The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-17
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INTERIOR NAvIGAT1oN-T New York Canal Com
elSsloners have decided to open the canals of that
State on the 2sth inst EXCEPT the Champlain, which
Will open on the 20th
Inc renhsyivana canal is now open, and boats
Passi,g upon IL at all points between Huntingdon
p!t a.u Ioulnoin In few days the entire canal to
| Plttsburg will be navigable
| The Lake Champlain boats commencad thair PAR
| ular trips on Monday last.
The Tennessee Legislature withdrew State aid IN
| Railroads not commenced, amounting in the agore
! gate to S5,4SQ, 500. 1t did this by consoIJ t;n
many roads, and by refusing to extend the time in
which many were required to commence opera
| tions.
GREAT SAvING.-During the past six months the
expenses of the Hudson River Railroad have been
Sl57, 200 less than the expenses during the
corresponding six months year ago. The saving
| is partially attributable to the mild winter, but
mainly to good management.
RAILROAD BRIDGE CARRIED AwAY.-On Monday
afternoon the railroad bridge over Crooked Creek
at Newark, about 26 miles from GAINESVILLE on the
Central Ohio road, was carried away by the waters
OF the creek, which were greatly swollen by the
storm of Sunday.
FROM NICARAGUA.-Private advces from Ncara-
qua state that Gen. Perez is in arms against the
government of Martinez, and that affairs in that
country are IN great confusion. The steamer San
Carlos had been sunk by the Nicaraguans the Costa
Rican guard having been driven off.
JAIL BURNT.-The Jail in Franklin, Tenn, was
burned Wednesday night, 7th inst, by one of the
prisoners, Edwards, who being an old offender.
narrowly escaped lynching on being rescued from
the flames
1t is said that Adjutant General James W. Web
ster, of Maine, is arranging for muster of all the
uniform militia in that State to take place in Port
land, sometime during the presence of the great
Leviathan steamship in the harbor.
The Chief of the Bureau of Construction, the
Engineer in Chief, and Commander Dahlgren, are
selected tn confer with the Turkish Admiral as to
the premnares for the three decker to be built for
the Ottoman Porte.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has refused to grant
a trial to Joseph Loeffner the murderer of his
wife and Mrs. Horton, of Cincinnati. He will be
executed the 30th inst, unless the Governor com
mutes the punishment to Imprisonment for life
TRANs RUNNING THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE TUN-
NEL.-The passenger train on the Central Road for
Staunton, through the Blue Ridge Tunnel
Tuesday, and hereafter the trains on the road will
run through it regularly.
The season for maple sugar is now about closing
The crop this year is not so large that of last
year, but in some particular neighborhoods of Allie
ghany county, Maryland, considerable quantity
has been made
On Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio, VIM. NJ. Con-
nelly, under indictment for harboring slaves was
admitted to bail in l000 for his appearance before
the o. S. District Court on the third Monday of the
present month
The Southern Presbyterian IN. S. Synod, which
has been in session at Knoxville, Tennessee has
taken measures to effect union with the Old
School General Assembly.
Young Meeks, who was convicted before the
United States Court, at Staunton, several years
ago, of robbing the United States mail, has been
pardoned by the President.
SPURIOUS CoIN.-John Rifle, of Kanawha and
Donald and Sparks, two young men of Nicholas
county, Va, have been arrested in Braxton county,
for passing spurious coin.
The former residence of Hugh Lawson White
known as Flint Hill, Knox county, Tennessee, was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday night week. The
house was occupied by Mr.. c. F. Trigg.
The st. Louis Republican (dem.) says it is now
manifest that the election in that State next Au-
gust is to turn upon the question of aboIishing
slavery within its limits.
Sxty-fve deaths occurred in Boston for the week
ending Saturday noon, of which twenty, or nearly
one-third, were of consumption and Inflammation Of
the lungs.
John Abel, who killed Everson, in Memphis, last
summer, has instituted a suit for $l00 600 damages
against nine gentlemen of that city, for the attempt
to lynch him.
A fire in Cincinnati, on Friday night, destroyed
block of buildings corner of Western Row and Ca
nal street. Loss about 900. One of the build
ings was owned by Nicholas Longworth.
The jury in the case of James Powers, charged
with the murder of Edward A. Lutts, in Washing
ton city, rendered verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.
The people of Charleston, S. c., gave the Hon.
Edward Everett an enthusiastic and highly compli-
mentary reception on his arrival in that city last
Saturday evening.
Erastus Willard, youngest brother of the Gov
ernor of Indiana, who has long been ILL., died in New
Orleans on April I'd.
1t is officially stated that it will cost between
forty fifty dollars to transport barrel of flour to
Utah for the of the army.
1t is thought that the Impeachment case of JUDGE
Watrons, of Texas, will not be reached by the g.
). Senate until next session.
The Harlem Hudson, and New York Railroads,
have more than covered their reduced rcceints by
the reduction of their running expenses this season.
In a severe hail-storm at New Braunsfels, Texas,
recently, it is asserted that hail stones fell weighing
II pounds.
On Saturday twenty-sx carpenters and painters
were discharged from the Portsmouth, Va, navy
yard
The men, Anderson and Richards who murdered
Mrs. Carer and Mrs Ream about year ago, were
hung at Lancaster, Pa, on Tuesday last.
Sutton's Mills, in North Andover, have COM
menced running on full time, and those belonging to
Mr.. George Hodges will likewise shortly do so.
The law passed by the New York Legislature le-
galizng future contracts in stocks, meets with gem
eral approval.
Mrs. Hannah Davis committed suicide in Charles
town on Sunday last, by cutting her throat with a
razor. She was subject to fits.
A fire engine was blown almost to pieces at Pc
tersburg, Va, few nights ago, by some one plac-
ing powder in it and setting it off.
VIM. Ii. Carr, charged with pifering from the
mails, has been tried at Wheeling, Va, and honor
ably acquitted.
Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, of KY, is said to have
become "convert to Christianity and temper
ance."
A gang of horse thieves has been discovered in
Canada embracing men heretofore looked upon as
respectable.
1t is proposed to prepare and report plan for
uniform system of marriages, births and deaths,
applicable to the United States.
The receipts into the United States Treasury are
each week half million less than the expenditures.
The ''white feather" is to be the fashionable bon
net ornament of the season.
Chinese coolies arriving at Havana in great
numbers. In week 3, 900 were landed.
Ex-Presdent Comonfort is expected at New York.