Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


A communication signed by many prominent Sena
tors and Representatives has been received by th
Secretary of War, protesting against the discharge o
the twenty-four regiments of the Veteran Reserv
Corps, and recommending that If 1t Is desirable t.
reduce the army to Il peace establishment, that tn
volunteer troops scattered over the country an,
who are anxious to be disbanded shall be first dis
charged. 1t is further recommended that the Vet
Reserve Corps be recruited to the maximum
strength and kept the service.
In the First Branch of the City Council last night
an ordinance was passed supplementary to an ordi
nance in relation to the health of the city of Balti
more, providing for the removal of nuisances. The
Second Branch passed an ordinance favorable to the
building of an additional market house at the Beair
market. Both Branches of the City Council have
determined upon adjourning sine die next Monday
evening.
1t is reported that Juarez on his way to the United
States.
The Win trial commenced on the 9th Of
August, since which time hundred and twenty
five witnesses have been examined for the prosecu-
ton, and only seventeen of the one hundred and six
witnesses subponaed for the defence.
Crime is said to be on the increase in Washington.
Citizens are knocked down and robbed nightly the
most frequented streets. The place is infested with
thieves, burglars and rufans.
The bridge over Jones Falls at Eager street is
nearly completed
The President has ordered the release of ex- Cover
Clarke of Mississippi who has been imprisoned
for some months past at Fort Pulaski.
George ID. Richmond, n well known citizen of Rich
mond drowned himself in a mill pond near the city
Tuesday night.
special despatch from Jackson says that General
Humphreys has been chosen Governor of Mississippi
General Rousseau, member of Congress elect from
Kentucky, in letter to the President sustains Gen
pro1 Dol 81, -.
State.
Brigadier General Burkhart Provost Marshal
General of Tennessee has been mustered out of the
service. His office is filled by Gen. p W. Johnson
Walter Lenox, formerly Mayor of Washington, has
been released from Fort McHenry, after confine-
ment of twentyone months. lie was arrested in this
city on the charge suspicion of being rebel en-
issary
The steamship Daniel Webster" from New Or
leans on the 22d ut reports landing prisoners at the
Dry Tortugas, where it was learned that DIR. Mudd
attempted to escape, but found in the coal bunk
of the steamer Thomas Scott" The Quartermaster
of the Scott arrested, charged with aiding Mudd
to escape
The North Carolina Convention by a unanimous
vote yesterday declared that the Secession ordinance
of May 10th, 1861, is and always has been null and
void"
At the session of the General Episcopal Convention
yesterday, DIR. Cummns offered resolution rccog |
nizng the presence of deputies from Texas. North
Carolina aud Tennessee as n token and pledge of |
future and entire restoration of the union of the
Church throughout the length and breadth of the |
land Judge Spauldng. of Ohio hoped that the reso-
luton would not pass, and said that while "wc were
glad to receive our brethren Of the seeded States he
waa opposed to getting down in humiliation to them
The passage ofsuch aresouton he regarded offering
premium for rebellion motion to table was lost
by two votes. Dr. Hare welcomed the brethren from
q onHh tba nl,,tin Ip
they could hold out the olive branch to their South
ern brethren they ought to do So After remarks by
DIR. Cummins, Dr. Howe and Others the resolution |
was passed.
Official dispatches respecting Mexican affairs re- |
ceived at Washington, state that Maximilians proc
iamaton OF September 9TH practically reesablishes
slavery in Mexico.
Two destructive fires occurred in Augusta on |
Thursday night. 4,SG0 bales of cotton were burned |
An immense mass meeting of negro freedmen was
held yesterday afternoon at Edgefield, Tenn. Gen
Fiske made lengthy address, in which he said that
he wanted TO put the black man in the ury boy and
on the witness stand
The steamer Constitution is on her way to Panama
with $l,l120O in gold for New York. and $42 900 for
England.
For the week ending on the Sd instant the United
States Patent Office issued one hundred and ten
patents.
Lieut.. Gen. Grant, with the members of his per-
SOnai staH, returned 10 W aShngton yesterday morn
ing from an extended trip through several of the
Western and Northern States. The General was in
consultation with the President for about hour to-
day.
The Colored Independent Order of Odd Fellows had
grand demonstration in this city yesterday. The
procession conducted with great pomp and cere-
mony and looked WELL Speeches made at Monu-
ment Square. The affair was well conducted and
credtable to all concerned,
Railway communication is now open between |
Mobile and MONTGOMERY |
A grand base ball tournament commences in Wash
ington next week.
AT the Wirz trial yesterday Mr.. Schade, writer
for the New FORK Daily Ne,cs, was examined, when
the character of that paper called in question
Witness saw no reason why it should be styled dis
loyal sheet, and claimed that the paper was loyal
He declared that the editors of the Neics and Brook
lyn Eagle friends of the President and they
should not be called in question.
The rebel General Imboden, cavalry notoriety in
the Shenandoah valley, arrived in Washington yes
terday as an applicant for pardon.
The session of the Cabinet meeting yesterday was
quite brief. The only members in attendance were
Postmaster General Dennison and Secretaries Stan
ton and Welles the others being absent from the city
The receipts from internal revenue Thursday |
amounted to $l,465,ll7.45. The total receipts since
the first of July foot up the handsome of $780,
9S5, 5,32l1i.
There was considerable excitement IN the gold
market yesterday occasioned by the temporary rise
in the premium on gold, and the spectators who
have been 'bobbing around" since the close of the
without being able to produce fluctuations of
more than half to three quarters of cent day |
either way, were in ecstaces the anticipated
return Of activity in the market and strobe about
the highest sort of stills AT the First Board
they very jolly but adverse news from New
York, received at the Second Board brought them to
grief Our financial tells that the of
closed heavy. The general market was strong at
both Boards, still but little done except in divi
dend stock. Governments were active and firm.
5-2Os advancing an eighth. The transactions in
Railroad Stocks light. b. & 0. R. r. Stock
firm $11712.