Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-26
Baltimore Correspondence.

TIE Steam -Esgiao-Polics Refoyns--lA,.
Smiths Speech Raiiroad Directors Prize
Fight-Deelins IN Bfeadstlfs.
hs BALrAosK, Jan. 26, 1855.
The steam fire-engine recently built at Cincin-
matt for the city Of Boston, is expected to reach
here to-day, via the the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road and, as arrangements have been made to
have It's qualities and capacities tested here,
there is a very general interest manifested to
witness the novel exhibition.
The Committee ON Police in the City Council
have in preparation an ordinance to reorganize,
IN toto, our present police department. Tho
night-watch, as at present constituted, will be
entirely abolished, and the police force will be
30 augmented rs to provide for certain num-
Der being always on duty, night and day. 1t is
also proposed to uniform the police, and adopt
other measures calculated to insure more tho
rough discipline and greater degree Of efici-
ency This reform is much needed in Baltimore;
and, If carried out to the extent contemplated,
must prove most advantageous to the interest Of
"law and order;" and greatly promotive Of peace
and quietness."
The great speech Of Mr.. Smith, Of Alabama, at
tracts much attention, and win be extensively read
in this city As an able vindication Of American
principles, and an unanswerablc refdtation Of the
Jusuitical arguments which the new-fedged cham
pion Of Popery, Hon. J. Il. Chandler, put forth
with SO much effrontery and utter disregard Of
historical facts, few days since, this speech is
hailed with much qualification, by those fen who are
not prepared to regard Popery as the harmless IN
stitntion which some would try to make It appear.
The City Council last evening went into an cleo
ton for eight directors to represent the interests
of the city in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, when
the following named gentlemen were elected: John
H. J. Jerome, James H. Cook, Charles d. Kinks,
James G. Blick, John T. Mitchell, John II. Barnes,
George W. Herring, and John Dukehart Jr.
These gentlemen are all men Of intelligence and
fully converaant with the interests and wants Of the
city in regard to the management of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Their selection is eminently
judicious and will doubtless give very general salts
faction ,s
The fancy and fash gentry of Baltimore were
thrown into quite state Of excitement yesterday
by report that the notorious pugiistc characters,
Morrissey and Poole Of New York, were making
ori0nBCAHohso " An'c oHo u tlcT prutai prize
fights somewhere in the vicinity of this city. The
police are on the look ont, and If there be any
truth in the report they can doubtless, ifthey ,Oi
prevent the soil Of Maryland from being second
time disgraced by such inhuman and debasing dis
plays of brutalism.
The advices brought by the steamer Pacific yes
terday Of decline oftwo shilngs per barreln -four,
had quite depressing effect on the market here.
After the news was made public prices fell 10 IL
80 81 l-2 on time, and Howard street was freely
offered at IS 80 without finding buyers. The news
received too late to have any visible effect on
wheat, but there win doubtless be depression in
that article this morning. AMERIcus.