The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-21

BALriNoRE, May 18th, 1851.
The resignation Of u. =. Senators COnkling aud
Plat, OF New York, announced 50 suddenly and
unexpectedly on Monday, has been very generally
discussed here and elsewhere throughout the coun-
try. The first hush OF excitement, however, APP
pears TO be subsiding and We are LEFT 10 infer II
will scarcely attain the usual peculiarities Of q
seven days wonder. So far as have been able
10 learn public sentiment here 10 decidedly against
the rash acts Of these gentlemen.
There seems TO be an intense pressure upon Col.
Adreon, our new postmaster, for place. There is
q constant and accumulatiye crowd outside and
inside Of his Office an xious for an audience. Some
three hundred petitions, learn, have already been
handed 10 asking for situations. The appoint
ments confined 10 only three or four, some Of
them changes or promotions from one department
desk TO another. Il Is really distressing to look
at the anxious crowd in constant waiting to see
the postmaster. surprising. doubtless. good fortune
will be upon their side. Before tho thing l. over
aud all hope is abandoned II would not surprise
me IL there would appear hfty applicants for every
Office In Col. Adreons gin or at his disposal. As
n matter Of course, Col. Adreon, not being familiar
with the dutes and routine Of the psstotice, will
not feel like relying upon very many inexperienced
clerks and assistants at the same time. This
would be both hazardous and impolitic. The
office Is one Of very great Importance and exceed
ingly intricate in many Of its apartments, involv-
ing very heavy responsibilities. The appoint
ments, therefore, l Imagine will DO few and far
between. II l. quite likely n large number 81 the
present or old employees will be re-appointed.
considerable share Of colored men are in expeeta-
ton Of getting places. Col. Adreon took formal
possession Of HE once last Sunday, when Gen.
Tyler gracefully yielded his place snd retired TO
private life. IL afforded quite an Interesting In
cident and went OF handsomely.
II Il expected that the Pimlic0 races which take
place next week will be very largely attended and
attractive In every respect. There IL direct
connection by rail with the course. at moderate
faro. by tho Western Maryland Railroad ard the
new road just completed. Any desired number Of
cars will be supplied 60 accommodate all who dc.
sire attending. Favorable weather only Is wanted
to make these races this season more attractive
than ever before.
There Is deciIcd excitement on the gas qucs-
tion In our city just now In consequence of--One
Mt lenst-new gas company having been organized
aud about being put into practical operation in
Baltimore with capital Of two millions Of dollars
and as much more additional as may be desired.
10 form q complete and formidable opposition to
the old companics--now consolidated in one--and
cxtorting again upon consumers. Ills to be called
the Equitable Gas Company" There seems
doubt that those interestcl in this enterprise
intend 10 so ahead determinabiy and vigorously.
They expect TO begin operations in building their
machinery. gas houses, laying pipes, DC, In few
wceks-probabiy early as ten days. When ready
they propose To supply gas at 81 per 900 feet
the existing consolidated company charging 200
per 900 feet, and particularly still. arrogant and
unacc oininodating at that. The stockholders Of
the old, which have been having things all their
own way. are becoming just now very uneasy and
rcstivc in prospect Of this formidable opposition
90 their extortioning monopoly. IL. however,
this company puts up its works and likewise con-
solidates with the present companies as others
have done. Il had better drop the matter. rs the
streets will be torn up and citizens eonvchienced
without rcaping any real advantage, except the
expenditure Of u considerable amount Of money
in our midst. The new electric light which Is
proposed 90 be put into use promises to be an
effective aud formidable rival TO all gas companies
in supplying light to the citizens and the city
cheaper aud better than any We have heretofore
had. There is no doubt Of this enterprise being
in due time In substantial operation. There
seems no doubt that IL will 10 u success. One or
two electric light companies now exist here and
are nj work To introduce this potential and won.
derful element Of nature rs general illumination
II n complete triumph. of course down goes the
gas stock, which owners thcreo! now very serious
~ dread. Our gas light now, since the consoli.
dation, costs Us about onethird more than II did
u year ago when the several companies were in'ie-
pendent and in opposition to each other.
observe that Col. j. Thomas Scharf. Balti-
more's justly famed statistical historian. has re.
Gently this week. published in the Baltimore Saa
very interesting history Of that journal from the
day Of its first publication In 1857 20 the present
time. AZ have been . constant reader Of the
!S"" since it, first shining can with justice add
my testimony to the entire correctness aud won.
| derful accuracy Of Col. Scharrs history. There
L., however, item of the Sas. enterprise which
he omitted. Ncstor, your correspondent. was. y
good many years ago, telegraph agent, when he.
through his agencies and appliances, supplied the
.Saa with large portion Of It's foreign and other
| teiegraphic news. on one occasion during that
time he remembers furnishing the Sa. with Euro.
pean news nearly two days before the steamer
reached Halifax, or rather when she was about
| two hundred and fifty miles a. sea. This was
done by o pigeon express The pigeon was taken
| from Halifax. where IL had been hatchesl and
| trained, to Liverpool. There the news carefully
condensed, of two wecks-stesmers arriving at
Halifax only every fortnight-was printed in
small type ON tissue paper, was carefully wrapped
round the birds leg covered with silk oilcloth and
the pigeon put aboard the steamer. When about
! go miles from Halifax the bird sent OF. IL
made bcc-linc for its former home and reached
Halifax, as before stated, leaving the steamer go
miles at sea- when IL landed safely with the news.
which was Immediately telesraphed to your Mes.
tor. then the S""'s telegraph agent, and promptly
supplied 20 that cnterprisiny journal and thereby
through the publishers 10 their many anxious
readers. The same news was also sent similarly
by myself TO other newspapers South. Col. Scharf
might also have stated, as n rcgretfui incident,
that some rascaily fellow one day-or night
broke into Mr.. Abel's pigeon cage and stole all
his fine birds. together with fine horse and buggy
he owned and kept for express enterprizss. Take
this altogether, II has rarely " ever been eciiFssi
not even up TO the present day.
The Democrats are quite active in marshalling
their forces for the fall campaign. They are now
getting ready to hold their primaries. electa new
State committee, &C., and lay plans for fair
.isrfioa aad honest eoHaf. The regulars or
ring stalwarts seem afraid TO delay less the Gov
ernor and his party get ahead. NEsroR.
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