The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-09
D O M E STIC.

PRovIDENTIAL EsCAPE-An accident occurred to
MIR. Philemon Jones, of this village, on Tuesday.
which was accompanied by a more terrible peril
and yet succeeded by comparatively more trivial
consequences than any of which we have ever he
fore read or heard. Mr.. Jones was engaged with
his horse, nervy spirited animal, in drawing logs
INTO the logway at Woodford's mill, up above our
West village. ltwas thus while leaving the lopwav.
Mr.. Jones holding the whfle tree in his hand. and
guiding the horse without rein, the animal took FRIGHT
at some object and he sprung the chain which was
dragging behind, by singular fatality loOped it.
self around his ance, and in second he was thrown tn
the earth and dragged down the rough road at
frightful rate of speed. At Geo. Dudley's tannerv
distance of sixty rods from the point where the
horse first took fright, two essayed to stop him
but they only succeeded in turning him across the
Meadow st. bridge, which here meets the road at a
sharp angle. As the horse turned the corner still
keeping his terrific speed, Mr.. Jones was whrled in
the air distance, as credible bystanders tell u.s. of
over thirty feet over the side of the bridge the chain
struck the corner of the solid beam and broke and
the fell senseless distance of fifteen feet into the
centre of the rocky stream, where an eddy gave
depth water sufficient to partially break the force of
the fall. Mr.. James Kenyon was first to lean into the
stream to the rescue, and it is due to his activity
that the man who had already escaped where a
thousand would not, was preserved from drowning
at last. Mr.. Jones remained in condition of in
sensibility but few minutes, was taken home and
with the exception of reasonable amount of
scratches and bruises, is not seriously hurt Not
one of the many who witnessed the affair imagined
when they reached the bridge that they should be-
hold anything but mangled and@mutiiated corpse
The whole transaction, the singular loop in the
chain about Mr. Jones's leg, his dragging uniniured
over distance of sixty rods, the fearful circuit in
mid-air the swapping of the chain the fall into lust
the right place among the rocks-in all these tHare
seemed conjunction of lucky circumst noes almost
deserving the term miraculous Wiast9d (Ct.) Her.
aid.
WESTERN PRoDUcE.-THE GROWING WHEAT Caop.
In collecting our statistics of pork packing, we
hn,-a E,a, I,n1 d.
from all sections of the Western States regarding
the extent and present prospects of the growing
wheat crop. The quantity of land sown with wheat
in the fall was larger than the previous year, the
weather during September being especially favora-
BILE for it. At the commencement of winter the
growth was more forward than for many years; the
winter quite favorable in all the States and the
prospect of an abundant cropw never more favor
able at the close of the month of March. Many ex-
press the fear, however, that the plants are too
thick on the ground and that with favorable grow
ing weather during April and May the growth will
be too rapid producing weak plant and inducing
rust or ''lodgng." 1t seems to be generally CON
ceded that the crop is past the dangers of winter,
and that it will do well until about the first of June
when the next crisis of the crop comes.
STEAM NAVIGATION TO EURoPE.-The Hon. J. Y.
Mason, in letter the proposed line between
France and Virginia, and the arrangement with the
Orleans Company to run a line of steamers between
st. NaZaire at the mouth Of the Loire and Nor
folk. says:-The French Government is construct
ing the mose magnificent artificial harbor in the
world. Opening to the ocean, ship sailing be-
tween that point and Chesapeake Bay, avoids the
channel, and will find her route shorter by consid
cradle time than between IIavre and the point.
He adds, that the Orleans Company has large cap
ita, is the best managed concern in France, and
owns network of railroads, which covers one
third of the empire, connecting Paris with the
ocean, and connecting with other lines to Switzer-
land, Italy, and Germany.
An unusual and fatal accident occurred on Mon
dav last at a saw mill on the premises of Mr.. Rec
tor, near Wiamsport in Pckaway county. Ohio.
by which Frank Hurst, aged twenty-three wears
lost his life. The deceased had charge of the mill
and was instructing new hand in the manner of
doing his work. log had just been placed ON the
carriage and run through once. As the carriage
was returning he jumped upon the log, and through
madvertence was caught by the saw. The saw was
circular one, about five feet in diameter and was
running at high speed. 1t struck the unfortunate
young man just above the knee, and caused him to
iall with his body upon its edge. A single revolu
ton OF the split the leg from the knee to the
body; and almost severed the body from the hip to
the opposite shoulder. A small piece of the skin on
the back, and portion of the backbone alone held
the mutilated remains together.
FIRE AT Lyons, IONA COUNTY, MIcHIGAN.-The
Ionic Gazette says About 20 clock Sabbath morn
ing the stores of Messrs. Hawley Co., and Hend-
rick Ishman, together with the Lyons Hotel, kept
by MrJ. Winsor, we're destroyed. Loss about 500