Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-10
MISCELLANY.

The FLAG Is THERE.-There was quite 4 debate IT
the Mississippi Legislature on the l7th ON 7 resoll-
tion directing the raising Of the United States fac
the State House during the hours Of legislative
session. II being represented that the raising of the
flag had been customary and uniformly so; and the
resolution having been introduced, and nos to be got
ten rid of except by vote which would have been
misconstrued at The North and have laisgcprccrtcd
the intention of the House itself. the latter very
gracefully at the end Of an hours y,ry Improbable
debate, passed the resolution mem rem. ap the Hsg
Is there.
Some months since Mrs Liucom-tLc
widow of our martyr Prcsident--rcceiyed two pieces
ot Nevada mining stock from an unknown source,
representing twenty shares in the Indian Queen
and twenty-five in the Empress Eugeue" She
forwarded them to Mr.. Noah Brooks, who was to
have been the Presidents private secrctary.1 now
Navy Agent at San Francisco, with the rcqucs, that
he would see what might be realized upon them
Inquiries have been made in Nevada. and the com
panies cannot be found. But the loyal gold diggers
don't propose to have Mrs. Lincoln humbueged upon
the strength of their good name and the suggestion
mas therefore been made to send her some right good
shares along the Comsock.
"A Hover show was recently held at Beth
nal Green, England, at ragged school In the
spring Of this year large number Of plants were
given out TO children aged from seven to twelve
years consisting of geranums caIceolareas and com
mon house plants, the conditions of obtaining prize
being that the cultivation to take place at the
houses of the children exclusively. Eiehty-oioht
prizes were offered consisting Of pictures suitable for
cottage walls. One of the teachers addressed the
scholars on the subject giving them practical in
formation, and promising to give cut two hundred
ctIysanthemums for prizes at another time
"A novel fleet arrived at Omaha recently.
consisting Of about fifty craft containing some five
hundred men from Montana territory. The boats
are of kind of atboat built expressly for the pur
pose; with Il few skiIs along. for picking up wood
along the shore, making TeconnossanceS &c. The
party embarked the Yellow Stone river eight
hundred miles above its mouth and only five miles
from Virginia City They were twenty-geyen DAYS
reaching Omaha, distance of 800 miles. They had
difficulty with the Indians and found plenty of
game and enjoyed good health.
"A ''colored man. communicates TO the
New York Daiiy Ne,cs his decidedly original sug-
gestion that the Gordan knot of negro representa-
ton in Congress may be cut by having the negroes in
the various localities in the country depue q certain
number from their own body, who shall come to
Westinghouse third house. or lobby members"
to be recognized such, supported by the Govern
ment allowed rooms, clerks etc.
Two hundred and thirty mail routes are
now in successful operation along the main lines of
travel in the Southern states besides numerous MI
nor extensions established by private and individual
cXcrtion. What daily and hourly blessing to a peo-
pie who have been cut off for four long years from
all the advantages Of certain and rapid ccmmunica-
ton with foreign countries the free States and even
with their own disturbed yicinagc!
The English embassy il japan has trans
fcrred the seat of the legation to Yeddo and the "
coon, in order TO be away from the foreign minister
has decided ON leaving that capital and selecting
some city of the interior the mperiui residence
The English army at Yokohama has received rein
orccment. Affairs in Japan far from being sati-
factory.
The bill OF fare at a Paris restaurant an
nounces for the benefit of English patrons that there
can be obtained there lobster with >aucrnf s,ar,
ness, according 10 bigncss Soup lean with =arre"
-" "BeciStcak. with tumbied potatocs''-"Lamb,
cpgrammes, with small peace
The Ifondaer, journal of Vienna. am
nounces that great apprehension Is felt at The stock
exchange of that city in regard to the fate Of The new
Austrian loan Of ll0ggJ,G00 Of FORMS of which the
hothschlldS and BarmGs act as commission agents.
Under the head of Reconstruction, ," the
Fort Smith arkansas Nc,c Era remarks that the
officers and soldiers who lately were zealously killing
are now with equal zeal marrying. The Nrc Era
adds contentcdly: This is as it should be: and VIC
say to all, go and do likewise
John Venting, a mason's laborer, Of Wei
lington, England, whilst at work was astounded nj
receiving the news that he had fallen heir to Gl8.Wn
sterling. Report says lie dropped the trowel and
made tracks on the first train for London
AT Birmingham, England, woman was
cleaning some windows. forty feet from the pave
inent and as she was leaning out suddenly fell into
street upon a man passing by. lie was fatally in
jured. but she d unhurt.
AT a Welsh bathing place, number Of
young Indies in 'Zouavc bathing dresses" swan
through the figures of quadrile.
"A convention ofthe colored people of New
FORK is now being held at Poughkeopsic. A large
number of delegates are in attendance
There is hotel in Chattanooga where
dollar is charged for the of a towel.
In France last year, out Of 900 000 rail
way passengers only one was wounded.
The shock of an earthquake was felt at
Mount JOY, Pa, on Friday evening last
"A man in Belgium committed suicide
'bpcarrsn tha Crypr r-,s ton I,t.iIT