The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-12-17

changes in the duties of the United States
District judges.-The Presidents message
was sent in to Congress on Monday and APP
peared on Tuesday morning in the London
papers simultaneously with its publication in
this country-Go much for the telegraph
Two thousand five hundred dollars worth of
diamond rings were stolen by a thief from
New York jewelry store last week, in the
presence of the proprietor The House of
Representatives committee Oh reconstruction
have had the case of Virginia before it for
several days. and documents in relation to
the Te-admission of that State arc beginning
to accumulate rapidly. No action yet taken.
A statement recently made that the read
ing of the Bible in the public schools in AL
leghany county, Md, is prohibited, is official
| ly denied.-Another shocking murder of an
aged couple in Pennsylvania, occurred last
week, in the village Of Greenville. The old
man, named Vandusen, had been around the
country trying to sell some gold, which no
doubt tempted some evil-disposed person to
commit the fearful deed. The dwelling was
fired and nearly consumed with the bodies
of the victims No arrests as yet made
There are eight candidates for admission to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis from ia
pan, in addition to two already admitted
Admiral Porter says there is no doubt they
will pass-IIon. VIM. II. Seward is at present
in the city of Mexico, and was received on
his arrival at the depot, by President Juarcz
and his cabinet, and a commission of nota-
bles of the city-On petition of Dr. Paur
Schoeppe to the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court OF Pennsylvania, a writ of error was is
sued from that court last week, and made re-
turnable on the first Monday in January
next, with the consent of the Attorney Cen
eral Of the State.-There is an order for the
release of the Spanish gunboats from the
United States authorities, and those vessels
will proceed to sea at once.-The marriage
of Paul Gerard, the Frenchman, with the
Octoroon girl at Washington, d. c., is said
to be void by the laws ofhis own country, in
the fact of his not having served the proper
notice on his own family, who were opposed
to the match.-Col. VIM. Altman, one of
the defenders of Baltimore in 1874 died at
Salisbury, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
last week. He also served through the Flor
ida Indian war; as private, under General
Harrison.-One hundred more Mormon con-
yerts have recently emigrated from the
northern part of the State of Georgia to Utah.
Mr. Greedy has been interviewed in relation
to the Richardson affair, and according to
the correspondent" like the British army
lie Flanders, he 'swore tcrribly."-Tcn or
twelve Lake Superior copper and iron COM
| panies have been indicted and fined for issu-
ing unstamped checks to large amount
MI Thayer has introduced bill into the
House of Representatives, which proposes to
amend the homestead laws so as to require the
planting of trees on the homestead settle
ments, which, if it can be accomplished, is
good measure--Females now attend regular
ly the medical lectures in the University of
EdlnDurg.-The Tehuanrepec Ship Canal
Company have put in the modest little claim
OF over three hundred and twenty-five mil
lions of dollars before the Mexican commits
sion. 1t is thought that the company must
have been wealthy at one time, to have lost
n sum that would have been respectable
national dcbt.-The recent constitutional
election in New York adopts the property
qualification for coored people as voters, by
majority of 32, 601.-A little girl of thirteen
years of age was burned to death at Sykes
vile, Md, last week, by the explosion of n
coal oil lamp which she attempted to ex-
tinguish by blowing in the top of the CHM
ney.-Father Hyacinthe quietly took his de-
parturc from New York to France, on Satur-
day last, in the steamer Pcrcire-An effort
is being made to amicably adjust the Difficult
Ties pending between the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and the corporation of
Washington city, which form the basis of
several law suits.