Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-09
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BALTIM R E, MD.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

of Washington has been abolished
Advices from Matamoras say that Cortinas, Caval
and Escovedes combined forces are marching tc
Matamoras with Loo Liberals. They are robbins
and plundering the whole country.
The loss by the fire at Mobile the 9th is estima
ted at $sOOOOO Four thousand bales of cotton were
destroyed.
Under the direction of Colonel r. NJ Newport
Chief Quartermaster of Baltimore Depot there will
be large sale of Government steamers at the Govern
ment wharf, South side of the Basin, the 10th in.
slant. The vessels are named as follows Eagle >
"Curlew," 'Patuxent - "Northerner,' James Muir
ray" "Vidette," Commerce and Detroit Gun
boats-"Schrapnell, Reno, Foster" 'Parke' and
Burnside"
The Ladies' Social Circle of Eureka" Humboldt.
California, have presented General Grant with bed
quilt
The New Orleans and Jackson (Mss.) Railroad is
completed, and trains will soon commence running
Matamoras advices state thatgC0 Mexicans defeated
$500 Belgans Eromara in the State of Michoacan
the 18th of July, and captured 10 prisoners. 600
stand of and pieces of artillery; they then pro-
ceeded towards Tehuatan.
Brevet Brigadier General Morris, Commandant of
Fort McIIenry, is very ill.
The Public School Teachers Association of Balti-
more have appointed a committee arrange for the
early erection of monument to the memory of Edgar
a. Poe, in the graveyard attached to the Westminster
Presbyterian Church.
The United States bonded warehouses on Dickin-
son street wharf Philadelphia containing 1863 bbls
coal oil. were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon
The loss is estimated at Sg5,OO0.
Religious revivas are in progress in several
of the Methodist churches in this city, and a warm
interest is being manifested.
great horse fair is now in progress in Kalamazoo
Michigan.
Three men were killed at Littleton, Mass, slate
quarry on Friday.
The papers in the of Champ Ferguson have
Ina,. e, r..
approval or rejection.
An ordinance was passed in the First Branch of the
City Council on Saturday night. fixing the salary of
the Judges of the Appeal Tax Court at 81 SO per
numn after the LIST day of March, 1865.
The Second Branch of the City Council have appro-
priacd 5000 to enable the trustees of the Aims
house to furnish the Bay View Asylum.
General Grant has returned to Washington and is |
much annoyed at the publication of the expressions
enormously attributed to him.
The ex-rebel General Imboden is in Washington. |
His pardon is doubtful.
The Annual Agricultural Fair of Berks county, |
held at Reading, Pa. closed on Saturday. The totaI
number of visitors throughout the whole exhibition
was 10000.
Alfred Jones, the Erie Railroad dcfauter has been
arrested in New Orleans.
Cotton is firm in New Orleans; 4C,) bales on Fri
day sold at 46 cents.
remarkable eclipse of the sun will take place on
Iuo i'tu lHst'nl. II commences at ODD n. NJ. AMI |
ends at 12l2 P. NJ. and will be visible in most pcIs
of the United States.
Major General Hancock, accompanied by several |
members of his staff, will leave here tomorrow by |
the Northern Central Railway on a visit to the battle
fields Gettysburg.
In the General Episcopal Convention. on Saturday
the House of Bishops sent communication to the
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies the effect that
the House was satisfied that the Rev. DIR. Wilmer bad
been validy consecrated to the Office of Bishop of
Alabama, and accepting him as Bishop of that
Diocese.
Three murders were committed in Philadelphia
on Saturday. Bernard L. Kane, aged 49, was shot by
Edward Simons; member of the 2iih United States
coored regiment killed another in the cars. and
cOlored porter strangled in broad daylight in
Whites Dental depot
The Russian telegraph Slime has been completed
to Fort ST. James, on Frazier River, British Co.
lumbia.
The San Antonio Herald learns from General Mer-
rtt that citizens the Indian border to be fully
protected by the Government. General Custer
with his cavalry, would soon be at Austin, whence
detachments would be sent out into the country
north and west of the State Capital The State Gov
ornment is being rapidly reorganized. One hundred
and five counties have completed their organization
and thirty yet remain unorganized Governor Ham
ilton is very popular.
The leading New Orleans papers denounce the
statement made against General Canby by the Lou
isana delegation, and say that General c. has been
instrumental in restoring instead of ramplng on the
civil law.
An ex-rebel soldier attacked Col Free of the 1e5h
Ohio Volunteers, in Alexandria, Va, yesterday, but
the Johnny got the worst of it.
In Alexandria, Va, yesterday, a colored man
named Hunter shot by white man named Rich
ardson.
A grand base ball match takes place in Washing
ton to-day. Tomorrow the Enterprise" of Balti-
more, enter the lists with the Nationals
The National Bank of RALEIGH, N c.. and the
Second National Bank of Baltimore have been de-
signated by the Secretary of the Treasury deposi
tories OF public monies
The Secretary of State has just officially recognized
the following named Consuls from Hayti George +.
Usher, at New York; Albert Emerson, at Bpngor
Maine; and B. B. Clark, at Boston, Mass.
Up to the first of the present month, there were
97.375 pensioners the books of the Pension Office.
This probably does not include one-haf of those
whose claims for pensions will hereafter be favorably
considered by the Office.
The Military Commission engaged in the Wirz |
trial have taken a recess until Thursday Mr.. BG
ker having promised to close the defence in q week
from that time. AT the session Saturday
Colonel Chapman said that he had revoked |
the subpGnas to Gen. Lee Mallory, Seldom and |
Others, on his responsibility and gave as reason
therefor that they could testify in the case with
out conV letting themselves, and not one of them in
MS COfe uOF cOulu say OtlerWlSe tlan ne laU COM
mitted treason.
The stock market was quiet on Saturday. and gold |
heavy at decline of 212 to q per cent on the
inflated price of Friday. report is in circulation
that the Secretary of the Treasury is about to put
large amount of his reserved gold the market with
view to reduce the premium. This is a consumma- |
tion most devoutly to be wished for by everybody
cept gold gamblers. The general market was strong
on Saturday, but there were no large transactions.
HAD HIS EYES OPENED-Mr. Handel
Cossham, one of the English capitalists now in
this country, and personal friend of John
Bright, was entertained by the Union League
Club of New York on Tuesday night, and
made a speech in which he gave his impress
sions of his tour through the United States.-
Speaking of the greatness of America as a ma
ton, Mr.. Cossham said that no Englishman,
who had not seen the country with his own
eyes, could have any proper conception of the
magnitude OF her resources, the rapidity of
her progress, nor of the great power she
welded as a nation. You must see it to be-
ieve. He had read about America, had
thought about it, but had never known Amer
lea until he had seen it.
He did not fully recognize the great legacy
Providence has given to the people of America.
- 1t was strange for him to remember that the
area of the United States was sixty times as
large as his own little isle He was not dis
posed to make small beer of his native land,
for he would be an unworthy son if he did, but
he had to acknowledge that America was far
ahead of England in her resources and her
territory. He thought that if Americans only
developed their country's resources in the
future as Englishmen had Great Britain, their
future would be great indeed.
PIGEON SHOOTING MATcH.-The first pigeon
shooting match of the season took place yes
terday afternoon, at the Hoboken Course, for
a purse of fifty dollars, which was contested
for by William Taylor and Horace Sheldon,
both of whom are considered crack marksmen
in this peculiar sport. About two o'clock, a
small party OF sp0rtsImen being present, judges
which was forty ythree yards The toss was
won by Taylor who brought down in beauti
fal stvle the first nicenn as he roso T., ~ -,