The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-10-01
THE NEWS.

the city of Havana, in Cuba, has fallen from
100000 to $4,000 people, and it is estimated
that there are ten thousand empty houses in
the city. Most of the Spanish merchants and
traders have returned to Spain, while many
of the wealthy Cubans have gone to Mexico,
Europe and the United States.-Mr George
Peabody has made another munifcent gift of
$500 600 to the Trustees of the Peabody In
stitute, in Baltimore, in Tennessee and Vir-
ginia Slate bonds.-Rev. Paul Bagley, ON
Friday last presented to the President his
correspondence with Mr.. Gladstone and
others, in England, relating to the American
Fenian prisoners, and was requested to leave
it at the State Department-Joseph Whit
worth, inventor of the Whitworth gun, and
William Fairbarn, the celebrated engineer,
have been created baronents in England
The London Guardian says thata manuscript
in Lord Byrons own writing will soon be
published, which will settle the question raised
by Mrs. Stowe.-It is said that Hon. John
Morrissey has recently made $20O,OOO in gold
speculations in New York.-Five American
officers under General Jordan of the Cuban
army, have lost their lives in that cause
miss Smiley of Baltimore, fluent Ameri-
can Quakcress, says the Edinbury Scotsman,
has set the "Free Presbytcrians of Orkney"
by the ears, on account of her preaching in
the churches Of Harry and Landray.-Geo.
Washington, colored, was convicted of horse
stealing in Richmond, last week, and on be-
ing sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years,
edited the court and spectators by lengthy
harangue against the carpet baggers, who, he
said, ''were the ruin of his race and of the
State. 1T appears that during the last few
months Delaware and the Eastern Shore of
Maryland have been infested by regular
gang of horse thieves. A negro being ARES
ted gave information which led to the dis
covery of their regular camp in the forest,
near place called Blackbird, where some
of the property stolen was recovered. Sew
eral more arrests have also been made-The
foreign importations at the port of New York
last week were about four millions and
half, marked falling off compared with the
average for six weeks past.-The time for
the election in Mississippi has been extended
one day 1t will commence on November
goth, and end ON December 1st.-While an
inquest was being held at Niagara Falls, on
Friday last, over the body of o German who
committed suicide at that place, q carriage
containing four ladies, the horses attached to
which became unmanageable and ran away,
was precipitated over the bank on the Can
ada shore, and one of the ladies instantly
killed, another MORALLY injured and the re-
naming two severely bruised-Dr. Geo.
W. Bagby is to take the editorial chair of
the Petersburg Index, recently vacated by
Capt. w. e. Cameron.-The trustees of the
Avondale relief fund will appropriate for
present emergencies and the current year, to
those who are entitled to receive it, say $40,-
900, being one-fifth of the whole fund, assum.
ing the aggregate to be 100000. This will
give each widow 5000, and each orphan
$1OO-leaving proper allowance also for
any other proper claim.-Dr. G. F. Hall
is on his return from an expedition in search
of Sir John Franklin, and found native
who claims to know all about the party
He says the ship was stove and the crew took
| to their boats and went ashore, where their
provisions were exhausted and they died
from tarvaton.-Messrs. John Perdue, Jer-
miah Yellott and Dennis Standford have
been appointed by Gov. Bowie examiners of
the Meredith's Ford and Jarrettsvie turn
pike road, in Hartford county. They are to
examine the work and report to the Govern
OF if properly executed.-The Spanish gov
eminent has declined the proposal of media
ton by this country between that govern
ment and Cuba, which it had so long under
consideration, and there is now no question
pending between the two countries, directly
concerning the war in Cuba.-Indiana, Iowa,
Nebraska, Ohio and Pennsylvania hold
their elections on the second Tuesday, the
18th day of October.-The Commissioner of
Indian affairs has official information from
Fort Sully, Dacota Territory, confirming the
news of the massacre of the whites by the
Indians, near that place, q few weeks ago
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Smith, in the Indian Territory.-The proper
ty of the United States at Harper's Ferry and
vicinity is to be sold ON November Both, in
Guiding musket and rifle factory, the Shen-
andoah ferry, houses and lots in the town,
lands, water power, the right to dig iron ore,
&c.-Jefferson Davis is passenger for Amer
ica by the steamer Baltimore, which sailed
on Saturday last.-Reports from Rome state
that the case of Pere Hyacinthe, celebrated
preacher at the Notre Dame, in Paris, and
who has recently enunciated views inconsis-
tent with the doctrines Of his church, will
be submitted to canonical investigation,
which will probably result in excommunica-
tion.-Mt. Etnaisi in astate of violent eruption.
Prince Arthur of England and suite visited
Buffalo, on Tuesday last, and lunched at the
Tiff House, in company with ex-President
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