Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| ratified the Constitutional amendment aholishing
| slavery.
Five horse thieves were recently arrested in
Chattanoosa by a vigilance committee, composed of
| farmers, who had been the main sufferers
| Haynes, the detective, under trial at Nor
folk, and who ran out Of the room. locking in the
guard, was subsequently, recaptured
The residences of Judge Barnard and Judge
Einott. at Poughkeepse. n Y. were entered by bur
glars on Wednesday night, and all the silverware in
each building stolen.
Advices from Nassau. y. p. announce the
presence Of Lieut. Gen Jubal A. Early i'll that place.
where he is residing for the present and is engaged
| in writing history of his campaigns
| Late adylces from st. John. n b.. apprize
us OF the death of Chief Justice Parker, who was
one of the most highly and deservcdly respected pub
| lie men in that province.
Rev. K. J. Breckenridge, D. D., has de-
clined to accept the Presidency of Washington and
Jefferson College, to which he was elected last sum
| mer.
q. w. Warren has been nominated by the
| Democrats for the office of Mayor of Boston, The
WorkiIgmens ani Citizens Committees endorsed
| the nomination
| Mr.. Wm. Miller, school teacher in Lynch
burg, Va while attempting to chastse one ofhis pu-
pills named Carroll, on Monday was cut by the boy
1
The Mechanics and Workingmens' Con
vention OF tho District of Columbia have prepared
memorial to Congress asking that eight hours be es-
| 'ablished as legal days work in the mechanic and
! labor departments of the Government.
| The British Consul General at Havana, Mr..
Bunch tweIl-k known blockade slnner), has been ap-
I pointed Charge d'Afares to Central America
| His successor will be Mr.. Synge, of the Sandwich
| Islands
| The Treasury has now on hand, in coin.
S4l,71s0go ard in currency, s3n1O2G00 There is at
present outstanding s. 5i5 coo of old certificates $50
$4,000 Of new certificates aud S5Gor0j of coin GER
tifcalcs.
| 1t is positively asserted here, says . Wash
| 'HGt"u special to the Conmercid dvertisey, that
General Butler has prepared legal argument show
! ing how Davis and Lee can be tried BY military
! tribunal
The 23d Army Corps Association assembled
in Cincinnati or Wednesday in -ommemoraton of
| the "atle of Franklin. An Grafton and pnem was
delivered, and the Association adjourned to meet at
Indianapolis on the 30th of November 1865.
Archbishop Spalding requests the Roman
Catholic clergy of his diocese comply with the in
vitation of President johnson to observe Thursday
next as Il Day of Thanksgiving for the return of
peace.
The stock market is reported to be devoid
ri life and animation, all sorts of fancies" being par
ti'nlariy dll. Speculation is apparently at an end
with most Of them. Gold ran up from 14S TO l4SlSG
llS and left eff ut 1885. The sales footed up only
sl5,ooo. small lot of B. & 0. RR. sold at SIP.
The steamer Golden City sailed from San
Francisco on Thursday for Panama with but few
passengers S87t 900 in treasure for New York $500
02o for England and !2QCgG for Panama Among
the passengers are Congressman Ashley Of Nevada,
and JAS. ", Simonton.
The number Of Fenians enrolled and now
drilling in Canada is stated to be nearly eighty two
thousand, of whom nearly one half said to be al
ready armed. 1t is also announced that clubs de-
signed to asitate in favor of the annexa ion of the
provinces to the United States being organized all
over Lower Canada.
Robert Toombs has escaped from Georgia
and sailed for Europe. 1t will be remembered that
the Government officers attempted to arrest him at
the same time Stephens and c. Clay were nabbed
They proceeded to Toombs' house, but he disappear
cd out Of one door as they enteredat another.
An Arkansas correspondent Of the Mem
phis Bulletin speaks ofterrible suffering among many
who were afluent before the war; now that the gov
enment rations stopped In johnson county n,
least one-third are without of subsistence So
cety is much dsorsanized but agricultural prospects
are improving.
