The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-09
CITY NTELLIGENCE.

THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE NEW BUIDINa.-T
Merchants Exchange Association has lust com
pleted new building Second street, west of tn,
fost-oMce 1t IS three stories high with from
OF thirty feet on Second street and depth through
to Exchange Place. The basement is conveniently
fitted up, and is intended for Merchants Restau
rant, the north end room of which will be used for
the Kitchen, the centre room, which is so by &c
leet, VIII be the eating room, and the south END
| room, 40 by % feet, will be occupied by the Pro
vision Exchange Association The north room on
the first floor will be used by the Exchange Bank,
1t 1sa thoroughly tre-proof room, arched above
and below with brick. The centre ROOM so bv
80 feet, will be the Exchange Reading room
Next to it, on the south, is the room which will he
occupied by the Board of Trade; bevond are several
rooms intended for offices. On the second floor the
north room, 4O by ~ feet, is intended the Auc-
ton salesrooms, and will be admirably adapted TO
the purpose. The remainder of this floor s divided
INTO rooms for Offices, one of which will be the
British Consulate. The third floor is divided into
two large rooms and two smaller ones, and will also
be used as a restaurant. One of the rooms has ga
pacity for seating two hundred and fifty persons at
dinner The ceilings of the rooms on the first floor
are 80 feet high, those on the second Is feet and
on the third Il feet. The entire building is COM
pletely furnished with water and gas and all tho
arrangements excellent. The Board of Trade and
the Reading Room Associations will take posses
sion OF their apartments on Thursday next
RIVER PlRATEs.-On Saturday night, about IL
O'Clock, q small boat with a cargo of melons. was
Co"luS up the river, ana within ten miles of the
city was boarded by party of river thieves who
drew pistols and threatened to take the life of the
crew II they did not allow them (the thieves) to
help themselves to whatever they desired They
accordingly removed from the boat a number of
melons and quantity of fruit, and then left The
steam-tug Tempest, of Alexandria, was passing up
with vessel in tow, and the captain of the puppy
nailed the tug and informed the captain of the
robbery, but the latter was unable to give him any
assistance, and the thieves accordingly escaped
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Last night, at meeting of the delegates of the
American party from the different wards the fol
lowing persons were selected as delegates to the
American State Convention which meets on the
24th inst, to nominate candidate for State Comp
troller: Delegate at large, Col VIM. H. Stewart.
from the 1st and 2nd wards Emanuel Irons; 3rd
and 4th do, j. Thomas Adams; 5th and 9th do,
Lewis Raymo; 9TH and Sth do, Durus Carter: 9th
and 10th do, Robert L. Seth; llth and 18th do, J.
I. Bishop; 18th and 18th do Gregory Barrett.
18th and 10th do, Joseph f. Edwards: nth and
18th do, Thomas f. Gardner; 10th and goth do.
Thomas Mules.
ASSAULT WITH FoUR-PoUNp WEGGHr.-Yester-
day afternoon, man named William Dalton en-
tered the drinking house of Timothy Stapleford
No. Hog alley, near Caroline street and there
met man named David Cafe The two took
several drinks together, when a dispute arose be-
tween them, which ended in fight. Cafe threw a
lour pound weight at Dalton which struck him on
the head, inticting severe cut back of the right
ear. Stapleford also attacked Dalton assaultinp
him with his fists. Capt. Lynch was passing at the
time and arrested the parties and took them to the
Eastern district police station. Justice Griffin
held Stapleford to bail and committed Cafe for
Court
AcCIDEETs.-0n Saturday morning little
daughter of Mr. Martin Halter four wears of
age, was playing with some matches and a lamp in
her fathers house on Gay street. near High. when
by some means her clothes took fire. and before the
hame could be extinguished she was very severely
ournt Mr.. Halter had his hands burnt in putting
out the flames.
An Irish girl named Bridget Mahon. in the en-
ploy of Mr.. James Dunforth, Raborg street. was
severely burned about O'Clock on Saturday eve
ming. She attempted to fill a camphene Iamp
whilst burning, and the fluid escaped and took fire
burning her severely about the arms She received
medical attention, and is doing WELL #t.G
DRowNED.-A singular case of fdrownne occurred
on Saturday morning about eleven o'clock, a short
distance beyond the Bolton Depot ON the Falls
road man named Lemuel Durham, aged thirty
live years, was in the act of STOPPING to take drink
from spring, and being drunk, lost his balance
and fell in. The man was discovered by boy pass
lng who gave the alarm, but help came too late as
he was quite dead when taken from the spring.-
Coroner peregoy, ofthe county, held an inquest,
browning. Deceased was a married man. and the
father oftwo children.
THE ALLEGED NAIL oBBER-Natbaniel Mahonev
who is charged with robbing the United States
Mail at Orleans, Allegheny county, MARYLAND, ar
rlfeu mere yesterday morning from Cumberland, in
charge of Deputy United States Marshal Kreiss.
He was taken before United States Commissioner
Hanan, but owing to the non-arrival of the gov
ernment witness, was committed to Jail for a
hearing to take place this morning, at ten o. clock
FIGHT BETWEEN WoRKMEN.-Ye Yesterday morning
hght took place IN Chesnut street, North be
tween two young men named Charles Norris and
John Eckenback, when the latter struck the form
er on the side fthe head with trowel, cutting
gash about three inches long. Norris was taken to
the drug store of Dr. Roberts, corner of French and
Forrest streets, where the wound was dressed
No arrest was made.
CITY PASSENGER RAILwAY.-The city passenger
railway is being continued down Broadway, the
tracks diverging the north end of the Point mar
ket and one passing down on the east side will be
continued to Canton while the other will turn down
Thames street west and pass up Bond d,
HEALTH REPoRT.-The report of Dr. Houck,
Health Commissioner, shows that for the week end
ing yesterday morning, the number of deaths in
this city amounted to 1856, decrease of as com
pared with the report of the previous week.
The CoURTs.-Noth done in any of the Courts
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