The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-05-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

mia at the next election.
The South Carolina Legislature have
elected associate Justice Willard to the su-
preme bench Willard is a Northern man.
and strong Republican.
England is rapidly recruiting her army
and navy, in order to protect her interests, as
between Russia and Turkey, but just
what those interests are is not definitely an
nounced, One thing is certain, England will
never allow the Russians to enter CONSTANT
nope-if she can prevent it.
Tho Port Tobacco (Md) Times one of
our most valued exchanges, has entered upon
its 34th volume, with increased zeal and use
fulncss. Its excellent editor, Elijah Wells,
has grown grey in the service Of the people
of Charles county, and we are glad to know
his sterling traits of character are appreciated
by the people among whom he has labored.
-Ex-Gov Fenton, Of New York, it is said,
has the inside track over all competitors,
with the new administration, to the intense
disgust of Senator Conkling. The speech of
the latter in the Senate contributed more
than anything else to force the passage of the
electoral bill through Congress, and the cool
manner in which he is now set aside must be
very calling to the Senator
Charles Francis Adams in recent inter
view upheld the sentiments declared in his
famous letter, in which he said
81 could never have been reconciled to the
pl In, Inv In p1nllnct nil Of Of
person, however respectable in private life,
who must forever carry upon his brow the
stamp of fraud first triumphant in American
history. No subsequent action, however
meritorious, can wash away the letters of
that record"
Fred. Douglass has attempted TO explain
his abuse of the people of w ashington, whom
he recently called in lecture " thieves" and
"poor white trash" by "A lame explanation
denying the charge, and asserting that the
lecture was not CORRECTLY rerorird lie SAYS
the cpithels were merely humorous, and he
meant nothing by them. His ISLANDERS have
aroused the Indignation of the citizens of
Washington and his removal from the posi-,
ton of Marshal is vchemently demanded.
1t is believed that the prices of grain
have reached their highest point, and
have begun to rccede On Monday decline
of 80 cents a barrel in flour was announced
and the corn and wheat markets were both
depressed and lower. Prices will doubtless
continue to fall, in view of the prospect in
this country of an unusually large yield of
wheat. The corn area will probably be lar
ger than usual, owing TO the present high
prices, and the prospect which has, until late
ly, existed, Of their continuance
The receipts from the great Dog Show
in New York are to be given to the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals, to
be used as the nucleus of fund for building
a home for homeless, injured or sick dogs.
While there are and will ever be 50 many
human beings in suffering and want, the APP
plication of money as proposed is simply
charity run mad. An inordinate affection
for dogs is an attribute of the lowest grade
of civilization, and it would appear that ex-
tremcs meet, when such Il proposition can
he gravely made in this enlightened land,
and in the 18th century.
MARRIAGE OF Gov CARRoLL.-Hon. John
Lee Carroll, Governor of Maryland was
married TO Miss Carter Thompson, Of Staun-
ton, Va, at the Cathedral in Baltimore, on
last Monday afternoon. The affair was kept
very quiet, and only a few near relatives of
the bride and groom were present The
bride is a daughter Of Judge Lucas p.
Thompson, of Stanton, Va, and is lady
of fine accomplishments and distinguished
beauty.
The bride wore travelling suit of brown
silk, and the groom was attired in an En-
glish walking suit of dark navy blue
This union between the Governor of Ma
ryland and one of the faircst daughters of
the Old Dominion adds another tie to the
close friendship and sympathy existing be-
tween the people of the two commonwealth
We offer our sincere congratulations to our
distinguished Governor and his b. Idle
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country, ms given in the Newspaper Directory for
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wellknown Advertising Agents Of New York,
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monthles, III monthics, IS bi monthies and
60 quarterlies, published in the United States
aud the British American Provinces. The Di.
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editions which are published in each State, Ter
TtOry or Province
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