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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-12-27
Pork Packing at Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune ofMonday hasthe follow
ing in regard to the prospect of the present pork
packing season.
The pork packing is progressing vigorously,
and many operators have no hesitation in expess-
ing the opinion that the season will terminate
about the new year. They aver that the hogs
are no: in such abundance as was generally sup
posed at the beginning of the season, and many
who believed that the packing would not close
before the LIST of February are now strong advo-
Gates of the short season. AT this stage it is,
however, impossible 10 foretell how long it will
continue but we are still of the opiniop-enter-
tanned by us in the beginning-hat it will stretch
out until February The REGENTS nf hnes Cor
the week ending Saturday. December 7, were
1873, 88l live and 7,168 dressed making total of
l4l ,O49. This is the largest number that was
ever received in this market in any one week.
The nearest approach to it was for the week end
ing December 3, 1868, when there were received
1872, 1926 live and II, 776 discriminating total
of lao, COL, difference of 44S in favor of the
week just closed. The packing for the season of
'63 and ga was in the neighborhood Of 1000, 900
head. At present 1t is impossible to predict the
number that will be packed in '67 and 60 though
the opinion obtains universally that there Will
be as many packed, both here and at the other
large cities, as there were in 1866 67 1t is gen.
orally conceded that the yield of mess pork and
Wru VIII re ilghter, Wnlle lnere Will De an ln-
crease in the pounds of bulk meats. The hogs
now being marketed are very uneven in quality,
embracing everything from extra heavy down
TO a roaster, the light weights largely predom-
na.ing, and this has been the case since the be-
ginning of the season. With a crop equal in
numbers TO that Of last year, there must be a
falling off in the pounds of product, ms the aver
age run is considerable lighter. The number of
operators impressed with this idea, is daily grow
ing, and such has given birth to considerable
speculative movement in mess pork and lard
The business in bulk meats is slow. There are
a few orders from the South, and the exporters
of English meats are doing nothing of conse-
quence. The decline in gold from l43 to 1877, to-
gether with depreciation in the Liverpool ba-
con market has checked the demand entirely
and operators will do nothing until there is a
more perfect equalization in the two markets."
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The Wrongs of the Workingwom en- .

One day last week, a starving girl caused the ar
rest of her employer for refusing to pay her for
making wooden pantaloons at l6 cents n pair,
while he, being " middle man." received 60
cents for the work, and his wife kicked her out
of doors because she demanded what was her Just
due. Like cases, but perhaps not so fagrantly
outrageous, are of frequent occurrence. A cor
respondent calls attention to the necessity of
legislation to protect the wotkingwomen, and
says .ra
"There are thousands of industrious women
in this city who have TO work hard for SO
week-less than enough to furnish the bare ne
cessaries of life." "a class of middle men and
women" our correspondent continues, ''are
persistently advertising in this city for good
operatorG Uu liuvu uuitts, anu they ply only
from SC. to l2c. each four coats being an aver
age days work. A visit to the piece-paid fac
tories of this city, as they are called, would
move the heart of even the most stoid. There,
crowded together in i!l-lghted, badly ventilated
rooms, are hundreds of these half starved, half
clad, less than half paid daughters of TOLL
Although still young the buoYancy of youth has
departed from their spirits, and the glow of
health from their cheeks. Sorrow ana suffering
have plowed deep burrows into their coun,e-
nanccs, and still they are forced to toll though
The brow be fevered and the frame exhausted
This is when business is good: When the mar
ket is full, and trade dull, the workingwomnn is
the first to suffer, for then comes reduction of
wages and loss of work, and the poor girl driven
to desperation, has but one observation-disclosures
ton or life of crime. And yet, in the midst of
all this, the employers are growing immensely
rich. While the Society for the Prevention of
of cruelty to animals has secured the passage of
just laws, and caused the penalties to be visited
upon the inlluman wretches that willfully or
carelessly inflict unnecessary pain upon the help
less beasts, who will interest himself in the pre-
vention of cruelty to women, and bring down
munication closes with "The fellow who fred
his store the other day in order TO cheat the In
surance Companies out of $50, 600 and is now
under arrest, never had Sc, 200 worth of pro-
perty in his life; but for years past had been
practcing every kind of imposition upon his
employees and paid them in full only when COM
PEELED by law" -Neao York Tribune.
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The Roads.
DARLINGTON, MD., Decembe

