The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-11
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DOMESTIC
The body of an English servant girl was discover
ed, on Thursday week, under pile of stones, about
half mile of the city of Joliet, Illinois, near the
plank road leading to Wilmington, in an entire
state of nudity, and with hands and feet cut off,
and the skull broken. She was last seen in cOmpa-
ny with carpenter, about forty years of age,
named Richards, who had been employed the
railroad engineer and had borne a good char
acter. He has been arrested, and while in the GUS
tody of the officers made very narrow escape from
being lynched by the enraged citizens of Joliet
The evidence against him appears to be very strong
The case of John Jones Us. The Philadelphia Will
mington, and Baltimore Railroad Company has
been on trial before the Circuit Court at Elkton,
Md, for three weeks past and has just been closed.
In this case which was commenced in 1910, Jones
claimed as due him from the company some S24 900
while it is asserted that he paid in full. During
the late trial. the Judge, jury, sheriff. COUNSEL wit
nesses, and John Jones, went in a special car down
to the of the labOrs out of which the contest
grew, in the neighborhood of Principe, &c. The
case having gone to the jury they returned
dict in favor of JONES' to the amount of SS0023 in
elusive of interest.
The Hon. John Pottieger, who died on the 25th
ult, at his residence in Jefferson township, Berks
county, Pa, at the good old age of seventy-fve
years, was of the Representatives of Berks
ty in the State Legislature during the years 1882,
1888, and 1884, and again in 1872; and State
Senator for the term which included the years lS47
l84S and lS49. He at all times faithful to the
interests of his constituents and in public and pri
vate life maintained an unbemished character.
The pathetic case of boy, nine years old who
supported whole family, through the winter, in
New York, proves on investigation, to have been
ingenious and thorough fraud throughout His
mother is not dead his father not sick the fam
lily by any means starving. The publication of the
story by benevolent person. led to the discovery
that quite a number of others, moved by the
narrative, had been giving literally all winter, to
support lazy family of cheats.
A man named Hall, living in Almont, Illinois, on
Sunday evening, April 18th, attended a prayer
meeting and from thence went to his grocery store,
filled box with combustibes, lighted Il candle in
the center, locked the door and went home When
the candle had burned down to the combustibles
they ignited, the building was burned and fine
block adjoining. Half the village had a narrow
cape. This was done to secure an insurance on his
stock of groceries for 81 900.
A band of fourteen Mississippi pirates were caught
a few days since by the vigilance committee of
Prairie du Chen and stolen goods to the amount of
5000 recovered. With halter around the necks
Of some of them, with death staring them in the
face, they made pretty free confession, impcat-
ing number Of persons who have hitherto stood
high in that community.
Dennis Mccoy, employee of the Erie Railroad
Company, while quarreng at their depot in Jersey
City, N j., with Charles Fox baggage master,
was dangerously stabbed in the lungs and breast
VIM. Mccoy, who tried to interfere was also stab
bed in the arm. The deposition pf Dennis Mccoy
taken by the Coroner, who thereupon commit
ted Fox to Jail.
The Milwaukee Sentinel mentions the suicide by
drowning at Oshkosh of jackson D. Whitney a
lawyer of uncommon ability, about 40 years of age,
who formerl was in the Office of Judge Douglas at
Springfield, Illinois, and afterwards partner of
Senator Walker. of. Milwaukee. Drinking was the
cause of the act
A lady filed in the county clerks Office at Gin
cinnat the other day. her declaration of intention
to become citizen of the United States. She does
IL
ton papers, but has taken this step to secure her
claim to certain property in Germany.
On the evening of the 5th instant, a man, named
Burke, murdered in thestrGets of Norfolk Va.
The Coroner's jury found that he had been killed
by sailor, named Martin, of the L. S. ship John
Adams, assisted by another, named Price, and they
were committed for trial.
The difficulties at the Cambria, Pa, Iron Works
have been queted, and the mill is running
with a full complement of men, except at a few of
the pudding furnaces. They turning out
from eighty to one hundred tons of railroad iron
per day. This iron is manufactured on contract
with the North Pennsy lvania Railroad.
On Tuesday afternoon, Max Spulski, German
boy ten years of age, while attempting to Jump
the Morris and Essex train as it was entering the
depot in Jersey City, n. j., fell beneath the cars,
and had side of his head so terribly crushed that
he died in five minutes.
On Thursday last, Stephen Cooke left Wexford,
r. l.. in open sail boat for Providence accompa-
MED by Bradck Thomas, coored, and Samuel Wee
den, half brother of Thomas as passengers. The
boat is supposed to have swamped and gone down
with all on board. The lost men have all left fam
lies in destitute circumstances.
We learn that the Pension Office has information
from of its special agents of the arrest OF four
persons in Vermont. c. Boswell, Ebenezer
Bickford; R.. D. Waters and one Walace-charged
with obtaining bounty land warrants on false and
forged papers, knowing them to be OF that charac-
ter Washington Union.
General Qutman met with a most enthusiastic
reception at Columbia, :. c., on the Sd inst, on
the occasion of his visit to that city to participate
in the anniversary of the Palmetto Association
General Quitman had the honor of leading on the
Palmetto regiment in the thckest of the fight at
the storming of the City of Mexico.
The successful trips of the steamboat James L.
Cathcart on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal have
attracted attention, and the experiment is likely to
work revolution in regard to canal navigat0n.-
Several of the coa-carrying companies North
have also under consideration a like change
The great falling off in the receipts from revenue
will compel the Secretary of the Treasury, to ask
Congress either for a law authorizing loan, or
further issue of treasury notes The impression
is that loan will be preferred, as 1t ssupposed
it can be obtained at three per cent.
The Winchester Repdlcan says ''Sevefal wor-
tlrv farmers of Frederick county and Clarke have
during the present week, expressed to US their con-
victon that they nave each the best crop of wheat
in this quarter"
The General NJ. f. Conference, South, assembled
at Nashville the LIST instant and there were pres
ent Bishops SOule, Andrews, Paine, Early and Kav-
anaugh, and over one hundred and fifty delegates
Bishop SOule took the chair and Rev. T. O. Som
mers was elected secretary. s,f'
The body of man was found Saturday week in
the Juniata dam, about two mills above Huntingr
don. The body was afterwards ascertained to be
that of man named John Watson, of Shaver's
Greek, Huntingdon county, Pa. He was about
forty years of age. 80
Henry William Khpstophsad to be. German %
few days ago, on atpetty well established charge &c
of stealing a siscbnsn bill out'of' a9tF'"ei III
the house ofaA mbreSe Gertiser. ~ -
Valentine Knapp in the employ Of the Plttsburghli l
Ft. WAYNE and Chicago Railroad company, leIi
from the railroad bridge across the riHep,
at Pittsburgh, on Wednesday nlSet, anu was
drowned. The deceased has left a wife and family
il t,yenties double eages33are in circu-
- c y; california The coins have been sawed
iatlom iano'1oh fn edges filed with lead>nd re-mied.
hc work!is %xeeirted'so neatly thatEi8s almost inn
nossbIe to detect the fraud. "a
Rascals arsibFeskingdails, all oySf9he country.
Western States n TtaE aashay VI just escaped
from The ChafleAQp1ail,f sg .. ...
The Richm67d City Council hspe5by vote offs
to 9, decided tpexempt State and Jeity bonds from
taxation. - ~ ..
President Buchanspts to- make a. western tour e