Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-20
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BAL TIMOR E, NJ d.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

IMPROVING THE CONDITION or THE PooR-Th
annual meeting of the Baltimore Association for i'm
proving the condition of the poor will be held o
Monday evening next. at q West Fayette street
By order of Col. r. N. Newport, Chic
Quartermaster of Baltimore depot the Governmen
steamers "NOrthcner," General Jessup" Burn
side. Detroit" "Patuxent," 'ScrapneI ""RippIe
''Vidette," Eagle" Murray" Poster" Com
merce' and "Parke," several of which played con
spicuons part during the late war; were sold at auc
ton yesterday to the highest bidder The sale aggre
gated $96,GO0.
The remains Of Lieutenant Randolph Bull,
one of Maryland's heroes, inferred in Green
mount yesterday with military hOnors.
BY the arrival of the steamer Scotia We are
in possession of late advices from Europe. The
Fenan excitement continues to exercise the minds
the nobility and bids fair to prove something more
than nine days wondor. Lord Bruce. it is said, has
asked an explanation of Secretary seward concern
ing the movements in America Londoners who a
year or so ago dipped freely into the Confederate
loan now washing their hands of the matter by
denals in the newspapers. The nited States Min
lister to Madrid was honored with grand reception
by the Queen of Spain on the ID of September She
expressed real satisfaction at the termination of tho
war The Bank of England has raised the rate OF
discount to per cent, and the Bank Of France
from to per cent.
Capt. and Asst Quartermaster James NJ
Moore, who some time ago ordered to proceed to
Andersonyilc, Georgia, for the purpose of marking
the of Union soldiers for future Identification
has completed his work and returned to Washington
His report, which print will be found of interest
Montgomery Blair has joined I'VE Demo
cracie and rcccy ell from that party the right hand
of fellowship. lie spoke at Democratic ratification
meeting in New York Wednesday night: de-
r,ou ,nnln .,,fr, l.1.
freedmen be colonizcd III Mexican territory
Captain John p. Ward was fatally shot at
Lexington, KY, on the night of the 18th by young
Harman IA boy Is of age, brother of the girl
whom Ward recently outraged.
In the Episcopal Convention Yesterday.
a resolution was adopted declaring IT inconsistent
with the duty and position of the clergy of the Eps
copal Church to bear arms
In our dispatches will be found an impor-
tant document from the Attorney General in refer
ence to the bOunties to coored soldiers.
An attempt made yesterday in the Pres
bytcrian Synod Of Baltimore TO interest the Prcsby
terry in the great American Union Commission cstab-
lished with view of feeding and clothing the needy
OF the South, met with considerable opposition, and
led to debates and discussions, occupying the greater
portion of the session. Resolutions recommending it
to the favorable consideration of the various churches
behalf were adopted
The President yesterday granted pardons
under the amnesty proclamation to eighty persons
distributed among nearly all of the States late in re-
bcllion.
Captain II. H. Hobbs. 18th L. S. Infantry.
has been dismissed the service for default in not rem
dering accounts and vouchers
The internal revenue receipts on Wednesday
amounted to S7l5, 1854.
SIX thousand acres of land in Arkansas.
belonging to the ex-rebel General Gideon J. Pillow
which has been held as abandoned property for some
time past by the Government, has been restored TO
its original owner.
Brgadier General c. l.. Kiburn. Assist
ant Commissary General of Subsistence, L. s Army.
has been announced in General orders as Chief Com
missary often. Meade's command
Alexander Ii. Stephens, late Vice President
of the late southern Confederacy, accompanied by
his brother, Judge Linton Stephens and Ex-post-
master-General John II. Regan, arrived in New
York on Tuesday evening and took apartments at
the Astor House. Their arrival, which was soon
known, created considerable excitement in the ho-
TEL and throngs of sight-seekers crowded around
the dining in which they were partaking of re-
freshments. They soon escaped to the privacy OF
their own apartments, but for hours afterwaid num-
bers of persons fingered round the halls and passage
ways in the hope of catching sight of the cx-Nice
President. On Wednesday Mr.. Stephens and hi )
brother paid visit to Mayor Gunthcr and Sheriff
Kelly. The Washington STIR of yesterday says -
a ii. stephens, eX-rcbel Vice President recently
released from Fort Pulaski has secured rooms at
Wiards Hotel, and will arrive here this evening"
great flood has occurred in Havana. caus-
a suspension of business, and destroying Il large
amount of property.
Another ocean yacht race is to take place
in November or December, between the yachts
Henrietta" and Palmer
The freight depot of the Michigan Central
Railroad Company destroyed by fire on Wednes-
day night. Loss not yet known.
The New York ship owners have petitioned
the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt some plan to
prevent their being defrauded of their freight dues
Dispatches from Texas report great
amount of sickness among the troops and heavy NOR
tality.
The Synod of the Cincinnati Presbytery
meet to-day in Cincinnati Ohio.
Delegations continue to knock at the doors
of the Fenan Congress for admission. The proceed
ings secret There between $50 and 500 dele
gates in attendance at present,
President johnson and several members of
the Cabinet have promised to be present at the nau
guraton Of the great fair in Philadelphia next
Monday.
Wendell Phillips in lecture before the
Boston Fraternity" on Wednesday night took occa-
sion TO dcnounce Major General Banks as 'cdgraat
rden ,ch the Of ere1y lDyal man IA
louisiana" During the war Wendell Phillips was
one of the first in war" people-so was Gen. Banks
yet one went-the other didn't. Whatever errors
General Banks may have committed, he is neverthe-
less gentleman of culture.
Gold advanced yesterday from I to I per
cent. at the first board, selling at 1461aali6 but
dropped at the second board and closed at l46,4.
Governments i lower than on the previous
day. The business in them moderate. Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad stock sold at Sll3 and City Pas
senger at S2l.