Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

We PUBLISH this morning Supplement
containing, for the benefit Of such of our
readers as did not peruse it in our Extra yes
terday afternoon, the Presidents Message to
Congress, which will be found to be digni6ed
and able State paper.
The Supplement also contains the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, whose views
| and recommendations will be read with absorb
ing interest in commercial and financial circles;
| and the reports of the Secretaries of War,
the Navy and Interior, and the Postmaster
General. .-sH.r
FOREIGN NEWS.
By the arrival of the steamship City of New
York, from liverpool on the I'D via Queenstown on
the 3D. are in receipt of later dates from Europe
The pirate Shenandoah sailed for New York on the
2lst ult
Earl Russell says the Times is engaged with the re-
adjustment of the ministry 1t is reported that Sir
Robert Peel has resigned the Irish Secrearyshp. He
| will be succeeded by Chichester or Fortescue.
Parliament has been further prorogued to the 2Sth
Instant.
The admission of a number of the Fenian prisoners
to bail is regarded an indication that their Chief
will he prosecuted by the Government.
The Pigeon House Fort, commanding Dublin Bay,
has been garrisoned.
Fenian General Brown. and an anti-Fenian. name
not given, had fought duel near Liverpool; Brown
was wounded in the hip slightly. and had left the
country for New York.
The French army has been reduced TO- 1896 men.
The political news is unimportant. The Bank of
England has reduced its rate ofdiscount per
The Paris and Havre merchants have memoriazed
the Emperor regarding the Spanish Chilian affair.
CONGRESS-.
In the Senate joint resolution for a special com
mittee of fifteen the subject of the rebellious
States and looking to the of the Senate
after some discussion went over under the rules.
Several billsw offered and ordered to be printed
one of the most important of which was bill for
the survey and sale of the United States mineral
lands. The credentials of Senators Sharkey and
Acton of Mississippi. presented and laid upon
the table
bill was presented TO repeal all laws in the Dis
trict of Columbia making distinction between per-
sons on account of color. From 1919 o'clock until %
o'clock, recess was taken, and upon re-assemblng
The Presidents message was received and read. In
the House an election was had for Chaplain. which
resulted in tho choice of the Rev. C. B. Boynton. A
resolution adopted inquring of the Secretary of
War whether the Office of Provost Marshal General
could not be abolished and its duties transferred to
some permanent branch of the War Department
resolution by Mr.. Washburne was unanimously
adopted, for the appointment of joint committee
TO report by what token of respect and affection it
may be proper for Congress to express the deep SEN
sibiity Of the nation the death of their late Presi
dent.
The message was received in the House about 212
o'clock, and its reading listened to with deep atten-
ton
GENERAL NEWS.
Grau Opera Company are in St. Louis.
The season promises to be successful
Two per cent of all the fractional curren.
ey at the Treasury is counterfeit
The steamer Weybossit was destroyed by
fire, at New York, yesterday morning. Her whole
cargo valued at S250000. She had $40 900 worth
of cotton on board
Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne, is playing all en-
gagement for Brigham Young in Salt Lake city. His
theatre, which is the wonder of Utah. cost over
one hundred thousand dollars. and most his actors
perform gratuitously as labor flove and piety.
A collision occurred in New York yester-
day between an Adams Express Company car and
one of the Third avenue city passenger cars, by