Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-30
CITY NEW S.

TRIAL FOR MURDER.-The case of John Clare, in
dicted for the murder of Henry 3. Grove i'll his pho
tograph gallery on Baltimore street, during the
month of November. commenced before the
Criminal Court of this city yesterday. The court
room was deusey crowded with spectators. who mani
tested the greatest interest in the proceedings. The
prisoner quite youth in appearance. seemed calm
ana collected throughout the entige day, notwith
standing the intense desire exhbHed BY those pre-
sent to get sight Of him. After the court cali
ed Mr. Milton Whitney, one OF the counsel foE.tha
accused, asEed permission for the defenddEo stFEd
out the plea entered Gy the prisoner upon his az
ragnment and in lieu thereof TO suhstitute another
better suited to the indictment assuming that the
law allowed four days TO plead after the reading Of
the indictment to the prisoner which, he observed,
was not observed in this case. He contended that
the indictment was not good, inasmuch as three of
the grand jury who framed the were not drawn
regularly but added after the required number at
the last drawing Of the jury had been selected.
Mr. George c. Maund tbs States attorney. objected
TO the motion and the Judge sustained the objection,
and ordered the case to be proceeded with.
Inadditon to the regular panel one hundred tales
men were summoned by the sheriff, and the entire
number exhausted without being able 70 procure
jury. Some of those summoned entertained
opinion in reference 20 the guilt innocence of the
accused, others opposed to cat;ta punishment,
and several Ters challenged by counsel. One hun
dred more talesmen were ordered to be summoned
and the court adjourned until thia morning at 10
o'clock, when it is expected jury will 0s obtained
Seventy five witnesses on the part of the State have
been summoned, many of whom from distant
parts. 1t is not known how many have been sum-
m0ned On tho pert Of the defence The case is con-
Quoted for the State by Wessrs George c. Maund and
Hollen Richardson and the defence is represented
by MesSrs. Milton Whitney and Archibald Stirling,
r. The case is of peculiar interest to this
muniy, in view of the horror which thrilled the city
upon the occasion of the cold-b!0odcd murder with
which young Clare is charged.
AnEvAL STATEMENT OF THE CITY REGIsTER.-The
annual statement Of John A. Thompson, City Regis
ter, was yesterday presented to the City Council.
The receipts for the past year have been $5j9567355,
and the payments for the same time 5.l3G,623.s7.
leaving Il balance in the banks of $l5g gOl67s. The
bonded and guaranteed debt OF the city and the pur-
poses for which it was issued, are as follows:
internal improvements, $4,9j3,2l5.20 miscellaneous
purposes. SiS0OO court house, Sl3 800; supply Of
mont $4,000; new jail, S2}O,G0O; new almshouse
Si00G0O; floating debt and defence loan, S2j 0G de-
and ConncsyiIle EailroaI Company, Sl0o0OoO
Si5;3'0 York and Cumberland, $50Q.0)O; Western
Maryland. c2o0, 0,Ho0-tota bonds and guaranteed
Against which the city holds Baltimore X Ohio r.
r., stock, S3500000; redemption Of =. W. Virginia
bonds 81 3l3 SOC; W. Nd guaranteed bonds, $40 2C0
total 81 SG 900 and city bonds for the following sink
ing funds GenerH sinking fund Sl5I56I5,i3; five
million loan. $966,219, o; Jail, S2lOO62I2; floating
debt and defence loan SlC5,0OD water, X $50 566
40; water. No p SG1.TU6,bJ; court house, S5355O:
bounty, $1,000; park, 81 y; narA improvement,
$70c0 one million loaf 3-0965,l5; almshouse So
300; total So I3O7S77G. And holds mortgages on the
fuGTng raads, which pay the interest on ths loans,
and will pay the principal at maturity: B: i i. R.
20: total 81 0$3 72050. York and Cumberand K. r..
Western Maryland r. R., 100000; less sinking fund,
$4,000: total S15o,s00; total, $465i52.jo. Grand
The PitLsburg and Connoilsyille Railroad has not
paid interest the loan of $1,000 600 for which the
| city holds . mortgage, since July |, 1887.
| The Commissioners OF Finance having disnosed Of
the city's interest in the Northern Central Railway
| Company will be enabled to redeem the bonds is
S,;ea in aid of said company at maturity, which VIII
The bonds issued sa- building the new Jail viii
mature in 1873. There will be sufficient in the
sinking fund created for that purpose TO redeem the
| sa.he hv the first of January; 1869.
| The sinking fund for the redemption Of bonds Is
sued for the court house will be able to redeem those
past due by the first Of Janta-y, 1870, and will be
sufficient to redeem the others at matnci'y, which
There will be sufficient in the sinking fund for the
oating debt and defence loan to redeem the same il
| about four years.
