Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CONGRESS-.

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Amendment for the prohibition of slavery. He gave
notice of his intention. when the Constitutional
| Amendment just passed by the House should come
| up, of moving this as a concurrent proposition.
The bill to protect all persons in the United States
in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their
vndicaon. was taken up and after some discussion
passed by vote of yeas 32, nays H. synopsis of
the bill he found in our Congressional proceedings
The House took brief recess in the midst of de-
bate, with view of receiving Generals Meade and
| Thomas. The Speaker conducted them to the chair
and welcomed them in brief Speech to which both
generals responded.
The House occupied several hours with the
oks-DOdge New York contested election case and
the contestant, Mr. Dodge. in addressing the House
The sitting member is Mr. James Brooks editor and
proprietor of the New York Ecpress The contest
ant is Mr.. Dodge, Of the wealthy banking firm Of
Phelps Dodge & Co. Mr.. Dodge's income amounts
to the snug little of over thousand dollars
day, his income last year amounting to something
over three hundred and eighty thousand dollars So
he very well afford the expensive luxury of car
| rying on contested election case.
THE EEGESEATTRE.
In compliance with joint resolution the Senate
and House met in convention yesterday for the pur-
pose of receiving Rear Admiral Porter and promi-
nent officers of the L. S. Naval Academy. Eloquent
speeches made by Governor Swami and Lieut.
Governor Cox, to which Admiral Porter made hap
py response. We print the speeches in another
column.
GENERAL NEWS.
Gold closed yesterday at 1875.
An interesting letter from our New York
correspondent may be found in another column.
Senator Sprague employs 5000 cotton man
ufacturers, but says he has no particular interest in
| the business.
The Feast of the Purifcation commonly
called Candlemas. was celebrated yesterday III Ike
Catholic churches.
Robert E. Lee is in Georgetown. stopping
at the residence of Mr.. Potesta where his daughter
has been staying for some time past
The British brig 5. c. Upper, from Mira
goane for New York, was wrecked on the 18th ult,
on the Hog Sty." The crew were saved.
The First Branch of the City Council last
evening appropriated S50OOO for the completion OF
the Bay View asylum.
The schooner Okalona, of New York, was
lost in the harbor Of Fayal about the 20th of De-
cember la-
The United States steamer Narcissus was
lost during Of the storms at the entrance
to Tampa Bay, Florida, and about 80 persons on
board-perished
The value of the taxable property belonging
to the coored residents of Washington is 81 900
mems Bureau estimate that 400 can read and that.
about 5000 subscribe for newspapers.
AT the Colored Suffrage Convention, in ses-
sion in Washington, one of the members objected to
the presence Of white men, whercupon DR.. Henry
Highlan1 Garnet remarked that this was not the
time to make distinctions account of color.
The City Union Convention met last even
ing at Temperance Temple, and passed series OF
resolutions approving the recent course of our mem
bers in Congress. and protesting against the repeal
or modification Of the registry law. We print the
proceedings i'll full in another column.
eulogy on the late Dir. Valentine Mott.
one of the most eminent surgeons of America, was
delivered at Clinton Hall, Y, on Thursday night
under the auspices Of the New York Medical Socic-
ty, by DR.. G. S. Bedford before large and attentive
audience.
The Star of last evening says, President
johnson has invited Hon. Geo. Bancroft and wife to
be his guests ct the White House week after next
when Mr.. Bancroft comes here TO deliver the eulogy
on Lincoln in the Hall of the House, before the Pre-
sident. Congress and the Cabinet Mr.. Bancroft, We
learn. has accepted the invitation.
The National Academy of Sciences, at its
recent session in Washington elected the following
officers: President, A. D. Bache; Vice President,
Joseph Henry; Home Secretary, Wolcott Gibbs; For
eign Secretary, Louis Agassz; Treasurer. Fairman
Conte and W. d. Christy.
The trial of General Baker, late Chief Of
the War Department detective force charged by Mr..
and Mrs. Cobb, alleged pardon brokers, with being
guilty of eXtortion and illegally imprsoning them
has been concluded in Washington. The jury's
diet clears the General of the extortion charge but
finds him guilty of the other.
James Knight. one of the HeiIerman mur-
derers, recently executed in Nashville. Tenn, is
of Daniel Knight. and has two uncles in George
town or Alexandria, named respectively, Martin and
Alexander Knight lie has several brothers and
sisters living at Fetterman. Va all very worthy peo
pie. Shortly before his execution he requested
of those present send his love his brothers and
sisters, and bid them for him atfectonate adieu.
Major General Howard, Commissioner of
the Freedmens Bureau delivered an addeess to
large audience in oston, on Thursday night on the
condition of the Southern States. He said the South
was conquered but that the late Shareholders only
came into the order of things gradually, and
they were compelled to. He thought, however, that
with wise administration, the Freedmen's Bureau
could be dispensed with there in few years. and
urged kindness and sympathy towards the Southern
people.
Ground was formally broken on Thursday
for the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad, by
Mr.. Stewart, secretary and Mr.. HuycS, treasurer.
running to the west end of Alexandria, connecting
with the Washington, Alexandra and Georgetown
Railroad north of the city, and passing 1t by entirely
This will be imp ortant link in the road connect
ing the North and the South together, and will be
great saving of time between the cities of these two
sections of our vast country,
The war against the hostile and ferocious
Apoch, Indians of the Plains is about to be inaugu
rated by Cen. Mcdowell with great vigor. The Gen
has left S,n Francisco for Arizona Territory to
assume personal sTperintendence of operations and
has issued orders for the movements of troops to the
scene of hostilities. Other Indian tribes are coop
Grating with the national forces against the Apaches
and some of them have done excellent service espe
caiiy the Maricopas Of the ella. grand council OF
the Maricopas, PImos, Mohaves and Iumas would
be held on General McDoweIl's arrival in Arizona.
to concert measures for assisting him against the
Apaches
A New York paper, III tracing.a long ton OF
two thousand two hundred and forty pounds of An
thracite stone or egg coal from its native hills in
Pennsylvania to the dealers yards in that city, nds
thatits value increases in its transit somewhat as fol-
lows, starting at the low price of twenty-five cents
Worth in the mine 25 cents out Of the mine Si.05:
prepared for use S.S5; in Philadelphia, $S: at Eliza
bethpOrt, n j., $3.50; at the New York dock, Sl02s;
at the retail yards, $685. From these figures it viii
be seen that between the mines and Philadelphia its
value is increased $6.15, which amount IS divided
between the transportation companies and hedealev;
in hat city, and that after arrives tae New York
6ocl,sit very unaccountably becomes enhanced il
vaIue neorlv 81 or more. The enhancement in value
in this city is sill greater for taking the cost Of the
coal prepared for use at $5, and its transportation
from the mines to this city ia the Northern Central
railroad at say S1O charged by dealers Sll5O
per ton. Such shameful monopoly ought to be