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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-12-13
Qoetital.
A RETROSPECT.

No snnfower gilds the faded lawn,
A breathless caa the wide air fills
A silver threaded mist is drawn
Across the purple of the hills.
An aZIre vein the river flows,
With scarce a murmur through the vale
By hanks wherein sweet April blows
The trembling violet, chill and pale.
The light mist wells the Autumn Sun
Flown are the robin and the wren
Afar the eager sporsm MS gun
Wakes the dull echoes of the glen.
Around me stand the leafiess woods
BY many a narrow pathway crossed,
And over all the landscape broods
A tender sense of something lost.
Last year when ripened was the wheat,
And copse and field with song were gay
Whe soft and low, the wind blew sweet
With scent of clover and of hay,
Here, where of old my feet were used
To Ii ger in the years before,
In silent thought sat and unused
On all the future had in store.
To-day | tnrn my searching gaze
Back through the vista of those years,
And seen as through a slender haze
The shadowy past once more appears.
All round me are the leafcss woods
by many silent pathway crossed
And in my secret heart there broods
tnnaor evuse Ur SUN Thing Lost.
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

Through Colorado Territory runs the
great continental water shed, and in il we
find the greatest altitude of arabic plateau.
A curious feature of the Territory is its
chain of PARKS" lying west of the first
mountain range met in coming from the
east. The aggregate length IF these parks
is about four hundred miles The brst-
the ST. luis Pafk--has an elevation
(mean) of $500 feet. 1t is as l.vel as
the prairies, and is watered by forty seven
streams, thirty of which flow westward
from the Sierra Mojava, aud the remain
der eastward from the Sierra Madre. -
TweDty-three of these streams flow into q
number of lakes in the northern part If the
park, which have no outlet the rest arc
tributaries of the Del Nortc. This river
leaves the Sierra Madre aud flows due east
till it reaches the middle of the park, when
it makes sweeping bend of twenty les
and flows due south to the gulf. North of
s.. Luis Park tie Wet Mountains and a
spur OF the main range from wall be-
tween the Park and the Arkansas. which
can only be crossed through the Puncho
Pass. AL ng the Arkansas, as with all
the streams, there is belt of arabic land,
then comes the wall of the South Park
This park differs from St. Luis, for, Will.
the latter is nearly level, the former is roll
ing, and would be callrd mountainous but
for tue higher peaks of the snowy range to
the west. There are no large streams 10
South Park. The grass IS fine, and the
sl"p'sare covered with magnificent pines.
Eighty miles north come the mountains,
near BreckDridge, and beyond them the
smaller and more uneven Middle Park
West OF the mountain range tho country is
broken. Still, along the tributaries of the
Colorado, are number of beautiful val
leys extending to the park of Los Arimos
Not only does the country slope east and
west from the main range in Colorado, but
it also falls away to the north aud south,
giving the Territory, as whole, the great
est (mean) elevation on the continent.
EFFECT ON THE CLIMATE AND YEGETA-
The limit of arborescent vegetation in
Colorado, as obtained by barometrical OBJ
scrvations, is 1900 feet, an elevation
which nearly corresponds with the same
limit 10 the great mountain ranges of the
globe near the equator. Thus the Sehlag-
intreits give the limits OF the trees on the
Himalaya (about lat. $50 } at II, 800 feet !;
on the Andes within the tropics, it is said
by Humboldt, not to reach IL, 500. be-
lievo that in Mexico alone does it attain
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$1.5O PER ANNUM.
SARAH JANE WALKER,
by her next friend, In the Circuit
ALEXANDER NJ. FULFoRD, ! Court for Hartford
vs County, as court
JosEpH R WALKER of EQuity
JOSEPH R. WALKER.

