Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-11-11
Baltlmore|corre.onp.lenee.
EsTTIMoRE. Nov. 8. 1870.

BALTIMORE. Nov. 8, 1870.
The questions which have been agitating
the public mind 5-sometime are to-day be-
ing decided at the-ballot-b,x, and in few
hours the fate Of sech eager aspirant for po-
litical honors wilEhave been determined The
election, as far as we have been able to ascer-
tain, is passing Of il, an almost Sabbath like
quietude. There's not the slightest indca-
ton, nor has therl sver been, that there will
be any need of military interpostion to pre-
serve order and etsure fairness at the polls.
There is, howeve,a body of U. S. troops
quartered at FpA EcHenry, in accordance
with the provisions of the odipus enforcement
act, under orders Il move into the city at a
moments notice, Should there be any distur-
bance. tits extremely gratifying that no pre-
text has thus far bfen afforded them to inter
fere. The vote. q course, will be an unusu-
ally large one, amt this. exclusive of the ne
gro vote, as b,th S,arties will bring out pretty
nearly their entirt strength. Sambo, proud
of his newly invoked right, was at :he polls
bright and early fis morning, and ready to
deposit his ballot ing before the various vot-
ing precincts weifyupen for that purpose
The great bulk oafi,e negro vote was cnnse-
auently taken If the forenoon, and those
whose "sober wi Is" were averse to taking
chances in the ru?yf Of the raw material this
morning have beI afforded an opportunity
of voting under mere agreeable circumstances.
Great inlignatisn is felt here at the census
returns made by lie U. S. Governments Off
Gals. by which ithppears that Baltimore city
has but 267 900 Inhabitants, thus ranking the
sixth city in the Ulion. By the returns made
by census takers. appointed by the city au-
thorities, several gears ago, it is shown that
Baltimore hal tlen $4,000 Inhabitants
How she has lost resriy one hundred thousand
since then, whlstf.t the same time growing
apparently with Unprecedented rapidity is a
mystery which We venture to say no man,
not in sympathy With the party in power, eau
at all account for on any hypothesis Of fair
dealing.
The Board OF Bishops Of the M. E. Church
have been holding daily sessions in this city
for several days past. The principal duty
connected with their meetings is the arrange
ment for holding Annual Conferences and the
appointment of Presiding Bishops for the same
Archbishop Spidng is expected to arrive
in this city on Thursday next, when it is pro-
posed by the varis1as Catholic Societies to well
come him in beginning manner. 80,
The suit of Kifberly Bros. os. Gen. Benz
F. Butler, brough to recover the rental Of
certain buildingsaat Fortress Monroe, while
Gen. Butler was >n.mandant of that post
has been dsconi; ed b. the Plaintiffs. This
c.-.- L-- !. So ~ FRA
times hnra44.s.---rAGd continued from time te
time. 1t has beep means Of affording many
Of the Baltimoreals an opportunity of seeins
the remarkable Il of the "beast," which, il
is needless to say is privilege never desired
more than once.
The weather sti } continues beautiful, and
the "fall styles" are displaying themselves in
manner which evinces full appreciation
of bright autumnal skies. WEGa.