The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-09-24
THE NEWS.


of Congress, and his mother daughter of
Gen. VIM. Floyd, one ofthc signers ofthe Dec
laration of Independence The United States
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows assembledin San
Francisco, California ON Monday last.-A
handsome contribution for the Avondale suf-
ferers by the coal mine disaster was made by
one of the churches in Charleston, S. G.
Judge Dent on last week opened the
political canvass in Mississippi, by a speech
at Corinth. He has regular engagements for
every day until the elcction.-The London
Spectator says: WAR between Spain and the
United States appears like moral impossi-
billy, but it is universally believed in just
now in Spain" "What with Spanish pride
and American sympathies, the situation is
very critical II is difficult to believe that
Spain,wilh divided people, a bankrupt treas
ury, in revolt, with all to lose and nothing to
win, can seriously contemplate war with one
of the greatest powers on the earth" This has
reference of course to the position of this
country on the Cuban question, some intima-
tons in regard to which have been recently
thrown out by Gen Sickles, the American
minister to Spain. The London papers con-
tinue to be full of discussions on the subject
of Mrs. Stoves scandal regarding Byron,
generally in condemnation of her course in
the matter.-By the Cable news we learn
that Thomas Graham, master of the British
mint, and one of the most eminent chemists
of the day, is dead and also Thomas John
Penn the last descendant of the Penn family.
The health of the Emperor Napoleon is
the great subject of public interest at this
time in France.-It is said that the vilainy
of court judges in Mexico has become so no.
torious, that several of them have been
removcd.-The vote on Methodist lay dclega-
ton, according TO returns received up to the
present time, stands as follows: Whole num-
Der Of votes cast, 225,000 forl lay delegation
10000; against $4,000 Whole number of
members belonging to the Methodist Church
is reported at one million, two hundred thous-
and, from which large discount is to he
made for minors-A grand tournament will
be held near Easton, Nd, on the Goth instant,
for the championship of the Eastern Shore
On Friday of last week q most destructive
storm of rain and hail passed over Lancaster
county, Pa, doing much damage to the crops.
Several barns were also struck by lightning
and burned, with their contents The storm
seemed to have extended southwark only
some six or eight miles.-Rhodc Island, in
population of 1874 ,965, according 10 the
census of 1865, has 10,1s1 persons who are
unable to read and write-Sir Samuel Ba-
ker's expedition to the sources of the Nile
left Alexandria, Egypt, on August 19th."-
There is project to make New Orleans a
walled town, by building a complete line of
earthworks around it, to protect it against
foundations from the Mississippi river.-One
of the daughters of Brigham Young recently
tried to elope with an outside gentle, with
whom she had fallen in love, but just as she
was about to enter the carriage of her lover
she was captured by the police and returned
to her father-At Union Hill, N. j., father
named Joseph Bausert stabbed his two sons
with q jack-knife, and then cut his own throat.
One of the sons is fatally wounded. The
| English harvcsts of cereals, it is said, will be
upto the average, so as not to make much
difference in the current prices of bread and
flour. The Democratic popular majority in
California will be about 12,OOO-At meet
ing of the Medical Association of the District
of Columbia, on Monday, resolutions were
adopted requesting Gov. Geary, of Pennsyl-
vania, to suspend the execution of the SEN
tence of DR.. Paul Schoeppe, convicted of the
murder of Miss Stinecke, on the ground that
the evidence was not sufficient to prove the
presence of poison in the stomach of the de-
ceased.-A demonstration in favor of the
Fenian prisoners took place in London on
Monday last, six thousand persons being
York have called upon all congressman from
that city to vote for and urge the recognition
of the independence of Cuba, at the next ses
sion of Congressman earthquake occurred
throughout Northern Arizona ON Septem-
Der 9Th, but no damage is reported from the
effects of 1.-THE first bale of new cotton re-
ceivcd at Boston, from Memphis, brought
35cts. per pound.-The old National HateNi-
ge'acer and the late Eoening ErpresS consolida-
ted, re-appeared on Monday, as the VASE
ington hatelligencer and Erpress. 1t is Demo-
cratic in politics, and will be published daily
by an association, at fifty cents per MONTH
Game is said to be abundant throughout the
South this year. 1t is stated that dead trees
have been SET on fire by the rays of the sun
in Georgia this summer.-Major E. S. Hutter,
near Lynchburg, Va, reports raising Az
bushels of wheat to the acre this season.
Another discovery of gold in Montgomery
county, Md, is reported to have been recent
ly made on the farm of Mr.. Robt G. David
son. A lump weighing nine ounces and
half, worth $3.50, was turned up by the
plough, imbedded in grey quartz. Explora-
tions are to be shortly made in that quarter
for more of the precious metal-Richard
Roe, one of the Cadiz bank robbers, escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary by being headed
up in barrel and rolled out by workman
about the building. If this is the individual
who figures in SO many ejectment suits, we
hope he will be re-captured shortly-A cabi-
net meeting on Cuban affairs is rumored at
Observation-Disclosures Walker. of VIRGINIA.