Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-01
CITY NEWS,

NE" YEARS DAY.--To-day being holiday
.zeu ny the legislature ofMaryand, it Will be obs,
I'll 'hls city by general suspension of business OLE
part Oh The banks. courts, and the city and Fedc.
olnceS. Although somewhat Of a recent custom herr
It's observance ls fast gaining favor with the people
anu te oay Is not far distant when it is reasonabl,
| to presume its celebration will be- as marked ,zi,
IN New York and other Northern cities. In the ya.
rlous Methodist and Episcopal Churches of tho citv
last evening, the usual watchmeetings were held III,
exercises beginning at o'clock and continuing unt
| after the dawn of the New Year The cercpnnias
were attended with the usual interest
| me louoWlng excellent and timely sentiments ra
| spectlng the observance of New Years day arc re-
produced from the Sunday Telegram, of yesterday.
Inc prevalence Of intemperance, growing out Of
the customs referred to below is no doubt on the in
crease as the widely existing inebriey which charac-
terlzed the celebration Of Christmas conclusiyeJv in
dcated -
Within the past few years the people of this city
and State have adopted as a celebration Of Now
ears day the style of their Northern ncipbbors il,
the shape Of calls" and those interchanges which
characterize general holidays. A State law has 1s
gallzed the observance of the lst January
giving greater dignity importance to the occasion
Whilst we are always willing and ready TO unte in
any demonstration of public JOY, it is nevertheless
our duty to call attention to feature which o orst
concede to be reprehensible.
1t is the fashion now to entertain gentlemen "cou
ing on that day, with wine, egg-nogg. and sniri+n
Gus liquors, and matrOns and maidens lend tboi-
countenances their smiles, and often their boupb+
less exhortation playful banter to encourage an
indulgence which may, and in the majority of in
stances, proves to be the first step to ruin to crime
and to death-unmndfu of the fact that their hands
are holding poisoned chalice. their smiles are temnt
ing careless heart, their words invoking a world Of
Erel ana Shalnc to many confdIng homes. Lot ladies
pause ana consider, rs they value their own baDpi
ness, 10 "hat thelr precept and example may lead
ana not even once year endanger their self reznect
or relax their wholesome influence How much bet-
er II viii be II good hot coffee and OYSTERS or some
thing harmless be provided, in lieu of the intovira
ing glass. and thus discourage instead of cater ton
hurtiul license and dispense with n rpSnonshili tho
Is iraught with terrible curse Lei mothers VIC
nave husbands and sons. let sisters who have brothers
and fathers, and let maidens who rynert fo boc",'
wives consider our suggestions and as thev would
have those they love avoid harm remOvC oIiEa tba
temptation and Encouragement that invites it.
TRADE WGTH THE SorrH.-Sinos the close of the
war and the revival of trade with the South there
has been received at this port by steamers and YES
sells 62}S bales OF cotton, Of which 204S bales cana
from Richmond 1903 bales from Savannah T1SG
bales from different points in North Carolina -61
bales from Norfolk, IlS bales from PETERSBURG md
522 bales from Charleston, Of tobacco the reroint,
have been lr5l5 packages 555i boxes and $50 cosas
manufactured, and 1923 hhds leaf. received from
Richmond. Petersburg, Fredericksburg and North
Carolina. The receipts of naval stores haze been
22o2 bbS. tar. 2 ia bbIs rosn and 81 bbls gpira
turpentlne' from North and South Carolina Florida
and Virginia. The trade in flaxsecd has beon o,1ito
large, 2,206 bbls. and bags having been received ay
Richmond and Norfolk Some 800 bbIs and casl,e
rice came from Savannah and Charleston, and II 5-6
bushels wheat and 10000 bushels corn wcro receve5
from Virginia and North Carolina. Besides i'm
lnense quantities OF shingles stavcs lumbor dried
fruit &c. have reached this market from the river,
Of North Carolina and Virginia
REGIsTRAroS oF MARRIAGES. BIRr,s AND DEATHS. |
-Atthe last session Of the Gener;Assembly of Mary
land an act was passed provSIg Tor the registration
OF all marriages, births ar' deaths occurring within
the State T.. axe effect rom the first of july lS+5
Notw'snstanding penalty was affixed for violations
ii the law, but partial attention has been paid to tho
'uolect by those held responsible under the law
'iergymenr physicians and Undcrtakers The number
u marriage licenses issued since the law went into
effect is 54 while the number of certificates of mar
mage returned IN the same time is only $50 little
more thlh hall the number which have taken place
Thee have been but 81 births and I! deaths recorded
the same time, exhibiting general neglect in tbis
ariicular |
DEArh OF CLERGTNAy.-ReV. Benjamin kurtz !
n Old and highly esteemed clergyman Of the Lutber
II Church, died on Friday last, at his residence on
lombard street. in this city. lie was distinguished
heologan. and had conferred on him several years |
lnce the degrees of u. D. and Ii. D.. in consdera- |
ion OF his learning and ability. The deceased for
.Teral years occupied the editorial chair of the |
lutheran Observer with great acceptance to that
lenom!n&uon OF Christians He has gone to his rest
nll OF honors, having lived to the advanced age Off
ears As a Jealous and useful Christian. a learned
man, and good citizen, DR.. Kurtz will long be re-
nemhered IN this community. His funeral takes
'laoe this afternoon.
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