Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-05

mos; striking and pronounced of toettes was worn
by stately Georgian girl whose summers could not
have exceeded twenty but who carried herself with
the air Of Of forty. Her dress consisted of
train Of white velvet, falling not from the waist but
from the shoulders. and trailing its slow length along
II was without sleeves but was held over the should
ers by cluster clasps of large diamonds The arms
bare and polished those of the statue of Prax
iteles as was also the face and neck and bust. Her
hair was powdered with pearl and dressed in Aspasa
style, but instead of the blue ribbon usually employ
ed in the making of that superb couture circle CT
diamond star-clusters substituted. The slippers
were of white kid, and had diamond buckles fasten-
ing blonde and satin bows. No gloves or bracelets
were worn; nought broke the magnificent sweep from
the plump, round shoulder to the tips of the taper
fingers. Altogether the costume was model Off rich
ness, simplicity. and every good AID perfect thing but
modcsty.
1t is announced that General Robert E. Lee is
about to take charge of Washington College, at Lex
ington Va.
The order which required all ladies in Georgia to
take the oath before receiving letters from the post
Office has been rescinded.
-Governor Andrew has declined the Presidency of
Antioch College, recently rendered him.
"A tornado visited lsanti and Chicago counties,
Minnesota about forty miles north of St. Paul, on
the 18th ult. making clean track through the
heavy pine and oak forests about thirty rods wide
ameter were literally twisted into broom splints In
some places the debris piled thirty feet high.
john Jacob Astor, Jr, was defeated as a candi-
date for the Coloneley Of the 3th regiment New York
National Guard.
The principal Western railroads have advanced
their freight charges % per cent. this month"; and will
make another advance when water navigation closes
An edition Of Webster's Illustrated Dictionary is
in preparation at the Riverside press to be printed
on large folio paper in the best possible style of the
art regardless of expense. Less than three hundred
copies will be struck Off and these will be sold by
subscription, IN PAPER covers, at $25 each.
Leslie the tight rope performer of Niagara celeb
rity. made balloon ascension with Professor Lowe
from the New York Central Park on Saturday and
astonshod the popuace when at the height of half
mile, by estartling feats on ropes hung from the
| car.
| A Southern Journal contains the following ad
| versement Wanted at this office, journeyman
printerone who do press and job work. is good
Union man. believes in the existence of God and
| don't drink whiskey To such man steady employ
Inent and good wages will be paid" 1t is unnecessary
to add that the above paper thoroughly Democratic.
| The Memphis Bulletin speaks of Gov Brownlow
as this remarkable man. who by his consistent de-
| pertinent as Christian has walked for more than
quarter OF n century unchallengcd minister of
the atoning Jesus and the forgiving God and with
| out giving offence in his business transactions and
social contacts as cizen indeed, attaching to him
self those thrown most intimately with him in per-
sOna associations yet who prints and speaks in words
of yituperation the principles of vengeance and of
| unmitigated, indispensable hate"
| The Agricultural Department has received large
quantity of very superior winter wheat both white
and red from the Mediterranean which is now ready
| for distribution.
Gov. 0gleshy of Illinois, has issued an address to
the Governors Of the different States and Territories
IN bn limit al h-t h. I !
pie OF their States, asking more active and efficient
cooperation in the matter of raising funds for the
| Lincoln monument to be erected at Springfield
| "A Cincinnati young lady who enthusiastically ad-
nired General Grant, stole his segar from under his
nose at reception at the Burnett House one day last
week. The hero was too much astoundcd at the au-
| d&city to prevent punish tho theft
| The Missouri Democrat says that Gen. Sherman
| lately appeared at Fcnian ball in ST. Louis wear
ing the badgco of the order his breast and was ac-
companied by Gen. B. f. Blair who made a speech
-Col Richardson pronOunccs the report relative to
his wife acting diplomatist in Richmond in the
early days of the rebellion, "a cruel SANDER" Mrs
Richardson is dead, and never in Mississippi or
| Richmond"
| There are three candidates for Governor in Mis-
sissppi. Judge L. S. Fisher of Tallahatchie VIM S.
Patton of East Mississippi, and Gen. Humphreys of
| Nicksburg.
"A correspondent writes from the Austrian water
ing place Of Gastein, that rich Englishman has for
some days taken up his abode the Malnitzer Ia
| ner, mountain more than six thousand feet high
| He lives in extremely comfortable tent but the
cold obIiGes him to warm it with stove He has
thirty horses at his disposal to communicate with
the lower earth. He chooses this singular dwelling
place IN order to enjoy at leisure, and for length
| OF time the spectacle of sunrise in midsummer, in a
warmed tent, surrounded by snow and ice.
| oil has been discovered in the coal regions of
| Cherokee and st. Clair counties, in Alabama. Two
leases of land it is stated, of three hundred and
sixteen and half acres, and another of forty acres
adjoining each other at the termination or break-up
of Lookout Mountain, plainly present evidence of
the presence Of OIL as it be collected from the top
Of the water in the various branches or creeks
| There Is a prospect of an abundance of water
fowl this fall. party just returned from trip to
the Delaware Rreahwatcr mention having seen great
numbers of wild ducks in the lower bay. rare thing
so early in the Persons fond of duck shoot.
| ing will be glad to hear this.
A man imprisoned for debt in the Taunton, Mass,
jail insists upon paying his own board. instead of bur
dening his creditors with the expense. At Sl75 per
week he probably thinks he is making money.
-Messrs. Christian and Douglas in the LIST District
and Epson in the eth, of Virginia. have Withdrawn
| from the contest for Congress.
The oldest inhabitant of Worcester and PERHAPS
Of the State, Patrick Qurk died in that city on Mon
| day, aged one hundred and seven years. six months
| and seven days. Ho was born in Kerry, Ireland
| March II, 1858.
| -Newburyport, Massachusetts,, has a venerable
| public functionary in Jacob Stickney ninety-one
years old, who has held town Office for sixty-scven
consecutive years. Since he was twcnty-one he has
taken the official oath two hundred and twenty
| times on an honest count.
"A manuscript composition for the piano forte by
| Beethoven, has just been discovered at Munich 1t
bears at its head the words For Eliza: April 9th"
| Mr.. Don Carlos Buell. is now President of a com
pany which has purchased r. A. Alexander's extern
sive iron works in Green River Kentucky, and con-
templates making Kentucky his future homo.
| "A monument to Colonel j. p Garesche, General
Rosccran's chief of staff, who was killed at Stone
| River, has just been completed in Washington and
| will be Immediately erected over his remains in Mt
| Olive Cemetery.
| A daughter of Vieuxtcmps, the violinist, has
made her debut in opera.
| Great Sunken Lake; twenty miles long and ten
miles wide, in Oregon, is supposed to lie two thou
sand feet below the mountains which form perpen-
dicular wall all around. party recently visiting
fired rifle several times into the water Mt an angle
of forty-fve degrees, and were able to note several
seconds of time between the report of the gun and the
moment when the bail struck the water 1t does not
| appear that any body has made the descent TO its
shores.
On the LIST of January last there were two hundred
general hospitals in the country with thousands of
patients under treatment At the present time there
are but forty, containing about seven thousand pa
| tients.
SHIPPING.