Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-09

Quiet ON the Patapsco The FaItOa Let
and HosLineton The Caase Thereof TIE
S:irer Question iH -InOttcr Lig!t The
SHrer Bank ~ Nerddd and Sarcr Springs
or Monfg oBierB.
BALTIMORE, July 9th, 1871.
Editor Sdr:-The l0Ist anniversary OF ma
Onal independence has p Used. the collector
of customs has been suspended without any
electric disturbance, Charles Carroll Fulton
has his John Thomas, and wilkins mot
NJ cawber) will look to the Senate. Toe
democrats are jubilant over these civil ser
vice reforms t?), because that which weakens
their opponents strengthens their part ?. Sc
riously, nothing could have happened more
unfortunate, in politica, sense, for the city
of Baltimore than the exposure brou ght abou;
by this Creswell versus Fulton affair. The
foolish letter written by the latter, in which
he promised the President the defeat of the
democratic party in the city and state, "pro-
Nided he would change the collector of Gus
TOMS" and the President acting favorably
upon the suggestion, has startled the demo
cratic reformeTs and mented the demo-
cratic party beyond any pa sible division
and al the same time divided the republican
forces. This Is, as have said before unfDr-
tubate, because some OF the dom nant party's
nominations are ''eminently unit to have
been made, and should be defeated, and like
~ would have been, under any other circum-
stances, but now the result will be Gin order
10 resent Mr.. Fulton's sanguine promisel the
success OF the party nominations by a most
conclusive majority. Mr.. Fulton, letter
and this is by no means bis first folly in that
direction. President Van Buren, o ice said
that he would rather travel 500 miles to talk
with politician than write him a letter,
ard the "sage OF Undertook" was wise i'm
his generation. The depOsed collector was
every lncn gentleman in the trueSt sense of
the term. He is, as you may not kuoy ..the
great peach raiser of Maryland" His orch
ards are wonders. In one he has 10000 bear
ing trees; A capable, fearless AMI loyal
Mary lander, "his taking or Is ore of the
hardest shocks that civil service reform has
ever had. He only held Office for a few
months, his record was irreproacha5le, and
his commission was for four years.
A great desire existed in Baltimore to pro-
mote social and personal intercourse with
washington through cheap excursions 10
and fro this summer. i DOticed a similar
feeling existed in your city as evidenced by
communications TO THE EVENING STAR.
An effort was made here To secure an ar
rsngement in order To bring the subject prac-
tically about. The Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company favored the centennial
rates of last year for large excursions which
are now me rates ON various roads except
liar parties; but the Baltimore and Ohio
Whose consent must be had under the exist
II G agreement) refused assent and added fifty
per cent. more per mile beyond any other
rates on her own line of roads for all excur-
sion contracts between our two cities, and so
the matter fell through, TO the great regret OF
thousands who would rejoice In q davis re-
or alton in visiting the capital, its public
buildings and grounds, and the CorcOran
Art Gallery, and who cannot well afford TO
go farther away from home, or stay over
day.
A political suspicion naturally is created
when such old battle SCARED democratic
vets as Robert NJ. McLane and Montgomery
Blair are willing 10 eat humble pie" in the
house of delegates. but when il is recalled
that Senators to the National Congress are
frequently found in a chrysalis state among
Maryland state legislative members, then
the mystery is explained. Twas said that
Caesar was ambitious" and there can be no
nobler ambition than 10 stand a Senator
within the Senate house" Methinks / hear
The refrain now, $50 away, Whyts man,
don't come anigh me-" He whose brother
runs 1.-The silver bank of Nevada. :" and the
other who is at the head OF The Silver
Spring Of Montgomery are in all proba-
ollliy intent upon the honors, if not the dol
lars Of the fathers
! am sorry that Baltimore is so scarce Of
news that l can only send you this gossip,
but we are divided between political discus
sions and rural and aquatic excursions, and
have absolutely Nothing TO relate of any
more consequence. AsTRoLoGER.