Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS.

I
The bill for the protection of all persons in their
civil and political rights taken up the order of
the day in the Senate. Mr.. Trumbun, of Illinois
moving to insert the following words after the enact
ugclause all persons of African descent born
in the United States hereby declared to be citi-
zcns" MIR Trumbull spoke at length in favor of the
bill.
In the House the resolutions commencing the ac-
ton of the President OF the United States in declin-
ing to receive from certain friends in New Y ork
present Of carriage and horses was passed. an eff
fort to table them being lost by yeas l3 nays l20
resolution was offered by Mr.. Julian, of Ind, de-
clariug the deliberate judgment OF the House that
Jefferson Davis ought to be tried for treason and if
convicted ought to be executed in order that treason
may be adequately branded by the nation, traitors
made Infamous and the crime as far as possible pre-
vented in the future. Amendments were offered and
accepted that such trial should take place before
military civil tribunal" and "or other crimes af-
ter the word treason, Mr., Harris, of Maryland, OBJ
jectins to the word deliberate Brooks, of New
York, asked an enumeration of the other crimes"
and Mr.. Stevens said he hoped the House wouldn't
60 mad the subject of JEFF. Davis. A debate
springing up the resolution went over.
The presence of Major General Sherman being OBJ
served, the House took of FIVE minutes
when Speaker Colfax left the chair and conducted
the General to the stand, introducing him in brief
but pertinent speech The General responded, and
upon closing his remarks was greeted with three
cheers.
The great interest fthe day centered in the House.
where Mr. Raymond of New York made powerful
speech upon the Constitutional Amendment qucs-
ton-the new basis Of representa- ion. He took
strong grounds against precipitate amendment.
To-day has been designated for vote on the pre-
yious question
THE LEGISLATURE.
In the Senate yesterday the Committee on Elec
lions was calfed upon to report Thursday in re-
gard to the memorials and orders relating to the
peal of the Registration law.
A number Of bills were passed by the Senate
among them the House bill to incorporate the Balti
more File Company.
In the House petition was presented from o5Ociti-
zens avoring the eight hour system, also petition
from ia citizens against Sunday passenger cars, also
petition from IS citizens (regstered voters of Al
legany county against any change in the Registry
law.
The bill relating to the observance Of the Sabbath
was amended by making it unlawful for BARRIERS to
keep their shops open On that day Forty favored
tne amendment anu l3 opposed it. Among the latter
Messrs Jones, Harris and Hazen saw no objection to
shaving on Sunday This bill Mr. Tull said was care
fully prepared ut the instance of members of all re-
llgiods denominations, who came down here from
baltimore and requested its passage. 1t compels
Shoop-keepers Of all characters or descriptions to
observe the Sabbath under heavy penalty of fine or
Imprisonment.
GENERAL NEWS.
Gold closed yesterday at 1898.
Immense discoveries of diamonds and gold
and silver are said to have been made in Idaho.
"A writer says that he has come to the
conclusion that the terms grass widows arises from
the fact that their husbands are always rowing
blades.
An exchange gives the following toast
"Woman-The morning star of infancy-the day star
Of manhOod-the evening star of age. Bless our
stars"
General j. D. Webster, formerly chief Of
staff to Gen. Sherman, has become citizen of Ala.
6alna and at present is engaged in assisting to de-
velop the great natural resources of that State
The Mayor of Newbern, n. c., has issued
proclamation announcing the removal of all the re-
striction licences and taxes imposed upon trade in
that city by the military authorities.
The number of soldiers buried in the Ma
tional Cemeteries at Gettysburg and Antietam, as
mentioned by The reports of the committees ap-
pointed to establish these cemeteries, are: Gettys
burg, $685. Antetam, 6,732.
General John j. Williams, of Kentucky,
who won the sopBriquef of "Cerro Gordo" for his
bravery in the Mexican war, has gone, with sixty
emgrants to take up his residence in Mexico. under
the protection of MaXimilian.
The case of Mrs. Cobb, the pardon bro
keres against Lafayette c. Baker, is still in progress
before the Criminal Court in Washington The in
terest in this to increase each succeeding
day bringing larger number of persons to the court
room.
The Scranton Register says coal in the bed
is worth twenty-five cents ton. 1t costs eighty
cents TO mine it, and eighty to prepare it for
market-a total of 5l.9O. All that is charged above
that is for transportation and profit.
The Confederate General Mercer, charged
with the murder of seven Union prisoners has been
acquitted by the military commission before which
he tried at Savannah, and released from Gus
tody.
An association of amateur fishermen has
Just been organized in Kentucky, called the Ken
lucky PiscatOrial Society, with capital of $4,000
Their object is to preserve the inhabitants Of Ken
lucky rivers from entire annihilation, with which
they have been seriously threatened during the past
few years.
The Savannah Republican reports that the
Central Railroad will be completed from Savannah
to Augusta from the ls to the 10th of February, when
the trains will run through from Savannah to Au-
gusta Atlanta and Macon, and other points in Geor
ga, placing Savannah once more in full connection
with the North.
L. j. Carpenter, editor of the Bloomington
ND paper, left home on the 18th to visit sick
brother at Lyons, Wayne county. On reaching Buff
tao. he was seized with insanity, and was picked up
in the streets and sent TO the lunatic asylum where
he died in few days. Meanwhile his brother also
died.
The House Of the kentucky Legislature. at
late session. appointed committee to investigate
the charges made by Gen. Fisk, in his Cincinnati
speech about discharged negro soldiers being shame
fully abused at Lexington. An amendment. allow
ing Gen. Fisk to be heard in his own defence, was
adopted. but the General denounced a liar
and slanderer by several members
Letters received here from Charleston. s. c..
represent that there still 100000 bales of cotton
in the South; they also state that there is great ac
tivty in the sale of this product and that notwith
standing the impression generally prevalent its
scarcity it is steadily being brought into the market
The prospect of securing fair yield of cotton in the
interior OF the State is encouraging and the freedmen
generally industrious and self-supportins.
Late Paris correspondence announce the
prevalence of apprehensions of financial crisis i'll
France during the present year. well as in Eng
land, and the large investments OF French capital in
the Government securities of other countries are
ominously pointed to- The loans to Maximilian, to
Austria. to Spain, to Italy and to Turkey are in
stauced and it is shown that these well various
domestic stocks have considerably fallen in value
during the last year.
The projected assembling III Washington
during the present week, OF Generals Sherman.
Thomas, Meade, and Sheridan, which we have here
tofore announced, is causing numerous surmises
there to the object of this important meeting.
The most probable solution of the mystery is that
they have been summoned by the President to give
him true statement of affairs in their several mill
tary divisions in view of Congressional proceedings
relative to reconstruction.
The steamer Wyandotte, of the Metropo-
Titan line between n lew ork and Boston, during the
of Thursday night. sprung aleak. when ashore
and, with her cargo, became total loss near Ply
mouth, Mass. Everybody board was rescued
The steamship Richmond. from Savannah for Balti-
more, wrecked Cape Hatteras on Wednesday
last, and it is supposed she will prove total loss
Her passengers and crew rescued. The schooner
Village Belle of st. John, n. B., was ashore on Sa-
turday at Point Shirley, below Boston.
The New Orleans Picayune Of the Goth,
states that several gentlemen who have travelled
lately through Texas, concur in the opinion that
there will be very large crop of cotton raised in that
broad State this year, some in fact, think the crop
will be larger than in any previous season. Their
statement is that the freedmen are generally hiring
for the year, while the high prices of cotton have
stimulated the large number of small farmers