ALEXANDER NJ. FuIvoRD Court for Hartford
vs County, as a court
JOSEPH R. WALKER. of Equity.
The object of this suit is TO procure a
decree divorcing the Complainant from
the Defendant, pinculo matrin,onii.
The bill states that the Complainant
and Defendant were married on or about
the twentieth day of December, in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and
that Immediately after the solemnization
of the marriage, he, the defendant, ADAM
doned the Complainant, without ever hav-
Ing lived with her, as her husband, and
that he has been ever since uDinterruptedly
absent that from tho tune OF marriage,
until the present time he has failed to
contribute in any manner to her sup
port, although she has demeaned her
self in all things as becomes chaste aud
virtuous vile; that he left the Complain
ant, without any just cause or provoca
ton, and that the separation between the
Complainant and Defendant is final, and
beyond all reasonable expectation of re-
Cancellation.
The bill then prays Tor tn. passage of
a decree divorcing the Complainant from
the Defendant, a pinculo matrimonii, and
for subpoena against the said Defendant,
commanding him to appear in this Court,
and show cause, if any he has, why de-
cree should not pass as prayed. The
bill then further prays for an order of
publication, against the said defendant,
making known to him the substance
and object of the bill, and warning him
to appear in this Court in person, or by a
solicitor, on some certain day, to answer
the premises and show cause, if any he
has, why decree ought not to pass as
prayed and in default of such appearance
ard answer, that the avermenls of this
bill, shall be taken as pro confesso against
him.
1t is, thereupon, this 18th day of No
vember, 1867, adjudged and ordered, that
the Complainant, by causing copy of
this order to be inserted in some newspa-
per printed and published in Hartford
county, once week in each of four sue
cessive weeks, three months before the
18th day Of March next, give notice to
the said Defendant Of the object and sub
stance of this bill, and warn him to APP
pear in person or by some solicitor there
of, on or before the said 18Th day Of
March next, and show cause, il any he
has, why decree ought not to pass as
prayed, and in default thereof, said bill
shall be taken pro contssso against him.
.. VIM. Fl DALLAM, Clerk.
True copy, Test,
VIM. III. DALLAM, Clerk.
nov 22-4t
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Sd- There is young lady in this place
whose lips resemble peach blossoms SO
much that she has to keep veil over her
face to keep bees out of her mouth.
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Here's the baunsters, but where in the
deuce are the stairs--assthe drunken fell
low said while cropping his way around the
bsdstead in the dark.
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nS- Ladies are watches--pretty enough
to look at--sweet faces and delicate hands,
but somewhat difficult to REGULATE" when
once started agoiug.
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nA- A Texas editor charges brother
OF tos quill with stealing other peoples
editorials, and admonishes him to ssrender
unto scissors the things that are scissors.
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MINING.

There is fascination ab ut gold min
ing that, despite the experience taught by
the rum of so many, yearly leads thous-
ands OF inexperienced men to risk their all
in wild speculatious. Nearly every dollar
taken from .he earth in gold requires an
amount of labor that weuld produce dol
lar on farm or in workshop Colora.
do has been a stern teacher TO many, and
while giant fortunes have been made here,
tho Territory bears through its gold re.
glons the evidences of fortunes lost, and
labor expended III vain. Mer mex peri
euced IN mining, and companies expert
meatlng with some imaginary philos =
pher's stone, have, as rule, been dlsap
pointed here. The wild cat speculations,
and the unsettled state of mining matters
Incident tSereto, have been very injurious
to the gold interests. Again, men do not
stick to it long enough TO understand it
thoroughly. One year they are in the
mines, another year driving team, and
agalu trying to coax crop from sterile
Soil through the agency of some little trout
stream as an irrIgator, failing in which
they agrin become miners Whenever
men have fill wed up mining intelligent
iy they have been well repaid. This year
the mines on Cherry Creek have paid
about zen dollars per- day, and California
gulch, TaryaIl, Farplay, and Cash Creek
have bcen yielding fifteen dollars, or near
ly one ounce per day to the hand. This ia
considered extraordinary. The great gold
yields are yet to come, when capital and
skill combine to wrest it, not from the
liver bed or gulch, but from the grasp of
fln,y quartz. There is enough gold 10
the mountains Of Colorado to pay the ma
'iopal debt, and then have enough left to
pave the American quarter of the New
Jerusalem. The amount required, how
ever, fer the latter purpose need not ne.
cessarily exhaust the mountains.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.
Colorado has long been self-sustaining
Along the Arkansas corn equal to any in
the Northern States is grown, and in its
mountain valleys good quality of wheat
pays for cultivation. The great draw
back to farming is the want of rain, or
rather the want of a clayey subsoil to re-
tain moisture. Irrigation has to be de-
pended on, and so fai has proved to be a
success. The lands under cultivation on
the Huerfano yield fine harvests of corn,
wheat, oats, and barley. Potatoes appear
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g. Il e funny man Of the New York
Express rem"IseIy perpetra'es the follow
IN. on the Japanese Jngglers
When the curtain rises at the Acade
my the first hing seen is Jap on knees =
The way the japanese knock their fore.
heads on the floor, shows what brow
beaten people they are.
Manadawgawa Hami kari Sadekitchi en-
courages his little boy to ascend tall poles,
because he wishes TO see his sonny climb
once more.
The reason little All Right is so much
at home, when he gets up to the top of the
Academy, is because has an aisy-attic air
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5Atlistellaneous.
COLORADO.
CANON CITY, G. 7, Sept. 4, 1867.

