The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-12-01
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Es-The formal oponingof the bridge across
the Susquehanna river, OF the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, took place
at Havrc do Grace At noon on Tuesday last.
number Of distinguished guests were present,
including representatives from tho principal
railroad companies and newspaper establish
ments. The engine which crossed the bridge
was gaily decorated with flags aud wreaths. Al
the banquet subsequently, given Mr.. Parker,
Chief Engineer Of the bridge, furnished some
interesting facts connected with its construc-
ton lie stated its length TO be three thousand
five hundred feet. with spans Of two hundred
and CITY fcct. The construction Of this work
has occupied five years. engaging the services
Of from five hundred Ia one thousand men, and
costing tween one and onc-half and two mil.
lions OF dollars. Five million feet Of lumber
aud three million pounds wrought aud cast
iron had been used, aud II embraced twenty
thousand cubic yards OF masonry. The bridge
has thirteen supporting piers. and Is built in
water from ten 70 forty live feet In depth. The
height Of the supcrstruc,ure 10 twenty-ive feet.
-.-An exchange paper says that tho fastest
emc 'on record, at all distances, IL as follows :
mile pacing. Northumberland"
INLET rotting, Dexter
miles trotting. fioro Tcmple.....".."..t5oi
. miles trotting, Dutchman ."......T.32l
10 miles trotting. .0ni
100 miles trotting. Conqueror.
100 miles trotting. (doublc.l Master Burke
ana ltohtn... ........' io.ld.-@
mile. running, Henry Fundamentally
miles, running, Lexington...".........I.l pf
rG-Judge Magrudcr, of the Circuit Court 81
Anne Arundel County. who set up the authori-
~ 1T the state rs paramount To- that Of the
United states and refused Ia receive negro tcs-
tinlony ia his Court, declaring the Civil Rights
hill Unconstitutional. was On Saturday last
brought before United states Commissioner
brooks aud held IN bail Ia await the action %
the Grand Jury Of tlc United States District
Court. The case will probably 60 ~ the SUI
prcmc Court for final adjudication
es.~Thc Fort smith (Ark.l VA Era states
that ol company of Union soldiers enlisted in
the southwestern part IT that state. aud dis
charcd from the Union army n little more than
year ago. six men have been murdered since
their return e. their homes. IL is thus that the
rebels Of that region inagurate peace. They
massacre in detail the army that conquered
and rar"lcd them.
~ Alfred Spatcs, the Democratic candidate
Tor state Senator in Allcgany county. has Civ
IN Dr. Charles II :ohr. the Republican candi-
date. who wa- clc,cd by majority Of twelve
votes notice that he will contest his right tn n
seat IN the Senate. Spates was Imprisoned in
For; MclIcnry for some time ca the charge OF
giving Lee imporian, information during on"
81 his inVasi"ns uf Maryland.
h .r-A bill has been prepared. aud will be
| introduced during the first week Of the session
81 Congress. repeating the act of July. lS62.
which empower, the President 10 grant full or
| conditional pardons t. persons engaged in re-
bclion. Ii it becomes a law il confines tho
President To- the constitutional power To pardon
after trial and conviction. II Is a part cf the
| radical programme Washington Latter.
r.-A memorial is being circulated in New
4 4 a : - =
| un the ground of mismanagcm Of ia" Urea
.ury Department. III. opponents assert that
the withdrawal last week of fifteen millions oi
currency from circulation caused almost la.
me. Counter memorials are also being circu.
/ lated.
| fs-A Washington despatch says tina; dur IN
| three days this week seventy Postmas,crs wcT,
! removed. This Is doing remarkably well foi
one department. and shows that President
johnson and some Of his cabinet ministers are
Tnot disposed To allow Republicans who differ
with them TO hold oiiire
.ss,-Thc coal fields Of America g. vcr two
hundred aud twenty five thousa nd square miles
an area equal 60 twenty eight such States -.
Massachusetts. One cubic mile will furnish
seven millions OF tons annually for n thousand
years. At this rate our coal will last sixty
thousand years.
rss~The Ohio Pcniientiary has. at the pres.
!
vcts confined within its walls, being about one
hundred and fifty more than at this time last
year. There has been q steady increase in the
number 81 inmates Of the institution since the
kslnsc Of the war.
GA new route from Philadelphia to Nor
| folk. rig the Philadcl phia. Wilmington and
I baltimore Railroad. and the Delaware Railroad
to Soiners' Point. in the Chesapeake Bay. and
from thence To Norfolk by steamers. was inau
guratcd On Tuesday last.
cs'- The Arkansas Legislature has gon.
through the farce Of electing John 7. Jones a,
United states senator. They might safely hav,
deferred the work until the State had adopted
the Constitutional Amendment.
f.s-The Tennessee Legislature have adopt
ed law disqualifying Rebels from acting al
Jurors. The Union members Of the Legislator,
have Issued q call for State Republican Con
vcnti"n.
20 President johnson has refused 10 Civ,
III. notorious Jacob Thompson. of Mississippi
pcrni. ION To- return tn this country. lie say
that h- will dp 80 ~ lii avn risl, which j. no
risgin: m1ch.
SoL"N konisoS's NovnL-Solon Kobinson
the veteran Agricultural Editor. has written
Novel for Tie Nsir. York Ecskiy Tribune. Tn,
publication will commence on the iifth of H.
cemb"r
;.f.-sccrctary Seward on Tuesday transmi,
ted very lengthy series of instructions owe
the Atisn;ic cable I" on- Of our foreign minis
tors.
ss>-The New York Post is out against Hon
Horace Greeley for United States Senator, oil
account Of his high protection tariff notions.
/ THE MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, November 81, 1866.
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