Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-14
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ANNAPOLIS, May II, 1866.
Court Of Appeals of Morv1and-April Term 1866
No, Is. BrySon vs.. Rayner; anpeal from the Supe-
rloT Court OF baltimore city This cause was argued
and B. F. Horwitz for the apneiIee. ~ 'f' manu-
No. 127-0ffce Docket. Hiss State; writ of error
from the Circuit Court for Baltimore county. Chief
Judgment affirmed.
No. l6 Vestry Of st. Stephens Church vs. Kraus
ct al; appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore
city This cause was argued and concluded by Geo.
II. Williams and ThOs. S. Alexander for the appel
lants. and J. Carson for the appellees
No further arguments viii be heard until WedneS-
day. the 3d inst when the next in order on the
general docket will be called beginning with No II.
The journals of Berlin have the following
curious paragraph: "a Hungarian girl, born at
0edenburgh. without hands, now 20 years of age has
been giving some curious representations in the Prus
sian capital. Sheperforms with her mouth the func-
tons Of hands. Sho sews. embroiders executes the
most delicate work with pearls. even threads her
needles and makes knots, all with the tongue APP
psrently without difficulty, and certainly without the
assistance OF any one. Part of the works thus ex-
ecuted are destined for public exhibition" Most
persons will hesitate to believe such marvels until
thoy witness them.
"A Washington correspondent admOniShes
the young gentlemen who so pertnaciously seek
appointments in the Naval Academy that it is
sometimes about as difficult to get out of the
service as to get in. One of the latter class
recently sent his resignation to the Secretary of
the Navy. The Secretary laconcalIy responded:
The Department declines to accent your resigna-
ton" As the cost of instruction to each pupil is
estimated at about fifteen thousand dollars it would
seem only fair that the Government should receive
some service in return.
"A Paris correspondent writes: Decidedly
an attempt will be made to construct tunnel from
Calais to Dover. body of engineers of NJ. Theme
de Gamond, have already arrived at Boulogne This
gentleman has half convinced the Emperor of the
practcability of the scheme and it is by the Empe-
ros orders that heis certifying the plans he pre-
scented. The engineer feels certain of success He
says that the bed of the sea between Dover and
Calais is rock and offers no obstacle to the orma
ton Of a tunnel.
Mrs. Thomas Chadwick, of East Water
loo, Iowa, committed suicide few nights ago by
throwing herself into the Cedar river. She was a
lady of intelligence, and highly esteemed Some
time she lost child, and labored under the con-
viction that she had in way neglected her duty
toward it but there is said to have been no ground
for this sefreprOach which led TO the act of suicide
The finances of Montreal are in mud
de- and if they get worse. it is not unlikely that
they will be praying for the Finregans to take the
city and run it. The city debt is over So and
the arrears for taxes due to the city amount to over
S5OO,OOO. The new treasurer is so overcome by tho
labor and confusion that he is seriously ill.
1t is suggested that Wendell Phillips,
having denounced both Gov. Banks and Gov. An
drew as traitors" and Gov. Bullock as a "mur-
derer, ought to run for Governor himself so as to
have State Executive to suit him.