Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.
GA&GRESS-

condition of the National Banks of WASHINGTON and
| report what amount Of Government funds had been
| deposited in them, the amount and what rate of in
terest had been paid. and to whom. Upon the sug-
geston of Mr.. Johnson theresoution was so amended
as to include all the National Banks and then passed.
After short debate on the resolution relating to the
| admission of cadets to the Military Academv Mr.
Stewart took the floor and delivered LENGTHY sneecb
in favor of tho Constitutional amendment ranortod
| by the Committee of Fifteen and at its concI,siop
| the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-Ihe bill TO prevent the introduction of
| cholera by stringent. quarantine regulations bas
passed the House. and only awaits the signature
OF the President to become law, The bill relative
| 10 1reedmen and abandoned lands was again taken
| up and alter an imnortant amendment by Mr. Ste
vens for the time laid aside The tax bill also
came in for share of consideration and afteramend-
ing the free list, (ldding many articles not now ex-
enot from duty the House adjourned.
| GENERAL NEWS.
The flower bill for wedding in high life
| in New York amount to one thousand dollars.
Many people might be made happy with
the happiness that is lost in this world.
4 he idea of annexation to the United
States is gaining ground throughout the Test indies
Five hundred men are engaged in clean
ing the streets and alleys in Chicago
Gen. John A. Logan declines being
candidate for Congress- but declares his entire syn
pa by with the Union party
"A new mineral has been discovered in
ohli, containing ten per cent. of iodine. cargo of
1t will represent fortune
The Fredericksburg (Va.1 Fra calls a
new omnibus just arrived in that town. the --latest
agony"
Fielder Bowie Esq, an old and much
esteemed citizen of Prince Georges county, died on
the 18th instant
The Shreveport La.) Southeastern an |
nounces that telegraph cable was recently success
fully laid across the river at that place.
Capt. John Cook, formerly of Gen. Lees |
staff, was arrested in Chicago the other day for being
the husband of two wives.
benjamin F. Caswell tried to shoot a |
young lady who had rejected him in Memphis. He |
fired several times without effect.
"A fan factory, employing forty hands, and !
manufacturing some 500 fans per day, has been
started at Nashua, n. Il.
In several counties in Georgia the inhabi-
tants are wholly dependent on the next wheat crop
for subsistence through the year
"A female writer says the ''nation wants q
man. Perhaps she has confounded her own perso-
nal wants with that of the nation.
in the case of Mrs. Palmer, an Illinois
Judge has decided that a woman cannot maintain
suit for damages against her husband for putting her
into an asylum under the pretence that she insane
AT least twelve hundred Mexicans were
executed in one month, Zacatecas, under Maximil
lans decree condemning to death those opposed to
his government.
The Hope oil well, on Oil creek, took fire
on Friday. by spark from the engine, and was
thoroughly burnt out, with the engine, derrick |
tanks. etc. Probable loss $4,000.
The Philadelp phians, who are looking for
more water, surprised to learn that during eight
months of the year there is water enough wasted at
farmount to supply another city as large as theirs
There are now at the University of Virginia |
two hundred and thirty eight students, while there
In 1861 only sixty Students in 1862 but fortysx
n 1863 fifty, and in 1896 ifty-fve.
The Birmingham petition for the Reform |
BILL presented recently by John Bright. to Parlia-
nent. was signed by 1926 persons and occupied SD
ards orneary the third of a mile of paper.
MIR. Thomas W. Birdsdale, President of
he Society Fire Insurance Company, of New York. =
ommitted suicide in that city on Wednesday. by :
aking dose of strychnire. Cause-fuanciaI from. I
les
Charles Rumsey, of Salem. New Jersey.
heavy dry goods dealer, has got himself into trou-
lie with the Internal Revenue officer being charged
" yat.ess e
"A young lady named Klinefelter, residing .
Mifln township, Cumberland county, died lately !,
voluntary starvation, having for twelve days and -
lights refused to taste food. Cause. disappointment
marriage. -
"A tornado on the 4th nearly demolished 4
ne freedmens village on Port Royal Island S. C. 81
orty houses were demolished, and thirteen persons r
ere severely injured, two mortally. Tho damage
n st. Helena Island was reported severe St. He | c
enavle being nearly destroyed, with several lives Ii
ost and many injured.
Northern capital is pouring into East Ten t
essee, and especially at Knoxville and Chattanooga
Jew houses and factories are springing up. and 0
arms are being purchased by farmers and army Off
ers. Several extensive steam saw mills iron found
les and large cloth mandatory are projected at
chattanooga a
"A few days since, two maiden ladies, S
amed Holloway, residing in Lowvile, Erie county, {
oceived the sum of eight thousand dollars, which
hey concealed about their premises. Two ruians, /
moving this, broke into the house night or two 8
fter. with the intention of robbing them of their
money The ladies refused to tell anything about it,
yhen the burglars choked them to make them con-
ess but they would only acknowledge the possession
# forty mine dollars which they had upon their
persons. The burglars took this and left They have
ince been arrested, and being identified, are now
confined in the Erie Jail, to await trial.