Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-12
CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Correspondence Baltimore Commercial ]
New York. Feb. 10, 1866.

The Mercer Eaigrqtioa .Sckeme-More Defrauied
Compoaieg--LH Hens-"Tooa and Coaaiy''-
A Rotten LoncerR-Rich Revelations in Prospect-
Gallqnt ICE Hooker-.Hig Hlaess-A yJournaiist
Struck lpib P0ru5psis- Enormous Profits Of the
HofeisThc Rent Question: What Ne,o Yorieg,s haze
to Submit To--fhe Tribune oad It's g,&qf-Per8oaat-
FentaR JHteltgeHcc-T Thedtylc"i Hoa2-Sanitdyy Re
form CRdeFgromRd RoiroUd-We Weather.
On Saturday last, Mr.. Knapp, President of the as
sociation owning the s.. Louis Republican, and Mr.
Colburn, Tribune reporter, were arrested for an al
legged libel written By the latter and published
against cur Merchant Prince" \. 7. Stewart. Mr.
| Knapp has been released on making ample apology
and the reporter held on bail TO await the action Of
the grand Jury which has since brought in an indict
ment against him. Regarding this and the former
suit against the Police Gazette, the little Sun apty
observes, under heheading of Terrified Innocence"
that public men who subject to such assaults usu-
ally consider the possession of good character
sufclent answer, but that Mr. Stewart is unwilling,
or unable to avail himself of simple mode of de-
fence. The good sense Of this remark is apparent
when 1t Is considered that neither the Gazette nor the
iepabhcan are read by any considerable portion of
cur citizens, and in carrying the alleged libel into
the court Mr.. Stewart has simply breathed into it
the life OF publicity and created at least, suspicion
where none existed before.
THE FEMALE EMIGRATION FRAUD.
Legal proceedings have been commenced in our
courts on behalf OF six of the would be female
emlgrants to Washington Territory against Mercer
sured them tn. ne had $4,000 in gold to dsfribufo
among them on heir arrival at Settle. and that he
mad been regularly appointed by the territorial gov
ernment On t,ess representations. they purchased
sage with several others 'o Ct i'S
WORTHY OF IMITATION.
The Just published report Of our commissioners of
charities and correction, announces the gratifying
fact that they have been able to save f3rt, tbouSJ
dollars out of the sum appropriated for last yeaT
charge of the city prisons RsItny"o al a
lOSplfnlS Y,,,ll,
| reiormafory Institutions.
M, LITERARY,
seIs Oh the new London serial The Argosy) propose
- import hngilsn BOOKS n sheets cheaply, that
tney can oe sold IN competition with American re-
PllntS OF the same works. HaTpers who do the most
IN the reprint business, OF object srenuouslv
o Pnt on 'hs score OF injury 10 Ameriean authors r
PTdiEaiS TiE IdyioT mas Poem, The Picture OF ST.
yohp; nearly ready Tor the press be has also uu-
dertaken translation Of Faust, in rhyme and the
spoken Of as regular contributors to the new fort
| nightly, IccA and CoHat,y. Mr. and Mrs L. IT,
Sto9dari' the former poetry, the latter fiction e. c.
Stcdinan poetry and criticisms; Bayard Taylor.
| William Swinton, of the Times; VIM Winter, dra-
matte critic of the Tribune poetry and ESSAYS. anl
Z. D. Gardettc Of the younger and Aessrs BRYANT
| brlsgs and Iuckerman, of the older writers
COLUMBIAN INSURANCE CONpAyg
The affairs of this insolYeat company are still un
Se'ueu. t4l,d meeting or pOhcy holders was held
| On Monday, but nothing definite has vet been nc
compshed. The policy and managers Of he com
pahy were decidedly fast, and the final crash Is
now attributed to the fact that the last annual cy-
ANIMATION was more than usually gSarcnlnr anl
rotten concern was Go.~elled to confess its hollow
1eSa Saould IT. affairs be laid before the public in
the courts, you will be regale with salutary rrnoqs
| Of how mammoth business structure i oFtGn hrit
here the slightest Of capitals-ether pecUniaTy or
| moral!
PERSONAL
40UT readers will rec0llect that some weeks ago
referred to the dangerous illness of gallant Joe
Hooker. Several journals have since 9ffemTfad IA
deny the truth of assertions but the facts do not
| bear them out. 4 physician acquainted with thc
casC t!e othef gay informed me that one side and
llZed. Itl true that he yet tranSacs business at
headQqar,crs in this city, but his hand has to be
careiGity lttou W 70 Ihe table 10 enable him TO sign
ne requisite oIicia documents. am panied to add
considered Impossible. and death visitant that NAV
oo ~ any moment expected; 1t seems sad that
perfect specimen OF physical manhood should thus
DC stricken down N the tullness Of yigor Another
melancholy case OF man Of genius similarly alint-
| ed. is that Of James R. Spalding the weli-knowu
journalist Mr. s. recently arrived in this city from
ttsF CIte4nS, SIT 1ek Wlth paralysis Brought from
the steamer to the doors of several Of our principal
hotes, ne was I'm shame be it said refused admis-
SION at each and compelled to lind refuge in the ew
York hospital. where he lies at present. Mr. SpaId
ing was originally engaged upon Ihc lo'rier and En-
4u!rer, but at the inception of The World rs re
nglouS daily, he accepted the position OF editor III
| GfHmel' Consequently ne joined the staff of The
4tmcS W1ere he remained until his marriage, which
OCcuIIeu last summer lr. .. IS one OF the ahlest
our metropolitan journalists and his loss this time
"2Glo 2o g@e @ deeply lelt.
