Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS-.


SENATE.-The debate on the admission Of Colorado
was the great feature in the Senate proceedings yes
terday. the vote being given in favor of tho State
against the final energetic protest of Charles Sum-
ner. by decided majority.
HoUsE-In the House, the Court of Claims act the
Pacific railroad BILL and lengthy personal explana-
tion by Messrs Blaine and Conkling occupied most
of the time.
GENERAL NEWS.
Sugar, corn and wheat crops nrom;sn we'll
In Middle and East Tennessee. Fruit has also been
doing pretty well.
Mayor Hoffman has ordered all the nitro
gycerine in New fork to be stored in vessels filed
with water
There is a fisherman in Halifax who is
said to have one hundred and twenty-five children
and grandchildren.
A vine grower made 81, ,987 last year from
five acres ofisland soil in Lake Erie. He raised S4
500 pounds OF grapes and made S. 900 gallons of wine
1t is authoritatively stated in New York
that dresses will not be gored but as for scoops-
well there will be no end to them.
DR. Cyrus Alexander and James D. Han
ger have sold their Manganese banks ashort distance
below Waynesboro, Augusta. to a company from
Eastern Virginia. for 5000.
The editor of an Eastern paper says he
has adopted the eight hour system in his office. He
commences work at 8 o'clock in the morning, and
ends work at in the evening.
Gen. Cass, who is now 81 years old,
though in rather feeble health, has lately been
stronger and more comfortable. He is no longer
seen in public, but still receives his personal friends
at his home in Detroit
The first party to reach the summit of
Mount Mansfield, in Vermont this year. went up on
Thursday 18th inst. The road up the mountain for
three miles was filled with from three to FIVE
feet Deep and near the summit it ten feet deep
At Lyons, Illinois, last winter, the citi-
zens were informed by handbill of a Lecture by
Ralph Waldo Emerson, on Social Aims sleighing
parties to be provided with oyster supper and music
at the hotel after nine O'clock tickets to lecture and
supper 81 each.'
1t appears that after a pleasant voyage,
diversified only by the usual ncidenas of sea-sick-
the steamer Continental, with MERGERS cargo of
ladies board. reached Rio Janero on the 10th of
February on her way to Washington Territo.y. The
fair creatures all well and in good spirits.
"A letter from Lopez, Arizona, dated April
13h announces that Major Miller of the 18th L. S.
Infantry and four men, were killed while going from
Fort Grant to Tuscan. After the murder, company
of the Maricopps and Pinois went in pursuit of the
Apaches, killing twenty-five and capturing Others
The cornerstone of the monument to be
erected the grave of Stephen A. Douglas at
Chicago, will be laid some time during the month of
May June, and the trustees having the matter in
charge have invited Hon. William II. Seward. Sec
retary of State to be the orator the occasion and
he has accepted.
"A french journal says that "1reland fur
nshes the chief portion of the false pa1ts worn now
adays by Partisan ladies' and if the Corps LegisatT
would only bring in bill for putting tax on the
importation of Irish hair into the empire. France
might. without damaging her budget, abolish the
stamp duty on newspapers"
The Maine Legislature at the last session
voted extension of year to the time previous
ly given for the redemption Of the State bank bills
In consequence of that vote the time of redemption
for thirteen of the banks will expire in 1867 and of
twenty-five of them in 1863 Nine of the State banks
have not yet surrendered their charters.
The Hon. Anson Burlingame, American
Minister to China, had narrow escape from death
lately. He was standing within forty feet of the
of the recent nitrogly5erine explosion in San
Francisco, which he at first supposed the effect of
an earthquake. He has since embarked for China
via Sandwich Islands and Japan.
There is no Asiatic Cholera in our city,
1t has come near us by means of emgrant ships from
Europe and is very likely to visit us in the course of
the ensuing summer, though we have Health Com
mission that Is doing its utmost to keep it away If
it does come, our distant readers shall be promptly
advised of the fact through these columps.-N Y.
Tribune.
An old Frenchman in Mobile who keens
restaurant, lately labeled it Restaurant de Paris
whereupon Hibernian neighbor, of the female
gender in the business, the opposite side of
the street, hung out her sign Restaurant de Tre
land" Up to the last account there has been no
breach Of the between the rivals although the
Frenchman was reported as much disgusted
"A correspondent states that there are in
London So King streets 81 Charles streets 80 John
streets, 26 High streets 25 Queen streets 25 Church
Streets 20 George streets is Duke Streets and q New
streets One would suppose that certain names had
been the fashion, and given to every street made
until another favorite Of late years Victoria
and Albert streets have been the popular names and
there must be dozen of each besides places courts
and squares.
"A doctor named Strauss recently publish
ed in London novel called the Old Ledger" which
the Athenaum described as exceedingly bad, self
complacent, vulgar, indelcate and profane. DR.
Strauss thereupon brought action, which the Athe-
neun defended, upon the distinct ground that the
criticism was warranted by the character of the
The counsel for the plaintiff finally withdrew the case
and the Judge expressed bis full concurrence IN thai
! course ss tho wissst for the plaintiff hiHsslf.