Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-27

tiers. Several of the Cabinet officers were with the
President for hours but the subject under dis
cussion did not transpire.
An army officer in Mississippi writing to n friend
in this city, remarks that many cases have come I'M
der his observation in which the freedmen in that
State were not allowed to testify in courts notwith
standing the proclamation of Governor SharSey di-
rccting that their testimony shall be received in
accordance with the ordinances passed by the late
convention
IhiS morning letter was received here from Mo
BILE bearing date of the 14h instant stating that the
exrebel General BraxtOn Bragg arrived there on the
lzth and that he will visit Washington doubtless for
the purpose of seeking pardon
Inls morning one hundred and sixty-two amnesty
paruons were granted to parties in nearly all of the
I'"t'S III reoelhon. The warrants have been signed
~ '"' reSiueht and sent to the State Department.
Wherc those interested can obtain them Amonp
tnose pardoheu by the President yesterday was Mill
age h' bohhaln, an eX-Governor of South Carolina.
bohhalr was General in the rebel army and was nj
one time member of the United States House Of
Representatives from his State lie also represented
| South Carolina in the rebel Congress.
Nolonci Ludlngton, Chief Quarermastcr. DEPART
neht oil Nashlngton, is having the remains of the
uhlon soldiers who were buried south of the Poto-
mac during the organization of the army in 1861 ex-
humed and inferred at the National Cemetery at
Arlington The district in which the burial parties
are operating extends from Alexandria 10 the Great
Fails of the Potomac The remains of sixtv-fonr
soldiers have already been transferred TO tbc GENE
| terry.
Mr.. VIM. H. Petit, of Wisconsin a clerk in the
General Land Office, died last evening at his board
nghouse, on Ninth street, near H from Injuries re-
celved during the afternoon by horse driven nj 4
furious rate by boy named Hammer The boy saws
that the horse became unmanageable but people
who witnessed the occurrence say that he was urging
| the animal to his utmost speed He was locked up
for examination The deceased was flfty-fve wears
OF age and leaves family in Wisconsin.
The valuable property known as the Clifton Fac
tory, situated in st. Mary'S county, Nd which was
seized by the Government part of the estate of
Joseph Forrest who raised Il company of troops in
Maryland for the rebel army in 1861, has been re-
stored to I. W. Cough, who claims to be the loyal
owner of the same.
woman named Virginia Gray, addicted to the
practice Of opium eating. died here yesterday
MajOr-General Schofeld, Major-Gener J. n
Palmer, Brig General NJ S. McMahon, [. S. A..
Hon. \. ii. Rice, Mass; Judge John H. Reagan
Texas, are at Willards.
Everybody is on the qui rirc in expectation of the
arrival of the Tunisian ambassadors Every PREPARE
tion has been made for their reception and every
effort will be made to render their visit in this city a,
entertaining and agreeable as possible
RoBBERY.-The store of Hayward Bartlett 4 Co.
on Light street. entered last night by burglar
before the hour Of closing. Secreting himself until
all the clerks had gone he made reconnaissance of
the premises and succeeded in opening the safe and
took the contents therefrom From information
given to the detectives there reason TO believe that
the thief will be captured