Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-28
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BAL TIMORE NJ ID.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

spirited meeting Mt Temperance Temple The opinion
of Attorney General Randall who is said to be
dorsed by Governor Bradford, setting forth that
der the law no one hereafter be registered, and
that the only power possessed by the Officers of Re-
gisraion is to correct and omissions in the
lists is Numerically opposite to the opinions of the
legal gentlemen. which publish to-day. The
members of the Board of Registration do not acquicse
in Atorney-General Randalls opinion. and have de
tcrmincd to adopt the opinion of McSsrs. Davis,
Stockbridge, Thomas, and others.
Mr. Romero, the Ne Xican Minister in Wash
ington, has received dispatches, we earn indicating
with considerable certainty the early recapture from
the lmperalists of Matamoras and the reoccupatlon
of the entire State of Tamaulipas by President
Juarezs forces. These dispatches it is reported are
confirmed by official adyces received by our Govern
ment, and the full den0ueHicHt of important plans
which have been for time past in process of ex
ecution by the Mexican republicans along the Rio
Grandc border is said to be now daily looked for
Late Advices from Mexico states that Juarez
has established his capital at FL Paso, an that he is
confident of success. staff officer of the President
expresses an opinion that the French will evacuate
Mexico and let the people settle their affairs At
last accounts AlatamOras beseiged by Cortinas
Escabada, but serious assault had been made
General Vega had laid siege to Tampico. There is
no communication with Monterey, and none on one
side with Bagdad. General Mejia has force of 100
well armed and equipped, but lacks officers.
The New York Herald says that demands
for the Mexican loan, which was placed in the mar
kct on Monday, already very great. Applications
pouring in from banks and individuals in differ
ent parts of the country well in the metropolis
accompanied BY warm expressions of sympathy for
the which the loan is intended to subserve.
The Fenan movement is creating much ex-
ctement in Canada. The military are active there.
Both Irish and Scotch soldiers joining the Fenans
or dcserting to the States. The emigration to this
country is increasing The jury in the Sanders kid
mapping case cannot agree, though the Judge urged
conviction and has them locked up until they find a
verdict.
The trial of Jefferson Davis for the crime of
treason, before the United States Supreme Court |
either in Washinton or Richmond, at early day,
has been decided on, and the arrangements near
y completed, the counsel for the government having
been selected by Attorney General Speed, and the |
friends of Davis having secured counsel for him.
slight activity in the gold market was |
reported yesterday At the 1st Board there was an |
advance of q per cent on the closing price of the pre-
yious day At the ID Board it brought 1855 closing
at 1851. Government securities, issue 5-2O's, |
sold at l0l12. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad closed |
firm at ll3. Nothing was done in State stocks.
The English bondhoders of the securities |
of the Southern States recently held meeting in |
London, and appointed committee to look after |
their interests. The total estimated at
four million pounds. and the total debt twenty seven
million pounds.
The Georgia State Convention yesterday re-
pealed the ordinance of secession. A committee of |
five was appointed to memoralize the President to
release Jefferson Davis and all the Federal prisoners
A State election for Governor, Congressman and As |
sembymen was ordered on the 18th prox. |
In December, 1862. there were only about % |
cuno ,la
Roads South of Nashville. When General McCuum |
took the roads in charge in January February he
increased the number oflocOmotives from IS to 800
and the number of cars to 5000.
VIM. Gilmore Simms has vacated the edi- |
iloria chair of the Columbia Phani and is succeed
ed by Mr.. William B. johnson; Mr. J. was formerly |
editor of the Camden Journal and subsequently for
many years of the Columbia South Curoliaian and /
more recently of the Guardian.
The colored residents of Columbus Georgia, |
have held public meetings dcnouncng the negro |
thieves operating there and declare their intention
to discard their society. and bring their lawless
brethren to justice.
Maximilian has adopted the son of Don
Augustin De Iturbide, and proclaimed him as his
heir with great flourish of trumpetS. The most
liberal terms offered to emgrants by the En-
peror.
A correspondent of the Richmond Bulletin.
writing from Goshen Bridge Va. says horse steal
ing has been reduced to science all through that
section of the country
Barnum has purchased seven lots of ground
in Union Square, and will commence the erection of
his new Museum next May-hoping to get it done by
the following Christmas.
The Tunisan Ambassadors presented their
credentials yesterday to Secretary Seward. They will
have an interview with the President next Monday.
The steamer North Star en- route from New |
York to New Orleans, disabled in a storm of Cape
Hatteras She put into Norfolk for repairs.
James L. Worcester, l.. l.. D., author of
Worcesters Dictionary, died at Cambridge, Mass
yesterday at the ripe age of 81 years.
The returns, as far as received. show the
election of Wade Hampton for Governor of South
Carolina by large majority.
A large quantity of alcohol has been seized
in New York. the owners attempting to defraud the
Custom House.
The usual verdict of no one to blame was
given by the jury of inquest the killed by the late
railroad accident in Pennsylvania.
Hon. Walter A. Forward Judge of the Su,
preme Court of Florida, died in Savannah on the
18th.
In little over two months $1,000 of in
ternal revenue has been collected at Augusta, Ca
and S150,000 at Macon,
The 10Th of November has been named as
the day for the election of members of Congress in
South Carolina.
j. R. Alcorn has, in addition to Judge Shar-
key been elected United States Senator from Missis-
sippi.
The internal revenue receipts yesterday
amounted to 81. .O63, ,92l.6 81.
The Richmond City Council has repealed all
ordinances on negro slaves.
The friends of Gov. Allen in Louisiana in
sist upon running him in opposition to Gov Wells
A delegation of the Southern Masons are
about visiting the fraternity at the North.