Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-02

English troops are on their way to Cana
d. and portion Of them will be stationed at Ottawa
TO protect the Parliament buildings.
"A strange disease has broken out among
the poultry in Ohio. The chickens comb and gills
turn black, it gapes, snsczcs and falls dead in few
minutes.
The Vermont State Temperance Society
have voted to raise $1,000 for the purpose of carry
ing on the temperance reform during the coming
year.
Seventy five of the newsboys of Cincin-
natl have been induced to attend Sabbath School,
On Christmas, thirtyve of these were given each
entire suit of clothes, and all were presented with
new caps and crayats, and invited 10 splendid
Christmas dinner.
La France states that an explorer in
Lower Egypt has disnterred basalt effgy, bearing
certain hieroglyphics on its plinth, indicating be
yond doubt that the features those of Potiphars
wife," 1t goes to say that these features are not
progressing.
Minister Clay writes from St. Petersburg,
that the Russian cattle plague fearul-cattle dying
by hundreds. and sheep by thousands Nothing is
done to avert it, as the superstitious villagers think
that would be SIM
Gen. James Shields is now domicilated in
Carroll county. Missouri, near the county seat,
quietly settled down in rural pursuits and to repair
his shattered health.
Information has been received of the
coniscation by the Provost Marshal at Lexington
Virginia, Of considerable quantity of valuable hides
belonging to the tannery Of that place, and in part
the property OF the widow of Stonewali jackson.
MODERN CURIOSITY.
from Punch's Comic Almanac for 1861
Young Arthur. when his Maud he left,
rurlet from her chi0DOn cleft:
Dear curl!'' cried he, Dear! Yes you ninny
My chionon, stupid, cost guinea
The Erening Post correspondent says: The
Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives
have agreed to report, at an early day, amend
ment to the Constitution providing that the number
ofvoters in the States shall form the basis of repre-
sentaton in Congress.
Mr.. John A. Trimble, superintendent OF
some oil company in PENNSYLVANIA, writes the Pitts
burg Commercial, that at the depth of 1870 feet in
boring for oil, fresh-watcr vein was struck, and a
frog raised to the surface by the sand pump This
frog was curious creature, and blind as bat.
The Providence journal says: The value
carriages annually made in New Haven before tht
war was about 81 100000 The value of those mad,
this year is about 100000 less. There has been re-
Gently great demand for light and cheap vehicles
for the Southern market. About 100 workmen are
employed in the business.
The Earrings have taken two millions o
the FIVE per cent gold-bearing bonds of Massachu
sets at about nnety-seven per cent. This sum- it il
| believed. will be sufficient to meet the present in
debtedness of the State and thus do away with the
necessity ofssuing the remaining million and hal
| authorized by the Legislature
A London newspaper recently displayed
| on its bulletin flaming announcement of Charge
| of Indecency against the Bishop of London' The
public rushed to buy. and all they found for theil
pence and pains line in very harmless speech
in which the Bishop said to have used arguments
that were 'indisereet if not indecent"
A very important collection of Mexican an
tiquities has lately arrived in France 1t was former
ly the property of Mr.. Joseph Durand, the compan-
ion guide and friend Of Humboldt during his travels
| the American continent. NJ Durand died in 1858
near Guaymas. and his collection was purchased
few months ago by French officer, and has been for
| vasdes to France.