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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-04-06

rsar Every patron who obtains Watch BY this
arrangement, costing bnt SO, while it may be
worth $3.50. No parhalay shoaea
Messrs. y. HickEiEg s& Go, III
Broadway New York City, wish to Immediately
dispose Of the above magnificent Stock Certif-
Gates, naming the articles, are placed in sealed
envelopes, and well mixed. Holders are entitled
TO the articles named on their certificate, upon
payment Of Ten Dollars, whether it be Watch
worth $3.50 or one worth less. The return of any
Of our certificates entities you to the article ma
med thereon, upon payment, irrespective Of its
worth, and as no article valued less than SO is
ihued on any certificate, it will at once be seen
that this il
No Lottery, Jut a Straightforward 7eaih-
mate Transaction. 1eAich nsoy be partici-
pated III ly he most tastidlous
single Certificate will be sent by mail, poet
paid upon receipt Of Is cts FIVE for 81, eleven
f9r S3, thirty three md elegant premium for S5. |
s'styssix and nipre valuable premium for sc, /
one hundred and most superb Watch for SIS. To |
agents or those wishing employment this is a
inre opportunity, 1t is iegjtimately conducted
business, du!y authorized by the Government
and open 10 the most careful scrutiny 73y us .
Adaress: g. KsECAIEsG t& so,
nor2l 3tn l49 Broadway, New York.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-04-06
GROCERIES,, 81 c.

so barrels MESS PORK,
100 ] atre1s FLOUR,
100 do Peach Blow & Pink-eye
POTATOES,
Is tubs choice BUTTER,
% barrels WHISKY, 5 tierces LARD,
25 boxes CANDLES. 10 barrels SUGAR,
p barrels MOLtSSE5,
10 sacks RIO C0TFEF,
+ chests choice BLACK & GREEN TEA.
10 barrels IUTTER CRACKERS,
20 boxes SODA CRACKERS.
10 boxes CRACkNEL BISCUITS,
Is boxes SOAP,
% boxes PICKLES, pints, quarts, gals.
3 casks Clear G5 Ribbed SIDES,
3 casks BACON SHOULDERS,
l cask SMOKED JOLEs,
$50 sacks CORN. yellow and white,
| 100 sacks OATS, 100 sacks BRAN,
so bales HAY,
I SO sacks Fine and Coarse SALT,
25 barrels CEMENT, 25 barrels LIME,
20 boxes CHEWING TOBACCO,
10000 domestic HAVANA CIGARS,
| so boxes CLARET,
5 boxes CHAMPAGNE, quarts aud pints,
10 boxes MADEIRA, PORT & SHERRY,
barrels HOLLAND GIN,
cask Old COGNAC BRADY,
30 ] barrels MACKEREL,
10 kits do 1o.1&2,
10 kits SALMON,
10 ] bbls Fulton Market BEEF: choice.
200 boxes SARDINES,
10 boxes GOLDFISH.
MISCELLANEOUS, DC.
CAN FRUITS,
CAN MEATS, all kinds,
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY,
FANCY GOODS and Toys,
GLOVES & LADIES dress TRIMMINGS, I
TRUNKS & VAILISEs,
HATS & CAPS, HOUSE FURNISHING
GOODS, g., &c, &c. &C.,
IowAn store and for sale cheap for CASH
Il JULIUS G. BoGEL's
Family s. Plantation Supply Stfle I
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-04-06
GREAT WATCH SALE
WI THE POPULAR ONE PRICE PLAN.
Giving every Patron Handsome and Re
liable Watch for The low Price
of Ten Dollars
without IL gard to value.

And not to be Paid for unless perfectly
Satisfactory
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12
The Russian Steppe.

