The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-05

of morality
Her direct and personal participation in the death
OF her young husband has been denied and nothing
IN enect, except those suspected letters, proves
that she actually and personally accomplished or
permitted the crime; but that she had attracted the
victim into the snare; that she had given Boutwell,
the right and the hope of succeeding to the throne
after ms death; that she had been the end, the
means, ana the alleged prize of the crime finally,
InaC she aosolved the murderer by bestowing upon
MN her hand-no doubts can be entertained re-
garding these points To provoke to murder. and
then to aosolve the perpetrator not this eouiya
ent to guilt?
In fine, if she be judged by her death-compara-
bic IN Its majesty its piety, and its courage to the
most heroic and the holiest sacrifices of the prmi-
tive martyrs-the horror and aversion with which
she had been regarded, change at last to pity es-
TEEN, and admiration. As long as there was no
expIation she remained criminal; by expiation she
became victim. In her history blood seems to be
washed out by Slood the guilt of her former wears
nows as 1t were from her veins, with the crimson
stream; we do not absolve, we sympathise our pity
IS not absoution, but rather approaches to love
we try to lind excuses for her conduct in the fero-
clous and dssoute manners of the age in that edu-
cation, depraved, sanguinary, and fanatical which
she received at the Court of the Vaois in her
youth, her beauty, her love.
DICKENs.-The London correspondent of the New
York Herald is severe Dickens. He SAYS:
Mr.. Dickens has fallen rapidly in the social scale,
and very considerably in the literary and inteectu
al field during the last four or five wears. Asa
business man he never stood well. His treatment
of his publishers and his dealings with them have
not been characterized by courtesy fairness or bust
ness comfy. Some years since, when Chapman &
Hall were his publishers, he went to Italy, He drew
very large drafts upon them, all of which were ac-
cepted. They, however, reminded him that he was
very much overdrawing his account; they showed
him the sale of his books and Serials their receipts
from them, and the amounts they paid him lie
Immediately returned, took it in dudgeon broke off
his engagements with them. and made contract
with Bradbury Evans. With that firm he broke
off early this year, tie rupture bringing Household
Words to termination, when he commenced a
new song to the tune of 'All the Year Round Ia
TINS speculation he has returned to his first love,
and entered into business relations with Chapman
d Hall again. 1Ou doubtless know the circumStan-
ces attending this quarrel with Bradbury & Evans.
He separated from his wife, and wro;e letter, or
proclamation, characterized bv nothing but bad
taste,and addressed to all the world The superannu
aed beau vexed, notthat his publishers did not
sympathize with him, but because they did not
anticipate his wishes by voluntarily printing the
proclamation aforesaid in the inappropriate columns
of comic seria-the ubiquitous and everlasting
Punch. The fact is, Mr.. Dickens is about worn out;
fast breaking up. His cares his troubles his wears
his habits, and incessant labor to make both ends
meet, have taxed his mental powers till they are
breaking down. In his readings he looks like a de-
cayed beau, patched, painted, peruked he-dow-
ager."
SUBTERRA ANEAN Ice SreATA.-A correspondent of
the Albany Argus, who has recently visited the
frozen well at Brandon, Vt, has made extensive
observations in the vicinity, which 90 to prove
that stratum Of constant underground frost ex-
lists there, extending over indefinite area. Upon
testing the temperature of the well forty feet below
the surface, it found to be 81 degrees while
that OF the open air 6S degrees. The writer
says:
''My next observations were taken on the water
OF Lake DunmOre, eight miles distant in north
easterly direction. By frequent soundngs | found
the average depth of water between fifty and sixty
feet. At one sounding the plummet sunk seventy
five feet and struck hard bottom. Here | sent
down Maximum and Minimum Registering Their
mometer, and obtained the following results
Temperature of the air. 73 deg
Temperature of the surface water, 20 /"
Temperature of the bottom water, Al %
or nine degrees above the freezing point and with
Brandon.
cat another sounding, in sxty-fve feet water,
the Registering Thermometer was again sent down
and recorded fortysix degrees, showing increase
OF temperature of five degrees by diminution of
ten feet depth in the water. The next dav re-
peated the same observation and obtained the same
result.
CATER having made these Thermal observations
in connection with the Brandon ice well, eight
miles distant, is it not a reasonable conjecture to
suppose that this newdscovered strata OF constant
underground frost extends to other localities ?"
