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Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-21

PALMERsroS's DEATH -BED.-The following account
of the state of Palmerstons mind at the time of his
death, is from the last letter of Mr. Conway the Lon
don correspondent of the Boston Commonwealth:
have the following from unquestionabIe authori-
ty. When it was perceived that Lord Palmerston
would not recover, a clergyman, accompanied by
Lord SALISBURY, visited him for the purpose of hav
ing some religious conversation with him. They
found the old man in Il very low condition. The
clergyman asked him if he thought the medicines
which had been given him were beneficial. Yes =
The clergyman then limited that there was another
medicine which of infinitely greater Importance
What is it?" said Pamerston. THE blood of
Christ, replied the clergyman, who with this for an
opening went on into a religious exhortation.
When he came to pause Palmerston said, only,
Go on" The clergyman, pleased at this, went on
with further religious remarks and coming to an
other pause, Palmerston said again, go on" Much
encouraged BY this the clergyman continued ferven
ly and Lord SALISBURY, who is very piOus Joined in
with him At length, Palmerston said, That is well:
now read the sixth article No one present knew
what this meant; and the clergyman referred to the
sixth article in the prayer book. which, however shed
no light on the mysterious request On testing the
dying mans mind further it became abundantly ev-
dent that he had supposed that he listening to the
treaty of Utrecht the sixth article whereof related to
the surrender of Dunquerque
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New ORLEANS, November l9.-It is under
stood that General Thomas visits Mississippi
by order of the President to settle the conflict
of authority between Governors Sharkey and
Humphreys, both claiming the Governorship
of that Stata
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-21

AT the Hustings Court in Richmond, on
Monday, application was made by S. A.
Harris, a negro preacher, for license to per-
form marriage ceremony. The motion was
resisted by r. I. Daniel, Esq, Common
wealth Attorney, on the ground that there
was no authority i'll law for granting such
license to anegro-the Alexandria Legislature
having simply declared the negro free from
bondage, without granting. him the right of
citizenship. The counsel for the colored
preacher cited instances in which the Henrico
Court had granted such licenses. The Court
sustained the objection of the Attorney, and
the license was refused.
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-21

The Pope has sent word to the Spanish
Bishops that they are at liberty to dispose of St.
Peters Pence for the benefit of the cholera patients
wherever they thiak the case requires it.,
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The Bishop of Oxford has

The Bishop of Oxford has received the
undgnifed cognomen of "Soapy SAM" 1t is said
that when the Bishop travelling eastward to at
tend the Church Congress at Norwich, a lady. who
was sitting opposite to him, commented in fatterng
terms the eloquence and ability of the great Ang-
can divine quite unconscious that she address
ing him. But why, SIR she added, do people call
him Soapy SAM well, madam" replied the
Bishop, Il suppose it is because he has always been
in good deal of hot water, and always manages to
come out with clean hands,
"A soldier belonging to the garrison in
Toronto undertook the other day to beat his wife
with his belt but accidentally struck the baby in her
arms with the buckle, and killed it. He and his wife
burned the child and kept quiet, but their dreadful
secret was discovered, and the man was arrested.
"A man named Henry Henke attempted
to commit suicide in public street of St. Louis, No.
on Saturday last by punging dagger into his breast
The point of the weapon was just entering the flesh
when his suicidal efforts were frustrated by blow
on the head from bystander, which knocked him
to the pavement and relaxed his hold on the knife
The London Times has its own little
theory about the Jamaica insurrection. It says Of
the natives-"In fact if they have revolted. it can
only be that they are but too well off, and have time
to indulge in dreams of republican Independence
"A bridal party, consisting of the princi.
pals and sixteen bridesmaids and of course an equal
number Of side-boys, left Portsmouth on Thursday
morning for Richmond,
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-21

