Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-01
GENERAL NEWS,


funeral obsequies. the House adjourned until Mon
day.
| GENERAL NEWS.
| -General Grant and his wife are going to
| st. Louis this week, visit to some old friends
| Its proposed to hold a great Southern
educational convention during the coming summer.
| Snow fell in the western part of Maryland
! on Monday last.
| Thomas Doyle, formerly of Baltimore.
| died suddenly at Waynesboro', Pa, on Wednesday
| last.
-lhe Jews of Cincinnati have nearly fin
lshed new synagogue, which will be one of the most
costly places of worship in the country
Mrs. Susan z. King, daughter of the late
JONES L. Petrigru. of South Carolina, is giving read
ings in Boston.
The soil in parts of East Tennessee swarns
with locusts, and in the woods the swine are busy
roofing up the ground in search of them
There has been fine coffee crop in la
maica this year. and large sums of money have been
realized by the negro settlers in some of the parishes
"A convention of Methodists, both clerical
and lay is to be held in Boston on the 18th day of
june and will continue in session three days.
"A workingmen's demonstration is
10 take place at Detroit, Mich on the Fourth of July
next.
The Story farm, on Oil Creek, Pa, is
said to have produced 100000 bbs of oil during the
last four years.
DIR. Chaplin says there is a class of men
'o9 shao" 10 have conscience and too cold to have
heart.
The Hon Mr.. Samuelson, gentleman
VINO was born on the soil of the United States and
educated under American institutions has been re-
elected to the English Parliament.
Edward Wright a rich and rncrento5 ~
izcn of Detour, Michigan. hung himself in his barn
last week. without any satisfactory reason known to
his friends.
1t IS stated that James P. Luce, late Post
master at Lafayette Indiana. and editor of the La
fayette journal, has succeeded Charles A. Dana as
editor of the Chicago Republican.
1t is stated that the Prince of Wales and
the Duke OF Sutherland run with the fire engines to
all the fires that occur in London. They are both
active members in excellent standing.
The Georgia Legislature. at its last ses
sion appropriated 100000 to purchase corn for the
suffering poor of the State. An agent has been sent
to St. Louis to procure the needed supplies.
Dates from China, a little over two
months old. that the tea season was nearly over
and that the total exports for 1866 to America and
Great Britain were about 100000 pounds more
than in lS64-65.
IL. actress
performing at the Olympic Theatre. New ORLEANS
committed suicide on Wednesday last by taking cblo
roform. She was native of Birmingham, near
Pittsburg, Pa.
"A large fire took place Saturday night in
Williamsport, opposite the JAIL burning half the
block on the south of Third street. and half block
on East lillian street. The Jail was also consumed
Loss about $4,000.
The engine and rolling stock of the Reno.
Oil Creek and Pthole railroad was levied on by the
employees on the road on Monday last After a de-
tentlon OF the train few hours the affair was settled
and the train allowed to proceed
"A call is published in Perry county. Ala
bama. signed by B. S. Moore of that State. ]. L.
curry ex-Congressmanr and others, requesting a
Gpdpg meGsp}dpg OF the citizens to devise some method of
and freedmen.
The Chicago Republican thinks that the
regulation of the right of suffrage may be safely
left with the people of each State and that each
State should determine for itself the fitness of its own
people for holding State Offices and voting therefor
Col. L. H. Gerdes, United States Topo-
graphical Engineer, with able corps of assistants
is about to commence surveying the Mississippi from
Baton Rouge to its mouth, with view to relieving
overfowed districts by artificial channels or cleaning
out the debris.
Mr.. George Lee, of Walnut township.
that the rats, few evenings ago, destroyed about
six Of his corn, which he had recently planted
eating the grain and blades. A neghbor, Mr.. Geo.
Meyer. also had three acres destroyed by the same
"varmints."
"A tremendous temperance meeting was
held at the Cooper Institute, New York on Thurs
day evening. The Tribune says three thousand people
were present. Addresses were delivered by Rev.
Mr.. Dunn, Horace Greeley and others, urging the
ord anfn apf of Ior
by the Legislature of New York.
The Parkersburg Gazette says that the
grand jury of Upshur county, West Virginia, has
found bill of Indictment against Mr. Taft. the edi-
tor OF the Conservative paper at Buckhannon, for
printing, posting and circulating bill announcing
meeting of the friends of President johnson at that
place some time since. -rs
"A foolish fellow, too crazy to be hanged,
although not fit to live. while examining at Cam
bridge. Mass on Wednesday, pistol which his chill
dren had been playing with aimed it towards one of
them sitting in its mothers To his SURPRISE it
proved to be loaded and the ball entered the chids
mouth splitting Its tongue and passing out under the
right lower jaw.
"A Canadian printer, j. R. Dunlop, was
married in Chicago recently to the daughter of a
Milwaukee merchant. the young lady coming out on
the occasion in fifteen thousand dollars worth of fancy
dry goods and jewery She is said to be worth one
hundred thousand dollars. Of course Mr.. Dunlop
will put on sub" and walk around town for the
rest of his life. ---'-
Petroleum lur ications do not seem to be
| the right thing. The Union Mills of Fall River,
Mass, have just had six thousand cases of calicoes
thrown back on their hands, damaged by petroleum
oil. which used lubricator on the looms and
spattered on the cloth. All the washing and bleach
ing the fabric was subjected to at the print works
failed to eradicate the petroleum. and the conse-
quence is chemical 'spottng" effect on the coors
AT the annual meeting of the British and
Foreign Bible Society. just held in London the Earl
of Shaftesbury presided and George II. Stuart ESQ.,,
philadelphia late President of the Christian Com
mission. made an address. showing the work accom-
plished by that body during the late war. which so
| affected the meeting that the president arose and
exclaimed. He is traitor to God and humanity who
sows dissensions between Great Britain and Ameri-
| ca" upon which he and Mr.. Stuart shook hands
amid the laundering applause of the spectators.
STATE NEWS.
| We COPY the following items from the Annapolis