Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-31
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BALTIMORE, MD.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

gunbOat yard of SnOWlOnS ~ Nldsoui couth Iltts-
burg The object was to determine the strength of
cylindrical boilers of different diameters and thick
ness Of iron; the best method of rvetng proper size
of rivets and space between them to produce the
greatest strength. Two boilers made of the sligo
brand Of iron q Of an inch thick, feet inch in
length and IS and 50 inches in diameter, sub
mtted TO a hydraulic pressure of 662 and 40 atmos-
pliers water, temperature of 80 degrees Neither
Were ruptured, aud four blows with IS pound
sledge applied under the greatest pressure produced
material effect. Two other boilers of Sligo and
Tyrone iron 4 inch thick, feet inches in length
and 36H inch in diameter, were rupured by tearing
out through the centre of outside course OF rves Tor
space of Is inches, and Is inch rvets were used,
the space between them being Is inches The len
sill strength of the iron per square inch force as ap
piled in boilers in pounds, respectively oO,zl6,
l05722 l32Si2 ll4,3S6, in the four boilers tested
Judge Gregory of Virginia. in his recent
charge 10 the grand jury of enrico county made the
following speech
mo brave man will ever say the Southern peo-
pie did not conduct the with bravery let no
good or virtuous ever have any just preext for
saying they are not an honest and virtuOus people;
let us all accept our present condition. and take
things as they are, with an unalterable determine
ton 20 comply fully and fairly with all the oaths
and oblip rtons which have been made subject to
by our conaucrors let attempt To evade any oath
which he has taken by casustry or quibbes; and if
any one should be lost to all sense of honor and
shame as TO violate his oath, frown him down social
Iy and in obedience to your oaths, which know you
will not disregard ndict him for perjury that he may
be dealt with the law directs"
A number of bankers. brokers and mer
chants. in Canada West, have been swindled to the
extent of $4,000 by man named McGregor, who
sold them worthless drafts on New York, issued by
some person in Ohio. MeGrcgor was arrested in
Windsor by broker, whom he had swindled out of
Sl.20O, but upon refunding the money released
and Immediately crossed the river to Detroit. The
vietimized parties from London, Chatham and other
towns have been at Windsor for two three days
past in search of the swndler. As no forgery was
committed it is believed that McGregor cannot be
arrested.
The famous Kit Carson and Colonel Bent
visited General Pope at St. Louis, OF Friday The
Epcning Ncrs says Kit dressed in oooneS
uniform, with rather broad shoulder straps, and MS
dark hair, slightly sprnkled with gray, flowed down
upO his shoulders la 'oaeltdH. He a rather
broa1-brimmed felt, and altogether presented the
appear. .once of sturdy little man, destitute of all
pretensons. Col. Carson served as Brigadier Cen
eral in the N exican war under Gen. Crockcr.
Except in one or two instances, the stock
market was quiet yesterday and no material change
in prices are reported. Gold brought advance Of
4 to q per cent. Saturdays operations when 1t
closed firm at 1i513al45M. No gales of 5-20s were
in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Northern Central
is reported. The former is firm at S113, and the lat
ter at S4i. There is no improvement in the money
market here, though it is easier in New York.
The St. Joseph (Missouri) Herald of Thurs
day says: A few mornings since, while the mail was
lying at the railroad depot without guard the Bos
ton letter bag for California cut and red OF lis
contents. short time after the discovery, search
was made, and little distance off large number of
letters were found scattered in a gully. No clue to
the perpetrator of the act has yet been obtained.
A stupendous fraud on the Treasury Depart
ment has been brought to light at West Point. Miss.
Several arrests have been made and we are informed
that a number of persons occupying high positions
are involved.
The Augusta, Ga, papers, having ascer-
tanned that many of the leading divines OF the Meth
odist Church. in Georgia, had made overtures to join
the Episcopal Church rather than the Northern
Methodist, the Rev. J. E. Clark, presiding elder,
publishes card denying the statement.
