The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-26
BALTIMORE Oct. 10. 1872.

BALTIMoRE. Oct. 49, 1872
To the Editor Of the woKkr>su,>s ADVOCATE
Having once more settled down, after
my western trip, | viii take this opportu-
nifty to write few lines to the ADVOCATE,
to let your readers know a few Of the pass
ing events in this section of the country,
but before proceeding have a few words
to say about
Where is a who is willing t. toll
Where the huinbl,st mas gather Iy fruits u the soil
| shall ever bear in grateful remembrance
the genial and warm hospitality Of the
western people during my short sojourn
among them at st. Louis, Chicago, Mil
waukee, and last, but not least Cincinnati
There is a little circumstance | wish to
speak of, where certain Chicago editor
was so very liberal in giving the public in
formation of the doings of certain gentle
men at picnic at Cliff Cave, near St.
Louis, which subjected some Of the gentle
men to warm reception upon their return
| home. He omitted to mention another
little affair that TRANSFERRED there, viz
When he was acting the gallant to one Of
st Louis fair young ladies', his better-half
stepped up to him and addressed him
thus My dear, | wonder how the
babies are to-day | suppose if he had
been near the entrance of the cave at that
time, he would have entered there to seek
the haunts Of the hobgoblins. Now then
to my subject Of which promised to write
in the beginning Of this.
TRADE,
Of nearly every branch has been very brisk
! for the past three or four weeks, mer-
| chants having the sidewalks piled up with
goods ready for shipment our depots and
wharfs being crowded with goods of every
description awaiting transportation to the
North and West. Our hotels have also
been well filled with strangers from the
surrounding States, and many from our
! own State being attracted here by
THE STATE FAIR,
which took place at the Pimlico Grounds
Baltimore County, about four miles from
the city. The fair was complete success
this year, the weather being very fine dur
ing Its continuance. The greatest attrac-
ton Of the show was the presence of the
| Hon. Horace Greeley, who delivered the
annual address this year on Thursday, the
| 10th inst, upon which occasion there were
at least twenty-five thousand people pres
ent to hear what he knew about farming
| Those farmers who were present. and
claim to be judges, say that he knows all
| ah hot kv,.,x A
will here state that Mr. Greeley made the
engagement to deliver this address before
he was candidate for the Presidency.
POLITICS
is all the rage here now, despite the defeat
Of the Democratic and Liberal party in
Pennsylvania and Ohio, on the 9Th, they
are not dismayed they turned out in
strength upon the occasion Of Mr. Greeley's
visit to this city. They had grand torch
light procession, the largest of the kind
since 1860. 1t was viewed by Mr.. Greeley
from the Carrolton Hotel The procession
was fully three miles in length. One of
the novel features in it was the Colored
Greeley and Brown Club, of this city,
headed by colored band, and under the
marshalship Of Johnthan Waters, mount
ed. An open barouche, preceding them,
contained Col. VIM U. Saunders and Wal
ter Sorrell, two prominent colored men, Of
this city. Col. Saunders was upon the
Grant electoral ticket prior to the nomina-
ton of Horace Greeley, by the Baltimore
Convention, after which he resigned his
position and took sides with the Greeley
wing of the Republican party, and has |
since then been doing good service in that |
cause through the different States-chiefly |
i'll the southern States he being consider |
able Of an orator. He was president Of the |
National Colored Greeley Convention,
which assembled at Louisville, KY, about |
a month ago. The Grant party are also |
alive to the cause in this city, and very
jubilant over their late success in Pennsyl- |
wanna and Ohio. They are holding MANY |
meetings, and have had several professions, |
but this has been confined entirely to the |
citizens of African descent, who seem to |
take great delight in parading the streets
at night. They generally keep it up until |
midnight, and very often later. The lead |
ing instrument in their bands Of music is |
the bass drum,-which does not discourse |
the sweetest music that ever heard -gen-
orally accompanied by a score Of squalling
babies in the neighborhood through which |
they pass. Such is politics in our day, but |
it matters little to us who is victorious in
the coming contest, for the world will still |
move, be it Greeley or Grant
RELIGIOUS.
On Sunday last there was an immense
gathering at the Metropolitan Catholic Ca
thedral, upon which occasion His Grace,
James Roasvelt Bayley, late Of the Do
cese Of Newark, N. j., was duly installed
as Archbishop Of Baltimore. The Cathe-
dral was thronged with people There was,
besides, very large attendance of priests
and prelates, including nine of the eleven
bishops of the province of Baltimore, and
over one hundred priests. The only Arch
bishop present was Archbishop McCloskey,
of New York, who sat on the left side Of
the altar, but took no part in the ceremony.
Bishop Whalen, Of Wheeling, w. Va, the