American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-12-03
CITY kNTELLlGEMCE.

Reception Of the PRESIDENTS Message. This
document was brought TO this city on Monday
evening, in change of a Government agent. and
placed in the Post Office here About 10 mi
nutes past | O'Clock, p. M, yesterday, the an
nouncencnt was made by H. J. Rogers, ESQ
Of the Telegraph that it had been sent into
Congress, when the copies intended for the
East were Immediately carried by express to
the Canton depot, placed upon an express To-
connective, under charge of Mr.. Augustus Girls
void, conductor, and Mr.. Samuel Haltpenny,
engineer, which started at a quarter before two
O'Clock for Philadelphia, where it no doubt ar
rived at little after 5 O'Clock.
We return our thanks to Geo. H. Sander
son, Esq, chief clerk ofour city post office, for
an early copy of the message, which was imme-
dlately put into the hands of our compositions,
by whom it was SET in type by A o'clock!
An express locomotive, also left Washington
yesterday Immediately upon the delivery OF, the
message to Congress with packages for the Sc
veral newspaper offices OF this city. 1t arrived
by the Engine "Atlana," Quilt by our fellow
citizen, Mr.. Ross Winans,) driven by Mr.. Ed
win Sawte!l, engineer, assisted by G. Hussall
and G.. Sytes, firemen under the general di-
Iection of Capt. VIM. II. Hughes, conductor.
assisted by Mr.. VIM. Arnold rs brakesman-
The document was delivered to them at one
o'clock and eleven minutes, p M, and arrived
at Mount Clare Depot at two O'Clock and thir-
teen minutes, p. IN, making the trip in one
hour and two mnutes-thuS makiag the run in
less time than it was ever accomplished before
1T is confidently believed by those competent
to Judge that it would have been brought in
less than an hour, but for the strong hoadwinds
that prevailed during the whole distance.
Immediately on the arrival of the Engine at
the outer Depot, the bundle Of messages print
ed in Washington for the "Clipper" was taken
in charge by our agent and driven by express
to our office so that it was in the hands of the
crowd in our counting room few minutes af-
ter reaching the city Such was the anxiety
of the public mind in reference to this exponent
of the 'powers that be-" that in very short
time our counter was swept of every copy.
Oh! that Cake--that Cake! The ladies' con-
nected with the Fair at the English Lutheran
Church, Lexington-st., though they feel deep
interest in the future happiness of our mnor-
tai souls, do not forget the present comfort of
our poor mortal bodles for they sent us yester-
day afternoon a large and delicious cake, which
from actual knowledge we pronounce an ex-
cellent affair IL this be fair specimen of
the manner in which things are done up at the
Fair, we may safely besPeak for them great
number of visitors and an extensive sale Of
their fancy articles
.Another Attempt to Break jail. Six prison.
ers, now in confinement in our city and coun-
ty Jail, had plan laid to break out on Mon
day night; but fortunately the Warden, Thos.
o. Sellers, Esq, had timely notice and put
stop to their movements.
Baltimore County Court. The jury in the
case of Robinson VS.. Fitzhugh, to recover da-
images for can injury" alleged to have been re-
ceved from an assault, returned sealed YER
dict yesterday morning, in favor of the plain
tiff-awarding him 500. The defendant in
this case, at previous term of the Court, was
fined $50 and costs, for the ''assault and bat
terry"