The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-30
M I S CE L L AN EOUS.


three years of age arrived at the CITY Hotel last
Monday, from Big Creek, Shelby county, Tennes
see, from which place she had come to join her
husband in this CITY, Her husband hailed from
East Hartford, gave his name as Robert 0. Andcr
son, and is a carriage maker by trade. He married
tins girl in Tennessee about four years ago and the
chlld was born about year after marriage He
was poor, and his wife, by her own efforts raised
the sum OF 81 $50 for him, with which he set up in
business. subsequently he came north on account
OF health, and about month ago he wrote to his
Wlie that he could obtain work in this vicinity and
advised her to convert her property into cash and
come on here She accordingly sold her property
some negroes and land) for 81 200, with which and
! her enid she came on to meet her husband by ap-
pontment, in New York. He met her there and
advised her to place the 81 700 in his possession for
safety until they got settled at Hartford. This she
did; and her husband for some apparently satisfac-
tory reason, left her to await the washing of her
clothes at the hotel, while he came on ahead to this
| CITY, She afterwards received letter from him.
mailed at Hartford, telling her to come on and ad
dress him note from the City Hotel and send it to
! tlarts carriage factory, No. II Ford street This
| she accordingly did, but no such person rs Robert
| O Anderson could be found. Yesterday, officer
| chamberlain was put upon a search for him. but
without success, and it is evident that the fellow has
ROBBED and basely deserted his wife, She was left
without money! and purse of some $50 or $40 has
been RAJ ised for her to get back to Tennessee with
There she has relatives and friends able and willing
to help her, who know nothing of this base deed
Ihe lady Is not now even certain that the name by
winch her dishonest husband was married is his
true name, as she can learn nothing relative to him
hereabo9ts. We publish the facts, although she
shrlnks from the thought of her position thus being
MADE pub nc in order to increase the chances of
bringing the guilty party to detection and Justice
Ills daguerreotype is in possession of Chamber
laln- hartford Times, Saturday.
MINNESOTA "a STATE orr OF THE UNroy."-Mip-
| nesota-recently if not now, territorv-is State
within the geographical boundaries of the Union,
so Tar as such State exist without the consent
OF the Congress of the United States. The ST. Paul
Pioneer thus refers to the vote of the people
by which this condition of things has been brought
round:
The amendment to the constitution. providino
that the State officers elect shall enter upon the du
ties OF their Office the lst of Nav, is also an
proved by the people by large maiorites, wherever
1t has been voted upon. We are clad of this II
may be styled a revolutionary movement but what
OF that? There is no shame connected with the
word revolution" We, of Minnesota, only seek
| to exhibit our appreciation of the CONTEMPT and
neglect with which Congress has treated us and to
protect ourselves (by the only means left to us) by
governing ourselves
The usual annual banquet of the New York
Dramatic Association being dispensed with this
season, the anniversary of the granting of the char
ter was celebrated on Tuesday by collation. at the
metropolitan Hotel. Jas. T. Brady presided, and
was supported by Mr.. +. C. Wemyss, the Secreta
ry, John BrOugham, Mr.. Blake, Mr. Jefferson and
others. After the report was disposed of, the Sc
cretary submitted a report of the financial condi-
ton of the Association for the past year. from which
1t appeared that the income from members sub-
scriptions, and interest Investment, was Sc $780,
thirty seven new members had joined, and six mem
bers had died The amount paid to retired mem
bers was $4,000, to sick members 81, ,3l1 to widows
OF deceased members 1915, and for burial expenses
$50.
band of Fibusters is said to be concentrating
near orktown, Dewitt county, Texas, preparatory
to an lrruptOn into Northern Mexico. The com
mandant at Fort Macintosh (near Laredo is ex-
pected to head the toray, when the force reaches
eight hundred in number. 1t is limited that the
Gen. Twiggs court-martia was trumped up chiefly
to get him out OF the way, that the fbusters
may get safely off. movement of German emf
grants to Chihuahua, is also said to be projected,
under the patronage of Palarios, the governor of
that State.
