American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-10-03
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

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CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Melting of.Merchants. An adjourned meet
! ing of Merchants was held yesterday afternoon
at the Atlantic Mutual Insurance office, Ex-
change Place, for the purpose OF taking further
action III reference to the establishment OF
packet lines between this city and the South.
Mr.. VIM. f. Murdoch was called to the chair,
and Mr.. VIM. Moore appointed secretary. At
ter some discussion as to the propriety of pur-
chasing or chartcring vessels, Mr.. Somervlle
H. Norris, offered the following resolution,
which was adopted: "Resolved, that COM
mittce of five persons be appointed by the chair
to take into consideration the subject of estab-
fishing line or lines of packets to Wilmington,
n. c., and Mobile, separately; to obtain all in
| formation that can be had OH the subject, and
report the same, with a plan of operations, to
an adjourned meeting, to be held at this place
on Thursday, the 9th inst, at four o'clock,
p. m" The chair appointed the following
gentlemen to carry out said resolutions Alessrs.
S. II. Norris, Capt. II. a. Thompson, Capt.
! WIN. Mason, J. A. Duval. and b. Saunders.
! The meeting then adjourned.
Case Of Shooting. About 81 O'Clock Wednes-
day evening, while a gang of young rutfians
were engaged IN riot at the corner of Balu-
more and Popple;on streets, one Of the num-
Der, John Bosley, fred pistol in the crowd,
the bail of which entered the breast Of Mr..
Charles Thomas,a gentleman from the county,
! who was merely looking on, without partlci-
patinr in the disturbance. Had it not been
that the ball struck against the buckle of the
snsponder Of MIR. Thomas, the result would
doubtless have been fatal. Dr. knight admin
in;nrrl j. Ic,n,, Won Rosl,,, wac ,rr,,,oy
Yesterday r,,rrInq Inv officers Dpyor and
4 Merchant and yoe committed he Ius,,co
WRIGHT. for b;saonearance nj fhe Oc,obrr term
of the CIV Cont
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, [,,' , ~, - : ~ an
small bo,,.,s. oyncd by Mr. Owen Thon,os = nj
occupied by th.ty or forty families, chiefly CO.
Iorei persons and Others orsmoll means Mos,
OF the dwellings conteinpd two or three fami-
lies: some orcnuviro the collars and othors tho
oarrets. The buildings were totally consumed
toralhrr withlnost ortheti,rniture and chattels
belonging to the inmates. The scene was rem
dered truly distressing from the fact that seve-
Frustrated upon beds of sickness with the small
pux. These invads were removed in thc,r
suffering condition from their sick beds TO the
open street, where they were comueIed TO re-
main, and where some of them still were yes.
tcrday morning. 4 small child sick with the
small pox. died whilst beinr taken from its ne
rllous situation. Others OF the afflicted are not
expected to survive Arrangements were max
inc TO take them to the ams-hunse. II was
reported, fhut we believe without foundation. J
that one or more OF the inmates had perishcd
~ t"e iane'' Hcie was an insurance III the
EII',""Io ""c'GIy "'' ."p Oi!Ch houses lrohllhg
on Montgomery street OF SI7U9 The hremcn
We're IN attendance, but owing to the scarcity
OF water, 1t was with great perseverance they
prevented Inc extension oil The flames. The
fire Is thought to have been the result CT care
lesSneSs or accident.
/ Stepping Stones VI the many means by
"hlch chiZehS may oe prccp!tated TO the
ground to the serious delrment OF their limbs,
we know OF none so eiiicacious as placing
/ large stepplng-Stones tor carriages, on the side
walks. number OF Instances have come to
our knowledge OF persons being injured by
Summing over .'eso useless lInPed'men's
WHY ""',;s J., ,L,, 20 "''ot udIA' O"o
case III Pa't'o"'a'' Is ',ii' o' gentleman Who'
WINE Go, con,"s oowm II iasl street, one DARK
and was much bruised and o,herwisa burt m
As the stees attached to the cnrrioges now in
,,a aro snFrc;e,,,y Ion,, - .aIS ~" ,, 80
,rro,nd tho Necessity of ,ho,o I L "oa. '','
stones is obyiated. Their rnmoynl ,heraf,re
,,,o ,hinL Oil not ;,co,n,nod 49, cie w.
co,'Vt"'e',co 'loy Mo'o or'glhaIIy intended, ana
WIN oonp'less oo"lo'o 10 Tue comfort and sale