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Baltimore Live Stock Markst.
Special 70 DAILY 1nfeR0euoz.
BAITnroRE. Auril zs-EyenII

cpelA1< ~ 0l-A8 AAAA@A@44 4Gtfpl1s
BA1InroRK, April l2S-Evening.
CATTLE.
The market to-day for beeves was
dull and declined from so to 65 cents
per 100 Bs. The arrivals amount to
about 500 head, and mostly sold at 5 to
1Ok cents per n gross.
SHEEP.
The market for sheep Is dull and
lower. Sales Of about 1000 head at
prices rangfng from to So cents as to
quality and condition.
The market for hogs has been active,
but owing TO the large arrivals prices
have declined about so cents per 100 ~,
Prices to-day ranged from 1ato I4eents
per D net.
Mnuankee.
APRIL Quist and steady
City Xxx $gszaI6 ..
GRAUEWheat-FIrm At = 12< Tor
5 BGnaIo. q
ARHn 3--Markst dull and nm
changed
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N AT IONAL BANK
or wHHHSG.
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DesiEnAI ted UeposItoFy Q. ;
,APTTAI-.-.-..-..-,.-.. -..-........-...-.-. Ssr0 90
4aIpNe
Money seoesyed on deposits Exchange
CoiIeetIGns made and proceeds promptly
Interest on Special Deposits at the rate of
FoUR per cent per annum where the de-
post remains six months, and HTvE per
cent, nfoT one year.
Bankers and Others solicited
Revenns Stamps for sAle In sums 10 suit
a constant supply OF New Fractional Cur
rency, and !, :, 80 coin, kept for the ac-
commodAtion OF depositoES and the public.
maTis GBo. ADAMS, Cashr.
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LIVER PILLS

Are pills that have direct and powerful
action on the liver, and relieve any tnac-
fivity or contested state Of that all tmPor-
tanf orEan upon which depends the whole
process on Digestion The Importance then.
cfprocurinR 4 PIN that shall have such d.
rect action without the III effects Of mercury
is manifest 10 every one Such P1lls are 10
backs Blood Pills, they are warranted pure
lyvegetabie, and can with certainly De re-
lied upon, and are SAFE at all times
Sold by Druggists everywhere.
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Toledo.

APRIL E-wheat-Sales
white Michigan at 81 s9Ha2 90; amber
81 7Ia2 72; No. red Wabash At 3 50.
COrn-No. 1 held at gee small sales
Michigan at a21<c Oats-2c better;
sales No. at nc. Rye-Scarce.
SERDs-Dul.
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AUYERTIsElrEEL.

WAR DEPARTAIESE,
SUBGEoN GEERAL's OYTIcEs
WAsHUsroS, D O. March : issAJ
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National Savings Bank of Wheeling.
CAPITAL SIOO, ,OOo-
MONEY RECEIVED on DEPOSIT
lll Interest paid on Special DepoEitA Notes
and Bulls discounted. Exchange bought and
sold Collections made on All points and pro
cseds promptly renaitted.
Discount dAy-Wedne8dRy.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas n. List, Robert Pratt,
Robert Gibson, r A ACabe,
J. G. ThonAsr 7. NJ Dodson.
j. L stifel.
THOs. a. LIST, President
s- p. HILDRETH. Cashier noVn
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The Peoples Bank.
OFFICE, No. 6 MAIN 81, WHEELING
" VIVA Money received on deposit In
terest Paid on special deposits.
SOiEs and bills discounted. ExchanEs
bought and sold. Collections n hume or trum
a5road promptly attended 10.
Jot.n Red Christian HeA
John HRndlan, John Nockler,
Ssm1 J. Boyd, Richard Garter.
Andrew Wilson
JOHN REID, PreSI-
JOSIAH 2. UPDBGRAFF. CashT. myS
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Delegates to the Republican Ma;
tionaI Convention will be furnished
with a free pass, good over any road
consenting with the existing arrange
ment with regard to such delegate,
which will be sent them through the
Chairman of theirrespective state Cen
tral COMMITTEES, on application by the
latter to DIR. Charles V. Dyer, Chair
man of the Chicago Committee on Ar
rsDpaments
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THURSDAY EvESISG,
Aprfl .. 1858,
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SHEEP.
aWL.L
Milwaukee.

