The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-26

The indianapolis Journal says letter was re-
ceived in that city on Monday from Greencaste, Ia
stating that the ''safe of the Exchange Bank was
blown open with powder Saturday night and
$40, 900 in silver taken out. One third of it has
been recovered, and officers now on the track
of the burglars"
On last Thursday severe storm of wind passed
through Gates county, North Carolina, and imme-
diately through Gainesville 1t blew down the Epis
copa church, not even leaving pillar standing;
carried off the roof of the dwelling of Henry L.
Eure, Esq, and doing much other damage
There advertisements of farms and CITY lots in
Cook county, ILL.,, to be sold for taxes, covering
eighty columns of the Chicago papers. About
sixty of these columns belong to Chicago alone,
which is included in the above county. The differ
ent farms and lots thus advertised number over 49,
900.
Mayor Tiemann is creating a terrible revolution
among the lottery and policy men of New York
| 1t leaked out from the testimony of one of those
arrested, that brother of the late Mayor Wood
cleared $4,000 in one year by selling lottery
| tickets.
Steps being taken to secure land for the loca-
ton of large Irish colony in Brown or Shawano
| county, Wisconsin. 1t is supposed that about six
thousand will come in body from the vicinity of
| Boston.
The ship Mountain Wave, from oson, has taken
a cargo Office fer Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, Ice
carts, and other requisites for the delivery of the
article, have been forwarded from Boston.
The Legislature of Connecticut, by a vote of IS
to 81, have referred to a special committee propo-
sition to repeal the liquor law and restore the IL
cense system.
An old lady, residing at Concord, Ohio, by the
name of Guthrie, came to her death some ten DAYS
ago, from eating leaves of the pie plant for
''greens."
The new comet, discovered three weeks ago at
the Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is
found to be rapidly receding from both the sun and
the earth
The coming week is the commencement of the
sporting season in Kentucky No less than sixty
| three horses already entered for races to come
off during the week, at Lexington.
There is a report that Gov. Wise, of Va, intends
to run for Congress from his District, making his
course on the Lecompton question the issue at the
polls.
There are sixteen thousand Texas cattle now on
the Plains, moving northward, that will be in Hi
nos, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas in the fall.
The firemen of Philadelphia making prepare
tions for grand torch light procession to come OF
on Saturday evening, the Sd of July.
The Harrisburg Herald says wild ducks are now
numerous on the Susquehanna, and gunners killing
many.
New Haven has large trade in foreign COAL
The Journal of that city says there are now col
liers from English ports in that harbor.
Besides an inspe ction of bridges, ordered on the
| New York Central Railroad, the n j. Transports
ton Company have ordered one on their road.
An ordinance has been passed in Norfolk levying
a capltation tax of Sc on every free white male in
habtant over 81 years old.
The town of Springfield, on the Arkansas river
was almost completely demolished by tornado, a
few days ago.
The New Hampshire papers are agitating. the
question of United States Senator to succeed JOIN
] +. Hale.