Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The receipts at the Internal Revenue Bu.
reau on Saturday amounted to S30GO0OO.
Mr.. Warren, the Democratic candidate for
the Mayoralty of Boston, declines the honor.
The reported murder and robbery of a sol
dor in Newburyport, on Thursday was a hoax.
Judge D. W. Searle, one of the oldest judges
in Ohio, died at zanesvlle on Friday.
The Provost Marshal's Courts in Texas have
been closed
Musters-out ofthe United States service from
November. lst to SOth, 1s65:-Commissioped officers
70; enlisted men 2l2S.
Three large bonded warehouses, together
with 1000 bales of cotton and other merchandise were
destroyed in New York on Saturday morn ng
A burglar was arrested in Boston on Friday,
and $4,000, which he had stolen from a safe recov-
cred.
Onc-third of the employees of the Gosport
Navy Yard have been discharged and several of the
master workmen displaced.
! Mr.. H. NJ. Drane has been elected Presi-
dent of the Wilmington and Manchester r. r. Co..
of North Carolina.
| Hon. W. II. Battle, r. NJ. Pearson and E.
G. Reade, have been elected Judges of the Supreme
| Court Of North Carolina.
Nashville has applied to the commanding
general for arms. Patrols are organized in every
| district of the city
A man named Comfy was arressed in Car
isle on Saturday, charged with being one of the
| Otero murderers.
A gang of armed negroes, armed with
rifles attacked a number of planters near Mobile
the ether day. The latter rallied in force killed the
rineeador and drove the others to the swamp.
An assistant carrier in the Baltimore Post
office has been arrested for robbng let tiers entrusted
to his care for delivery. The amount of his pecua-
tions are unknown.
The Government has restored to the Ameri-
telegraph Company full control Of its Southern
lines, at the time removing the censorship on
the press and other matter which has been in force
since the close Of the war,
At Savannah, Wayne county. \. Y. gro.
Gerry named Craig on Friday struck farmer
named Pettis over the head with stool causing in
uries which resulted in the death the latter Craig
closed his store and gave himself up the authorities
The work on the Hudson river bridge, at Al
bany has been pushed during the past season in an
unexamplcd manner, and it confidently anticipated
that the will be running over the bridge on tho
first week in January, 1856.
Late advices from New Mexico show that
IA French transport had forced a passage on the Rio
Hraude at Matamoras, and landed four hundred Aus
trian troops and detachment of Xouaves. Maxi
milan still remained in the City of Mexco the En-
press having left merchant vessel for Yucstan.
The Hons. a. I. Gait and R. S. Scott
members of the Canadian Government whose arrival
at Washington has already been announced are
Srenuously endeavoring negotiate reciprocal tariff
duties and modify trade regulations to go into effect
after the abrOgatiOn Of the Reciprocity Treaty in
March next.
The Randolph tMo.) Citizen says: Gen.
John B. Clark of Howard county, at one time Sen
ator in the Confederate Congress- from Missouri has
we learn been released from prison and pardoned by
the President, and viii return to his family and
friends in few days. His pardon was obtained
through the influence of Colonel B. w. Lewis, Of
Glasgow.
An Italian counterfeiter, from Cincinnati,
overhauled at Memphis a few days since by an
officer who attempted to place him under arrest The
counterletcr drew pistol and offered resistance |
whercupon the officer also drew pistol and shot him
through the body. iuficting wound which caused
his death. large amount of counterfeit fractional
currency was found on the body.
On Sunday evening. says the ST. Joseph |
lMo.) Herald, while services being held at the
colored church Third street, the house being |
crowded to uyerfowing, the floor gave way precipi-
latng portion Of the congregation down a distance
OF several feet to the ground. number of those |
present were injured and one quite seriously.
She Is hardly expected TO recover.
An arrangement has been completed be |
tween the North Missouri and Hannibal and St. Jo- |
scph Railroads, both offensive and defensive, which |
Is to continue IN force for ten years whereby uni
form tariff of freghts to be adopted. Nine |
months of the year the Hannibal road is to receive
$500 and the North Missouri $780, the balance of
the year the scale to reversed. Freghts are to be
promptly transferred.
A diSpatph from, | Konsoc Criync
an account of one of Butterields coaches being |
attacked by Indians, who killed six passengers and |
the messenger. After this bloody and fendish act |
they burned the coach, then went to Down Springs
and Bluff Station where they destroyed by fire all |
the buildings and property. The passengers sold |
their lives dearly. One Of them killed three Of the
red skins, but he afterwards shot, his heart cut
out and his body burned over slow fire.
The steamer Atlantic arrived at New Yorl, |
Saturday from California with SS0OC00 in gold.-
News from South America shows that six of the prin
cpal Chilian ports have been blockaded by the Span
h Admiral Pareia Postal communication has been |
resumed at Panama. The revolution in Peru has |
triumphed, and peace has been restored. The de- |
posed President took refuge an English war steam
er and went to Panama. The new government will |
doubtless repudiae the treaty with Spain, and make |
a common cause with Chill.
The proceedings in the United States Dis |
in the case of Thomas C. ~ Dexter, special Treas
ury agent arrested by the military charge fraud
is still under adviscment Mr. Rufus T. Andrews |
formerly surveyor Of the port of New York. appear
cd as counsel for Baker, whose arrest by the military
and detention for trial by court martial were alleged
to be unconstitutional, the accused in the civil
service Of the government General Wood, com
uanding the Department of Alabama declined to
obey the writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Bus
teed for the liberation of Dexter on the ground that
said writ suspended in the State by proclamation
of the President. Gen Woods action in this matter
has we learn, been sustained by the President.
a W1Dow GETS VERDICT OF S107O0-At the late
term Of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester coun
ty Pa, widow named Baily sued the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for damages for the loss of her
husband alleging carelessness on the part of the rail
road employees. 1t appears that in September, 1861
Baily was returning with number Of other persons
from political meeting in Lancaster The train,
filled with passengers. reached PenningtOnville to-