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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10
: a. the Montreal Ca y Gazette
Letter from the Rev. Mr.. Bagley.
To the Editor ofthe Gazette

To the Editor Of the Gazette .... ...-.....
SIR The inclosed is forwarded to you
because of your neutral position, and may
prove of interest to your readers or others,
as the last scot you found way to the
people of this country. . .,.f 1850
. Truly yours, ..
PAUL BAGLEY.
Baltimore, Dec. ID, 1867. %,
SOME THINGS AT WASHINGTON.
On the afternoon of December 7th, the
following paper was presented to Presi-
dent johnson -
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 7th, 1867.
SIR Whereas, the President has
made proclamations of amnesty from time
to time, and whereas, by the proclamation
of the 9TH of September last small class
of persons only was excluded from its be-
nign provisions, and whereas the Presi
dent Of the pretended Confederacy was SO
excluded, and whereas, the said so-caled
President has suffered the Imprisonment
of years without trial.
Now, therefore, the President is hereby
prayed to extend his provisions of amnesty
to the said so-called President, and to as
many Others of the excluded class as he
may deem ct, to the end that no man may
seem to suffer unusual or unjust punish.
ment, and that the amnesty become as
general as possible, so that no man may
be debarred from returning to his allie
glance to the Government
am, Sir, your obedient servant in the
love of our Lord Jesus,
PAUL BAGLEY,
Missionary.
His Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States.
The President received the paper with
the remark ''still on the pardon business, "
to which was replied, eyes, l want to see
the way made possible for every man to
return to his allegiance to the Govern
ment. | believe that is the Divine plan"
and the matter was thus left for his con-
sideratiou.
TOR Bond Question was presented to
the President in this light, "Ask your
banker whether be bought his bonds with
gold or green backs, and if he says green
backs tell him to take his payment in
greenbacks and be satisfied. Ask him if
be got as many greenbacks as he could for
his gold when he sold it, and if he says
yes, tell him to let the Government get as
many greenbacks as she can for her gold
when she sells it, aud SO they will be
bought in as they were sold out and moth.
ing will be lost"
Wiie waited in Mr.. Johnson's pres
ence some one communicated with him
concerning impeachment which had been
voted down and hour before. He replied
-"They have raked the sewers and gut
ters and bawdy-houses-they have laid
out their net over the whole country and
gathered in its flth-tbey have used it as
base of operations, and formed their line
of battle--and sounded the word Of re-
treat" +at. .... .r..
He stands unimpeached, because be
stands on the Constitution. Let Congress
change the Constitution if it be defective,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10
Lumber and Slate.

V'HE undersigned takes this method OF inform
Il ing his friends and the public generally
that be has opened
LUMBER YARD
In Bel Air, where he intends to keep on hand all
descriptions of lumber usually kept in well
supplied yard all of which he offers at reasonable
prices.
He also contemplates keeping on hand gene
raj assortment of
Roofing Slate.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10
CHRISTMAS GOODS.

a WELL selected assortment just received and for
IA sale iowat r. II. B0ULDIN'S,
80 Ohiceatreet, opposite N. P. Church,
oec" Bel Air, Nd
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10
SELLING OFF
LOW RATES

LOW RATESI
VIE Subscriber having determined to change
his business is now. offering his extensive
stock of goods at Baltimore prices. His stock is
Urge and varied, comprising everything usually
found in an extensive country store Consisting of
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10
In the matter of sale Of the In the Orphans
Real Estate of Court for Hartford
SAM'LP. RICHARDSON, decd. county.

