The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-02-26


command he obeyed, and handed over his
pocket book, containing fifteen cents. The
Philadelphia Age says that the latest reason
for forcing metropolitan police" upon
Philadelphia, is to provide political asylum
for ex.mcmbers of the Legislature, who must
have office A Washington dispatch states
that State official received letter from
General Thomas, plainly intimating that the
sooner the Tennessee militia are dsbanded
the better, as General Grant would, after his
Inauguration, gee that peace was preserved
without the aid of such troops. Madrid dis
patches state that Lopez de Ayala, Minister
Of the Colonies, has issued decree, to take
effect in all the colonial possessions of Spain.
1t establishes uniform system of legal ju-,
risdiction, abolishes ecclesiastical courts, and
makes various notifications in the financial
administration ofthe colonies. The Confer
ence of the Great Powers met on the 18th
instant, to receive the communication from
Athens, of which NJ. Walewski was bearer
The reply of the Greek government to the
proposition of the Conference was satisfactory,
and resolution was adopted that Greece hav-
ing yielded, the Great Powers reserve to them
selves the right to protect the lives, property
and interests of the Christian inhabitants of
Turkey. The representatives of the Great
Powers gave their signatures to the protocol
and the conference dissolved. The New.
foundland Legislature, by vote of 20 to 8,
have adopted an address in response to the
Lieutenant Governor speech, recommending
the Union with Canada. Mr.. Boyer, of Pa,
stated on the floor of the House'of Represen-
tatives, few days ago, that there were en-
ploycd in the department of the army alone,
besides the enlisted men, 1924 civilians,
under monthly pay of $468,13.92 amount
ing to the aggregate of 81, 1924, 567. O4. Among
the civil employees are, 2,98s, 907 carpenters,
~ saddlers, $50 masons, 81 plasterers, 90
painters, 1914 wheelwrights, 4sO boatmen, Is
hostlers, AZ cooks, "a firemcn, 90 guides, SO
interpreters, $40 clerks, &c., &c. Report
says that duel was fought on the 18th inst,
about four miles from Bladensburg, between
Judge Harrison, of West Virginia, andl an
officer in the late Confederate army. The
Inter is said to have been severely wounded
at the first fire. The tax bill which passed
the House last week repeals the provision
allowing railroad and ferry companies TO
charge an additional cent fare, to cover the
government tax of one-sixteenth of cent
upon each passenger. 1t is said to be the
purpose of President johnson, Immediately
after the fourth of March, to make a brief
visit to Tennessee, and that he will sail for
Europe about the first of April, in one of the
Germ an lines of steamers. An exchange
says that Edward Ward, of Boston, wrote
book on the people of that city in 1900
In which he says: Interest is their faith
money their God, and large possessions the
only heaven they covet" The Captain Gen,
Of Cuba has slecrecd4 the closing of all the
ports where there are no custom houses. -
Cholera prevails in the Eastern Departments,
and measures are being taken to prevent its
spreading to Havana. Two thousand Span-
ish chasseurs are expected from Spain Sew
eral severe fights had occurred at Bayamo,
between Ccspedes and the Spaniaris Lono's
column of Spanish troops had returned TO
Manzanillo, having been harrassed by the
insurgents all along the route Senior Maui
ricio Roberts, Minister from Spain to the
United States, has arrived at Havana from
Cadiz, on his way to Washington. A dispatch
from Key West states that the city is over
run with Cuban refugees. The Senate Com
mittee on foreign relations, favorably recon.
mends to the Senate the naturalization treaty :,
and the treaty for the settlement of the San
Juan dispute. The treaty in regard to the
Alabama claims they unanimously recommend
be rejected. The stockholders of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
have by vote Of five to one, ratified its lease
to the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.
This lease conveys all the roads controlled
by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
road On the 18th instant, there were three
clearances at Guantanamo, with sugar for
New York. In consequence of the insurrec-
ton tho crop will be reduced 10 about 10000
hogsheads. tits not considered probable that
thcre will be any tobacco shipped this season
from this part of the Island Of Cuba. An
exchange says that Mr.. Harey, of Columbia
county, Pa, cut down a pine tree lately,
which made nine saw logs, seven of which
were sixteen feet long, and two twelve feet
long, and the top log measured eleven inches
through. Judge Pearson decided at Harris
burg, Pa, one day last week, that the law
passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature in
1866, compelling the Pennsylvania railroad
company to open sluices for the passage of
fish in the dams along the Susquehanna, is
unconstitutional. Therefore, says the Co.
lnmbia Herald, the fish will have to stay be-
low the dam at that place. President John
son has signed the pardon of DIR. Mudd, now
confined on the Dry Tortugas. 1t will be
recollected that DR.. Mudd was one of the
victims of Stantonis and Hollis convicting
tribunals, and sentenced to this desert island
on the pretence that he was connected In
some way with the assassination of President
Lincoln. The Panama Herald, referring to
the outrage upon the United States consul
in the State Of Cauca, says that ships of the
North Pacific Squadron might IS well be in
China for all the service they render to Gen.
trail America or the Isthmus. Two millions
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