Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-08
CITY INTELIlTGEN


Mr. SocKDoLosER IN BALrNoRE-r-stange but
less strange than true, Mr.. ). went 10 Baltimore
A city man seeing him there, might have looked
on him as upon fly in amber, and wonder how
the D. it got there, 1t not being pay day But
he went and travelled entirely In cog, lest some
such sensation might have been created, as is re-
corded on the event of q certain Mr.. Daniel Tuck
er's getting 20 town. He did not travel on the
" dead head system either, for fear that if he
could have come that dodge" he would be obliged
to puff the railroad and all hands through all time
The only obligation then which he has to record
is primarily TO two hard earned dollars, which fla
yor every professor alike, to engine No. l28, which
went Il like thunder-gust of sap-suckers in some-
thing under 240, and could not help ITSELF and TO
an old COW, who, il seems, " would not die in
spring time" and who, notwithstanding, seem
ing intention to shuttle off her mortal coil be-
fore the cold weather sets in again. did reconsider
her rash resolve, and got off the track.
The first object which struck his attention was a
sign, warning people Of the danger of riding on
the platform" A thought struck him-may not
this account for the fusion of all parties against
the American platform in Maryland? If the hoosier
broke his neck running from the fret steam engine
thinking the " damned tariff was after him, }" may
not our unsophisticated neighbors seeing this
ominous warning against platforms, have associated
Americanism with smash? That would certainly
be a more respectable reason than the one Which
politicians give
Well, we got" there, If our friend Genl. @.
has not. before this, struck out the word from the
Z vocabulary. Baltimore is big place. As the
Western orator said" il are varst, and in the
Sou West, illimitable" AS before indicated, there
was no suspension of business on the unusual
event. flor you know 80 cannot be spent every
day. and the writer was glad to note that every
body had some business to do, and no time to
spare, as here, to attend to that Of others.
Bnt there was one thing to which every man,
woman, and child seemed willing TO give mo-
ment, as well as their money--the reports OF the
condition Of the doomed cities Of Norfolk and
Portsmouth The wistful gaze and tender express
sion Of pity rested every face, and it did appear,
as each man passed on, he seemed TO feel snbdued
as ID the presence Of Him who notes even the
sparrow's fall, and whose provdences he could not
question.
Baltimore has come up nobly to the works of
charity and good deeds No draft on her purse
and her sy npathies has yet been dishonored. 1t
is "a city set on a hilP Tor future generations to
admire and bless.
y very notable fact in Baltimore is the cleanli-
ness OF the streets, there being strong current of
water running down both sides of nearly every
one. What avails any system Of drainage unless
we have water?
"THE BABY KILLEp."-T standing instruction
to printers is that in the absence of anything else
to attract public attention, they must kill baby,
and If that won't do to fill out they must bring it
to life again. Tt is last resort as matter of
course, to slaughter the innocents-but necessity
knows no law. To-day we kill the baby! Well,
what is man to do in such shocking dull times?
There are no bloody murders to record, except
among the mosquito race, which would be an in
vason of the administrations prerogative There
are no accidents to record; IL there are, it can
not be expected that the reporter should be on
hand, like Sawyer, late Nockemorf, with lancet in
- ia Al hNlxr hat Thar
are no coroners' I" conquests" for the people are,
as the doctors say, distressingly healthy" The
weather is too hot for horses to away and
scare the ladies to death, to say nothing of the
women and children" So it is just the sol
dier said: Lord, captain, you cannot expect all
the virtues of human nature combined for 80 per
month"
We are all embarked in the same bottom
Everybody should share with each other body.
The general propensity TO read news and contri-
butte his share TO the general amusement, which
is another term for general health. So, seni in
your material ladies and gentlem IN, "all orders
executed with readiness and dispatch" and "a
liberal deduction (always) made in favor of the
trade"
PUBLIC MEETIsG.-We take much pleasure in
calling attention TO the call Of the Mayor for a
public meeting at four o'clock this afternoon to
consider some more extensive plan for developing
what we must think is the real sentiment and
feelings of the community in relation to the Nor
folk, and Portsmouth sufferers. We took occa-
sion, day or two ago, to remark that Washington
was behind other places, and TO express the hope
that no such stain would remain long on her char
actor. We suggested means, too, which II acted
on wonld result most handsomely, viz that Of ell
oflice.hoiders, who constitute large portion Of
the community might follow the example of the
workmen at the Navy Yard Hackmen and others
are giving one days pay. Should not the same
proposition hold in sympathy as in salary Indeed,
the only efTectual plan is by classes trades, and
professions. That would take in all but those who
have no visible means Of support; but even they
can, and should do something.
"Nor MUcH TO CRow 0vER.n--The Sentinel,
after announcing in flaming capitals that Know
Nothingism has been rebuked in Georgetown"
confesses that Il Is not much 10 crow over, after
all"--that It is only straw TO show how the wind
blows. The man who could not get into Noah's
Ark thought that there would not be much of n
shower nrd 80 have been the anti press through
the course Of the many brilliant American victo-
ries Though not much to crow over, every little
:" straw such as this, has thrown them into costa
cios, and ne now each one rivals Chapman in the
very thing of growing As to this particular cleo
ton, Il may be sufficient TO say that there were
other than foreign causes, though their potency
need not 20 be remarked upon Georgetown is
none the less American for having elected an
English man as time and opportunity viii album
dainty show. Singular, however, that none of the
previous elections indicated the populor current.
srArSToS.-A gentleman returned this morning
from the mountains represents Stanton to be in
such state OF activity as that Dutch cheese
would form no sort Of comparison Hundreds Of
people, going TO and returning from the springs,
are daily concentrated there, and the hotels are
resping goIlen harvests On inquiry for McClung,
who formerly kept the real old Virginia House, we
find that he Is in fine health, and up to his eyes in
business IL there is a better man in the world
or one who understands his business better than
McClung, we should like to see him" that's all,
az most people say when they want to be emphatic
To persons having "a dollar or two" and who
wish TO spend to advantage, we would simply sug
gest debarkaiion on some fine morning, and
trip TO Staunton. The crossing Of the Blue Ridge
mountain on the mountain track" which is &C
compished with 80 much safety and ease, is worth
ten times the money to anybody who knows the
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