Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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over The discussion of the reconstruction ques-
tion was then resumed, Mr.. Poland of Vermont
giving his views. and favorng the adoption of the
Committees report. Mr.. Howe also addressed the
Senate at some length. but. before he had finished
the Senate went into Executive session. and shortly
| after adjourned.
HousE.-In the House yesterday spicg debate
took place between Messrs. Rosseau and Rogers on
the bill to fix the pay of army officers The bill,
| however. was passed. An animated discussion also
occurred on the bill offered by Mr.. Garfield to estab-
| lish National Bureau of Education, but the mat
ter was finally laid over until to-day and the House
adjourned.
GENERAL NEWS.
| A love of a bonnet made in Paris for a
Russian Princess cost $1,000
| during the month of May 3,7S1 arrests
| were made by the police in Philadelphia.
| Five persons were drowned by the upset
ting of boat St. Augustine Fla, on May 26th.
| The shock of an earthquake was felt at
| Dyersburg. Tenn. on the 25th ut.
| Strawberries are so cents per basket, in
| Hartford. and cucumbcrs 20 cents each.
| Mrs. Albert Sidney johnson is teaching
| school in San Francisco.
"A new weekly Republican paper, printed
in the Scandinavian language, has just appeared in
| Chicago. 1t is very radical in politics.
The Chicago Repu6lican pronounces Thad.
Stevens the weakest and most impracticable of
statesmen.
AT row between some soldiers and ne
groes. in Richmond. on Friday night last a negro
was Knocked into the canal and drowned.
Between five and six hundred jurors in
New York have been fined SIS each for non attend
ance after being summoned.
The total number of deaths in Brooklyn
last week was lis. of which 20 were men, 81 women
30 boys and 29 girls.
The corner stone Of Masonic Temple
was laid in st. Louis, on Wednesday, with imposing
ceremonies.
-Garroters thrive in Richmond, Va. On
Friday night last four gentlemen, their way home
were relieved of all their loose yaluables
At fire in New York, on Sunday night,
a woman crushed to death By a safe, which fell
through to the sidewalk.
The new edifce for the First Baptist
Church in Chicago, cost. with the fixtures. about
100000.
In bar room fight in Owensboro', Ky.,
on Thursday, one man was shot dead, one mortally
wounded, and one badly hurt
AT the recent trial of Gallagher, in Bos-
ton. for murder. the first juror that was called was
negro.
Several thousand Norwegian immigrants
are expected to arrive in Chicago within few days
large proportion of them will locate permanently
there.
"A pelican measuring five feet eleven inches
IN height, eight feet six inches in breadth of wing
and one foot three inches in length of bill was killed
few days ago in vicinity of Tuscaloosa. Alabama
Mr.. Jordan Rhodes, of Huntsville, H.,
is over l04 years of ago. yet he splits rails carries
easily two bushel sack ofmeal on his shoulder and
can walk as brskly as any of his neighbors.
The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle boasts
that there eleven very pretty girls in that town.
Also that there eighteen very sweet girls and nine
very good girls
"A young lady of Lafayette Ind, who had
been in the habit of eating arsenic to improve her
complexion. took too much the other day, and came
near dying.
The New York Times says that but little
excitement was manifested in that city at the failure
OF tho Fenians, it expected and that the pop
ular verdict is, Served them right"
birmingham is about to erect statue to
Watt 1t to be of Sician marble. eight feet high
and, exclusive of pedestal will cost nine hundred
guineas.
"A negro boy, out cunning near Atlanta,
Ca, on Saturday Goth ult.. having expended all his
ammunition tried to get the powder out of an unex
plodcd shell which he found in the field. Result:
shell exploded, and DO boy to be found.
"A young man in Troy, ate at one meal on
Thursday 25 eggs, and the local papers arc puzzled
to hnuw what tho anatomical construction of his
stomach be- At latest accounts, the gornandizer
was still alive and complaining of being hungry.
The mountains in Washington, Mass, are
being explored by scientific men for the purpose of
ascertaining their mineral wealth. Lead, iron and
emery are supposed to abound there in great guam
titles.
Capt n. A. Griffin, late Superintendent
of the Andersonville Cemetery. is on trial before
military court at Macon Georgia. for malfeasance in
office misappropriation OF Government funds and
stores and the of his official position for private
speculation.
The following is an official transcription
from the La France newspaper of May 18th: THE
embarkation Of troops of Austrian volunteers for
Mexico has been countermanded Those enlisted
have been discharged, and the majority of them have
been enrolled in the Army of the North"
of 231, 791 men who fought on the side
of the United States in the struggle for Independ-
ence, all now sleep in the grave save two, who are
left to tell of the times that tried mems sous or
to shoulder their sticks and show how fields were
won."
The body of another female was discover
| on the beach at Fort Hamilton, N. Y, on Friday
tied up in bedtick with the initials X. B. on the
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been discovered inclosed in the same manner on that
| beach during the last two weeks.
| According to careful estimates and calcu-
lations an average of about ffty-fve tons day of
| mail matter sent out of New York city, and
thirty tons received for distribution. Some
times more than 1000 bags received at that office
or closed and forwarded. in a single day.
The Huntsville (Mo.) Citizen, has in its
office printer with only He sets, ustifes
and empties his sticks and sets most correct proof
| As he do nothing but set type. he manages by
constant begging away" to get up about five thou
sand ems day.
| The iron car of the Adams Express Com
pany. which went through from New York to Boston
on Monday night, contained about 81 100000. Two
| trusty messengers and detective accompanied it.
Two well-known burglars were known to be on the
| train, but found no chance for operations.
| Judge Lewis, of the 9th Judicial District
Court of Louisiana has decided that parties purchas-
ing slaves at any time prior to the adoption Of the
Constitutional Amendment abolishing slavery. are
bound to make payment for them. The rights of the
parties must be governed by the laws in force at the
| time of contract"
-Du Chaillu, the great African traveller,
sends to the London Times interesting notes
tribe of pigmes which he discovered in Western
Africa. They resemble the gypsies somewhat in their
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which they sell in the villages. They average about
four feet six inches in height, and known the
| Obongo.
Robert Christian Wiley, Foreign Minister
of the Hawaiian Islands for many years. died there
last fall leaving property to the amount of 000d
to Robert Christian Cochrane the condition that
| the latter should assume his name. The Young man
instead of complying with the conditions of the will
| cut his throat with razor.
The Radicals of Pittsburgh, at their re-
cent convention, resolved that we debt to the
defenders of the flag that cannot repay" 1t must
have been the utter despair of ever being able tc
iqudate this obligation that induced the convention
to put aside the claims of various defenders of the
flag" and nominate civilians for all the important
| offices.
| The Toronto (Canada) Leader makes the
death of General Scott the occasion for puff for one
| of its patrons thus AT the battle of Queenstown
Heights, where the British forces achieved such
signal victory over the Americans General Scott
taken prisoner bv Mr.. Rogers, halter of this city,
Since the termination of the reciprocity treaty, tht
| Canadians have an eye to business"
"A New Orleans paper says: The corn is
tasseing everywhere, and soon our markets will b,
| flooded with delicious Asparagus is coming il