CANON llTY, v. L Sept. 4, 1867.
A trip over one thousand miles through
Cooradv, extending from the New Next
co line to Gilpiu's Pillars in the north,
and from Kansas to the Uncompgre
Mountains in the west, has given the
writer opportunities for observation of
which he has tried to avail himself, and
the result may tend to throw another ray
of light on a section of our country des-
tined to occupy no minor position in the
future success of the nation.
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Beg~ "SalIy," SAID green youth, in a
venerable white hat and gray pants.
through which his legs projecred half a
foot, '::Sally, hrfre VIZ 60 into this muse
um to see the happy family, want to ask
YOU >umthin
"Well, Iohabod, what is it ?"
Dwell, you see this ere business is
gwine to cost hull quarter apiece, and
can't aifurd to spend SO much for nothin'
Now, if you'll say you'll have me, darned
eff don't pay the hull ont myself p
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TENANT WANTED.
FOR SALE.
COMPREHENSIVE.

OPARTNERSUIP.
''HE undersigned have this day formed CO.
i partnership under the name and style of
HERMAN & EWING,
to carry on the general Merchandising and Tail
oring business, in the new brick building, corner
Main and Office streets, Bel Air. Hartford county,
Md. WILLIAM HERMAN,
G. q. N. EWING.
Nov. 18th, 1867. nov22-3t
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to grow Letter on the elevated parks, ana
a fine quality is raised on the streams in
the St. Luis and Sahwatch regions, though
th y were too coll Tor corn. saw in the
Mexicun settlements on the Canjos, cab.
bage, be- is, and all The kitchen vegetables
in abundance, and of a good quality.
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MINERAL RESOURCES.

The mineral wealth OF Colorado is IN.
surpassed, and those ores from which she
is yet to be enriched remain untouched,
awaiting the development which is sure 10
follow the constitution of railroad in
their vicinity. Gal, which l place at the
head Of the list, "viSts in uulimtod quanti-
lies along the eastern slope Of the first
range, which is carboniferous in its for.
nation. examined stratum of this BIZ
luminous coal near Hard Scrabble, which
cropped in an arroyo, and was eight feet
hick. This bed alone overlas an area of
over one hundred square miles, aud,
strange to state, there is but one claim
taken up on the space ramed. Judge
Webster, of Canon City, showed me speci-
mems Of iron ore found in the Wet Noun,
tains, near by, that would yield sixty per
cent. of pure metal, and it exists in abuu.
dance. Copper is to be found in many
places ives. of the FIRST range, and argen-
titerous ore is now being worked to ad-
vantage in the mines near Breckenridge.
Gold, both in river beds, gulches, and
quartz rock, exists in the unstrati6ed re-
glous, though the present system of work.
ing it has really been curse to the Terri.
tory.
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RAILROADS..

