Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-27
CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from New York.

SHHddD IN baltimore Sunday IN Ne,c YORK;
ProroHtn9 accompaniment To Church Music fur
nished BY Seeing Muchiaes-The "Safe Deno.;t
Compony Of Ne,c York"-lMajor Searas' Copperso-
ton 'r"h President Johnson-Hs Effect on the P.
tdicH Cd"ros-The Coming Lecture of Wendell
PhWps onthe theme Of Tile South Victorious" DC.
correspondence o1 the Baltimore Daily Commercial
New YORK. 0ctr 24th, 1865.
There Is one local item in your issue for Monday
which could not fail to strike native Gothomite os
decided novelty. allude to the statement that n
man had been fined for working on Sunday Here
that practice is so common as to have ceased TO at
tract attention in some parts of the city Formerly
the Sundayworkers used to at least allow rs the
boon of quietude. Not so now. The noisy sewing
machines having taken the place of the silent old
fashioned needle quiet Sabbath hour is a rarty-a
luxury, indeed which few permitted to enjoy in
the more densely populated portions of the CITY,
Their din is incessant day and night
l was ear and eye witness to a curious scene one
Sunday morning. 1t was in summer time, the win
dows of Norfolk street Methodist Episcopal Church
where the popular preacher Corbitt is pastor were
thrown open for greater comfort But comfort proved
impossible. In an adjoining building several lerscns
were running their machinesl And such Il clatter
during singing, prayers and sermon. was kept I'D as
to utterly destroy the effect aimed at by either Es-
pecially was thf the with the singing In fact
claltcI VI lurnlSneu an accountant
ment to the organ and the choir, which was udicrous
in the extreme! The officials of the church were
very indignant-So much as to lose all their Chris
titan patience. But they lost it in van for the strange
and unbargalned-for accompaniment went on and
the closing OF the windows and the endurance of the
heat presented the only alternative left to them
noticed, in recent issue of the Commercial an
aluson to the safer keeping of Government bonds rs
want of the altered times and to project some where
to the easward-perhaps at Boson-of an institution
for the supply of it. am happy to inform you that
such an institution was projected here more than a
year ago. and that it has been in successful operaton
Tor several months, under the name of The Safe
Deposit Company of New York" 1t is located in a
new ire-proof marble building at 146 Broadway
corner. of Liberty street, in the basement of which
burglar-proof vaults have been arranged Within
these vaults, those who prefer can have separate
safes the renter exclusively keeping the keys thereof
which Will lit no other safe therein, and himself lock-
ing and unlocking it. with the right of access TO it rs
often as he chooses always identifying himself ie
necessary by the number of his SAFE description of
ms person, his Signature and password on record
with the Company, before entering the vault and
then to be accompanied by, and under the constant
supervision Of the safe-keeper The lock is changed
with every change of renter, and the number on the
key does not correspond with the number of its
safe. For mutual protection a responsible into
ducnOn Is invariably required of every renter
Each renter ola safe and each depositor may appoint
deputy to act in his place with the company A
deposit may be made by one person for account of
another, and deliverable to a third if desired A
married woman may make deposit in her own
name, deliverable to herself only or to any one be-
side herself that she may name; she may also make
the deposit in the of another, deliverable to
either, but only in the presence of both speciaI
provision he made If desirable thn
of deposit and on the books Of the Company at the
time of deposit to whom in the event of the death of
the depositOr, the deposit shall be Delivered The
officers and employees of the Company are under
oath to i'm part information of the transactions of
the Com pany with any of its renters or deposors,
except upon process of law.
1t may be more than curious to your readers to
know the rates of charge adopted blythe company
which has undertaken this new and wonderful bus-
ness. They are as follows:
Government and all other Coupon)
Securities. or those transferable by Isl 00per 1000
delivery, Guiding Bank Bills.
Government and all other Securities so @ noo
Negotiable only by Endorsement ~ iooo
Gold Coin Bullion. Us 900
Silver Coin Bullion .................. 200 900
Jewelry. Diamonds. Watches........... $50 900
Silver Plate or its valuation BY owner 90 500
Deeds Mortgages, Valuable Papers generally, when
ofno fixed value, Sl.O0 year each according to
Wills for any length of time during the life of the
maker, $500
Cash Boxes of Bankers,
Capitalists, Merchants,
Lawyers Tradesmen, e35 ooob h,>. NM, ,-oo,.
&c., contents unknown go l WA f' 'e"i'
to the Company will be
received at...................
The conversation of Major George L. Stearns of
Boston. with President johnson, published with
Mr. Johnson'S approval, has proved wet blanket to
the hopes of the Democrats in this State showing
II in tba l.
to negro suffrage, like themselves. they reckoned
without their host Major Stearns is to my per-
sonal knowledge, reliable and influential man. lie
IS Il thorough radical and warm confidential friend
of Governor Andrew. He has been known person
ally TO Mr. johnson, he having been in Tennessee
while Mr.. johnson was Governor of that State and
on terms of frequent and friendly intercourse with
him. Hence the President, in contdng his views to
him SO unreservedly as he did with knowledge #
his representative character a Radical and of the
public use he was to make of them may be regarded
showing purposey disposition to take counsel of
that wing of the Republican party, and defer to them
contrary to what has the wish father to the thought
Of the Democratic Journalists and orators and to the
grievngs out of the Herald to the contrary This ex
position will be worth from ten to twenty thousand
votes to the Unioniss at the approaching election.
There is considerable interest taken by the poIit-
cal qnidncsin in the promised lecture of endel Phil
lips on the theme OF The South Victorious to come
off here tomorrow evening 1t is thought that Major
Stearns has taken not little wind out of the sails
of Mr.. P But, as you have propheticaly said of the
"silver-tongued orator. it will take bright er
than even he to alter the favorable anticipation
in regard to President Johnson's course, awakened
by this fresh exposition of his views of National af
fairs. And yet | would not have Mr.. Phillips cease
to agitate. Without such disturbing element as he
furnishes stagnation might present worse aterna-
tive than his hypercritica assaults. ORION.