The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-03
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1hlAL OF TUCKERMAN, THE MAIL ROBBER
The April term of the United States Circuit Court
commenced on Tuesday, the Hon. Charles A. In
gersoll, the District Judge, officiating in place of
Justice Nelson, who absent. The Grand Jury
was charged Tuesday in relation to the mail rob
berry case, and it proceeded to investigate the
charges against AdriaI Phelps of Groton, who was
arrested for robbing the New London and Stoninc-
tor ton mail The jury will probably be discharged
this morning.
The case of William s. Tuckerman charged with
numerous robberes of the United States mail in
November last, opened yesterday afternoon
VIM; ID. Shipman, Esq, U. S. Attorney appeared
for the prosecution, and Hon. E. X. Foster, and
Thomas Ieatman, Esq, for the defence Tucker
man looked well, and seemed quite at his ease. He
took notes of the evidence with the same GOODNESS
and unconcern which has characterised his whole
conduct.
As an illustration of his Indifference, we are told
inat some time ago he made copy of the long in
dlctment against himself for the use of his counsel
using for that purpose copy borrowed from the
prosecution. lie returned the COPY, with a mar
ginal note of his own, calling the attention of the
District Attorney to one of the counts in which
Iuckerman said there was an error which mirbt
prove fatal to the prosecution and he advised the
Attorney to correct it.
Tuckerman has been employed as clerk and
book keeper of the county Jail since his arrest and
seems to like the business.
The evidc nee Yesterday was only a repetition of
the most uninteresting part of what was published
on his examination before the Commissioner and il
IS not worth rc-printng 1t is the evidence of post
olCe clerks and others as to the mailing of letters
and the forwarding of the mails between Philadel-
phia, New York and Boston during the month of
November.
The Chicago papers question the validity of the
new Minnesota loan Just voted upon by the people
The Chicago Tribune produces a table of the debt
and population of the different States The propor-
ton OF debt to one person is $50 per cent in New
York, and S.56 per cent. in Pennsylvania; while
Minnesota, under the new loan. gives proportion
OF 2S.SG per cent. Such an amount of money. no
doubt ii properly applied to the development Of
State resources, would rapidly reduce this per
centage; but the step is looked upon as premature
IN legal point of view, as at the time the loan bill
passed the Legislature, Minnesota was not a State
The dwelling house of Mr.. William Sterrett,
some three miles above this place, was struck with
lightning this afternoon. The house was greatly
damaged; one of the rafters was driven entirely
through the building, the pendulum of the clock
was melted, and the mirror was broken into the
smallest fragments and other damage was done to
the furniture. Mrs. Sterrett, child and servant
We're In the house at the time. Mrs. Sterrett was
thrown from her chair and considerably stunned
though not seriously injured. The child and ser
want escaped with slight shock.-Wason County
(Fa.) Republican.
A young woman pretty and well dressed eaped
from the dock at the foot of Lombard street wharf
fnlladelphla about o'clock Monday evening,
with the intention of committing suicide Capt
Forsyth, late of the ship Diamond State plunged in
alter her and succeeded with some assistance in res
culnS her; !he unfortunate girl is an American by
blrth, and said she regretted that her purpose had
been interfered with. She was taken to the Union
street Station House and properly cared for. She
represents herself as homeless and friendless.
List of Americans registered at the banking office
OF the American European Express Company, Paris,
April to April l5 1858 New York; B. Kim
ball, X. talsey and family Thomas Garner, ir. Geo.
Dickey, James ID. Phyfe and family. W A. Kinnil-
" W. Field, j. r. Smith, c. w, McCune and
W. \. Willard, T. G. Carey, ir. Caifornia-Dr.
w. ii. Bruner, j. l.. ID. Morrison, y. Mare. Ken
tucky-B. Shipp. Pennsylvania-Willia J. Nor
ris q. NJ. Dupuy, 7. Lee and wife, H. Lazarus and
lady. Maryland-R. r. Bunting.
An affecting accident occurred at the Pennsyl-
wanna Anthracite Colliery, in Lackawanna town
ship, on Wednesday last. A German miner named
Joseph Bartlenger, was preparing blast in the
coal, when by some means the powder was ignited
and exploded throwing the whole charge directly
into the mans face, completely destroying both
eyes, and otherwise injuring him so severely that
his life is despaired Of
The question of publishing paper, to be called
the baltimore Christian AdrOcdte, a conservative
Methodist organ on the subject of slavery in
troduced last week, at Charleston, Va to the West
ern Virginia Conference. Rev. Mr.. Phelps, of the
Baltimore Conference, pressed the Importance of
sustaining such enterprise, but resolution was
adopted, nevertheless, leaving the members free to
support any OF their papers, without particularly
cll'oi sing any
Commodore Joshua Sands, United States Naval
Commander of the steam-frigate Susquehanna. has
obtained temporary leave of absence. The Commo-
dore reached his home, at Stratford Connecticut
on the 24th ult., where, during the evening, the
young men, OF the village turned out en- n'dsse, and
proceeded to his residence and welcomed him home
in the real fourthofJuly STYLE with cannon salutes
and cheers.
At an exhibition of a school, held at Alliance,
Ohio, on Friday evening last in the Town Hall, the
floor gave way precipitating an audience of some
five hundred to the floor below. The piano was
broken to pieces but as by miracle, the lady who
presided at it was not injured. girl, thirteen or
fourteen years of age, instantly killed and one
other person has died since. A large number were
injured.
A steam fire engine has been completed at Law
renee, Mass, which throws a stream an inch and a
half in diameter over a roof of 100 feet high and
throws the same stream l9S feet HORIZONTALLY Two
streams of one inch were thrown over the same
building and to a distance from the machine hori-
zontally Of POS feet.
The Rev. Sullivan H. Weston was on the l4th
ut., on the first ballot, and by the unanimous vote
OF the Episcopal Convention, elected Bishop of
Texas. Mr.. Weston is Assistant Minister of Trinity
Church in lew York. and is the second bishop which
that corporation has furnished within the last six
years.
Mrs. Du Bose, daughter of Senator Toombs, prior
to leaving Washington for her Southern home, ON
Tuesday, was duly entertained at the residences OF
her bridesmaids. Parties were given by Misses Iy-
Ter and Simms, and dinners by Misses Gwln and
Clayton; and many other entertainments by friends
in the District
In accordance with the recommendation of Mayor
Dana the Common Council of Charestown, Mass,
have instructed a committee to consider and report
some plan by which the citizens may enjoy free
saltwater bath in summer without the risk of Grim
inal prosecution.
The editor of the Richmond Dispatch has been
shown a specimen of gold ore, weighing Is penny
weights found on the land of John NJ. Norville Al
bemarle county. Mr.. Fisher has resumed the work
inc of this land for gold, which had been aban-
doned some time ago, and is sangune of q good
"crop."
Loefner, the Cincinnati murderer whose sentence
has been commsted to Imprisonment for life, is
greatly dissatisfied because he is not to be hung.
He expected. if any change were made in his sen
tence that he would be pardoned. He desired one