Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS-.

But little business of Importance transacted in
the Senate yesterday. In opposition to the resolu
ton to provide provisional governments, Mr.. Dooit-
lie made a brilliant speech.
Mr.. CreSswell expressed his regret at not being
present on the previous day to record his vote in
favor ofaying the intercourse resolutions of Mr.
Chandler upon the table. lie had confidence in the
foreign policy of the President and disapproyed of
all such resolutions
in the House the National Protective Homestead
bill was tabled.
THE EEsiESLAEGRE
The appointment of Justices of the Peace for this
city and the several counties of the State hv Gov
bradlord short time previous to his retirement from
oice, Is likely to lead to trouble The matter came M
in the Senate yesterday in the shape of resolution
by Mr.. Olin. which requests Governor Swami to
adopt the requisite steps to have the case brought
before the Court Of Appeals on mandamus or writ
Oh quo ''"rFanto. a large amount Of routine bus-
ness was transacted in the House
GENERAE. NEWS
DR.. Knott. Of Union College is failing very
fast. Last week mis- death was looked for daily He
cannot survive many days.
Private letters received at San Francisco.
state that the blockade of the ports of Chill will pro-
badly soon be abandoned that Spain can have her
vessels to operate against Peru.
a large fire occurred at Bergen, sixteen
Ns "os' oi hochesterr on Monday night, destroy
ing most OF the business portion of the village Loss
$3O,0OO. -'-'
Messrs. Hosford & Chases mill, at Lowell.
was bu.nt yesterday morning. Loss about S15oooo
partially covered by insurance. The fire caught in
the drying room.
MIR. Blair, Mr.. George Browns successor
as President of the Canadian Council has been re
elected without opposition to the seat in the Provn
cal Parliament he vacated entering the ministry
Joint resolutions in favor of the Constitu-
tIonal Amendment, passed the House of Assembly of
the New Jersey Legislature yesterday, by vote of
d to 10. Hurrah for Jersey!
Orders have been issued for the release Of
X. B. Winder, the Confederate Quartermaster, who
has been held for many months in confinement at the
Old Capitol and at Richmond on the uppositop that
he was W. S. Winder.
Judge o. A. Lochrane, of Macon, Ga, a
native Irshman, has written long letter in opposi-
tlon to the Fenian movement in which he urges his
4euntrymen of the South to have nothing to do with
the movement,
Ex-Gens. Heath, Pillow, Hood. Longstreet.
and other Southern leaders, have been in Cincinnati
within the past five weeks, and engaged 900 white
laborers, and purchased eight hundred cotton plows
to work plantations in the South.
The Republican General Committe of the
city of New York. organized last evening by the eec
tiOn of Thomas Murphy, President Charles s. Spen-
Ger and Henry Smith, Vice Presidents Charles II
Hall and Henry Huelat. Secretaries. and Joseph B.
Taylor Treasurer.
The trial Of the case of John H. Mecabe
against the proprietOrs of the Sunday Nercury was
commenced on Tuesday in the New York Superior
Court, before Justice Jones and a jury The action
is brought to recover the of $4,000 for an al
legged ibelious report published in October, 1862.
There were 440 deaths in New York city
last week-1OO men, 50 women I42 boys and los girls
an increase of seven compared with last week and
decrease of seventy compared with the CORES
ponding period of 1865. Of the deceased 226 were
children under five years of age.
A heavy business was done yesterday in the
Stock Board in gold, there being an advance of 4
per cent the closing price of the day previous
Gold sold at the First Board at 1895 and l4O closing
at the Second Board at 1895. Stocks generally were
dull, and with the exception of Governments rather
heavy.
A prize fight for five hundred dollars. be-
tween James kerrgan and Morris Phean came off
Tuesday afternoon in Pike county Pennsylvania
which was won by kerrgan in eighteen rounds oc-
cupying twenty-eight minutes. Neither of the con-
testants was much bruised but the vanquished was
not in condition to fight and when his hackers found
he had no chance to win, they wisely cried enough,
The delegates from the North American
British Provinces. who here for the purpose of
securing if possible extension of the reciprocity
treaty accompanied by Secretary MeCulloch, called
on President johnson yesterday and paid their res
pects They propose in day or two making trip
to Richmond, and upon their return will have an
interview with the Secretary of the Treasury and
Committee on Ways and Means with regard to the
object Of their mission.
The steamer Plymouth Rock, of the New
York and Stonington line, struck rock at Shipping
Point OF Stamford Conn.,, in severe snow storm OF
tuesday morning, and was ashore by Captain
Gear, commander, to prevent her from sinking. The
passengers were all taken eff by the schooner Rober
Knapp and the propeller J. c. Radcliffe, and arrived
safely In New Iork in the afternoon. There are
hopes OF getting the disabled steamer off if the wealth
er does not become stormy. In that case will BIZ
impossible to save her.
FROM some statements made by the Herald
foruess Monroe correspondent it would appear that
Inc hlulIary authorities attach credence to the re-
ports OIL a plot TO hberate Jeff. Davis. War De
partment order was received there on Mondav fo,
the immediate Punishment from the district ur5a,
the control OF the Fort commander of all persons
both government employees and private citizens
who were at any time in the rebel service and tb.
officers Immediately proceed ed to carry it into eact
to the great CONSERVATION of the ostraci,ed ind;
viduals Some twenty-five employees ofthe govern
mant and other persons collected together anf
escorted by military guard to the boundary Of IN,
district