, it means that the lady is
married over the right shoulder, that she
is engaged /; down tho back, that she bias
"feller" coming to see her, but she isn't
engaged over the left shoulder, it,
means, "Fellers, como follow me-" II
she does not wear any, it means that she
is engaged, and don't wish to have any
thing to DO with "snS other fellsr.'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

GIT is said of the young Marquis Of
Townsend that when young and engaged
in battle, he saw drummer at his side
killed by cannon ball, which scattered
his brains in every direction. His eyes
were at once fixed on the CHASTITY object
which seemed to engross his thoughts
A superior officer observing him, suppos-
cd him intimidated at the sight, and ad-
dressed him 10 manner to cheer his
spirits. ooh" said the young marquis,
with calmness but severity, II am puzzled
to mako out how any man with such .
a quantity of brains ever came here.
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MllstelIaaeous.
Let Andy Johnson Stick to his Text.

AeV nAuy SoAhsoh oIAck u Ills 4eXL'
Our opponents grieve sorely that the
Democracy support and defend the mea.
sures of the President, and they charge
"> with the intent to seduce johnson
from his party fidelity.
That the Democratic party are stand.
i'g by tbe President should be a Source
unfrIgncd pleasure to our adversari s.
Th have heretofore solicited our admi.
ratI"n aud support for him He was the
man OF Providence, they said, chosen fnr
the occasion. His message spoke the
WoriS of "truth and s"beruess" His acts
were patriotic and just. The Democracy
were slow to give their confidence to any
one that lad ever acted In Concert with
tho Abolition parry, but it became mani
test mat JnhuS"n meant to stand by his
othci i oath, to ''preserve, protect, and de.
fend' the Constitution. This beins es-
tahlished, it f,llowe !, at once, that it vas
the duty Of the Democratic press to stand
by him. Give the devil his due" ia
our maxim. What yer is done by the
President, which accoris with the prece-
dents OF the fathers Of the Democratic
party, we stand ready to approve. We
care not through whose means, nor by
what Instrum, ntalitl, our govern ent is
saved tr III t"e revolutionary schemes of
Stevens, Sumuer and Wilson, who now
stand IN our country as Dant"n, Robes
pierre and Marat stood in the days of the
bl dy Frencn Revolution, and whn, like
them, history will consign to the eternal
exe"ratlon Of mapkiud.
The Democracy have no choice as to
VIII IN IL will approx or condemn. r,
retain the confluence ut the people it must
maintain the right, no matter what be-
tides.
We we're he less reluctant however. t.,
end rise the measures ~ Johnson, because
he IS disciple of the Demo ratio school.
an never belonged TO any other, and we
are pie 'scd to see that he has NOT ioreot-
to" his framing. He had received great
wrong personally from the rebels, and it
WAS supposed and bell we'd that be would
Use the pow Of tae government to graft.
ty his vengeance. 1t presented strong
temptation, but he was cqnal to he emer-
gency. He sunk thu individual, and the
petty refs of private life, and rose 10 the
true dignity IT the ruler of great "a.
ti"n, and nagnapirnously fnrgave his enc
mes Tn" party with whom he acted
turing the war, aud that placed him in
tilce, have tried him as by fire, if posi-.
bio to seduce OF force him iuto the en-
dorsenent OF their mad hereses of south
cru territories instead of states, negro suf
frase and negro equality. W. can readi.
ly collective their method Of Argument
with the President DID we not elevate
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

. UNANImITY oE SENTIMENTAL pro-
voking class are the weak-minded men
who can never say "no" but, no matter
what opinions are expressed, always coin.
eide with them. They are like the two
Dutchmou who held the following dis-
logue:
"Vell, Hans, what does you tink Pr
"Vell, l don't know, what does you tiuk7"
"Vell, l thinks what you tink." "Vell, I
thinks go too." -
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19
Qoetital.
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP"

