Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.



| FIRST Monday in December
Mr.. Hendricks spoke at length against the Consti-
| tutopal Amendment.
HoUsE.-Mr. Blaine reported bill to reimburse
the loyal States for expenses incurred in suppressing
! the rebellion
| Mr.. Washburne from the committee On the sub
ject, reported that they had been furnished by Mr.
Bancroft with copy of his Grafton for publication.
The Pennsylvania contested election case was taken
and after considerable discussion was postponed
| until Monday.
A resolution was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs calling for information from the State
Department as to General McDowel's order relative
to the prohibition of the transportation Of munitions
| of war into Mexico
| GENERAL NEWS.
! Gold closed yesterday at 1919
| Five hundred Southern postofices have been
| opened since February1.
| Chlllan prlvateers are pursuing Spanish YES
| sels the coast Of Spain.
| Spain has broken off diplomatic relations
| with Peru.
| The Emperor and Empress of Austria are
visiting Hungary, and are well received.
| Two Spanish war vessels have arrived at
| New York.
The President has not yet decided upon
| the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
| 1t is reported now that Mr.. Bancroft is
candidate for Collector of the Port of New York.
The treedmens Bureau has opened an Of
fec for the gFatutous collection of colored soldiers
claims.
The Minnesota Legislature has indefinitely
postponed State Constitutional amendment in favor
| Of negro suffrage.
The Commissioner of Pensions has decided
that who served in the rebel army forfeited
| all rights to pensions and bounty lands
Elk. Governor Allison, of Florida, has been
released from Fort Pulaski and was at Savannah at
| the last advoes.
| Gen. Sheridan reports that lawlessness still
prevails along the Rio Grande, and strong military
| force will be required to maintain order
| Portland, Me-, was visited on Thursday
! morning by heavy rain storm, accompanied with
| thunder and lightning.
DIR. Nehemiah Perry, we'll known through
out the State able physician and gentleman of
| learning, died at his residence in Ridgefeld Conn.,
| last Monday, the 18th inst.
| Forty thousand head of cattle, worth over
S2000OO, have been victims so far to the cattle dis
ease in England, which is still raging an alarming
extent.
| At Boston, on Saturday last, two twin chill
dren died very suddenly. one in the arms of the
father. and the other in the of the mother,
nearly the same moment, and without any apparent
cause.
A theatrical manager i'll Nashville, Tennes-
see, has entered suit for libel against the Banner
laying the damages at S25000 for an article reflect
ing with considerable severity on the Academy of
Music and other places of amusement.
As DR.. Joseph Fl. Levering was entering
his residence between Whitehall and Rosomount Sta.
tions on the Pennsylvania Railroad on the evening
of the 18th inst. he was fired at by person un
known and fell lifeess to the ground. No explana-
| tiOn has yet been given of the daStardly act.
The number of steamboats, lost on the West
and Southwestern rivers since the 18th of Decem
Der last, is twenty -fve valued at one million four
hundred thousand dollars In addition to this three
wharf boats and ten barges have been lost valued at
| ffty-seven thousand dollars.
Mary Sheridan, girl of 10, met a terrible
death in the ouudery and machine-shop of Sandford
Mason & Co., at Fulton, N Y, the 18th instant,
by falling upon shafting in revolution. Her body
was completely denuded, terribly mangled and
dropped into a canal 10 or IL feet below.
Havana advices of the 9th inst yannounce
the arrival there of special commissioner from tee
Emperor of Franco to Maximiian. This is no doubt
NJ. Saard who it has been understood was sent out
by Louis Napoleon to inform his imperial protege in
Mexico of the intended withdrawal from that country
of the French troops.
Last Tuesday, while some workulcn we're
City OF Minnehaha Lager Beer Brewery, in the
lower part of st. Louis, they penetrated another
cave about one thousand feet long. from fory-fve to
sixty feet wide, and twelve feet high, with smooth
dry floor, finely arched ceiling. and perpendicular
sdes. Many curious petrifcations and crystals
discovered.
Dispatches from the different sections of
the country show the weather to be colder than it has
been at any time previously this winter, the ther
n he ! m
degrees below zero. The railroads in Wisconsin are
ali more or less blocked up with snow. Heavy snow
storms prevailed in Canada. St. Louis and Kansas
In portions of the latter State the mercury stood at
l6 below zero. yesterday morning.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE
AT ALEXANDRIA.
