Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EUROPE,

Tue llblcttibii VI IA itIoli illpGeslS III lNlnd.
Additional correspondence between Minister
Adams and Earl Russell is published IN the London
journals concerning the claims for damages by rca
son of the piracies of the Alabama. Some signif
cance may be attached to the fact that Mr. Adam:
has withdrawn his offer for arbitration.
Earl Russell by great variety of ''iacts" and ar
gument'' consoles himself with the idea that tn,
British Government did all that could be expected
of it.
The London papers are still talking about The
Shenandoah. The Times earnestly hoping that nei
thcr officers or men liberated without the Gov
ernnent having first communicated with Mr. Adams
1t declines to accept Waddelis statement as true.
The same paper regards in favorable light the
reported mission of Hon. Caleb Cushing to cooper
ate with Mr.. Adams in the settlement of the pend
ing claims, and in ascertaining English views con
cemng our finances, which purposes, thinks The
Times, would strongly attest the pacific disposition
Of the American Government"
Napoleon has ordered a reduction of his fghtine
material, and with the Empress ana the Prince has
gone to Campeignc.
The Queen of Spain is again ndsposed
In breadsuffS the market is bare, provisions are
less firm and cotton had the llth, declined 81 on
the week.
GENEgAE. NEWS.
Gonzales and Pellcer have been indicted
for the murder of Mr.. Otcro in Brooklyn, last week
The election for Governor and other State
officers, members of Congress and the Legislature,
takes place in Florida to o-mgrrow
On Saturday morning the Secretary of the
Treasury received letter from Nj OIell, stating
that all hope of recovering the body Of the late Col
lector King had been given up.
The Senate of the North Carolina Legisa-
ture organized yesterday, by the election of Hon.
Thomas Settle as Speaker. Both houses have now
organized.
Colonel John Avery, one of the largest land
owners in Virginia, died in Prince Georges county
Va, Sunday. He owned over nine thousand acres of
land in that county and Surry-ho adjoining one
He was eighty two years old.
The pirate Chickamauga, sunk by the rebels
in Cape Fear river. below Wilmington N. c., on the
capture Of Forts Fisher and Caswell b. the national
troops last January, has been raised and taken to
Wilmington for ovcrhauling and repairs.
Messrs. Belmont & Co, as agents of the
Rothschilds. have put in claim for the tobacco re-
Gently seized By the Treasury officers at Richmond
as rebel property. The case will probably come up
in the courts.
There Is a prospect Of cheaper Provisions.
heavy in Cincinnati within the last day or two. and
the markets the board are perfectly stagnant
IN consequence, and parties look for decline in
prices which will be gladly welcomed by consumers
The safe in the Office of the County Treas
urer of Fremont, Ohio, was blown open by burglars
on Sunday morning. who were about to clutch their
prize of $4,000 when approaching footsteps scared
them of on a double quick. A doctor riding past
heard the explosion and at once organized an eXpc
dition to investigate the matter.
New counterfeit five dollar legal tender
notes have been detected, and arc known to have
been made in indianapolis, Indiana. This new
counterfeit can be known by its dark appearance and
general clumsy execution of the Goddess Of Liberty
the left end The red seal of the Treasury is the
best one yet made by counterfeitcrs.
The last news from China announces the
ieath Of DR. William Irwin the United States Consul
1t Annoy. Il is intimated that his sickness was in
luced by his professional labors among the Chinese
Turing the prevalence of cholera. Dr. Irwin formerly
resided at or near Harrisburg Pennsylvania, and
vas highly esteemed.
The official returns from all TIE counties of
Ohio. including the soldiers vote are as follows: For
iovernor-Cox, Union,) 223, ,63S; Morgan, Dem
93 3697-majorty for the Union candidate 1896
Alexander Long received 800. The other candidates
IN the Union State ticket received a somewhat larger
majority.