As on nearly everything connected with
this region, in the East we fud some mis-
understanding. I regret to state there
seems to he confusion in reference to the
tw" great railways being built across the
continent and through Colorado. This
mistake may have arisen fran some SINH
lariiy in tho n"mrs, but il is 20 be hoped
for both roads and for the better posting
Of the public, that any information which
throws light On the subjec be given pub
Lefty. The most northern road is known
as THE Union Pacific Raiiro.d" 1t is
being built from Omaha, Nebraska, along
similar latitude and through the noun
tains on 30 the Pacific. This road has
great energy and wealth, though it is to be
regretted that the mountain elevations
must ever prove, along its route, an iusur
mountaoe barrier to winter transportation
The other road is known as s.The Union
Tactic Railroad, Eastern Division" or,
more popularity, as tho Kansas Pacific
Raiiroad lta eastern terminus is Wyau.
dotte, Kansas, it's destination, San Diego,
iiNib "iiICu pluuCilCS VIII run ubItil W iCHU
francisco, and south to Guyanas, on the
Gulf Of Callfornia. At mention of the
names above, it might seem that this road
was the longer; such, however, is not the
case. 1t will in reality be over two hua-
bred miles shorter than the other road
From Wyandotte, the line runs due west
through the most fertile part of Kansas,
and is G utinucd on to Denver. The
main line turns southeast of Denver and
goes on to Sapta lie, Albuquerque, aud
thence west to the destination uamed.--
BY looking at the map it will be seen that
this line traverses the most promising parts
OF an unsettled country, and crossing the
mountains, whrro. they are lowest, no fears
can DO entertained for the stoppage of
transportation at any season. From these
lines Col jradu nus, BE- beneEtted Immense
ly The In 'ian troubles alone prevented
Il hnod OF immigration here this year !;
still, Colorado is rising, and will soon
evolve brilliant star from the L rritnria
nebuIn, to be fixed in the galaxy Of States
When our statesmen fully comprehend the
question Of railroads, forts will crumble 10
tue West, the Indian will cease his wars,
and the locomotive will become the great
pioneer. ARC.
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GRAZING.

AS irrigation has to be depended on in
farming, the only lands that can be cult
va ed ar" those bordering on the streams,
and, consequently, the lesser parts of tho
level sWf face. Back from the rivers, how
ever, and ven up TO the mountain siles
to an elevation in some places of Ii, 900
feet, grass is to be found in abundance
THIS fact at once suggests new source of
wealth to the T,rntory, viz : the growth
Of herds. Near Bent's Fort lives Mr..
Cowp"r, who told me that in five years ho
had made nearly $50 600 IN 500 head of
stock, aud that be never winter fed one Of
them. Stock raising can be pursued
along the Arkan us and the Huerfano with
ev'n more success than in II xas, and if
continued in is sure to Vi, Id heavy per
cent. on the amount Invested. Sheep rails
ing is beginning to claim some attention,
but unfortunately the breed i'll the Terri
tory is very inferior. The scrubby, con.
sumptive locking Mex can she.p, that
yields barely one AID BALI pounds of
WOO at shearing, is the only sheep
found. II could be crossed, however, ad-
vantageously with our long wool varieties,
and be who under axes this reformation ia
sure to reap & lden harvest. The parks
with their 6ne gramma grass and clear
STRAINS, offer every advantage to sheep
growers, which | trust soon may be rem
d red available. | will venture Il pruph
ecy horc--yiz tha' in twenty years hence
the capital empl,yed in the grazing inter.
c,ts of Colorado will not be Surpassed by
that engaged in her mines, nor will the
profit be less,
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e. Fair young Lady.-"I see some
one IN tue crowd outside waving hand
kerchief, suppose the bride is approach.
iDg.'
Light Young Man.-"Handkerchief
White one? BY Joye, perhaps it's re.
prisvc !"
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the elevation Of 1880 feet. On noun.
tains of the same or even lower ATTITUDES,
it is much lower thanin Colorado. The
Peak of TenerifFc, if 1sremrmbcr rightly,
has the tree line at 1890 feet, while Mt
Etna, (at. 800, nearly the same as Pixies
Peak, bears no trees beyond the elevation
OF $500 feet, and on the Swiss Alps 10
lat Az, II is one hundred feet lower The
cause of this remarkable, apparent devil
alton from physical laws. is to be- found in
the great elevation of the greatest plateau
on the globe, which extends between the
upper continents of. tho Mississippi and the
Californiaseoast range, over from II TO 20
degrees of longitude, and from the plateau
OF Mexico far into the British possessions
widest between the parallels of 40 and AZ
degrees, at an elevation of from 1000 to
200 feet, reaching its highest point in
Colorado Territory thus carrying the
general mean temperature of the whole re-
gldn far above that of smalar mountain
! ranges or isolated peaks of the same alt
tude and under the same latitude.
Another cause of the higher mean tenn
pera'ure is to be found in the absence Of
perpetual SHOWS in the Colorado mouu-
tan', which, whenever present, cannot fail
to depress the temperature Of the regions
next below them. The snow line D, oper
ls not reached in Colorado at all, though
masses of snow are found IN many high
points all the year round. 1t may not be
embarrassing in this connection to append
short table Of elevations. The settles"
extend from $500 (Deuver) to 5000 feet
Empire City), and = few small towns
even reach 10000 feet Jefferson ana
TaryaIl) bead Of Mid lie Park (survey
statlon), $500 feet heavy thu Der on
eastern slope of Moan' E4geIman, H.
SIS; summit OF Pixies Peak, II. 500 feet
first appearance Of pinas oristota, 9,344
feet; bot springs at head Of 81. Luis Park,
$500 feet. Some OF the elevations are
obtained by trlaugulation aud others by
barouietrical observations.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
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Business cards of six lines or less, SIS year.
No subscription taken tor less than year.
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LOST