Not unlike our own Western prairies,
the Russian steppe consists of vast,
illimitablc plain, its monotonous expanse
stretching away in every direction to the
horizon, never broken by hill or even
tree, but uudulating like an ocean whose
waves have been suddenly arrested. For
l thousands and thousands of miles these
gentle fluctuations succeeded one auoth-
er, such a samaness pervading the land
seape that at last, though the traveller
knows that his horse is galloping on, and
he sees the wheels of his car turn round,
Yet he seems fastened to the same spot,
unable to make any progress. Not even
a bush is to be seen on the level ground,
not rivulet is to be heard, but here and
there In the hollows are tall green reeds
and scattered willows, where sulen rivers
flow slowly along between the sandy
banks So far do these desolate tracts
extend, that it has been declared that
calf, born at the foot of the great wall of
China, might eat its way along till it ar
rived, well-fattened OK, on the banks of
the Dneistcr In the spring, the steppe
possesses peculiar charm of its own
The grass is then paratively soft, and
OF dazzling green. Here aud there, lit
orally, "you cannot SEQ the grass for flow
ers," for they grow in masses, covering
the ground for acres together, hyacipths,
crocusses, tulips, and miguionette. The
air is fresh and exhilarating, the sky is
clear and blue, and the grass rings with
the song of innumerable birds. In some
districts the Steppo remains for length of
time the beauty with which spring has
clothed it; but the interior, where rain is
unknown, when summer comes, tho pools
and water courses dry up, and the earth
gradually turns dry and hard, and black.
Shade is utterly unknown; the heat is
everywhere the same. At morn and eve
the sun rises like lobe of fire, while in
the noon.tide it wears hazy appearance,
due to the dust which pervades the at
mosphere like smoke. The herds grow
lean and haggard, and the inhabitants ap-
pear wriukled and melancholy, and dark
ened by the constant dust to an almost
African hue. In the autumn the heat
lessons, the dust colored sky becomes
once more blue, and the black earth green
the haze gathers into clouds, and the set
ting sun covers the sky with the splendor
of gold and crimson. With September
this phase ends. No yellow corn fields,
no russell leaves throw glory over the
later portion Of tho year; but October
comes in wet and stormy, and soon after
winter arrives, cold aud terrible, sweeping
the plains with hurricanes and snow
storms.
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orally intended for the benefit of the "get
ter up who is sure to build brown.stone
palace after the thing is over. 1t is true
we ourselves indulge sometimes in poker,
seven.up, eucre, &C.; but those are square
games.
We fear the Lord, and do not wish a
brown stone palace built on sand. We do
not steal rob. We think "coal oil" good
illumination, but despise it as fertilizer
for soil, brain or pocket We have large
horses, with big tails and long names, and
think they can 60 just as fast as any of
your ''clipped" city nags. We think we
have about the best whiskev in the coun
try, i. e. we can drink it with clear con,
science for we know the tax has been paid
on it. Oar principle is to support the
Government with dseds, not with gas
Finally, we have Il rich farming coun-
try, lots f limestone, little gold in the
soil, bot plenty in our pockets raise
lots Of cereals, Ono pumpkins, we are OPP
posed to them, they are Of puritan ori-
GIN have foe cows and make good but
ter Our hams are real, and we use no
horse-fesh in making sausages. Our
cocks can crow as loud as anybody's, our
turkeys weigh twenty-five pounds each
about Christmas time, cur babies are all
cheerful and healthy, cur women ale all
pretty, and when We die we all expect to
90 to Heaven.
| myself am in the NET caDtile business,
not for gain, merely for the acommoda.
ton Of the neighborhood. Albert Yost
is a woolIea manufacturer, which he car
ries on under the same benevolent priuc-
pies. There are 10 other business men
who use our ?. q. address. Trusting my
Information will prove satisfactory, al
though at a late date,
! remain yours, with much respect,
,I-n =
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@ a G. e e S .
MORE OR LESS,

being the same land conveyed by A. D.
Hitchcock and wife to Jacob Sturtz, by
deed dated on the 28th day of September,
1866, and recorded among the land re-
cords aforesaid, in Liber W. g., No. 10,
folio 1862, and being the property now oc-
cupled by said Sturz.
TERMS OF SALE
The Terms Of Sale prescribed by the
decree are-that one-third of the purchase
money shall be paid in cash on the day of
sale, one-third in six and the balance in
twelve months thereafter; the credit pay
ments to bear interest from the day of sale
and to be secured by notes Of the purcha-
ser, with surety approved by the Trustee
On payment of the whole purchasa
money, the trustee is authorized to exc
cute deeds.
HENRY D. FARNANDlS,
Trustee.
j. S. RICHARDSON, Auciioneer.
mh22
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vs. The richest man in the world, it
is said, will probably be the young Lord
Belgrave, the grandson of the Marquis Of
Westminster, if he lives to inherit the
property of the latter. The present in
come of the estate is estimated at $4,000
a day but ten years hence, by he'expi.
ration of numerous long leases at nominal
rents, it will probably be 100000. Earl
Grosvenor is the father of Lord Belgrave
and the son Of the Marquis of Westmin-
lister. Lord Belgrave is now Is years of
age.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

