The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-11

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| Marshall Judge. There no business transacted
in this Court yesterday. The dockets will be called
! to-day.
CIRCUIT Court THE UNITED SrATEs.-2e'c~a
Hon. Wm. Fell Giles, Judge.
! The of Smith and others Us. Thor pson BE-
fore reported, was further argued yesterday.
! CIRcUIT CoURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY.-The.e was
no business transacted yesterday.
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J -1ANE'S Nm TURNED ROBBERS IN KANSAS.
The following is extract from lette- to a mer-
camille house IN st. Louis:
Fort ScoTT, April IS, 1858.
The difficulties here far worse than they have
been. On the LIST party of Lanes men commenced
! robbng the citizens the Marmton river ONLY
eight miles above town, taking their horses and
guns, and plun(ering their houses of everything of
value, in daylight. One of them came t. town, and,
! upon a davit writ was obtained from Judge Will
liams against the thieves. This was placed IN TIE
hands of United States Deputy Marshal Little whc,
with Captain Anderson and twenty men of his com
pany as a posse, proceeded to arrest them. They
came in sight of them about eight miles from this
place, on the high prairie, and pursued them about
one and half Hiles, to timber.
; They then took their position in place which it
was dangerous to approach. They waited until the
! when, without word being said, they fred upon
! the advancing party, and kept up firing, woundne
Capt. Anderson slightly, and shooting ais horse in
! three places-killing one of the So ,iars and one
horse dead, and wounding thirG horse. The
troops were only armed with pistols and sabres but
they wounded three of tie bar litti charge coald
not be made upon them, as there was a creek with
/ high banks between the parties. The Marshals
! party then fell back, and sent a messenger after
! more men and guns, but before they arrived the
robbers hed 1eG through the brush The Marshal
captured about 81, 900 w"rth of property that had
| been stolen from The citizens, in horses bu~ries
&c. Eight men have been shot before this
In consequence Of these difficulties business is at
stand still in this country; most Of the good
rave been run out by this party and our town
is threatened. Two companies United States cav
airy ere here, but they say they do not fear these
troops, as they whip them out An appeal has
been made to the Governor to declare martial law
in this part of the Territory.
Iowa Stay LAw.-The legislature of the State of
Iowa, at its last session. eracted law to delay the
collection of debts We have not as vet been able
to obtain copy of the law but understand that it
provides that the term of the district court at
which process is made returnabe shall be only an
apparent term at which no Judgment can be taken.
! We do not charge the Legislature with any ia
proper motive in the enactment of this law; but on
the contrary, we believe, with the editor of The
i DorenPoH Democrat, they acted upon the very best
OF motives. That their only desire was in con-
slderation of the pressure Of the times, to enable
debtors to gain time, and TINS protect themselves.
! the delay.
/ To the merchant, for whose benefit this law was
more especially intended, credit is everythin~ and
any measure which ten IS to destroy confidence IN him
VIII work very materially to his disadvantage. Next
to sound currency, nothing Sd much tends to in
crease confidence in the merchants of Stata as tn,
fact that the laws provide for the prompt collection
or debts WHILE on the other hand, if the creditors
OF the merchants discover that the laws, instead of
?"oviling for speedy collections throw obstacles in
the way, it will be with great hesitation that credits
are allowed to be extended. Under the present state
OF our law-the most material portion of the at.
tachment act being repealed, and the old stav law
OF three months being still in torce-in some coun-
ties In the State six months must expire before
debt can be secured, and three months more before
1t can be collected.-keoknk Journal.
