Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-31
CITY NEWS

BALTIMORE AND SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP LIYE.-The
departure from this port for Savannah. on Saturday.
of the elegantly fitted up steamer North Point" in
auguratcd new era in the commercial interests of
Baltimore, and that the ball has been fairly
started we trust that it will be kept rolling and that
one and all feeling the slightest in prosperity
put their shoulder to the wheel. Our merchants want
to open trade with the South: to secure it. requires
activity and energy, not for day, but many days,
months and years.
Sitting quietly in their counting rooms behind i'll
assorted stocks that trade will surely not come to
them, and they may as well save their breath and
cease marvclling at Philadelphia and New York
being ovcrrun with Southern merchants, who make
all their purchases in those places simply stopping
here few hours route to say how dye do" to old
friends, to cape at the snaike pace of business in
the Monumental City, and to exercise their minds
concerning the satisfaction many of our merchants
seem to enjoy their trade-scarcely a third of
what they might do by corresponding increase of
energy and activity.
Northern men come here with their capital be-
Geving this to be fine field for operations they en-
bark in steamboat enterprise fitting up vessels at
great EXPENSE lines opened under the most IA
vorable auspices and all looks well for a while their
wharves present of hustle and activity; but
by and by the interest ceases, their vessels go and
come half freighted, and finally collapse for want of
generous support.
We do not wish to be understood as praising the
line whose name heads this article more than any
other of the lines that have been started since the
close of the war, and whose advertisements may be
found in our columns We commend them all to the
favorable consideration of business men, and hope
they will receive that munfcent support which the
outlay in establishing them calls for. The Baltimore
and Savannah line opens a new avenue for trade
with the South, and it should not be lost sight Of
Our reporter informs lis that the North Point car
red out valuable cargo Of assorted merchandise,
which is as it should be, and we hope that neither
she nor her consorts will ever go or return empty
sided.
The \. p. is the first steamer of the line which has
beon established between this port and Savannah,
and will make regular trips every week. The new
sde-whecl steamer Richmond" of LOCO tons bur
then, is being prepared by the Company, and will
take her place upon the line as completed
by the workmen who have her in charge This line.
connecting as it does Baltimore with Southern port
cannot fail to prove of great importance to the
mercial interests of both cities. The North Point
had about dozen passengers, and upon leaving the
wharf was loudly cheered by a large number of per-
sons who had assembled to witness her departure.
WEEKLY MoRTALITY.-The report of the Health
Commissioners for the past week shows a state of
health in the city that still keep us among the fore
most of the healthiest cities of the Union. Eighty
deaths occurred during the past week from the
following diseases Cancer q casualty, q collie, 3;
congestion Of the brain, /; consumption 90 convul
sons l. Group 81 dropSy, s. diarrhna l. diptheria l:
bilious fever 2 intermittent. ]; scarlet l. typhoid 8:
Inflammation of the bowels, 9; inflammation of the
brain, 4; inflammation of the lungs |; Inflammation
of the stomach, !; mania-a-pOtu. ]; nfantile, 49,.
Three deaths occurred from old age one from drown
ing and two adults unknown. During the CORES
ponding week of last year the deaths numbered l10,
showing a decrease this year of 25 Of the deceased,
IA were under year, Is between and 5; II between
and 90 10 between 20 and 30. 10 between 30 and 49,
between 40 and So 10 between 50 and 60, between
60 and TO- between 20 and so, and between 90 and
100. Males, A. females, IS. Colored persons IS.
FIRE.-A fire, which promised to be quite
destructive in its nature, occurred yesterday morn
ing, about half-past 10 o'clock, in the work
shop of .Messrs. Hiss & Bro, furniture manu-
facturers, No lbs Fayette street. The fire originated
in the upper story of the building in the of the
warehouse, binding on Cowpen alley, and which
had been used in the manufacture of furniture, caus
ing the destruction of almost the entire story with
its contents. The fire. it is supposed caused by
adefect in the chimney. The loss to the building
and contents destroyed estimated at about four to
five hundred dollars, which would have been in
creased materially but for the prompt arrival of the
fire department, the contents Of the building was
of very cOmbustibe nature. The loss is covered
by policy in the Firemen's Insurance Company.