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The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-09-20
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

New STEAMER LINE BETWEEN BALTIMORE, PETERS
BURG AND RICHMoND.-We are informed that the
new iron side-wheel steamer Georgiana, which has
been building at Wilmington Delaware, for Capt.
George r. l.. Lefller, of this city, is now completed,
and was to leave for her berth in Baltimore last
night She is expected to arrive here this evening
or tomorrow morning She is represented to be a
large and frst-cass vessel built with the express
view to command her full share of the valuable
trade for which she is prepared to compete. We
learn that it is the intention of her enterprsing
owner to provide consort for her of the same
character, should the results of the Georgianu
warrant him in so doing. We trust that such may
be the case.
MEETING GRAND LODGE |. o. 0. F.-The
Grand Lodge OF the |. o. D. I. met in this city
Yesterday. All the States and Territories have
representatives in attendance, excepting Kansas.
Sandwich Islands are also represented. The only
business transacted the presentation of the re-
ports of the Grand Sire and Grand Secretary, which
were referred. An invitation was extended by the
Odd Fellows of the city to the delegates to partic
pate in the ceremonies of the dedication of the
south wing of the Odd Fellows Hall, which was ac-
cepted.
RIoToUs.-On Saturday night, named An
drew Barnhour, was arrested on the charge of riot
ing. The prisoner, with two or three friends, en-
tered the drinking saloon of j. Herzog, Burke
street, near Canton avenue, and commenced an as
sault on the proprietor, and also broke his furn-
ture. Previous to visiting the house, Barnhour
struck woman with a stone, iniuring her consid-
erably. While engaged in assaulting the prOprie-
tor of the house, officer Freeberger arrested him
and took him before Justice Griffin, who committed
him for Court.
Hours OF RUNNING ON TIE Cry PASSENGER RAIL
wAY.--Herealter the cars on the City Passenger
Railway will until after eleven o'clock, so as to
enable persons attending Holiday Street Theatre
and other places of amusement, to reach their
homes. There will be no extra charge.
PIC-NIc.-The Association of German Bakers had
apic-nc yesterday, at Rullmans Bellevue Gardens.
cotillion band in attendance, and the dancing
was kept up until late hour in the afternoon
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THE REPLY OF THE MAYOR.
MAYoE's OFFICE, Cry HALL,
Baltimore, Sept 70, lS5
b w M. WOnDWARn ESQ Chairman In

A
| 10 WM WOODWARD, Esq.,, Chairman, &C.,
| Sir: have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
| OF your communication of the 10th inst, handed
to me by my Secretary, at O'Clock on Friday
| evening, together with the proceedings of a Town
| Meeting held in Monument Square on the Sth OF
| September, and the Resolutions adopted by that
body.
The Resolutions, and the Address which Won have
done me the honor to present to me- are so variant
In tone and spirit, that have felt not less relieved
than gratiied at the manner in which you have ap-
preached me-
The proceedings of the Town Meeting in Monu-
ment Square have gone forth to the public NV
personal and official reputation are alike invoved
IN the issues which they present | trust that 7
shall not be found wanting in what is due to both.
The appointment of Judges of Elections, it NAV
De proper Tor me to state, is shared Jointly by the
Mayor and City Council. On the recent of vour
communication on Friday evening within two
hours of the final adjournment of the Council the
nominations had been made and ratified by that
pouy, haVlng oeen Kept open to the last moment,
with view to suggestions from our citizens. and
to secure the best men who were likely to serve in
the different wards.
The requests which you make in your Address.
referred to in the Resolutions of the Town Meeting
have formed part of the instructions issued from
this office on former occasions, and will be cheer
fully met with the introduction of such additional
guards as experience may enable me to suggest;
ana ieel at liberty, so far as the appointment of
special policemen is concerned to say that I am
ready now, as have been heretofore to commits
sion any number of conservative men, free from
party bias, who may have real wish to Cooperate
with the authorities of the citv
In regard to the tender of co-oneration nm the
part of the Central Committee" as explained in
the resolutions of the meeting, feel it nv duty to
say, that the commission which hold has been
while, therefore, ready at all times to receive
complaints or suggestions in reference to actual or
supposed grievances in the conduct of our munici-
pal AFFAIRS have no right, by any official act of
nn no
this office with any class of citizens not Representing
the entire constituency from whom have received
my trust
Assuring you, sir, of my continued desire to Sc
cure to every one the free exercise of his rights as
citizen, and to promote quiet and harmony in the
coming elections, and my determination to use ali
the powers ofmy office with view to this result.
am, respect.
oh
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st(onttarp ana commercial gsbish.
BALTIMORE, September 10, 1853


