The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-06

OF the same town, which young man was forbidden |
by the guardian OF the young lady, to visit her
She was sent to Cincinnati boarding school; her |
lover followed; she was Struggled away in mems |
clothes; and the twain united forever by an |
accommodating clergyman. All of which derives |
interest from the fact that the bride is heiress to
large fortune in her own right, when she arrives
at legal age, which will be in about two months.
The Secretary of the Interior has concluded his
negotiations for the theatre in Chambers street,
New York, with other adjacent property, for the
u 3 Courts, &C., for the term of fifteen years. at
Sl6,000 year. The property includes the premises
known as Herberts Saloon, next to the theatre and
three dwelling houses in the rear on Reade street
The dimensions Of the whole ground are rs feet
front by about 160 feet deep.
singular discovery of counterfeiter was made
on FRIDAY In New \ DIRK. By some means the
ployees at the Harlem r. R. depot became suspicious
that man in an adjacent house was engaged in
countertelting. policeman obtained, and on
gong to the tower of the depot he looked in with
an opera glass at the window where the man was
working and easily distinguished him writing on
bank bills. Access then obtained to the house,
and 1t was found he was altering bills of the Farm
ers Bank of Wexford, broken concern, to bills
OF the Farmers Bank, Bridgeport
The Missouri RUER.-The Missouri river is now
alive with steamboats,, and the spring trade has
commenced in earnest The arrivals at our levee
hare almost hourly. A number of new and commo-
dious steamers have been added to the different
lines 1t is estimated that the Missouri river trade
inns year Will be third heavier than last; indeed
IT the increase of Kansas trade can be taken as a
criterion, it will sum up even more Western Ar
gus, x. ~ 25tR alt.
The Mahoning (Pa.) Register gives an account of
| the trial of boy named Robert New Kinney at
the recent term of the Trumbull county court held
| at Warren, for the murder of his father He was
found guilty OF manslaughter. His brother Thomas
remains in prison, under the charge. 1t APP
pears that in November last their father was missing
and the body, after some considerable search, was
| MalOnnO when tive Xvar
arrested on suspicion of being his murderers
| FoRTFICATIoNs IN CUBA.-The New York Eper-
| ing Post has been informed from reliable source
that for some time past the Government of Spain
has been quietly but effectively engaged in i'm
| proving her deences on the island of Cuba, pro-
! badly in anticipation of some combined effort to
wrest the sever faithful island" from her posses
sion. The latest improvement in the art of war and
| military arms are readily adopted.
FIRE IN BERKELEY.-The dwelling house of Mr..
Cromwell Miller, on Mill Creek, in Berkeley county,
| Va, was destroyed by fire on Sunday last. The
! hire originated from stove pipe, and notwithstand-
ing it in day time, nothing of value was rescued
from the flames. Mr.. s loss is estimated at about
| S3,OOO-no insurance.
| DESTRUCTIVE CoNFLAGR ATIoy.-We learn that
few days since, the village of West Union, in Dodd-
ridge county, on the North Western Virginia Rail
road was almost totally DESTROYED by destructive
ire. Some fifteen or sixteen houses were consum-
ed. We did not learn how the fire originated, or
any of the particulars.
THE MAIL RoBBER.-Adrial Phelps, the Stonng-
ton stage driver, arrested for robbng the Z. 5. mail
was examined at New London yesterday, VIM D.
Smpman, u ). Attorney, appearing for the prose-
cuton. lie was bound over to the April Term of
the I. ;. Circuit Court to meet in New Haven on
the 4th Tuesday in April 50, 500 bonds, for want of
which he was committed to jail.-Ne, Haven Jour
nal, Thursday.
LYNcHING IN PARIS, KY.-The Lexington Observer
learns that man named Bob Griffin, who had been
conhned In the Paris jail for the last few days, was
taken from his cell on Monday night last, about two
O'Clock, by crowd of men, and hung upon a beam
of the railroad bridge. Griffin it is stated. was a
most reckless and dangerous man, and for a long
time has been the terror of the neighborhood in
Bourbon where he resided.