AN UGLY LAwYER.-We recolicct,
some quarter of II century back, to have
been present at Il district court in the
country, when gentleman had been made
an unwilling juror. Being man of inf.
mite wit, he made his enforced position
one OF as much amusement to himself as
possible and among other ways of doing
SO, declared it to be his intention to decide
every case according to the personal ap.
pearance of the parties. Having apnouu-
ced his first verdict to have been based on
this theory, the "simpe minds" who were
in litigation began to suspect that such
was really his course. But when his next
verdict was given 1t was against quite
looking lady, who openly complained
of his fickleness.
20" said he, "madam, you are very
good looking yourself, but you bad a very
ugly lawyer"
Many good causes are injured by ILL.,
favored advocacy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

S<S~ a sergeant in the United States
army, who with small party of soldiers
had been sent out Oh scouting expedition
from Fort Defiance, New Mexico, find
Ing himself beset by four hundred Indians,
tied tin cup, filled with pebbles confined
BY cloth fastened over the top, to
dogs tail, wrote note and fastened it to
the dogs collar, and then let tho dog loose.
The terrified animal of course made the
quickest possible time to the fort, the note
was observed and read, and rescue par
ty was sent out, whicd arrived Just in time
to save the lives of the sergeant and his
men,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

SNAKES AS WATCH DoGs.-Sir En-
erson Tennent, in his work on Ceylon,
mentions a communication he received
from a gentleman well known in Ceylon,
regarding cobra, ele great snake of India:
'1lid you ever hear Of tame cobras being
kept aud domesticated about a house,
going in and out at pleasure, and in con-
mon with the rest of the inmates In
our family, near Negombo, cobras are kept
as protectors in the place of dogs by a
wealthy man, who has always large sums of
money in his house. But this is not
solitary case Of the kind. heard it only
the other day, but from undoubtedly good
authority. The snakes glide about tho
house, terror to thieves, but never At
tempting to hurt the inmates"
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To which the facetous 7. NJ. gave the
following answer:
Host Z. O., Berks Co., Pa.

N~SS' i W L~ih N''J Dc
Mr. j DEAR SIR -.
| accidentally came across your request at
a late date. We have 40 business cou.
Germs in our neighborhood, We live in the
country; are all farmers, or independent
Squi,eS we all have lots of money. and
we don't think business, just now, Il
healthy avocation. We are all good
church members, with not particle OF
PWttan faith; say our prayers before 60.
ing to bed, l. e., If we are not out too late
playing "poker,' which is only OCCASION
al, always for pastime, aud never for the
purpose OF accommodating money.
Our political faith is in opposition alike
to Yankee or Southern secession. We be.
liove in God and hate the devil il any
shape or form. We think the Bible and
the Constitution, as our toreiathers made
them, about the two best books in exist.
ence. We revere the wisdom and purity
of our good and great men of all parties
of all sections, and hate aud despise the
charlatans, North or South, East or West,
who seek to destroy our government for
selt-aggrandizement. We love ourselves
more than We do the negroes. Yet the
love we have for them is sincere. If they
pass our way we give them food, shelter
and ralment, provided they don't steal, lie,
want to vote, or marry our daughters -
We all think Artemus Ward a greater
Snowman than Barnum, and his "wax
figures the greatest living curiosity In
the world. We think George Francis
Train the greatest train we ever saw with.
)ut engine, tender or cow-catcher. We
believe Thad. Stevens and Morrisey to be
air representatives of the next Congress
-ono being reformed gambler, the
other practical miscegenator. We don't
'elieve in your city lotteries, gift enter.
rises, soldier Home charities, picture
,allery distributions, &c. They are gen
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Of the Baconia women who won the race
had given birth to child ten days before,
and prepared herself for the contest by
bandaging her breast, The only stops
made during the time by the contestants
for the prize were either to take little
water or eat frugally of pinoli--a simple
Cruel made of parched corn ground and
sweetened with sugar. BY the time the
race was concluded nearly every Indian
on Tho ground was drunk.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12
EGYPTIAN CORN,

which upon trial, found to rpcn planted even the
last of July 1t is estimated from its very prolific quail
ties, to yield $50 bushels per acre and weighs by sealed
Is pounds to the Lu,llc This produced
from procured direct from Mr.. Jones' consular
agent, directly on his return from Egypt
needs II" different cultm" from that of other varic-
ties and in the South two crops lac raised in one sea-
the ground. II grow. in the form of tree,
aud thirvUur have grown upon stalk and will
average from five IL fifteen Tor domestic II is M.
pTll"!"l. When ground and property h"cd II cqE!
ia color AID hu"uo#S to wheaton four As Ora crop
10y sowing in drills broadcast, irr early ipcI there Is
no kind Of corn well ulu ted tpr4jlth COWS, and non"
that Will yield half the value IN IT,. Il or corn.
ltcan ho successfully grown in any State give the
most satisfactory reference. thai til" Is, in every re-
sprr', what represent Il to he, and further, am the
only Fcr thror hput the country who has this variety
preugn. Having secured a 4'Hnttty am now @h!o to
iii all orders for IIv>r d,-iIuu- ui. testing it,
TEEMS-ln orlc" that all ma! receive seed, we have
reduced tine rrcc dollar aud fifty cent. package.
Any person who Will get up club Of five will receive II
package gratis II packages for $lo i"packagcs for 81;
1OO packages for $50 One package will contain enough
plant the following from - to 80 acres also,
directions for planting and cuitiyating.
Address +. +. G.. LINDSEY.
nON IN ABINGDON. Washington Co. Va,
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Qoetital.
THE LETTERS

