The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-01-28
THE NEWS.


my who, while serving in Georgia as freed
mems bureau agents, or in some other capa-
city, were uiectv, W the Legislature vi iiIut
State and have been taking pay not only as ar
my officers but also rs lcgislators-which is TO
be made a subject of Congressional investiga-
tion.-Gen Robert F. Lee, it is understood,
wiz attend the Peabody obscquirs nj Port
land, at the request of The officers of the Nir-
ginia University. Ohio has ratified the Fiji
tecnth Amendment -Traupmann the muir
derer of the Kinck family, was executed at
Paris, on Wednesday of last week He
confessed to the crime for which he suffered,
but averrcd that he had accompliccs which
part of his statement is not credited hy the
to endeayor to remove some portion Of the
enormity Of his acknowledgements were is
sued last week, for the arrest Of some thirty
New York merchants who had not paid the
special revenue tax.-Considerablc trouble
occurred among the frcmcn at Harrisburg
Pa, last week on occasion of the Inaugural
tion of Gov. Geary, on account of the refusal
of some Of the men of that place TO partici-
pate in the turnout because of the presence
of negro company in thelinc. Visiting COM
panies from Philadelphia took the other
side and some fighting was the result.-An
immense mass meeting in favor of Cuban in
dependence washed in New York last week.
GOV. Alcom and Gen Amcs have been cleo.
ted United States Senators from Mississippi
Imprisonment for debt has just been abol.
| ishcd in England Peas arc in blossom in
Almeda county, California.-Several arrests
by the military having been recently made
in Georgia, many of the citizens are fleeing
thedisricts where that rule revails.-Among
the many places suggested as proper to re-
move the National Capital to, the Kansas
Legislature recommends the Fort Leaven-
worth military reservation.-Fivc prisoners
escaped from the Jail at Cumberland, Ale
ghany county, Nd, on last Sunday week,
whilst the sheriff was absent at church,
Shocks of earthquakes continue to be felt at
intervals in California. expedition for
the Darien survey is expected 10 sail in about
4 week. Hon William P. Maulsby, of Fred
erick was appointed chief judge of the sixth
judicial district of Md, by the Governor on
Thursday last. Mr. Maulsby is a native of
Hartford county, and well known here.-Rev-
Citations concerning the authorizations used
in the manufacture of candy in New York,
have created quite q sensation. A large
falling off of the sales of both wholesale and
retail dealers is rcported.-A woman named
Mrs. IIatchell, left her home in Illinois re-
| Gently, with her two children, aged two and
five years, and attempted to 60 to her sisters,
some distance off, and was found frozen to
death some two weeks afterwarls-Prince
Arthur of England arrived in New York on
Friday last, with his suite and proceeded Qui-
city to the Brevoort House. In the evening
the party attended Booths theatre-A little
girl i'll Connecticut died recently from the
effects ofpunishmcnt inflicted by her teacher
Virginia has at length been admitted into
the Union, the Senate modifying the House
bill, and imposing Oaths for sundry officers
and other restrictions as conditions to her adj
mission. 1t is thought that President Grant
willsign the bill without dclay--Prince Arthur
is in Washington city at this time, and is sight
seeing and spending his time without much
public demonstration on his account, al
though many persons throng to see him on
convenient occasions.-New five dollar legal
tender notes to the amount ofnearly 100000
are ready for issue and will be transfe FRED to
the Treasurer at Washington at once.-James
F,isk's, Jr, evidence before the September
gold panic investigating committee of Con-
gress is rich and racy, and is causing much
comment in the public prints. He duplicates
both President and Mrs. Grant in gold spec
ulations on that memorable occasion, and
shows how Corbin, the brother. law of the
President, protested to be able to control the
movements of the authorities at Washington.
"A correspondent Of the ". Y. Times says
members of the committee describe the eX-
animation of Fisk as theatrical and ludicrous
in the extreme, and that the committee were
convulsed with ughter-Hiram r. Revel
negro, has been elected U. S. Senator from
Mississippi to fill the unexpired term of Judge
Sharkey. Much curiosity prevails to see how
he will be received upon taking his seat
George d Prentice, formerly editor of the
Louisville journal, died last week---The
earnings of the Union Pacific Railroad for
the last six months amount to over four mil
lion and a-half dollars
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate on Thursday of last week,
it was ordered that special committee Oh
retrcnchment of county expenses be APP