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP"
In the quiet nursery chambers,
Snowy pillows yet Impressed,
See the forms Of little children,
kneeling, whte-robed, for their rest.
All in quiet nursery chambers,
While the dusky shadows crcep,t
Hear the voices ofthe children
Snow ] lay ME down sleep.'
In the meadow and the mountain
Calmly shine the winter stnrs,
But across the glist'ning lowlands
Slants the moonights silver bars.
In the silence and the darkness,
Darkness growing still more deep,
Listen 10 the little children
Pray ling God their souls TO keep.
"lf we dic"-so pray the children,
And the mothers head dtops low
Zone from out her fold is sleeping
Deep beneath the winters SNOWY
"Take our souls ~ and pa I the easement
Fits CLEAN Of crystal light;
Like the trailing of his garments
Walking evcrmorC in white.
Little souls, that stard eSpectant
Listening ar the gates Of life.
Hearing. far away. the murmur
OF The tumult hnd the strife;
We. who fight beneath those banners,
Meeting ranks of foemen there,
Find deeper. broader meaning
In your simple vesper prayer.
When YOUR hands shall grasp this standard,
Which to day Won watch from far.
When YOUR deeds shall shape the conflict
In this universal war,
Pray to Him, the God OF battles,
Whose strong eve can never sleep,
In the warning of temptation,
Firm ana true your souls to keep.
When the combat ends, and slowly
Clears the smoke from out the skies,
When. far down the purple distance
All the noise Of battle dies,
When the last nights solemn shadows
Settle down on you and me,
NAV the love that never faileth
Take our souls eternally.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

GA strongminded woman uptown
was heard to remark, the other day, that
she would marry man who had plenty
of money, though no was so ugly she had
to scream out every time she looked at
him.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

KISSING LADIEs.--Thero are very af-
fectiouate female friends who kiss each
other through two thicknesses Of veil,
and know how to hug each other without
disarranging curl.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19

MATRIMoNY.-Some slanderipg bach.
elor says it is much JOY when you first get
married, but it is more javy after year
or -.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-01-19
Stray Sow.

NAME to the farm II the subscriber, on
" the first OF December, white SOW 1;
no mark 10 the ear; cut on The hind
leg. The owner is hereby notified to
come forward, prove pr operty, pay charges
and take her away.
OHIO w. MAGNESS,
Near Emmorton, Hartford Co., Md.
dec29-3t
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16

A SHORT Love SToRY.-Here is story
told by one Morgan, sea captain, con-
corning husband at sea, which may afford
comfortable hint to young ladies:
Single ladies cross the water under the
special care of the captain Of the ship, and
if a love affair occurs among thepassengers,
the captain is usually confdante of one
or both parties. A very fascinating young
lady had been placed under Morgan's care,
and three young gentlemen fell desperately
in love with her. They were all equally
agreeable, end the young lady was puzzled
which to encourage. She asked the cap.
tain's advice.
"Come on deck" said he, i" the first day
it is perfectly calm. The gentlemen will
of course, be near you. shall have a boat
lowered down, and do you jump overheard
and see which gentleman will jump after
you. will take care of you"
A calm day soon came, the captain
suggestions were followed, and two Of the
lovers jumped after the lady at an instant
But between these two the lady could moi
decide, so exactly had been their devotion
She again consulted the captain.
"Take the man that didn't jump he il
the most sensible fellow, and will make yol
good husband"
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a Colored Queen Of May.

