Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OVER THE
PRESIDENTS VETO.

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PRESIDENTS VETO
WASHINGTON, April 6. 1866.
The proceedings in the Senate to-day were more
than than ordinarily interesting. and were throughout
listened to by densely filed galleries. as well as by
members Of the House Of Representatives and others
who were privileged to the floor. Senator Wright,
OF New Jersey, who Is still Sick appeared in his seat
short time after the Senate met but soon retired to
a private room, where he remained until the voting
pected, but about o'clock it became known that he
would not venture on leaving sick room to come to
the Senate. The friends of the veto counted him
among their number, although this may have been a
matter of conf lecture.
1t was after six o'clock before vote was reached.
when the excitement temporarily lulled, and the
first outbreak of applause was when Senator Nor
gan OF New ork, voted for the Civil Rights bill,
the veto to the contrary Notwithstanding The Presi-
dent pro tenn. threatened to clear the galleries in
consequence of this disOrderly demonstration, and
amid the confusion. that Senator received the con-
gratuations OF his friends in the immediate vicinity
When the result of the Votes for the bill and Is
agalnst-the required two-t thirds announced the
applause from the oor and galleries was deafenng,
liant.
=, An order was passed to acquaint the House with
the action OF the senate, and to furnish it with the
PHI, together with the Presidents objections, that
there 1t may be likewise considered is provided by
the Constitution Of the United States.
THE COLUMBIAN COMMISSION
The Columbian Commission was in session vester-
day to hear Mr.. Carlisle discuss the question con-
nected with the riots Of 1856 and the captation tax
as it affected the Steamship Company and the Pan
anna Railroad Company. Mr.. Carlisle made an ar
Mir. S. 5. Cox who sroke for all the companies and
by Judge Dean, OF New York, for the United States
to the Commission and the umpire. The questions
involve the most interesting points of international
law growing out of the treaties of 1864. and the con-
tract OF the Railroad Company with New Grenada.
Their decision will be looked for with interest by the
commercial world OF which the Isthmus is the great
highway.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.iE6a
The Treasury Department has received dispatch
from the United States Consul at Sheffield relative
he
cation based on scientific authority, showing by
large amount OF evidence that an animal may be re-
garded as absolutely free if 1t does not exhibit signs
OF disorder within ton days after having been exposed
to the contagion.
FROM MEXICO.
The following is translation from the nevspaper
La SOrtSd, published in the city of Mexico: accord
ing to the Official dispatches which have been pub
Ilshed during the last seven months, from June to
December of 1861 dating from the arrival of the En-
Peror MaXimilian, there took place l22 engagements
between the French and the MeXicans of more or
lesS importance, In winch there were 800 wounded
In the year 1865, the number of engagements
reached ~, nearly one engagement or battle per
day. Inc number OF wounded was ,279 and the
Killed 56I4 These figures, together, give S951 killed
anu Z,6OU wounded. As is SeeE, in the first seven
months there was on an average of j engagements
per month, while in the twelve remaining months
there pas been nearly one per day on an average,
Wiih the dlHereuce tnat the number of killed has
fallen from an average Of eight to FIVE. At the be-
ginning OF lest year the engagements were from if
teen to seventeen per month"; while in December last
they had already reached 81.
w. - INTERNAL REVENUE REGULATIONS.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue. under the
direction Of the Secretary of the Treasury in the as
sessnent OF the annual income will not require of
farmers the return of the value of their farm pro-
ducts consumed by themselves andfamilieS. The in
structlons to assessors being prepared will ex-
pressly authorize this relief
FIRE AT THE WASHINGTON ARSENAL.
4 fire broke out this evening in small laboratory
at the Washington Arsenal the flames soon commu-
pleatng to an adjoining she'd in which large num-
Der Of muskets were stored, one of which exploded
engaged
the flames. ~ e