Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
THREE, CENTS.

LECTURE BY FREDERICK DoUGLAs.-A large crowd
was attracted to the Sharp Street CoIore Church bn
Sharp street. near Lombard, last night. by the an
nounccmcnt that Frederick Douglas the nonuIor
coiofed orator. would deliver lecture upon 'Assas-
sination and its Lessons" Tharc was 4 considerable
sprinkling of white persons in the ordio,co NJ
Douglas proceeded TO say that he would lieiain, tc
Office OF teacher in the title of his subject Long he
tore the civil war; while the skies were vet clear n
lew humble yet great men forcsaw the calamities
which have since bafalen US rs nation After al
luanG TO the rebellion with all its rIors culmi-
mating IN tho assassination of President Lincoln he
said the greatest Of all crimes now threatens ustb,
base and wanton betrayal by n trium ,huut nation Of
their oniya'ias and friends by giving them back again
into the hands Of their enemies. The signs of he
times he thought portanded this. lie advocated upi-
vcrsai Suffrage and said if Mr. Lincoln we're alive no
would be III favor Of il, a0d quoted the lat.rr-s
views - expressed to him upon the subject
Had Mr.. Lincoln lived. loyal black men rcturrirr
from two wears campaign, covered with the dust Of
battle, would not have been i05ulted as they wpro
by President johnson, by having sermon preached
70 them about going to work and proving that they
were entitled TO freedom, hut they woui have re-
cel'cd q word Of encouragement The sneaker al
way III UEA' that freedom wa the normal condition
oil ioao, and tt1t slavery was jhe experiment. Tho
pinn Nr'2 sd I'd WASHINGTON p bringing back tho
southern St1tes Wa. "a most 6shunarab'a ayardan-
a2'1 Of I.e li'anaS ~ in" Government. The heroes
were always the .r End 81. the boys in Ll1a" runrf,,
away FROM .lc $oa: orq n'sa.- ami he ,yi he'd tho
North would prove rs true TO freedom rs the Sor,h
dd MI t}Iou- to their l~rsc ~ tisugfog and mai
toroas cause. In conclusion c rad tiIu,e to tho
lat" lion. Henry iIteg Davis for his boil efforts n
behalf Of freedom in Maryland and retired amid
tum'I,uous applause.
IEgETIoE FOR THE RFrEAL OF THE REGISTRY
LAVA commiree appointed by the State Couyen-
ton in opposition to tho registry Law, recently in
session IN this city left town at early hour yc-ter-
uay morning for annapolis, il order to Iay before
the Legislature petition of The cilizcus Of Bulti-
more in favor of a repeal modification of the Req
istry Law. The committee consisted Of George N.
Gil. Col. John j. Smith and Thomas C. jenkins, on
the par; OF the committee appointed to present the
matter to the Legislature, and James R. Brewer. in
behalf of the committee appointed to circulate and
obtain names 10 the petition. The memorial which
eight hundred feet in Length and signed by eleven
thousand two hundred and seventy four citizens of
Baltimore, presented 10 the House of Delegates
through the Speaker, Hon. John NJ. Frg2ier 1t is
stated that al additional list Of signatures TO the
same memorial, of about halt the length OF the one
presented yesterday. viii bo presented in the course
Of & few days.
SALES. H. Cover, aUctiouecr, sold on Thursday,
at public auction, lot OF ground ON Coumhig street
near Poppeton, p feet front aud 70 feet deep i'm
proved by two story brick dwelling house go 35l)
1t was purchased by Michael Regain for S3I0 subject
to an annual ground rent Of So
No NIsmLG MEANs or SurPoRT-Richard and
VIM. Le-sici were taken into custody yesterday by
officer Kidd, 1fthH middle district as varrants hav-
ing 10 visible means Of support. They were COIL
nitted for thirty days