Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS-,

acted large amount of business in the way IF intro
ducing bills and resolutions. In the Senate a
municatiOn was received from Mayor Wasch, trans
mtng the result of the recent election to ascertain
the opinion Of the people Of Washington the negro
suffrage question 1t appears that IS votes were cast
in favor thereof and 6626 against it.
Mr.. Morgan. of n. y, presented a;memorial from
the Chamber of Commerce of that ciry in reference
to claims against Southern Debtors and asking that
the period of the rebellion be excepted from the lin
itation statutes.
In the House Mr.. Stevens introduced a new mill
tary and postal railroad bill, the route to be from
Washington to New York. passing through Mary
land Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Among the in
corporators named, are A. T. Stewart Robert B.
Minturn Marshall 0. Roberts. Dean Richmond, and
others of New York; Marcus L. Ward of New Jersey:
a large number from Pennsylvania. and George f.
Small, Of Maryland The details of the bill elabo
rate and voluminous
Mr. Morrill, reported bill authorizing the Secretary
ofthe Treasury issue to the amount required coupon
or registered bonds of the United States. payable
within forty years from date. Such bonds be sold
with principal and interest, payable in the United
States in Europe. They to draw interest here
at six per cent and in Europe at five per cent, pay
able semi-annually in the coin Of the country in
which they shall he made payable.
A resolution by Mr. Williams adopted that
in order to maintain the national authority and
protect the loyal citizens it was not advisable to
withdraw the troops from the late rebellious States
until Congress shall have asccrtained and declared
their presence there no longer necessary.
In the Committee of the Whole House, Mr.
Latham and Mr. Shelabarger made lengthy speeches
the question of the right Of any State to secede
from the Union.
GENERAL. NEWS.
a land patent for the first section of the
Pacific Railroad, embracing 5000 acres, has just
been signed by the President.
large meeting held at Leayenworth Kan
sas, Saturday. unanimously adopted resolutions
endorsing the Presidents Reconstruction policy.
The Houston Telegraph announces the death
ofthe Hon. C. W. Buckley by accidental drowning in
the Brazos river on the 19th Ult.
The Iron Moulders Convention, in session
in New York, has passed resolutions recommending
the formation of cooperative establishments for
manufacturing purposes.
1t is estimated that $4,000. 600 will be re-
quired to oesablish the light houses on the South
ern coast destroyed by the Confederate forces during
the war.
a man in Unity, N. H., recently separated
from his wife because she used pound of tea a
week He said he had talked to her with all the eo-
quence of Cicero but without avail.
The firstreception by The ladies of the White
House will take place this evening from = til 10
o'clock p. NJ, and the next on Friday afternoon from
till o'clock. Receptions on these days will be con-
tinued during the season.
list Of eighty generals of the army to be
mustered out of the service was prepared several
weeks ago. but has not yet been acted upon. and
strong movement is made to prevent further dis
mssals.
General Barnes, who won his star by his
bravery in twenty pitched battles and seges has
rI,cl,
Boston, Recently, however, he has been given
place in the Boston custom house.
The records of the General Land office,
show that in November of last year 1So acres were
entered at Traverse city, Michigan, for homestead
actual settlements besides number Of cash sales and
other locations
Somebody having sent a communication to
the Boston TRANSCRIPT large part of which was
written in Latin, is reminded by that journal that
live newspaper cannot be published in dead Ian
guage.
The friends of Mr.. Crosby. of Chicago. are
making effort to relieve him from his embarrass-
ments far that his onera house will be restored to
his possession, and liberal extension granted him
to escape from his financial embarrassments.
The citizens of Chicago propose to present
to General Grant Mayors picture, The Consolation
now in that city. An appropriate design has been
the great actions in which the Lieutenant General
has taken part.
The lately discovered lead mines in Owen
county Ky, are being successfully worked. Large
quantities of ore have been taken from the mines
bordering on Kentucky river and on Twin creek a
furnace has been put up, and small quantity of lead
has been made suitable for the market.
The statement of the business of the four
coroners of New York city, during the past year,
shows that nearly five hundred cases Of death were
acted upon by them. Of these sixty-two were homi-
cides, sixty-two suicides, one hundred and twenty
nine from accidental falls twenty from boiler explo-
slons, twenty-five from steam and fOrty-six by
street car accidents.
Henry Ward Beecher remarked some wears
ago in the Broadway Tabernacle, that New York was
hell of a place. and the Herald now says that the
motto of the numerous persons slipping and falling
upon the streets of that city, is facs est decensus
Arerni From these sayings it would appear that
the highly deleetable locality referred to must be
above the surface in the Empire City.
An attempt was made at St. Louis. on the
4th inst, to get possession of the Adams Express
safe. About o'clock in the morning as the express
wagon was crossing the river, six men made an as
sault upon the driver, who being wel-armed, and
whipping up his horses, succeeded in escaping the
clutches of the robbers. The safe contained a large
amount of money.
Our Consul at Havre, writing to the State
Department under date of December is, 1863 says
that since the date of his last dispatch in reference
10 the cholera at that port there had occurred eight
of cholera and four deaths among the very poor
and destitute classes. No reports are published and
no panic or excitement exists therc nor have there
been any cases among emigrantS
Our financial reporter informs us that there
another tumble in gold yesterday, sales being
Of fuIl lv
on Saturdays prices. The decline was much greater
in New York. sales being made there as low as 1887.
Governments were quiet but firm Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad shares sold at $l114. Northern
Central Railway firm $45 and City Passenger at
S2l12 Copper Hill seems to have exploded.
The woolen factory at Marcellus Falls, n.
Y, owned and occupied by Mr.. Wm. G. Bright, was
entirely destroyed by fire Thursday evening" Jan.
4. Mr.. Bright had recently placed considerable new
and valuable machinery in the building. all of which,
together with most of the cloth and stock in the fac
tory were destroyed The loss is estimated at about
$4,000, on which Mr.. Bright has an insurance of
$4,000. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Tallahassee FlOrididn in describing
the late Inauguration of Gov. Walker, says at the
close of the inaugural the band of the seventh regu
lars struck up Dixie" which electrified the audi
ence and called forth repeated cheers. All felt its
inspiring strains. Many among those who had per-
lied their lives IN defence OF cause gone for
ever. wept they remembered the tolls the suffer
ing they had endured in vain, and their hopes for
ever blasted, which once animated them.
A st. Paul correspondent, in a recent letter
to the Herald, gives very gratifying statement re-
garding the past years crop generally in Minnesota
but especially that of wheat The wheat yield is said
to be unprecedented, averaging twenty bushels
to the acre. and the entire crop being estimated at
twelve million bushels which is fortyeght bushels
TO each inhabitant, man. woman and child, of the
whole State. Wheat is the principal agricultural
production Of Minnesota; but extensive crops corn
barley, oats and potatoes also grown.
The Freedmen's Schools in Louisiana have
been suspended by order of Major General Baird in
command of the Department, on account of giving
out Of the funds set aside for this purpose General
Baird says in his order. Ii 1t by the first of March the
system of contracts prescribed for agricultural labor
ers will begin 10 yield revenue, and it is expected
that the schools In the country districts then be
re-esablished. In the eites and towns the mode of
maintaining schools has not yet been fully decided
upon: but the vacation will be of the very shortest
possible duration.
The Fenian imbroglo remains in statu quo.
General Sweeney has issued address to the Broth
erhood, in which he takes exception to the false