The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-31
TWO CENTS.
Our Baltimore Correspondence.

0di1i"'ofe rostmdsteT-x10tse OF hefuge-A Nipke
Conspiracy Custom House Expenses Concerts
-Theatr,eals-lMa, kets, &c.
The appointment OF Postmaster of Baltimore
as well as OF all the principal post Offices In the
country, may be confidently expected to be an
nounced before tomorrow night, az the fscs.
quarter of the department closes with the presen,
month. 1t has Away been customary to make re-
mCvas at the close of the quarter and it Is under
Stood here that the applicants, at least the app-
cations, were yesterday under consideration in
executive council, and will be decided on to-day.
The custom house changes will not be made until
the first of May
Our City Council yesterday appropriated $lO. 900
towards the establishment OF a house OF refuge.
TO which they anticipate the State Will add some-
thing, and also good sum will be raised to fur
Their the work, from our phllanthropic fellow.clt
zens. Baltimore is behind all her sister cities in
the establishment Of house of refuge, and now
that the foundation OF the structure mas been land
] doubt not that It will soon be In the course Of
construction Give any Projec'iastart In Baltimore,
and 1t will soon be finished.
yesterday stated IN my letter, that James Rod
bird and Richard Stephens, captain and mate of
the brig Amesbury, OF Gardiner, Maine, had been
arrested and committed 10 prison, on the charge of
attempting to sell free negro boy as a slave. 1t
has since been ascertained, however, that the real
names of the two men arrested are George W.
Brown and William Healey, two hands, who were
discharged, a few days since, from on board the
Amesbury, and, in this guilty transaction, had as
sumed the names OF the captain and mate of the
vessel.
The expenses of The Baltimore Custom House.
under General Marriott, have been nearly double
as much per aDnum as under his two predeces-
sOrs, and the number OF persons employed are moro
than double as numerous, although 1t is meIan-
chOy tact that the business OF our port has
creased in anything like The same ratio In 1885, the
number of persons employed by the Collector was
Al, and now the number Is 80. What they all do,
it would be rather difficult to imagine Certain
wings, who began to fear that the present Collector
would be retained, have laid these facts before the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
SIgnora TedescOs grand concart will take place
this evening, at Carroll Hall, having been post
pOBed on account OF the weather.
The series OF quartette concerts being glvel by
Charles and Adele HohnstOck are we'll attended
They are subscription concerts, ticket admitting
person to the four being sCld at 81 So tor
the single concert | learn that two hundred
tickets tor the course were sold. They are cohsl-
dered tp-t0p performers here. a.-
Miss Julia Dean continues to attract overlooking
houses at the Museum, notwithstanding the bad
weather Of the part week. 4G
MARKETS.
The -four market 10 quiet, and prices have
further declined Sales this morning. Of 500 bills.
Howard street brands at 81 bok. and subsequently
800 bill. at :. So being ,,h;s .cn:
81 SIX, and rye -four At SO IS 50 Is per Dbl, The
.Da s
white corn at ~ . A osnts, and yellow 1t 4S $50.
cents per bushel The trspsao ion. provisions have
been small. We quote mess pork at $ll I'll so;
prime, So 50 So mess beef si4 sales Of NJ
sides, 90 90; and hams . 10 cents Sales Of lard
in bb at OK cents and hams At 10 GENTS Sales Of
per H. Grsoeriss are steady Rio coffee, 6X 1X cents
per ID. Rice, 50 90 lsx per LOO lbs Whisky Is
selling at 20 cents in hhds, and % . AK cents per
Money has become still more stringent, osHsing
bringing the rate Of intersst on the street fy up to
per cent month. At the close, all kinds Of stocks
ss tn
that prevailed at tho stock board Yesterday Pablic
Loans- United States ss, 1858, 1loh bid; Maryland
ssisd do do. S. so bid; do sterling s., Ss< bid
Baltimore o., 1880, esH bid 1904 sstsd; DO; DO 81,
bid; do do. dividend do S6k bid, IS asked. Al, ~ q
HoRRID MURDER AT SANDY HILL, MD.-It has
never before been our duty to publish so awful an
event as occurred at Sandy Hill, In this county,
on Friday morning last, the 23d inst. James
Bard Bishop, q young man Of hIgn standing In
society. and OF the most respectable family con-
nexions, was shot down BY the Rev. Thomas J.
Burrows, minister Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, stationed at ChesteTtown, in this State.
The circumstances, 1t seems, are as follows
Burrows, some time during the past year, married
at Sandy Hill, highly respectable lady, of consi-
derable property, name Holland ]. but this match
was strongly opposed by many Of the friends and
relatives of tine lady. Among the number who
took part IN this opposition, as Burro supposed
was this unfortunate victIm-youug Bishop Sub
sequent to his appointment 10 the Chestertown cir
cult, and shortly alter he took charge OF the same
he wrote lengthy and abusive article to be pub
llshed as an advertisement Ia this paper, (and de-
sired the usual charge should be made for it) re-
specting DR.. George w BISHOP, brother 70 The
deceased, at Sandy Hill. In this article he cast
some grossly mmOdest and slanderOus reflections
upon the character Of the yodng man whom he
slew. The communication referred TO, we refused
to publish, not only because we knew the state
ments and inuendoes to be untrue and malicious,
which was Of itself sufficient cause Tor its rejec-
non, but because OF his desiring the authorship to
be kept secret, unless It was demanded to be
known by the parties attacked. The uncle of the
young man, George w Bishop, of this place, hear
ing of the existence OF such letter, called upon
us tor IT, and without hesitation we surrendered it
to HIM; and upon the deceased's desiring to see
ii, we learn it was shown to him. These seem to
be the remote causes OF an unpleasant feeling be-
tween Burrows and Young Bishop-the immedI-
ate one, it appears, was a demaod on the part Of
Bishop tor money owing MIN by Burrows, wnen.
as Burrows allie ges, but OF which there proof,
Bishop, IN calling on HIM, on the moralng Of Fri
day, said, sunless you pay me | will pay yOu,''
and raised bis lett hand, as # to strike, when
Burrows drew from his b. east pocket one Of Colt'S
ST. barrel revolvers, and Fl ed the contents Of one
barrel HIM. the ball taking effect the left breast
He fell at once to the earth and was a corpse In
five minutes, even before he could be borne to
house close at hand. The only witness who saw
and heard part OF the difficulty states that both
OF young Bishops hands were in his pockets when
the pistol was fired. He fell with his left hand
under his head, and his right one 10 his over coat
pocket He was an cnteTprislng Young farmer, Of
about rs years Of age, aud universally esteemed
for his correct de pOrtment, and admired tor his
pesceable, quiet disposition Burrows has been IN
the ministry about tour years. He Is about rs
years Of age, and OF rather pre- posing ape
HIS education, however, is very limited, and he
posse sees but moderate share OF talent He Is a
native Of Cambridge, In Dorchester county, and,
while lad, sustained good reputation tor piey
and inc ustry but since his ARRIVAL at age, and
to the ministry, his general character
has not been without blemish. After ne bad COM
mite the dee d. he quietly aud coo'ly walked over
TO a farm near the village, owned by has wife,
and after attending to some business there, re-
turned to the house OF Captain J M. HOLLAND,
where he was stopping, and where ne was shortly
onAh HINT nh tn