The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-10-08

papers arc full of accounts of the departure
of vessels laden with men and arms from this
country for Cuba, which accounts are most
generally denied by those in authority and in
positions to Knoxville latest news from
Cuba reports several engagements as having
taken place, in all of which the Spaniards have
been defeated and in each of which the Amer
leans have lost heavily, but the fights are
stated to lave been unimportant in their re-
suits as affecting the conclusion of the war;
The rain on Sunday night caused very con-
siderable alarm to the citizens of Baltimore
city residing along the line of Jones' Falls,
the streets in that vicinity being submerged
to depth of several fcet.-Judge Dent of
Mississippi in recent speech at Grenada an
nounced that General Grant was in favor of
had told him that he hoped he would be cleo,
ted.-The Papal Zouaves at Rome are being
recruited by French Canadians, ninety-two
of whom left Canada for that service ON last
week -Ex-P President Pierce lies extremely
ill at his home at Concord, New Hampshire.
Ills disease assumes dropsical form and his
recovery is doubtful-The sewing girls of
Boston have had large meeting, preparatory
to a STRIKE, it they could not carry their
ways. There have been an extraordinary
rush ofemigrantst to this country from Europe
during the three months ending June 30th,
the total number being 1856 ,087, and it is re-
mo rty hot IF aIQ
rior to the general status of emigrants. Most
of the large cities come in for considerable
share of the number, except Philadelphia,
where there were but eighty arrivals.-Mrs
Abraham Lincoln is at Frankfort, Germany,
living in retirement, seeing but few persons
and those of her own country.-Governor
Walker, of Virginia, who is thirty years
of age, is the youngest man who has ever
been Governor of that State.-Prince Arthur
of England and party went ducking on last
week, and bagged nearly four hundred ducks.
Mr.. A. T. Stewart, of New York, says that he
cannot regard the recent operations in Wall
street us otherwise than disastrous to our COM
mercia interests, in confusing values by rem
dering uncertain the price of gold.-A pre-
MUM pig, eighteen months old and weigh
ing over 700 pounds was exhibited at the
Mexico (MssourD fair last week-Govern-
or Bowie has offered reward of two hun
dred and fifty dollars for the apprehension
and conviction of William Brown, charged
with the murder of Samuel Burton, in Balti-
more county, ON the 24th Sept last.-The
Empress of France left Paris last week on an
eastern tour.-A despatch from Suez announ-
ces that the barriers against the passage of
the waters of the bitter lakes have been re.
moved, and that NJ. Lesseps has passed
through the Suez Canal in steamer from
Port Said to Suez in fifteen hours. Thomas
Browning, of Boston, beat his wife so severely
last week that she died from the effects other
injuries on the following day.--An effort will
be made at the next session of Congress to
have the internal revenue bureau created a
separate department.-General Sherman, act
ing Secretary of War, has issued instruc-
tions to allow department clerks from Ohio
and Pennsylvania to go home to vote, and
that no distinction is to be made on account
of political faith.-It is said that President
Grant intends visiting the South during the
coming winter-Mr. Abel r. Corbin, broth
er-in-law of President Grant, and James Fisk,
Jr., are having correspondence through the
New York papers, in regard to the recent
in gold in Wall street, the latter
charging the former with having been par
ty in interest with him in some speculations,
and the former denying the "soft impcach-
Legislature of Virginia conven-
ed at Richmond on Tuesday last, with full
is report of battle hay
ing taken place in Spain at Espera Guerro,
between the government troops and the Re-
publican force, eleven hundred strong, in
which the latter were routed. Martial law
is declared in many parts of the country
The Tennessee Legislature is now in session,
and the great question of immediate interest
is the election of United States Senator.
Andrew Johnson is on the spot, and his
friends are confident of his eiection.-Messrs.
Harper u Brothers, of New York, publish
ers, employ over five hundred men and women
in their book establishment and pay 100000
a year for white paper alone.-The car shops
of the Union Pacific Railroad, at Omaha
have been destroyed by fire.
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