Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS-.

ed citizens. Mr. Sumner introduced joint resolu-
tions respecting the national and rebel debts
Mr.. Williams of Oregon introduced a resolution
proposing as amendment to the Constitution that
Congress shall not pay for the emancipation of any
slave in the United States, and that no appropriation
for such purpose shall ever be made
The business before the House was not very impor-
tant. In Committee of the Whole several speeches
were made.
GENERAL NEWS.
Rev. Dr. Cummings, of St. Stephen (Cath.
lic Church, N Y, died suddenly at his residence in
Twenty-ninth street on Thursday morning.
An earthquake on the Island of Porto Rico
on the 10th ult.. resulted in no serious damage to
property or loss Of life.
Hon. Charles Sumner has been chosen
President of tho Lexington Monument Association,
in place of Edward Everett
Gold fell / yesterday from the closing price
of the day previous, selling at li3@l43}4. Small
salcs-Governnents were strong and quiet
Advices from New Orleans state that a large
immigration Of Germans to the Gulf States is expect
ed in the Spring.
The Massachusetts State Agricultural Col
lege is to be located the State Farm lately pur-
chased at Amherst.
At Columbus, Miss, an Oil and Mining
Company has been organized TO operate in that State
and Alabama. They have made important discov-
cries, and have bought 5000 acres of land.
Reinforced by the Cowpax Indians nearly
200 Apaches entered the Mexican town of Somerita.
and pldnde!ed the merchants in most merciess
manner.
At meeting of the Board of trade of De-
troit' held on Wednesday resolutions wero adopted
IN favor OF the proposed Niagara Ship Canal, The
board was addressed by Horace II. Day of New York
II N cli l,,t tbo
shot in cold blood in his store in Detroit on Saturday
evening by negro. The bullet passed through his
head and although still alive but little hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
a fire broke out in India street, Boston, on
Thursday afternoon in building stocked with pc
troeum, benzne and other coal oils. Two colored
men were shockingly burned by the explosion of the
oil. The loss is estimated at $4,000
X letter from the Russian American Tele.
graph Expedition states that the whalers of Pover
Bay affirm that Capt Waddell Of the pirate Shenap-
doah' destroyed a large number of vessels after he
received information of the caving-in Of the CoDfed
eracy.
Nine fishing vessels belonging to Glouces-
ter, Mass, have been lost during the past year The
value of the vessels and their outfits was and
the insurance was $45.7S5. Eleven fishermen from
Gloucester have been lost against seyenty-nine who
were lost last year.
Isaac Scudder, Of Randolph county, H.,
roughly used his sou for not wishing to go hunting
with him. the boy being i'll. The son subsequently
died. and though the physicians said the treatment
of the father had nothing to do with the DEATH re-
morse drove the father to commit suicide
The minister OF the Netherlands has pro.
posed to Secretary McCulloch an exchange of com
plete sets of the coins Of his country for those of the
United States, and the Secretary has given orders to
the director of the mint at Philadelphia to forward
the required coins.
Forged checks in the name Of DInvilliers,
B. L. Kelly d Co., and George j. Boyd all brokers on
Third street. pre- cnted and paid on Wednesday
at the Philadelphia and Mechanc7 Bank, two on the
Philadelphia and one the Mechanics each for
about sl,7oO. They were evidently the work of all
adept and ottheS same person. all excelentimtations
Gov. Cony, Of Maine, was inapgurated on
Thursday. He expresses his appr wal Of the Pregi-
dents policy of reconstruct on, but is opposed to
limitation of the elective franchise on the ground OF
race or color. He advocates an amendment to the
Constitution which shall base the national represen
talion on the number of voters in each State.
In the city of Boston, says the State Con.
stable there are in full operation at least fourteen
large gambling establishments, land many minor
ones, the annual profits from which to the proprie
tors are estimated from $500, Ol0 to $50O,OO0 AT
some of them the daily attendance of players from
one hundred TO two hundred.