BumAEO. -
.s.5ss5 AzzE a.-Naffst dun and nm
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JUsT RECEIVED AND FOR SALE At
y Eedueod prices. FIfry Dozen Hemp BED.
@sr1 CHAs. n BEERy.
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Notice

n a. oDRERT HAS BEEN FHrs nav
VI Arin1tted e q member o. on nm. Td
change In the 1Em nane -
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CATTLE MARKET.

CArrLK-Market for beef cattle dull
and fully lc lower, and ranges from
l55z to I71<c.
HOos-Firmer for choice, ranging
from s1z to 9a10ISc.
RECEIPs-Hogs, 2,O16i cattle, 5s9.
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cLos1va PRIcEs. 90 P. ".

SrocKs-Pacifc Mail e21<aa22<; At
lantic SS; Western Union Telegraph 81
aS71<; New York Central 12SSsalSS1zi
Erie 6s1za6s5s; do preferred 731za54;
Hunson 1S3a1S5; Harlem l2SiSi Read
ing S9I<ase9s; Ohio & Mississippi Ger
tificates 3ls3lL<; Wabash 5l2{a52; Mich
igan Central III 55zaIl5; Michigan south
ern 991Sae91<; Illinois Central 14S;
Pittsburgh SOaS2; Toledo 10S5zal04.
Express SHAREs-Adams 6Sa6S5s;
Wells, Fargo & Co. 2ea3O; American
81 5<a62L; United States 6i1za6ST Aer-
chants Union 3lEa3lG,
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Sales of !, 500 bales of South Ameri-
can wool at auction to-day; the bid
ding was spirited. Lower grades did
we'll, while better grades barely main
tanned the rates. The range was 261<a
soc for unwashed, and 6oas3c for
cleansed.
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CorTOS-About 10 better, with a fair
business; sales 1900 bales at S5c for
middIing uplAnds.
FIOUR-Closed shade frmer, with a
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DRY GOODS.

The reduction noticed in heavy
brown sheetings and a few makes of
prints yesterday, has helped to stimu-
Late the demand, and consequently the
market opened more active; but before
the close, is again rather dull in prices.
There is no further change, nor much
prospect OF any reduction in rates so
long as cotton keeps 50 high.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-31

q THE ,UNcHANGEABLE LAND In The
East things do not change. AS Abra-
ham pitched his tent in Bethel, SO does
an Arab Sheik now set up his camp; as
David built his palace on Mount ZION,
so would a Turkish pasha now arrange
bis house. In every street may be seen
the hairy children Of Esau, squatting on
the ground tovuuring a mess Of lentils like
that for which the rough hunter sold his
bitthright. Along every road plod the
sens Of Rachal, whose fathers, thousands
of years ago, bound themselves and theirs
toidrink no wine, plant no tree, enter
within no door, and their children have
kept the oath; aud at every khan are
young men around the pau of parched
corn dipping their morsel into the dish.
Jobs pillow is still used, and the seed
is still trodden into the ground by asses
and kline. Olives are shaken from the
bough as directed by Isaiah, and the graft
Ing of trees is unchanged since the days
Of Saul, The Syrian house is still, as
onlyla stone tent, as a temple
was but a, marble tent What is seen now
in Bethany may be taken as the exact
house Of Lazarus, where Mary listened
and Martha toiled, or as the house of 81
moa the leper, where the box Of precious
I inment was broken, and whence Judas
SET out to betray his master. -,
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goetifal.
& For the RJis and Iatelligs nee,
The Spectre Bridegroom.

ooh, why do you look so pale this morn,
As If you had watched all night, my child
And why do you look so weary and worn,
And why are your eyes SO wild ~
"Oh, well this morn may I look worn,
And well may look weary and pale;
For sight of awe last night | saw,
Might make the boldest quail 49,
You know never slept here before, r.
so turned the key in the rusty lock;
But at twelve swung open the creaking door
Twelve, by the staircase clock. - ..
held my breath, for, as pale as death,
Dido tall young man in the doorway stand;
He was dressed in white, and Pickering
light
He had in his shrunk right-hand.
| at first felt vext, though scarce afraid;
Kind sir said |, do not enter here ;
But into the room three steps he made,
And then began to fear
In the faint-lit gloom of the narrow room,
Like one in coffin all stiff he stood
With corpse-like grasp he seemed to clasp
The lamp in a questful mood
l felt, as 'twere, to the bed fast bound;
screamed, or tried to scream, with fright;
From the CHASTITY figure 1 heard no sound;
Naught moved save his glimmering light.
With mournful air and look of care,
He stood for a moment as if in doubt
Then he closed his eyes with means and
signs,
And his wavering light went out.
And, at length, l know that loudly
screamed, -iz -
But no one came, and trembling lay,
Trying to think had merely dreamed,
Till welcomed the dawn of day"
mo, no, my DEAR twas no dream, fear,
No dream that has turned your cheeks so
pale: ".~5
Twas spirit, think-nay, do hot shrink,
But listen, and hear the tale
A lover came hither long years ago,
And an aunt of your own was to- be his
bride es.t-
But uncertain are all things here below;
In that very room he died.
That very room for the gay bridegroom
And his fair young bride was decked with
But his soul took fight on his marriage
night,
And a corpse alone lay there.
In his marriage-clothes they buried him,
And, once or twice, it is said BEFORE d.,
In them arraved, at the midnight dim,
He has opened that chamber door; y. = ~
With lamp in hand been seen to stand,
Step in, and linger as If in doubt,
With staring eyes, and means and signs,
Till his wavering light went out. ~
w r. SuoEMAEEp
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II Hundred Years lao.

