Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18
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BALTIMORE. Md, Feb. II, 1860.

BALTIMORE, Md. Feb. IL. 1860.
Mr.. Editor We. in his gooIly city
OF Monuments, are about To be purlfed,Te
generated and fumigated, Ior our State
Legislature Las passed bill for the relor.
nation Of our polrce-a desideratum in
which We stood greatly in need. Our
streets have, for The last fCur years, pre-
scented some bloody scenes, eQnailng In.
! deed those OF some Of the towns Of Spain
in leudal times, when the knife and dag
ger were dyed in crimson gore. Men have
fbeen here assaulted and siaug Uttered IN tie
morning, at midday and al night with as
lIule compassion as if they had been
brutes, and in but lew instances have ar.
rests ard convictions for the ourages been
made. II has been for four years the uni
versaI opinion Of our good citizens, that
our police force was nought but corrUp-
ton, anu the thought that We aIe TO have
!hlngs better make the heart OF every good
denzen leap with joy. Strangers who
have heretofore passed through Baltimore
icing doubtless afraid to rest day or two
where lawIessnrsS and violence held SUI
preme control. can now stop with US IN
safety, though it viii be some time before
We are rid of the hosts Of pickPockets, gar
rioters, assasSins and villains OF al dyes.
thar have found refuge here, and persons
visiting Us should he careful Of their watch
es and purses when at places of amuse-
ment or riding in The city passenger GERS
(horse railroads. TIE hghl.6nGered
gentry "work" those cars both d y and
night.
Business is beginning to look up. Our
merchants, anticipating largely increased
trade from the South and South West.
have laid in some excellent and extensive
stocks OF goods Of all kinds, and | under
stand that it is their intention 10 sell al a
deduction OF per cent. to all who buy
here instead OF gong 10 Philadelphia and
New York as heretofore. The IlaT"cr's
Ferry outbreak has had connecting TO do
with ,nis, doubtless, Baltimore may be sci
iowa as a true Southern city, though we
have among us few Northern symPalhi-
zprs-nol sufficient, however. TO do Us
any hurt One Of orr representatives.,
nevertheless. Henry Winter Davis voted
Tor Mr.. Pennington for Speaker in the o..
:. House of representatives., and as Mt.
p. il looked upon by people hereaboUt' as
an Abollionisr, Mr.. Davis may az well
leave these parts, for he is "drad as
politician. In Vulgar Parance, he is
"played out" Our State Legislature
wisely censured him for his vote IN favor
tnf NJ. Penuinslon-every member OF II,
save one, voting for the resolution Of cen
sure.
Mr.. Edward Bowling, formerly CHIEF
clerk Of the Superior Court of THIS cry,
committed suicide on Thursday last, by
shooting himself through the heart. He
was at one lime very popular as PoIlIi'
clan, and vas extensively known. III
mother was standing by him when he per-
petrated the self murder. Rum is said 10
have been the cause.
A poor woman was found dead in an
unlensnted house, on GuIlCord alley, on
Thursday. Exposure and intemPerance
were supposed 10 be the cause.
I VIM. G. Ford, who was indicted for the
murder of Mr.. Burnham, a policeman,
was acquitted in the Baltimore County
Court, at TowsOntown, near this city,
(whilher he had moved his lriaD on Thurs
day. His case has occupied the attention
of the Criminal Courts Of the city and
county for the last two years. hls &C.
ouiual does not give satisfaction, except to
the party which lie belongs. The muir
der was an aggravated case.
Tie lottery business, which, for SC
many years, was 90 extensively carried
on in Ibis city, was suddenly brought 10
close few weeks ago, by The arrest o.
all dealers in tickets, the Legislature hav
ing passed law authorizing a stoPpsgt
OF the business. Great. indeed, was The
CONSERVATION Of tho vendors of tickets
when the officers hauled them up. The
first satisfaction they had Of The law going
into effect was their arrest.
There is no news Of especial interes
further 10 advise you Of. And so, an re
uoir. HkLlCON.
HoHoway's Pills an unfailing Remedy
for Bilious mplainls.-rhomas Hold