The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-22
d. OM E &c,

SHPwRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.-The brig Persever-
ance, Captain Roberts, at Galveston 9Th inst from
New Orleans, reports having fallen in, April g. with
to Sabine, lat. 2So 3O W., lon. $50 81 The Sarah
Bartlett had capsized in a gale five days previous
The Perseverance took from the wreck boy named
James Van Horn, from New Orleans, and a sailor
known as Charley, in a state of extreme exhaustion
the last named deranged. Capt. Saunders and
four men were lost.
"The wreck was sunk to the rails. The vessel,
after capsizing, lost her masts when she partially
righted, though full of water and with the loss Of
her cabin.
"She had specie on board, but though divers
were sent down from the Perseverance none of it
could be found. 1t is supposed to have been lost
with the cabin. The survivors stated the amount
OF specie at 100000; but this is more than she would
probably have carried in the trade in which she
engaged.
"The schooner Sarah Bartlett was a new vessel,
and was owned by Capt. Sanders, whose wife re-
sides in New Orleans. The boy, James Van Horn,
is about l3 years of age. He states that the sailor
IN his derium attempted to throw him overheard,
and that he managed to tie the madman fast
with bit of rope. He himself drank sea water
and appears to think that it strengthened his en-
durance."
SERIOUS RAILROAD DIsAsTER.-We regret to an
nOunce one of the most serious railroad disasters
that has occurred in many years. The powerful To-
com0tves Dean Richmond and Erastus Corning run
off the track of the Central Railroad. Before their
Roadway could be arrested, both of the locomotives
were precipitated into the Erie Canal and entirely
submerged. The engineer Comstock and the fire
man, Randall, are still under the water, and it is
feared have sunk in the mud beyond recovery. At
the time of the accident, both engines running
at a high speed. They had heavy load, and were
on down grade.-Abdny Statesman.
The latest accounts from Nicksburg, report the
Mississippi falling. There had been, however, some
pretty severe breaks on the levee. The Big Levee
at American Bend the levee at Brunswick Landing
and Hendersons Levee, below Warrenton, all broke
on the llth.
Hon. Andrew Jackson Donelson has removed TO
Memphis. 1t is said that Moses White, Esq, son of
the eminent Hugh L. White, of Tennessee intends
to practice law in the same place.
James Duffy, convicted of "garroting" and rob
bing gentleman in the street in Boston, was on
Saturday sentenced to the penitentiary for eleven
years.
Rev. +. CavO, of the Franciscan order Or. C,D
has been appointed by the minister general at
Rome OF the order visiter for the United States,
with full powers.
The frigate Susquehannah has been ordered to
BOSTON, for the benefit of colder climate in disin-
fecting her.
1t is reported that John w. Seymour, the de-
faulting treasurer from Hartford is in New Mexico,
working a silver mine.
On the 4th instant fire occurred at the Glover
hill Pits, in Chesterfield county, Va, destroying
$4,000 worth of property.
The Suffolk Savings Bank, of Boston, has declared
extra dividend of fifteen per cent. for the last
five years-equal to three per cent per annum
The Democratic Convention, for the nomination
of candidate for Governor of Maine, will be held
at Augusta the 30th June.
The steamer Europa sunk in Toronto harbor, a
few days SINCE supposed to have been caused bv rat
holes.
There is great excitement in Iowa about the
gold discovered in Clarke county. Men are said to
beitaking out from two to five dollars per day.
The New York Senate has passed bill to pro-
vide for convention to amend the State constitu-
tion.
The Albany papers caution people with money, to
beware of the pckpockets who nfest the oby of the
House.
The st. Louis papers announce the death of Rich
ard b. Dallam, Esq, an old and respected citizen
The new depot of the New Jersey Railroad Com
pany, at Jersey City, is about completed.