Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS-.

| III the cenate Mr. wilson, from the Military Com
mittee reported the bill to fix the peace establish
| ment of the United States Army with amendments
1t provides that the army reorganized shall con-
sst of so regiments of infantry u of cavalry and Of
| artillery.
Another amendment to the Constitution was re-
| ported from the reconstruction committee.
The joint resolution fixing the basis of representa-
ton being considered, Mr.. Henderson addressed the
Senate in favor of his amendment providing for uni
| rersal suffrage.
In the House Mr.. Whaley, of West Virginia, offered
a resolution reasserng the Monroe doctrine and re-
commencing that the Government invite an alliance
of all the Republics the Continent to resist foreign
| aggression.
The resolution to admit to the privileges of the
! foor Jas. NJ. Johnson, Representative elect from
Arkansas was laid on the table by vote of 7S to 10
MIR. Bingham, of Ohio reported from the recon
struchon committee, an amendment to the constitu-
ton, the same that was presented from the same
mlttee by Mr.. Fessenden to the Senate. 1t provides
| that Congress shall have power to make all laws
necessary to to the citizens of each State the
privileges and mmunities of the several States and
to all persons equal protection in life liberty and
| property.
| GENERAL NEWS.
| Brigadier General Daniel Ullman has been
brevetted Major General for mertorious service
! Large cotton and tobacco crops will be
raised this year in southern Illinois,
The Virginia Legislature it is said, will oust
Senator elect Underwood. His successor will proba-
! bly, be Gov. Pierpont ex-Gov Letcher
Mr.. j. I. Hart, the sculptor, now in Flor
ence, writes that his statue of Henry Clay designed
| for the Louisville courthouse, will soon be COM
pleted.
Mr.. Adams, Collector of Customs for Ore
gon District, last week robbed of S2O5OO on the
steamer Oregon, while on the way to San Francisco,
from Astoria.
Edward B. Ketchum, the forger, now at
Sing Sing, is not employed in making shoes, as has
been stated by the papers, but is clerk in one of the
offices.
Letters from Texas say that General Sheri-
dan is making a most favorable impression on all
classes by his attention to the affairs and wants of the
State.
The soldiers of Hancocks corps are being
mustered out daily. the period of their years en-
lstment expires and by the 1st of May, of what now
constitutes two regiments there will hardly enough
left to organize a company.
A knitting factory at Amsterdam, \. Y.
owned by Senator Kline, was totally destroyed by
fire on Monday evening. None of the contents of
the building were saved. About forty persons are
thrown out of employment
A safe in the railroad Office at Binghamp-
ton N. T. was robbed Sunday of s., 900 belonging
to the Amerian Express Company, The robbers were
so considerate as to leave untouched package of
$4,000.
Hon. +. j. NJ. Hale, of H averhill Mass. has
purchased site and donated the money for splendid
building, which will contain a reading and
lecture-room as well as library, and given the
money for the books for free library for Baverhill
The whole donation will not fall short of 100000.
The Fenians assembled in large force on
Monday evening at the Cooper Institute, New York,
when stirring addresses in favor of Fenianism, an
Irish Republic, American neutrality in case of a
Fenan fight. and other subjects, were made by Mr..
Spencer, Mr.. Fernando Wood and others.
In the Supreme Court of West Virginia, it
has been decided that attorneys-ataw are not civil
officers within the meaning of the act of the Legisla
lature of that State, and consequently not re-
qured to take the test OATH The decision was rem
dered on the application of Hon. Chas J. Faulkner to
be admitted to practice.
General Butler has Just closed negotiation.
for valuable mill property on the James river near
Richmond, intending to erect extensive cotton fac
tories The Cox farm, $500 acres, through which
runs Dutch Gap canal. has been offered to the Gen
eral and he has in contemplation its purchase New
England families and mill operators will be settled
upon it.
Charles 81. Coles, charged with being one of
the Lake Erie rebel pirates was on Monday brought
up before Judge Gilbert in the Supreme Court in
Brooklyn, on writ of habeas corpus. The writ
served on Colonel Burke. commanding at Fort La
fayette, who produced the prisoner, but made
swer whereupon the court ordered the discharge of
Coles, who has been confined in Fort Lafayette for
the last seventeen months.
The recent maltreatment of Captain ohm
son in Florida by -ex-rebels seems to have been
maturely organized affair." The mob also called upon
the United States District Attorney, and ordered
him to leave the State forthwith forfeit his life
1t is stated that the civil authorities lend their
couutenance to these outrages and the military is at
present inadequate to protect Union from these
assaults. The determination is to drive out all
Yankees from the State.
"A telegram from the Medical Director at
Little Rock. Arkansas, announced that DIR. VIM P.
Grier, Assistant.Surgeon of the United States army
was lost by the explosion of the steamer Miami, ON
January 49, DIR. Grier was the of Mr.. Justice
Grier, of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The only incident known of his death was that
group of officers seated round the stove when
the explosion occurred and no member of the group
ever seen again.
Mr.. Jewett, of Denver City, who arrived at
Leavenworth on the 9Th instant, states that the Sc
we're snow storms already reported were very exten
sve, reaching down on Red river and below Fort
Union toward Santa Fe. There thirty-four
trains in all the time between Forts Zarah and Union.
on their way to the latter point. At rough esti-
mate Mr. Jewett thinks the loss in cattle will
to about one-third of the whole number out. The
IS. s. Company lost out of seven trains five hundred
and ten oxen Mr.. Jewett lost fortyfve oxen from
two trains. The severity of the storm such that
bufaloes in large numbers were driven one hundred
and fifty miles further West than they had ever been
seen BEFORE Bufaloes are reported to be very nu-
merous between Fort Larned and Pawnee Forts,
distance of about one hundred miles. But little
trouble had been experienced from Indians.
AMUSEMENTS.