Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
CITY NEW S.

the medical profession, summoned in consequence
the death Dr. John Buckler, yesterday held a
the University of Maryland Prof. N. r. Smith wa
called upon to preside, with Doctors T. E. Chatard
John IL. O'Donovan and William Riley as Vice Pres
dents DR.. f. Donaldson appointed to act a
Secretary.
Dr. Smith, on taking the chair. made the following
remarks
Ny Friends and Professional Brothers Within
the last three years, DEATH as if in revenge for tn
efforts has struck from the ranks of profession
some OF Its most distinguished members.
ol 1reSh ID our hearts was tn grief caused by the
death OF Chew OF Mackenzie, of HintZe and of Wins
low, when we were struck with the profoundest sor
row IN the death of the brightest ornament Of ou
profession, Dr. John Bucker Full of years, full O
honors full of the love and devotion of his patients
full OF the admiration and confidence of his profes
si9nal brethren, he has nobly finished his course.
that no man is happy till he is dead; in other words
that no man safe IN regard to the completion of
unblemlshed fame, till he ceases to live.
In this sense and we trust in every sense, oul
brother IS now emlnently happy. He has finished {
life of extraordinary toll in a vocation which Chris
himself did not dlsdain to associate with his higher
and holier office.
For half a century DR.. BuckIer has lahorcd in the
ranks of our profession So well stored was hi
capacious mind with knowledge so admirably adapt
ed were his faculties and so great his natural apti
tude to our art that at very early period he as
sumed position at the very head of his profession
should not say assumed, for it was accorded to hin
by the voice of the public whom he served and cheer
fully conceded by his professional brethren who
| benefited by his counselS. r i Il
We are assembled to do honor to his memory, anG
to express heartfelt coincidence with his bereaveG
| family and our sympathy with afflicted commu.
nifty. We await your proceedings.
On motion OF DR.. A. c. Robinson, a committee wa.
appointed to draft resolutions. Drs A. c. Robinson
William II. Davis, and Prof. Chris TOPPER Johnston
| were appointed the committee.
During the absence of the committee DR.. George
c. NJ. Roberts addressed the meeting, expressing h
high appreciation of the deceased of diStn
guished abilities, and of his personal attachment tC
| him brother.
Dr. A. C. Robinson paid an appreciative tribute t.
the memory of the deceased aud introduced the fol
lowing resolutions viz:
RESOLUTIONS.
This community, and the people of our State with
the whole medical profession, having received with
sorrow, the announcement of the death of Dr. John
convened as professional brothers to express our
grief and our sense of the loss we have sustained
| therefore,
Resolved, That we feelingIy deplore the'death Of
DR.. John Buckler, who for more than thirty years
steadily practised in this community the selfsacri-
tclng profession OF his choice, deyotng all his time
his talents, and his very life to its arduous duties
Always ready to relieve the sick and suffering he ex-
ercised the grateful privilege of his profession that
of sympathy, with patients and friends in their anx-
| ieties and sorrows, and in their JOY. Thus ele-
| waiting his own heart by the faithful pursuit OF
duty he set an example of mental and physical en-
ergy, of cheerful charity, and of moral purity well
calculated to inspire the young while it nObed his
own owl soul we %SPiGFf nun as FRI end as ezeR
| tainments, matured and cultivated by experience
and study, and with rare acumen ever prepared with
| the resources of his art We fondly cherish hi.
| memory as a brother.
| Resoioed That in testimony of our appreciation o.
his character, his virtues and his example, we veal
the usual badge OF mourning and that we attend hi
| funeral.
ResotDea That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in the daily papers OF the city, and that
copy be furnished to the family Of the deceased witt
the assurance Of our sympathy in their sad bereaVe
ment.
DR.. II. Willis BaxTey seconded the resolutions il
some highly euloglstc remarks, which, with the ad
dress OF DR.. White, we are regretfuly compelled t
omit for lack of space.
| The meeting, on motion of DR.. Van Bbber, ad
| journed to attend the funeral on Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock. n. r. SMITH, Chairman.
| +. DONALDSON, Secretary.
| The CONFIDENCE BUSINESS STILL SUCCEssgUL-
| Notwithstanding the many successful confidence
sWindles lately practiced in this city, there appeal
yet to be those who easily deceived by these
| fdential gentlemen John Busby. from Point Lookout
| was yesterday made the victim of this game to tn
amount Of $780, in the usual manner. He came t
| Baltimore from Washington yesterday where he hat
lust been paid the day previous for services rendere
| the Government, and while at Calvert station, el
! route to Harrisburg, he was accosted by man VIII
| seemed very agreeable, and who stated, after som
conversation, that he desired to employ man as la
| borer, and offered Busby S75 per month.