We ren,ark rather activity to-day in Stocks and
better feeling in the market. The operations
were however large the transactions at the Board
amounting in value to only about $25 O00 Northern Con-
trail Railway advanced to-day to 4. There were 500
shares of this stock sold at S9 seller 10 days, $l9H
buyer 10 days, $19% cash, $19A@194 buyer 60 days,
and the market for it closed $9X bid, $l9A asked
regular way OF Baltimore and Ohio Railroad there
175 shares sod SO at S59A seller 60 days. so at S59A
buyer days. and rs at 59k buyer days Itleft off at
s9R bid s9K asked regular way the closing bid being
advance of the closing bid of Saturday. There
nothing done to-day in Mining stocks. For Guilford
S1& was bid, this figure being advance of q on the
price bid for it Saturday Springfield closed at $l69
bid 81 SIX asked and for Gardner Hill S2H was asked
but bid was made There inquiry for Loans
and we note sales of 1865 Maryland 6s 1S9os at 1880
103H $3.50 Baltimore City 6s 1S9Os at 80, and $1,000
Northwestern Virginia endorsed third mortgage bonds at
6G665A. Maryland G's closed at 103H bid for 1905,
and Baltimore City do. at 90 bid for 1865, and 1905
In New York today the leading fancies were rather
hrmer New York Central advanced at the first board
IS and Reading 4, but they both fell off again at the
second board A Galena and Chicago declined to-day y,
but Erie; Harlem and Missouri 6s sold at Saturdays
rates.
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HARD TINES AMONG WESTERN PREACHERs.-The
Upper Iowa Conference, which closed its session
last week in Iowa City, we learn from the North
western Methodist Advocate, must be hard field
Many OF the former preachers have labored in the
face of absolute want, net merely of money, but of
the necessaries of life. The 'daily bread" has been
wanting and many families on the frontier have
lived on homminv instead. The editor remarks.-
eve have said that there were hard times in the
northwest, such as nowhere else, and say
now. What would some of our eastern brethren
say to going to quarterly meeting, and after
coming within five miles be compelled to leave
their horses and walk through the slush? After
preaching; the class-leader says 'We have nothing
TO eat:' but finds that in the meantime some meal
has been procured, and the preachers share it,
Next morning love-f9ast is held without bread and
water, for bread there is none! The sermon is
preached and the audience dismissed without the
administration of the Lords supper, for the people
can provide no bread! Yet the preachers who en-
dure these things say not one word of desising.-
Truly, the days of heroes are not past. The men
who there will not desert the sheep in the will
derness. In some instances, but for the small mis-
sionary appropriations, our brethren and their
families would have been utterly penniless. Yet
there is 10 flinching. Some of the preachers were
compelled to work, 'laboring with their own hands,
to provide for their families. Yet the sentiment of
the conference against secularized clergy was
clear and unmstakeable
'By the way, some time since q .tfrontier lay
man reported that an Iowa Presiding Elder re-
celYed from one circuit, as his claim Tor one quar-
ter, two chickens and one pound Of butter. We
have seen the preacher in charge, who says there
were fifteen chickens and six pounds of butter sent
into quarterly conference. Of these the presiding
elder received six chickens and bought four pounds
fthe butter, and the pastor desired the matter
corrected, as his people believe in paying up the
Presiding Eldey!'' a. =
But Methodist preachers are not alone in their
sufferngs. A Presbyterian missionary in one OF
the western states writes to the Central Herald; 81
have not dollar in cash, and not dollars worth
of provisions in the house. OF those who subscri-
bed 5000 to my support last November. know not
a man to whom can go for measure of meal or
pound of meat. Times have been awfully hard for
six months past. Johnny-cake has been the staff OF
life, and almost life itself"
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-General Lamar, ex-
minister to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, who has
been on business here since his return from
Central America, left Washington to-day for his
home in Texas.
No increase of our naval forces in the Pacific is
contemplated, in consequence of the San Juan
Island dispute.
Postmaster General Holt, who left the city to-
day for Kentucky, purposes being absent about two
weeks.
The late storm did much damage to the corn
crops of Maryland and Virginia.
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TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN LOUISIANA

