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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21
Hayes Letter.

The sum and substance of Governor
Haycss letter of acceptance is, that lie does
not propose TO disturb anything. The party
machinery of Grant & Go. perfectly suits
him. lie will only take down the Sign of
Grant u Co." and put up Hayes & Co who,
thankful for faVors shown the old firm, will
solicit continuance of patronage to the new
concern, who intend to prosecute business the
same old way" The governor takes especial
pains to state, "all the old clerks of the old
firm will be retained" &c, &c This is about
what was expected. Should the country he
cursed by continued reign of Grant & Co.,
with simply the proposed change of sign, the
people will have but themselves to thank for
whatever follows. If the bitter fruits of the
past sixteen years have not sicllencd the ma
ton of the present dominant horde, nothing
they may snilrr in the future from that party
can. But we do not believe in the election
of Hayes u Co, and we do feel a moral Ger
tainty in the election of Tillcn and Hen.
bricks, for our faith in human nature is not
yet lost. In 1872 Horace Greeley did not gct
out the Democratic vote within one million
OF ballots, and yet he had one hundred and
thrty-cight thousand more white votes than
Gen. Grant Tildcn and Hendricks can get
the entire party vote, and go in handsomely
N. \. Day B9Oh
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21
THE sEEZ.S.
GEL AIR, FRIDAY, JULY 81, 1876.
Prize EssU2Js.

We arc authorized to offer Three Prizes
amounting in the aggregate to Fifty Dollars
to he awarded by Committees appointed rs
below stated, and to he declared nj the EX-
hihiton of our Agricultural Society to he
held next Fall.
The First Prize of Twenty Dolhrs for the
best Esany, hy hdy of lIarIord, on "House
heepng" The committee TO he composed
of three ladies, 10 he appointed by the Wa
tervalc Farmers Club,
Tho Second Prize of Fifteen Dollars for
The best Eaaay on "GW.ing ana Htater Fred-
ing CatAc." The committee 10 he appointed
by the Deer Creek Farmers Club.
The Third Prize Of Fifteen Dollars, for the
best Essay on the arrangement Of tie DAIRY
both for .eelling ME and AaIiag Bmicr."
The committee to be appointed by Forest
Hill Farmers Club
There must be competition, or The prizes
will not he awarded.
The Essays must be handed in to the editor
Of The 1hg|s by the first of September next,
and must be accompanied with n private notc,
giving the name and address of the writer.
This WILL of course I've withheld from the
knowledge of the committees until the
awards arc made
The Prize Essays will he published in Tie
1HgiS,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21

"A great wrestling match took place at
Ford's Opera House. Baltimore, last Saturday
night, between the celebrated athletes THE
bauld Bauer, the French wrestler, and VIM.
Miller, an Englislman, known as the Aus
tralian Hercules. The contest lasted four
hours, Bauer being the winner of two out of
three rounds.
Peter Shaw, an eX-poice officer, in New
York, was quarreling in the street, and
when told by policeman to move on he
fired at the officer, wounding him Shaw
ran, pursued by the wounded man and other
officers and taking refuge behind u table in
n liquor saloon he fired Mt the first officer
who appeared The fire was returned and
Shaw fell fatally wounded.
"A train on the Pttsburg division of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, struck land
slide near Ursina, on Sunday, and the engine
becoming detached from the train rolled
down hill into Laurel creek, n distance of
two hundred feet and was badly wrecked.
The fireman, John Berlin was instantly kill
ed. None OF the passengers were injured
MIR. w. 7. Walters, resident of Poolcs-
vile, Montgomery county, on Friday night
about midnight, while going from his store
to his home was suddenly attacked and
knocked down by negro named Tom Will
liams, who attempted to rob him. MI Wal
tcrs's cries aroused the citizens, and the nc
gro fed He was, however, captured on Sun
day and handed over to the authorities Mr..
Walters was not much hurt.
"A few weeks ago the house of Rev. w.
W. Lee, a Baptist minister of Enngham
county, Ga, was attacked by three negro
thieves who were discovered by his daughter
Miss Emma Lee and treated to a load from
gun in the hands of that brave young lady.
few days afterward these same negroes
surprised Miss Lee at distance from the
house, beat her with biets of wood until
she was scnseless, and then threw her body
into neighboring pond. She was happily
discovered in time to save her life, and her
assallants were pursued to their hiding places
Their fate is somewhat uncertain.
AT Newark, NJ, on Thursday afternoon,
of last week three Germans, maddcnud by
strong drink, shot and killed one policeman
and fatally wounded another by whom they
had been arrested. They next ran n muck
through the city, firing at unoflending per-
sons, and attacked tanncry from which they
had been discharged, killing two men and
fatally wounding three others. The tanncry
force then rallied and charging upon the dcs-
peradoes drove them to the river, where
they stoned them to death while attempting
to escape by swimming the river. Some of
the wounded subsequently died. making six
deaths at tho hands OF the despcradocs
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21

