The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-08-13

Mr.. Joseph L. Mahan, postmaster at Elkton,
Nd, died after few day'sillness, at that place,
the 18th inst--The Cabinet has the Cuban
question under consideration, also the seizure
Of the Spanish gunboats, ana their action in
these matters is looked for with much inter-
est.-Philip Gimartin, proprietor Of a hotel
in Ohio, called the Lake View House, shot
and instantly killed his son, while the latter
was attempting to enter the house, suppos
ing him to be burglar.-Gen. Regain, of
Cuban filibustering notority, recently horse
whipped man named Day, formerly his
private secretary, at the Clifton House at
Niagara Falls, for Bringing him letters which
endeavored to induce him to return New
York city.-Seven men, prisoners in the
Baltimore City Jail, escaped from that building
on Monday night last by digging through
their cells four of whom were recaptured at
last advices. "A Chinaman, named Cheychew,
made a speech at a banquet in Chicago lately,
which, according to the Baltimore Sun, lin
dcate' an American aptitude for speech
making and comprehension of American
ideas, tastes and characteristics, which even
in cultivated European would be remarka-
ble"-The New York Commercial Adgertiser,
q Republican paper, says: doesn't it sound
rather funny to talk of General 'auoaoin0
the Legislature of Virginia, to do this, that
and the other thing? There used to be a
principle NOW defunct and musty) that in
times of peace, the military was subordinate
to the civil power. Is this time of peace?'
"A telegraph cable from Cuba to Central
America, is one of the latest enterprises
in that line talked Of Count Gabriel
Mastai, the eldest brother of the Pope,
died on the 18th July, in the ninetieth year
of his age from the effects of an accidental
fall. Another brother is still living in his
eighty fourth year. Elk. Senator Jesse d.
Bright was elected to the Kentucky House
of Representatives, last week-Gen. Candy
has issued an order imposing the tax oath
on certain class of officers heretofore exemp.
ted, which is regarded as an assurance of his
intention to impose it upon the members of
the legislation unless restrained by higher
authority.--There is gain of two Democrat
ic congressman by the recent Alabama cleo
ton, the Fortieth Congress being represe mt
ed by Republicans from that Sales.--future
is quite a serious war going on between
Messrs. Fisk and Ramsey, to gain possession
of the Albany and Susquehanna Railr Dad
Both parties mustered their forces at tun-
mel in New York State, on the line of the
road, armed for an attack, which one party
subsequently made upon the other, and the
disturbance was only Quelled by the arrival
of the milita.-The degree of D. G. L. was
recently conferred upon II. w. Longfellow,
the American poet, by the University of Ok.
ford, at convocation specially held for that
purpese.-A walking match of hundred
miles has been made up between a Boston
"walkist" and an Englishman, to take place
in September, for stake of 81 ,000.-Among
the many international conventions now SO
much in vogue, was one of the journeymen
tailors, recently held at Pittsburg. Societies
for the encouragement of immigration to the
South are being daily formed. One has
started in Georgia recently, with capital
stock of $4,000, for the special encourage
ment of German immigration to that State
Illinois is the first northern State to organ.
lie colored men part of the militia The
fourth of July was enthusiastically celebrated
at sitka, in Alaska, as was also St. Johns Day
among the masons. The National Labor Con-
vention meets in Philadelphia, on the 10th
composed of delegations from all parts of the
country, including the Pacific States. Among
the questions to be considered are those re-
lating to the Chinese, the eight-hour law,
and others-Gold ranges at about 1876 to
1877