The following pithy description of young
bellies and beaux of century ago will
compare not unfavoraby with their eoun.
terparts of the present day, who may be
ssea perambulating our principal thorough.
fares from morning till night. AS this
description is, however, more applicable
to bridal occasion, it will not suit the
present fashions in every particular. To
begin with the lady. Her locks were
strained upwards over an immense cushion
that set like an incubus upon her head,
and plastered over with pomatum, and
then sprinkled with shower of white
powder. The height of this tower was
somewhat over foot. One single white
rosebud lay on its top, like an eagle on a
haystack. Over her neck and bosom was
folded lace handkerchief, fastened 10
front by a bosom-piu rather larger than a
dollar, containing her grandfatner's min
slaturo set in virgin gold. Her airy form
was braced up in satin dress, the sleeves
as tight as the natural skin of the arm,
with a waist formed by bodice, worn
outside, from whence the skirt flowed off,
and was distended at the top by an am-
pie hoop. Shoes of white kid, with peak
I'd toes and heels of two or three inches
elevation, inolosed her feet, and glittered
with spaugles as her little pedal members
peeped curiously out. Now for the swain.
His hair was sleeked black, pleotifully
oefoured, while his cue projected like the
handle of a skillet. His coat was a sky blue
silk, lined with yellow bis vest of white
satin, embroidered with gold lace his
breeches of the same material, and tied at
the knee with pink ribbon. White silk
stockings and pumps, with laces and ties
of the same hue, comrleted the habiliments
ofhis neither limbs. La SO rufles clustered
around his wrist, and portentous frill,
worked in correspondence, and bearing
the miniature of his beloved finished his
truly genteel appearance.
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THE GREAT AMERIcAN DEsERT.

The GREAT AMERICAN DESERT
Hon. W. Gilpin, who has participated in
nearly all the early explorations of the
remote west, said in recent lecture Ga
those immense plains, once popularity sup
posed to be deserts of shifting sand, I
found $4,000 head Of aboriginal cattle,
and when we consider the wild harsoS, the
elk, the bear, the antelope AM hs d..
gers that roam over these tracks Ia ,und.
less profusion We may arrive at an idea of
the number Of domestic cattle they will
support so sheep or Eve head domestic
cattle can be SUPPORTED on what would
be necessary for the sustenauce of one
buffal The soil is dry and dusty from
the fact of the rainless atmosphere but
they are beautifully smooth. Great rivers
which the eternal SHOWS Of the mountains
feed, course through it, and their waters
can be applied in irrigation. The vegeta-
tion is a fine, delicate grass, that forms
the carpet of the plains. This the heat
and drought cure into hay, on the ground,
aud it is on this that 10000, 900 ami
mails between the Mississippi river and
the Pacific seas are fed. Here, then, is
the great reservoir where the constantly
increasing population of our great cities
are to find their animal food.
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Most people have been made acquuinte,
in the nursery with s.

