The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-05

addressed note to the Chief Commissioner of Pub
lie works of Canada in which he proposes rival |
to the Georgian Bay and Ottawa canal projects
The route which he proposes follows up the valley
of the river Trent, and through the great chain |
of inland waters lying between the town of Peter
borough and Lake Simcoe, and thence across the |
country to Victoria harbOr on the Georgian BAY
The advantages claimed for this route are, that
1T Is shorter and more direct than any other, two
degrees farther south passing through more fertile
tract of country, and that road by this route NAV
be constructed at much less cost than by either of
the proposed routes. survey of the greater por-
ton OF this route was made in 1888, with view to
the opening of water communication from the Bay
OF Qulnte to Lake Huron and the work was actually
commenced and considerable money expended but
1T was afterwards abandoned, on the ground of its
estimated cost-S2 000, 900.
FIRE ESCAPE TUNNEL-A gentleman named Gar
mer, OF st. Louis, has contrived a sort of safety
tunnel, as resort or means of exit from BURNING
buildings. 1t is a coarse canvass tube of sufficient
diameter, say two and half feet, to admit the pas
sage OF one person at time, and can of course be
made OF any required length. The upper end is
intended to be fastened with ropes at the place most
convenient to ensure its access and by the aid of
twoo more persons below, the tunnel is given such
an inclination or curve will efectuay guard
against accident in the descent At the Exchange
In ST. Louis the top was secured to the gallery and
numerous experiments were made by Mr. G. and
s several other gentlemen, which showed the
piete efficacy and safety of the arrangement. We
doubt not but this may prove a valuable inven-
ton; something of the kind has long been
needed.
COMMERCIAL Row IN LOUISVILLE BURNED.-About
noon, on Wednesday, the block of four story build
lngs, known as Commercial Row, and commencing
at the corner of Built and Water streets was en-
tIrely destroyed by fire. The corner house was occu-
pied by l. Tull, as coffeehou and boarding house
Inc next was used by c. R. Griffith Co.. as feed
store warehouse and lard oil factory, with about 900
lard OIL presses in it, all ofwhich were DESTROYED This
building was owned by Mr.. Rupert and the next by
Mrs. kearney. Griflth's loss is about 81 900, on
which there is no insurance. Mr.. Tu lost the
greater part of his stock but saved part of his fur
mture. He was insured for 81 600, which will
probably cover his loss. The buildings owned bv
Rupert and Mrs. Kearney were insured for So, 900
each The corner building was also insured for
$4,000
The Cincinnati papers state that Charles McMick
en-, recently deceased in that city, has bequeathed
to the city OF Cincinnati, in trust for the endow-
ment OF free University, educational and eleemosy
nary, magnificent property, valued by the execu-
tors at eight hundred thousand dollars or more -
In 1913 the deceased crossed the Alleganies arri-
wing IN Cincinnati possessed of horse saddle and
bride. He engaged in the fat-boat business. and
rapidly amassed fortune. At the time of his death
he is said to have been worth considerably over a
million OF dollars and after providing literally for
large number otrelatves, he bequeathed the above
magnificent sum to the city of Cincinnati.
PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE.-A Western editor late
~ o1ered ms hat as prize for the best essay on in
dependence. The following obtained the prize:
National independence is easier imagined than
described Personal independence consists emphat-
lcally In being suited in clean shirt drawers
socks, and nicely blackened pair of boots, with at
least dollar and clean cambria in your pocket
all on sunday morning, with your wife one arm
and your baby on the other, taking your own course
towards your own preacher in the blissfu expecta-
ton OF doing your own snoozing, in your own pew
wherein no one dare venture to nudge you with his
elbow or tickle your nose with straw.
EXEMPTION FROM TAxATGoN-The Finance Com
mittee of the New York Senate has BROUGHT for
ward bill which provides that the personal prop
erty OF every minister of the gospel, or priest of
any denomination, and the real estate of such min
lister or priest, when occupied by him, shall be ex-
empt from taxation, provided such real and person
al estate do not exceed in value 81 800, and provd
ed, also, that the person who is thus exempted shall
make the calling of minister or priest his usual
occupation and principal pursuit.