The following, which, from internal evil
dence, seems TO have been written in April,
1776, is from Amos Garrett to the Council
Of Safety, | will here remark that the
Council Of Safety, whose headquarters were
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21

SAVING THE PENNIES There are some
queer fish in Congress, chief Of whom is
Blue Jcans' Williams Chairman of the
House Committee of Accounts So far does
he carry his ideas of economy that lie oppo.
scs the expenditure of every dollar as if it
was to come ont Of his own pocket. That
his ideas are not simply sentimental is PROV
ed by the fact that he offered if Congress
would abolish the office OF the messenger
who has charge of giving out the SOAP
brushes, and other such articles, that he
would take charge of them himself Last
winter he offered II resolution that the House
hold no more night sessions so as to save
fuel and light Before he became Chairman
of his Committee, the members refreshed
themselves with lemonade and iced tea, which
were paid for out of the Contingent
Fund, but he has now put stop toths cx-
pcnsc. The Senate Chairman of Accounts
is troubled by no such scruplcs, and furnish
es these articles in liberal abundance. The
consequence Is, that tho members of the
House all go over to the Senate whenever
they feel dry. The House expense for these
articles is now nothing while that of the
Senate is more than doubled, and has TO he
paid for by the people, MI the same. Does it
make any difference at which end the barrel
leaks? OF course not. The "barrcl will
leak" and leak badly, as long as you have n
Republican Senate.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21
Religious Services in Bel Air and Vicinity
SUNDAY, JULY %, 1876.

Protestant EpiScopal,--St. Mary near Emnor.
ton, II am, Rev. ". +. Brand Trinity, Church.
vile, l a. m. and 7 p. m, Rev 4. A. Colburn
Grace Church, Darlington, 3H p. m, Rev. l.. A.
Colburn. Grace Chapel, Hickory, at II a.
s. Gallaudet.
PreSIyteri"n.-Bc Air, II A. M. and ~ y. m.
and Fai!ston, 3p. m, every Sabbath day. Rev.
Ed; Flnney, Pastor. Sunday School at tho
Bel Air Church, at "a o'clock, Il. M, and at the
Fallston, Church att p. M, every Sabbath day
other Sunday at 1917 a. M
ChrtSt'" UHIch.--Dr j. L. Crane, Pastor
Services every first day at 1917 A. NJ.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21
What Advantages
HAS THE
HOWE MACHINE
OVER OTHERS?