Most people have been made acquainted
in the nursery with 81
"Little Jack Horner,
Who sat in the corner,
ase Eating Christmas pie, s~sg
,..t. Put in his thumb ss
And pulled out plum,
And said, What brave boy am II"
This individual was not myth but
real parsonage Tradition furnishes the
following story of the fortunate fellow:
When Henry the VIII Suppressed the
monasteries aud drove the poor old monks
from their nests, the title deeds of the Alb
hey of Mells--inclu ing the su,nptuous
grange built by Abbot Bellwood- were
demanded by the commissioners. The
Abbot Of Glastonbury determined that he
would send them to London, aud as the
documents were very valuable, and the road
infe ted by thieves, it was difieult to get
them to the metropolis safely. T, accom-.
plish this end. however, he devised the
following plan:
He ordered a pie to be made--as fire as
ever smoked on a refectory table; inside he
put the documents-the finest filing d
pie ever bad siuce pies were first made
he intrusted this dainty to a led named
Horner to carry up to London, to deliver
safely into the hands for whom it was in
tended. But the journey was SO long,
aud the day cold, and the boy was hungry,
aud the pie was tempting, and the chance
of detection was small. So the boy broke
off piece of pie and beheld a parchment;
he pulled it forth innocently enough, won
dering how it could have reached there,
tied up the pastry aud arrived in town.
The parcel was delivered, but the title
deed of Mels Abbey estate were missing
Jack had them 10 his pocket. These
vera the juclest plums of the pie. Great
was the rage of the commissioners, heavy
the vengeance they dealt out TO the monks.
Jack kept his secret, and when peaceabie
times were restored, claimed the estates
and received them. Whether Mr.. Horner
deserves the little of "good boy' bestowed
on him by the nursery lament, is more than
doubtful; however, that $ the story.
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VOL. XII.---NO. s.
The CAi,.ese In California.

The yellow man, generally Chinese,
often Malay, sometimes q Dyak, has
been drawn into the Pacific States from
Asia, and from the Eastern Archipelago
by the hot demand for labor; any kind Of
which comes to him as boon. From
digging in a niue to cooking an omelette
orironing shirt, be is equal to every.
thing by which dollars can be gained. OF
these yellow people there are now sixty
Thousand 10 California, Utah and Mon
tapa they come and go but many
more of them come than go. As yet
these harmless crowds are weak and USE
full. Aap-Chang keeps laundry Chi
Hi goes out as a cook Cum-Thing is a
maid of-all work. They are in no qlan's
way, aud they labor for crust of bread,
carrying the bod when Pat has run away
to the diggiugs, and scrubbing tho floors
when Biidy has made some man happy.
Supple and patient, these yellow men,
though far from strong, are eager for any
kind of work but they prefer the EN-.
ploymcnts of women to those of men de-
lighting in 40 engagement to wash
clothes, to nurse babies, and to wait on
guests. They make good buffers and
chamber-uaids. Loo. Sing, jolly girl
in pig-tail, washes your shirts, starching
and ironing them very neatly, except that
you cannot persuade him to refrain from
splitting on your cuffs aud fronts. To
him, splitting on linen is thu same as
dampingit with drops Of water and the
habits of his life prevent him-.even
though you should catch him by the pig
tail aud rub his tiny bit of nose on the
burning iron, from seeing that it is not
the same TO you. To day these yellow
men plumber sixty thousand; in few
years they may be six hundred thousand.
They will ask for votes they will hold
the balance of parties. In some districts
they will make majority selecting the
judges, forming the juries. interpreting
the laws. Those yellow men are Bud
dhists, protesting polygamy, practicing in
fanticide. Next year is not more sure to
come in its own season, than great socie-
ty of Asiatics to dwell on the Pacific
slopes. Buddhist church, fronting the
Buddhist churches iu China aud Ceylon,
will rise in California, Oregon and Neva-
da More than all, war of labor will
commence between the races which feed
90 beef and the races which feed on rice;
one of those wars in which the victory is
not necessarily with the strong. The Ne,o
american.
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fell with a Kissing noise that lasted for
i two hours.
At three o'clock in the morning roll
ing on the roofs If the houses indicated
fall of stones, which soon thickened, and
at length descended 10 q rain of intern ia-
gled fire that threatened at once the fate
of Pompeii or Herculaneum. The crack
ling aud corruscatious from the crater at
this period exceeded all that had yet gone
before. The eyes were struck with mo-
mentary blindness, and the ears stunned
with the agglomeration of sounds
People sought shelter 10 cellars, under
rocks, or anywhere, for everywhere was
nearly the same. T miserable peasant
ry were knocked down aud wounded and
many killed 10 the open air. Several hon.
SEES were set on fire, and estates in the i'm
med'at neighborhood were ruined.
Had the stones that fell been proper;
tionaiely heavy to their size not a crea-
u'e could have escaped with life. These,
having undergone thorough fusiop, were
Invested of their natural gravity, and fell
ALMOST as light as pumice, though in sorne
places they WIRE as large as mans
head. The dreadful rain of stones and
Gre lasted upwards of an hour, aud was
again followed by cinder from four to six
O'clock in the morning. Earthquake fol-
lowed earthquake almost momentarily, or
rather the whole Of the surrounding coun.
try was 10 state of oscillatiou--uot agi-
tated by shocks vertical or horizontal, but
undulate, like water shaken 10 bowl.
The break of day, if such it could be
called, was truly terrific. Darkness was
oul, dispellei at nine o'clock, and the
birth of mourning dawned like the day of
judgment Chaotic gloom enveloped the
mountain, and an impenetrable haze hung
over the sea, with black, sluggish clouds
of u sulphurous cast. For miles around
the country was covered with favilla, Gin.
ders, scoria and broken masses of volcanic
matter.
Thiss the last eruption of Mount Vesa-
vius, is on the grandest scale that has
occurred within the last hundred years. 80
The whole face Of the country is chan
ged, and its beauty probably gone forever.
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WHIsTLINa.-Next to laughing, whist
lieg is one Of the most philosophical things
lin which a fellow Of good spirits can in
dulge Whis'ling is popular prescrip-
ton for keeping up the courage--it might
better be said good spirits. Some genial
philosopher has well said on this subject.
Whistling is great institution. It oils
the wheels of care, supplies the place Of
sunshine A man who whistles has a
good heart under his shirt-froDt, Such a
man not only works more willingly, but
works more constantly. A whistling cob
bier will earn as much money again as a
cordwainer who gives way to low spirits
and indigestion. Mean or avarioious mep
never whistle. The man who attacks
vhistling throws stone at the bead Of
hilarity, and would, if be could, rob june
Of its roses--August Of it's meadow larks. .
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MistellanRnms.
Mount T'esssCiass--- The Grand
Eruption.

