Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-30
MISCELLANY.

john W. Syme, for many years the editor
of the Petersburg Intel9eRcDr died in that city on
Saturday afternoon last during attack of paralysis
--Loftin N. Elicit, an old and well known
citizen of Richmond. Va died suddenly of apople1y
on Monday last
The editor of the Deseret (Utah) Ne1rs
looks in vain over map OF the world to find a
nation that is not rapidly travelling the path of retro
gression."
Mrs. Mary 7. Davis, wife of the Hon.
Reuben Davis of Aberdeen, Miss, so we'll known by
her nom de guerre "Hinda," died in that city on the
2lst ult.. after long illness.
Mr.. Abraham Grove, aged twenty five
years, resident of West Earl township, Lancaster
county, died on Thursday last from lock-jaw. Some
days since Mr.. Grove got into difficulty with
young man named Shirk, and in a scufle which
sued, the latter bit Grove severely in of his
fingers. The wound grew worse, and finally culmi-
mated in death from lock-jaw-
The Nashville Press of Nov. II, has this
paragraph in its editorial columns;-"A private let
ter received from an entirely trust worthy source in
Washington, says that President johnson, in pri-
vate interview with the writer, expressed himself
highly grated with the vote of the Tennessee Senate
adopting the negro testimony BILL and added that he
earnestly hoped that the House would make the bill
a law.
Gen. Hood is said to be SO poor that the
Texas people arc going to give him home and COM
potency. Parson BrOwnlow adds:
And the Legislature of Tennessee ought to give
Hood pension for so managing around Nashville.
RS to let army whip him. and kill half of his
forces And the Federal Congress should give him
another p9nsen for playing the fool around Atlanta.
So far as the Federal cause IS concerned Hood ranks
next to Grant, Sherman and Thomas in usefulness.
The Augusta ConStitutionaliSt represents
that the freedmen in that city are very awless and
disorderly. Shooting is said to be common among
them and sharp fight with pistols between soldier
and civilian both colored. resulted in seriously
wounding negro woman and child who were stand
ing near. quarrel between a white and
negro resulted in general melee in which sticks and
stones were freely used, and number Of persons
severely, though not fatally injured.
1t is understood that Count de Montholon,
the French Minister has made formal demand for
the restitution of the tobacco recently seized at Rich
mond by the Treasury agents. the property OF the
late rebel Government, the ground that the pro-
perty seized belonged to August Belmont, the New
York agent of the French Rothschilds Count Mon
tholon has also summoned the French Consul at
Richmond here to prove that the seizure was made
against the protest of that ohcal.-Naional Intel-
| gencer.
| The Lawrence (Kansas) Journal SAYS
that Major General Sanborn when in that city few
days ago. exhibited relic of antiquity which he pro-
cured from Indian chief at the council of the Lit
| tie Arkansas, and for which he gave horse worth
S125. 1t silver medal, about six inches long
and four inches wide of an oval shape. On one side
| were the words, in circle, "G. Washington to
| Young King" with two figures, of an Indian
| with his tomahawk thrown the ground and in his
hand pipe, handing it to the other figure intended
to represent white prince with crown on his head
| At the bottom was the date 17S9.
| AN enterprising Detroitian took his little
son across the river to Windsor, Canada West, and
| bought him overcoat at much less price than he
! would have been compelled to pay in the States.
The overcoat he placed the boys back and started
back The customs authorities brought suit, and
Judge Wilkins has decided that the practice of going
| to Canada for the purpose of wearing back ne"
clothes, is Illegal such garments are not IN inc
actual use of person arriving in the United states
within the meaning of the law This decision breaks
up aourshing clothing trade opposite the cues "
Buffalo and Detroit,