The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-07

iic came dN III JCl tdNS. comparatively well.
The mineral waters of the Burning Mountain o.
Pennsylvania, though not of the same character
nor rs certain of duration as the mineral water Of
the Hot Springs, still found to possess virtue,
not attainable in the materia mcdica of the heal
ing art. And efforts are now being made to rem
der the water accessible to the public, in the
shape Of baths and wells. Mr.. Salathiel Har.
rics, a gentleman engaged with Mr.. De Bow
in developing the coal, lead and other minerals
of Virginia, and now at Farmvle, in Prince Ed
ward county, was the person who. at the immense
risk of his life, brought out the bodies Of the unfOr
tunate men who first set the Burning Mountain
on fire. 1t fearful undertaking, for the de
strOving fumes of the aZOtc and carbonic acid ga
filled every hole and corner of the mine. But Mr.
Harries is Il fearless and reliable miner, well a
an intelligent man. who has more mining life
adventure and accidents in the deep dark bowels o
the earth, than any man, probably, now living
He has been engaged in the deepest mines in tn,
world, and has wandered for miles beneath thu
raging pillows of the lie was one Of the hrs
to open the anthracite coal mines of PENNSYLVANIA
and has long been successful in exploring new re
gions for coal, iron, &c. To such men will Virgil
MIA owe her future existence as mining and man
ufacturing State, in connection with her own cap
itaiists and cnteIpriaing business men.
KANSAS PEARLS AND GoLD.-A correspondent O
the Lawrence RepvJiicon gives some Particular
concerning the ''gold and pearl discoveries il
Southern Kansas The new Eldorado is on tn,
Walnut and Whitewater rivers. south of Brecken
fluSe county some OF the pearls are sand to be
worth little, but the general assortment is valued
at Ere dollars a peek The gold discoveries OF
Pixies Peak turn out to be equally mythical. 1t il
reported, however, that fifty miles north on Cher
ry creek, gold is found in considerable abundance
An exploring company declare that if they haC
proper apparatus for collecting the gold, eacl
man could realize $50 per day.
The supposed gold region is thus described il
the New Haven Pdiiddum:
"Pike's Peak is a spur of the Rocky Mountain
cnain' standing out to the eastward in lat 80, lon
40. Inc neao-Watefs OF the Platte river flow
Ho n rom TINS region and those from the
al N5iS'9 no" from us S"utnefh slopes to the east
"aFu WINE the $40 "rande takes ITS rise not fifty
iitS distant rom TINS peak to the southwest, anc
me no colorado drains the westward slope of the
'i III! hCcNy Mountain chalh, not more than seventy
Hlics from the same point. Here, In this narrow
mountainous district, is one OF the most remarkable
centres on this continent: the waters from its
lone and cirrntons I, tia ana py
the Missouri and the Wi"sssini aio+ r.
] aitu we Almost threG thou
rior ~ ent "ula o. GTlc? oE thG Arkansas
bv tho RIO Grond tiI ~ .ie
onr Southwestern, borior 5000 -. 'I I az"
miles info tba (;nIr ~ No,;o a1 ~ I e
lastly. bv the Grand Piynr and tbn Re- Tooa ar,
tbranrb Utah New Navico and CaI;forni 49,
40 TI;fi CO -te.,lC"' ai" Ca'iiorta' into
miles to the Pacific '"''9''-'
r
,t niMNi G Any LN!I EE-;NN hNRAGED HoRSE.-
aDio nv "eeAT since, MI, Lewis >. Munger OF
viii 81, n,' I o'tneIil Vi tnlS CITY
was terrible iniurod h., I oso alit plaeS'
Thn first in;mJtin M ~ 'tG"'lt,? elfaSeu'
W III - i"'!'h'uion ne ilau OF H. the animal COM
coed in THROWING his rider fIa br,,tn otI,an, "a
down and rolled over tharahZ- bii M
ger to the ground Quicker than th0u~bt the horse
sprung upon the rider plantinr his knees nno, b;s
PROSTATE victim and cnn,,noncoJ +,; H. -'''
and sbouldcr in hoci 80, .' NJ NJ Ms arm
saws he had no idea Of ever, erettin away, r III
ahNe. lie, however. succeeded in getting the horse
py the tongue ana thus conquered the tiger. He
tnen mounted the animal and succeeded in reaching
nome. inc lett arm was laid bare to the bone,
two-thirds the way to the elbow. 1t was only BY
the best care and skill that his life was saved
as the arm mortified the next day.-Bgfaio paper
In his ..T i,-os Of +b, p,4 ;, WENT. IT,.
'By one of those acts which neither science nor Gu
rosity can excuse. the skull of the Pope is now in
the private collection of phrcnolorist, The man.
ncr in which it was obtained is said 70 have been
this: on some occasion of alteration in the church
or burial of some one in the same spot the coffin If
l. GU, an! "Ptcu u see tile state oil
time possession of the skull was obtained for ancbt
and another skull returned instead of it. | have
heard that fifty pounds wcro maid IN ,n,noro and
carry through this transaction Be that as it NAV,
the skull ofPope figures in private museum.
Po,.tiu s,o,,Io,,.,,. ::
faotrros bo,.a no. h.- az 49, a. 80 D"' lIlI
hdeons form which ,,,te say a. al
rroas of nnreI Sfiean ""i,r; ~ tLo :" rtg 1t
his features are nIcasinn ard tbern Is mnc,I;o,
sweetness in his smile. In hnight he i midde,sIad
His breast is large and projecting his shoulders
broad, and his launches clumsy, like those for
which Louis XVIII was peculiar From the regu-
arity of his features his profile looks like that Of
Roman Emperor. When standing, his corpulencc
makes nun appear little. Though naturally tact
LuImi he Is Always ol@hlhed and choice IN his
oluS'
koBBTNG "TRUcK" BoAT.-0n Saturday morn
ing, about daybreak, three men went on board a
noIa po"I illn@ az harriet street wharf IN the
, GA. Mlere IHGy louhd sleeping citizen OF
Ionga-comlnG mie two OF the parties held the
pam the thlra one rled his pockets Of
p%rNSi-nook containing twenty-five dollars and
of the alleged offender who gSTo the nac Of we
Cathcart was arrnstod ,0d i'V te name 0!
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in o Tt the London Chria" Times
49, A'iS '' ""in iioiiaiu, under cate OF August ,,
sunday p,."e W fl happened yesterday,