Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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Senate yesterday. The Senate bill maintaining the
freedom of the inhabitants of States lately in rebellion
was called up and ELECTED warm debate, in which
Messrs. Sumner. Cowan, Salisbury, and others took
part. The former spoke in bitter terms of the brutal
treatment the colored people of the South received
from their former masters. Their feeling, he said,
was most vindictive, and he predicted that unless
these crueties ceased. instruction would follow
Mr.. Cowan understood Mrs. to mean by the term
"whitewashing the President of the United
States lied-that was the plain English off
In the House. Mr. Dawes, hy resolution, called
upon the Secretary of War for the record and test-
mony of the court martial which tried Benjamin G..
Harris.
On the bill to double the pensions to the relatives
of those Who were killed in the late war; Brooks of
New York, had objection to make, and sluringly
asked to have it referred to the committee of which
Mr. Stevens is chairman 1t was referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
Officers of the Navy are forbidden to visit
Washington unless they reside there. without per-
mission from the Navy Department.
The Senate Indian Pension bill, appropriating
$50O000 for the relief of Western Indians, passed
the House.
The death of the Hon. Orlando Kellogg, of New
York, was announced.
GENERAL NEWS.
Attention is called to late and important
South American and other news in our dispatches.
Col. John 0. Fallen, one of the Oldest and
wealthiest citizens of St. Louis died on Monday.
The river is frozen across at Albany, but
the ferry boats manage to crush their way through.
The funeral of the Hon. Thomas Corwin
took place yesterday in Washington. His remains
were taken to Ohio for interment.
Mr.. John S. Rarey, the famous horse
tanner, is suffering from attack of paralysis
He resides at Groveport, Ohio.
Mr.. John Evans and Mr.. Jerome B. Chat
fer. both Republicans, have been elected United
States Senators from Colorado.
1t is rumored that the daughter of promi-
nent Confederate envoy to Europe, who not long
since married to a wealthy Frenchman, has left
her husband and come back to her father.
Major General Palmer is temporarily absent
from Louisville. having gone on a visit to his home
in Illinois. Major General JEFF. c.. Davis is in COM
mand of the department.
James F. Baker, New York oil merchant,
shot himself through the head on Tuesday while
quietly seated at his desk in his counting room.-
Death was almost instantaneous.
The valuable set of jewelry, consisting of
brooch and pair of earrings announced by the man
of the Orphans Fair, in Boston. to be awarded
ito the prettiest and most energetic young lady at
the Fair" has been voted to Miss Ellen V. Keating.
ThH Judiciary Committee of the House of
Representative have agreed to report at an early
day. an amendment to the Constitution providing
that the number of voters in the States shall form the
basis of representation in Congress.
There are no new developments in the Fe-
nian troubles and much of the old bitterness seems
to be disappearing. The Congress which meets on
the I'd proxmo will be largely attended. from pre-
sent indications, by representatives from every part
of the country.
The Leavenw orth papers say that the Direo-
tors Of Butterieds Overland Dispatch Company
have decided to place strong force of resolute we'll
armed men on their Smoky Hill Route for the pro-
lection of their coaches trains passengers, stock &C.
The navigation of the Connecticut river
closed on the 10th instant. The steamers Granite
State, for New York, and the Silver Star, were
stopped by bank of heavy ice off Wethersfeld. on
Sunday morning. and obliged to return to Hart
ford.
A mass convention ofNorthern farmers was
held at Bloomington on the 18th. Resolutions we're
adopted urging the construction of a canal around
the falls of Niagara the requirement of the free use
of the ST. Lawrence Channel; the securing of cheap
rates of transit for Western products and the prose-
cution of internal improvements.
The stock market was quiet yesterday, no
material change in the rate of any stock on the list
reported. Gold ranged from 146 to 1867. Govern
ments were steady and firm, the sales footing up
$2S,000. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad closed at
$lll12. Northern Central at $44, and City Passen-
ger ut S2Os4
The case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
ps Major General Palmer for enticing slaves to es-
cape, which was quashed by Judge Johnston. is to
carried before the Court of Appeals. The adoption
of the Constitutional amendment is likely to have
direct and soothing effect this and similar
In consequence of the great number of de-
linquent jurors in the New York civil courts. some
of the judges have caused orders be entered to the
effect that all attending jurors will be fined each
$25 per day, and that the of illness will not
be received unless the certificates otheir physicians
are produced, saying that it is unsafe for them to ap
pear in court.
John H. Gee, late in charge of the Sails
bury prison pens to be tried next week at Raleigh,
n c., before military commission The trial is to
be conducted by Major Frank Wolcott, Judge Advo-
cate of the Department Of North Carolina. who has
lately been conducting several very important cases
for the Government in that quarter.
The Hon. Robert II. Pruyn, our late min
lister to Japan arrived in this city, says the Albany
.Eournal of the 18th. last evening. He met at
East Albany by a delegation of the Albany Bur-
gesses Corps of which he is life member. who hon
ored him with salute Of thirteen guns. A large
concourse of citizens assembled at the ferry slip, to
give hearty and cordial welcome to their fellow
townsman who has SO ably repres ented his country
abroad.
Secretary McCulloch has assigned the rev.
enue steam cutter Pawtuxet for special service along
the coast this winter for the purpose of rendering aid
to such vessels as may need assistance. She is to
cruise between Boston, Cape Ann and Holmes Hole,
including Boston Bay &c and will carry provisions,
fuel water, &C., to supply those vessels which she
may meet which destitute; and will also take any
supplies which the underwriters may see fit to put
board for this purpose.
Mr.. Robinson, a Wall street lawyer, re-
Gently brought an action in the New York Supreme
Court against the Erie Railroad Company to recover
$4,000 damages for alleged injuries to his person. in
March last. while he was riding in one of the COM
pany's cars. He claims that while he on trip to
the oil regions and when between the stations the
company's road known as Susquehanna and Great
Bend owing to some defect in the rails, and the great
speed at which the train was running the rear car
was thrown down embankment that by reason
thereof he was thrown a hot stove, and half
dozen persons thrown him. that he was very badly
burned bruised, and so much injured that he will
never be well man. The defendants say the injuries
are not so serious as plaintiff asserts. and that they
skill or foresight could have guarded against the ac-
cdent in question The trial is is still in progress
DAMAGES FOR FALSE E1MPRIsoNMENT:-Gen Scroggs;
late Provost Marshal of the Buffalo District sued
by Captain p Davis of Niagara Falls, for false i'm
prisonment. Davis was charged with attemRting to
was kept in confinement eleven days when he was
discharged by the Marshal. This occurred last Feb
ruary. Subsequently Davis brought suit against
the Marshal claiming damages to the amount of five
thousand dollars.
The case was tried at the Circuit Court, in Buffalo
last week before Judge Grover. The defence only
for mitigation of damages, admitting the unwar-
rantability of the Imprisonment, but showing the cir
cumstances which rendered the action Of the Provost
Marshal one of good motive, being effort to put
stop to enormous frauds practised upon the Govern
ment" The Judge gave the case to the jury, and
they rendered verdict of s., l5O for Davis.-AbanY
Argus 18th.
EFFECTS OF WAR on CoMMERCE.-At the COM
limited States could boast tonnage of five millions