THREE EXPECTED CoMETs-Astronomers are now
on the q" ere for three periodical comets, viz =
tay's, Encke's and the great comet of 1856. A
new claimant for the honor of the discovery of the
sixth comet of 1857 has appeared in the person of
Van Arsdale, of Newark New jersey His claim
however, does not hold good, since he did not de-
tect the comet till So, =. NJ, whereas NJ. Donai
first saw it at Florence at 05, p NJ, on the eve
ming of the llth of November last; and, consequent
ly, taking into consideration the different longitude
the latter was the prior discoverer by several hours
Should the Republicans secure a majority in the
Illinois Legislature, to be chosen next November it
seems to be understood all hands that they will
select true and tried friend of their to sue
ceed udge Douglas. Only one person is seriously
named IN this connection, yet, and general
agreement in his favor is probable. This is Hon.
Abram Lincoln, formerly of the House of Repre-
sentatives. lie but Just missed of election instead
of Judge Trumbull, the present Republican Senator
from Illinois.
The Norfolk Argus SAYS that the late Virrinia
legislature has left the militia in a most disorgan-
lied state. ''There is not a colonel in the State
whose commission is not vacated, and consequently
no company organized since the passage of the new
militia bill can have commissioned officers or OBJ
tain arms and possibly before these companies can
be commissioned and armed the military spirit NAV
have partially died out and our volunteer force be
but slightly augmented"
The experiment of steam canal navigation on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, is pronounced eminently
successful. The steamer James l.. Cathcart has al
ready made some seven trips from Georgetown to
Cumberland, and in each one has proved herself
worthy of everything claimed by her inventor. The
CirHdn says that boat of her build, though gain
ing but little to speed, is infinitely preferable to
horse boat, from the fact that it costs $40 per trip
less to run it. The patent right of the "Cathcart''
has also been purchased for the Erie canal.
An affray occurred at Belfast Mills in Russell
county, Virginia, on Wednesday of last week. be-
tween jackson Hambrick and William Horton.
IIambrick threatened Horizons life, and followed
him to his house with an axe. Horton fastened the
door to keep Hambrick out, who, finding he could
not enter the door, knocked out a window and was
attempting to get in when Horton shot him in the
mouth with his rifle, the ball going through his
head. He lived but a few minutes atterward. The |
GRAIN PRospEcrs AT THE SoUrH-A South Caro-
lima gentleman writes from Edgcfed, that the wheat
and other grain crops never looked better, bid |
fairer for large yield, than they do at present
Should no disaster occur new wheat may be expect
ed from the South early as the 25th to the 30th |
of Nav next as it is now heading. The planting |
season is nearly at the South; has |
been worked over heavy cotton crop has been |
planted. The last years crop of cotton will reach
3,252,300.
1t is proposed to celebrate in July next, at Green
vilIe Tenn, the completion of the East Tennessee
and Virginia Railroad. As the Norfolk and Peters
burg Railroad will be completed about the first of
July, it is proposed to have joint celebration of
the two lines, whose completion will finish out the |
continuous line of railway from Norfolk to Memphis.
The excursonists will pass the entire line from
Norfolk to Memphis.
An accredited agent, having full power to act, is |
said to be in Washington, for the purpose of offering
the United States Government Sonora, Chihuaha,
and Lower California, at fair valuation. Should |
this be true, and bargain be struck, our domin- !
ions will then belt the continent from east to west, |
with as large a seaboard upon the Atlantic Paci- |
fc ocean.
steam fire engine has been completed at Law
renee, Mass, which throws a stream an inch and |
half in diameter a roof of 100 feet high, and |
throws the same stream 1913 feet horizOntalIy Two
streams of one inch were thrown over the same !
building and to a distance from the machine bori !
Zontally, 20o feet.
The cornerstone of cenotaph to the memory |
and patriotic services of William Washington, of |
revolutionary memory has been laid in Charles
ton, South Carolina, and the work is now in pro-
gress The Inauguration is to take place the
5th proximo.
Prof. Wise, the balloonist, has been engaged by
the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, to make
series of grand ballooning experiments. Mr.Wise
expects to demonstrate the possibility OF navigating
the air with balloons with as much certainty as
ships navigate the
Two metals, called Hom9or, goli' ana ar
gentina, silver have been introduced in New ok
within short time, in the shape of spoons, FORKS,
ETC. 1t is claimed they look and wear as wen as
gold and silver. They cost little more than the
ordinary slilYer-plated ware.