DR.. RALEIGH, in giving his report to his Congre-
gatonal brethren in England of what he had seen in
this country said
From what he had seen in his travels he was
more than ever that slavery the real cause
of the war; that in its defence the South drew the
sword and if it not expressly to uproot slavery
that the North vigorously resisted they e slavery
beneath the whole conflict, and they struck at the
vile system as soon as public law and constitutional
honor and fairness would allow them: and when the
end came there was general sigh of relief, and an
exclamation at any rate felt by ALL Thank God it is
now gonen"
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"A Vermont farmer counted the product
Of one kernel of buckwheat and found the yield to
bs three thousand two hundred and seventy kegnsls
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Since the close of the rebellion the fol-
lowing States havs paid into the United States Trea-
sury the amounts set opposite their as the d-
rect tax levied by he act of Congress of August s.
1861: Tennessee $4,000; South Carolina S234 IL;
Virginia, S1l, ,42027 Florida, S43507.sl Arkansas.
sSs, s,le5a2 Louisiana $50, ,2Os.72 Nevada, $5a2.S3ss
Washington Territory, S4,laa.Qs,
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An INDIVIDUAL living in Chicago entered
suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for Sc, 800, the alleged value of two
trunks and their contents, destroyed at the
time Of an accident. Costly silk dresses, rare
diamonds, and various other valuable articles
were in the inventory Of goods for which com
pensation was claimed, and several witnesses
were examined in support of the allegation
The defense produced photographs of the
premises occupied by the plaintiff in Chicago,
representing one-storied shanty, in the win,
dows of which was announced that liberal
prices would be paid for new or second hand
clothing, that gentlemen would be waited upon
at their residences by the proprietor, and ladies
by his Wife The rear view was still less in
viting, and the presumption was strong against
the proprietor Of such a house and his wife
travelling with S6, 500 worth of silk dresses in
her trunks. This impression was converted
into certainty by an internal revenue col
lector from Chicago, who testified that Wells
had sworn that he was worth only 5000.
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-21

CONFEDERATE COLONY IN MExIco.-The ST. Louis
(Mo.) Republican learns from gentleman who for
merly lived in Lexington in that State that the pros
poets of the Confederate Colony which being estab
hshed in Mexico. and to which he belongs are very
fattering. 1t lies near Cordova, town the road
between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico, and con-
sists of dozen more large hacendas of good land
capable of producing cotton. coffee. etc. Among the
colonists are Sterling Price. Gen. Joe Shelby ex-Gov
Harris of Tennessee, Judge Perkins, of Louisiana
and Lit. Maury, formerly of the Naval Observatory
at Washington. They were waiting an accession to
their numbers before commencing the work of tlling
the soil Maury was furthering the scheme by a re-
port to be circulated in the Southern States with a
view of inducing parties of colonists to join them
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DISTINGUISHED ARRIvA

Among the passengers by the Chauncey, is Senior
Benjamin Nicuna MacKenra Of Chill, whovisits this
country on special mission from his government
Senor Mack emma is member of one of the most dis
having been Presidents of the republic and he is at
the present time, member and Secretary Of The
lawyer, historian and an active politician; has had
over twenty vol umcs Of his writings published, and
IS the person who wrote tho admirable biography of
columns of one of the papers of Santiago.
lie was always warm supporter and friend of tho
United States Government in the Congress of Chill
strongest advocates Of religious liberty in the late
exciting debates that have occurred on the subject
in the same body IN our country he is not stranger
having passed some years in Europe and the United
States about twelve years since. We have no posi-
tive knowledge as 10 the character of the present
be feel assured he will have the cordial support
and assistance of our government and people, so far
as 1t does not infringe upOn strict neutrality.
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GENERAL MCCAILUM.--The Tribune has
this revived sketch of a very excellent gentle
man. 1t is deserved and accurate:

