Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-31
Trial OF CixiIia,ls NV e,..1,,ts Martial,


Trial OF Civilians ny courts Martial.
NEW YORK. May 3O-.Tudge Nelson of the Supreme
Court, delivered decision in the case Of JAS Esan
prisoner in the Albany penentiary that the trial of
civilians in times of by courts martial Is ille
gal and the conviction void. ..
FFSOM wASEEENGTOE.
WASHINGTON, May so, 1866.
GOVERNMENT FINANCES s-.a
letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to Hon.
John Sherman was ordered to be printed by the
Senate, together with accompanying official state
nenJs; = From theSe papers it @Ppe2Ts that , the
1862 $3.50 42S III May lst, 1870. $l48 O0Oo6 May lst
The amount Of paper circulation on May 1st. 1866,
was S93O SU8 47l-ncluding national currency $685.,
305095j State circulation, Sij9009O2; u s. notes.
f4io,l6i3iS; fractional currency, $-S,l92,0lT
pound Eofes @ Gd6I one and two year per ct.
1t is estimated that ten millions per year will be
necessary for the payment Of the guaranteed bonds OF
Psclic railroad the total estimate being SS $4,000.
me a balances % of gnp?id claims Of States under the
penses Incurred amount to $l2,292, ,lS7.
The estimate for unadjusted claims of individuals
the third auditors officers the claims in the pay and
bounty division are estimated at blS,GO0, co.. on ao-
posted by recruits s24 Oh Inithe ordnance misce-
laneous and medical branch Sl7 27 all the claims in
the second auditors office SIS. .l55,4G9.
NO AUSTRIAN TROOPS FOR MEXICO.
Tho State Department learns that no Austrian
troops have been sent to Mexico, and it does not
pect that any VIII be sent.
The President has directed the following appoint
ments: Col Andrew j. Fult6n assessor OF internal
for the 18th district of Pennsylvania in the
place of Horace Burham; Cyrus Lewis. assessor in
LIST district. Michigan, vice Joseph Il. Bennett; Max
well Gaddess. assessor I'd district Ohio, vice James
Pullen. Lii ~ 80 J
According to a special order from the War Depart
ment about 30 Captains and Assistant Postmasters
tered out OF the service within the next few days
They receive no final pay until the Pay Department
to the United States.
;, TIE DEATH OF LIEUT.. GEN. SCOTT.
The following orders were issued to-day
HEADQCARTERs OF THE ARMY, J T.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, :
General Order No. Wth pTof5und Sy nd sorrow
the General in Chief announces to tho army the
death A.; at West Point n y she 22th inst Of its
winfield scott His history is part Of the history
Of the country 1t is almost needless to recall it, to
those who have venerated him 50 long; Entering the
army as Captain in 1903, at the close of war of
5G2 Isl ID h he 4. had aTea9y 1 by The force of merit won
In 1871. Major General Scott was assigned to the
command of the army, In the spring of 1S47, the
Mexican war having aIready begun, he commenced
commander in chief of the army in Mexico. the
execution OF plan of campaign the success of which
was as complete as its conception was bold and which
established ms reputation as one OF the first soldiers
Of the age: a grateful country conferred on him. in
1855, the rank of Brevt. lieutenant General. as
ygor of his life whether in peace or in war had been
devoted to the service of the country he loved
that yeneraton, reverence and esteem which. won by
few. Is the highest reward nation give. Of
most commanding presence, with mind Of great
breadth and vgor pure in life his memory will never
fade from the minds of those who have reverenced
him so long.
will the usual badge of mourning for six months
on the left arm and hilt of the sword Guns will be
afed enqR 5aR4a c R 5 Of oh thirty bs 6v
succeeding the receipt of this order. Troops will be
pssraded qS ten NJ and this order read to them,
after which all labor for the day will cease and the
flag will be kept az at half Enast dhri4g the day
Z. D. TOWNSEND, Asst Adj't General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ApJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, :.
WASHINGTON. May 80, 1866. .
....ss . Special Order No. 256.
Extract:-The following officers are detailed to
proceed to West Point, n Y, to attend the funeral
Of the late Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, on
Friday bl JSne els 1st atone at one 9cl9sk 9h .s. o,
BEcvet Major General e. Schriver. Inspector
Brevet Major General ]. Holt Judge Advocate.
ter General. 7
Brevst Major General a. E. Eaton Conmissary
Brcvet Major General J. X. Barnes, Surgeon Cen
.5Brevet Major General B. W. Brice, Paymastsr
Bre7et Major General R. Delafeld, Chief Engi-
neer,
Brcvet Major General A. B. Dyer Chief of Ord
nance. ...
