The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-17
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Three children OF Mr.. Frank HOpewe in Cot
| land, Indiana, were burned to death last week
There were four small children in the house. three
were rescued, two of whom were badly burned, but
! the third, infant of about eight months, could
not be reached. hemOther, in her despair, reached
the bed once, seized of the clothes and rushed
out, thinking shehad her child but, on examination,
it was discovered burned to death, and crushed
among the falling timbers. Two of the other child
rem died in few hours after from the effects of the
! flames. As nearly thousand dollars in gold which
was laid between the beds where the children slept,
was missing, it is supposed that the house set
| on fire.
The Chicago Journal of Friday evening says =
owe learn that the examination in the case Of the
woman, whose mutilated body was found at Joliet,
last week, has resulted in the discharge of Richard
son, who arrested on suspicion. 1t appers that
| the woman whose body found must have been
over thirty years of age and quite large, while the
missing English girl only eighteen and small
person. The mystery as to how the body came
| where it was found is still unsOved. The excite
ment among the Irish laborers at Joliet against
Richardson is still so intense that he is afraid to
| leave the jail"
The ST. Paul Adrcrtiser saws: s'The reign of the
battcau and its graceful cOnSort the bark canoe is
about to be superseded on the extreme Upper Mis-
| sissippi. The steamboat North Star, the upper
works of which were burned last year, the river
above st. Anthony is being refitted, understand
to be put on the Mississippi above Little Falls, to
ply between that place and the Falls of POkegama,
distance of 200 miles more to be gained to the
empire of steam. This will be an important event
to the development of the upper country, and will
be an immense auxiliary to the rapid settlement Of
| the region which has been recently opened about
Otter Tail Lake"
The Detroit Free Press learns that the English
exploring party that lately passed up to Lake Supe-
riOr is to visit the head waters ofthe Saskatchewan
and that it is probable that practicable route for
| travel will ere long be opened from Fort William
on Lake Superior, to Fort Garry on Red river the
estimated cost of which is f6,0OO 1t is urged that
means of communication should be promptly opened
to the broad praires which lie beyond the Lake of
the Woods and Winnipeg, in order that Canadian
capital and labor may have outlet and field ofre
munerative enterprise in the great British North
west The expedition is under the command of Mr..
Hind, a man OF science.
THE CREvAssE.-This institution continues to en-
JOY excellent health. We learn that the pe-drvers
gave up the battle last evening, and retired from
the held in disgust They would have saved some
credit and considerable money, think, if they
had cried "peccavi' some time ago. The inunda-
ton on the other side will be of long continuance,
and notable feature in the history of the "right
bank good many of the right bankers, con-
sdering it the wrong bank for them just now, have
made it left bank by coming over to the city
NeIC Orleans Crescent, May Z.
The annual Episcopal Convention of Georgia met
in Savannah on the 9th inst The bishops report
refers to the project of building Southern Episco-
pal college, under the patronage OF the Church
which is designed to rival anything in this country
in its capacity and usefulness. The location select
ed is Sewanee, Tennessee and no work is to be com
menced until S5OO,OOO is collected only the inter
est of which is to be expended-the principal to be
retained by the treasurer of each State.
On Monday night last, about 10 o'clock, a fire
broke out in the cotton factory buildings of Messrs
Runkle Nesbit, at Bloomsbury, N j., and before
the flames could be subdued both buildings, with
their machinery, were destroyed. The factories
were in the tenantcy of Messrs. Hilton and Part
ridge, who were at the time making arrangements
N fha f,nt,, ofW
The loss is estimated at about $4,000, which is
partly covered by insurance.
The two new buildings recently erected for Am
herst college,-Williston Hall and East College
will be dedicated Wednesday of next week,
the 10th.