Mount Vesugius has for some time in !.
Dictated much disquietude, and, from the
extrerne frequency and violence of earth
quakes which occurred during the few
p,ecediug months, it was Judged that
sume great movement or eruption was
porteuded. The appearance, however, was
not So immediate as to restrain curiosity
or to prevent repeated visits to the era
ter, which visits OF late had been more nu
uerous than at any former period up to
last Sunday, when two gentlemen ascen-
ded and remained there some time
Nothing unusual was then remarked nor
any external evidences, except rather a
strong emission OF sWoke from the inter
stices Of the couical hill at tue bottom Of
the crater. -
To those Who have not visited this 70.
mantle aud, wonderful spot a slight de-
scription is previously necessary aud in
dispensable to form any conception of it,
and to better understand the account
which fulluws for no one living can ex-
psct 10 see it.. the perfection and beauty
10 which il was on last Sunday morning.
About two honsand feet above the lev !.
ell OF the sea--estimating from conjecture
ION the south side Of the mountain, and
rather more than two thirds its height,
opens a circular chasm, somewhat exceed-
ing half a mile in diameter, and between
four aud five hundred feet in depth. Elk.
actIy 10 the centre Of this capacious b. wi
rpses coniral shaped bill, about two hun,
dred and sixty orthree hundred feet iu
height aud about two hundred in diane.
ter, richly covered with yariegated shrubs,
brushwood and vines above half way up,
aud the remainder powdered over with
virgin sulphur TO the top. From the lis
sures ia the tone aud interslices OF rock
thin white suoke was constantly emit
ted, o casionally Hinged with sight blu
i,h fame. The precipitous sides OF, thus
Dasuiicent auphitbeatre were irineed
VITA various eyergreens, aromatic shrubs,
flowers and many Alpine plants. % the
north and south sides of the cone wee
two pieces Of waler--one perIecdy pure
aud lasteiess, aud the other strongly i'm
pregna cd With sulphur aud alum. Tbis
lonely aud beautiful spot was rendered
pore enchanting by the singular aud me-
-
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@eThe pavement Of London is one of
the greatest marvels of our time. Il GOV.
ers 8 900 acres, two-thirds whereof consists
of what may be called mosaic work done
in plain style, and the other third Of smooth
tagging. Such series of works far trans.
cends in quantity the Appiau Way, which
was the wonder of an ancient Rome, and
which would cut but poor figure contrast
ed with one of our commonest streets
The ancient Consular Way was but fifteen
feet wide in the main, and was filled with
blocks Of all shapes and sizes, jointed to-.
gether and planned only on the su face; the
length OF its devious course, from north to
south of Italy, was uuder' 800 miles The
paved streets of London number over S.
900, and exceed 1000 miles in length