Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-07
Baltimore Correspondents.
University Commencement Police Regulations
Church Observation-Disclosures Rejected
HID. and 7allop Association.

University Con,mencement-PoliceR Regulations
Church Observation-Disclosures Rejected
Hide and Iallow Association.
BALTIMORE March Z, 1866.
The forty-seventh anniversary commencement
of the Uni, ersity Of Maryland was celebrated yes
terday morning at the New Assembly Rooms, the
spacious saloon of which was thronged to over
flowing to witness the interesting exercises. Sixty
one graduates received their diplomas for the doc
torate, after which an admirable address was de-
livered by Professor n R. Smith.
Our worthy Mayor has now fully entered upon
the discharge of bis municipal duties, as the head
Of the police and watch departments-having at
length subordinates of his own selection in these
departments, he is actively engaged in adopting
such rules and regulations for their government
faithfulness of all. He has just issued code Of
rules twenty in number) for the government of
the police defining their duties, as to what they
must and must not do, which covers all the ground
and which, if complied with, will give to Baltimore
an unsurpassed police supervision.
The new Protestant Episcopal church, lately
erected in this city for Rev. DR.. Johns, called
Emanuel Church, is to be consecrated tomorrow
by the Right Rev. Bishop Nottingham Bishop
Johns Of Virginia. brother Of the rector has been
invited by Bishop Nottingham to preach the SER
mon on the occasion.
The Baltimore Annual Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church opens this morning in the
Monument street church and, judging from the
great number of reverend gentlemen seen on Bal
timore street during yesterday and this morning
the session viii be largely attended.
Mayor Kinks yesterday evening re-nominated
George A. Davis, Esq, for the office of City Com
missioner, but the Council, in convention, for a
third time rejected the nomination. The vote was
a tie, ID to IA.
The Hide and Tallow Association established by
the butchers Of this city several years since, appears
to be more than everprosperous. Mr.Wolf the trea-
surer Of the association, has just made his annual
report from which il appears that during the past
year the number of hides sold, was IL 604, yield
ing 10000, which with other items Of receipts
was swelled to 500, 800 Is. After deductng expen-
SEES and loss incurred by the European war, and
paying $1,543 20 to persons for hides who are not
members, there remained the sum Of $50, 1893 Al,
payable to the members Of the association. The
amount of tallow sold during the year ia, 1874
pounds and the receipts after deducting expenses,
ssl, 1854 10. BY the rules of the association the
members are paid on the LIST of every month, the
full market value Of all the hides and fat sent to
the establishment, and then at the close of the
year, dividend is declared pro rata from the net
earnings Of the association, over the market value
of the articles. This amounted to 81 40 per 100
pounds over the market value of the tallow during
the past year, thus demonstrating the advantages
gained by this association for It's members.
AMrptcrrS