The Jonesboro' Union Flag announces the
leath of the Rev. Samuel A. Rhea, missionary for
The last fifteen years and upwards in Persia He died
very suddenly. the ID of September, on the road
rom Tabrez in the prosecution Of his mission, leav
ng wife and two small children to mourn their be-
Mr.. Rhea was a native of Sullivan
county, Tenn.
The health officers of the port of New York
have decided to permit all the passengers, both cabin
and stcerage. of the steamer Atalanta who show
cholera symptoms, and who design going to the West
TO leave the vessel Those whose cases are consid
cred doubtful, but in whom the disease has not yet
developed itself, will be sent to Wards Island for
further detention.
A number of negroes in Alabama, who,
prior to the surrender of Dick Taylor assisted the
United States forces by bringing in stock and provi
IONS and in destroying property, having been
csed by the civil authorities and tried for grand lar
,eny, arson. etc Major General Woods has issued
order forbiddng any arrests of negroes for offence
before the close of the war; except by per
mission from the military authorities.
Joseph A. Jones, alias Tom Carter, alias
one of the murderers of Mr. Heffernan.
1t Nashville was on Saturday identified by Captain
voris as a private of the 18th Tennessee Federal
Cavalry, whom he tried about two years ago for horse
stealing and desertion. He sentenced to be shot
out escaped from prison. Jimmy Lysartt. another OF
he murdercrs. belonged to the 2d Arkansas Mounted
Rifles. James Perry the third of the gang is still
1t large.
The Commissioner of Customs has re,
eived intelligence of the discovery of novel and
ingenious scheme to defraud the revenue on the
Canada frontier by smuggling whisky across the
border by of babies manufactured from tin and
carried in the of female passengers on the Grand
Trunk railway between Canada and the United
States. The babies fuller" than their fathers
ever were-containing from three to five gallons
each.
The reported difficulties on the Rio Grande
between the United States and Imperial forces were
eized upon by the bulls and bears yesterday with
lyidity to galvanize into life the stock market
iold advanced, says financial reporter, 4 cent,
ales of 81 900 at the First Board being made at 147
md $4,000 at the Second Board at 14S@1tSl2 at
sellers option. 5 and 10 days At New York the
price went up to 1885. but at P. NJ it dropped to
411s. Governments were all lower. Railroad
hares were steady and firm, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad selling at SIP; Northern Central at S44.
A Cincinnati jury has awarded Isaac Young,
colored man of that city. eight hundred dollars
damages for having been elected from street car in
pursuance of general rule of the Corporation. 1t
lid not appear that he had received any serious in
ury from the expulsion, and the Court charged the
ury that plaintiff entitled to compensation only
or the slight and temporary inconvenience he sus-
aimed The jury gave the matter due deliberaton,
md shown by the verdict, valued the slight and
emporary inconvenience sustained" by Young at
$500
The Trenton Gazette says that Col. Haw-
ins. Tennessee. has prosecuted the editor of the
he Somerset On. j. Messenger for libel, laying his
iamageS at $1,000. The Messenger published an arti-
lie accusing Col. Hawkins of cowardice corruption
md treason, IN delivering up post to an inferior
force of rebels. and in commenting on this statement
abused Col Hawkins without stint. Before the cleo
Col. Hawkins was published. while he was stumpipg
New jersey in the interest of the Union candidates
On Monday heavy sidewalk committee Of
'oughs, bruisers and thieves accompanied target
company to the little village of Astoria, Long Is
and, New York, where they conducted themselve,
IN a riotous manner. They attacked and beat the
ferry master and others who attempted to interfere
with their dastardly movements. broke down the
ferry gate. stole about $40 from the ferry house and
hen spread through the town. committing depreda-
lions the villagers, and causing dismay on all
tides. The New York police having been notified,
sent detachment to disperse the rufians which was
lone most efectually after a score or two of heads
lad felt the force of stout locust clubs welded by
tout arms.
sRaconteur' writes to the New York Com
nercial from Washington broaching the question rs
Preston King yet aliye?" and says: "A well known
contributor to the press is not the only New
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