THE BANKRUPT BrLL.-The provisions of this bill
offered in the Senate on Friday last By Mr.. 9enja-
min, CT Louisiana, are represented to be substan-
TALLY as fellows:
at is general BILL including individuals, corpora
ons chartered banks, and any association persors
authorized to- issue notes. bills &C. 1t will provide
for voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy, and will
be retroactive. The retroactive feature will lie
guarded so as to exclude al! who subsequent TO
! Jaruary last, or any other time, have made as
sign2ents, in contemplation of the passage Of a
bankrupt law, which gave preference to one credi-
tor over another, and the bankrupt in suci cases
shall not receive discharge unless with the
consent Of a majority of as creditors who have
not been so preferred. The involuntary bank
ruptcy applies to where the Gebts exceedS2 Coz
and tne person declared bankrupt entitled to trial
by Jury-a transfers of property of any kind, f. r
the purpose OF giving any creditor, indorser, OF
otner person any preference or priority gene
raj creditors, to be null and void and the parties
obtaining them to b, sued for such amount as as
+ sets of the bankruptcy.
''With regard to banks and other issuers Of paper
money, they are to come under the head OF invoun-
tary bankrups and in addition to all the liabilities
which attach to individuals, they may be declared
bankrupt for the nonpayment for ten days after de-
mand of any BILL note, other liability all the ex-
penses OF proceedings to be paid by the parties in
terested, and under no pretense to be paid by the
United States. - Washington Union
A mad Toh 1
ed at Esteliyille, Scott county, Va. Saturday
evening last, by man named Mcdonald Ray
Ray had previously threatened to shoot several
| persons, (Luttrell among Others but as he had
been drinking for some weeks, no attention was
paid to his threats. On the evening in question:
he invited young Luttrell into Widow Whites tay-
ern to take a social drink, and locking the door,
drew revolver and deliberately shoot him through
the head the ball entering below the left eye Raw
| then jumped out the back window and endeavored
to make his escape, but was caught and secured by
persons near the house. He committed to Jail
at Esellville to await his trial for the deed-Bris
toll Va Neus.
TIE city of Maysvie (Ky.) some years ago sub
scribed about 900 to the Maysvile and Lex
ington road, which work fell through before COM
pletion, leaving the bonds of the city an ncum-
brance upon her own taxables An attempt has
been recently made by local parties to defeat the
collection of the special tax to pay the interest
and some Of the creditors thereupon appealed to
the Circuit Court of Kentucky for redress The
result OF the suit is the awarding of a mandamus
by the Court to compel the levying and collection
of the tax.
The Deputy Receiver General of Canada, Mr.. An
derson, has been defeated in a libel suit which he
brought against the Toronto Leader for an alleged
SANDER upon his fame, contained in that Journals
criticism of certain public acts of his. The court
charged that a newspaper has the right to com
ment upon the acts of public officials and the ury
after an absence of five minutes returned verdict
for the defendant.
Judge Shaw, an able and veteran iurst in Massa
chusetts, has decided that all liquors illegally held
for sale may be destroyed as public nuisance by
the citizens of the town. 1t is new decision chat
any citizen has the right to abate a nuisance but
the practical tendency of the principle is to riot and
disorder.
The trial of William NJ. Connolly, the New Yo7l,
| reporter, who was recently taken back to Ohio on
an indictment charging him with assisting in the es
| cape OF fugitive slaves, has commenced in Cincn-
natl The prisoner takes it very easily and reports
| the evidence as he sits in the box. The owner of
the slaves swears positively to their indemnity.
Among the passengers in the Moses TAYLOR, from
New York, Friday, was the celebrated NEGRO Minis
strei, George Christy. He goes to San Francisco
on three years engagement. Rumor says he was
offered $4,000 year, or third of the profits and
chose the latter
a ia Phelps, the mail-carrier between Stonino-
ION and New London Conn, has been sentenced to
tiree years in the Wethersfeld State prison. for
robbing the mail under his charge.
Acco ding to the report of the Commissioner IF
ensiors tile pension bill of Mr.. Savage as it is now
shaped, will call for about S11 100000 and If is
thought the anticipated amendments will swell this
amount to $50, 100000.
James r. Buchanan has been convicted in Arkan
sas for forgery on the pension office, and ob:anipo
| bounty land warrants
Mr. Mccormick, of Chicago, is making forty-iiva
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