The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-09
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF REFUGE.-ln accordance with an invita-.
ton the members of the two Branches of the CITY
Council visited the House of Refuge Yesterday
morning at about twelve o'clock. They were there
met by the President and Board of Directors of
the Institution, who Immediately conducted them
through the building. The School rooms of De-
partment Nos. and 2, were first visited That of
No; l, or first department contains 54 pupils and is
under the direction Of H. B. Niles.
School No. is taught by Miss Mahon, and the
pupils here (63 in number study the elementary
principles of arithmetic grammar and geography
The shoemaking shop was next visited. There are
about 80 boys engaged in this department, and all
the shoes used in the Institution manufactured
by them, and they supply, besides, the Orphan
Asylum with shoes. The tailoring room engages
about 40 boys, and they not only make up all the
clothing for the Refuge, but are engaged in making
garments for several large clothing firms of the
city. This room is the most productive one con-
nected with the Institution. The cook room is off
from the main building, and is completely furnished
with all the apparatus necessary for preparing food
for the inmates
The dinner for the boys was being prepared and
large iron pots, filled with vegetables and one with
coffee, were exhibited. Steam is used entirely for
cooking purposes, and the steam engine is under
the control of boy twelve years OF age.
The school room for females was next visited. 1t
is under the charge of Miss Fanny A. Winsor. Be
sides the girls-l5 in number-there are 10 little
boys in this school. All the females sleep in one
apartment. The bedsteads are iron, and the bed
ding was neat and clean; while the entire appear
ance of the room was more cheerful than any other
part of the institution
The visitors proceeded to the chapel, and after
they were seated, the boys marched in under the
command of H. B. Niles, and took their positions
in the seats with military precision. When
they seated DR.. John j. Graves, Secretary,
rose and welcomed the guests in short address,
setting forth the condition of the Institution and
commencing its usefulness.
Under the direction of Professor Root who has
been giving musical instructions gratuitously the
boys chaunted an anthem, after which, an address
of welcome was delivered by one of them. Several
dialogues were spoken, and pieces of poetry re-
hearsed by different boys, and between each song
was sung. The singing of the Star Spangled Ban
ner, and the chanting of the Lords PRAYER, were
excellent. At the close of the exhibition, the ven
cradle George Brown, ESQ.,, addressed the members
of the Council and asked that the annual appro-
priation from the city be increased from $1,000
SlO,5Oo: The extra appropriation was for the pur-
pose of lighting the Institution with gas, and it
would take 81 800 to accomplish it. He said if the
ton, he would give the $1,000 necessary .y' t, to
Browns remarks, Mr.. McPhail, Esq, President
of the Second Branch, spoke for some time of the
origin and benefits of the institution The yisiters
then went to dinner, which bad been prepared most
abundantly, after which they attended an exhibi-
ton of the military drill of the boys, which afforded
much qualification. At four o'clock they left for
the city, highly pleased with the condition and the
manner in which the institution is conducted.
Ihe number OF inmates is 229, IL OF whom are
females
LEXINGTON MARKEr-The following prices ruled
generally at the Lexington market yesterday morn
ing: Fish-Yellow perch II to 25c., pike 50c.,
mullets 81 &c, white perch from 37H to 75c per
bunch, and rock 37%c. pair; beef, best cut 15c.,
inferior portions range from IL to &c. per h., pork
10 to l2c., mutton to lOc., veal to l2c, hind
quarter OF veal l0c fore quarters &c., and outlets
10@l2c per lb, salt beef to 1Oc per h. salt pork
log II c. per h., hogshead cheese at lOc. per h.,
pigs feet l2c. set, bologna sausage 1Oc., sausage
l21ac. per lb. puddings &c. per link, chickens so
G175c per pair, the best and fattest &c. pair
turkies Sl.62@l.75 piece, the finest were selling
fast at 81 a piece. canyass-back ducks at So. 90
fine grouse at Sl5O per pair, irish potatoes at ST
per bushel sweet potatoes Sl.25, white turnips
50c., rutabaga turnps do, beets 25c. per peck
parsnips 2Oc. per peck, onions 3lc., artichokes
&c., spinnage 81 to 50c., okra 81, tomatoes 81
kahle Csc. per peck, leeks l and cts, celery l0c
carrots &C., and oyster plants at &c. per bunch
Excellent roll butter was selling briskly at % snt
3lc. per lb, very good at 25c., excellent cooking
butter selling at zoe. per lb. fresh eggs at Is
SOC. per peck, sweet russet at 50c., baldwns 50c
greetings SOC. and jelly flower or sheep noses a
| Soc. per peck; dried peaches at IA, 16 and 25c
per quart; dried apples at 10c. per quart, ant
cherries with stone l4c, without the stone 31c PEI
| quart. The market was well stocked with every
| variety of marketable produce.
ADVERTISEMENT OF UNPAID TAxEs-The ordinanc
presented by Mr. Randolph, regulating the coec
tion of unpaid taxes, was received in the First
Branch from the Second marked s'passed." TIL.
following is the first section of the ordinance:
Be 1t enacted and ordained by the Mayor and Cit,
Council Of Baltimore, That the City Auditor be and he