The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-25

At Boyds Grove, Bureau Co., ILL.,. last week,
man engaged in boring for water, struck spring
seventy-seven feet below the surface which com
menced flowing very rapidly, accompanied with
very large discharge of gas, which when gnted
with candle, bazed to the height of fifteen feet
above the ground. Portions of the out houses and
OF the piazza of the adjacent building had to be re-
moved to preserve them from destruction so great
was the power of the flames when disturbed by the
wind. The well again filled with earth, but
the flames are described as breaking through the
loose soil like flashes Of gunpowder, running along
the ground. Such occurrences were formerly oute
frequent in the vicinity of the Muskngum River
and other portions of Ohio, but have never before
been observed in this portion of Illinois.
ROBBED FOUR TMES.-A gentleman residing in
Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y, had the msfor-
tune recently of being robbed by burglars The
matter was duly chroniced by the police and placed
on record at headquarters in the City Hail. together
with the statement that there was property left be-
hind to the value of several thousand dollars-a
fact duly copied by the reporters and published in
the daily papers. The unfortunate gentleman pro-
tests against this; stating that the police though of
little use protection are excellent at statistics
His house had been robbed four times this season.
and each time the announcement had been made
that valuable property had been left behind un-
touched. He had no less to expect in the present
instance, he remarked than another burglarious
descent before many days.
IMPORTANT IF TEUE.-A document appeared in
",
have been received by gentleman on late tour
through New England. If the document is genuine
it will be regarded as having emanated from per-
sons concerned in the late insurrectOn at Harper's
Ferry. The correspondent who sent it to the Her
aid, said the person who gave it to him indicated
three points at which disturbances might occur
viz: Harper's Ferry, the neighborhood Of the Nam
moth Cave in Kentucky, and Of the Arkansas river
The document is plan for the organza tion of the
nonslaveholders of the south for the purpose of ex
citing insurrection and rendering slavery unproit-
able and unsafe.
AFRICAN SLAVES To BE IMPORTED INTO GEORGIA.
The cambridge Georgian is reliably informed that
a number of the most influential and wealthiest
citizens of Early county, Ca, have subscribed the
sur of ten thousand dollars, or MORE for the spe-
cial purpose of assisting to fit out vessel to pro-
ceed to the coast of Africa, to procure African ne
groes for the subscribers 1t is also thought that
men of wealth in other adjoining counties have
subscribed literally to the same enterprise.
"A recent number of one of the newspapers of
Nantes, France, says: "Captan Chauvelon, COM
mander of the schooner PEmie, of Nantes. has
just received from the President of the United
States of America golden medal Of considerable
value. This mark of distinction has been awarded
to him for deed honorable both to the courage
and humanity of the captain who, on the 2Ist of
December, 1858, saved from certain death five
shipwrecked men from the ship Hauckain." 1t is
probable that 'Haucklan'' is a mis-spelling of
| auckland"
New Orleans iourishes despite the yellow fever.
! The New Orleans Crescent of a late day saws:
As an evidence of the extraordinary advance in
rents in this city, we learned yesterday that the
lessee OF store on St. Charles street was offered
! $4,000 bonus for his lease. There is scarcely anv
house which was rented last year. or even as late as
the summer, hardly yet over, which would not now
command thirty or forty per cent. above the rates
| agreed upon.
| The New York Post says that Mrs. Omar Pacha
has decided to take up ber permanent residence in
! this country, where she hopes to gain eminence in
the musical profession, especially as a composer
In Paris the lady has published several pieces that
were successful, and it is well known that much OF
| the military music of the Turkish army is from her
pen. The lady is pupil of Joseph Donizetti, "a
brother of the great composer who was attached
to the Sultan's court.
We learn from Washington that in the course Of
the discussion on Saturday, at Piscataway, Col
Hughes pronounced some alleged statements o.
Mr.. Hagner, in respect to himself, to be false
whereupon the latter struck COL Hughes or struck
him. 1t is stated that the latter sent word to hi
competitor that he would wait until nine This
morning to receive message from him. These
gentlemen are rival candidates for Congress in tht
1st District. '1
FLoeeING IN TIE ENGLISH NAvY-Oue of the bov,
oil the English ship-of-war Lapwing, cut his throa
few weeks since, to avoid sentence of four doze1
over the back with cane whipped with waxed
| ends. The poor boys back was black and blue
from his former lashings. There was another boy
to be logged second time, but the doctor said ht
! could not standit.