ON Friday afternoon. near the drug store of R
" 7. Martin, GOLD PEN, with ebony hold.
er. The finder will be suitably rewarded by
leaving it at this office. nol5-3,
The news. [volume] (Bristol, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-03-07
Kecni,n nD the U0r.

Judge @ Houk made speech before
the recent Radical Convention at Nash
ville,,o which the following is an ex-
tract:
"Hc would. advise all his hearers to
increase in the Radical faith, and to prop
erly do so, they must learn to hate Re-
bells and traitors worse than ever.
The lion and lamb are not likly to lie
down together in peace under Judge
Houk's administration His hellish ad-
vice is echoed by every prominent (?)
man Of his party. Enmity and hate
must be Kept at fever heat-passion
must not have time to cool, and the bet
ter judgement must have 10 time to as
sert its supremacy, lest the party should
90 to pieces, and they should lose their
hold upon the affections of the 'sover-
eigus" aud their positions at the same
time. Judge Houk should ponder well
the great truth; "Judge not, that ye be
not judged. For with what judgment
ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with
what measure ye mete, Is shall be meas
ured to you again"
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General Grant.

A correspondent of the New York Ex-
press says: "Gertain Radical politicians
have attempted to convey the impression
that Grant endorsed the military govern
ment bill. / kaoW that such is not the
case. He distinctly told member Of
Congress that he did not approve it, but
having nothing to do with such matters,
be would not express his opinion on the
subject in any public manner"
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Rniil- EIOOnS.

A perfect deluge of rain has fallen du-
ring the last seven or eight days. and at
the present writing, { Wednesday morn
ing) the usually quiet Beaver, which
flows through our town, is on an immense
bust--covering the larger portion of our
sister city, Goodson. The Hoston and
Wautaga Rivers are also said to be
very high.
We have heard of no special damage
to the East Tenn x Va. Road The
Va. d Tenn. has not been so fortunate ;
consequently we have had no mail from
Lynch bnrg since Monday.
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Samuel Evans.
IN ncrson Etheridne.

We pla'e the name of this gentleman
at our masthead as our candidate for
Governor in the ensuing canvass. Let
the entire conservative press of the State
do the same, without waiting for the aeN
ton of d Convention. lie will make a
bold and fearless canvass Of the State,
and, if we mistake not, will put the co.
horts of Radicalism to an inglorious fight.
The remainder Of our ticket is well
known to our readers. We only express
a preference for them--hopiug they will
find it compatible with their feelings and
interests to accept the positions and make
the canvass. What say You, gentlemen 2
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Circuit Court.

Monday was the day set apart for the
opening Of Court at Blountville. But
His Honor, Judge Butler, and Attorney
General Britton, owing to the heavy
rains, aud inability to cross the Beaver
at Thomas Bridge, eight miles South of
this point, failed to make the connection.
They passed through here yesterday, on
their winding way. Criminals may rest
easy until another term. " It's AT i'll
wind that blows no one any good"
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Conpicts for the Pemitentiary.

Our Sheriff, Capt NJ D. Bearden, left
on Sunday with eleven couvcts for the
State Penitentiary. This 10 the result
of the proceedings of the Circuit Court
which closed it, session ON Saturday =
-Four of the coDvicts are white, and seven
colored, one of whom is female.-Kaor.
Wing.
DEATH Mrs. Col. John Williams
died on Saturday evening, at the resi-
dence of her husband near Knoxville,
after a lingering and painful illness Of
several weeks duration In her death
the community mourn the loss of most
estimabie christian woman. ID.
DIED.-George Mayo, formerly resi-
dent of this city, died at, Messy Creek
on Saturday hst..-fb. ~ Oh '~l.