Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-26

! We are informed that Mr., william u.
| Howes late United States Consul at Venice, is to
! assist Mr. Fields in editing the Atlantic Monthly.
The cotton factory at Macon is in opera
ton and doing well. 1t turns ont $1,000 yards Of
sheeting per month, which, at the market price (35
cents per Yard, amounts to S23 800.
The San Antonia (Texas} Herald, makes
favorable men ton of the names of L. D. Evans and
John Hancock for United States Senator'S Bo,b
these gentlemen can take the test oath.
Assistant Secretary Chandler ascertai ned
during his trip to the South that, dr. ring tbe
past year the Government was swindIed mt F more
than SlOOO9OO0O special committe,. of ipvestipa
tion is to be instituted.
At concert in Pekir., H., lately, real
negro man came into the hall. escorting a white
woman ana TOOK iroht seat. slight eommoton
was raised, and tf.e Moor" and his ''Desdamona'
Were compelled TO take back seat
| "A young married man named Albert Eel
! Iowa, living in Amboy. committed suicide in that
place last week. He had fallen in love with young
lady, could not marry her. of course, and hence he
| took dose of opium and slept his unhappy life
away.
"A new business has come into existence
/ in the neighborhood of Pittsburg Enterprisinc
| spectators have begun the gathering of ice in tho
EAs
the intense cold of the present season extending far
ther South than usual the field for the ice harvest.
/ "A Colonel Daniels and wife have been lec-
turing at the CooTer Institute in New York. to prove
that slavery not yet dead This fool and his
wife can make money, if they prove their heory
correct, by coming South and buying out the infer
csts of the late slave 1t is for sale cheap-
| Cilpepper PG.,) ObserUer
American farmers may learn from Russian
serS how to store their corn in safety In Rpssia
PIT Is dug in the ground, in welldrained ulace aud
the sides hardened by long exposure to fire. Before
the grain is introduced straw is ignted in the nit to
purify and dry the air. The grain is thrown in and
packed close II is said to have been preserved in
'ihs way ioTty Years. without deterioration.
An anecdote, current in the Paris salons,
may be translated literally, although there is pun
IN 1t: Marshal Soult came in great haste one day to
Louis Philippe, and said, Sire things are ali going
! wrongP What's the matter marshall Why, sire
that Theirs is always shufi ngr I know that, my
/ dear marshal, replied the king but then am pre-
pared to cutp -
The Empress Josephine was very fond of
perfumes and above ALL of musk Her dressing room
! at MalmaisOn filled with it, in spite of Napo-
Icons frequent remonstrances Forty years have
elapsed since her death, and the present owner Of
MamaiSon has had the walls Of that dressng-roon
repeatedly washed and painted; but neither scrub
bing. aquafortis, paint has been sufficient tn
move the smell Of the good empress musk, W ,ioL
continues as strong as if the bottle containing b1
been but yesterday removed.
Old usages Of modern slang cords turr
up in unexpected quarters sometir ,os Nos, &c -,
think that the word Jolly, in t % sonse of ,.r,,
ls oi recent uate; Dr. in serious theological
S1S 4rs agO-John Traps Com
80 -N oN 'n' 0io and New Testament" (London,
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~ iTl' "'' raul came thither." We heard the same
"lrase from a schoolboy's mouth applied to a maid
en- aunts tea party. Traps Commentary is great
| favorite of Mr. Spurgeon's.-LondoR Reader.
DR. Evans, the eminent American dentist
| in Paris has just been made Officer of the French
| Legion of Honor During his stay in Europe he has
received decorations anu honors from almost every
monarch on the continent Heis Commander of the
Orders of ST. Ann an St. Stanislaus Russia; Com
| mander OF the Orders of L0smaine and Mejidie of
Turkey; of the Order of Frederick of Wurtemburs;
of the Order of Lachringen of Baien Officer of the
crown and Red Eagle of Prussia of the 0aken Crown
OF Holland; OF st. Michel OF Bavaria of St. Maurice
and St. Lazare of Italy, and of the Savior OF Cree
"A Troy paper states that, few weeks
since, well known gentleman, living in NJ schanics-
VILE, lost an only daughter beautiful educated
| ana accomplished yourg lady. She was the pride
ana glory OF the fther's heart His anguish was of
that charaete which refused all comfort and eonso-
| Adtloh. Ahere was outward as well as an inward
sr EFF for during the coldest nights he would often
leave his home. go 10 her grave, and lie down upon
the frozen clods that covered her remains utterlng
the wilde and most heart-rending lamentations
over the tomb of his darling In this way he spent
| many nights. when not forced or kindly entreated
| home by the other members of the household. The
fathers grief was too intense for human endurance
Gradually the strong frame began to show signs Of
decay-the mind to give evidence of growing weak
ness. Three or four days since this disconsolats
mourner died-literally died of broken heart,