FIRST.-The public know it to he dur
able. 1t will last life time.
SECOND.-It contains the material for
its own repairs.
THIRD.-It has less wearingpoints than
any other.
FOURTH.-It draws up a stitch rs you
do by hand; others do not.
FIFTH.-You have perfect control over
both threads; others have not.
SIXTH.-It gives off thread in proper
ton to the thickness of the fabric sewed,
thereby avoiding slow motion over seams,
dropping stitches and breaking of needles
"a great objection to all other machines.
SEVENTH.-1t scws q tight seam in
cashmere, burying the thread on either
side, and then tissue paper without
change of tension.
EIGHTH.-Thc prcsser foot is eaisly
swung out of the way when you set q nee
die or put under work. 1t is not so with
any other.
NINTH.-In range of work this machine
cannot be cqualcd. Will work equally
well on thick or thin goods from gauzc to
heaviest beaver coatings, or even leather
without change OF needle, tension or thread.
We will warrant them to do this. Our
fine work is equal to any and our heavy
work cxcels that of any other machine in
the world.
TENTH Persons who have tried all
machines are unanimous in declaring this
to he the EASIEST LEARNED Machine
the market. In the majority of cases our
customers learn from the instruction book
without further aid.
What we claim, in substance, is that
this is an honest machine, and if put in
your family will do any and all of your
work perfectly, is n willing and ready ser
want, and is not subject to fits.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21
Baltimore Cattle Markets.

BEEF CATTLE--l ,34l Head, and lower.
Very best, $500 10 500 Medium 10 frs,
quality, $500 10 SAB Ordinary thin Steers,
1919 10 800 Sheep, fair TO good shearcd,
S3.15 10 $500; good to extra shcarcd, 50 90 a.
5000. Lambs, $500 90 $3.50 Corn Hogs,
50 so "a SO. CO.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
LORn MACAULAY.
Some Peeuliarlties OF the Em;nent
Writer-Mls Youth.
[Harper's Magazine.

He was one OF the Scotchmen who
have conferred great lustre upon Eng
land, for that name includes all the
islanders. Burns and Scott and Carlyle
and Macaulay are among the great
names in English literature during the
century; and they were Scotchmen-
Macaulay at least on his fathers side.
But it would not be easy to find more
characteristic Englishman In literature,
and in temperament and character.
But yet he had none Of the characteris-
tic manly tastes Of the English, as they
are called. He never played games at
school, nor shot, nor swan, nor rode,
nor drove. nor fished. He liked books
and mon, and wanted nothing more.
The first clear glimpse we have OF him
Is lying fat upon his stomach on the
floor before the fire reading, and hold
ing piece of bread and butter in his
hand And this practices, which became
q habit, ludicrously recalls Emerson's
description Of him in the English
Traits" "The brilliant Macaulay, who
expresses the tone Of the English gov
erning classes Of the day, explicitly
teaches that good means good to eat,
good to wear, material commodity.
1t was d curious result, in which the
civility and religion OF England for q
thousand years end in denying morals
and reducing the intellect to sauce
pan"
But, however that may be, the story
OF Macaulay Is singularly entertaining.
He was full OF life from the start, over
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
TINE LOUISIANA DELEGATION.

They Leave for st. Leuis On Priaay Next.
The delegates from Louisiana to the
st. Louis Convention, which meets on
the 9th inst, will leave New Orleans
on Friday next, by the Chicago and st.
Louis Railroad. A special sleeping car
has been secured by the party, which
will include Sheriff VIM. Pagan. The
delegates are as follows:
STATE At LARGE.
Delegates-Ex- Gov. X. @. .Wicklifre. West Fe-
Iiclana Hen. Th9s; G. MsBnins Hspldss Hopp.
son. Alternates- Hon. Albert vo0rhiee. Or
leans: Hon. b, r. Jonas, Orleans Gen. Alexan-
der DeClouet. Vt. Martin; James Brewer. Or
First Congressional Distric-John Tobin.
Louis St Martin. Orleans, Alternates-James
Cousley, T. A. B0zOnier. Orleans.
second Congressional District-Hon. John ].
Mellon. Hon. James Mcconnell, Orleans. Alter
nates--Hon. J. o. Landry. Orleans; Hon. +. r.
Poche. st. James.
Third Congressional Dstrict-Hon. r. 8.
Goode. Terrebonne: Joseph L. Brent, Ascen-
sion. Alternates-John Avery. Iberia: 4. q.
Gates. st. Mary.
Fourth Congressional District-Hon. James
Jefrries, Rapides; Hon. Jno. Q. Moncure. Caddo.
AlternateS-Gen. =. A, Morse. NatchitOches, I,
Judge J. d. Watkins. Webster
Fifth Congressional District-Hon. H. G. Mitch
ell. Claiborne; Col. j. b. Corkern. Madison.
Alternates Napier Bartlett. Claiborne: Hon. L.
Sixth Congressional District - Hon. ". II.
Pipes. East Feliciana; Henry L. Garland. st.
Landry. Alternates-Hon. y. r. Thorpe. Avoy-
elles Judge J. II. Muse. 81. Helena.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18

