The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-16
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
Our Baltimore Correspondence.

Baltimore, August Is, 1870
Spa~ish Dollars fvo0, the Orean-P Pig Pens IS. CITY
Heahh-Catas Speeuiaf@s-S tsirJ. rgcr 10 Cali-
form,a-The Markets, Sc.
The schooner Cecil with the diving bell and ap-
paratus OF the San Pedrs Company, arrived here
yesterday, after an absence Of eight months, dur
ing which time she has been laborng to recover
the lost treasure on board the Spanish friga,e San
Pedro, sunk in the Spanish main, near Curs-
Goa, some time since. She brings with her.
In Spanish dollars, recovered from the wreck.
the sum of ell 1855, besides large quantity Of old
copper This is her fourth trip, aud the whole sum
recovered, so far, is about $50 900 The stock of
the company has paid well, but not so well az The
projectors of the enterprise expected. The old
company dissolved about year since, and this last
expedition was under the auspices Of new COM
pany. The amount recovered on this trip viii
barely pay expenses, as great deal Of new ma
chinery had been provided, and a rich harvest was
anticipated.
Our City Council yesterday came to the conclu-
sion that everybody had the right to keep pig pens
on thelr premises, cholera or no cholera and
hence agreed TO leave them alone their filth, for
tear that some OF those who depend on them for
their winters supplies might suffer by their being
compelled to part with them al the present time.
Verify, IT the cholera should come here, those who
keep pig pens on their premises will very likely be
In condition, next winter, 10 require neither food
nor ralfnent, hog nor homiDy.
/ learn that Mr.. jeremiah Cooper, whose legs
were ampuated few days since, having been
crushed on the Susquehanna Railroad, is rapidly
recovering.
There has been a considerable rumpus here for
a month past between the butchers aud the cattle
spectators, which resulted, Monday. IN one ct
the latter receiving awful Jrubblng the scales
The butchers refuse to dea ANY more win the
SPECTATORS, and declare that they will buy from
first hands.
Taking of cattle SPECTATORS reminds me Of the
fact that letter was received here yesterday from
San Francisco, containing the owing paragraph
relative to the great high priest In that nc of bus
ness the veritable Steinberger:-
"Stenberger, the great monopolizcr is here, specu-
lating to great extent he did in the states
amount; but cannot say what it will result in here
he is q smart business He has contested with
him Rufus Rol from New York. also two young men By
the name Of Allis on, from the ely
The Baltimore flour market EXHIBITS special
change. Sales to-day Of 4tV bbs Howard street. fresh,
at So 25 We note sales also Of 200 bbls city Mills at
80 10. and 600 do. at RS los Nothing doing in Sus
quehanna Hour corn meal, OF rye -four. There IL
quite full supply Of WHEAT and rales considerable
extent Of red at 81 81 o. and whine at 81 10 81 10,
for good to prime The receipt Of corn have
and prices declined We note safes OF white at 90 5s
cent?, mostly ut the fret figure aud yellow mt 30
centss choice lot Of yellow at 81 cents Oats IS 20
cents Rye 81 cents No change in provisions gro
ceres Mliskty rather scarce, with sales ut "a -
cents per gallon, in hhds. aud b5ls