Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-08
NEWS OF THE DAY
eNENERAL NEWS.

The Chicago Tribune abuses General Dix
through q column al, acle because ne supports the
policy of President John son.
General Prim, who is under sentence of
death for his late revolt in Spain. now living in
Paris.
The colored hands employed in lumber
mill in Charleston, S. c., "struck" recently. when
their places were supplied with white men, and the
work went on uninterruptedly.
"A fish epidemic is reported at Richmond,
Va. Large numbers and all sizes 1oat on tho water,
AMI when taken out appear bloated. ano die IN lew
mint ties.
-Montreal's finances are shockin gly bad.
The city as debt of $5,OOo,OO0 with arrears for
taxes amour ting to $5OOO06, and wholesale frauds
and corruption among its officials.
.n -Skedaddlers, who so ignomii. ii.lousiy left
their country in her time of need and wen into the
British Provinces to duty are now calico upon
to pay tax of three dollars to the crown becon q
liable to military duty if they do not otherwise they
must leave the country.
The New Orleans press is very severe on
the cholera aquarantinereguatons which have finally
been modified so that after thorough examination
only those vessels having cholera board are to be
quarantned. and New York shipping are to be free;
but greater vigilance will be exercised
"A dreadful tornado passed through Polk,
Paulding and Barton counties, Georgia, during the
first part of last week. In Barton county, a woman
and two children were killed by the blowing down
of the house in which they stopped Several other
dwellings were Frustrated Stables were swept away
and horses killed by the fury of the tornado.
The Navasota (Texas) Ranger says: "This
week we have had deluge of rains and storms On
Thursday the Brazos had risen within four feet of
its banks and it generally believed there would
Oynrf10w In ErIn fha Wv ooJ
falling. to the great relief of the bottom planters We
ha ye not seen the Brazos high in ten years-dri
wood, CATTLE horses and fence-rails came floating
down."
DIR. Macgown, who has Just been ap-
pointed by New York company, which has under
taken to introduce the electric telegraph at China
is to proceed to the Celestial Empire. by packet next
week. and will take along with him staff of tele-
graphers, and will employ a system which he long
ago devised, by which messages be transmitted
in the heroglyphc characters of the Ceesals with
great facility.
The New Jersey Central Railroad has de.
termined to issue to existing stockholders twenty
thousand shares of stock in the proportion of
two shares for each eleven shares of old. Fifty dol
lars per share is to be paid up prior to the first of
June, and the rest is wanted for construction of
equipment The stock being considerably above par.
of course the stock will be taken and paid for
profitable in the country. but like many others. it
will be seen, is in the market for money.
Mile. Camille Urso, the distinguished
violin ist. known and admired here at the philhar-
monc concerts has created quite sensation in the
musical circles of Paris. She played first at the
Louvre be fore large audience of senator's deputies
and magistrates, and very favorably received
She next app cared at the Conservatory and played
Mendelssohn's celebrated concerto accompanied by
the orchestra of Pasdeoup. This was trying test
of her powers an artist but she was eminenty
cessful and was G. c,mpmented in the highest
by pasdeloup and he other musicians present.
Mr.. Curling, II years agent on the Devon
estate in ireland, says: There are $3.50 persons on
the estate. They are energetic moral and well be-
haved. do not rernem Der crime in II years not
even much as stealing chicken They are a con-
tented grateful peoplegratefu even for fair play
Out of 800 farmers. deduct So and the rest do not see
wheaton loaf. or smell meat, except at Christmas
and Easter They have been brought up to this GUS
down to potatoes buttermilk and Indian meal. who
purchased at recent sale $4,000 worth of property
and did not borrow shilling to pay for it. believe
this to be the usual mode of living in limerick"
Late London papers give the particular
of mysterious murder in that city, The victim was
the housekeeper of Messrs Bevington Sons leather
dealers. She a widow, her husband having dieG
in the service of the firm. None of Mr.. Bevingtons
family slept in the house. which at night left in
charge of the housekeeper and cook. At nine O'Clock
of the evening of April 11h. the door bell rang and
| Mrs. Millson went to answer it. An hour and hal
afterwards her desd body was found in the passage
way. and it was at once discovered that the woman
had been barbarously murdered. He-head was beater
and there fewer than seven fearful wounds
on the side of her head and neck. As the house wa.
not plundered. it is difficult to conjecture the motive
for the murder.