The sentence Of death by hanging of S. n.
Orange and John Burns, for the murder of William
NJ. Parlin, citizen of Logan county, and the burn
ing of the house of D. Smith, peaceable citizen of
Kentucky, the night. has been commuted by
Major General Palmer to ten years imprisonment in
the Frankfort Penitentary.
The census returns for 1860 show that there
were in operation within the United States in that
year fourteen establishments for the manufacture of
lead pipe, sheet lead and shot, having an invested
capitai 0f 81 1859; paying for aterial 81 267
459 for labor st.c3 O56 and yielding annually pro-
ducts amounting in value to S., ,Di6,029.
The Randolph Mo-, Citizen of yesterday says:
So far as we are informed, our farmers have gener
ally cut and housed their tobacco before the appear
of any frost. The cropis generally good-inuch
better than expected during the protracted rains
in the early part of the season.
On Wednesday last Mr.. Donahue was shot
dead by j. B. Akin proprietor OF the Capital Hotel,
at Frankfort Kentucky, in self defence. Akin il
delicate and with only arm. Donahue at
tackled and attempted to choke him.
The Kingston East TeaneSSeean of the 2lst
instant saya: I'VE learn that Herman Irons aged
hundred ald ten years. nine months and ten
days recently departed this life at his residence in
Monroe county, leaving lis wife behind aged over
one hundred years"
The Provisional Governor OF Georgia yes
terday transmitted to the Convention the dispatch of
the President of the United States refusing to recog
nze the loyalty of the State unless it repudated the
rebel war debt
The Fifth anniversary of the Childrens'
Aid Society held last evening in the Charles
street Methodist Church. The report of the mana
gers shows the Society to be in excellent working
order
On Saturday morning Capt. Steers, of the
New York Police arrested one Francisco Bohoger.
and seized spurious United States notes representing
Sll1000 in dingy garret, in the of No. Goerck
street.
An Alabama exchange says that the Freed
mems Bureau has found after fair trial, that the
negroes 'are incapable of properly appreciating the
boon of liberty"
The publication of the Richmond Daily En-
Qurer which has been suspended since the Sd April
last, resumed yesterday by Messrs. Tyler Cole
man.
Eighty deaths occurred in this city
last week, decrease of twenty three in comparison
with the mortality of the corresponding week last
gear.
News from Hayti, received by way of Eu-
rope says that the condition of the rebels is growing
from day to day desperate. Provisions are
very scarce and prices fabulous.
The Captain of a canal boat and the driver
were murdered Albany Saturday and their
bodies thrown into the canal. The sum $780, which
the Captain had in his pocket, the incentive.
A fire involving several hundred dollars loss
occurred in the cabinet manufactory of Hiss & Bro
on Fayette street, yesterday morning.
The report that the flag of the United States
had been outraged by the Paragdayans at Bella
Vesta is denied by the highest authority.
The Hon. F. j. Moses has been chosen
President of the South Carolina Senate, and the
Hon. A. p. Aldrich Speaker of the House.
The President has recognized Christian
Bors Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway, at
Boston.
The managers of the Maryland Institute
Fair awarded their premiums yesterday. We pub
lish the list of awards in another column.
The Hon. Timothy Riyes, of Prince George
county Virginia, widely known, died at his residence
near Petersburg on Sunday.
Matamoras dates of the 26th direct, say that
the Liberals had been defeated and compelled to
treat,
-Four more deaths are reported from the dis
aster of the steamer st. John.
Generals Howard and Saxton arrived at Sa-
yannah on the 18th inst
3 Thomas Tracy was shot dead in Philadel-
phia last night by George Rully
THE RAILWAY king OF THE WoRID.-Sir
Morton Peto, head of the English railroad
party now in this country, is chattv, agree
able person, careful in his mien and language,
and if devotion to the Baptist church and to
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