The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-12-20
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
From our Baltimore Correspondent.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 20-5 p m.
,ather still predolninates, after

BALTIMORE, Dec 2o-5 pm.
The damp and cloudy weather sti predomnates, alter
one days sunshine. tss sfStff3A98f
The dull city has fully in, and nothing Is
stirring at the present time, OF tire least interest
1t may of interest some your readers. however. to
know that Baltimore is Increasing in size and importance
rapidly than any of the northern cities 1t has just
been that January l647 there have been
erected within the city limits no less than nineteen hundred
and fy-nne buildings of all descriptions. The as
sessed value OF these buildings determined by the
commi ssoners. is million six hundred thousand
dollars .@' Y1tt 98
The papers from the north this afternoon, bring nothing
of special interest. H- sfa6 IN $ N ie aft 6aett
The sAnKErs.-In the Baltimore market. th. morning.
there better feeling in our. Small sales OF Howard
brands So o. and holders firm. Sales early in
the morning of some bhls City Mills 90 25, and sub
sequenty about 1900 bbls at SO 3tte market closing
firm 'change the latter figures Sales Of Pennsylvania
corn meal at SO 81 and of city manufacture do at " %;
rye flour $5 10. ny sf n, Asn
The supply Of wheat continues light Sales ,king
of good prime reds l8O III cents; white do lS5
142 cents, and family -four do 142 $50 cents Fair re-
ceips Of Corn and the market firm, with sales of white at
50 So cents and yellow do 62 s. oats Maryland.
50 40 cents, and Virginia do 40 AZ cents rye 80 cents;
clover seed 81 % 81 so.
The provision market exhibits change in prices sales
of lard 81 cents beef cattle 81 az per 100 lbs gross
average. Live hogs plenty, and selling at goa ~ 70
Whisky little firmer. Sales to-day of Pennsylvania at
% in bids ard barrels We quote other qualities at
I'll 2sa cents per gallon fEtS
At New York this morning, the fo,r market dull,
but holders stiff Small sales Genesee SO 25 southern
Sc 81 a SO "A; Oswego 90 a SO Is.
There is large shipping demand for corn, Sales Of
mixed cents, and yellow 81 per bushels; oats 30
cents !; barley active.
The sales OF provisions only for the regular trade de-
mand tSa t9tH t&NAsa
Not much doing in cotton. The market firm.
Whskey n cents per gallon.
At Philadelphia, this morning, sale of 200 hhds New
Orleans sugar AZ 81 peflb. Provisions unchanged
and don 3'e a
Stocks quct--Prices unchanged
Flour frmer sale of 400 bbis Howard street at So Sc
Pennsy vania brands hold at So SO. a tN
The grain market is unchanged. Sales of prime red
wheat l3s l39 Yellow at SO 50 cents and
white 81 a 81 cents Oats AZ cents. Rye 80 cents.
Sales of whlskey rs per gallon. No change in
other articles. gfsd s,htt1 ltsas alft4e
The ship Lonis Philippe, from Havre, for New York.
signaed in distress, Thursday night last off Nam
mcket srlA
German merchant, of Boston, named Rumps, has re-
Gently disappeared, off for parts unknown. He is
indebted to different persons the amount Of hundred
thousand dollars
No dings yet of the Hberna OF the French
steamer Union. aAlfss
The revenuecuer Crawford went ashore Gardner's
Point, Wednesday night She bged after, and is
now total wreck and lost.