The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-21
Letter from Baltimore.
TIE SPRING TRADE--A VISIT TO THE "wALL
STREET" OF BALTIMORE - EXHUMATIoN OF
SKELETONS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, &C.


STREET. OF BALTIMORE - ExHrMATIoN OF
SKELETONS IL THE HEART OF THE CITY, &C.
Especial Correspondence of The Dlspatch.l
BALTIMORE, MD, April 10, 1873.
The spring trade in this city is at it
height, all the wholesale houses being busy
in iilIug large southern orders. This city
with her usual energy and Inducements, ha:
succeeded in obtaining most OF the souherr
trade this spring. One of tue principal artl
Giles shipped south is that of fertilizers. More
of that i nov being sent to Virginia than ever
before, and the docks here are TILED up with
| if. awaiting shipment. This augurS well fol
the future crops in that State.
Oujtc an excitement was created in the
vicinity OF the corner OF Charles and Sara.
| tnra streets Yesterday ny the cXhumation oi
Il number OF skeletons by some workmcn who
were engaged in the removal OF an old
| foundation. This spot is almost in the heart
| Of the city. and such Il development has SET
| curiosity on liptoe rs TO what or TO whom
| t!Irsc dry bones belonged. 1t IS said that
more than fifty years ago this spot was the
site OF battle-ground; but this fact had
| lone out Of the memory Of ull save the
oldest inh;;btauts.f
It i, use!cs. for me to say anything about
| Baltimore, its streets, its lie pavements,
and magnificent buildings. To those who are
accustomed to traverse the one street OF our
Virginia country towns, or even Big Rich
tnond" itself, this city is simply gigantic.
AS an evidence OF the size of this city, the
following incident, which came TO my knoWl-
edge the other day, Is illustrative: y gem
tleaian from Williamson Va, met with an
| old friend. from the salne place, who bad
| been living here for some time. The latter
regretted being unable, from want OF time,
to ,hnx his friend around, and said: 80
rive YOU, sir. al idea OF the size and enter
prise Of this city. there Is more business
transacted here i'll day than III Williams
blru in q week" ! fear this joke will be
lost uIon the general reader
Though thi, city is one of the most mag
uiticentIy- built in the country, many OF the
streets are miSerably laid OIL, beng as crookea
Az Virginia worln-ience Inc" "aii street
nj his city is South street. Here are many
" tho NOR. prominent banking institutions.
some OF these buildings are really magnlfi-
cent. with tiue brown-stonc fronts, ana put
up in the most approved style.
Tn ,rr,mh,Ilatln" "around town" some
time upo noticed that one of the most insis-
njti,.ont streets was named Richmond"
Tli. is considered by many Flr2lnians resi-
dent acre Il, an insult to the "City of the
Seven ui,,' but such was hardly the lnten'
ton.
The Baltimore and Potomac tunnel, when
runs under a portion of this city. is nearly
flushed. When completed it will connect
the Northern Central railroad, which runs
to Harrisburg, Pa, with the Baltimore and
po,ourlc road, leading to Richmond, thereby
giving Il continuous i.ac l,om Richmond 10
.uy point north. Both OF these roads are
controlled by the Penn iyiyaIlia " Bucktails.' y
Judging from ihe Aumhcr of FirginiAns at
presen, residing here, and should they lh'
crease iu proportion, tjiS city will III Tue
next ten wears be .'run almost entirely oy
the patiyes Of the Old Dominion.
CAPTAIN JACK,
not OF the Modocs.