The local editor Of the Columbus (Miss)
Index was betrayed into philosophic mus
ings the other evening BY o long PROCESSION
OF freed ladies dressed in pure white-pcss
fumed, be-ribbonred and be.howersa---
their feet keeping time to the melodio0s
breathlngs Of the music that preceded tnsn
1t was May-day celebration.
Here follows description OF the May
Queen and procession:
At the head Of the procession nlorched
the May Queen; she was good-look'ng
malatto, moved along with three arches o.
flowers held above her BY half dozen iai-
ries of the same hue Us herself, and had the
extraordinary honor Of two pages who wal
ked behind her, and held up the trail OF her
dress from foul pollution with the mud ana
water. This duty seemed to be one more
for show than utility, as it was observed
that her tail was not fashionable one.
but limited in its dimensions compare
lively speaking plebian hob-tail. A few
PAGES in advance Of the procession, march
ed four musicians-three 6ddlers and one
banjoist; the gravity Of whose demeanor
was only equalled by the energy with which
they sawed and twanged their festive in
struments. To crown all this aanntering
of ribbons-this display ofswiss--this pro-
fusion of fowers-there was IN DIR Of sub.
dued triumph about the expression Of the
whole band, that spoke as plainly as could
be-"white folks look at us-we can have
our celebration as we'll as you" This was
SO palpable that it was received by the I'D
miring spectators with loud smiles, thai
that eontrasted strongly with the genera
gravity Of the proceeding.
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To tho Masonic Frsternity
Throughout tho United States a

BRErHRxN:-We most respectfully 81
your aid in lesxning the fate OF ons nfotn.
or, DR.. w. l.. GRAMsGAaE- He WAS surgeon
in tho late G. s Army. Tho following z 2
description Of bis person: he ws nv , .vss
dark whisksrs-blue syss-the Arst finger g
on the right hand turned down from mat
he was about IS years old The last rslia.
bic information we had from him. ne was q
near West Point, Ca, about tns ivta =.
May, 1866, where it 10 supposed ne w.
either killed or captured, Now that =, tEo
"cruel war is over" we call upon tho Ma
sonic brotherhood to aid US in this mattel
p. BRITAIN,
STOCK EWIN.
A. JACKSON,
Committee Of Euclid Lodge. No. 40:
win the Press throughout hecoanty no.
tice this9
Rusk, Texas, April I, 1866.
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Noisy BoYs.-The Editor of the Cleve-
land Herald, who was probably himself a
"good boy" takes up the cudgel in defence
of noisy boys as follows:
Noise is safety-yalve, physically and
morally. Noisy boys seldom are the bad
boys of villa e; the quiet, demure, reti-
cent, still boys, are those who sneak around
dark corners, and slip into the back rooms
of the village nuisance-the grocery; who
ROB melon patches, lift gates off their hin.
ges, shave horses tails, and on moonlight
nights, trip up good people by rope
stretched across the walk. A noisy boy,
usually, is a frank boy; overlooking with
animal spirits; ready to hop, skip and
jump, play gould tag" snap the whip, OF
leap frog. But such boy is not DIGGING
in and out Of back alleys, such boy does
not creep out of his chamber window to the
kitchen roof, thence to the ground, for a
night expedition after the rest of the fami.
ly are asleep.
Noise is not good for headache; noise
disturbs weak nerves, but noise steals
nothing; noise sets no barns on fire, noise
never CANDLES; therefore we say, if boys
do nothing worse than make noise, fol
hunanity's sake do not condemn them fol
that.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16

SECRETARY STANTON AND THE PRESIDENT.
A special Washington dispatch of the sd
to the New York News, says:
When the Radicals calculated on the
absolute ownership of Stanton they made
mistake. He has done dirty work
enough, Heaven knows and we, but he
wisely concluded that the policy of the
President and the country was the best one
for him to indorse just now. | learn from
a source entitled to entire credit, that when
Mr.. johnson received the report of the
Reconstruction Committee, and expressed
his own views, Mr.. Stanton was the first
to break the silence and said that he
thanked the President for bringing the
matter before the Cabinet, that he heartily
Endorsed his policy, which was the policy
of Mr.. Lincoln and of his whole Cabinet,
and that be should stand by him to the
very end. /. He further said that the party
which dared to stand in the way Of an alb
solute and immediate Union in all its in
tegity would be ground to powder,
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THE METHUsALEH OF New ORLEANS
The Western papers record the death Of
man who first married in New Orleans IN
l755, after having grown to be bachelor
of thirty" His naIn9 was Joseph Crele,
and he died in Caledonia, Wisconsin, al
years old. He bore arms at Braddock's de-
feat, and was an old man when jackson
defeated Packenham at Chalmette. He
was born of French parents, in what isnow
Detroit. but which was then only an Indian
trading station, in l725. The record OF his
baptism in the Catholic church in that city,
establishes this fact beyond doubt. He
removed from New Orleans soon after his
marriage, to Wisconsin, where he lived up
wards Of century longer.
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Governor Holden on the Situation.