ORDERED, this 3lst day of December 1867,
" by the Register of Wills for Hartford coun-
ty, in the recess of the Orphans Court of said
county, that the sale made and reported by W m
Amos, executor of the last will and testament of
Samuel p. Richardson, deceased, be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause be shown to the contra
ry, on or before the 3lst day Of January next
provided copy of thisorder be published in some
newspaper printed in Hartford county, once in
each of three successive weeks before the said 3st
day of January next.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$4,000 90.
]. R. ELY, R. W. H. Co.
True copy, Test,
jana J. R. ELY, R. W. Fl. Co.
, 1868-02-07

THE OLD MAN.-Bow low thy head, boy;
do reverence to the old man, once like you.
The vicissitudes of life have silvered his hair
and changed the round merry face to the
worn visage before you. Once that heart
beat with aspiration co-equal to any that
you have felt, aspiration crushed by disap
pointment, as yours perhaps is destined to be.
Once that form sialked proudly through the
gay scenes of pleasure, the beauideal Of grace;
now the hand of that time that withers the
flowers of yesterday has wrap: tha! figure
and destroyed the noble carriage. Once at
your age, he possessed the thousand thoughts
that pass through your brain, now wishing
to accomplish deeds equal to nook in fame;
anon imagining life dream that the sooner
he awaken frou the better. But he has
lived the dream very near through. The time
to awaken is very near at hand; yet his eye
ever kindles at old deeds of daring, and the
hand takes 6rmer grasp of the staff. Bow
low the head, boy, as you would, in your old
age be reverenced.
, 1868-02-07

DISTRESS AND ALARM IN THE Country
Serious but well authenticated accounts
reach us from the country districts respect
ing the increasing poverty, desoiaiion, and
desperation Of the people, and especially of
the negroes. The unprecedented failure of
every kind of cultivation has placed very
large class of the negroes ou the verge of
starvation. 1t is driving them to acts of
desp ration and wholesale robbery, which
ore rapidly nsuming what is left on the
plantations from the general wreck. Stock
of every description is rapidly disappearing
The planters i=d it impossible to guard, or
even save, the milch COWS or brood animals.
Without money or employment the negroes
6nd it impossible to obtain meat or bread
and they take 10 the woods or highways. or
seize and appropriate every live animal they
can Gnd. They even set traps for cattle at d
hogs. Leagued together in clubs and asso
Citations, they are encouraged in these dep
relations by confidence in their ability to
resist any attempt to arrest or punish them
These are not iustigatcd by political passions
or influences; nor have they any political aim
or purpose, though the condition which
prompts them in their desperate course has
been largely due to political causes The
general failure of the cultivation, this season
is attributed to the Incidence and indifference
and carelessness into which they were re-
duced in the spring, by the promise Of Rad
ical emissaries that farms, agricultural inns
plements, and stock would be given them by
the government. But they have got well
over that infatuatiOn, and now tits actual
want and starvation which are driving them
to desperate and lawless acts, and it is pro-
ducing deep and widespread feeling Of
alarm and anxiety in the country. We state
these facts on information of the most relia-
Bile character, and trust they may attract at
tention and stimulate further inquiry and
an eforttO apply some relief and remedy to
this distressing state of afairs.-N o.
Times.
, 1868-02-07

A MODEL MERcHANT-A merchant Of
New York, during the late war, made con-
tract with merchant to supply him with a
quantity Of tin cans. Not long after this
the price Of tin rose so much that the con
tractor must lose money BY completing the
work at the price agreed upon However,
he said nothing, but went on delivering the
cans. When the FIRST bill for pay of the
cans was received the employer called upon
him and said:
Il understand you are losing money on
this job ..t
'Yes, replied the contractor, but can
stand it; contract is a contract you know
How much will you loser asked the gen.
NO matter was the reply. Il don't com.
plain, aud yon ought not to-
Il insist on knowing
well, since you desire it, lose so much
a hundred naming the amount.
well, SIR said tho noble>hearted man,
"you must not lose this-it would not be
tight. IShall add the amount to your bill,
and, as the price Of material may still rise,
will advance you the money for the whole
contract, which, no doubt, you can now use
to advantage
The difference thus paid, to which the
contractor had no claim, amounted to FIVE
hundred dollars. That was something more
than business honesty; it was Christian prin-
ciple carried out in business. The world
needs more such examples.
, 1868-02-07

