The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-30

SKATING ON JAMAICA HOND.-Ihe Boston IrdCe{-
Ter has an entertaining account of the skating on
Jamaica Pond on Christmas dav. 1t SAYS:
The revels of the skaters are always attractive,
because they generally innocent, and with the
exception of an occasional circulation of suspicious
bottle In detached squads OF men, and OF an occca
sonal oburgation by unamiabe victim of col
lison, nothing occurred at Jamaica yesterday
that would be repulsive to the most refined sens-
bility. Clergymen, physicians lawyers, legislators
and millonares, and their wives, sisters and
daughters, mingled democratically with clerks
mechanics and schoolboys. Many humorous Incl
dents transpired during the day, but of ser-
Gus character At one time equestrian travel
Ter started to traverse the ice when an adventur-
Gus skater, gliding by, seized the animals 'poste-
rior appendage," and suffered himselfto be drawn
along by it.
The idea was contagious, and in few moments
the horse struggling along with hundred
skaters attached to him in some wav. The crowd
increased till the horse but the nucleus of a
swarm of human beings, laughing at their comic
concet and at the irregular gait of the frightened
animal, who was obliged to conform somewhat in
his pace to the humors of his captors.
AT another time temporary excitement was
created by the sudden disappearance of a skate
broker, with large amodnt of 'collaterals" in his
possession; but his absence was, believe, ascer-
tanned to be only temporary and perfectly account
able for
Another novelty was the presence not only of the
vendors of skates and those who let them for ga
consideration" but also of numerous repairers of
any injury to either the iron, wood or leather.
There also there dealers in refreshments
of various kinds, and altogether the pond was
we'll worthy of a visit from those who would look
upon one of the leading "winter sports" of New
England
BENEDICrs ON A FRoLGC.-The Cincinnati CONNER
cd says that last week party of fifteen sixteen
gentlemen, living near Mt Pleasant in that coun-
ty, resolved that they would have a sleigh ride, a
supper and ''good time" all to themselves, with
/ out their good wives being any the wiser of it.
They accordingly arranged to have the supper
come off at Waldron's about five miles from Mt.
Pleasant, and on the appointed night under vari-
Gus pretexts, they abandoned the society of their
wives and in cozy cutters behind fast-trotting hor
ses, made good time to Waldron's, chuckling over
the way in which they had "fooed the women"
But the women were not so ignorant as they pre-
tended to be. They got wind of the "stag party"
at WadrOns, and resolved to be sin at the death"
They got up enough sleighs to accommodate their
party, and arrived at the hotel just the gentle
men were getting ready to sit down to a sumptu-
Gus tabe-game, oysters, wine, &c. The ladies
walked in and took possession of the table, utterly
refusing to recognize any OF the gentlemen, and
treating them all as perfect strangers The truant
husbands the elegant supper, for the discussion
of which they had been whetting their appetites,
rapidly melt away, and they were not even allowed
to pick the bones After supper the ladies, who bad
brought music with them, danced for while, and
then went home without speaking to their
husbands, and treating all advances on their part
with freezing codness, or indignant astonishment
'In an old folio copy of the Arcadia, preserved
at Whilton, have been found two beautiful and in
terestng relics-a lock of Queen Elizabeth's hair,
and original poem, in the hand of Sir Philip
Sydney. The hair given by the fair hands of
the queen to the young hero. The poet repaid the
precious gift in the following lines:
Her inward worth all outward worth transcends
Envy her merits with regret commends;
Like sparkling gems her virtues draw the light,
And in her conduct she always bright
When she imparts her thoughts her words have force
And and wisdom flow in sweet discourse.
The date of this exchange of gifts was 1888, when
the queen was forty and the knight twenty-nine.-
ElZabeths hair is very fine, soft and silky, with
the undulatOn of wate"; its color, a fair auburn or
golden brown, without a tinge OF red, as her de-
tractors assert, but the soft lines are tecked with
light and shine as though powdered with gold
dust. In every country under the sun such hair
would be pronounced beautiful"
At Putnam, Connecticut, on Saturday morning,
Mr. James Collins at an early hour left his house
to go to the village for a horse and carriage. On
crossing the bridge, he met by man who de-
manded his money. He said he had none, and the
highwayman Immediately shot him, and then ritled
his pockets of about four dollars. The assassin then
fled toward the west of the village. The sufferer
fingered till Sunday afternoon, when he died. He
was conscious to his death, and told the story
freely, but could give clue to the murderer. The
whole town is engaged in seeking him out
An Alabama paper gives circulation to a story
that by the recent death of rich Cuban creole
developments have been made showing that Lopez
was not garroted in 1851. That he was rescued
by bribery, General COncha conniving, and died
in his bed in the house of friend Matanzas
in 1857. A criminal was executed and passed off
| for Lopez.
Some weeks ago tf residents of Brooklyn were
surprised by the elopement of lady who had be-
! fore borne an irreproachable character. She dis
appeared with a named Myers, and the two
went to England. She regretted the step she had
taken before she had lost sight of the land and it
is by solicitations that her companion was in
| duced to back with her. She has retired to
| the family of some friends in the country.
| HOME MANUFACTURES.-In accordance with the
general disposition in Virginia to encourage home
manufacturers in preference to products of North
ern industry, armory and mandatory of fire
arms is proposed at Richmond. The plan has been
! approved by Gov. Wise and recommended to the
Legislature by him, and is favored by prominent
citizens. The capital to be embarked in the scheme
is set at Sl,O00,000.
Col. Benjamin Loring, one of the oldest and most
widely known citizens of Boston, died at his resi-
| dence in Summer street, Saturday morning. He
was for many years in the book binding and sta
tionery business, in which he accumulated half a
years since, and leaves estate estimated at about
| S500,000.
The steamer Granada, from New Orleans, was
cut through bv the ice in New York harbor, on
! Wednesday night. The passengers say there were
/ two feet OF water in the saloon when they left.
| A public meeting in Mecklenburg county, Va,
adopted resolution in favor of Gov. Wise for the