From the Washington Star.I
THE APPOINTMENTs-CLoSISG SCENES.
Last night the " Baltimore Annual Conference OF
in the Methodist Church South, Alexandria. when
there was a large congregation present, including
quite Der of " aShingtonians.
| The religious services were conducted by Rev \.
Head, Of the Virginia Conference; after which. Rev
Bishop Early addressed the Conference. stating that
they had taken stand independent of the Northern
branch of the church. and that there were evidences
OF thgT 6glng sqGceu as an Grga9zfgn m IN Their
to the trials of the ministers. many of whom
compelled to work at manual labor for their susie
nance during the past four years and he was thank
ful that they had brighter prospects, although
since they had been at the Conference some
| the churches had been wrested from them;
After paying tribute to the people of Alexandri ria
for their kindness and hospitality ne said that they
the hope that ehovah will open the way for them to
work successfully. He advised the members not to
None of the official bodies of the Church South have
meddled with politics. They claim their rights
Of citizenship and do all they able to accomplish
the amnesty oath; aaq intended to wait President
johnson and ask him to restore the churches which
prayed that they while enjoying their rights Of cit
zenship would not get into the political arena, and
never allow political M est to enter G the he pm
of Christ upon the earth. did hefathers OF Metho-
dism.
At the request of tho Bishop the choir sang in an
excellent manner the shymn "0h. sing to me of
Heaven" after which he announced the following
Baltimore District.-s REGISTER; P, E---Baltmore
Foma I East ReFG H. wson
| Spangler, supernumerary. Baltimore circuit-J. P.
aGhsGn ber E E. MeT Ro RoNvs
ggomeryTJohp P. Hall. Talbot, ! A. Mercer. West
! Washington District-J s. Martin. presiding elder
| Washington city, on street)-W., Y. Tudor. Cen
densb9rgsS: il. Griaith to be supplied. Charles
mP B. smith one to Be SUPPL NsHpped st. MaTf to be
street, one to be supplied. Hsboro'-F. II. Richey;
| one to be supplied. LeesbpEg-.S. Rogers. Warren
TOM. L. James. bum 6pflnEs-JOnn L. MAX
well. Fredericksburg. 7. G. Tebbs; Dabney Ball,
supernumerary
| der. salem-George G. Brooke. Chrstiansburg--
| John W. Hammond. Blacksburg-James T. Liggett.
| acknowledgement Lenz one to be supplied
| Newport-Wm. R. Men eer, E. Jameson, supernu-
merary. Lafayette-Johu e. HALEY, J. +. Bean su-
| pernumerary. Fincastle-Joshua NJ. Grandn. Big
i.ick.Isaac v; Canter. Lexington station-Peter
| II. Whsner John N. Gray. Craig-To be supplied
| Le,pisburg District-J. Hoffman Waugh, Presiding
| Elder. Lewisburg- George H. Zimmerman. Frank
ford-S. B. Dolly, one to be supplied. White Sui
| phur-James H. Wolff. Blue Sulphur-Addison
| Weller. one to be supplied. Leveiton-P. S; L.
| A. Joyce Monroe-John W. EVAN James R. Van
horn PeterStoynccJo v Chittu%9 rap Gap Mills
:, South Branch Distriet:-JGhn e Dice. Presidipg
| Elder. Frankln-Lemuel w. Hasup; Joseph Il.
| Temple, supernumerary. MoOrfeld-James Beatty.
| South Branch and Patterson Creek-Charles L. Tor
| reyson, NJ. A. Taylor. New Creek-Leonidas Z. Butt.
| North River-Stephen Smith, supernumerary. Mon
| terey-F. S. Butt, c. W. Cooper. Highaud-ThOs.
| Brley. Springfeld-John W. Tongue, Marberry G.
Baths.
| B. Hough General Superintendent of Sabbath
| Schools.
| Winchester District.-Eldridge R. Veich, Presid-
| ing Elder. Winchester. Market street-R: R; S.
Hough. Braddoek stIeetMIo be supplied. Winches
| Frederick Mission-John W. Wolff. Woodstock