A SINGULAR Casa case of rather singular
character was tried at the Mansfield {0ho) county
Court last week. Some time ago a lady, the wife
of the Postmaster at Salem, got on the cars of the
c. G. d G. r. r. at Cresine, intending to 90 to
Salem. She had along with her a couple of small
children When the conductor came around for
tickets she offered him a ragged and soed one dol
lar bill, which he refused to take, saying it was
worthless. The lady said it was all the money she
had, and that it was good. She was then told by
the conductor that she must get oil when she got
to Shelby, which she did on the arrival of the
train At that station she was advised by some
gentlemen to get on again, it being only FIVE miles
further to Salem. This she did, and when the con-
ductor again came around, and found her without
other money than what before offered, he
stopped the train and put the lady OFF. The day
was cold, and drizzling rain had made it quite
muddy, and having over half mile to walk for
shelter, the lady and the youngest child took
severe cold, which after a sickness of over two
months resulted in the death of the latter Suit
was brought for damages and after a protracted
trial. the jury returned verdict for plaintiff for
$3.50.
The SHoorINs OF CHARLES XIG.-We see by late
accounts from Stockholm that the tomb of Charles
XII has been opened by order of the present
eign, Charles XIV. This done on the 3lst Of
August, at the request af Professor Tryxell the
historian for the purpose, if possible, OF setting at
rest the question as to whether or not his death
might have been due to a traitOrous bullet from
his troops. The examination of the dead bero's
remains conducted by Professors Retzins and
Santesson and DR.. V. Lundberg, in the presence Of
the King, Prince Oscar, the members of the Privy
Council Professor Trvxell, State Archivarius
Nordstrom, and State Antquarius HiIdebrand.-
The examination entirely settled the point that
prnectile of considerable size had entered the head
by the left temple and passed out through the
right; and as the position of the King with the
left side towards the fortress, the shot must have
come from there, and could not have been fired
from his own side.
From Observation-Disclosures accounts from Vene-
zuela received at New York state that the French
Charge des Affaires had been sent out of the
try on two days notice. His opposition to the
isting government, and participation in the late
bloody revolution the alleged for driving
him away. General Rubin, with the Government
forces, had taken the town of Margueta, near La
guayra, but the rebel Gen. Aguado escaped Bar
celona had been retaken and the Government forces
were everywhere victorious. The revolutlonsts
or rather robbers, had committed the most out
rageous excesses, numbering and plundering to a
fearful extent. From present accounts, however,
their triumph is at an end
1t has been stated to exhibit the difference in the
position of literary men at present and formerly,
that Louis XIV. gave Boilcau and Racine his hsto-
graphers, when they accompanied him to Flanders,
rather when Racine went with him to Flanders
4,00Of. to Racine and 2 2000f to Boileau who was
sick and unable to go on the campaign, and they
were both confounded with the monarch's munif-
cence. The journal des Debats sent NJ Amedee
Archard into Italy to give account of the last
war; this newspaper paid him ten sous a line, in
other words, about $50 letter, and all his ex-
penses. The government has given NJ. Nelson
nler lO,OO0 to paint two pictures concentrating
Tue idte WAR one Vi JucSe IS 10 ut a representa-
tion of the interview at Yillafranca; | have not
heard the subject of the other. We are daily ex-
pecting the appearance of NJ. Victor Hugo's new
poems, La Legende des Siecles-the Legend OF
Ages.-Paris Cor. Boston Trarelter.
The Sunday car question has taken new direc-
tion in Pittsburg Heretofore it has been car
question, pure and simple; it is now becoming mixed
up with carriages, and no less than thirteen afiida
Wits we're made on Sunday at the Mayors Office in
Pittsburg, against different citizens, charging them
of Sunday n hatp
carriages to be driven through the streets. Among
those complained of the name of the Chief Justice
of the State appears.
Senator Douglas has received valuable present
lately. The States of yesterday SAYS Miss Ellen
Douglas received to-day most hearty welcome
from those who had the extreme pleasure of max
ing her acquaintance. We congratulate the House
OF Douglas on the introduction OF this new heir.
The Portland Argus speaks of an excursion which
Its editor made in the Winans steamer down the
Potomac river from Baltimore. We will inform
our contemporary that we live upon the banks OF