THE editor Of the Holly Springs (Miss.)
Reporter has been shown a specimen of the
'Ramie plant, the new substitute for cotton.
The fiber is described as a fine, glossy white,
of even texture and of great strength. 1t
can be used separately in the manufacture
of cloth, or may be combined with silk or
wool. he plant itself, hardy and vigorous,
is not affected by long periods of rain, and
stands dry wheather equally we'll with cotton
1t has been grown with success in Mexico,
where the rainy seasons are much longer
than in the Southern States. 1t makes two
crops per year, and yields from four to eight
hundred pounds per acre. 1t bears no seed,
but it grows from the roots and ratoons only
After the land is once stocked the planting
is good for number of years. The cvltiva>
ion of this plant requires less labor than that
Of cotton, and the fiber commands in the
market better price, having been sold in
Liverpool at sixty FIVE cents per pound.
Parties who have cultivated the ramie plant
state that they are highly pleased with their
experiment, and believe the culture to be
great acquisition to the country. 1t should
be introduced as speedily as possible on every
plantation in the South.
, 1868-02-07

An effective cure for the ear ache: Take
a small piece of cotton batting erection wool
and make depression in the centre with
the end of finger, and fIl it with as much
ground pepper as will rest on i've cent
niece. gather it into ball and tie it up, dip
the bail into sweet oil and insert it into the
ear, covering the latter with cotton wool, and
use bandage or cap to retain it in its place:
Almost instant relief will be experienced and
the application is so gentle that an infant
will not be injured by it, but experience re-
lief as we'll as adults.
, 1868-02-07

FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.-The gray
hound runs by eyesight only, and this We
observe as a fact. The carrier pigeon flies
his two hundred and fifty miles homeward
by eyesight-namely, from point to point of
objects which he has marked; but this is
only our conjecture The fierce dragon. fly,
with twelve thousand lenses in his eye, darts
from angle to angle with the rapidity of a
flashing sword, aud as rapidly darts back,
not turning in the air but with clash revers
ing the action of his four wings, and iustan
taneously calculating the distance of the OBJ,
ject', or he would dash himself TO pices
But in what conformation of the eye does
this consist? No one can answer.
A cloud Of ten thousand gnats dance up
and down in the sun, the minutest interval
between them, yet no one knocks another
headlong upon the grass, or breaks a leg or
a wing, long aud delicate as these are. Sud-
denly, amidst your admiration of this match>
less dance, a peculiarly high-shouldered,
vicious gnat, with long, pendeut nose, darts
out of the Ring and falling cloud, and set
tling ON your cheek, inserts poisonous sting.
What possessed the little wretch to do this 7
Did he smell your blood in the may dance?
No one knows.
A carriage comes suddeuly upon flock of
geese, on a narrow road, and drives straight
through the middle Of thom. A goose was
never yet ai'ly run over, nor a duck. They
are under the very wheels and hOofs, and yet
somehow they contrive to Zap and vaddle
safely off. Habitually stupid, heavy and
indOlent, they are, nevertheless, equal to any
emergency.
, 1868-02-07

WESTERN STATES TAXED TO SUProRr
THE EAsrERN.-The people are not really
aware that almost every department OF in
dastry In the Vest, Is impliedly taxed to
support the manufacturing interest at the
East- For instance, the manufacturer at
the East receives, by means Of our present
tariff, about light cents yard as bonus on
cloths manufactured from cotton, while
farmer in the West, who raises bushel of
corn, receives no bonus at all. If he UNI
dertakes to manufacture the corn into Whis.
KY or alcohol, he is taxed nearly three dol
lars on every bushel thus manufactured.
Without going through with the list Of vari-
Gus articles, it Is fair to say that our present
tariff is oppressive and burdensome on the
West. The profits Uf western labor in re-
gard to agriculture are BY means of this tar.
if made to enrich the manufacturers Of the
Ea,t, and by this tariff, in the last few years,
they have accumulated immense wealth.
Again: the bonds of the Government are
now mostly held by these Eastern capitalists.
These bonds are drawing from FIVE to seven
per cent interest, premium payable in gold
The great war debt of the nation is mostly
thus funded We of the West, and the
poor soldiers of the East are taxed to pay
the interest on these bonds. Most of the
wealthy holders Of these bonds did nothing
toward the suppression of the rebellion.
They actually embarrassed the finances of
the Government BY decrying Government
paper, and buying gold on speculation. Now
the question is, are we to labor for the next
generation under the iniquitous system of
taxation, or shall we escape all these evils
and Tighten our burdens by paying OF all
government bonds with legal tender notesY
Why, says one, this is unfair to the bond.
holderS We ask how? Has not the Su-
p eme Court of the United States decided
that legal tender notes will pay off a ju1g>
ment on contract payable in gold? Are
we to have one law for the common, and
another for the wealthy bondholderY Sup
pose Government bonds were to day to be.
paid off in legal tender noles. The inflated
currency would seek investment in the rich
agricultural lands Of the West. All our
waste laudS would be put in the highest
state of cultivation. There would be no ex-
cuse for the oppressive tariff that now works
so harshly upon the west, and upon the la.
boring people of the east. Our taxes would
be light, and give US no inconvenience.
Railroads would checker the vast domains OF
the west, and in ten years our national debt
would in effect be paid off, and the people
prosperous and haPpy.--Ec,a
, 1868-02-07

