The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-18
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II one OF the Baltimore prOpeers. The prisoners ar
John Sussmuth and VIM. Sussmuth 1t was tbei
intention to proceed direct to Germany. They ar,
s Tribune.
~ hr. LFeretts discourse on charity, delivered in
; georgetown on Monday evening was listened to by
n very large audience who were charmed by the
exquisite matter and admirable manner of the learn
, ed and accomplished speaker We understand that
/ the very handsome amount of about $3.50 was re.
allied. ~''0 was 'e
:, Last evening at the Smithsonian Institution Mr..
TN TVeretts auditory numbered nearly one thousand
The Mayor of Washington presided and tbe Hon
Secretaries of State and the Interior were nrasent
upon the platform.
Inc cincinnati Commercial states that the major
ity OF hortculturists in that region are depIorine
,he h sad calamity that has befaen the peach crop
AZ states that the last warm spell, succeeded by
sharp frosty weather, killed large portion of the
orchards thereabouts; but speaks of having met
win several fruit raisers, however, who express
a nope that the orchards have partially escaped
FATAL Collision ON THE Omo-Tne steamers
treat estern and Princess came in collision at
| inree clock on Saturday morning, opposite Ra-
ieigh, n.y. The Princess sank in ten minutes to her
hurricane deck The cabin passengers on the Prin-
cess We're saved, together with the books and bag
| gage One woman and two children deck nossn3
gers, and three of the deck hands We're drowned
Inc Great Western took the rescued passengers to
| Shawneetown.
- Hiram Cole, charged with poisoning his wife in
Geauga county, Ohio, and whose arrest a few
months since, was attended with such trouble is
| likely to go unwhipt of justice after ALL He was
trled at Chardon last week, but the jury We're una
bic to agree, and discharged They stood
elght Tor murder in the first degree and four for
murder In the second degree.
The UTAH SuPPLEs-Russell Il Majors. the great
% contractors Tor Utah supplies, have given notice
that their train will start from Nebraska CITY, N
| r., at the earliest practicable moment certainly NOT
later than the lst Of April. They will start from
elght hundred to one thousand wagons, and will re-
are SIX 10 eight thousand pairs of oxen for which
they VIII pay S75 per pair. They will also need
lZOO men, for whose services they will pay S25 per
month, out and back.
shocking aiiray occurred in drinking saloon
in the First Avenue. Three men, named Joseph
Kelly, John Murphy and Patrick Lawlor became
engaged In row, when the latter drew a dirk
knife and stabbed Kelly and Murphy in a terrible
manner. The particulars are given in another col
umn.
The preliminary examination of Jacob H. Mott
who is charged with being implicated in the Union
bahK deialcatlon was postponed yesterday in con
sequence ol prior engagement Of Sheriff Wiett
who has the accused in custody 1t will be com
menced this afternoon, at three oclock before the
Recorder at his chambers.
We are happy to say that the shipping wards of
New ork are showing an Improvement in bust
ness, and are at last commencing to employ the
usual number of hands The large iron works of
our city have also shown a large increase of bus-
ness during the last three months, and have every
prospect of busy seasou.-Hr0d, Norch II.
CHESArEAKE AND Ono CANAL.-In the Senate of
Virginia, on the 18th instant, a communication was
received from the Executive announcing the recent
OF letter from l.. p Bayne, of the firm of SeldeD.
Withers Co., regarding the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company. The Executive recommends the
appointment OF law agent to investigate the af-
fairs of this Company, with view to protect the
interests of Virginia therein.
robbery of a bankers safe, in Henry, ILL.,.
showed rather strange deficiency in capital The
robbers found $50 in gold, $50 in currency and
$1,000 in bills on the bank of Greensborough Ga.
The Peoria Transcript, which tells the story saws
that 'three hundred dollars in money with which
to redeem $4,000 in shinplasters is decidedly sug-
gestive."
The feeling in favor of general bankrupt law
appears to be growing in New York, and many of
the prominent presses and business men are its
warm advocates 1t is suggested that the defects of
the act of 1871 can be avoided and a system of
bankruptcy formed, which will do Justice to both
debtor and creditor.
JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS IN MAssAcnusETrs-Gov.
Banks has nominated to the Council for the vacan-
ces upon the bench of the Superior Court Hon
Charles Allen of Worcester, as Chief Justice in the
place OF Nelson, resigned; and Marcus Norton Jr
OF Andover, in place of Abbott, resigned.
RIVER DIsAsTER.-1he steamer Henry A. Jones'
when near Augusta, KY, on the night of the 27th
ult, was burned to the waters edge. One or two
persons were badly burned but no lives were lost
ihe boat was valued at $4,000, and insured for
$4,000.
VILLAGE FOR SALE-The sheriff of Newark ad-
yertses for sale the entire village of Malaga in New
Jersey. 1t consists Of more than 900 acres land
with glass works, mills, and forty dwelling houses
The village exhibits Il of desolatiOn and aban-
donment, so complete and thorough as to be rarely
exceeded.
SENTENCED.-At Edgefield C. H., South Carolina,
George Tilman, tried for the murder of Henry A
Christian, has been convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment, and fine of
81, 200.
A PUBLIC BENEFACToR-Mr. George Renick has
donated to the town Of Chillcothe, Ohio thrty-fve
acres of ground in the southwestern part of the
city, as public pleasure ground, to be called Gre
nick" Park
AN UNENvIABLE DIsTINCTION.-It is stated, on
what appears to be undoubted authority, that the
than any other city in the United States, except
New York.
The Commissioners appointed to investigate the
affairs of the Hartford County Savings Association
estimate the value of the property at S26l, ,546O3.
The liabilities OF the Association are stated at $3.50
S06l0.
The residence of Alfred c. Jennings, ESD, large
and extensive building in Culpepper county, Va,
was burned down ON Friday last. There was par
tial insurance.
DIR. Samuel c. Anderson was examined in Wythe
vile, Va. last week, on the charge of having
robbed the mail of letter containing a check for
1886, and remanded to jail for final trial
CUBA.-There are rumors that Commissioners for
the purchase OF Cuba, will soon be appointed