The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-02-28

the cavalry horses and transport mules were
taken with a sudden illness, which DR.. Jones,
Of the eXpeditionary corps, asserts to have
its seat in the heart. So far it has proved
incurable Out offour hundred and seventy
five horses landed at Zoualla, October %, one
hundred and twenty died and forty had to be
left behind. About two hundred and fifty
mules had fallen victims to the disease This
leaves about one-third of the vanguard dis
mounted. The natives assert that that region
is mortal to the genius horse; they never
bring the animal there
AN EXTENSIVE COTTON FAcToRY.-In
the new Arctic Mill of the Spragues, at War
wick, r. L. 1926 hands are employed $4,000
spindles and 5G7 looms are run, and 100000
yards ofprnt cloth are turned out per week.
The cost of the whole work was $5O0,000.-
1t was built during the past year, and has
been running several months. The main
mill is granite 1862 by 60 feet, and four stories
and attic, with an L 80 by 40 and three sto-
ries. The boiler house, also ofgranite, is so
by 40 and two stories and contains six large
boilers. All the wood work of the mill is
oak, chestnut and black walnut.
On Tuesday last three towns in New York,
hitherto Radical, went Democratic at the mu
nicipal elections. Binghampton, which cast
a Radical majority of 253 in 1868, and rs in
1867, gave Democratic majority of no
Ogdensburg, Radical in 1866 by 504, and in
1867 by 224, went Democratic by 20 majority
Erwin, Radical by 72 in 1866, and Democrat
ic in 1867 by 10, gave Democratic majority
%.
The Baltimore Central r. r., is moving
towards completion, and will soon be ready
for laying the track from Rising Sun to
Warnings Meeting House. This road has
been engineered through some very heavy
country, and required considerable amount
of skill and judgment to fit it to the valley
of Basin Run. They have built 2 fine bridges
over the'Octorara the abutment of one is
very fine arch built over the county road.
at St. Paul, Mimi, on Monday the ther-
mometer marked 40 degrees below zero. At
Sparta, Mimi, it marked 81 degrees below
zero.
1t is said $4,000 bales of cotton are at JEFF
erson, Texas, waiting shipment and that fully
as much more will be received.
The New Orleans Picuyune thinks there
will be comparatively little cotton planted
this year in Louisiana.
The fruit growers throughout Indiana re-
port that thus far not one peach bud in a hun
dred has been injured by frost
The streets of London appear to be more
dangerous for pedestrians than English rail
ways are for passengers. In the seven years
ending in 1866, only one passenger in nine
millions was killed from causes beyond his
own control In the streets of London, in
twelve-months one hundred and tifty-four
were killed out of a population of three mil
lions. So it is safer to ride ON railroad car
in England than to walk in London Streets
What blessing it would be if the American
railways were as free from peris as those in
England.
Among the debts itemized in the petition
of John w. Steele ('Coal Oil Johnny"), of
Oil City, claiming bankruptcy, is hotel bill
of $4,000, and a cigar bill of $4,000 Steele
is the millionaire who created such furore in
Oil City and elsewhere some time since with
his $4,000 day income. He is now driving
ateam in the oil regions "Sich is life"
The annual report of the Idaho territorial
treasurer places the territorial debt somewhat
over $4,000. Utah, on the contrary, owes
nothing, but has $4,000 in the treasury.
The Democracy of Reading won great
victory on the 18th, at the city election
The city has heretofore gone for the Repub-
licans. On Friday last the Democrats carried
the city by 1886 majority This is gain of
1856 over the vote of last year. Lancaster is
now no longer the only Democratic city in
the commonwealth.
A Pittsburg paper tells how two thieves
met a gentleman walking the streets late at
night with box under his arm, and under
took to show him to hotel. They relieved
him of the box, and ran off with it. The gen.
= ueman was naturalist, and his box contain
ed four rattlesnakes. Fancy the thieves emo
tions when investigating their prize.
Though the Winter has thus far been very
fine for cutting and putting in lumber, we
understand that operations are not carried
on to any great extent in the pine regions of
this county. The unsettled condition of the
country, and the tiuctuating currency with
which we are cursed are the principal causes
for the suspension of all sorts of business in
this country.-BeNefonte Waterman.
The military have been compelled to inter-
fere at Tallahassee, Florida to prevent the
contending factions from annihilating each
other. The 'darks" are in high state of ex-
element No work is performed by the ne
groes. Cufee has thrown himself with per-
feet abandon into politics. Meetings and
speeches are the order of the day.
The 18th annual report Of the P, W. &
B. Railroad for the year ending October 81
1867 shows the receipts at EllSton to have
been for that year sl4, $1,000; Havre de Grace
$18,171 40
The number of local passengers from Will
mington to Elkton was 1857, to North East
1885, from Elkton to Wilmington 2,775, from
North East 2,157.
We are at a loss in what way to co nstrue
Mr.. Stewards objection to the publication of
the cost of arresting Surratt, on the ground
that it would embarrass the interests of JUS
tice. Is the cost so great that the public
would demand the execution of the prisoner
whether guilty or not, as debt due to the
public exchequer? Or is it so small as to
raise the presumption that a prisoner who
ran no further than to Egypt must be inno-
cent?
The Radical Philadelphia Post says: Gen
Grants letter will disappoint its readers. 1t
is reply to the least important part of the
Presidents argument-the charge of insubor-
dination." It.goes on to say that Grant chal-
lenged the President to prove that he made
certain promises, and the President does
prove them by five members of his Cabinet"
The Kentucky Legislative recently elected
Hon. Thomas G. McCreery, of Daviess Coun-
ty, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James
Guthrie, resigned Mr. McCreery is about
fifty-one years of age, and, though always one
of the leading Democrats of his State has
never before held public office. In 1885, he
ran for Congress
storekeepcr on Ridge road, near Jeffer-