BUSINESS REvTvALs.-The Otis Manufacturing
Company, at Ware, Mass, will commence RUNNING
their new mill about the first of April and expect
IN the course of month two to start their other
two mills Messrs. Stephens and Gilbert, of the
same place, expect to start thei mills on full time
In April The Amoskeag, Manchester and Stark
corporations at Manchester, n. H., commenced
running full time on the 22d inst. The Blodgett pa
per mill, employing from 100 to $50 hands, will
start on the first of April, full time.
MONSTER BANK.-It is proposed by somebody in
New ork to fuse into institution all the corpo-
rate banks in New FORK city. There are ffty-four
Of them, with an aggregate capital of sixfv-fve
millions. The idea is to centraliZe in New York all
the financial and business movements of the coun-
try, by means of this one great engine.
The prelimnaries for prize fight have Just been
perfected in Albany, n. j. The parties are Con
fitzgerald and John Cation. They fight for $780,
Inc rst deposit 500 will be made at Phil Clares
Brooklyn, on the Sth of April The fight comes off
in Canada, on Thursday, May 10th. The affair is
creating deal of excitement among the shoulder
htters
Projection OF MILITARY COMMUNICATION WITH
UTAH.-A military district is to be established along
the line of communication with Utah to keen the
expedition to that Territory free from Mormons and
Indians. Ten companies of the 4th regiment of ar
tillery and two companies of dragons, now in Kan
sas under command of Brevet Col. Monroe are or
dered to occupy the contemplated new district.
An Inspector of customs in New York, while en-
gagged in his official duty of examining the baopaue
OF some Liverpool passengers on their way to Utah
found it contained new firearms guns, pistols and
swords. He seized and detained the arms and
quantity OF ammunition on the belief that thew were
brought here for the purpose of resisting the laws
of the United States, and making war upon the gov
eminent.
A schedule of the Land Agent of the State of
Maine shows that in period of thirty-one years
from 1927 to lS5S-the total sales of the public
lands amounted to something million and
halt of dollars and that they were so IRREGULAR
fuctuating and unreliable as within two consecu
tive years. to vary from the trihe of S465 II to the
large sum of $3.50, 1924 Ga.
Robert j. Griffin, who was arrested at Paris. XIV.
few days ago, and confined in the Bourbon conn,
ty JAIL to await trial on charge of having been
engaged in setting fire to barns in that Vicinity
was taken out Of Jail at o'clock on Monday morn
ing by mob, and hung.
THE WHEAT Crop IN ILL1No1s.-The editor of the
ST Louis Republican is informed by a gentleman
VINO has travelled in the counties of Illinois lying on
the Chicago and st. Louis, Great Western, Illinois
Central, and Ohio and Mississippi Railroads. that
the wheat crop looks more promising than in any
spring for the last ten years.
ran Pellet, the reformer, has turned up again. she
proposes to forward to California CONSIGNMENT of
hve thousand manageable girls from the New Eng
land States. They are to be CONSIGNED tn the va
rious divisions of the Sons of Temperance who are
10 provide for their wants-husbands included
THE MoRMoNs.-A party of twenty-six persons
escaped from Utah have arrived at Melbourne
Australia. They say that one half the population
Oh SAT- Lake will leave the place if the United
States government will send military force suff-
Gent 10 protect them from the punishment inflicted
upon apostates.
DEATH.-Mr. Howard j. Platt, a youno gentle
man of considerable literary attachments and pro-
mise, died at the residence of his father, Judge
Platt, in Ionkers, New York, on Tuesday evening
from the effects of overdose of strvchnine which
ne mad been IN the habit of taking in minute quanti
ties as an opiate.
Among the bills passed by the Legislature of
Massachusetts is one making two divisions in the
crime of murder, the first of which, when it is pre-
medltated, or life taken while in the commission of
felony, is made punishable with death. The second
degree Is punished by Imprisonment for life.
bill has been introduced in the Louisiana Senate,
licensing gambling houses. 1t fixes the tax at 500
UO0 on each gaming house in the State and appro-
PIRATES one-half of the total revenue to be raised
under it to the Charity Hospital and the other half
to the various eleemosynary institutions in the