The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-06
CITY NTELLIGENCE.

CENTRE MARKET RETAIL PEICEs.-This market
was supplied abundantly on Saturday morning
with meats, vegetables, poultry and game Of all
kinds. Prices ruled low, especially for poultry and
game, the state of the weather prevented dealers
from holding on. The following the ruling
rates for the different articles Turkics, 80 cts. q
$3.50 each; chickens, 25@50 per pair; rabbits $40
80 cts. per pair; partrdges Is cts. red head wild
ducks 75@Sl; canvas back do. Sl.50; pheasants
Sl50: prairie hens IS cts; black head ducks 50@75
cts. per pair; apples 25@5O cts; sweet potatoes
% cts; mercer do. 25@3l cts. peek roll butter %
Gl3l cts; print do. 81 cts venison II cts. per ID.
by the quarter; dressed geese 50015 cts. each cab
bage $500 per 100 In the fish market this morn
ing few small terrapins were sold at 81 30 per
doz; rock fish 1000 cts. white perch l295O cts;
yellow do. l2W25 cts: pike 25@5O cts: sun fish
l0@l2 cts. per bunch: fresh Goldfish cts; haddock
cts. per h., and white fish 25@5O cts. each.
CoLIIsloN.-On Friday night the steamer St
Nicholas ran into the schooner Citizen, anchored
off Fort Mcllcnry. The schooner had one Of her
davits carried away and her boat stove. The
steamer sustained no injury. The accident was oc-
casoned by the dense fog which has hung over the
city and harbor for the past few days.
SERIOUS DAMAGE-FALLGNG oFA WALL-About 6
o'clock Saturday afternoon terrible noise was
heard in the neighborhood of Lerews alley near
Franklin street, caused by the falling of the rear
wall OF the warehouse occupied by Messrs. Hardin
Carroll aS a produce depot, and belonging to Mr..
David Hays. The of the building giving
way that the second-story was too closely
packed with flour, bran; produce &c, pressing
very heavily against the wall on Lerew's alley and
pushing it out. The girder of the building was
thrown some twelve feet forward and the floor in
falling crushed dray belonging to a colored man
and from which he had but three minutes previous
detached his horse. The loss of Messrs. Hardin Il
Carroll Is estimated about four five thousand
dollars, and between five and six hundred barrels of
various produce belonging to Mr.. Peter Zell, were
entirely covered up by the ruins, and it is impossi-
BILE yet to find out the exact amount of his loss.
ANoTHER.-The steamer North Carolina, Captain
Cannon, which left here on Friday night, at 5
O'Clock for Norfolk, when in Annapolis Roads, ran
into large ship, by which the steamers larboard
smoke stack and some of her upper frame work
were carried away. Capt. Cannon reports that
about fifteen minutes Of S o'clock the weather be-
ing very thick, he discovered ship right ahead,
lying at anchor; he ordered the helm to be put to
port by which amOre serious collision avoided.
The ships bowsprit was carried away, and the
steamer injured as above stated Owing to the state
of the weather the ships name was not ascertaned,
but is supposed to be the ''Dusburg for Rotterdam.
The steamer returned to Baltimore for repairs.
STEAMSHIP CRY OF NoRFoLK-Through the
courtesy of Mr. VIM. Crichton, President of the
Savannah Steamship Co., the fine steamship City
of Norfolk, has been rendered the Boston line of
steamers to run between this port and Boston,
upon the days of the steamer William Jenkins, du-
ring the temporary withdrawal of the latter ship
for repairs to her machinery. Shippers will find
the advertisement of Mr.. Mears in another column.
CHARITY SERMoN.-The Rev. o. H. Tiffany preach
ed a Charity Sermon yesterday afternoon at the
Hall of the Maryland Institute. The well-known
ability of the preacher and the announcement that
the ''Old Folks Choir" would be present and par
ticipate in the exercises, drew together a very
large audience, notwithstanding the nclemency of
the weather. collection taken up, and quite
a large amount was contributed.
POCKET PICKED.-A young man named William
Timon, had his pocket picked of purse containing
$40 in cash and promissory note of $50, whilst
getting out of a hack at the Camden station Sat
urday last. There several boys crowding
around him at the time, and it is supposed that
of them committed the theft.
For CUBA.-The brig Seguin, Capt Beard, was
yesterday towed from her wharf at Locust Point
preparatory to sailing for Cuba. The Scguin takes
out some fifty passengers, laborers and mechanics
to be employed on Cuban railroad now in the
course of construction. Her cargo consists of
dumping railroad cars, frames for bridges, cross