Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK..
Correspondence Baltimore Commercial

NEW YORK, Feb ., 1865.
Wonders Of the Internal Rccenae-Fost hsuranc,
Coo,panies--A Costly Dinner;--Lae.mrp hems.A
Heath Of the Ctl'--Proposed Legislation--7Ec
Methodist C,n,eaaigj-A Short .Symoa-C
t5S I'd S;ssSj$n G%ss-d' G r.
posure.-M-. Mercer qnd his Female Frje,dx--1Has,
Great Batls n; FROZEN PlfSlge-Husjcoi Nems Of
the Week-The FREDERICKSBURG.
The internal revenue tax in this city yielded las
year S371564 ILL., or nearly $iV per capita for every
man, woman and child among u.s. This does not il
clude either the receipts from the sale OF stamps
which will amount to at least ten millions more, Oil
those from the taxes on bank and insurance stock.
The grand total will doubtless be over S5OGJ0 COOL.
No wonder that orr leading fnanciers propose to
pay off the national debt in a short time from inter
ma! revenue receipts alone.
PANIC AMONG INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The failure Of the Columbian Marine Insurance
Company las. week caused quite shaking among
similar institutions, and general expression OF
anxiety among the insured.
LITERARY ACTIVITY.
The literary activity of the metropolis in the line
of journals and periodicals is something surprs
ing. With white paper, price Of composition and
press work. high, if not higher, than ever before,
one would suppose the launching new craft on the
journalistic sea to be step not to be taken without
the most mature consideration, but the experience of
every day shows that there are many so loose" Of
purse as to be willing to risk their superfuous cash
In the most seemingly hazardous of literary ventures
Thus we have added to the list Of weekes The Irish
PeOpte, IN the interest OF the Eenlan movements
engineered by the O'Mahoney; The Temple OF Opia-
IONS devoted to politics. literature and science; TIL
Me,e YORK Lomsst' family medical Journal; r..
Southern interests and another evening paper.
to be issued the editorship which has been offered
to John Savage, the author, dranatist and journal
list. In the periodical line the early publication of
Torn and Country, to be issued fortnghtly, is an
nounced This enterprise is to be of the first class
regards literary merit. ard will be sustained, in a
monetary point of view, by ample capital. Bay
ard Taylor was first spoken Of in connection with the
cd; b,,tTt
fered to the witty Yankee poet, Wendell Holmes.
Either gentleman would be good selection.
THE NEW HEALTH BILL.
There is a bill now before Albany legslat ure,
which. ifpassed, will createa Metropolitan Sanitary
District This district is to be governed by board
of eight. which will have for the public health
keep record OF the births, marriages and deaths,
and enforce eleaniiness in all parts of the city. OF
executive officers there will be Superintendent,
salary 0OO inspectors, mot exceeding fifteen salary
S,5GG: and secretary, salary not more than $500
sanitary engineer may also be employed, at cost
6G6o-unGer the present system It is Sili5O The
browning advantage of the proposed law is that it will
ticians who have cursed us hitherto by turning all
plans for slitary reform into occasions of party
gain. Meantime the city is growing flthier, daily.
and we shall soon have cholera of home manufacture
and not need to import it from the West Indies,
whereit has already arrived in its westward march
RELIGIOUS.
The Methodist Centinary meeting at ST. Paul's
Fourth avenue Thursday evening last, was dense
iy crowded and agreat success. Secretary the In
and made an address on the importance of National
Christian character Bishops James and Simpson and
Robert B. Minturn, or Meulenburg~the author of
~ would not live alSays'-delivered at his funeral
his text the words Wa doth tbs Lord a aeanre S
thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk
humbly with thy God" the preacher Simply added,
so did he" All imposing service was held in IriE-
ity church Thursday last, on the occasion of the
conservation of President Kerfoo of Trinity College,
Conn, as Bishop of PittsbGrg, Pa. Bishop HOPKINS
Dreslupl RlShOD Coke Drpachpl she
PERSONAL.
referred recently to the ill health of Mr.. Freder-
lex Hudson, managing editor ofthe ew Ork HeFdtd
and his purposed retirement. 1t IS now understood
that Mr. Bennett, instead ofaeceptng his resignation
has granted him two yesrs leave of absence, during
which to recruit his energies bs travel trusting that
by the end of that period. he will lie able to again
undertake the arduous duties of his position. What
these were may be inferred from the fact that for
thirty years he has been virtually might editor"
This constant strain on mind and body has finally
broken down an unusually strong constitution, sus-
tanned by indomitable energy and an iron will. lie
said to have contracted serious throat disease and
his physician has pronounced much exercise in the
and successful young publishers. Mr.. Geo. W. Carl
ton, Is about starting on trip to the Pacific and
Peru"
CRIMINAL RECORD.
The criminal record Of the week includes very
ingenious dodge by thief who tried his hand of per-
sOnating policeman, and with better success than
crowns the efforts of the ordinary run of actors It
collision on the part OF the real policeman who took
part in the affair." Certainly the whole thing reads
too much like of Miss Braddons novels to have
the air of impromptu transaction. More success
full, than this, was the fraud on the Chatham
gold was paid on worthless check for $4,000. 1t
was ACCOMPLISHED by initiating the stamp used by the
bank in certifying good the paper OF its customers
The rogue has escaped detection and is probably by
this time well on his way to Europe. Another Gaze
of death from exposure has come to light the victim
with his feet badly frost bitten and suffering from
ship fever. On landing he was so neglected by the
Quarantine authorities and taken to Wards island
in so exposed a condition that death soon ersued.
THE FEMALE EMIGRATION SCHEME.
Asa S. Mercer, the protector Of the Women Emil
grafton scheme, which eliminated in the sailing of
the party in the good ship Continental from this
been commenced against him, the New England
Emigrant Society and the steamship company, for
the of the property of certain would be pas
sengers hem he left behiad 1t appears that Mercer,
after n delay of months, finally hired passage on
the Continental for seventy-hve persons, but that
much larger number sailed with him on the ground
that they had in whole or in part PAID him what wa
cts from New York to Seattle. The ollcers OF the
steamer. however. objected 10 carrying more passen,
gers than they had been paid for by 1r Mereer anq
the vessel was therefore stopped 81 o!ateu isl'nu
and all but seventyiye landed their effectS peihs
retained and carried on to San Francisco me ue-
clsion OF the judge has not yet been given.
80 TIE BALL SEASON.
Since my last there have occurred the Light Guard
ana the Charity balls and the Seventh regiment re-
ceptaon Atthe first named only was there reel en-
1oyment the two last being crowded that even
the ordinary comfort one takes at home not to speak
OF anything more peasurable, was out of the aues-
ton large sun-how large has not yet been an