Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-11
MISCELLANY.

In the procession at the installation of the
King of the Begians, veteran general, than
ninety years old. thrown from his horse twice.
and then went gay to the palace in carriage,
the worse for his accidents.
Mrs. Patterson, daughter of President
Johnson is represented to have lately said to very
prominent and fashionable woman /" We plain
people, from the mountains of Tennessee and we
shall not put airs because chance to occupy
this place for a short time
Hon. Horace Maynard made a speech to
the people Monday of last week in Knoxville.
which was listened to with profound attention. He
advocated the right and eXpedieucy of allowing ne
grocs to testify in court He was frequently ap-
plauCcd.'
The surgeon attached to the household Of
the French Emperor, NJ. Jobert. happened to be alb
sent from Paris when a despatch arrived summoning
him to attend upon the ladies of the court, whose
carriage was overturned during the journey of the
Empress in Switzerland. Another physician took
his place. and hurried of to tho Alps Dr. Jobart
deeply grieved at having missed this conspicuous
opportunity Of distinguishing himself that he became
deranged, and is now inmate of insane asylum.
His mania is to perform delicate surgical operations
on the other patients without asking their leave.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that mea,
sures are in progress in that city to erect fitting
monument to the late Bishop Potter. The contribu-
IonS are 10 take the form OF nank Onerng Tor the
restoration Of peace and the great enlargement of
civil liberty" and building is to be erected having
in the language of Bishop Stevens pastoral letter to
his clergy and aity, "as its central feature large
chapel for the free preaching of tho word Of God,
and connected with it, the needed rooms and offices
for all diocesan purposes and for the of the va
rious church soceties-constitutng in its unity a
noble diocesan house. worthy to be the memorial
tribute of great diocese to great and beloved
Bishop"
MIR. Garrison has stopped his Liberator.
He takes cheerful farewell of his friends rejoicing
that the work in which he has so long labored has
been fully consummatcd. lie will now devote him
sell, as Vice President Of the FreedmenS Aid Com
mission. to the elevation of the race to whose well
fare he has given his life. Mr.. Garrison thus demon
strates the Genuineness of his philanthropy by ac-
cepng the accomplished fact in honorable contrast
to his late co-laborcr Phillips, who goes about the
country with his eyes Shut absurdly declaring that
slavery is not abolished and that the South is victo
riOus. Which of the two will live in history it re-
quires no prophetic gift to say.-SprinQfeM RepuJ-
iicdn.
A motion of some interest was made on
Monday in the Supreme Court Chambers New York,
in the case of tho Mercantile Bank against William
II. J. Bodne. The latter is one of the sureties of
Charles Windsor, the defaulting Cashier of the Mer-
camille Bank. About year and half ago, Wind
sor, after stealing about half million of dollars
from the Bank, made his escape from that city to
England. Soon after his arrival there he was
rested and put in prison. where he remained until the
early part of December last when he was discharged
under the General Bankrupt law. Suits have been
brought against the late Cashiers suretes to recover
on their bonds, and the objection now is that Wind
scr, the principal, having been discharged from i'm
prisonment in England his suretes could not be pro-
ceeded against in this country. The court regarded
the question important one. and reserved its de-
cision.