Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-24
CITY NEWS.

OBSEQUIEs or REV. LAURENCE MCCAULEY, D. D.
The funeral of this distinguished young clergyman
whose decease occurred on Friday last took place
yesterday morning from St. Peters Roman Catholic
Church, corner of Poppleton and HoIlins street. of
winch nc had been the esteemed assistant. The large
edifce was filed to its utmost capacity upon the oc
casion, and numbers were unable to gain admission
The Most Rev. Archbishop Spalding preached tho
funeral sermon, dwelling in eloquent terms upon the
distinguished ability, high Christian character and
faithful service of the deceased as well as upon the
tortltude with which he bore a painful illness.
Grand Requiem High Mass was sung by Rev. Edward
McCogan, the pastor of the church assisted by Reys
John Foley and John Dougherty as deacon and sub
deacon. The services occupied about three hours
and were deeply interesting and impressive through
out. In addition to the officiating cergymen, there
were about twenty-five other priests within the altar
all robed IN white surpices The funeral procession
was decidedly of the largest and most imposing
witnessed in Baltimore in long while.
There were present all the orphan children under
the care the church. besides the scholars of the day
schools and Sunday school. jail of whom were neatly
and appropriately dressed. Tho procession moved
about noon. and the remains were inferred in ST
Peters Cemetery on the old Windsor road. The de-
ceased was about thirty of age at the time of
his death, and was quite distinguished in the world
of letters having received from the Pope the degree
of Doctor of Divinity. Previous to entering upon the
ministry ho had fully prepared himself for the med-
cal profession 1t is estimated that upwards of three
thousand persons followed his remains to their last
resting place, and his death is mourned by large
circle of friends both in and out of the church of
which he was such bright ornament
HEALTH OF THR CiTY.-From reference to the re-
port of Doctor Morgan, Health Commissioner, it ap-
pears that 81 deaths occurred in this city for the week
ending yesterday morning, caused by the following
diseases: Consumption Is; typhoid fever 5; choc
and dropsy, 4 each; cOnyulSions, Group, drowned,
catarrhal fever. Inflammation of the brain and mea-
sles Seach childbed debility diptheria and teehng
z each; apoplexy. asthma, bronchitis, burn conges-
tion of tho brain. bilious fever intermittent fever
gun-shot wounds, hemarrhoids Inflammation of
lungs, inflammation of liver, jaundice, marasmus,
old age. palsy, smallpox spinal affection, tumor,
violence and whooping cough, each. Unknown adult
b; unknown ntante Z and II still births; II died
der year of age; II between and years; between
and 10 years. between 10 and 20 years. Is between 20
and so years. 10between 30 and 40 years. between 20
and 80 years; between 50 and go years. between 60
and 70 years; 2 between 70 and so years, and be-
tween SO and so years. Of those deceased go were
males and 81 females an increase of 25 of the former
over the latter Nineteen of the whole number were
colored persons. There q more deaths the past
week than in the corresponding week of last year;
2 less than in the same week of 1864 and less than
in the corresponding week of 1868.
The BOsToN VIsITORs-The delegation from Bos-
ton-of which previous mention has been made
consisting of Mayor Lincoln, Of that city, joint
committee of the Council, and number of the men,
bers OF the School Board, arrived here last night in
train from Washington about nine o'clock. They
were accompanied from Washington byMayor Chap
man and committee of the Council and School
Board, who proceeded to that city during the day for
the purpose OF extending to them the hosptaties of
the Monumental city. Hacks were in waiting at
Camden Station upon their arrival and conveyed
them to the Gilmor House, on North Calvert street
where they will be entertained during their stay
The visitors will be officially received this morning
at nine o'clock, at the Office of the School Board
corner of Holiday and Fayette streets and after
wards will visit several of the schools in the city in
order to investigate the workings of the school sys-
TEN of Baltimore.
SABBATH SCHOOL ANNIvERsARY.-The anniversary
of the Sunday School Society of Exeter Street
Church. took place Sunday last in the presence of
large and appreciative audience. The services
were conducted by Rev. Alfred Cookman, of Phila-
delphia, "a former scholar of the Exeter Street
SchoolD who delivered discourses of great power In
the afternoon he addressed the scholars assembled in
the church. Collections were taken up, realizing
about 5000 Embraced in the Society are four schools
comprising total of three hundred scholars on roll
They as follows Exeter street. Messrs. Benz. F.
Nails and John II. Short, superintendents; Central
avenue, Messrs. John F. Plummer and James S. 0
Flack, superintendents East street mission Mr. T.
S. Wilcox. superintendent, and tie infant school
meeting in the lecture room, Mr.. VIM. L. Atkinson
and Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, superintendents,
POLICE ARREsTs.-Emanuel Baltin and Mrs. Ken
pier were arrested yesterday by policeman Durkee
charged with selling cigars on Sunday in violation
of city ordinance. They were each fined SIS and
costs by Justice Whalen. The former took an an
peal. The same officer arrested John McNalty, for
violating an ordinance relating to the health of the
city. lie was arraigned before the same magistrate
and hned 50 and costs. Sergeant kaufman took
Ihomas Gardner, Barbara Conway and John Rody
into custody yesterday charged with leaving goats
run at large, in violation of city ordinance. They
were fined 81 and costs by Justice Whalen. 4
CoLLIsIoN.-About noon yesterday, as car No. g. |
OF the City Passenger Railway, passing the cor
ner of Baltimore and Poppleton streets the private
carriage of Mr.. Timothy Meyers was driven in front
of it, and the tongue of the ran into the body of
the carriage breaking it badly and slightly inuring
the wife of Mr.. Meyers and the driver, boy named
Michael Dorsey. The parties in charge of the car
rage attached no blame to the driver of the car re-
parding the affair as purely accidental
Ez5rnE SALE or VEAL IN THE MARKErs-The Com
mittee of Health, through the chairman, Mr.. Mich
ols last evening reported to the City Council an Or
dinance providing that all veal offered for sale in the
city markets shall be from calves weighing 50 pounds
and which were four weeks old at the time of saug
tering. penalty Of $40 is imposed for each viola
ton, one-half to the informeE. The ordinance lies
over under the rules,