Some time since the people of Lafayette, Lousi-
ana, formed 4 vigilance committee, and expelled
number of gamblers and Others who proceeded to
a place called Bayou Tortue and fortified them
selves. few days since the citizens proceeded
there and made attack on them, which is thus
described
At9 A. NJ. on Saturday, about five hundred well
equipped mounted men, with piece of artillery.
suddenly appeared before the entrenched camp of
the boastful de ers of the laws, where they found
them in full force, with the Bayou well guarded,
and house in the centre of their position, loop
holed and otherwise thoroughly prepared for en-
during siege resisting a storming party. The
tagof their fraternity also oated defiantv in the
breeze, and until the Yigiants had formed their
order of battle, and unmasked their cannon alb
looked if the defence would be obstinate and San
culinary. The sight of the big gun, however,
struck terror into the hardened hearts of these out
laws, and soure qnj pem suddenly appeared to ami
mate the warriors.
The number about $50, many of whom hay
ing horses, managed to make their escape, but 40
of their force fell into the hands of the Vigilants
Immediately a court-martal was formed consist
ing of two Vigilants from each company, to whom
the question submitted whether the prisoners
notorious evildOes, should suffer death or be pad
died BY majority OF two, it decided to in
fict the paddle punishment and 600 blows were
equally administered. One fellow committed sui
eide, by shooting himself to avoid the paddle
Subsequently, five others of the gang were found
dead, from gun-shot wounds.
Our informant says that the news of this affair
caused the greatest pleasure among all the honest
and decent inhabitants of the parish where it oc-
CURED, and the adjacent Attakapas parishes, which
have long suffered from the depredations Of the
powerful and dangerous gang.
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The National Fair

CHICAGO, Sept. l9.--The trialof steam fire en-
gines took place at the National Fair. The Hope
hose fire engine Of Philadelphia beat the Atlantic
of Chicago, the only competitor, thirty feet
Fawkes' steam plow awarded the gold meda
by the United States Agricultural Society, and
the three thousand dollars premium offered by the
Illinois Central Railroad Company and the State
Acrric nlirnrnl int,-
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH

New YORK, Sept 19.-Cotton-sales 300 bales to-day
market very quiet. Flour is depressed-saes of Is 900
bbls; State S4G44O, Ohio s4.7S@5l5. Wheat is de
pressed-saes of a. 900 bushels white Southern 12OGl35
cts. Corn-sales of 26,O0O bushels; mixed S5lS7 cts
Whskey is held at 81 cts. Pork closed buoyant Mess
Sl512HG1537k, closing with sellers under s15 so:
Prime Slo624. Lard is firm at l0AG111 cts Sugar
closed buoyant; Muscovado 52G6k cts Spirits Turen
.!ne closed firm at 47G47K cts. kosn is dull at $i5T
Rire is dull
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 19.-Flour is dull and prices are
unchanged Wheat is quet-sales at 120Gl30 cts for
white and 11S for red Oats selling Sc cts Prov
sions firm; Pork S1550G16 for Mess. Hams 11G13X
cts Bacon Sides 104 cts, Shoulders S(dS4 cts Lard
is steady at 1lk@l2H cts. Coffee-sales 900 bags
to-day at lk1l2 cts. for Rio Whiskey is firm q
pEH 0RLEAEs, Sept iS.-Cotun-Sales to-day OF 3 SOC
pales.l The steamers news eau shd greater hrnness
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ABUSE OF THE FRANKING PRIvELEGE-Th Boston
Courier ably sustans the decision of the Postmaster
General in regard to recent abuses of the franknc
privilege:
"a member of Congress can no more exercise
the franking privilege by proxy than he oan dele
gate to Others any of the duties ofhs Office or re-
sign MS seat temporarily to another. The very
fact that member avails himself of the franking
privilege so largely to be unable to exercise il
personally is of itself evidence enough of the abuse
He might as well employ another to make a speech
or cast vote for him in Congress when he is
necessarily absent from his seat 1t is strange that
a member of Congress- who would never think OF
delegating any of his powers, or assigning any of
his other privileges should as in the present case
claim the right of franking by another as well as
by himself. And yet, member of Congress from
Pennsylvania, having authorized the members al
the Republican association in Washington, to use
his name dd ibitua in franking eectioneering doc
uments, went forward and claimed the privilege of
the mail on the ground that the franks were his,
although as he acknowledged he did not write
them with his own hand. The Postmaster General
very properly decided otherwise; and the people to
whom the papers addressed must remain in
darkness and ignorance till the member can find
time to give the documents his personal endorse
ment."
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U. $. SlOop OF War BrookIyn-The Southern
Pacific Railroad

