The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-02
Baltimore.

ICorespondenee Of The Herald
BALTIMORE, March /, 1872.
Little Duekiess and the Currency Akeing- Senate
Resumption Bill rejected heatre-Fal.e Lu,prisO,-
msnt, Exchanges, &c.
MR EDIroR-
A little man, hardly knee high to duck, who
sells lozepges, pills, tafy, periodicals, and var
ETY. of other small matters in this city of domes
and marble monuments, had the audacity, eou ,led
with vast quantity of cupidity and self cenceit
together with small share of ignorance, to call
through the papers, upon his own responsibility,
town meeting for the purpose of again considering
the grave currency question. The meeting took
place last night in the Square, and was attended by
probably five thousand persons, most of whom went
out OF curiosity. Little ducklegs mounted the
stump, and read number of resolutions, the pur.
port Of which was to remenstrate against the bro
kers and al others who. refused to take railroad
notes at par, TO urge resumption of specie paw.
ments, &c. One resolution proposed that com.
mitlce of fourteen hundred, with duckIegs at their
head. be appointed to 60 to Annapolis and instruct
the leg stature to force the banks into the payment
OF specie, instanter The cry was down with aris-
tocracy, down with the banks, down with the bro
kers, AID down with every thing that did not or
could not be made TO pass at par The fact ana
truth Of the matter is, that Gucklegs was pxious
Tor notorety, and has been making himself thus
oficious, te the detriment OF good order. for mn
other purpose than to swell his miniature como
rosity into seeming importance. A toad catching
flies by moonlight, is fair representa- IN of duck
legs making stump speech. The citizens of
Baltimore are not DESTROYS Of his renee with
the currency question at this time. Such meetings
have an inhammatory aud dangerous tendency and
should be suppressed. DuckIegs will therefore
rest more secure, and render greater service 10
the State by applying the latent powers of his si-
gantic intellect to the distributing of lozenges.
The House of Delegates yesterday rejected the
Senate resumption biz, and passed a resolution TO
return the one first offered by Mr. Freshmen. re.
qsiring resumption twenty days after its passage,
TO the Senate again for consideration. Thus the
matter will doubtless stand to be made political
cspihl of. kh
The new tragedy of "Jack Cade," wa, DER.
formed at the Helida last night, to an admirable
house. Miss Clifton, Forrest, and youps WalIackl
were stars In the cast The Front street is soon to
open with an equestrian corps from New York
alexander w. Barr applied for the bankruptcy
yesterday the only applicant for Eve davs pasi
German, named Miller, was ssuteo sed 10 the
penitentiary during the preseat term of The civ
Court, ana after being there one week. n was
proven conclusively, thst he had not been within
wenty miles OF the place where the theft wa,
mitted at the time Of its commitlal lie has been
% rdoned. ri 81 ,f ~ - 80 - SS''
Exchange on New York quote a =, : rr.r, ii
q n discount virsinia. 81 = III
discount, inclining to get better; Railroad Vsdtr.
. discount, and getting worse.
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