sun on the tower stood the vamc,
black ycw sloomd the stasuant air,
pcrrd athwart the chancc pane
And saw the altar, cold and bare.
A clog of lead was round my feet.
A band of pain across my brow
"Cold altar, heaven and earth shall meet
Before you hear my marriage vow
turned and hummcd bitter song
That Knocked the wholesome human heart,
And then we met in wrath and wrong,
We met but only met to part
Full cold my greeting was and dry;
She family smiled, she hardly moved;
/ saw with half unconscious eye
She wore the colors approved
She took the little ivory chest
With half a sigh she turned the key,
Then raised her head, with lips compressed
And gave my letters back to Inc,
And gave the trink"ts and the rings,
My gifts, when gifts Of mine could please;
As looks a father ON the things
Ofhis dead son, look on these.
She told me all her friends had said
! ragged against the public liar;
She talked rs if her love were dead,
But in my words Were seeds of fire.
"No more of love; your sex is known,
never will he twice deceived.
IIenceiorh | trust the man alone
The woman cannot he believed
Thro' SANDER, mcancSt spawn Of hell,
(And wOman's Islander is the worst
And you, whom once loved SO we'll,
Thro' youmy life will he accurst"
spoke with heart, and heat and force.
| shook her breast with vague alarms,
Like torrents from mountain source
We rushed into each others arms.
We parted swcetIy cleaned the stars,
And sweet the yopnr-hrjldcd liur,
Low brCrnc5 anud the hclry bars,
As homcwarl Iy the church drew
I'll" very gave. appeared to SMILE
50 fresh they rose in ,hadowy swells;
Ozark porch said, "and silent aisle.
There comes II sound of marriage bells"
80
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12
1RListelIaueUus.
Facetious Letter.
4 BERKS County POSTMASTER AND
HIS OPINIONS.

The following letter was received a
short time since by the Postmaster at
Host 7. O., Barks county, Pa, from a
Commercial Agency in New York:
DEAR SIR will you be so kind as to
give me the names of the business con-
Germs in your place, with the kind of
business they carry on, on the back of
this.
II you will do me this favor, will most
chcerfully serve you here, whenever YOU
may find it convenient to call upon me.
Very respectfully, yours,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

sea'~ A gentleman was promenadiug a
fashionable street with bright little boy
by his side, when the little fellow cried
out
ooh, Pa, there goes an editor -
"Hush, hush ~ said the father,
"don't make sport of the poor man-God
only knows what you may come to yet"
What compliment upon the fraterni-
ty . That dcservas--n button
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

Bay@ An old clergyman, one Sunday, at
the close Of the sermon, gave notice to the
congregation, that, in course of the week,
he expected to go on a mission to the
heather. One of his parishioners, in
great agitation, exclaimed, "Why, my
dear sir, you have never told US one word
OF this before; what shall We do?" 90,
brother p said the minister, 81 dom t
expect to go out of town"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

q A firm in Dayton, Ohio, advertises
"a lot of new government overcoats for
sale, at $780, A few government"
straight jackets ought to be in better de.
mand at this season of the year, especially
as Congress only adjourned conditional
ly."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

DEs" "The tailor makes the man p en-
phatically declared village philosopher.
"No, sir" replied bystander, "it is dress
that makes the man" "Then what does
the tailor make ?" "Well, perhaps from
two to five dollars profit on suit"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-04-12

e. Gilpin asked his friend why he
married so little wife. "Why," said be,
81 thought you had known that of all
evils we should choose the least"
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ENDORSEMENTS.

