The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-13

railroad from st. Louis to the Iron Mountain
ana ana Pilot Knob, is completed, and the iron horse
mas mas at least snorted on the summit of the Ozark
Mountains. st. Louis calculates that this enter
prise VIII aud largely to their prosperity.
1t is "umored that Major Farnswortb, of Mexican.
war notoriety racy but not very beautiful writer
has arrived in Albany, with the intention of pur-'
chasing the Transcript, and making it democratic
journal.
The President of the United States has officially
recognized Jose Enrique Snyder as vice consnI Of
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay at the city of
New York, and Andrus F, Vale as vce-consnl of
the same republic, at New Orleans.
OXEN FOR UTAH.-We learn by a gentleman inst
arrived from Kentucky that Government has bought
l3, 90 head of oxen in Missouri at Sl2G woke for
the use of the army in Utah.
Owing to the opposition that has sprung up be-
tween the railroads and the propeller lines, cattle
are transported from Albany to New York at the
rate of twenty-five cents head and sheep and hogs
in proportion. The winter fare ten shillings
head.
The STEuRENvmLE RAHRoAD.-The Pittsburgh
D'$pdtch says that operations forthwith to be
recommended on the railroad bridge over the Ohio
river at Steubenville in the face of the law recent
ly enacted by the Virginia Legislature.
In an affray at St. Louis on Monday, on the
| steamer Crescent City, between two of her crew,
named W illiam Rufersberg and Edward Kosh, the
former stabbed the latter, who died in fifteen min
utes.
DR.. r: W. Gibbes, on retiring from the editorial
chair of the Cdrolinian, Columbia, s. c. was pre-
sented by the employees of the office with hand
some gold-headed cane
A citizen of Boston has invented dovetailing
machine, by which hundred drawers can be dove.
tailed IN an hour, cutting the mortce with a pres
sure that nsures perfection in every joint.
The passenger railway companies of New York
city have found, on experiment, that horses are
cheaper than mules for drawing their cars through
the city.
1t is said that the cost of printing Emory's Re-
port of the Mexican Boundary Survey-a work
which one has read, and few have even seen
was S277 300!
Prof. Z. L. Andrews LII. D., we'll known among
scholars for his Latin Lexicon, died last week, at
New britain, Connecticut, in the list year of his
age.
In Chicago brick buildings are being raised up
bodily, to correspond with the grade of the street
One firm has a contract for raising twenty
buildings.
OPENING OF NAvIGATIoN.-Three steamers have
arrived at Montreal from their winter quarters be-
ing the first of the season.
| The citizens of Richmond, Va, have sent a dele
| cation to Washington, to urge the government to
| locate the national foundry there.
The Governor of Mississippi has appointed dele
gates to represent the State in the next Southern
| Commercial Convention.
| At their late municipal election, Cincinnati poll
| ed l5,0S4 votes; st. Louis 1926; Chicago &c.
| l24 Milwaukee 1920
The earnings of the Galena & Chicago Union
Railroad for March 1858, are 500, ,2O3 81, being
a decrease of S2S,44957 on March of last year.
Sixty thousand dollars worth of pam-leaf hats
are annually manufactured at Nashua, New Hamp-
shire.
Joseph b. Canrow's dwelling, in Fairfax county
Va, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday. No nsur
| ance.
Charles Lehrer, farmer, committed suicide at
Mount joy, Lancaster county, Pa on the 9th inst.
The New Orleans Crescent thinks Missouri will be-
come free State in ten years.
At is stated on good authority that the circula-
ton of the Atlantic Monthly has reached 10000.
DR.. f. w. Hilyard has been appointed State
Geoogist of Mississippi