DARLINGTON, Nh, December 10th, 1867
TO tie Editor Of The Agis & hteHigenccr:
My DEAR SIR Your continued, and most praisewor
tiny agitation Of the road question doing valuable SER
vice in this community.
Youcomplain that more corresponlents have mot nd
dressed letters to the public. This apparent delinquency
should not be regarded evidence Of ukewarmness or
indifference TO the important subject Many persons feel
a modesty about appearing in print, which, in fre
quent cases. Is highly commendable but with reference
70 the roads would seem proper this time for every
or in private. f
Every one with whom have conyersed upop the sub
Ject express decided inter in road improyements
and comedies the necessity for action on the part Of
the public. ~ f' W
Noc appears to be the accepted time for sue ,ess in
TINS respect The political field is cleared and the pas
sons excited by the angry contest hoped has sub
sided ana mems judgments are in a condition to
look calmly aud act wisely upon subject which equally
interests all. s'''
Men having considerable experience in the care of
roads, assert that when the roads are once placed in
pervsors who know their business better than they know
tne wires OF their political party additional appro
prlauon over that now expended will he REQUIRED
Everybody knows that much less labor is needed tn
Keep good road In order than to make bad one mass
able. 49, INV PN''
1t is matter of economy with tho taxpayers of tho
ounty to take measures for the permanent improve
ent OF the oadseven apart from the consideration of
tine thousands OF dollars that they annually lose In tbe
wear and the tear of vehicles - 49,
nave no plan to PROPOSE not possessing the reguHte
practical qualfcations, but concur with you and your
county should hold meetings to consider and mature
some pian and then meet Ia County Convention to COM
pare IDEAS and decide upon some practical measure
ieaVe 10 others to make suggestions to tho time of
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Destructive Fires,

The establishment of Providence Rhode Island man.
uacturng company used for the manufacture of sash
doors, blinds, furniture and other wood work together
With gist mill, salt mandatory and much other
properly at Augusta, Maine, werc destroyed by fire on
Thursday, the 10th instant. Loss SSO,OOO
On the same day Burns flour mills, at Pawtucket
wee totally destroyed Loss $4,000.
At Tidonto Pa on the 18th instant the Capital House,
Post Office, and several other buildings were burnt Loss
$4,000.
Two fires occurred at Vicksburg the night of the
18th. Loss $4,000.
On the 10th of the present month, McCheney's pork
packing establishment, Florence Indiana was totally
destroyed, Loss $500 o.
Alloway's Building, in Nashville, Tennessee, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 2lst instant. Loss $4,000
The Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Rail-
road Companys grain elevator at Toledo, Ohio was de-
stroyed on the 22d of this month. Loss s3OOCo).
AT Chicago the 24th instant in the lumber ward of
Stevens fire occurred Loss $4,000.
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To Owners of Horses and Cattle,

TOBIAS DERBY CONDITION POWDERS are war
l. ranted superior to any Others, pay for the
cure Of Di'tuTper, wvrns Bots Coughs, Hide-bound,
Colds &c. in Horses and Colds, Coughs Loss OF Milk
Black Tongue, Horn Dstemper, de- in Cattle They
perfectly safe and innocent need Of stopping the
working OF your animals. They increase the appetite,
give fine coat cleanse the stomach and urinary organs
increase the milk of cows Try them and you will
er be without them. Hiram Woodruff, the celebrated
recommends them to his friends. Col Pho P. Bush of
the Jerome Race Course Fordham, N " would not use
them until he was told of what they composed since
which he liz never without them, He has over twenty
running horses in his charge and for the last three years
has used no other medicine for them. lie has kindly
permitted me to refer any to him. Over 1000 other
references cain he seen at the depot Sold by Druggists
and saddleis Prize % ceps per box Depot Sc Cort-
landt Street, New York. dec2O
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CHsIsrMAs.-If we leave out of the question
the firing ofguns and fire crackers by the boys, and
the halooing, wrangling and noise created by
parcel of negroes, we could very well set last
Wednesday down as very quiet day in Bel
Air. All the public Offices were closed, and IN
the afternoon we observed that our merchants
had closed their places of business. The place.
in the after part OF the day bore somewhat the
appearance of Sunday, if we except the noise
above referred to. None of the churches were
open, we believe, perhaps in consequence of the
several ministers being engaged elsewhere. -
There are many holidays which it would be well,
we think, to observe indeed all days which are
recognized among us as holidays would be better
properly observed than not regarded at ALL
But tits very questionable ifany good results from
them as kept in this country. Our Thanksgiving
days might answer as lesson on this subject
Who is there whohis never witnessed the keep
ing of thanksgiving day, if suddenly set
down among MS. on one of those days, would
ever dream that we were giving thanks, or that
the day had been solemnly set apart as a day .ol
thanksgiving, by proclamation.
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Affairs at Havre de Grace.
HAvRE DE GRACE, Decembe,