| Nm. Il iGTIlburt one OF the editors of the World
| has gene to Mexico for a several months absence
Mr. II. is one Of the most brilliant and INSCRIPTIONS
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editorial associates together to give the World local
| habitatiQn and Il name among the journals OF the
| metropolis A daughter Of La Strange. the opera
singer, was married few days since by Mayor HoE
man u MI L. D. UoSiihg, DC GOrdOTa agent.
, HOTEL PROFITS
nave IL on the pest authority thaJ the net profits
of the 81 NIeh1i3@ hotel IN this city, for the last
JS'ti' a4ter deuGclng all expenses, and twenty five
per cent Tor wear and tear, S4OJOO0 One CT the
proprletors resides in France the other IN rbis city
our readers probably aware tHat an in crest in
the same hoteI was sold recently in the morning ana
: a or Y,1,-,
OF iSVOJ and this when, in 1861, there was So little
| patronage that there WoT5 three walters to each
| closing the house until better times,
RENTS.
Cur daiiieS hlled with eXordtums concerning tho
recent enormouz rise in rents and suggests as usual
| various remedies. We thought that the acme had
neen reached last SPRING but landlords now look
| ing 70 sun loiter attitudes. ! give you few
| amPles: haughwoutS splendid chinG snG glass cs-
| taoilshment, broadway ana Groom. has been held
ee u lease l2r several yeais past at Sl2G0 per annum
.enta the lease expires this spring and the landlord
now now demands a rent OF $1,000 CIark's restaurant
| broadway ana Nineteenth, first floor and basement,
| mas been rented for Sl5tJ0. Ihaso are not excep-
uOns' Ordinary stores, ii 5Iegbc locations Broad
way bTqg HON $4,000 to S3OG0O House rents have
advanced generally about fifty per cent and dwell
ingS are difficult to obtain at the rates
y does not require much Prophetic cunning TO pre-
Even Tie purses Of n ew Workers have bottoms, and
this year Of our Lord will not expire before 1iany
| nave come to a realizing sense c. this TACT.
! ,.r.,;-.., 9oukNALtsM
~. as preai3iea some TINE since the enlargement Of
t"sH cause tEc Otner l8ZO QaIeS
TO follow suit. The ItttEae Will be the first to imi-
| tare the example. Ietore the 18th of April next
y Will be increased in size to that of the London
,I"e8. ihlS Will oe the second time the experiment
mas been made, as some ten years since similar step
was taken but before business warranted it. and tEe
old size speedily resumed. NpeaL ms Of tne 1ribaEe
some enterpriSlnG writer undertook to euIighten the
readers OF Chicago journal recently as to the edi-
torial stan OF the former, but whether through his
own ignorance, the blunders Of the cnInp0sitors
ne made sad work OF 1t. As the letter being quite
extensively copied, may as we'll set the matter
rght Horace freely is editor in chief and dictates
the policy OF the paper leaving practical detail! to
| Sydney IL. Gay. the able managing editor Empl0v-
o ~ utgIIii WRITER'S are = Y. 7nA!ley, son n-laW
OF W enGel Phlt4ii5 John K: Young formerly man
4Gtn1 Idltor OF F0rneys Philadelphia Press c. I.
COnsdon and several occasional contributors There
| are tWO news editOrS-tT1i. Crane Formerly day)
night, and j, Henry HaZer formerly night tay The
! former was recently Of the Boston JJl51Gl and the
latter proprietor of the Poughke nsiau The foilow
ing have sole charge of their respective departments
Prof. A !. Schem, foreign; George Ripley literary:
Junius H. Brown, formerly war CORRESPONDENT Of the
Tribune, and at cGa attached to the Cincinnati
press, city; s. l. Clarke. formerly of the Erpress
| hnancal; SOlin Robinson. agricultural; Clarence
| Cork. artistic; Henry c. Watson, Musical William
| Winter, dramatic; Amos Cumminn, weekly md
seInlWeeky editions. BESIDES these there Is an able
| corps OIL reporters, prominent among whom are
ODOnnell, Stout and Norton,
rae FESIANs.
IheIe Is considerable stir among the Fenians just
now caused hy reports worthy Of various degrees OF
credence. Forty British detectives are said to be en-
gagged watching the 'unuuict SDirilS'-tn uSe q Ma