The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-09

a MODERN SAtNrS IRAGEDY.-A private letter
communicated to the Ecening POST has the follow
ing curious story OF the distribution of the relics of
an Austrian Archduchess
"The body of the Saxon Princess Margaret, IRE
Gently deceased, } wife Of the Archduke Charles
was laid upon a block and chopped in picces in
order to send different parts of the body to various
parts OF the country. The choppng-up process took
place in the Chapel of the Castle in the presence of
the dead woman's husband. Extended upon a red
draped block lay the naked white corpse, surround
ed by priests chanting in Latin youths swinging cen
sors and number of men armed with choppers
saws and other instruments First, the heart was
cut out of the body, inclosed in golden case, and
placed In an urn. 1t was then sent to Rome, to be
cOnsecrated by the Pope, after which it was sent
to the Loretto Chapel and thence returned to Wen
ma. But it not to rest here Ten cities claimed
the honor of being Homer's birthplace and six Aus
tran bishoprics claimed the privilege of possessing
ALL or part of the sainted Margarets BODY. The
Bishop of Prague would be content with the
arms, the Bishop of Saizburg wished to obtain the
head and shoulders, while the Bishop of Lintz
anxiousy desired to possess the two middle fingers.
The Jenna conSstory obliged to decide between
the claimants, and the heart was at length for
warded to the Common Council of Innsbruck in
Tyro, accompanied by two autograph letters of the
Archduke Charles-one of which was directed to
the Chief of the Jesuits-in which the hope was ex-
pressed that 'Tyrol, the always faithful would
for all time cherish the memory of the Arch
duchess, who was saint upon earth
"Had the heart alone been separated from the
DOuys lHe CHOpplDR-up process would soon nave
been finished; but the church demanded more
Hence the Archduke Charles directed the cutting
open OF his witeS abdomen-which was DONE The
intestines were taken out placed in copper, silver
and golden capsules, and sent with an autograph
letter to the Cathedral of st. Stephen, where the
said intestnes first exhibited upon the altar
and then buried beneath the altar. Hereupon the
two middle fingers severed from the body,
and sent with another autograph letter to Dresden
All that remained of the Archduchess was then
WraDDed red velvet. and laid in at mn
catafalque; and ultimately the mutilated corpse
placed in a coffin and deposited in the imperial
tomb"
NIAGARA FALLs.-Constant change, the law of ma
ture, reigns, too, at Niagara. Years ago, our
readers will remember, Table Rock yielded to Time,
and successive portions of it have fallen. On a
visit to the Falls, day two since, we observed
that another change has occurred merting at least
passing notice. Every sight-seer must recollect
the path which, commencing at the brink of the ra-
vine on the Canada side, almost opposite Prospect
House, leads beneath Table Rock, and which those
who desired to go 'under the sheet of falling water
used to traverse in their waterproof habiiments.-
1t led to Termination Point, spot long distance
under the cataract was called, and the adventurer
who dared air and flood to reach it, blinded by
spray, deatened by the terrible roar which the
beating of millions of tons of water on the rocks
below produces used to receive a certificate of his
having accomplished the feat. The oilskins are yet
in requisitiOn, the guides yet demand and receive
their fees, and the certificates are yet given. Ter
mination Point, too, may yet exist, but no mortal
being visit it. 1t never could be seen from the
cavernous tunnel-one side rock, the other water,
and the floor composition of both-which led
thither. And the path to it is now cut off. One
can still walk about yard under the cataract, but
no further foothold is afforded, and another step
would lead one to an intimate acquaintance with
all the mysteries which it is here forbidden us to
know. Ere long, doubtless, now that the stratum
of soft rock has allen the upper will fall and
then another step will be taken in the slow course
in which Niagara has eaten its own way back from
Queenston, and is-if geologists say true-to wear
itself away somewhere above Chippewa.-Hdmilton
Spectator.
At the late term of the Lancaster (Ohio. Common
Pleas Court Ashbery Doherty, Esq, was convicted
of passing counterfeit money, and sentenced to three
years. Imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Mr.. d.
citizen of Violet Township, and was regarded
one of the best citizens, having served as JUS
tice of the Peace for many years. and acting in
that capacity when arrested. 1t appeared in
evidence that for some years past he has been in
the habit OF buying counterfeit money of men who
travelled about the country to sell it, and managed
to get it off in making payments on his docket and
otherwise. The principal witness against him wa:
Mr. H0uE, who was acting as constable of the
township, and who was also arrested for a similar
offence.
THE RUSSIAN TREATY WITH CHNA.-The Londor
Times, in an editorial article the subject, gives
the following synopsis of the treaty negotiated by
Count Putiatine:
IL consists Ol only Twelve dTllcleS Inc HTS
guarantees intercOmmunity OF securities for the
subjects Of the respective empires The secOnC
regulates the diplomatic relations between the two
Courts, gives to every Russian agent at oper
port a right of direct communication with Pekin
and provides for the passage of Russian ENJOYS, by
land or bv sea, by any route they may choose, W
to the capital The third article gives to Russii
the very important privilege of trading to opel
ports; and the fourth puts Russian shipping, in res
pect of dues upon the same footing with other Euro
pean countries.
We NAV pass over some of the subsequent arti
cles, which relate to the presence of Russian ship
of in Chinese ports, the treatment of wrecked
Russian subjects, the eX-territOrial iurdical i'm
munites of the subjects of the respective nations
and the circulation of Russian missionaries, pro
vded with passports signed by Russian authorities
The ninth article contains stipulation dangerou
to China,-that convention shall be held t
! settle the contermnous frontiers of the TIVE
| empires; the tenth emancipates the 'Russian EC
clesastical Mission at Pekin' from all its previou
conditions of Chinese control; but the eleventh
draws very close the ties that are hereafter to con
| meet the two countries The eleventh article pre-
vides that regular postal service shall be estat
| lished between Pekin and kiakhta city on tn
| frontier, northwest from Pekin, and in line bt
tween that capital and st. Petersburg-for tn
| communication between the Governments, as we
as for the wants of "the Ecclesiastical Mission a
Pekin." 1t is stipulated that the Chinese courier
shall perform the to and fro service between Peki
| and kiakhta at least once month, and shall max
the transit in fifteen days. Moreover, it is agree
that every three months a convoy shall make til
transit between these points in a space not exceet
ing one month; and this convoy shall be equal
the transport of every kind of effects. The on
remaining articles consists of the favored matte
clause, whereby Russia adds to the special stipul
tions, which she alone use, all the general a
yantages that have been fought for and negotiat
for by England and France.
Several merchants of Louisville, KY, some tir
since instituted action against Larkin F. Sande
of Carrollton, KY, charging him with fraud, ct
in the purchase of goods under false pretens
, The suit was dismissed last week. and Sanders !
brought suit against these parties, claiming S4O(
damages, for alleged malicious prosecution,