Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-09
DAILY COMMERCIAL.
BAL Tim lore, MD.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

day The successful candidates in Massachusetts are
Governor, Alexander Ii. Bullock; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Wm. Clann Secretary of the Commonwealth
Oliver Warner: Treasurer and Receiver General Ja-
cob II. Loud; Auditor, Henry s. Briggs; Attorney
General, Chester |. Reed. Nathanel P. Banks i,
elected to Congress from the Sixth district. to fill
the vacancy occasCned by the resignation of Daniel
W. Gooch, appointed to the Office of Surveyor of the
port of Boston.
The following is the republican ticket elect
cd in Minnesota: Governor, Wm. L. Marshall; Lieu
tenant Governor, Thomas Ii. Armstrong; Secretary
of State. II. c. Rogers; Treasurer Charles Schcfer
| Attorney General, Wm Colyillc.
The Republican candidates elected in Wis
consin are as follows Governor, Lueius Farchild
Lieutenant Governor, Wyman SpOoner Secretary OF
State, Thomas s. Allen; State Treasurer, William b.
Smith: Attorney General Charles Il. Gill; Bank
Comptroller, jeremiah NJ. Rusk; State Superinten-
dent, j. G. McMynn; State Prison Commissioner
Henry Corler
In New York the Union ticket, headed by
Gen. Barlow, for Governor, has carried the day by
10000 majority.
The correspondent of a New York paper,
writing from Tallahassee, Fla, says:
The South, which by the fortunes of war became
extensively and rapidly devastated, is with almost
equal rapidity being rebuilt and restored to her
. former condition. Already in the principal towns
and cities great progress has been made towards the
revival of trade and industrial pursuits. Night and
day the mechanics at work plying their trades,
Transforming blackened ruins into commodous stores
or dwellings. The worn out railroads wholly in
adequate for the transportation Of the large amount
of cotton awaiting shipment to the Northern mar
kes and the depots filled to replcion with goods
wares and merchandise coming from the Northto to
pleniSh the shelves which have been empty for four
years. Every one is bent on making money. While
those who have sufficient capital engaged in cot
ton speculation, the smaller fry buying small
stocks of goods and starting in business Should the
free labor system prove successful ! predict for the
South a season of prosperity greater than she has
ever known in the past.
The analogue of Oberlin College, for the
years 1886 rves the whole number of students at
one Thousand and twenty. Five hundred and dthirty-
six of these gentlemen and four hundred and
eighty four ladies. These arc classcd as follows:-
Theological Department. thirteen; College Depart
mcnt. ninety nine; Scientific Course twenty-five
Preparatory Department, four hundred and ten;
Young Ladies Course, one hundred and flty-fye.
Ladies Preparatory, three hundred and fifteen; La
dies preparing for College, three.
4 party of workmen on Saturday last, en-
gagged in repairs at soap factory in Chicago,
found quart bottle containing fluid smelling like
bitter almonds, which, after some parleyng, Of
them tasted and found agreeable: one of the party
then took large swallow, and leaving the work the
party gave several acquantances taste also. The
Substance proved to be nitro benzolc extensive
ly in pertumng soap. Ono of the party died within
few hours. Another did not survive the night and
some eight Others still seriously ill.
Fuller disclosures show that there is 40 oc-
casion for alarm over the cholera the steamer At
lanta She proves to be an emigrant ship; and she
had, by disabling her machinery, been out, with a
crowded Steerage for thirtyfo days, having been
obliged to touch at a French port The ship had
fifty cabin passengers and 50I in the steerage.-
About thirty of cholera in ALL occurred and of
these not all were fatal Bad air and bad food aided
in producing the disease. Efcctual measures were
taken to keep it from spreading.
Extensive efforts were made on Monday
night to flood New York city with counterfeits of the
ten dollar bills of the Albany City Bank. A num-
Der of the bogus notes offered by various persons
at different places in Broadway, and four men, named
Lorimer Payton. David Fowler, John Walker and
Wm Nelson were arrested on charges Of att emptins
to pass them. The accused were locked up for exam
ination.
The Protestant ministry Of Columbus Ohio,
have generally determined to observe the last Thurs
day of November as Thanksgiving after the old Gus
tom. The day appointed by the President will be
observed in Union meeting for conference and
prayer.
The stock market was quiet yesterday. and
but little variation in price, are quoted Gold sold at
1867, fraction higher than on Tuesday. Nothing |
was done in State stocks. We quote advance Of
= in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, shares selling at
Sll2%. City Passenger is quoted at S2li4.
In Nashville, on Monday, there was a fight
between ex-Mayor John Hugh Smith and a police
officer named Brown. Two shots were fired by Smith
without killing Brown, but they barely missed lady
who was passing and man the opposite side of
the street.
Tbo | -1.t hoe al o1
Provisional Goveror Perry e. S. Senator for the long
term, and ex-Governor Manning L. s. Senator for
the short term. ending in 1867. The Legislature has
also elected Benjamin F. Dunkn Chief Justice the
State, to fill the place Of Judge 0'Neal.
Merriman, the notorious guerilla leader,
was severely wounded the other day by the citizens
of Stephensport, Breckenridge county. Kentucky.
His captor took him to Louisville, where he was
locked up in the military prison.
Assistant Secretary Chandler has been ap
pointed Acting Secretary of the Treasury to con-
tinue until Secretary McCulloch completes his elab
report to Congress upon which he has for some
time been, and is now. engaged
A fire on Monday night in Binghampton,
New York, destroyed the Franklin House and other
property, altogether valued at twenty thousand dol
lars on which the insurance is fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania, has ap-
pointed Thursday, the 7th of December, the day
chosen by President Johnson, for the annual thanks
giving occasion in that State.
The aggregate receipts of the Revenue Fund
of the State of Missouri for year ending September
80 1865 are S93 N5.37 and of all the funds of the
State Sl,745,7l2.0
The storehouse of the Florence Mill, at
Rockville burned down last Monday evening. In it
was about $4,000 worth of wool, which was damaged
perhaps 20 per cent.
The Chattanooga Gazette says the great
bridge that spans the 0geechee River on the route of
the Georgia Central Road is completed and cars
are passing over it.
The majority of Governor Stone, the Union
candidate in Iowa, will be nearly 1900, in spite of
the great combination against him.
The election in North Carolina for Gov
ernor members of Congress and the Legislature and
County Officers, takes place to-day.
Gov. Morton, of Indiana, has been sick for
some time He is going Italy to recruit his health
A milk dealer in Portland, Me-, has made
$4,000 the past year selling milk-and water.
The Internal Revenue receipts yesterday
amounted to S750OOO