Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-07
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Progress ihe Enqu:ry-E .,sislss 10 e.oy
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Progress iIEe EHqu;ry-EsIaiaISs 20 e:ov.
Eyre. Sc
The Commission Of Irquiry into the causes oe tbe
.ato outbreak continued their investigation.
dCputatiou Of prominent men waited on General
DConner and expressed their thanks for his energetic
measures IN aid of Governor Eyre in surprcssEg tho
'a.e rebellion.
. ARDRrs7 or THINKS TO GOyEByOR EYRE.
eu-Ne p. tIe magistrates, clergy and other inhah-
Iant OF tnera'sho of Portland, hes leave approach
spuE tEc@lcucg "tu tAeGoeICst feeling of gratitude
.'r the aid afforded ~ time when the lives of
ourselves anu i2inlc, were IN most imminent danger
.gu the approach Di tho blood stain ID rebels aa
'n the jnsul17ctou which lately broke ont r. fIc
.ei&h22:'n& l&ir'sA %! s. lH"ns the East,. Rut
iDr tAr timely stance al, rae.t us-doubtIa,s
1aEar, the direction Of an allaise and raerSifli
rr"yldeacc by the arrival at Port Antonio on
ne 18th of October last Of her Naies+v's s5ir
wolverine, with your E&ce.,cncy and the mil
l4Iy and naval forces wh;eh accamI!inicd you, we
have every reason 10 beIicya-and fbr cviHanc9
-diured al the court martial which assembled nero
W ltlsChe!s pears GS out in the beiiet-that the
re9eis woH'd have rapidly come down upon us, cath
GE!hg sEfeEGth rs they approached, aud Port Antonio
W'sbt nave witnessed similar painful atrCcital to
those perpented at M0rut Bay and its vicinity.
" would also take this opportunity of expressing
cur admiration at the skill, energy and prowpjude
displayed OF this trying occasion by your EXcecncy
and the gaiIant officers who acted in concert with
sou. both in the disposal Of the very limited mil
taIE and naval force then at c1umand and also the
further distribution If the increased number of
loops and ships which have since arrived to our as
Stance throughout and around the island 70 thi,
li"cl9u5 arrangement, no doubt Is to be attributed
the elective check that has been given to the sr;r
~ Tepc'iion winch had generally pegyaded the Is and
N" cohte!hbaJdu me massacre OF the whole Of tho
White and coored inhabitants and the aopr0rria
ion of their property. We look forwa,i Win hone
aou- to take place in our political eo1stifution AND
earnestly and sincerely trust that under the wise ii
reclton OF the British government our unfortun9fe
stand may be restored 70 peace and irosperty gn8
hat Tour EXeeliency and family may be spared in
iAc realization OF this sanguine hope and ex-
noetation.
nF4Fp h,,fp. RI,
magistrates clergy and other inhabitants of Port
and expressive Of your gratitude for the steps taken
70 lntegcept and put down the n:Hrectionary move
-ient, which, commencing at Morant Bay, had il,
'hree days and half reached nearly to Fort An o.
MO. Placed as you were, IN the direct line oG the
wave of the rebellion, and hourly expecting its an
roach, you are well able To judge OF the mninent
eril which existed, and Of the absolute ,eccssitv for
nc most immediate and severe measures being re-
prted to in order to check its fu ,ther progress
3ulte believe with you that ha' assistance been de-
dyed for only few hours ,tay subsequent beIp ,roa
haze besR tao tate To bGDc sored goar Tires and pro
lerties from saUage and iuf,sriated rebels
we all owe 2 debt Of lasting gratitude to the nm
nTlnG eAerIons Of our gallant sailors and soldiers
lire calamity and checked the extension of the re-
oelhon to the westward 1t is a great qualification
he arrest OF the rebellion in the distretS where it
Rtoke out the government was enabled, by the ar
rival OF additinal naval and military forces to make
rch arrangements for the protection of the island as
"hectuaiy prevented those further rslngs from taxi
ing place which fully believe would otherwise hav
ensGed. Join with you in hoping that the change
70 future good government and largely Pre- mote th
welfare and prosperity of the colony. e. EYRE
( ENORMOUS OF THE REBt, TRTATs
! From the Jamaica Morning ,,urual Eph 1o1
Wsbaye been informed that mere are bet1vaan i0a5
prisoners at Portland ~ be brought down to fbis
city for trial before thG Special Commission TbeSe
with the large number already brought down from
Aor2ht Bay |ili make up goodly amount of work
or the Commission. The indiscriminate hanging
and snoring 2t the people during martial law mas Ger
a!niy not relleVed the country of the enOrm0us ex
penSo 9i trying and Furnishing rebels by civil pro-
es Inns process, It is said is costing on an average
-4OO uay, ana nearly three weeks have already
.,een wasted IN an effort to convict what called
pullt1al prisoners. To estimate the expense tn az
VIII oe incurred IN dispnsing of the eighryhVe prs
"nefs now IN lal and the forty or fifty at Portland
All awaiting trial. would not open up happy pros
pect Tor the taxpayers Of the country.
AUSTRIAN GALIcIA.-An extensive industr-, onalo-
to 0il-boring, exists in the heart of ~ I
ropeGn continent at EOrIsay, In Aus irian C"I;l;-
From various sources we learn tina, in n yary g9ii
district there are less than 5UUJ to OCO ,ysiIs @
in operation. and many IRE alreaiv ca1',l ~ Nv
They are > TO 40 feet deep and gengT,lIy 80 =;
fees apart. These wells are doing like thc s,ri:.1
wells AT Enniskilien They produce from onc fo r,o
hundred buckets per week. hundred -bucEet ,ron
Is equivalent 10 two-barrel well I'M Pennsy lxe,'T
The present annual production of BorisIav is q, 61
hundred weight OF Naptha, and 4UOUQg of Uyokeri4n
inns lalter substance Is used for manufacturing
dies ana contains oo.I per cent. of carbon and Ii
per cent OF hydrogen. 1t burns with a clear flame
compusnble at high temperature and is alin4
free from residuum, y" 4ost