New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-28
Baltimore Letter.

ODDS AND ENDS OF NEWS FROM THE MONUMEN-
.. tai CITY.
gorrtspsnntnft Of tbt Grsstfnt.
BALTIMORE, October 10, 1858.
An intense degree of excitement has been oe
casioned here to-day by the withdrawal of Mr.
Joshua Vansant the regular democratic nomi-
nee for Congress in the third district. Mr.. Van
SAINT was nominated almost unanimously in the
district, which is largely democratic, and is op
posed emily by William P. Preston, an independ-
ent or irregular democratic candidate. Such,
however, is the condition of the democratic party
here, split and riven by dissensions, that the
success of Mr.. Preston, with the aid he will
secure from the wings, has been rendered almost
certain, and Mr.. Vansant has not the nerve to
meet the defeat he saw before him. This decli-
nation was sudden and entirely unexpected,
and such hubbub as it has occasioned in the
democratic camp | have never seen excelled.
The managers are beside themselves, and de-
nounce Mr.. Vansant ip unmeasured terms, as
betrsyer Of the trust reposed in him. The war
is "hard" and soft affair on small scale
the combatants being those who did," and
those who "didn't'' get Office 1t is not impro-
bable now that regular whig candidate may
be nominated in the district and elected All
these difficulties are improving the chances of
the whig candidates on the State ticket, and if
the party can only be thoroughly aroused and
brought up to the voting point, Maryland will
rejoin the small but honorable minority of whig
| States.
| The rumor industriously circulated from
/ Washington of the intended appointment Of Mr..
| McLane as Minister to China, may be put down
| as all fudge, 1t reflects, undoubtedly, his
.Ia 1,,t sho nof@ ,,,,,,
| tration, and would be undeniably displeasing to
| the great bulk the democratic party in Mary
! lany, with whom Mr.. McLane is in the worst
| possible odor. Perhaps, however, that will be
reason with the Cabient for his appointment, as
they have SO far dispensed the federal patron
age in q manner calculated rather to offend
than please the masses.
The prevalence of malignant form of the
bilious fever among the German emgrant
boarding houses on the Point has given rise to
exaggerated reports of the existence Of yellow
fever here Some ten or fifteen deaths have oe-
Cured, but the disease is already abating, and
no fear has at any time been entertained of
its spread.
The affairs Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company are becoming almost inextricably
embarrassing, and the stock and shares are now
at an extreme point of depression Nearly the
same old Board Of Directors have been reelected,
and all hopes Of improvement in the working of
| the road has been abandoned for the present.
! There is however, an inherent strength in the
position of the road and its geographical advan-
tages that may be relied ON for eventually
bringing it out of it's difficulties.
The holding of our Mechanics Fair and the
opening of the Exhibition of the State Agricul-
tural Society next week, are attracting the
usual concourse of spectators to our city. Bu-
siness also is brisk, and altogether our little
village is getting along bravely.
! Upper tendon is unusually lively this season
with the soirees, junketngs, ETC., of high life.
! Success in business among our merchants has
! opened the purse strings to wives and daugh-
| ters, and with the help of few brilliant
matches in the exclusive circles, everybody
that is, everybody that is anybody-is having a
| happy time of it. OBSERVER