By Ievyng for one-half the amount of intcres: on
guaranteed bonds of the Northwestern virginia
railroad for four years tho Commissioners ofFnance
will be enabled to pay the interest thereafter and
redeem the bends at maturity, and i'll about four
years the present a"bt can DO reduced more than
three millions Of dollars
The amount required from the city for direct tax
for the p-5sent year, after allowing the estlma cd
collections from JiAos II arrears well rs supposed
receipts from all sources will Uc G32 9i9t1. ana the
amount required ior oherpurposes such ntey"ston
internaimprovcments bonds. schools police, courts,
interest bounty bonds &c., 81 ,l2' ,Ji6,, making
the total amount required for 1861, 81 ,7Gl69llj.
CoyrGRgfATIoN OF MuxIcIPAL APPo3STNEYrs.-The
Ciiy CounCi! was again in convention on last even
;ng ard confirmed ,h5 following appointments Of
Canstlbles made by the Mayor First ward, Frank
lin Eecl,with. Joseph Weaver. Alexander Barnes,
George SimmS y yard, Caut. John B. Herrod, " N.
! Richardson's 81 ward, Caic2 c. Baldwin, Thomas II.
Everett; ith ward, James J. Wallis, r. 4. Chapman;
5th ward Alexander Tunis Joseph A. Spence; e.h
ward, John Deacon. Peter iarr 7th ward, J. Fred.
| Cook, W. Il. H. Hobbs; Sth ward, Chas A. Brawrer,
John A. Smith; 9th ward, Robert H. Hyde, Henry j.
| Irwin; 10th ward George ". Moore, c. r. Barnes,
Joseph I. Person, VIM. j. Bowlingi 1th ward Oliver
| Burke VI. Il. Snader 18th ward, Thomas HamilI,
| Hugh s. Boyd 18th ward Leonard Il. Wooen,
Richard Nally; l4th wand, James J. Grove, BENZ B.
| Hough; 18th wa-d WIN. P. Smith, W. j. Smith; 10Th
! ward, David Whitson, Nathan Mansfield; 18th ward
jesse J. Albright. George Zeun: 18th ward John W.
| Webb, John r. Young: i9h ward, John W. Kraft,
Charles A. Davis; 20th ward, P. H. c. Sitcher and
JAS J. Wilson.
The Convention sat for nearly two hours with
closed doors, consequently nothing could be learned
of its deliberations than what may be inferred from
the following remark which our reporter heard Mr..
Irclan make after the adjournment-tbati it was the
queerest Council he had ever seen-two million dol
lars was mt Il bite" During the session the mem
| bers Of the " ater Board were present
An INSPECTION or THE PUGLIc ScuooLs.-A special
committee of the General Assembly arrived in this
city yesterday morning, for the purpose Of visiting the
various public schools with Il view of asccrtanng and
reporting upon the efficiency and adaptation Of the
| system to the ends for which il was instituted The
| committee composed of Messrs Silver, Of Hartford
county; Hynes. of Baltimore city; Chew. of Prince
Georges county and Valiant. of Talbot county as
sambled at the rooms Of the Public School Comms-
| sloners, where they met by Mcssrs. EYalt
| Green, Valiant, Moore and Irelan, committee of
| the City Council. aud Messrs Plummer McJilton
| Daniel, Sumwalt and Clark, committee on the part
| Of the School Board, who proceeded with them to
visit tho primary and grammar schools in the West
part Of the city. In each case the children we're
examined iii the various branches of their studies
and acquitted themselves satisfactorily to all present.
| The Western Female High School was next visited
| where the examination Of the pupils was a very ex-
tended one after which the visitors were entertained
by the recitation and reading Of original and selected
poems and compositions the part of the scholars
| The visiting legislators expressed themselves as
day, and will to-day extend their examination to the
| schools in the Eastern part Of the city.
HEALT8 REPORT FOR TIE PAST WEEK.-According
to the health report, compiled by DR.. Morgan Health
Commissioner, 81 deaths occurred in this city last
week. Il of which were caused by consumption II By
Group, by dpthera, by catarrhal fever bg con-
yulsions, 3 by Inflammation Of the lungs 3 by old
age, by organic disease Of the heart by cancer,
by dropsy, by dropsy in the head, by typhoid fe-
| ycr, by Inflammation of the bowels, : by nGamma-
ton of the brain, by measles by casualty, by
diarrhoca, by dyspepsia, by scarlet fever by in
| hanmation of the liver, l by Inflammation Of the
| stomach, and by palsy; unknown adult and un-
known infantc; 10 males and Il females 10 Of
the whole number beag cOlOred persons; IS died un-
der year of age between and years J. between
| and years, between and 10 years. between 10
and Is years, between - and % years, between p
and 80 years. 10 between 81 and 40 years, between
20 and 50 years, between 50 and 60 years. between
20 and 70 years, between 70 and 50 years. aud be-
tween So and years. There were deaths less dar.
ing the past week than in the corresponding week of
last year. 3S less than il the week Of ls54 and
l2 less than in the corresponding week Of the year
| 1863
RoRBEp on : RAILWAY TEAIN.-Mr. Geo. BayIy
merchant of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, wa,
robned of the sum of 500 the Wheeling express