New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-02
Baltimore Letter

BALTIMORE, June -
am glad to find that more alarm than dam
age was done by the late pretended negr
insurrection in your city, and that the tele
graphic accounts of the emelte, which locke
decidedly Haytish, and threatened duplica
| ton of Solouque the First, had more of fame,
than fact in them. | suppose your BobHdil
with his flashing sabre, reviewers and othc
brigand aceoutrements, will furnish hero fo
Mrs. Stoves next effort, and exemplify wha
negro valor can do and dare when sufficiently
| drunk
| Old Hunkerism, in the person of Bobby
McClane, received the cOup-de-grace from ouI
local democracy yesterday-the election fol
! Congressional Delegates in the Fourth Distric
resulting in the return Of a majority in favor Q
the nomination of Mr. Henry May brother 0
Col May, of the Army, and well known to tn,
whole country as the Government prosecutor il
the late Gardiner trial. He is a gentleman o
fine talents and of strict integrity yalueing hi.
personal honor too highly to stoop to any of the
mean trickery which is too often nova day,
| excused as political strategy. The defeat o
| McLane is killing blow to the Custom house
party, and also direct protest against the
Federal appointments made by President Pierce
through McLanes influence In the Third Dis
trict it is believed that Joshua Nansant, a hard.
working dray horse but honest politician, has
carried the day against his chief competitor
VIM L. Preston, n petltogging lawyer and polit-
zeal trickster Both districts have been made
SO overwhelmingly democratic by the apuortion-
ment of the Legislature that the wings have no
chance to elect any Of their men; but as they
feel an interest in the success of the best men
among their opponents, they are much pleased
with the result
DR.. Sharp, an eminent Boston divine Of the
Baptist denomination, died last night at the
country residence Of Mr., Robt. r. Brown, near
this city. lie left Boston some weeks since with
the intention Of proceeding South in the hope OF
restoration from the disease-consumptio If
the blood-under which he was suffering In
creasing illness arrested him here, and he final
iy gave up Mi fhupr vi recovery but exfftasiii :
an ~ lent wish that he might be enabled to re-
tur'. home to die. Even in this he was disap-
pointed He occupied Il distinguished position
IN Boston, and was highly venerated by his
congregation to which lie had minstered fer
nearly half century.
\ bulling and bearing operation has been
going on for some time past in Baltimore and
ONO Railroad stock and the bears having
gotten the upper hand the stock has fallen to
500 or $40 per share, heavy decline, Mt which
large sales have been made. Presently when
the bears have forced sales at the lowest figure
the stock will 90 up, and thousands Will lie
made by the operation. OF course the stock. as
permanent means Of investment, is greatly
damaged by these artificial fluctuations
The heat continues in all its intensity, and
numerous deaths occur among the outdoor
laGorlng classes from exposure to its effects
The city IS rapidly thinning, and every one
not tied down by business is either off or on the
wing to the country or the watering places
In commercial matters the week has been dull
without noticeable alteration in any of the great
staples. Flour has tiuctuated under the English
news, and prices have stitfeued without an ac-
tual advance Sales for export have ruled
throughout the week at 81 90 -seect brands
- 10. Receipts Of Wheat very light quota
tons nominal at, Red l02 to los, White los to
lI5c Corn scarCe-small sales White at s. to
3i'c, Yellow 81 TO IS Tobacco continues brisk
with large sales at full prices Inspections Of
the week are 1871 hhds Sugars remain dull
with no sales; NewOrleans is nominally quoted
Mt 50 20 to 50 90. Coffee quiet-sales Of the
Week llnU bags Rio at 8 to a. and Laguyla
ut 3, Receipts II week 5000 BAGS from Rio.
2lol from Jamaica, and 25O from Nassau.
The export OF brcadstufts during the week has
been lighter than for six months past The
ship Harvest, cleared for Liverpool, takes out a
at al0I 900 OBSERVER.
CorroN FALSELY PAcSEp.-A great deal of
cotton, falsely packed, says the Memphis En-
qulrer OF the 10Th ult. has been shipped from
our port during the past season We have iust
heard Of one lot which was purchased in this
market last January, and shipped to New Or
leans, the lot consisting Of f5rty-two bales Of
Cotton-three bales of which proved to be water
packed. Two Of the bales were detected at New
Orleans previous to the sale of the list in that
market hut one was not aseertaintd to be dam
aged until after it had been sold among the
rest, at q cents This bale was very heavy,
weighing about ga pounds, and sold for about
slxty-siX dollars The false packing, however.
was discovered after the sale, and the bale ha.
Just been returned by the purchaser to the COM
mission merchant in this city. 1t is 50 thor
oughly water packed as 10 be almost entirely
worthless and was sold at auction for SO,
leaving about SIS loss to the purchaser in this
city This loss he has paid 70 the commission
merchant, and he must now look to the planter
iar justice We regret To say that this is only
1ne ot the many cases Of this sort, and we trust
L Will be the last. 1t is very disreputable 10
pack cotton falsely. 1t injuries the standing ii
the market in which il is originally sold it Is d
stigma upon the planter, and puts all parties to
great Inconvenience and expense
The RIcHNoND tYA) ToBAcco MARKEr.-
Nessrs Martin x Co, Of Richmond, Va, in
heir circular Of the 18th ult, thus speak Of
he tobacco market and the growing crops
Since our last report we notice m improve
nent IN general prices Of tobacco, of fully an
lYerage Of fifty cents per 100 lbs. On mdlling
ohacco, in safe order, to hold through the sum
ner, the advance, compared with the middle of
Nay, IS fully 9 per 100 lbs our letters from
he CgUntrV punflnup "a lta If Io most l;u,,,,,.