Major Goneral'Q. 0. Howard Chief Of tho Bureau
of Refugees Freedmen aud Abandoned Lasds.
Major General E. A. Hitchcock, q. s. Vols.
Brevet Major General 4 L. Shirus Assist. Com
mssary General Of subsstencei
Brevet Major General L. D. Townsend, Assistant
Adjutant General, late Chief of Staff to Lieut. Gen.
Scott. ...-..s
b. d. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen.
ORDERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
The Department announces to the Navy and Ma
rine Corps, the death of Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott.
Of the United States army: This iustrious officer
departed this life at West Point New York. on the
10Th inst. at II O'Clock A. M. In honor of this dis
tingqished General, the commandants of the Navy
eral commands to be hoised at hal f-mast until sun
set and fteen minute guns to be fred at meridian
Friday, June lst. the day of the funeral, or the
day after the receipt OF this order, if subsequent
thereto. GIDEON WELLS,
Secretary of the Navy. "a
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY Or THE TREASURY. ,.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the fol-
lowing:
TREASURY DErAhTMEST, May 80. 1860.
The funeral Of Lieut.. Gen. Winfield Scott having
been arranged to take place Friday the 1st day of
June, proXimo the Custom Houses of the United
Sta ties are by orders of the President directed to be
closed on that day, mark ofreSpect for the
ory of the deceased. The tags of all cutters
will be placed at half-mast. Il. MCCgLLocH,
~ .-s Secretary of the Treasury.
CASES UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
The Star says The Assistant Commissioner of the
Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen in this District is
receiving quite a number of afidavits, charging
1861. in order that measures may be taken to bring
them te.trial under the provisions of the Civil
Rights bill" colored man swears that Mr.. Sam
uel Cox, living about FIVE miles south of Port 10
bacco Nd, confessed to him that be had whipped
one OF his slaves. named jackson Scroggins, to
death, in August, 1861, for running away. Robert
Garner. colOred. swears that in the fall of 1861. Mr.
jackson, Snoot. of Charles county, Md. then his
master had ordered irons to be placed on the wrists
and legs of Mace Dorsey. another of his slaves.
When the order was given Dorsey ran, upon which
Mr.. Smoot shot him in the head with buckshot. Kill
ling him almost instantly - .a-
-" "a" 4 RUSH ON THB TREASURY.
The recent orders given by the different heads of
public moneys deposited to their credit in National
Banks, to the United States Treasury SubTreas-
The clerical force of the Treasurers office is being
exercised in the most lively manner to day in re-
ceYng these transfers and two three lines of dis
bursting officers and clerks extend from the counter
into the hall. ss
A SHREwD ANswER.-We do not recolect to have
the following anecdote of Mr. Lincoln before.
Il is good specimen of the peculiar incisveness of
bis intellect. He was waited on by committee Of
Republican Senators to urge upon him the absolute
necessity OF concurrence on the psf OF every mem
Der of his Cabinet with the President in the prnci-
withheld any expression of his own sentiments, but
said there was one question he wished each Senator
TO- consider carefully and TO ANSWER to bis own
| Importance of having each member of my Cabinet
agree ,riLb n,e:-but are you not really the most
1 anxious that should have Cabinet. every member
of which will agree ,cith youf When they were pre-
pared to answer this question he begged them to
\ come back, and he would give them anotherinter-
view. II agreement with him was what they.really
wanted. that was already secured. The committee
4 did not return.
1 How AN EMPEROR REvENGEs.H IMsELF-The little
speech at Auxerre. rather the little addition made
to it afterwards cost the spectators in Paris over
one hundred million dollars; Some people lost by
it, whom il was probably pleasure to Napoleon TO
purish M. Feury. for instance. deputy and the
president of the Credit Foncier. As deputy he had
the imprudence the other day, to shake hands with
N. Theirs; after the latter's famous peace speech
1t was NJ. Feury who urgently solicited the Emperor
afterwards to visit Auxerre but Napoleon's speech
down the shares of the Credit Foncier so as
| ly to ruin M. Feury. a
THIRD ATTEMPT TO AssAssIxATE Col. HART, OF
| THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL Memphis Appea
of the 23d instant. sags Just before going to pres
We were informed another dastardy attempt wa.
made last night to shoot the courteous and talented
gentleman whose name is so widely known as an ed.
itor. and writer of merit and without any wish tc
make light of circumstance so unpeasing to gen
| tlemen of the press in general, and the Memphi
corps editorial in particular beg to suggest to gu