FCWc the undersigned, citizens Of Washington county
Virginia. having examined some Egyptian Corn grown on
thin soil in this county do hereby certify that o
the stalks produced rty.Iour spikes. the longest spike
around. This corn likewise. grew in the form Of tree
and presented a very healthy Appearance
Il. D. HAMILTON. E'q, Ravens Nest p. O., Va,
Capt. r. NJ COBBLE, Craig's Mills.
Capt. j. g. SrANFlELD, IIostun.
We the undersigned, certify that the above gentlemen
actual residents of Washington county, Virginia
of truth. whose vcrcty purity from ialseOod, fidelity
and honesty none dare question; enjoying an eminent
moral. social and political position in society.
JOHN PHILLIPS. p. NJ, Cmigs Mills p. o. Va. JN0
VI. HAMILTON, Ex-Shcrir of Washington Co.. Va. if
RIEL d. Under, Acting Justice of the Peace.
THE PRESS
r. f. G. Lindsey has presented us an ear OF hiS "EgyD-
tian Corn" heretofore advertised in Our paper The cal
is about the size of INDIAN MAIZE, aud has il solid
gam. lady who ra ed of il last year sends
n certificate stating that she some that had not been
plowcd-il broadcast-t'ni produced twelve
to the stalk abingdon Virgnan.l
EGYPTIAN CORN.-In another column appears the
advertisement Of TIN Egyptian Corn. II is something
new for This section. and is worthy of attention. Mr.
Lindsey the proprietor, and will V"nrh for the state.
made. He has -eeu the grow, and thinks il
would prove a success In Western Missouri Try it
[Cntnn (NlO.l Advocate, Nov. 20, 1866
EGYPTIAN CORN.--F T.. G. Lindsey, Of abingdon,
Va, has the genuine egyptian Corn" which great
many tanners are delg with. This is Ia
this country, aud has merits that do appeuan
10 her bread lutfs. II will ripen lar North Bos
TOM even when planted by the last of July On rich
land ii will yield $50 bushels tn the acre, and weigh,
6j% pounds to the bushcl and for domestic use il is
parIllcled. ltrsemhles four and contains o. per
OF Rulrmen matter Ia the South Two crops wear can
be s0wn. package can b" had of Lindsey for s. sc
| Washington Constitutional unlon.l mh29 81
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-04-05
Contributors--By Josh Billings.

No motifs will be took--from this date
hereafterwards-ov letters that haint
got q postage stamp onto them.
Don't write only on one side Of the
manuscript, and don't write much on
to that.
Don't send manuscript unles you
can read 1t yourself after 1t gets dry.
We pay, all the way up the hill, from
ten cents to one dollar for contributions
according to the heft.
And settlements made promptly at
the end OF next ensuing year.
Poetry and prose pieces are respect
fully solicited.
The highest market price pade for
awful raleroad smashes, and elopements
with another mans wife.
No swearing allowed I'm our paper.
Isaac-Your article on frogs 10 rs-
ceived.
Your idea "frogs might be increased
by propogashun,n is bully.
Your idea that frogs was discovered
by Kristopher Kolumbus, in the year
l492, has slipped my memory.
Yu also say that "frogs grow more
bob-tailed as they grow older.t This
ls too good to be entirely lost.
Noah--we very humbly dekline your
essa on the flood.
Your remarks might possibly lead
one more man to think AZ you do, and
we don't want our columns to be held
responsible for increasing the number
Of phools.
The world has already got more
phools than there 10 any need of.
There amt no doubt I'm mi mind but
that the flood was q perfect success,
and have thought that another just
such an one would pay well In some
sections Of the country.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-04-05
An Incident OF the Bombardnent Or n.
Fisher.

A person who was In Fort Fisher du-
ring the bombardment, tells the follow
ing story in an.English magazine
HOh! the agony OF despair to see
ball and shell falling harmless from
those turrets of iron, or rolling like
pellets along the low decks, whiIst the
gallant defenders of Fort Fisher were
falling i'm sheaves within fortification
which would, four short years before.
have deficd the efforts Of any navy,-ss
work. as Porter says, stronger than
anything 6ebastopol could boast off,
One day happy shot succeeded In
finding its way into q weak spot Of 3
two-turreted monster; . piece OF iron
evidently turned up, and jammed the
turret. Harah! one at least disabled,
though the poor ConfederAtes BY
Jovel see two sailors quietly walk out.
and set themselves down, the one hold.
ing chisol, the other striking with 3
hammer, they were cutting away the
obstruction; and 90 secure was the
monitor against any vital injury infiic-
ted on her, chat, although sllenced, she
would not retire from her position. A
swarm of Southern rif1emen were
thrown out to slay the two bold feder-
ais; but no one hit them, and they
worked on calmly, until General Will
ting generously interfered, and said !:
Such gallant fellows deserve TO live !:
cease firing, my lads, at them., So the
iron was cut away e