Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
SENTENCE RENTED.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Twenty. eight mem.
bers of Co. M, 18th New York cavalry, were
IN July last convicted at Raleigh, n. c.. by
General Court Martial, of having caused and
excited mutiny at Tarboro, in that State,
and were sentenced to be discharged the SER
vice, confined at Forts Macon and Caswell, at
hard labor, Tor the term of one year, with loss
OF all pay, allowances and bounty due them.
Major X. M. Taylor, of that regiment, who
has earnestly been engaged for several weeks
past in behalf of these men, has, by solcita-
ton with the President, procured the remit
tance of the sentence, and they will therefore
be immediately released from confinement,
with all their allowances of pay and bounty
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
The Government takes great interest in the
Universal Exhibition for 1867, and in common
with many prominent citizens is desirous of
full and creditable representation of our
mechanic and artistic skill. 1t is ascertained
from an official source that Mr.. J. G. Derby.
No. Spruce street, New York, the agent for
the exhibition in the United States has now
ready duplicate forms of application for ex-
hibitors, which may be had by addressing him
and enclosing postage stamps for the return.
In a fit of insanity on Monday night, B. w.
Greene, late President of the Connecticut Fire In
surance Company cut his wfe's throat with Il razor
causing her death in a few moments, and then at
tempted suicide by cutting his own throat His re-
covery is doubtful.
AGRICULTURE.
Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture,
in his report for October, says that the thresh-
ing of the wheat has shown that the injuries
from wet weather were over estimated In
the report for August the returns of the wheat
crop showed that in quantity and quality there
was deficit of 26, ,241, ,698 bushels but the
estimates now made, which are final. establish
the decrease under last years crop in quantity
to be 12,1 1894 bushels. The increase in the
cut crop in 1865 is nearly 100000 bushels,
and of hay more than 5000, 900 of tons. The
tables exhibit the full crops as most abundant.
That of course is all that could be desired.-
1t will be the largest ever grown in the United
States, so that plenty of cereal food will bless
the country and the labors of the farmer. The
corn crop is equally good in the Southern
States, and its planting there is so much greater
than usual that that section can consume only a
portion of the amount grown, and it can, there
fore, the Commissioner says, devote the next
crop season to a greater production of cotton.
THE wIRZ CASE.
Mr.. Lewis Schade, counsel of Captain
Wirz, called to-day upon the President for an
interview in behalf of his client before the
findings of the Military Commission shall be
finally acted upon by him. There being
crowd of persons in the room, the President
consequently informed Mr.. Schade that he
would see him on Wednesday upon that sub
ject
PETITION FOR THE PARDON OF JEFF. DAVIS.
A delegation of twelve ladies from Bati
more, claiming to represent fifteen hundred of
their sex, called on the President o-day and
presented petition signed by that number of
women, asking for the release and pardon of
Jefferson Davis.