10 The Editor Of The 1EJis and Lntsuigcncer:
Mr.. EDITOR We have winter here in good earnest,
the river is frozen entirely over and parties walk
with perfect safety The has frozen to
make the sleighng of tho best order and the farmers
have taken advantage Of 1t by bringing their families to
town to provide for Christmas. The sportsmen
have had dull time for ten days back, it impos-
sble to get sight n back, which, by the by,
sell for 81 per pair, to-day.
The Temperance speeds on its way /; 100 men,
bers have signed the pledge in the last five MONTHS.
They using every exerton to raise Library and
build Hall.
Some $50 canal barges have been compelled to lay up
here account of the canal freezing
Mr. James Scully, of this place, went to New York
city to bring a nephew home with him, who arrived
from the sold Country" When they came near Elkton,
the running 40 miles hour, the boy,
who had been asleep started up and rushed to the door,
jumped off, before Mr.. Sculy could prevent him. The
cars were descending Iron Mountain at this time The
train stopped possible but not before they
had run some miles Some workmcn. with Mr.. Scully
obtained hand and went back, to get the body
But judge of their surprise to find the boy playing with
ball He did not receive a scratch When asked why
he jumped from the he said he thought the ship had
SUNK and he went upon the bank to it, if he could
Yours, &C..
Wise
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-12-27

CHILDREN's AID SOCIETY OF BALTMoRE.-c
The annual report of this society gives much
promise of future usefulness. The institution
has had committed to its charge during the past
year l2s children.
Local committees are either established in each
county of the State are intended to be. The So
ciatu -~., A. -----e-- $3.50 s'".
ing of children, and always succeeds in finding
them comfortable homes. Subscriptions of mon
ey, dry goods, secondhand clothing, stockings,
&C., will be received by Jesse Tyson, Treasurer,
northwest corner of Charles and Lexington
streets. Contributors and others are invited to
visit the "Home," No. 70 North Charles street,
and inspect the records and correspondence with
b the children. The following is an extract
from the report:
No. 495. Is years. Son of widow, a refu-
gee, wretchedly poor smart boy, but hard to
control. Placed with q storekeeper third
home in the right place at last.
No, 694. 10 years. Welsh boy, from death
id poverty father incorporate. Placed with
magistrate; no children great pet, very hap
Ply; writes to his relatives.
No. 643. years. Deserted by mother
reared by negro. Placed with a wealthy far
mer no children great pet
No. 6Sl. IL years. Mother in Bay View
Asylum father a drunken vagrant. Placed
with wealthy farmer no children treats this
child as his own. Boy says, 81 have good
home and want to stay"
No. 673 10 years. Incorrigible Mother
widow boy beyond her control. Placed in the
family of farmer strictly pious people; ex-
cellent disciplinarian more suitable home
could not be obtained. 'Little pest' says, ~
don't want to go back to Baltimore like to
ride horses"
No. 687. years. Father dead, mother va
grant. Placed with wealthy farmer excel
lent Christian people live plainly but substan-
tally very fond of this child, and she of them
She says, ~ like to stay here" o.
No. 6ss. years. Sister to the above
Adopted by carpenter carrying on small
farm; pious people in easy circumstances
very much attached to this child, having none Of
their own. They say, 'nothing could induce us
to part with her she is so much company"
No. 1913. II years. Mother dead received
from Incorporate father, since deceased eTi-
IDENTIFY seen better days. With farmer in good
circumstances married. hut no children.
No. 1871. years. Received from Incorporate
father, who, he complains ill-treated him.
married no children. Little chap soon became
acquainted is now perfectly satisfied.
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Fen1an Attempt to Blow up London
Prison.
QUEENS HOTEL,


