The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-03-26

GEN. BUTLER ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
1t is to be presumed that Gen. B. F. But
Ter is good authority upon the Interpretation
of the Civil Rights Law, as he had so much
to do with its passage. In letter he has re.
Gently written, he says:
am happy to say the civil rights bill docs
not give any right to the colored man to GO
into drinking saloon without the leave of
the proprietor, and am very glad it does not.
AS to the other branch of your question in
reference to barber shops, let me say that the
trade OF barber is like any other trade, TO he
carried on by the man who is engaged in 1t
at his own will and pleasure, and the civil
rights bill has nothing to do, and was intend
cd to have nothing to do, with its exercise.
"a barber has the right to shave whom he
plcases, as much as n jewcler has right to
repair watch for whom he pleascs, as
blacksmith 10 shoe such horses as he pleases.
In other words, those are not public employ.
ments, but private business, in which law
does not interfere
He adds that the Mw has only given the
| colorcd man Il greater power to enforce his
| rights under the common law TO the same
| accommodations as others in places of public
inns, &C.; and the idea chat the civil rights
bill allows the colored man TO force himself
into any mans shop, or into any mans pr-
vate house, or into any eating-house, board
ing -house, or establishment other than those
have named, is simply an exhibition of ig-
norance, as well as, in some cases, of insuffer-
able prejudice and malignity."
DIR. Mackall, editor of the Cecil Democrat
a week or so since paid visit to Chambers
burg, Franklin county, Pa. In his account
of the trip lie says Of local option in Penn
sylvania:
1--WE took some pains TO inform ourself in
reference to the workings of the local option
law in Franklin county, and we must tell
our local option friends that the information
obtained was entirely unfayorable to Their
theories. A gentleman who enjoys the larg.
est opportunities of ascertaining the facts
gave it as his opinion that this law has moi
lessened the quantity of liquor drank in
Chambersburg one glass, and that the pco
pie generally desire its repeal
SoRIBNER's MONTHLY FOR APRIL.-Ono who
seems to know writes as follows about ScribneT
for April: Miss Mary IIallock, whose design.
in ScribRea'S Nonthly and accompanying Long
fellows last poem, The Hanging of the Crane
have attracted SO much attention, has q charm
ing design. delicately engraved by Marsh on TIL
first page of Scribne1'S for April. 1t Illustrate
The Proud Lady of Stavoren, a poem by Eliza
beth Akers Allen. Prof. Well, writes abou
German Parliaments. This pleasant paper la
historic as well as personal interest. In tn
same number of the Monthly Col. Waring give
us chatty and pleasant Farmers Vacation pa
per; the subject being TIollow-land. He seem
TO have been very favorably impressed by tn
clean and thrifty Dutch people. The first o
| the illustrated series of papers on American c
Enthusiastically about Baltimore, which he style
"The Liverpool Of America" Mr.. Rideing'
article on Death-Dealing Trades should be rea
by everybody - especially the law makers
There are three short tales: q remarkable sketc
of life in the North Eastern woods, entitle
Young Molrs Peevy, thoughtful and sugges
tive story; The Statue of Life, by George I
Laihrop; and Truls, the Namelcss, by the youn
Norwegian American, Hjalmar Hjorth Boycser
now Professor at Cornell. DIR. Hollands Stor
OF Sevenoaks gives us glimpse of camp-lii
in the woods, and shows us Mr.. Belcher as cor
; tidential friend, and spcculator; and julie
Vcrne's people keep moving in their mysteriou
way. The Shakespeare Bacon Controversy, b
E. 0. Vale, gives an apparently fair and yer
readable condensation Of the arguments on bot
sides of this vexed question. The Old Cabinet
by the way, taking up the question of Bacon
poetry, and putting in plea for the true an
1 only Shakespeare. There are poems by Julia {
p R. Dorr, Harriet McEwen Kimball, DR.. Coar
Helen Barron Bostwick, and b. F. Taylor-th
, latter pleasantly suggesting some familiar piC
lures ofcountry life under thctitl ofThe Psalm
Book in the Garrct.
Dr. Hollands Topics are Our Newspapers
7 The er.crowdcd Cities, and BY their Fruit
The Editorial Departments are unusually full
: before.
lARPERs MAGAZINE for April offers fresh a
fractions to all classes of readers 1t opens wit
! beautiful narrative by Miss Constance
= Woolson, amply and finely illustrated, of sun
mer tour among the mountains of Wrstcr
North Carolina.
Readers who have followed Miss Thackcray
charming serial, "Miss Angel" will turn wit
: special interest to the article by f. Mason O
Angelica Kaufman, Illustrated by some of tn.
artists finest etchings.