Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-23
BALTIMORE Correspondence.

BALTIMORE, January %, 1854
The Senior Assembly comes off in our city, at
the new assembly rooms, on Wednesday night
next. This will be another superb affair. Very
extensive preparations are making for it, A
large number of your District citizens will, no
doubt, be present Invitations have been sent
to the President, heads of the Departments,
members OF Congress, Diplomatic Corps, &c
| shall, perhaps give further attention to this
fete, after it has taken place.
In my last letter, l promised some further
notice of the Junior Assembly, which was held
here on the evening of the 10th inst. I have
| reason to know that your readers here are we'll
pleased with what has already been said of that
assembly by % Roderick," and those interested
expect him to fulfill his promise, in giving
more extended account This 1 shall most
cheerfully do in my letter of tomorrow, re-
marking only for the present, that it was one Of
the most delightful entertainments, perhaps,
ever given in Baltimore. The young gentle
men having charge Of it. have received. as they
richly merit, due praise for the admirable man
| ner in which everything was conducted.
1t must be matter of qualification to you
that the Star is so anxiously sought after and
literally patronized in Baltimore l hear of it
| in all directions. Our merchants, too, begin to
appreciate its worth as an advertising medium
several saddles of fine venison for SALE gave
notice of the fact through your paper. He had
scarcely reached his store on the following
morning, until a dispatch was there from gem
tleman in Washington, and the commodity dis
posed of.
l have omitted, unintentionally, to notice the
Sunday Despatch, new Sunday paper estab-
lished in our city by the Messrs. Clouds 1t
has. thus far, reached its second number and
oil oAx,o al
lating some three thousand copies. The Des-
patch Is an excellent journal. The editorials
selections, &c, are put forth with excellent
taste Its telegr aphic department of the very
latest news from all parts, is also feature of
high Importance. The success of this enter
prise seems to be undoubted
There was some excitement here to-day. in
consequence of a report that Monsigneur Be-
DIM, the Pope's Nuncio was to oficiate in the
Cathedral. Quite a number of persons attend
ed, in order to see and hear him, but his holi-
ness not having appeared, they were disap-
pointed.
An incident, connected with the "Know
Nothings,' has been related to me. which. if
true, shows that they are extremely choice and
exclusive, as regards qualification for men,
bership. gentleman was solicited to become
a member. He intimated willingness to do
so. Upon further inquiry, it was ascertained
can born. This, it seems, proved to be a barrier
sufficient to exclude him from membership. If
such be the requirements of the new order, they
would be likely to gain rapid accessions, were
they to establish associations amongst the ChOc-
taws, Pawnees, Kickapoos Sioux, or Flat
Heads-purer American blood than these can
not be found
The Comptroller of Maryland, in answer to an
order OF the House, furnishes the following
statement OF the amount due the State from the
collectors of Kent county. to be $40. 500 Is.
Howard district, 1854 76 Howard county.
4,S41 81. Montgomery county, $25 1877 40.
From the collectors of all the other counties and
city of Baltimore, $318;984 24-making a total
of 1877 1893 40.
;, The statement Of the State Comptroller shows
the amount of defalcation of Lambert s. Nor
wood, late Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
tor Baltimore city, to the State of Maryland,
from inc LIST OF June, 1888, to the 18th Of De-
cember, 1853, to be $l7, 1862 u. 80.
=t-.5' .--'--H RODERICK