Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-20
MISCELLANY.

immigration INTO Canada this wear shows
an increase oGabout thirteen hundred compared with
last year.
The Cyclone, or periodical Storm in the
Gulf of Mexico and West Indies, has been more des
trucivc this year than for fifteen before.
"A new theatre is to be built in London.
over what once pit used for throwing in the
dead during tho plague of l66j.
Queen Nictoria's carriage, without occu-
pants at Lord Palmerston's funeral, was really pay
ing empty honors to the dead
Excursion tickets are for sale in London
for "a voyage to America and back, with short tour
in the States"
1t is officially ascertaincd from the rolls
n possession of the Government, that Gen. Lee s
army when 1t surrendered, contained IS 900 men, and
Gen. Johnsons $1,000
Planters in Texas have hit upon happv
idea to induce the freed negroes to labor in the cot
ton fields They measure the quantity of cotton pick
ed each day, and pay the negroes their wages each
evening.
By the new fire alarm system in New
York no bells rung. but each engine company
will be Informed by telegraph in its own house of the
locality of the fire.
The Emperor Napoleon has conferred
the rank Of Il commander in the Legion of Honor on
acknowledges a sort of French protectorate
j. R. Ryan, the ''mysterious prisoner
is in jail at Vicksburg. He is allowed to write letters
to the papers, and complains that he can't get no
trial
So springlike was the weather in October
in England, that second crop of strawberries was
gathered from many vines and number of lime
and chesnut trees came out in full bloom
We shall shortly, perhaps (says an Eng
lsh paper have the sensation of seeing Able Lisztin
monastic costume, directing and playing in London
at public concert. The kind of thing Is quite new
and will please
"A London antiquarian bookseller has for
sale "Thc Letters of Voltairc translated by Bena-
min Franklin, with the arms Of George Washington
on the and his signature on the titlo-pagc 1t
is worth Just about its weight in gold.
Ii has been ordered al Moscow that, in
all public buildings the doors of the main entrances
shall open outward, instead of inward as hitherto.
The reason of this arrangement is to enable people
to have free cgress in the event Of any accident or
panic occurring
passenger on the train from ST Louis
dropped dead in his seat the other day a, it was
nearing Jefferson city. His name was r. c. Tadi-
son. lie had been 4 surgeon in the United States
army and then in the confederate army and had been
recently pardoncd.
1t IS said that when the deaths by cholera
in Paris were at near hundred day the total bill
OF mortality was not increased The reason for this
was that people frightened and took good care
Of their health that ordinary mala,lics in the
system were not developed.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts have
decided that Joc saRe of a corporate seal printed
on the blank certificate, bond or other document,
when the other parts are printed. is not a seal within
the meaning of the law, such makes the document
when otherwise duly executed contract under seal >
The Tribunal of Commerce at iavrc has
given a decision in commercial matters which will be
OF interest to British exporters. They declare that
the cost of delivery and of Weighing goods shall be
at the exclusive charge of the seller also that he
must pay for warehOusing up t. the moment of de-
livery"
"A man in Providence. who had accumu-
lated about d thousand dollars placed it in a stove
which had not been set up, for safe keeping. He
was called out of town unexpectedly, and the cold
snap coming on, fire kindlcd in the stove and
the hard earnings OF years reduced to ashes in
n single moment.
There are some bold thieves in Portland.
Ne. One woman entered house there few DAYS
ago, walked up stairs to a chamber, slipped valua-
bic dress on, and walked off in the stolen raiment
She found in the pocket of the gown Il dye house
for at the office, and only failed to get because was
not finished.
"A human skeleton has been discovered in
Toledo by some workmen excavating an alley in rear
OF Lenks block. 1t is suppos ed murder was com
mited and the body buried there within two or three
years back. The physicians who have examined the
skull express the belief that the man was possessed
of strong mind was firm cautious active and ener-
getc in business, and not disposed to be quarrel
some
"A woman named Hogan, wife of COM
Portable farmer living at kilmastulla Ireland died
recently from obesity. Mrs. Hogan, in her youth
showed symptoms of attaining more than ordinary
proportions, and she continued to increase in size IN
ill., at the time of her death she had reached the cx
traordinary weight of fortyeigh stone She was for
the last few of her life scarcely able to walk
and for time past, entirely confined to her bed
"A question has arisen IN Vermont whether
the Governor can appoint successor to Senator
Collamer, whether the Legislature must be con
vened to elect successor. The Governor is author
lied by law to fill a vacancy only when the vacancy
occurs during the recess of the Legislature Senator
Collamcr died while the Legislature was in session.
But that body adjourned before the news of his death
reached the State capital Gov Dillingham; has re-
quested the Supreme Court to give an opinion on the
case.
The late Charles Merriam, of Boston.
left by his will the following bequests To the Tenn
pOrary Home for Destitute Children, the Benevolent
Fraternity Of Churches the Sailors Snug IIarbor,
| the Home for Aged Men, tho Industrial School for
Girls at Dorchester, 5000 each to the Warren Street
Chapel $3.50; to the Washingtonian Home $500; to
the of Concord (his birthplace for the benefit
of its public library $1,000 lie also gave to his pas
tor Rev. Dr. Gannett, 50 O0o made liberal bequests
to all his relatives, and the remainder of his
| large property goes to his wife and children.
The trial of Frank Hight Joshua !.
Doughty and Charles Watkins young southern bIoods
| charged with the murder of Capt. Alex Headly Of
the SD regiment U. 5. C. T., in Augusta. Geo. be
cause he walking with mulatto girl, has been
concluded. Doughty and Watkins were acquitted.
Hight convicted and sentenced to be hung. Gen.
Steadman. in his order, says The proceedings find
ings and sentence of the Military Commission in the
case of Frank Hight, citizen, approved but in
asmuch Charles Watkins, whose guilt the evidence
| in the opinion of the Major General Commanding,
clearly establishes, has been acquitted the sentence
is modified to Imprisonment in the penitcntiary at
Auburn, New York, such other place as the PreSi-
dent of the United States may direct for the period
| of fifteen years.
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