LONDON, Dec. l3-ll 80 z. NJ.
To-day, at the hour of four o'clock in the
afternoon, three men, accompanied by q woman
were observed by persons passing at the moment
to roll q barrel against the wall OF the Cerken-
well Green prison, where Colonel Burke, who
was arrested a short time since--charged with
an active completely in the Fenian riots in Man.
chester-and other FEM n prisoners are con-
fined ; some under remand hom a maeisterial
examination in the Police Court and others
awaiting transmission to different towns for
trial.
The barrel was placed at the wall bounding
the side of he prison yard in which persons con-
fined in Clerkenwell are permitted to take exer-
else at the hour of four o'clock, p NJ.
Soon after it was fixed in What raay be called its
position an awful explosion, followed by most
disastrous consequences took place. The prison
wall was blown down to a great extent, a gap
almost one hundred feet wide having been made
in its ruin. The dwelling houses situated on the
line of the street opposite to the prison y ere
shattered, many of them almost completely level
ed TO the EARTH Two men, with women, who
it is supposed, are the parties who fixed the bar
rel, were Immediately arrested but the third
man. who was seen to light the fuse which was
applied to it, made his escape.
None of the prisoners confined in the Jail got
out, as the term OF their outdoor exercise had
terminated, and they had been marched from the
yard and locked up in their cells just before the
explosion took place.
The street opposite, which runs parallel to the
prison. at the spot is narrow and built with
houses three stories high. They are for the most
part rented out in apartments Of one or two
rooms. The inhabitants of the extensive subur-
ban parish district of Cerkenwell are very poor
Twenty houses were almost utterly demolished and
rendered untenantable by the crash. The city
iiremen were Immediately summoned to the spot,
and are now employed 10 digging in and under
women and children, have been found to be
wounded. Four of them have already died A
house which stood in the street just directly OPP
posite to where the breach has beer blown in the
prison wall has been suspected for some time as
Fenian headquarters, or place of rendezvous for
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OLIVER TwIsr.-D. Appleton & Co., 44a and
and 445 Broadway, New YORK., have issued
this work in a very neat little volume which
they are selling at twenty-five cents. They
have in course of publication, a cheap
edition of the works Of Charles Dickens,
the FIRST Of which is Oliver Twist and the remain
ing volumes will appear in rapid succession
They have also nearly ready a cheap edition of
the Waverly Novels, which will also be sold at
twenty-five cents volume. Each of the above
works, together with many others issued at this
very extensive publishing establishment will be
sent free by mail on receipt of the price.
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BALTIMORE MARKETS.

FLoUR.-super, s9.5O@10Oo Extra, $40 2591O.75 City
Mills Super, S0.50Ggln.50; Extra, SlO25@075; Fam
lily sl25O03 High Grades S1350dl40 Western So 80
GDl1O0 Rye Flour 7I5dS 26 Corn Meal, SG00G625 per
bb Buckwheat Flour Si.5Otl5.0O per hundred.
GRAN.-Wheat, FUR Sa62a270; prime $27292.75 info
riOr to FIJI 2.60Go2.65 Corn, prime white 81 221125;
prime yellow Sl.22@1SO Western mixed 1.2769l rs
Oats 70(pTS. Rye Sl.55Gsl.6O.
GuANo.-Peruvian, $50 in gold n ton; Mexican, $50
ado; Pacific, $685. Phosphate, sj5@S65O0 Bone Dust
S5Od $50
llAY-Baled $220S25ss ton. Straw SloG21.
sEEDs-Clover Seed, S7.75@9s.OO; Timothy do, $4,000
275; Flaxseed S2.4cG250. IL.
WooI-Unwashel ll@24c.; washed, 32@3ic; common
fleece. 220lIOc
PRovIsONs-Bacon sides, 1791S31c; shoulders, 1134(G
1876; hams, 20 d23c.; Lard l3,dl3IIc
SMT-Fii $3.OO@310 per sack; ground alum, S2.lO
G2.20; bulk, $4,000. q bIshel.
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RURAL ALMANAc.-We are in receipt of Land
reth's Rural Register and almanac, for 1868,
pub lshed annually for gratuitous distribution.
We regard this as valuable publication, and
therefore advise our agricultural neighbors to
send to David Landreth Son, 81 and % South
Sixth street, Philadelphia for one.
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CosTLY.-The British army is very costly. In
India it amounts to 250,00 men, at an annual
cost of 1856 900, 900. Elsewhere in the British
Empire it is l20,0 900 men, at an annual cost of
10000 000 The navy costs annually $780,
000,0 The total expenditure for army aud
navy amounts to $2l0,0O0,0O0 annually, or
twice the French expenditure for the same pur-
poses.
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BEL AIR, MD.
Friday, December 9th, 1867.