Gerard Hallock, for many years one of the
proprietors of the Journal Of Commerce. died at his
residence in New Haven Conn, on Thursday even
ing lie had been suffering from q Implication OF
disorders for tho last six months but was not con-
fined to his residence until two weeks past He was
sixty-six years of age.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu.
bao h,. "A = a
pirate money TO reimburse persons for expenditure.
incurred in filing the quotas oftowns and that towns
authorized to raise money by tax to reimburse
individuals for money paid to procure themselves
substitutes.
The Platte County Railroad, of Missouri
having failed to make payment of S300NOO due the
State has been forfeited. in accordance with law
passed by the Legislature last winter and Governor
Fletcher has appointed agent to operate the road
until it can be sold pursuant to law. The elected
parties have protested against the action of the Gov
smor.
On Sunday last, while party of nineteen
boys were skating on the st. Lawrence river near
Ogdensburgh the whole field of ice separated from
shore and began to move down the river. When the
boys discovered that they were carried Off they set
up terrific yelling and attracted the attention Of
Mr.. Joseph King. who procured a boat and hurried
to their rescue and by making three trips succeeded
in saving them all. |
in view Of important notifications to be |
made in the internal laws during the present
session Of Congress- Commissioner Rollins has issued
circular, enioining upon Collectors to use exraGr
llnary diligence and promptnesS in making their |
collections during the ensuing four months Within I,
he last four months $50 errors have been dis
covered IN the classification of abstracts and colec
ors are admonished 10 be more careful in future
A sort of l., |
'asy took place in the Hall of the Capitol Of Vir-
lnia yesterday, between Henry Lives Pollard, Nat |
Tyler and William D. Coleman--sll newspaper men |
he affair dhonneur arising from some offensive pub
lcation in the Erantiner. Six shots were exchanged
nd nobody hurt One of the balls knocked OF the |
asset of the cane Of the Washington statue "AlI%
yell that ends well"
Another revolution has broken out in St. |
domingo under somewhat singular circumstances A |
mysterious stranger" who afterwards proved 20 be
ien Pedro Gullermo, some time since suddenly i'll
errupted the deliberations of the congress by de-
arng for Gen. Paez. who. he asserted was on his |
way to the capital. Gen. Cabral, who had peacefully
succeeded Pimentel. Immediately surrendered his |
power, and on the 14th ult., Gen. Paez was unapi-
nously appointed President of the Republic.
1t Is reported that the Mormon hierarchy |
If Salt Lake about to send missionaries to Tur
Key, Syria and Egypt. Poygamy being on the wane |
The land OF lslalmiSm, 1t is thought to be good
ied from which to recruit the harems of the saints
The Mormons seem determined to out Turk the |
Turks, and Brigham Young is reported to have IS5
yiyes. Sias Roeder 229, Jeremiah Stern III. Job |
3sen 9S, julius Hoffman go. HabakuB Craatzy 81, |
aud Gideon Ruflan 81.
1t is known that the rebel Governor Jack
on. on making his fight from Missouri, took with
lim some valuable papers from the office of the Secre-
airy otState ltis said Governor Fletcher has nfor-
nation that those papers have been recovered Capt
saunders, who was sent by the Governor to Texas TO
earch TOR these papers, reports that he found them
1t Marshall in that State. together with all the books
and papers of the rebel government Of Missouri |
Among other relics is about 0000O defence warrants
ssued by Reynolds The books papers, etc., are now
N route for J Jefferson city.
James Belger, late captain in the Union |
army recently brought action against the Adams
Express Company, in New York to recover the value
If trunk and its contents, valued at S400 One of
he defences set was that in any event the plain
if could not recover than S50 for tho reason
hat IN their receipt of the trunk the defendants had
stipulated that they should not be held for
my m over that amount unless the contents were
made known to them and special contract made |
between the parties. The court directed the jury to
ind verdict for the plaintiff for $50 and interest
At the regular monthly meeting of the New |
ork Chamber of Commerce OH Thursday, a report |
vas presented by the Executive Committee adverse
al.