New ORLEANS, Sept. 19.-The U. s. soop of wal
Brooklyn left Pensacola on the 14th for New York
Advices from Marshall, Texas, say the Southern
Pacific Railway sold on the Sth under execu.
tion, and purchased by General Richardson and hi;
associates Mr.. Fowlkes is paying off the debts OF
the road and preparing to organize company. 1t
is proposed to elect Edgar Thompson President,
unite with the Ell Paso company, and continue to
construct the road.
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MORE NICE THAN wIsE.-An unmarried man, by
the name Of Philip Fezman, residing about mile
this side of New London, Oneida county, came to his
death, few days since by the adoption of singu-
lar and extraordinary freak. He lived with his
mother, widow woman, and about year ago, ne
took it into his head that he ought uot to eat any
thing but bread and water; he lived on that diet
alone until about five or six weeks ago. when he
again took notion that his hands were so dirty
that he ought not to eat bread, and water he woud
not drink, only he inspected it in the buck ct as
it came from the well, and sometimes he would re-
quire that number of pailsfull should be drawn be
fore he would drink. For forty-three days before
his death he ate not mouthful, as his mother i:
positive. He would wash his hands frequently foi
an hour at time; whilst he lived on bread, he
would reqnire that his part should be baked by it.
SELF and then he would break off and eat as he
wanted it. When he became weak that he coulC
not go out, he would carefully inspect the fresh
water brought him. 1t was singular freak. He
was doubtless partially insane although he talked
pretty well on other subiects.-[ Rome (N, ~
SeufineI
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The annual report of the trade of Cincinnati, given
in the Cincinnati Gazette ponds in date with the
New Orleans return and the imports and exports of the
two cities compare as follows
CINCINSATI NEW ORLEANS.
Imports. Exports. Imports Exports.
$S3 747 SOL 906 SOC s167 $40 $SS $50 3S
96213 274 10Y OO7 7O7 1882 664 100 734 9l2
This comparison is not full, since the Cincinnati
turn embraces all the trade OF he city, while that of New
Orleans shows the exports to foreign ports only and the
receipts from the interior The imports from foreign ports
add SS 56 to the figure and the coastwise imports
would give still a larger addition. New Orleans has
also this year received from all S5627 O16
snp
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Marine Disaster,

New ORLEANS, September l9.-Government
steamer Fulton went ashore at st. Rosas Island in
the gale OF Friday last; She lays high and dry
and is breaking up. The crew and stores are
saved.
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The Expected Steamer
The Kangaroo Announced.

| FATHER POINT, Sept. l9--11 o'cock.-Up to this
hour we have no tidings of the expected steamer
Nova Scotian, now overdue from Liverpool, with
dates to the 7th inst.
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New York, Sept. 19.-The steamer Kangaroo
from liverpool, has been announced below. Her
news which telegraphed from Cape Race, has
been anticipated by the Persia.
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UNCLE ToM-IsM DEAD IN ENGLAND.-The Literary
Gazette says "Who will believe that Mrs. Stowe Is
ih England? That the American authoress
who but short time ago created such sensation
is actually among us without receiving any public
notice at all? The lady, however, is in this coun-
try and engaged upon her new tale.'
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ADJUSTMENTS.