Generals gteadman and Fullerton. in
prosecuting their inquiries into the work
ing Of the Freedmen's Bareau in North
Carolina, have visited Raleigh, Salisbury,
Goldsborough and Newbem, whence they
proceed to Wilmington. AT Raleigh they
had an interview with Governor Holden
and the leading citizens. Governor Hol-
den said the great objection to the Bureau
Court was that 1t was one-nlan power
A planter might be dragged many miles to
answer some frivolous charge preferred by
a negro, and this charge would be disposed
of before the man who was both judge and
Jurors. In the past be believed the Bureau
had been OF advantage to both races, but
its further continuance would serve no USE
full purpose. The relations between the
two were on the most satisfactory footing.
There had been some danger, little time
ago, of an outbreak at Wilmington, pre-
vented by negro soldiers; but this fear,
which from the FIRST had been somewhat ex-
aggerated, had now passed away. The on
" disturbing element they dreaded now
was further teaching and lecturing and agi-
tation on the subject of social equality.
General Steadman-So far as | have
seen, the people Of the South, though OPP
posed to negro social equality, grant him
more social privileges than We in the
North.
Governor Holden-That is 80, sir. We,
who know the negro, know there is no pos
sibility Of his attaining social equality. In
the North they don't know this and can't
understand it. spoke to number Of ne.
groes the other day; | found them thu
quietest part of the people, Industrious, do
Gle and hopeful for the future. Ispoke tc
one of them, whom l had formerly owned
about voting. He replied: II don't know
how to vote, I've never been used to it;
should come to you"
The ex-rebel General Cox, who wa
present at the interview, intimated his con
currence in the views of Governor Hol
den.-[Corespondence N. Y. Herald.
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A CLEAN OF L1eHr.-Referring to the
trial of Mr.. jeff. Davis, the Washington
correspondent Of the New York CONNER.
cial writes: 3
But the opinion is gaining ground that
nothing can be gained by the trial Of the
arch conspirator for treason, under a con-
stitution so framed by the men Of '76 that
rebellion can with difficulty be recognized
under il as o crime.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16

MASSACHUSETTS SLAVERY ARGUMENT
The following are the arguments of Judge
Sewall, Of Massachusetts,, in 1870, in favor
of enslaying the negro:
First-Blackamoores are the posterity
Of Cham, and therefore, are under the curse
of slavery.
Second The niggets ore brought out Of
a Pagan country into places where the
Gospel is preached.
Third-The Africans have wars with one
another, and our chips bring lawful cap
tivcs taken in'those wars.
Fourth-Abraham had servants, bought
with his own money, and born in his house.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16

Heg" We remember at the Wilderness, a
gallant young Mississippian had fallen and
Of night, just before burying him, there
came letter from her he loved best One
of the group around his body minister
whose tenderness was womanly, broke the
silent tearfulness with which he saw the
dead letter; he took it, laid it upon the
breast of him whose heroic heart was still
ed: "Bury it with him. He will see it
when he wakes" It was the sublimest
sentence Of his funernal service Peters
burg Index.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16

A DECISIVE REToRr.-There is o magis-
trate in town in Indiana named Hesler. A
clergyman in the same place was called upon
by young couple not long since, wishing
him to join them in the holy bonds of mat
rimony. He asked the bridegroom IA SOL
dier, by the way,) for his marriage license
The man in blue said he had been engaged
to his girl four years, and thought that
would do. Clergyman thought not, and re-
marked, as the speediest way to obtain a
license: "You had better take your girl and
60 to Hesler." "You can go to HI your
SELF" retorted the veteran, and without fur
ther advice he left his presence.