flowing with it-loud, jovial. His father
the heroic Dissonter, Zachary Macau.
lay, OF Clapham, hears with pain OF his
sons .strident tones In college, and
TON" replies, with respect, that ne has
no more. voice than healthy youth
ought to have. And there are charming
domestic scenes, where he blows horns
with the children up and down stairs,
and spouts droll impromptu parodies,
and caps verses, screaming his triumph
back into the@Kalse, holding the door
open for the pure, as he goes to his
chambers, and then, in the explosion Of
laughter, slamming 1t after him.
He was an adorable" Tom, and his
sisters worshiped him. His mother was
proud of him. But father Zachary
rather shook his head, and feared the
allurements of the world. Some of
Toms early letters would certainly be
called those Of "prig" by the boys
who did not go to Clapham Academy,
but they showed how curiously mature
was his mind from the first, while they
have great deal Of humor.
This, indeed, Is apparent everywhere.
He saw the ludcrous aspect Instructive
ly, and he made grotesuue little paro-
dies and rhymes. which are not very i'm
portant, but which are the evidence OF
lively companionship. His
first speeches were very successful, and
it is easy to imagine that fine decla-
nation Of the Macaulay rhetoric must
have been very effective. But his lite
rary and political successes were stimuli
taneous, and soon made him the Lon
don " lion that he never ceased to be.
Sc
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
OLD METHUsELAH.
Ne was Lonesome by Nature, and Much
More 20 when Mad.


There was a slight rutnpus near the
escaped the vigilance Of the officer on
duty. An old negro man, evidently from
the country, was sitting in his wagon
apparently wrapped in deep thought.
His hair was plentifully sprinkled with
gray, and he was carefully polishing the
glasses Of q pair Of venerable-looking
spectacles. Something in his appear
ance attracted the attention OF two
NEATLY dressed mulatto boys, who, with
cigars in their mouths, were sauntering
leisurely by. -
"Dere's old man Methuselah, re-
marked one, while the other began to
name was Methuselah-his name was
Methuselah. When he got old he went
to"
But before the saddle -colored warbler
could finish his ditty, the object OF his
serenade had leaped from the wagon
and seized him. The next moment the
tuneful youth was wriggling on the
ground, while the old man was thump-
ing him with No. II brogan without
regard to the musical pauses, and with
such vigor as to leave the impression
on those within hearing that an army
of spring carpet -beaters had suddenly
/
"Methuselum aint had no sich marrer
in his leg like dis, Is hep" queried the
old man as he gave the youth u final jar
that sent him rolling out of reach.
Scrambling to his feet, the bruised boy,
without answering the interrogatory,
made up the street at pace that soon
carried him out OF sight.
I'm q lonesome niger, am," re-
marked the veteran, as he picked up his
hat, which had fallen off his head during
the humping process. II am lonesome
by nature, and when I gets mad my
lonesomeness is de wus kinder disease.
Dey amt no town niggers roun' here, !"
he continued, giving a suggestive pull
at the lappels OF his coat and casting q
glance at those whose attention had
been attracted by the incident just re-
lated" dey aint no town niggers roun'
here dat wants to keep me from bein'
lonesome, is dey? Ell dey is. just let
him walk right out here in the sand,
shuck hisself, an l will see ef ! cannot
keep him com my while my wind lasts. "
AS there was no response to this some
what sarcastic challenge, the aged negro
mounted the wagon again and was soon
engaged in enjoying his propensities for
"lOneSOmeneSS,"
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18