One thousand one hundred and twenty. FIVE
from government employ in the Brooklyn Navy
yard, there being further occasion for their
vices. The dismissal of so many workmen occasioned
n great deal of excitement anon= themselves and
their friends.
The store of Barrett Il Co.. at Spring Val
ley Ohio. entered through front window on
Saturday night, the safe blown open, and $1,000
in notes. government bonds and money abstracted
herefrom After securing the contents of the safe.
the thieves appToDria ed few bolts of brOadclOth
and withdrew without molestation.
The Gold Hill NelcS, Nevada states that
the 7th instant the overland stage, carrying nine
passengers and the express of Wells. Fargo x Co..
was stopped by five hghwaymen below the Gould &
Curry mill, i'll Six-mle Canon short distance this
side tho Blowery and the treasure box taken, broken
open. and its specie contents taken, and the pas
sengers robbed.
There was another auction sale of surplus
Government vessels at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yes
terday Twenty-Five altogether were disposed Of, of
which all but three were steamers. The attendance
was large the bidding was animated and the prices
realized were considered very fair. The steamer
Grand Gulf brought eightysix thousand dollars, and
the total result of the sale was over four hundred
aud forty thousand dollars.
We have later news of the Collins overland
telegraph expedition. It. appears that about fifty
men have been scattered in detached parties along
winter in surveying routes. Next summer, it is
hoped this work will be far completed that several
thousand natives be employed in planting poles.
The esel conveying Col. Bulkley to PeronauIowski
has just returned San Francisco after very rough
voyage.
Governor Browlow's late course in reject
he votes of several counties the ground Of
,eir cgaity causes much excitement in Tonnes
sec. In the Legislature excited discussion
b,, kIr of
county, which was intended q Of Governor
| Brownlow. Mr.. Brandon was rebel colonel, and
wounded at Fort Donelson. Ho was sustained
| in his assault en- the Governor by Herod Steele.
Garrett aud other coppcrheads. The resolution
| tabled by decisive vote Brandon and Others were
very bitter in their denunciations of the Governor.
The will of the late Madame Jumel, widow
| of Aaron Burr, has been offered for probate The
will was made in 1853 when the testatrx was ninety
years old. The estate disposed Of by this will is e7t
mated the large Of one million dollars. though
some valuations fall short Of that amount. The prop
| erty is distributed in five thousand dollar shares
among the institutions for the deaf and dumb and
the blind asylums the Historical Society," the orphan
and other benevolent institutions and the pastor Of
| the deceased, the Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Fort Wash
| ington.
| Following close upon the heels Of yesterday
we have to record another friehtful railroad acci-
hNLt, ~ MLlSH stFGL ptTSuNS were AIi4eu abu
| teen or twenty moro or less injured. The Western
express train on the New Jersey Central Railroad
| ran into coal train ut the White House New Jer-
sey, AT three o'clock yesterday morning. 1t seems
that the coal train was ascending grade, when the
| couplings broke and several of the cars ran back
and the express train in rounding a curve at full
| speed, into them. The engineer and fremen
jumped of, and were uninjured. A full account of
Of the accident with list Of the killed and wound
cd, may be found in our dispatches.
The Tribune'S Washington special Of yes
terday says:
| My information to-day, derived from the very
highest sources is positively to the effect that the
| relations of our Government with France and Eng
land entirely satisfactory, and there is pros
pect probability of any serious disturbance of the
present friendly relations. Napoleons French spec
| ulation in Mexico is exceedingly unpopular with
the French. and the public sentiment of France has
| already compelled him to look about for the best
means of gracefully Withdrawing from it. The policy
of our Government will be such to offend the
pride of France such offense would give Napoleon
| a chance to make the Mexican adventure popular
with his people; but we will allow the Emperor qui-
etly to slip out of the imbrogio without compromis-