The brig Lion, of and for Boston, from Aux
Cages, with a cargo of coffee and logwood was to-
| tally lost off lnagua. No date given. All on board
| were lost except one seaman who was three hours
in the water before getting ashore The officers
! were, - Perry, master, of Salem; James Miller,
mate John Miller, second mate.
Two men, named James Williams and Auoustus
Cline, escaped from the Jefferson county JAIL at
Steubenville, Ohio, Wednesday night. They
had been imprisoned on charge of burglary, and
stated that they were citizens of New Albany In
diana reward of 5000 has been offered by the
sheriff for their apprehension.
Since the enterprise of c. E. Todd & Co., in
Broome street, New York, was broken up, over
5000 letters addressed to the propretors have been
taken from the Post Office. These letters contained
over SIS, 900. The money has all been sent back to
the writers, with circular from the Mayor re-
proving them for their folly
HEAVY MARINE Loss-The ship Titan, Captain
Sears, of Boston, from Caao bound to Cork, sprung
a leak, and was abandoned at The Titan was
hne ship OF 900 tons, built in New York, in 1855,
and owned by Messrs. d. G.. & W. Bacon Boston,
and was insured in State street, Boston, on vessel
and freight money for 100000.
Hon. John Bear died in North Beaver Lawrence
county, Pa, on the 23d ult.e aged 10 years He
was for forty years member of the NJ. E. church
thirty years a local preacher, and first associate
Judge of the county, an office which he held for five
years.
We learn from the Ebensburg (Pa) Momtaineer
that the large building at the Summit recently
used for College, entirely destroyed by fire on
Monday night. The family residing in it narrowly
escaped. Nothing but their lives was saved-not
even wearing apparel.
young man, named Jacob Baum, residing in
Reading Pa, was killed recently by being run over
by a team he was driving. His head was literally
crushed to atoms. He leaves wife and child.
The Canton (Mo.) Repository states that the Leg
slature of Missouri at the session of 1862 passed
each member of the Legislature with copy of the
Holy Bible, 81. James re Uision!'
John Henry, one of the pioneers of venango
county, Pa, died few days snce aged eighty
seven years. He was native of ireland, but had
resided in that county than sixty years, fifty
six years of which time were spent on the farm
where he died
In a morning prayer meeting at Hallowell, Me-
last week, the large audience suddenly startled
by the falling from his seat of Mr.. Bartholomew a
highly respected merchant of that city. He died
almost instantly from affection of the heart.
z. W. Cabanis, formerly editor of the Brandon
(Miss.) Republican, by the death of a relative, re-
Gently, fell heir to plantation and negroes in Kinds
county, Missouri, valued at see, 600
The ship Sarah Judkins, of Bath, Me-, was burn
ed up on the night of the 26th, at Appalachicola.
She was loading with cotton for Liverpool and had
part of her cargo on board. She was 500 tons bur
then nearly new, and owned by B. E. Bailey, Esq,
of Bath.
At the Providence depot in Boston on Monday af
ternoon, Albert A. Guild, while in the act of shack
ling the cars together, caught between the
butts, and crushed causing his death almost in
stantly. He leaves wife and two children at Val
ley Forge.
Steamer Bay State of the Fall River line came
in collision with ship in the East River Thurs
day morning, and lost her cutwater. The damage
to the ship was trihing.
1t is reported that the President has accepted the
proposition to employ two volunteer regiments for
the Utah service. Six military companies have
volunteered and the regiment is to be known as
Col Burnhams.
The Clay Festival Association will celebrate the
anniversary of the birthday of Henry Clay by a
public dinner, at the Metropolitan Hotel, New
York. on the 18th inst.
The shoe business at Lynn, and in the neighbor-
ing towns, is more prosperous The Lynn Bay State
says that the wages have been slightly raised dur
ing the past week.
A man named Cook has been convicted of murder
in the second degree, at Front Royal Va. for kill
ing Mr.. Lawrence. He was sent to the peniten-
tiary for five years.
OIL MARKET-We learn of sales of 1000 bbls.
sperm oil from the Mary L. Sutton cargo at re-
duetion from SIPS per gallon.-Ne,o Bedford Mer-
curry.
On Wednesday last, a promising young lawyer
OF Brookville: jefferson county, Pa, named Eli
Bishop, was killed while descending Red Bank Greek