GENERAL MCCALLuM.--The Tribune has
this revived sketch of very excellent gentle
man. 1t is deserved and accurate:
To me the most singular man on the train
was not an linglishman. but an American rail
way character. ! alludc to General Mccall
lum. Among the many hundred brigadier
generals who have turned up during the war
one time or another, like the revolution of
domino, this name has been seldom men
toned. But of active field service none have
seen so much. He is the Superintendent of
Military Railways, and has been the great for
WardcT or cXprcssman of the war. He has
despatched columns to victory at the rate of
so miles an hour, and brought home trucks of
crippled So fast that between the field and
then thresholds their gashGs had hardly begun
to smart. TO this man the map of his country
is only Il iHdicdfcur dcS chcn1iItS de fer: the
South, succession of rails and stations: the
great rivers only bridges; the only battles
railway accidents; the only weapons; pistons.
and brakes, and pine wood; the only generals,
engineers; ali life and patriotism ana martyr
dom, only passengers; all bombs, and bat
teries, and chain shot, and lint, and powder
bags, and hospital medicines, with their awful
admonitions of blood and curses and confa-
grations mere freight
ne Is Il lale anu SplrlIeu Ola gentleman.
nevertheless, and know of no picture more
excellent than his brown, fat and amabe
face, sometimes benevolently shaded with
spectacles, sitting on Il cushion of his special
car inditng verses. For be it known this
grand dispatcher en- chcf of battahons and
ammunition is also scribbler Of quiet rhymes,
which turn upon household themes. He has
been good friend to army correspondents,
because he knew the hardships they encoun-
tered, and partly because the under feeling of
his life was in sympathy with their semi
literary mission. So he wrote verses he
ran to and fro, administering all the rolling
stock of the United States, and this has been
so well and so promptly done that we have
never known more 1han a week delay in the
rebuilding of the most lacerated railway.
place him foremost amongst the steam strate-
gists of the world. Our war was the only one
in which the railway BECAME the line of ad-
vance and retreat, and Gen. McCullum has
been throughout the Engineer General He
said he was glad peace had returned.
81 have run special funeral trains so long"
he added, ''that | am glad to get back to
more amiable and profitable business" 1t
was wise that this officer should show the rich
English capitalists the road he had rebuilt 50
often.
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The New LINE OF STEAMERS FOR FORTRESS Mon
ROE AND NoRFoLK.-The steamers of this line leave
the foot of Spears wharf, daily, as usual (Sundays
excepted,) at P. NJ. for Fortress Monroe and Nor
folk, heavily laden with freight and carrying good
ly number of passengers. They connect with the
ste amers NJ. Martin and City of Richmond for City
Point and Richmond which. returning, leave Rich
mond at 614 A. NJ. connecting with the New Line
steamers at Fortress Monroe for Baltimore. This
line has proved itself success, and is enjoying fair
share of the patronage of the travelling public as we'll
as of the business commu nifty of Baltimore.
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Noisy BoYs.-The editor of the Cleveland
Herald, who was probably himself good
boy" takes up the cudgel in defence of noisy
boys, as follows:
Noise is safety valve, physically and
morally. Noisy boys seldom are the bad boys
of village; the quiet, demure, reticent, still
boys, are those who sneak around dark cor
ners, and slip into the back rooms of the vii
lage nuisance-the grocery; who rob melon
patches, lift gates off their hinges, shave
horses tails, and, on moonlight nights, trip
up good people by rope stretched across the
walk. A noisy boy, usually, is a frank boy;
overilowing with animal spirits; ready to hop
skip-and,ump, play gould tag, snap-the-
whip, or leap frog. But such a boy is not
dogging in and out Of back alleys, such boy
does not creep out of his chamber window to
the kitchen roof, thence to the shed roof,
thence to the ground, for a night expedition,
after the rest of the family are asleep.
Noise is not good for headache, noise
disturbs weak nerves, but noise steals nothing,
noise sets no barns on fire, noise never
CANDLES; therefore we say if boys do nothing
worse than make noise, for humanitys sake
do not confne them for that
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HORSE CARS TO BE RuY By COMPRESSED AIR.-The
Albany and West Troy Horse Railroad Company are
about to test new propelling power-compressed
air instead of horses. The machine is now building
for the purpose of testing the idea The air is to be
compressed at each end of the route. and placed in
reservoirs-which look like exaggerated soda foun-
ans The reservoirs to be cast iron, and able to
resist of three hundred pounds to the square
inch. Each car is to be supplied with one or more of
these reservoirs at each end of the route-the COM
pressed air on each being sufficient to dis
tance of ten miles. The compressed air is to be ap
Piled to cranks on the cars in manner similar to
steam, and is to be SO regulated with governors that
a uniform rate of speed may be maintained at all
times With compressed air it is supposed that the
cars may be run at an expense not exceeding two
dollars day each. The first car driven by COM
pressed air will be placed upon the road in about
four weeks.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Washington.
Correspondence fthe Daily Commercial
Nn,- 1stb 1gES

