Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.


! NEWS VI FE DAY.
| CONGRESS.
In the Senate yesterday the death of Senator Col
| lamer was formally announced and euloges pro
nounced by Mr. Foot, Mr.. Harris and Mr.. johnson
who were most eloquent in their tribute to the wis
| dom and judgemnt of tho deceased.
| In the House a bill appropriating $4,000 for re-
pairing and refurnishng the Presidents house, and
bill appropriating Sl5,i4OOOO for the payment Of
| invalid and other pensions, were passed.
| Mr.. Henderson, of Oregon introduced resolution
which was adopted without dissenting voice, de
carng treason against the Government of the United
States a crime that ought to be punished.
In support of the Senate resolutions an eloquent
tribute paid to the memory of the late Senator
Colamer by Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont who was fol-
lowed by Messrs. Woodbridge, of Vermont, Ray
mond. of New York. Grder, of Kentucky, and Went
worth, of Illinois, Both Houses adjourned until next
Monday
The joint committee Of Congress appointed
to make arrangements for paying proper tribute of
respect to the memory of the late President Lincoln
have decided upon inviting Hon. L. NJ. Stanton, Sec
reary of War; to deliver appropriate eulogy. The
18th of February which the birthday of the de-
ceased has been fixed upon as the time. and the Gu
losy will be delivered at the Capitol before the Pres
ident, the two Houses of Congress- the Cabinet the
Dplamotic Corps, the general officers of the army and
navy and other dgnitares
GENERAL NEWS.
The principal of the Kings Mountain Is.
CD Military School signs his name "A. Coward, sur
yiving principal and proprietor"
The obsequies of the late Brigadier General
Morris took place yesterday from Fort McIfenry.-
His remains were taken North Tor interment.
Hon. Fitz Henry Warren has accepted the
position Minister to Guatemala and is expected to
leave soon for that port.
The President has commuted the sentence
of Edward Lambent of the 2Sth Louisiana Regiment
(rebe) to be hung to-day. to ten years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
The remains of Jonathan Gillett, who mys-
teriously disappeared three years ago. have been
found in Toledo under circumstances which leave no
doubt of his having been murdered.
Arrangements are being made for dispen-
sing with the services of most of the volunteer Com
missaries and Assistant Quarermasters the st Of
January.
The Secretary of State received official in
formation yesterday that the State of Oregon had
ratified the anti-sayery amendment to the Constiu-
ton of the United States.
Maj. General Steele, who succeeds the la
mented Wright. in command of the Department of
Oregon having received his final instructions left on
Tuesday for his sphere Of duty.
The official canvass by the Legislature of
the votes east for Governor in North Carolina, shows
Mr. Worth received 81, ,64s votes, and Mr.. Holden
25.70i, giving the former a majority 5,e3e.
We print this morning additional news OF a
highly interesting character from Mexico brought by
the steamer Columbia, brief mention of which was
made in the dispatches yesterday
General Grant has issued ali order for the
discharge from the army of all civilians except clerks,
-lo,,a do
tailed from the army.
Captain A. A. Kitty has been detached from
the United States Receiving ship Vermont and or
dered to this city special service. Captain X. Is
succeeded by Captain A. C. Rhind
The Herald gratuitously advertises among
wants" in its editorial columns" A Head Centre
the Head Centre
Opera-goers and the public at large will be
surprised and panied to hear of the sudden death Of
Signore Rovere, the well known bufo-basso Of Ma
retzeks company. He died yesterday after a very
brief illness, of some disease of the throat
The cash sales for gold yesterday was 145S
@l45 the market leaving off strong at 1i512. Gov
ernments were active and strIihg-Seven -ThirtieS
improving q to r. and FiveTwenties to ~ since
Wednesday, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shares
closed at Sl.ll1!.
The United States Consul al London in
forms the State Department that not single Of
cholera has yet originated in that country He says
it is the general opinion that the islands of Great
Britain will be visited by actual cholera when the
spring fairly opens.
1t is reported that the resolution offered in
the House of the Kentucky Legislature, for the
lease of Davis will scarcely pass the two branches o.
the Legislature and if it does it is almost certain tc
| a or fhp hand Of theG VIII has
already expressed himself in favor of the trial of the
| prisoner.
According to the muster rolls Alabama
sent into the Confederate States army one hundred
and twenty eight thousand men. OF these, thirty
| four thousand have been killed and died from tht
objects of wounds or pershed of disease. Alabama
furnished twenty-four general officers, five of whom
were killed in action
| United States Deputy Marshal Benjamin
| on Monday arrested George Montjoy, of the firm o
| McGinnis & Montjoy. of Railway, n. j.. charge
| of trying to evade assessment for the interna
revenue tax 1t is alleged that the firm of which h
is member manufactured $4,000 pounds of tobacco
| for which no returns were made.
An unusually bold robbery was committed
| in St. Louis on Saturday last. safe weighing
| some two hundred pounds, strongly chained to thu
| floor. was taken from private room in boarding
house. lowered from a rear window, and carried off
| The safe contained about $1,000 in money. $500
| worth of papers, notes, &c.
| General Steadman, who commands in the
department which includes the State of Georgia. and
h as shown energy and wisdom in his conduct o
airs in that State, in conjunction with Provsiona
Governor johnson and General Tillson, of the Freed
| mems Bureau. has Just visited Nashville, Tenn. HI
represents the feelings of the rebels in Georgia
| very bitter towards Union men and the freedmen.
1 I TO hot
l bled with considerable bad blood. day or two ag
| a member of the Senate denounced Mr.. Lincoln AM
| Mr. Johnson as more traitors than JEFF. Davis. Th
Sena.s have rejected the negro testimony bill. and
resolution has been introduced declaring that Ken
tucky has rights which she is prepared to defend
R;ls have been introduced to repeal the law to puns
disloya and reasonable practices to repeal the lay
recurring ministers of the Gospel to take an oath.
In thu s'traitor suit so called, lately deci
ded at Boston, Chief Justice Bigelow. Of the Suprem
Court has set aside the verdict of the jury. and OF
| dered new trial This suit-Sturtevant VS.. Allen
| was brought to recover damages for reporting tn
plaintif as secessionist and traitor to the Unite
States Marshal of that district, in consequence
which the plaintiff claimed that he was arrested an
| confined in Fort Lafayette eight days. The jur
gave verdict of $50 on the first count for injury
reputation, and for S325OO on the second count ft
| arrest and imprisonment
Mr.. L. Elb, one of the fattest men in th
, world, and one of the public characters OF Par
where he acted as correspondent of foreign journa
for many years. lately died in that city in his fort
second year. His Fastafian size caused the propri
tor of the Cafe Danenarc to have special door mad
through which he could enter without inconvenlene
and he was treated gratuitousy to all the deIcacl
OF the establishment on condition that he wou
play domino there every evening and attract crowo
"a This proved highly remunerative to the ingenio
"a cdtef.er. he was born in Dresden and, after lo'
stay in Paris, resided for many years in Hambur
where he was the first to organize advertiseme
bureaus but benefited little by his own industry
= embarkng in all sorts of unlucky speculatons.
returned to Paris and alternately corresponded fro
g that city and from Brussels with foreign journal
particularly with those of Germany his speciali
having been German politics. He was the terror
cabman and omnibus drivers, his presence creati
as great an encumbrance as lumber wagon wi
half dozen horses. and his appearance in omnibus
crowdng out all the other passengers aud genera