This arrangement being acceded too, the new EN-
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Buildings on the corner of Lexington and st. Pau
streets, for the purpose of removing his trunk Ate
getting there, accomplish stepped up and said tn
trunk had been already sent and presented bill t
| the confidence man, who suddenly remembered tina
his money was all in his trunk and then turning t
| Busby asked him to loan him the amount name
above. Busby, not suspecting any dishonesty in til
transaction, let him have the required amount whe
| the adroit rascal suddenly withdrew on some pre-
tence other, leaving the poor victim to discove
| and lament his loss. The facts were communicate
to the police but it is not likely that they will be abb
to restore to Busby his savings for three years q
| hard work.
REPORT or THE HEALTH CoMMIssIONER.-The re
port of DR.. Morgan, Health Commissioner, for til
| week ending yesterday morning, shows the numbe
of deaths in this city for the past week to have bee
| 49, decrease of 20 in comparison with that of tn
| corresponding week of the preceding year; II les
than in the week of 1861 and % less than in tn
| corresponding week Of 1863. OF the deaths wer
caused by apoplexy, by asthma, 3 by collie, Is b
consumption, 4 by Group, by dropsy, l by dropsy
the head, by dysentery, 8 by diptheria, l by ca
| tarrhal fever l by intermittent fever, l by scarle
| fever. by typhoid fever, by inflammation Of tn
| brain, by Inflammation Of the lungs, by old age
by organic disease of the heart by spinal affection
| 2 by teething, by worms, - unknown infantil.
and still births. II died under ! year Of age;
between l and years; between 2 and years; be
| tween and 10 years; between 10 and Is years:
between 10 and 20 years; 10 between 20 and 80 year
between so and 40 years; between 40 and 50 year
between so and 60 years; between 60 and 70 year
| between 20 and SO years, and between so and
years. So of those deceased were males and "a
10 of the whole number were colored persons 1t wi
| be seen by the reference above to the mortality
the same weeks in other years. that the present san
| tary condition Of Baltimore Is good.
BALTIMORE GENERAL DIsPENsARY-A statemeu
of the operations of this Institution has been sub
| mitted to the City Council by Mr.. Joseph GUSHING
Jr on behalf Of the managers which shows that fror
February LIST, 1867 to January 2st 1866, the numbe
of cases treated 245l of which 2196 recovered
l93 were relieved 20 died; 80 remain under care;
| Vacclnated, and sent to the almshouse. The nun
Der of prescriptions compounded by physicians at
tached TO the Institution we're 6l94. BY physician
not attached to the Institution, 1915 Total durin
| the year, 1872. The Treasurer, Mr. Thomas j. Viii
son, reports the following receipts for the year.:
| From individual contributions in money 1925; i
midicine. $685. in advertising, $1O from dividends an
rent 1851 50; from the sheriff of Baltimore for on
fourth of the fines, 81, 259 80, making tc OF 81
aver tti5 Subtraction Of $53 paid for collecting
The reportasks that the usual appropriation be mad
oy the Council IN aid OF the funds of the Institution
The COUNCIL ON THE VETO MEssAGE.-An animate
anu p4OtIAcle uep2ts 6nSUeQ last evening, upOn MI
Bruscap calling up his resolution endorsing Presi
dent johnson in his veto Of the bill extending tn
| powers of the Freedmen's Bureau. Substitutes wer
| offered, one endorsing Congress, and another en-
dorslng both the President and Congress, but the
were lost. The debate took quite wide range. in
Guiding the dissension in the Union party of tn
| country, and particularly of Maryland. 1t was con
tended that the meeting called in this city for tn
purpose OF endorsing the President, was really al
effort to repeal the registry law in this State Upor
coming to a vote. the original resolution, endorsn
| the President, adopted by vote of 10 ayes to
! nays
| LIE SARRATH SCHOOL Association OF BALTIMORE
The regular monthly meeting OF this association wa
held last evening, in Westminster Presbyterian
Church (Rev. DR.. Dickson's. corner of Fayette an,
| dreen streets. The attendance vas very large ant
the exercises of deeply interesting character Thu
meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Dick
son, after which appropriate addresses were made b,
| Rev. DR.. McCron, DR. H. S. Hunt, and Messrs W
| A. Wisong and Samuel Wentz. The addresses wer
nerspersed with choice selections of vocal music b.
the children connected with the Sabbath school o
that church. The meeting adjourned to meet on tn,
evening of the 4h of March, in the High Street Bap
| fist Church, on High street near Gay
| AccIDENTs.-A man named Peter Flaharty, en-
ployed on board the steamship Carroll lying at thu
foot OF Thames street. seriously injured internally
yesterday by falling down the hole of the vessel HI
was removed to his home. No 1876 President street