correspondence VI inv DdllN NpHAltlCltti.I
WASHINGTON, Nov 18th. 1865.
1t was recorded of the Emperor Augustus that he
found Rome city of brick. and left 1t city of mar
ble British satiriSt of the last century threw at
Roman statesman he had Impoverished the solid
structure Of EngandS public credit that It might
be engraven with an iron pen ON the rock of Britain
forever
"Aurcam iaucnd. chorfacc"La reIiqw6.'
He found it of gold and left it of paper!
Mr. McCulloch is steadily pursuing his great pur-
pose OF preparing for gradually but surely, return
ing to specie payment; and in this respect it will yet
he his glory to the above memorable saying
He found it of paper but left it Of gold In this the
Secretary has the support and concurrence of the
solid and thoughtful business of the country.
was deeply impressed by the terms of admiration in
which one Of the most practically shrewd and sue
cessful gentlemen Of that class in Baltimore lately
spoke of the plans and purpose, Of Seeretary McCu
1t will be found, imagine, that men of his charac
ter in the working day word'-in every part of the
UnOn-in the South as well esewhcrc-wl do
all in their power to sustain and cooperate with the
financial minister Of the Government; and it is well
understood that the President heartily approves and
Culioh.
Mr.. Pitt lived long enough to realize the shallow
ness of that spendhrift maxim worthy of Sheridan 5
"Charl5s Surface of r. Brinsey Sheridan himself
which so often heard from the lips of the glitter
ing, wits of Brooke's Club. at that day., The more
we borrow, the greater our credit" ana ne made the
resolution to return to the more prudent maxms
which Adam Smith, in his Wealth of Nations" had
lISJ lLSlllleu lnlO MS lnlllu
In all the requisites for minister Of finance at
this day. and in this country, Mr., McCulloch is
s9 to Pitt H eRn Of oSs oBS
ness eminenty qualify him for the responsible posi-
ton he occupies.
He is also a statesman in the widest sense of that
term. And by that term do not intend, by any
means, to designate him politician. His states
manshp is of the stamp of the early days of the Re-
public, when men to whom the chief departments of
the executive administration were confded thought
OF no interest but the pgbtc and had no ambition or
of an American statesman is the manner of man. en-
crossed exclusively. with the ways and means of ex
Treating this great and honest nation from the abyss
of debt into which it necessary TO plunge. the
only way of avoiding the still deeper, darker and
permanently disastrous gulf of disunion. The test of
craftsmanship to uphod American credit on Change
an the great commercial centres # the cord. That
test Mr.. McCuoch has answered not only effectively
but in degree which no statesman Of our country,
except himself. had the same opportunity, to meet.
me mas h i bS Ores te ,M mGe n tbcso o &
neither small nor at all common. d. L.
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The INTERIOR DEPARrMENT.-The Commissioner

The INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.-The Commissioner
of Agriculture has addressed the following to cotton
manufacturers:
Realizing the immense Importance to the country
of large cotton crop for the ensuing year, propose
to use all available of stimulating healthfully
such production.
As an incident to this end desire to obtain accu-
rate statistics of the cotton manufactured during each
to show, nearly as possible, the precise consump
tion of each year in contrast with the much larger
previous consumption and the greatly enlarged de-
shall be happy In return for the courtesy, to meet
NY ability,
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DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BAL LTIMORE +, NJ ID.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOREIGN NEWS.

By the arrival Of the steamships City of
London and New York, from Queenstown on the
9th at Quarantine, New York, we are in possession
of later news from Europe. The most important
item concerning the pirate Shenandoah which had
arrived in the Mersey on the 9th and surrendered
herself to the British naval authorities.
The Captain of the Pirate says that he heard of the
close Of the on the 39th of August. when he i'm
mediatey unlimbered his guns and consigned them
to the hold, and seered for Liverpool. Capt. Wad-
dell had sent letter to Earl Russell but its contents
had not yet been made public. English papers see
reason for turning her to the American Gov
eminent if demanded.
Earl Russell as Premier and Lord Clarendon as
Minister of Foreign Affairs had been nducted into
Office.
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Net Earnings. $f5HOo7e5 sl2o.s9o27 s5Ol6,1l3.7