negro. The lookers-on. hovevor.
seemed to have grown thirsty. and tsok
refuge generally In the lobby whore r
enterprising negro had set up q iisuor
store. The audience having left. th6
orators quickly wound up.
1t was noticeable as peculiar fosture
OF the meeting, that every orator. with.
out single exception, nominated War.
moth for the Governorship, that he re-.
ceived over fifty rounds of applause,
while the mob, apparently, forget all
about the object OF the meeting. aud
neglected to give Messrs. Hayes and
Wheeler's the feeblest, weakest OF chir-
rups. In fine, 1t was Warmoth rata.
cation meeting, with Hayes and Vince
ler slung In a little to point the moral.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
STREET SCENES IN TAHITI.


from the San Francisco Chronicle.l
There are no such things as pave
ments. sidewalks. or cutters, and every
body travels in the middle of the narrow
streets. You pass along and step aside,
now to avoid running into a crowd OF
Kanakas holding a confabulation, now
to avoid stepping on an old native
woman who Is squatting In the street.
intent upon drying some tobacco with q
match preparatory to having a smoke:
Further on, at corner, is crowd OF
men and women lowering around the
stump Of cigarette, which Is success
sively smoked and tossed around on the
ground for the next one to take up and
have Whit at
On one side the street a Chinaman,
with nothing on but pair OF big
legged breeches. leans against door
post gazing into vacancy, pondering on
the wise sayings Of Confucius, or plan
ming five cent swindle; on the other
side dusky maiden sits on rock play
ing fragmentary noise on cracked
accordion. Next door Is Chinese bar
ber's shop; the customer, on the front
porch, sits bolt upright on q stool, with
nothing to support him but his thin
back, while the lank- -jawed artist plies
the torture.
On the other end OF the porch there
are two or three native women lounging,
for John is popular with the native
bellies, not because he is handsome Ia
hiti bellies look deeper than that-but
because he makes an exemplary hu5-
band for not only does he do his own
and their cooking, but he washes for
them, too, and leaves them to eat,
sleep, and smoke in undisturbed indo-
lence. The next is a group OF half
naked boys tossing pennies at cork
set up with one or more coppers on it.
This Is favorite amusement, not only
with the boys, but with the mustached
Kanakas.
In the Quai de Commerce the scene is
somewhat more business-like. Vessels
are discharging and loading, and natives
with hand carts are rushing here and
there with freight. Drays, trucks, ex-
press wagons, ETC., are unknown. On
the verandahs OF the business houses
native seamstresses, seated on mats on
the floor, are busy making calico shirts,
dresses OF thin stuffs, etc. Beneath a
spreading Duran a crowd Of natives are
having a dinner of feiis and bread fruit.
On the front verandah Of a warehouse,
or perhaps Of a dwelling, Kanaka gen.
tleman. playing a jewsharp, lies on his
back, covered with a blanket, while his
paveu is being washed.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
TIE VICE PRESIDENCY.
The MOn. william a. wheeler wheel
int Line fer Inspection.


