The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-03-18
THE NEWS,

John w. Davis, Esq, ex-sheriff, was elected
on last week to fill the 'uneypired term of
Lefevre Jarrett deceased as Police Commits
sioner of Baltimore city, and Thomas w.
| Morse to succeed him for the ensuing term.
Much excitement prevails throughout the
country, in relation to the sinking of the
US steamship Oneida, by the British steam
err Bombay, more recent developments going
| to show that the captain of the latter ship
| passed on unheedng the signals of distress
given by the former, alleging that he did not
| notice OR hear them, although the signal
guns were heard at a much greater distance
| by other parties.-Two Germans named
Bonner and Bodcnbcrg, were executed for
the murder of the Peightal family, on We'd
! nesday of last week, at Huntingdon, Pennsyl-
vania.-Frank Hubbard, lad of fourteen
years of age, died in Caroline county, Nd,
on Saturday last, from hyprophobia, having
been bitten by,a rabid dog some time during
last summer-One of the latest rumors from
England is to the effect that Charles Dickens
is about to be rendered "the fast waning
honors of knighthOod OF a baronetcy" by
Queen Victoria.-The State census of South
Carolina, now just completed shows an actu-
al decrease in the total population Of the
State. The decrease in the negro population
is very considerable and is alleged to be from
natural causes, as neither the casualties Of war
or emigration have touched them to any APP
IL yDfl nal
aware are already beginning to make ar
rangements in regard to the transportation
of the coming crop in that State.-Sarah
Gore, white woman, convicted in Philadel-
phia of perjury, has been fined $500 and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for seven years.
Count Bismarck Of Prussia recently presen-
ted the University of Virginia with some
valuable drawings relating to improvements
in bridges, railways, public buildings, &c
A duel took place last week, in Spain, near
Madrid, between Prince Henri de Bourbon
and Duke de Montpensier, in which the lat
ter killed the former on the third shot cX-
changed, shooting him in the hoad-E. M.
Yerger, held for the killing of Col. Crane, in
Mississippi, escaped from Jail on Sunday last,
and had not been recapturcd at the last adj
yices.-A Nebraska mixed jury of men and
women was recently empannelled in Il muir
der case at OMAHA and had been out four
days on Saturday last, but up TO that time
failed to agree. The women, according to
the last report, Cooked pale and fatigued."-
Hon. John Wethercd has presented to the
State of Maryland two ancient maps of
Maryland and Virginia, procured by him
in the city Of London some time since,
The are chiefly valuable as curiosities and on
account of their antiquity. Baltimore town
is located by them on the neck of land east
of Bush river, at its entrance in the bay
Stems, Republican, was elected Governor of
New Hampshire at the recent election, by
1870 majority over three competitors-Con-
siderable excitement still prevails in the gold
market, but it has rallied to lie to 1.13 and
the fractions.
The House of REPRESENTATIVES, Commit
tee ON Commerce discussed this week the
improvement Of the Susquehanna river
navigation below Hayre de Grace, at an
estimate cost of forty thousand dollars.