Nrdnu Iotdi..' % ulD, Ild.iI
After the reading of the report no other business
being presented, the Stockholders meeting adj jOurned
for the election Of Directors to for the ensuing
twelve months.
MessrS. John p. Kennedy, Miles White and Wm.
J. Albert acted Judges, and on counting the bal
lots the following gentlemen found to be unani-
mousy reelected, by vote of 3i,050 shares, viz
Johns Hopkins, Samuel W. Smith, Francis Burns,
William A. Hack, ohm Spear Nicholas John Gregg
c. Oliver 0'Donnell. James Harvey William Heald
Galloway Chester, William W. Taylor Samuel Kirby
The only change in the Board of Directors is the
substitution of Mr.. Samuel Kirby in place of Rich
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
The spanish ChiIian War-Dctermined
ReSistRmcc by CHILE AZ

By the steamship Henry Chauncey which arrived
at New York at late hour on Sunday night. from
Aspinwall, on the 18th inst. later and interesting
news from the two fields of hostiIitics in the Pacific
Republics Of South America has come to hand:
The diihcqlueS between the Spanial,ls and Chill
mad not yct ed TO the exchange of shots but pareio
the Spanish Admiral, still maintained the bIockode
OF several Ghilian ports, though in atlcr inefficient
manner. 10 offset th? the President Of tho Rcpub-
lie had opened thirty six ports at which inpor
tatiOn and expectation to be permitted FREQ az all
duties, Parela had not yet bombarded any Chilian
town, but still threatened to 90 so. Tho Chiiians
were determlncd to resist the Spanish demands to
the 3 last. {, and continued their war preparations
The following are the ports erected to the rank
of principal ports, that is to say open TO ali shinmm
for the free importation and expectation of forcirn
merchandise and Chilian produce viz:
Iu the prov nce of ChIoe-Chacao and Castrn
buco. 'D' N'''-
In the province of Valdivia-Rio Bueno
Lcbu. '-7 "' 'N"
In the province of Conception Colcura, Ioa. Lo
tilla, Pence and i.irquen ''"' ''
pureo. ' DU' H'
In the province of Colchagua-Lco and Tuman
Antonio de las Bodegas @A'''0i'io "ii" odn
, In the province Of Observation-Disclosures and San
In the province of Aconcagua-ZapaIIar panpdo
OF Pichidangui and los NilOs.
II n the province of Coquimbo-Tongul, Guayacan.
- In the province of Atacama-Carrizal. Bajo, Sarco
fena Blanc0, Damenco, Chanaral de las Animas Tai
tai Cobre, Paposo, Pan de Azucar and Obispito,
The necessary steps have been taken for an album
dant silver coinage, N-'
Congress has been eonyoked to extraordinary ses-
slons. and the project of the commercial code re-
Ylsed by the commission appointed for that purpose
was Immediately submitted to its consideration.
In Peru the struggle between the government and
revolutionary forces had not yet terminated; but ii
was thought that decisive battle must soon be
fought, the latter, about ten thousand in number
had marched to the vicinity of the capital and must
either light or starve President eZet had left Lima
t9 assume conimand Of the government troops In
revolutions in the States of Cundinamarca and
Cauca, in both OF which the revolutonists seem to
have got the worst of the contest. From the other
South and Central American republics there is moth
ing of particular importance.
The following is the specie list of the Henry Chaun
cey:
r. FROM san FRANCISCO. The Empire G, S.
h. COhen.............S3Sn n0lI u. Co 50 400
ell q yO.:;"..;...... 5UIUg Panama r. r. Co. 81 l27
Eugene Kelly ColI6, l4l Atlantic NJ. s. S. Co 2S,S3S
Duncan, Sherman Order ....... 10000
e 20 0+,$09I - FROM ASPISWALL.
IL Grant CO.. 3OSoi Flint Il Hail.. S3, ,06O
August Belmont ~ Ribcn & Minoz 254
Go 41000 L. L. Isaacs Il Asch 1850
Lees & Waller. 22l 600
Wells, Fargo u Co. 5000 Total..........S7O5,55 ,552
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A MONUMENT FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette writes:
Mrs. Lincoln has ordered in Zwckau, Ger
many, monument for the grave of her hus-
band the lamented President. 1t is cut out
of serpentine stone, of an obscure green color,
in the form of large die, and bears the sim
pie inscription, abraham Lincoln" In the
middle Of October it was to be forwarded by
rail to Bremen, where it will be shipped to
your country. The quarries of Zwickau are
celebrated for their stones.