The HON. william a. wheeler wheels
inte Line fer Inspection.
Shortly before the assembling of the
Cincinnati Convention, when w. A.
Wheeler was spoken Of for the nomina-
ton, o correspondent Of the New York
Sun thus reviewed him:
Since the Hon. William A. Wheeler.
member OF Congress from the Nine.
teenth New York District, has come
into prominence as possible oonpro-
mise candidate for the Cincinnati Oon-
vention, 1t may be we'll to look into his
record. What are the antecedents Of
the gentleman from Maine. whose motto
Is hs;taq and has has bs. been act and policy are
In 1s4e or AT Mr.. Wheeler, then AZ
now an aspirant for political prefer
ment,. was known as Wing. Notwith-
standing this fact he obtained the
Democratic nomination for District At
torney by pledging his word In the
strongest terms to several of the load
ing Democrats Of Malone an / It's vioini-
ty that he would then and thereafter act
with their party. The Wings, unsus-
pecting his party fidelity, were infiu-
enced to nominate Mr.. Wheeler also.
Whereupon he went back on his Demo-
denied the promise that was hardly
cold on his lips. This denial, however,
was met and sufficiently contradicted
by the af1idavits of several gentlemen
who had been privy to the violated
compact.
As another evidence OF Mr.. WheeIer's
inflexible integrity, am told that when
a member of the Assembly he was en-
ployed by Mr.. Frederick Ames, Of Es-
sex county, to purchase on account OF
said Ames piece OF State land, located
near the State prison at Dannemora.
On looking into the matter Mr. Wheeler
speculation. and that he could find more
profit in buying the land as principal
than as agent. He counseled with one
Douglass, q clerk In his law Office at
Malone, and the twain became possessed
OF the land, which was purchased In
Douglass name.
When Mr.. Ames found, upon applicae
tion ut the Land Office, that the plum
had been picked by q certain Douglas,
he went to the Hon. Mr.. Wheeler to In
quire Why and wherefore. Mr.. Wheeler
insisted that 1t was all q mystery - him,
and that he did not know much about
half lawyer, half horse jockey, and
lived in Chateaugay.
The true inwardness OF the transac-
ton came out afterward In court during
the trial OF suit brought by this same
Douglass against the Hon. William A.
Wheeler, his partner in the land specu-
lation, to compel him to divide the
profits. Mr.. Ames appeared as Q wit
ness, and his testimony put Mr.. Wheeler
in such a light that the latter hastened
to compromise the suit by paying Doug
lass his share and the costs.
OF course, nobody can tell how far
Mr.. Wheeler's reputation for integrity
will be supported by the investigation
Of Northern Pacific affairs. Mr.. Wheel
er was chairman OF the House commit
tee on this railroad, and II he, like
Blaine and Colfax, should have to walk
the plank, it will at least be q crumb Of
comfort to his friends to know that the
Hon. Chairman lacks not OF this worlds
riches.-fN. Y. Sun.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-18
lxbr ths n. q. Democrat
T0E INDIAN MAID.
A TALE OF LOUISIANA.

|'Tis dead Of night In the forest shade.
! Aud the glisamering watch fires Isil and fade.
And their red light falls obscure and dim
On swarthy form and sinewy limb.
A Indian maid. II that lonely hour.
Bits pale and sad in her sylvan bow'r.
For captive youth. Of tho bright blue eye
Awaits the smile OF morn-to die.
He waits the doom Of the red mans ire.
The rending steel and the soaring hre
And the bitter thoughts Of his full heart roam
Par. far away. to his friends and home.
Hc turns tie the step Of an Indian maid
Light ~ the fall Of the leaves that fade:
She knools-and his pinioned limbs arc freed
AWAY whore her noiseless footsteps lead.
On their track ere the morn came the hunter
foes.
Butwith Wild herbs juice she had charmed their
And the sharp shafts trimmed with the eagles
wing
Fell harmless all from each broken string.
On, on like deer BY the wild wolf pressed.
From the bayou's pool 10 tho dark lakes breast.
Al swift ~ hawk DER the waters dew
The feathory keel Of their light canoe
IRE long afar. In stately pile
There were bridal songs. and the dance and
smile:
yor the orange How'r with its mystic braid
Gems the rich dark hair Of the Indian maid..