Nor SPELLED RIGHT.-A young member
thought he would adopta motto for himself,
and after much reflection, wrote in large let
ters and posted up againts the wall the fol-
lowing:
'.SHum Cuique.' which may be translated,
Let every one have his owu.' A country
client coming in, expressed much gratifca>
ton with the maxim but added You
don't spell it right 'Iueed | then how
ought it to be spcItI'
The visitor replied: 'Su'em quick
, 1868-02-07

GREETING.-There is something pleas
ingly significant in the fact that when man
meets man, the FIRST impulse excited is one
of good will All forms Of greeting of
them it must be owned, little grotesque-
are overtures, or at any rate profess to be, of
kindly regard. Whether made by words or
gestures, or both, they are meant to convey
between those who use them friendly de-
sires. Making every deduction requisite on
the score of custom and the like, it is agree
able to believe that the wish which makes
the earliest appearance when people meet is
for each others welfarc-thc FIRST fash of
the soul which follows contact is one of love.
1t bespeaks the brotherhood of the race. 1t
shows that down below the surface there is
an undercurrent Of mutual sympathy and
disintercstedn let the ripple or the rough
ness, the swirls or tie eddies, be what they
may above. When our nature goes out to
the tent>door to recognize the presence of its
kin, it takes with it all the charities, and
peace be with you,' is the meaning Of the
salutation which it breuthcs.
, 1868-02-07

The CoURsE OF EMPIHE.-No poet is oftener
than Bishop Berkeley, who in the l7th
century wrote these remarkable, prophetic lines:
Then shall be sung another golden age,
The rise of empire and of arts
The great and good inspiring epic rage,
The wisest heads and nOblest hearts.
Not such as Europe breeds in her decay
Such as she bred when fresh and young,
When heavenly fire did animate her clay,
BE- future poets shall be sung.
Westward the course of Empire takes il way;
The first four acts already past,
The fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Times noblest offspring is the last.
, 1868-02-07

TIT FOR TAr-0ne of the latest pieces
of Partisan gossip is that concerning a gen
tleman, decidedly henpecked, who determin-
ed to sup with party Of friends against The
will of his wife. He showed unusual deter
mination, and she was as fully determined
that he should not 60 He did not go. His
friends missed him, and just for lark, invar
ded his residence, where they found him and
his wife sitting in their chairs fast asleep.
lie had given her an opiste that he might
slip away; and she had given him an opiate
that he might not.
, 1868-02-07

MEN measure their charities by peculiar
standard A man who has but dollar In
his pocket, would give a penny for almost
any purpose If he had hundred dollars,
he might give one; carry it higher, and there
comes falling of. One hundred would be
considered too large sum for him who has
ten thousand, while present of one thou
sand would he deemed miraculous from a
man worth hundred thousand, yet the pro-
portion is the same throughout, and the poor
mans penny, the widows mite, is more than
the rich mans high sounding and widely
trumpeted benefactiOn.
, 1868-02-07
{ Today and To-morrow.

