Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-09
Baltimore Correspondence.
BAIFlMonE, April s, rs

BALTIMORE, april b, 1858.
Chief Justice Roger B. fancy has been quite
indisposed, from the effect of bad cold, for some
dayspast. Reports have gone abroad by telegraph
that he was dangerously i'll. Toallay anyappre-
henson onthe subject viii state that the dstin-
guished jurist is now nearly, recovered. He is
able to sit up and will be out in a few days His
health for some years has been precarious and he
looks feeble, resulting from arrangement of the
nervous system.
learn upon reliable authority, that a new and
magnificent first class hotel is to be erkcted in our
city. A company, at the head of which is Geoige
Brown, of the firm of Brown, Brothers & Coz,
bankers, John Hopkins and Columbus O'Donnell,
threeof ourwealthiestc citizens, has purchased the
square of ground on Baltimore street opposite the
Museum. 1t is bounded on the north by Balti-
more street. south by Mercer street. west by NJ Clel-
lands Alley and east by South Calvert street,
The front on Baltimore street. will be about one
hundred and eighty feet and on South Calvert
street, about three hundred feet. There are now
some twenty buildings, stores, dwellings, ware
houses &C., on the lot. This hotel is to be six
stories high with easement, and will be built out of
blue freestone, handsomely polished and ornament
ed, from the recently discovered quarries near
Cheat river, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The entire cost of the building, furniture, ground
and ALL will be from $500, 900 to S700, ZOO. It is
designed to be one among the most commodious
and elegant structures of the kind in the United
States, with all the modern improvements, equal if
possible superior TO any of the hotels recently
erected in New York, Philadelphia and New Or
leans. Operations have not yet been commenced,
but will be as soon as the necessary preparations
can be made. It is intimatea that Mr.. VIM. Guy,
now proprietor Of the United States Hotel, on
Pratt street, is to have charge of it.
The increase Of travel and business in Baltimore,
should be erected. Baltimore has fewer first class
hotels than any other city of its size in the Union
The time has arrived to remedy The evil. w.
There is considerable talk Of building splendid
Theatre and Opera house in an eligible stu
alton. The locations of our Holiday and Front
street theatres very bad and the buildings I'M
comfortable. We need new theatre and first rate
company greatly. Baltimore is proverbal for its
lack Of amusements. 80. .a.s 81
observe that The Messrs. Cloud, have disposed
Of their interest in the Baltimore Argus, to Mr. P.
H. Richardson, the present. partner and editor
This looks like as though he was not expecting an
Office under the Pierce administration.
We have had day of lncessant rain and a cold
disagreeable atmosphere. "a" "
Vegetation is fully fortnight in advance of
ordinary seasons. Everything gives abundant
promise. .'u
Business is steady. Breadstuffs dull. Califor-
mia shipments of nearly all kinds of produce sus-
pended. Flour S4,75aS4,sl for Howard mills
Grain has not changed in price for some days. 90
Provisions dull of sale at previous prices. Sugar
and molasses depressed. Rio Coffee firm at saa
81 cts. The money market is easy and discounts
free. "o' Dtn w.