Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-25
Baltimore Correspondence.

BALTIMORE, October ~, 1853.
~ Tar a, I'll" weather l. concerned, this has been
eli unusual day. Ii commenced s.iowinc early in
the morning, aud continued for several hours
until the roofs of houses were covered an inch dscu
or more. Ram succeeded, intcrmingIed with hail
aud snow, accompanied hya siron. northwest wind
Thus the day passed off. II Is now cod--thermou,-
rter down tn the free z,ng point This change has
been very sudden. Yesterday, fires could he com
ortahly dispensed with, the heavens were clear al
mo, plcrt bdnlr, and thou lands out enlnyiBc
themselves. To day. II Is ahpninahly fsarrfeiIie
ov"rshoes and overcOas III Tequ:Ition, and all the
appliances of winter brought INTO pIay If tI,p
snow had not melted il fell the merry sleigh bells
at this hour might have been heard juggling IN the
streets.
4 large portion of the stock and agricultural in,
PIGMENTS 10 be exhibited IL specimens, have been
deposited VI the cattle show grounds. The e1bIhI
non promises to SurpaSs all previous ones. II op"ns
IN moruw. fear the inrlement weather will pre-
vent many from attending President Fierce and
other high fnnctinnarIes from Washington are conf
IDENTIFY expected to Re present.
ii Is now fixed again definitely in regard To the
Third Congressional District. Jo$hua Vansant pub
I>iie- card IN this afternoons .7rsUe in which he
fnlly accepts the Democratic nomination, resigned
ny INN some days ago He is therefore, fairly the
field again, with renewed strength.
Mr.. Young, who had offered himself rs n Whir
candidate, now declines running. The field is thee
fore only occupied by tfr. Preston (Imdeprlidcnt
and Mr.. NanSlnt, the regular Democratic nominee.
Tie Holiday street Theatre OpcuCd to NIGHT under
the management Di MIR. Marshall, with the Ravci<.
There wds n iIil house, notwitis landing the incle
lnrnt wed'ii''T. AS there will probably be thirty
Thousand strangers city Tins week, all places
of amu=eIncnt expect To reap harvest.
The fever which prevailed ON Fcll's Point has
subsidized entirely. our city Is vfry healthy.
Thn-e best posted III regard To Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad affir~, think the company Will not declare
dividend for two or three wears hence. The ca ri
tal now invested IL tins great work il twenty one
millions OF dollars, and loan of six millions more
(mskIiig twenty millions l. proposed TO Law a
double track from city 10 Wheeling. This seems
indispensable to the future triumph of this vast en-
ierprSe.
observe that the people Of Savannah Georgia
repei and fatty contradict the statement made some
days ~" by the Baltimore .7Werictn that the water
iii Their harbnr Is too shallow 10 admit steamer So
large the Granite State. proposed 10 bs pt ON the
line from Baltimore 10 that ciiy. | now Learn and
my authority Il the Owner Oi the t,at that she is
ready for the company, and the company ready and
wilng To purchase her upon terms first proposed and
understood, the requisite amount of mems
can b" procured Active efforts making Ia raise
tr funds L" sqUander time III this enterprise NAV
forfeit an opportunity most favorable. Baltimore
must look 10 the south, and recptocate her favors
oiir business men III all departments Of trade arr,
now looking eith intense anxiety for the next news
from Europe. majority OF them confidently expect
Il iuit continuation OF war news. In the mean lime
hH''creT, they uncertain, and hole or. of bread
strffs fearing further decline arc anxious tn selI at
rtdnced prices. The money market H. l,,ht bur
somewhat easier, aud legitimate merchants have
thus far had m difficu'lcs.
George =. Kane, ESQ, has been unanimously
chosen Captain of the company lust formed
mere called The Montgomery Guards They are ey-
pfctrd to turn out one hundred aud fiitv men OH
their fir.t parade. Captain Kane viii make AN "a
cCii"ut officer for the atiIWaTt Ni0ntcnm,erics
RoDtRIck.