New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-24
DAILY CRESCENT.
Baltimore Jurisprudence.

Baltimore Corr espondence
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BALTIMORE, May lG, 1853.
wanton and murderous outrage was com
ntted in the western part Of our city last night.
A party Of ruifians, Of whom Baltimore has by
far too many, attacked the keeper OF German
drinking saloon, dangerously wounded him, and
shot dead his brother who interfered for his pro-
lection number of those charged with the
commission of the act have been apprehended,
but as these gangs have always their compan-
ions to prove an aHbi, they nearly in every in
stance escape punishment.
The last week or two has shown an unprece-
dented increase in the passenger travel on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad For days in sue
cession the through passengers from Wheeling
and points beyond have averaged over a hun
dred, and additional cars have been placed on
the road to accommodate the rush Many of
these passengers come from New Orleans and
other points On the Mississippi, showing that the
river route is fast entering into competition with
the mail route along the seaboard.
Maryland has at last prepared herself to take
part in the Southern Commercial Convention,
and the Governor has appointed a large delega-
ton to represent the City and State at Mem
phis, Some delay in the receipt by the Gov
ernor Of the communication from the citizens Of
Memphis was the cause Of the late appointment
of the delegation. Mr.. q. G. Baylor the editor
Of the Cotton Plant, left here few days since
on an extensive tour through the South and
West, with the view of furthering his project Of
direct importation for the South, and of extend
ing the influence of his paper. lie will be at
the Convention
The Wh;tsuntide holidays yesterday and to-
/ day. have been kept, especially by the blacks
. with perfect abandon, and the sight of the
: "cullered pussons" taking an airing in theil
vehicles (even oyster carts serving the purpose,
and the display of Haunting fnery and hapsy
= countenances with which they line the sidewalks
seems pretty good evidence, notwithstanding
- Mrs Stowe, that even here, with freedom only
! lying on the other side of an ina ginary line
/ Uncle Tom is quite comfortable and satisfied
with his quarters. Baltimore has a larger fre
. black population, in proportion to its other in
habtants, than any city in the Union, and
hesitate not to say that their condition is ia
Z above that Of their race in the Northern cities
They are, with, OF course, some exceptions,
!. contented, happy, and moderately industriou
people, and where they are well disposed, iv
= in comfortable circumstances. The prejudice
, that prevail against them in Northern cities ar
j. unknown here, and they are generally given tn
= preference as walters, servants, etc, over tn
foreign white population with which they com
in competition. \ striking instance of this oc
Icurred a year or two since Some small potat
r. politicians, for the purpose of making capita
endaavored to substitute whites as grain me1
surers, an employment which had been exelr
= siyely confined to negroes. Accordingly, lcens
were issued only to whites. The grain factor
however, resisted the movement, the Whit
were refused employment, and Uncle Tom al
= all his friends were soon restored to the meal
Of emolument they had possessed for year
Would not such struggle have resulted qui
differently in any Of the Northern cities
gn- The rage for taking the g European tour
is is fasliunably called, has become epidemi
and having gotten this far South, will probab
extend to NewOrleans if it has not alreat
reached there. Many Of our prominent citizen
whose wealth allows them the privilege, Al
already on their way, and as the season adyal
ces the migratory flock thickens. Amor
those shortly to leave here is mentioned VI
Robt NJ. McLane and family, His going is col
sdered a virtual abandonment Of the contest f
the Gubernatorial chair, for which he was
: month ago the prominent candidate on the den
cratic side He worked the wires most etfectl
~ ally in getting all the federal Offices for h
friends, but now finds that while obliging the
he has made hosts of enemies All his chanc
for political preferment are gone, and he wsel
as well as gracefully, retires trip to E
rope Among others Of our citizens going
- Europe, is Mr.. Thomas Swami. late President
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the to
candidate of the wings for Governor; CAPITA
George, the possessor of an immense fortune a
l. cumulated as agent Of the English guano spec
lators, and Mr.. Wm. H. McKinn, one of o
most influential and respected merchants, a
likewise among the tourists,
. The melting, iiuidifying heats of summer ha
already commenced-the thermometer is at
deg, and ice one cent pound. This is co
catenation that appeals directly to the feeling
1t is true mosquitoes have not come, thou
strawberries have, SO there is some consolatio
Notwithstanding the weather is hot, how C,
t. and delicious the ladies look; just now | C
glance at them on the shady side of Baltimo
street. as they fiutter along in their gossam
fabrics, looking cool and self-possessed as
t. they didn't know they We're increasing the he
of the weather by the warm glances they thr'
ire' around Now, there, just look at that lit
fairy as she comes down from Calvert streets
is decidedly pretty, and she knows it-how ne
and trim she looks, what delightful and unch
den liberties the breeze takes with her, how
et. hutters among her skirts, 1--WE beg the lad
pardon) sends the ribbons of her bonnet saili
behind her, coquettes with her curls, and NAL
her look altogether delightfully."- bewitching,
Her little feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice steal in and out,
As if they feared the light,
Ana as sue passes on her way
e. No upon a WhtSunday
Was ever half so bright
sky, You don't see her, Mr.. Crescent, but | Ii;
,ore no doubt you can look on your NewOrlei
streets and see just such another, (tor hapl
% do in our free country female beauty and grace
every where Indigenous and who, having $,
ct, ~l privilege would rot be an OBSERVER
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA-L0SS Of Aed
Ttco Hundred Lires.-We have to record
day another fearful calamity, the tounderin!
IL vessel at sea, with the probable loss of nea
two hundred lives
-S. Captain Forbes, of the brig Reuben cary
from Sagua la Grande, brought into port
morning the captain, mate, and six of the ci
of the ship William and Mary, of Bath, Mai
lavi- who were picked up from a boat at sea, in
sst. 81 so, and long. 10 20. having been wrec
near Stirrup Key, among the Bahama lslar
on the Sd of May.
Captain Stenson, of the William and Ma
ce has furnished us the following particular
the loss of his vessel, which was on the pass
from Liverpool to New Orleans, with a earg
,.n railroad iron and two hundred and eight pi
engers, chiefly emigrants At seven ocl
,,.. A. M, on the Sd OF May, during cloudy weat