The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-10

Curious FRENCH TRIAL.-An officer of the Chas-
seurs lately tried in Paris, for having, while
being shown the vaults of the Pantheon, drawn his
sword, and wounded several parties, amongst ct h
ers Young English girl, who was staying at the
Hotel Louvre but who refused to appear against
the prisoner. The guardian, to show the echo, Is
in the habit of calling out the names OF the Illus
trious dead buried there; the dark, damp vaults,
dimly lighted by the guardian lantern, and the dis
NAL echo, acted upon the brain of the young sol
der, who, imagining himself in the trenches OF
astonished fellow visitors the password, which none
could of course, give. The guardian, an old sol
der, advanced to pacify the officer, and was the
first attacked and wounded. His lantern was shat
imagined he was leading, dashed madly on in utter
darkness but striking every side; the shrieks OF
the terrified women added to the alarm. Few were
wounded by the sabre, but many, by striking
AGAINST the tombs while endeavoring to escape,
were severely injured. Fortunately, the guardian,
who knew the place well, had, though wounded,
made his wav out and given the alarm, ana the
guard coming up with the torcnes, securTI .re OH.
no defence offered the officer could give no expa-
nation of the extraordinary deusion OF which he SO
suddenly became the victim. HIS advocate urged
in mitigation the great bravery he mad dlspiayed at
Sebastopol where he had been twice severely
wounded His previous good character, and the
injuries he had received in the scuf1e of being dis
armed being pleaded well for him, the prisoner
was sentenced to three months imprisonment.
Ion,zEp Foop.-At the last sitting of the Acade-
49, of Medicine of Paris, Dr. Bonnet read paper
;',b;ch he nroposed the introduction of iodine in
20 The daily food of persons laboring under any OF
tbo diseases in which that element is chiefly pre-
scrihed or else having a constitutional tendency TO
Contract Them Considering that wens, cretlnlsm,
scrofula &C., are very rare In those regions "here
iodine is abundantly diffused through the ar ana
that the energy of the vital functions is IN the d.
ot atio of the quantity of iodine existing In the
animal economy, DIR. Boinet proposes to iodise
bread. cakes, syrups, &C., simply by the introduc
lt;on oi such plants naturally contain lodine, VIZ
az t;nds of seaweeds and crucierous plants or else
nv .nn the water of iodzed springs, or salts con
! tain1a Tho eame principle. Under these forms the
ouantfv of iodine administered is so small as to
| communicate no peculiar taste to the edioie SUD
stance. After 10 years experience, during whic1
Dr. Boinet has treated children specially selected
bv physician of bureau de 6ieydtsdnce lor .neir
scrofulous habit, he has come to the conclusion
that the diet he proposes if perseyered in for some
months, will not only cure scrofua, but nicerous
habits diseases OF the skin, ophthaimla, carries u
the bones, &c. The Academy OF Medicine mas re,
ferred DIR. Boinet's Paper to commission composed
of Drs. Chatin and Tr.usseau. s... .1s1.
JACOB Born, former nail agent on the Evans
Vile ana Crawfordville Railroad, was arrested
ver agent OF the General Post Office for the State
of Indiana an1 Postmaster Rudd, for depredations
committed on The mail ten or twelve days ago, on
the cars, betwe., Vincennes and Terre Haute.
He was taken to Evansville, on Thursday night,
and left in the custo~ of two persons in the Post
Office, to guard him tn morning. About daylight
his watchers became Asvy with sleep, and the
prisoner gave them the So, and succeeded in max
ing his escape. aI' ~