The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-01-01
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deep in Huntingdon and Clearfeld counties,
Pennsylvania, and there had then been three
weeks of fine sleighing. The strong-minded
women of St. Louis are busily exercised, at
the present moment, about women s rights
this association, which is affiliated with sister
associations that are scattered all over the
country, has forwarded to Congress a petit
ton, which is signed by some two Thousand
persons, and which praYs for the privilege of
voting The New York Herald says of, this
proceeding $50 far as we can see at pres
ent, the best thing that could be done for
strong -mInded women of the woman's rights
order, would be to build few additional lu-
natic asylums We recommend this idea to
Mrs. Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy
Stone and the rest of their class" Christmas
was more generally observed in this country
than is usual In New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington and other
cities, stores and shops were closed and bust
ness generally suspended. A desperate fight
between negroes and Germans took place ina
ballroom in New Jersey, on Christmas Eve
Atthe commencement of the trouble the lights
were put out, and the greater part ofthe fight
took place in the dark. Five persons were
injured and nine negroes werearested It lis
rumored around Washington, that General
Grant will present as peace offering to Gen
eral Butler, the position of Attorney General
in his Cabinet, The Herald Republicau)
says that it is doubtful whether Ben will ac-
cept, and adds that the Radicals are anxious
to get him out Of the House of Representa-
tives, but az We can make more noise in Con-
gress than in Che Cabinet, the presumption is
that he will stick. The family of John Nc
Donald, of Philadelphia, were suffocated on
Thursday night of last week, by the gas from
q coal stove, which was burning all night in
their bedroom. One daughter has died from
the effects of the gas, and anothern not expected
to live. On Christmas day the thermometer
was down to at Portland, Maine to 8 at Bos-
ton; to 10 at New York, and 20 at Philadel-
phia; in consequence of which many persons
were kept off the streets and compelled to
enjoy Christmas in doors. The Washington
Union of the Gath December records another
of those brutal negro outrages on white NO
men, which are SO common now-a-days. We
can scarcely look nyera newspaper published
either North or South, that we do not find
recorded one or more Of these outrages upon
white women-not unfrequently of the high
est respcc abrnys-by beastly and brutal ne
groes In this instance, the victim was q
young unmarried lady, returning to her home
from the capitol in Washington She was
seized by the throat by the negro, when near
the Baltimore depot, and dragged upwards
of hundred yards, all the while the negro
holding in his hand pistol, and threatening
to shoot her dead the instant she should give
the slightest alarm. Fortunately for her.
two men approached in time to save her from
further and more brutal outrages. The lady
in question, who was almost choked to death,
is still under the hands oEa physician. The
negro made good his escape A man named
Marshall murdered bis own mother and bro
ther, in Platt county, Missouri, last week, in
order to get possession of some property of
which they were possessed, and which would
revert to him on their death, A reward of
$500, ofwhich the guilty wretch himself
cunningly offered $1,000, put detectives to
work, who traced the deed to him, and he
has since been arrested and lodged
In Platt county Jail. The Chicago
Board of Trade has determined to bring be-
fore Congress a plan to connect the head wa
tiers of the Mississippi, Illinois. and Ohio riy-
ers with Lakes Superior, Michigan and Erie,
and to erect levee along the Mississippi
river, from Cairo to lis mouth. Two white
men were killed on the Ogeechee river, in
Georgia, on the 23d of December, by party
of armed negroes. The planters of that sec
ton of the State declare that they will have
to leave their homes, unless they are better
protected from negro outrages than they are
at present. The Episcopal church at Ian
singburg, was destroyed by fire on the 28d
loss $4,000. On the same day large chair
factory was burned in Philadelphia; the loss |
is heayy. several firenaen were injured |
The wornen's rights convention at Concord, |
N. H., was cminently successful, and showed
that the friends of the nsswenlent have many |
among the voters of the Gran.
lite State. Among the speakers, was Mrs |
Harper q negress, who claimed for women
Of her own race the right ofsuffrage the same |
as white women. Mrs Augustus N. Dickens, |
q sister-in-law of Charles Dickens, the great |
novelist, committed suicide in New York, |
the other day, by taking an over dose ofmor-
phine. The select council of Philadelphia |
have appointed a committee to enquire into |
the propriety of establishing In that city a |
Morgue or a house for the reception of the |
dead. These kind of establish
ments are useful in all large cities, when they |
are properly managed. Nearly the whole
city of Lynn, Mass, was laid in ashes, on the
morning Of the 26th. The loss is many |
thousand dollars, and the suffering beyond |
sscription. A large number ofpersons have
iWown out of employment by the fire.
eesicp ofthe Peruvian monitors lately |
9nment to the Government |
in the Board reporting |
for sea. They will sail |
a, for repairs. If re-
hYian Government |
the sale. The
Richard G. |
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