'-."'ea {" Hs'"'' haG a mes ctt"l;dtG cfcuiat
L..yiIs the intelligent farmers and business men o
Hartford, than any other paper in the county. NO
Clock HOSPITAL, or other obscene or "Loteryo adver
isemenis will appear in columns at any price.
arge number pay for their paper in ID
vance, and consequently justine clss advertisers de-
sire 10 reach.
The of and legitimate advertisers
is directed to the above facts.
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PUBLIC MEETING
IN RELATION to PUBLIC ROADS

A an informal meeting Of citizens of Hartford
n county, held Immediately after tie adjourn
ment of Court, it was
ResoiUed That meetings be held in each cleo
tion district in the county, at the usual places of
holding elections, on MONDAY, the Both day of
December, to take into consideration the subject
of PUBLIC ROADS, and appoint ten delegates
to represent each district in County Conven-
ton, to be held in Bel Air, on TUESDAY, the
7th day of January next, to take such measures
as may be deemed best to secure a good and per-
feet sy stem of public roads for the county.
The citizens of the several districts are earnest
ly requested TO attend the district meeting, and
send their best and most earnest men TO repre-
sent them in the County Convention.
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2G A e z I E D.,

On Tuesday, December 10th, at st. Johns
Church, IIavre de Grace, by Rev. Henry B.
Martin, NJ. D., WILLIAM +. KNIGHT, of
Clarke Co, Va, TO Miss SARAH NJ, daughter
of the late James A. Cover, Esq.
In Baltimore, on Wednesday, the 9th of No.
vembcr, by the Rev. Richard Norris, Mr..
CHRISTIAN CASE TO Miss MARY ANN
BARNES, all of Havre de Grace.
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cost Of which is $l2,
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To Correspondents.

All communications for publication must be accom-
pa,cd with the real name of The author, or no nen
lion will be paid TO them The real name fthe autho
will not be- published unless desired, but we canno
consent insert communications unless VIC know the
writer.
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SONG OF IRON.

am mighty in the sabre,
FIercely welded by the brave
Glorious in the stdwart steamer,
Laughing at the storm and wave.
Bcauteous in the palace pillars,
d.. Saving in the pointed rod, Pa
As 1t br ngs the deadly lightning
Quelled apd harmless to the sod.
But there Is GLORIOUS essence,
Where take my graldest power,
Giving 10 the race my suresI,
Sweetest aid, in dangers hour.
See before me fly diseases!
See the darkest hydras bow
See tile rose of health and beauty
Take the palest cheek and brow.
.... Fiv, dyspepsia! fly consumption!
Yes, all ills are crushed at length;
For give what human nature
Only ever needcd-srength
Shall tell in what great essence
can thus your spirits cheer up?
Pallid. trembling, dying sufferer,
70 IT'S the famed "Peruvian Syrup.:'
The PERUVIAN SYRUP is a protected solution OF
the Pr0toxide of lron new discovery in medicine that
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Up. DINsMoRE, Proprietor,
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NOTICE.

yHpHE stockholders of the MEREDITH'S
Ii FORD and JARRETTSVILLE TURNPIKE
COMPANY, are requested to meet ae 0wings
store, on MONDAY, January 9th, at l O'Clock,
?. NJ, for the purpose Of electing President,
five Directors, Secretary and Treasurer, for the
ensuing year.
j. R. STREET., President.
J.H. SCARFF, Secretary. dec27