The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-04-09

tfe, ana Inc crown Will descend to his heir,
whose majority Is fixed at eighteen years Of
age. Late Cuban dispatches report the re-
lease of Mr.. Coddington, United States Con.
sui at Gibara, who wasarrested on the charge
of completely with the insurgents In the
great conflagration of steamboats, at St. Louis
last week. seven boats were burned, valued,
with their cargoes, at $685., 500, A train of
cars on the Toledo and Peoria Railway was
thrown from the track few nights since,
near Eureka, ILL.,, while crossing trestle
bridge, 300 feet long. Nine cars were in
jured, but the engine jumped off the bridge
and turned complete somersault in its de-
scent. The engineer was killed and the fire.
man wounded. Aman named Blackstone, do.
ing business at No. 112 Market street, Phila-
delphia, murdered his wife and two small
children, with an axe, on Monday of last
week. After committing the horrible crime,
Blackstone threw himself into the Delaware
river and was drowned. A conflict is threat
ened at Gettysburg, Pa, between the alleged
proprietor of the Katalsyne spring and the
New York company holding contract for
the sale of the water. The former drove out
the latter and has an armed force guarding
the springs, while the New York company is
said to be mastering another armed force to
dispossess them. A boat containing two men
and boy was capsized in Newport harbor.
Miss Lewis, daughter of the lighthouse keep
er on the Tile Rocks, put out in q boat and
rescued the two men, but the boy sank just
as sine reached him. A dreadful explosion
took plac, in Paris on the 18th ulto, at the
chemical works of NJ. Felletier. Seven per-
sons were killed and number wounded
The fronts of most of the houses near the
premises were dashed to shivers The win
dows of all the adjacent buildings, and OF an
omnibus passing at the time were broken to
pieces. The English papers of the 18th give
q thrilling account of a terrible colliery acct
dent on the morning ofthe 18th, when sud-
denly and without notice, the water burst in
to the pit of Wallow's Colliery, where there
were ten men, three boys and six horses at
work; and that every life was lost The
Greek Chambers have dissolved. The cleo
ton will take place on the 10th of NAV, for
the new Legislature, which will assemble on
the 9Th of June The Turkish ambassador
has presented his credentials to the King.
Unlimited furloughs have been granted to
thirty men of each company belonging to the
infantry regiments of the Bavarian army
The British man-of.war Heron has gone to
Caibarien to enquire into the seizure
of the British schooner jeff Davis. Five Gu
bans were captured on the schooner, trying
to leave Cuba for Nassau, and on their re-
turn to Caibarien they were taken from the
guard and murdered in the streets. The two
Peruvian iron-clads that left Pensacola re-
Gently have taken service with the insurgents.
kilograms to. the I'd inst, from Buffalo,
Schenectady, Albany and Poughkeepsie, NY.
and reports from Indiana, furnish informa-
ton that the freshet caused by the late heavy
rains and general thaw in these sections has
been extensive, bringing serious consequent
ces to the inhabitants. The Hudson, Con-
necticut and Gennesee rivers were swollen to
overlooking. The water was ten feet deep on
the piers and docks at Albany, and the Mo-
hawk Valley was entirely submerged. The
floating ice on the Hudson did much damage
to property and impeded for some time the
business Of the Hudson River Railroad. The
rise of the Wabash river has produced most
disastrous consequences in Indiana Mon.
tana advices state that the soldiers and citi-
zens who went in pursuit of the Indians after
the late fight near Yellow Stone, recaptured
the stolen stock, but did not overtake the
Indians. A band of Indians made raid on
a saw mill, about twenty miles from Dia-
mond City, but were driven off by the work
men. Lima dates state that decree has
been made forbidding the emigration of Coo
lies from Macao to Peru, owing to the cruel
treatment practised upon them by Peruvian
farmers. The yellow fever continues to rage
in the Southern cities, but Lima and Callao
remain healthy. A large fire occurred in
Valparaiso on the I'd ulto. Nearly all the
houses in Gale de Cochran and Almendro
were destroyell; the loss is estimated at $780,
600. Advices from Cape Town to April list
state that tract of country in Southern AT
RIGA, four hundred miles long and one hun
dred broad, had been burned over, OCCASION
ing great destruction of property and the loss
of many lives. Parts of Wisconsin and
Minnesota were visited by violent snow
storm on the I'd inst. Dispatches from Pana-
ma state that the Senate in Bogota has re-
jected the Gushing treaty for an isthmus ca
nal by an immense majority. The Spanish
government has dispatched troops to pre-
vent Carlists from entering Spain over the
Pyrenees The Turkish government has
agreed that the difficulties with Prussia shall
be settled by mixed Commission. Advices
by the Gulf cable from Mexico say that Gov
ernor Ceballos continues to execute rebel.
lious prisoners without trial at Yucatan The
sale Of Mexican Territory to the United
States finds many supporters at the capital,
where the subject has been agitated. Cuban
advices report that large gangs of negroes
have Joined the insurgents. 1t is said that
preparations are being made at Washington
for sweeping dismissals in the various de.
partments, and it is estimated that between
four and five hundred employees will be dis
missed in three months. a s
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