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-Last night the
theatre was crowded to witness the first appearance
of Mr.. and Mrs. Florence, and they were received
with much favor. Tonight they will appear in
several laughter provoking characters, in which
Yankee and Irish peculiarities will be portrayed.
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POLICE INTELLJGENTE

Andrew Kimbel and Mary Holer were arrested
yesterday. by officer Shanks, on the charge of as
saulting and beating Eta Kim5el. The prisoner:
were committed for Court by Justice Boyd.
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The Detroit Tribune of the 18th, gives an account
OF the arrest of James Chamberlain upon suspicion
OF having robbed the mail at Kalamazoo on the 18th
of July. Some two hundred letters containing
drafts, money and vauables were in the stolen mail
bag.
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SALES At THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD.
PRICES AND SALES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK.
RY TETEGR

following the exports of specie from New York
or the week ending Sept. II, 1859:
Sept. 14-Steamer Africa, Liverpool-Am.
gold bars s..................... S171 500 90
Cal. gold bars and Am silver coin. 162 ,O00.0 90
Cal. gold bars and Am. gold COIN. 60,766 90
Sept. 14-Steamer Bavaria, Hamburg-MeXi-
silver coin 1l6O32 81
Am. silver OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900 90
Am gold coin n..................... AIS 600 90
Gold bars. ....... .......... ...... 100000 90
Sept. 15-Schr. Hannibal, Jacmel-Am. gold
coin...........,. ............... $4,000
Sept l5-Steamer Arago, Havre........... 69,333 90
For the week ek....................s1,76 81 ,76O, ,3S1 81
Previously reported ............. 81 ,956, ,S45. so
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New oRK, Sept. ia passenger describes the
storm in which the Persia was disabled as of the
most terrific character. The crank Pin was broken
on Monday evening at 10 o'clock when two DAYS
out She clay to- until the next afternoon in the
hope that the storm would abate, but finding no
Improvement, her commander put back for Cork.
After proceeding back one hundred miles, the
weather moderated and the breakage was repaired.
The steamer was then put about again, when
reaching the same latitude in which the disaster
occurred, she encountered another storm more ter
rife than the first but she gallantly ploughed her
way through it unnjured, excepting the crushing
of one of her wheel-nouses, and reached this port
in safety.
The Persia has the heaviest freight she ever
brought
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Some of the San Francisco papers have publish
ed portraits of Mr.. Greeley. They seem to have
taken for this purpoe such wood cuts as they had
on hand, and inst ad of adapting the portrait tc
the original, they content themselves with adapt
ing the description to the portrait 1t was found
necessary in one case to make him sstout. burly
dark-compexioned man, with black hair, and a
good deal of black whisker''
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ROYAL MATRIMONIAL TEouELEs.-A London cor
respondent of the ". Y. Times writes:
Gan offer of marriage has been recently made by
the Duke of Rutland to the Princess Mary sister of
the Duke of Cambridge. The Princess. who no
longer boasts of the charm of premiere jeoesse and
whose attablilty and good humor are deemed her
chief attractions, does not conceal her wish to ac-
cept her only suitor. The Duke is neither a verv
wise or a very handsome man; but he is very rich,
very well bred, and very amiable. In short, he
would probably make her an excellent husband, and
she would make him an excellent wife Neverthe-
less, 1T seems it must not be. The consent of the
parties themselves is, under the circumstances not
enough. BY the provisions Of the ROYAL Marriage
Act, passed some ninety years ago, to crafty the
tyrannie will of George ILL.,, no member of the
reigning family can legally contract marimony
without the assent of the sovereign personally de
clared. Her Maiesty's ideas of the ascendancy
which her notions of State policy ought to have in
all matters of the kind, somewhat like those OF
her grandfather, resoutey refuses to allow any
minging of royal blood with that of the lottiest of
her nObes.''
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Den OF RATTLEsNAKEs.-A number of young
men, engaged on the farm of w. IL. Coleman, Esq,
some two miles north of Indiana borough, came
across den ofrattlesnakes few days since, and
succeeded in killing about twenty of the reptiles,
while many others made their escape.
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THE SAILING OF THE GREAT EASTERN POSTPONED

THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS ALI
REFORMS.
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MUNIFICENT DoNATIoN-Hon. Oliver j. Morgan,
of louisiana has presented to Bishop Polk, of that
State the handsome sum of forty thousand dollars.
as the foundation of Professorship of Agricultu,
raj Chemistry in the Episcopal 'University of the
South" The munfcent donation makes up the
entire amount of S500,0 required by the charter
for the establishment of the proposed University
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LATEST NEWS,
TELEGRAMS.
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA.
Expected advance of the Pontifcal Troops
into the Papal Legations.

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