The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-07


that other members of his family have suddenly
been called away, have filled his friends with pain
full apprehensiOns and should cause the prayers of
the faithful everywhere to ascend that the life and
usefulness of so valuable man may be prolonged
to the church militant"
The HABTUAL Use or SPRITs.-The British and
Foreign Wedieo GiTTgicoI Rcric,r shows that the
habitual of spirits arrests that mcamorphosis Of
tissue which is necessary for health, leaving the
efiete tissue useless burden in the BODY to be
converted into that least vtaZcd of all the organic
constituents oil, and fat, till finally life itself is
cloggcd at the fountain head. Thousands of men.
according to the Rertc,c, who have never been me
briated, annually perish, having shortened their
lives by tipping a little every day. The dram
arrests the metamorphosis of tissue: another
dram is taken before this arrest ceases the reaction
thus postponed, becomes more intensc the dcpres-
sion is excessive; more drains are taken and in
the end, without ever having been intoxicated the
tipper sinks into his grave, the victim of ardent
spirits. 1t is different with the who drinks
wine, for wine is rarely used except at meals, so
that the effects have time to pass away before Sc
cond dose becomes due, and hence craving for
an increased quantity is experienced. Men are now
living, in consequence, in robust old age, who have
taken the same identical number of glasses of wine
daily for half century without feeling it necessary
to increase the quantity.
TERRIBLE ACcIDEnT IN THE ScHuYLKTLL CorNrY
MNES.-lt appears that about noon on Tuesday last
four men and two boys ascended the shaft at the
ThomastOwn collicry, in a car resting on 4 cage
When within few inches Of the top. pin. upon
which the cage rests when it reaches the top. was
pulled out too soon, and the not on a level
with the platform sufficiently to permit il to be
rolled oil the cage. In this position two Of the
wheels Of the rolled off the cage; but it
was found impossible to get the other wheels OF. a
signal was then given to the engineer, who could
not the position of the cage to hoist it little.
Unfortunately, it hoisted too high; the tilt
ed, freed entirely from the cage. and the next
instant, with its freight of precious lives consisting
n IN tV-p arms ali, .I, , ly
SHAFT, perpendicular depth Of too huadred ami 1oy
teet The remains of the unfortunate men and boys
were, after the occurrence, removed to the surface
in shockingy mutatcd condition.
PosTOFrrcE RIGnrs.-Thc question whether the
Post-otce Department has certain rights and privi-
leges over the contents of the mails-which has
been much discussed of latc-is now on its way to
settlement Judge Sutherland granted tempo
rary iniunctiOn-n the case of parties who now
have 200 900 letters, it is said detained bv the
Department-against Postmaster Fowler. prohibit
ing him from forwarding to the General Post-ollicc
at Washington any letters addressed to them, and
also enjoining him. his agents, &C., from opcnind"r
reading the letters. We understand that the Post
office Department regards the firm in question as
fictitious and upon that ground alone. If for no
other reasons Of the public good 1t is said that the
Department have an undoubted right to order all
their letters to be sent to the deadcttcr Office.
der an act of Congress giving the Department that
authority fictitious lettcrs.-N. y Journal Of
Commerce..
A recent French Invention consists in mauulac-
turing tyres for railway and other wheels, by cast
ing in moulds circular disc or rings of steel, which
are plain on their edges. il for ordinary tyres,
Hanged if for railway tyres. In the former case.
the centre of the disc is cut punched out, and the
ring of steel thus obtained or cast in the first in
stance is extended by passing between rollers,
ranged in the same manner the rollers which are
now used for extending and finishing ordinary
weldcd-up tyres. The tyres are said to pos
sess some important advantages over those now in
DIGGGNG CLAms.-The Sacramento (Call Union
says that there at least 1000 men at differ
ent Points on Pugyt Sound, who had been unable
to get any further towards the newly discovered
diggngs. Many of them situated that they
could neither 60 ahead nor return. Claims had
been staked off on the shore, and those who were
the fortunate holders were engaged in digging
CLANS instead of gold. They went to die for gold
and were compelled to dig CLAIMS to appcase their
hunger.
CURE FOR Sun STH0TE.-A correspondent Of the
New Y York Jonrnai Of Commerce. says that free ap
plication Of cold water is the best remedy for san
stroke. The afflicted should be placed in the cool
est conrcHiem spot, mo crowd allowed to obstruct
the air. and drenched with bucket after bucket
Of the coolest water at haHd. The water should
be thrown with great force from head to foot.
and continued until the person shows signs Of
revival. If water is applied at and freely,
(salt water is preferable, not single death should
occur.
On the night of the 22d ut., some angry words
occurred between Victor de st. RomeS and Oliver
Carriere, in New Orleans, La, when the latter
slapped the former in the face. Thereupon -.
Romes fired five barrels of a revolver at Carricrc.
three of which took effect in his breast, back and
groin lie is not expected to survive. Same night
VIM. Robinson stabbed Thomas g. johnson very
dangerously, in Gallatin street Robinson was ar
rested.
The Boston Mass Transcript says:-A gentle
man who ascended Mount Wiley from the White
Mountain Notch, a few days ago, writes us that he
found patches of snow eighteen inches deep on the
top of the mountain This is quite unusual for that
neighborhood so late in June. The mountain
streams are reported to be very cold at the present
time.
The whole loss by the flood at Cairo it is said
will be inside of 100000. The Illinois Central Rail
road can make all repairs for $1,000. The loss to
the citizens in furniture, buildings and stock will
not exceed S50,O00. The water rose above low wa
ter mark forty-seven feet which is two feet higher
than ever before known by those who have lived in
that vicinity since 17sS.
At the recent term of the Supreme Judicial Court.
held at Exeter n. H., the exceptions in the OF
Andrew Wentworth and Gilbert Stone, convicted
OF placing obstructons on the Boston and Maine
Rallroad, in Great Falls were Oyerruled by the
Court and the prisoners were sentenced to the state
Prison for the term of seven years each
The Boston Mass Journal says The Boston
and Lowell Railroad has been in operation twenty
three years. longer than any other road through
ont IL: whole enotb) in the country; and yet not
one passenger has ever been killed on it.
Mr. Connoway, young man, and respected
citizen of Milton, Trimble county, Kentucky, had
bnan missing from home some two weeks, and on
Tuesdav last his body was found in the woods near
byT covered with leaves. Tie had evidently been
murdered, three bullet wounds were found ont the
body.
The bark Amarnth is loading whale oil at New
Bedford, Mass, for Europe. She will take 5000