Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-30
Return, Of 55r. se,r,:r,l and Party.

The Nati5aGl MteNigeHcer Of this morning says:
The United States steamer De Soto ,trrIEed here
ahout4 p NJ. Yesterday and landed SecretmN seward
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Seward and Miss "har-
t0p-Mrs. Seward SiSter--at the Navy Yard. Inc
pHrty left here on Saturday. December Goth, an d
rsS Ho5r5e e' tbe rst TsiteG St. Thomas where
they stopped two days. The first day they dlned
ith the t4UycruOr aud next day Secretary Seward
held q leyce on the De Soto, receiving all the cap
tains Gf vessels in port foreign conSuls, Government
officials, &o the individuals being Introduced by the
American Consul, They neEt stopped at Santa Cruz
two days and were honored with special state
dinner bs the Governor at his residence in Christian
sladt, the carita Of the island and at which the
American and other foreign e0nSul5 were present.
Those islands with s.. Johns form the Danish W Nest
Indies, but the English is the prevailing language.
From Santa Cruz they went - San Domingo city.
where they stopped one day. and 7gCre received with
every possible mark OF distinction by President Baez
Of the Dominican Republic. The American and
other cOnSUlS also paid their respects.
They next visited Port au Prince, Stopping one
day, and were received by President GelIrard at
Las ii, and the several foreign cousuis
They arrived at Havana Saturday, 10Th instant,
the entire party going on shore to hotel The Sec
retary very courteously declined the Of the CAP
t@ir Gtnerat- palace, IN consequence Of the short
timc he intended to stop. On Monday, the I'd inst
the Secretary and br. i. W Seward att ended "a ban
4uet given in their honor BY The Captain General at
which there were some seventy guests present, in
culing United States Consul General Miner, CAPTAIN
Walker of the De Soto the several lo-egn eohsuis-
night the party h0nOred with delightful Sere-
made, and next day the Secretary held icyce at his
'Ee fccNiElI" numerous bNhltlH anu tlllEtlis pl
the professors from the University of Havana.
The De Soto lctg the haraur late on Tuesday, I'd
instant, thus making the trip direct to Washington
III Ave days.
Al the party enjoyed the voyage very much, the
Secretary 5 health being especially Improved which
j. owiua no doubt, TO the months relaxation, coupled
with the pleasures Of the trip.
Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, has
siven $1,000 to the Methodist Seminary of East
Greenwich.
There were s. persons struck dead by
lightning in France during the year 1864, Of whom 81
we're men and % women.
The cotton textures. much stronger than
muslin, known as caIicoes derive, thcuame from the
city Of Cacut, in InJia, where Europeans first
the article.
An important suit for the recovery Of dam
ages laid at Gl,y-two thousand dollars, was begun in
the Supreme Court. circuit Brooklyn, \. y. on
Friday, before Judge Gilbert. The suit is brought
by Thaddeus B. Curtis, wealthy citizen Of Brook
lyn. against Wainwright Leg ton, stock brokers in
Wall street, for alleged sale of stocks below their real
value. The case IS progressing.
The suspension of bushes bv the CO
lum5ian Marine Insuranc, ComYa4y, of New \ ork
of the Oldest in that city has created immense
excitement in commercial circles The Compauy's
oGilling is said be throngcd by the stockholders
alleged failure proposed to stand an assessment of
20 per cent, in order that the business might be
sumed by She Directors. The exact amount Of the
liabilities Is not yet asccrta4ci, but they will reach
d very higA figure.
Miss Minnie Warren had a narrow escape
Tom being burnt To deata 1t Ii Castle Hail. Tam
ton, Eugiaud, during au entertainment given by
Tom hEl4b a / party. she appeared on tue STAGE
to take her part in the proceedings, when her dress
cane in contact with the t"".lghts and became i'll
,tantly Oh ire. MT. "oouetg chemist, sCeiag what
mad occurred, immediately jumped on lhe ..atiosru,
caught The little lady III his arus and succeeded in
u5tuguSnins the Ire before she sustained serious
injury.
The Quebec Journal gives some interest,
ing lAcis the diminutiou OF the population in
certain parts Of Lower Canada. ST. Andrews, viii
lage in the township Of Acton, contains one hundred
and seventy seven families. and has two hundred
houses unoccupied. In ST. Theodore same town
ship there are twenty four houses untenanted The
dimnution Of the reputation in st. Andrew, in
three years, has be en- two thousand and sixty-fve
souls, and in ST. Theodore seven hundred and thirty
nine. In the township OF Acton two thousand Eve
hundred oF the popuIatiou have left for the United
States.
An alarming incident occurred recently at
the Zoo.s eical Garden Of sluttgard. A remarkably
fne lion was confined tuerc in a cage surrounded By
a glass framework TO protect tie animal from cold
Il. Werner the proprietor, Uas going through per-
fcrmauce and seated stool in tie cage, when
he lost mis- balance and fell back ward The lion i'll
mediately sprang on him, and terrible combat en-
sued; Mile. Werner, seeing the danger of her father
took up heavy seat and dashed it at the glass and
the animal terrified at the craSh released the man.
who was then able to withdraw, only slightly hurt.