To-day Is dark With grief and care, ~
10 -mortoW's skies are bright and fair;
To-day is flied with .doubtful light, o0
To-morrow's suO shines always bright;
To-day With clouds and storms we cope,
To-morrow weave the buds Of hope;
To-day we walk the thorny ground,
To>VhorrOw roses bloom around;
To-day we shed the bitter tear,
Tomorrow notes Of joy we hear; ar.I
To day we work, and wait aud sigh,
To morrow rainbows Rild the sky,
To.day we sit in cheerless gloom,
Tomorrow flowers ofbeauty bloom;
Thus Ills in life We slight day, ru7 4r
And leave the pearls of gladuess iayI ~
Alasl too oft We 6nd them gone, -
As each to morrow passes on.
To- day should be our lamp Of life,
: To. morrow comes earth's weary strife.
, 1868-02-07
Smile and be Contented.

The world grows old, and men grow cold
To each while seeking treasures,
And what with want, and care, and toll,
We scarce have time for pleasure.
But never mind, that is loss,
Not much to be lamented:
Life rolls on gaily if we will
But smile aud be contented.
If we are poor and would be rich,
1t will not be by pining;
No, steady hearts and hopeful minds
Are iife's bright silver lining.
There's ne'er a man that dared to hope,
Hath of his choice repentcd:
The happiest souls on earth are those
Who smile and are contented.
When grief doth come to rack the heart,
Aud fortune bids us sorrow,
From hope we may II blessing reap,
And consolation borrow.
Ifthorns may rise where roses bloom.
1t cannot be prevented:
So make the best of life you can,
And smile aud be coutented.
, 1868-02-07

MAKE THEM HAPPY.--The great art 10
child culture is to keep the little ones happy,
having all things as pleasant and bright u
bout them as possible. Children will have
trials enough in spite of you. God will try
them. And you yourself will be compelled
to try them now and then. 1t cannot be
helped. That is life. But the less the bet
ter The worst men had t2mults and an.
gers and abuses when they were little, and
when they ought to be just laughing the
days away. Homes Of discomfort, sour
homes, cloudy, homes, irritable, jawihg, un-
divine homes, make rebellious and restless,
and unsuccessful lives. BY always taking
things by the smooth handle, a deal of
trouble and vexalion is saved.
, 1868-02-07

Tue FIRST PRAYER IN CONGRESS The
following is the first prayer made in the old
Continental Congress, in III, by tue Rev
Jacob Ducher, then Rector Of Christ Church,
Philadelphia
"Be thou present, o God of wisdom, and
direct the counsels of this honorable assem-
bly,; enable them to settle oil things on the
best and surest foundation that the scene
of blood may be speedily closed; that order,
harmony, and peace may be effec!ually res
tored, and truth and justice, religion and
piety, prevail and flourish among the people.
Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor
Of their minds shower down on them, and
the millions they here represent, such TEN.
poral blessings as Thou seest expedent for
them in the world to come. All this we ask
in the name and through the merits of Jesus
CSrist, Thy Son and Savior. Amen"
, 1868-02-07
A Sensible Serenade.

sing beneath your lattice, love,
A song of great regard for you;
The moon is getting rather high
My voice is, too.
The iakelet in deep shadow lies,
Where frogs make much bullaballo;
think they sing II tritle hoarse,
And, love, me, too.
The blossoms on the pumpkin vine
Are weeping diamond tears of dew;
'Tis warm; the flowers are willing fast;
My linen, too.
All motionless the cedars stand,
With silent moOnbeamS slanting through,
The very air is drowsy, love,
And am, too.
o could soar or loving wings,
Aud at your window gently WOO!
But then your lattice you would bolt,
So I'll bolt, too.
And now I've done my serenade,
FAREWELL my hest regards to you;
Ill close with one (French) word for all,
Aud that Is tout.
, 1868-02-07

you are very handsome, said a gentle
man to a lady.
'Ahy said The lady, so you would say if
YOU did not think so.
'And so you would think, answered he,
though shoald not say So