The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-16
CORRESPONDENCE.
BALrrMoRE, July 1915 P. )

BALrMoRE, July 15-5p.a.
Pansrd observance in Baifimore-Rettan IF our
.Miit@y-R etutmion Of an infamous eA1ge-.Mr.
Fillmore and the Compromise Sc.
During the hours of IL to o'clock Satur-
day, whilst the funeral soemnities of President
Taylor were progressing at Washington the silent
and solemn aspect OF our city betokened thor
ough appreciation OF the great national loss
There was general suspension OF business and
closing OF stores. The bells of the city were
tolled, and continued to give out their mourniul
sounds until sunset, and minute guns were fred
throughout the day, from prominent points in the
suburbs of the city. The post Office, custom
house, newspaper offices, and most of the engine
houses, with stores and public buildings, were all
hung in mourning drapery, adding to the silent
and sombre aspect that Pervaded every section of
the city.
The military and civic visitors from this city,
who took part in the pageant at Washington, all
returned to the city on Saturday evening and Sun
day morning, without accident Of any kind and
speak highly of the courtesy and hospitality ex-
tended to them by your citizens. The entertain
ment to our Mayor and Council by the Mayor
and Council Of Washington city was most oppor-
tune, after the severe march of the day.
The Hon. A. III. Stephens, of Georgia, in a let
ter to the Baltimore Clipper, brands the charge
made against himself, and colleague, Mr.. Toombs,
by the correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin,
of having harrassed and threatened the President
on his death bed, relative to his course onthe
New Mexico question, as an unqualified fasehood.
He says that neither he nor his colleague saw the
President during his illness. The last interview
he had with him was several days before his at
tack, and never in any interview he had with him,
was there the slightest ausion made, in the
remotest degree whatever, to the subject stated by
this fanciful writer.
The Philadelphia North American, through its
Washington correspondent, asserts positively,
that President Fillmore will not take any position
either for or against the Compromise bill Of the
Senate-that he will not interfere in any way,
| observe by the report of the Board Of Health
Of Philadelphia, that during the past week there
was two deaths in that city Of cholera
At Philadelphia and New York observe that
preparations are making for sham funerals in
honor Of the memory Of President Taylor.
The extensive lumber yard of Messrs. Grifiths
& Harker, on President street, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday morning, with several dwellings,
the total loss amounting to $4,000.
| There was sales Of 100 bbls Howard ST. flour
! in the Baltimore market this morning at S525.
There was also good supply of new wheat in
market, which sold at prices according to
quality. The highest prices given were l1S cts.
| for reds, and 1913 for whites. Sales Of corn at
60a62s
| AT New York, this morning, the cotton market
remains firm. Sales OF Southern flour at S5.50a
$3.50
| Tie Reception Of The Presidents Death al Ne1o
Orleans.
| NEW ORLEANS, July 1.-THE news Of the
| Presidents death was received here this morn
ing, and produced q deep sensation. The bells
were tolled, minute guns fired, and flags hung
athalfmast. Business was partially suspended.
Cotton-Thcre is but little offering today.
! The sales barely amount to 400 bales at slightly
improved prices. Rice is quoted at 4 3-s.
Dreadful Rarages Of the Cholera IN Merico-
| Late Meas from Harana, Teas, dc.
New ORLEANS, June lO.--Iate accounts re-
ceved here from the city Of Mexico state that
the cholera was prevailing there to frightful
extent--three hundred deaths occurring daily.
The steamer Ohio, with dates from Havana
| to the 9th inst, has arrived The trial of the
captured expeditionists was still proceeding
| though the ultimate result was unknown. II is
the general impression that all the Americans
will be released, and that the Others will be
imprisoned. The American and Spanish fleets
were sailing out of the harbor us the Ohio left.
Late advices from the Rio Grande represent
much excitement prevailing there, on account of
the illcursons of the Indians A letter from
| the Rio Grande City states that the Indians had
| formed into three divisions, and descended the
Neueces. One party advanced on Brownsville,
and the other two parties took the opposite side
of the Rio Grande.