The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-25

| Mile...... ..........226 234
| F... Second Mile ........234 23I
I r--g.'f. Total 500 zoe
This great trotting match which hos eyo;tod ,,r;
Vetsal interest among ''Sportsmen" drew tooether
between four and five thousand people As isnsnaI
on such occasions the sharp ones felt sure of
knowing the winner, and having the utmost con-
fdence in their favorite 'sFloPa Temnin >, voro
prepared to back her for any amount aca;nst
Princess. Some of the more experienced boweynr
favored Princess. Heavy betting took nlace
and many dollars changed hands in the course Of
| the day. Princess was the favorite previous TO
| starting, bets on her being at the rate of SlO0
| to $50. The result proves that human calculations
! are uncertain and that toname the winner is easier
after than before race In the first heat Flora
| drew the poll at the word and took the lead but
Princess passed her down the back stretch and was
not headed again during the heat, which she won
In five minutes and two seconds Flora lost a front
shoe on the quarter of the first mile and cast the
other fore shoe in the second mile bursting her
quarters badly. This accounts, in a manner for
! her losing the race
Princess took the lead in the second heat, after
the word was given, aud maintained it throughout
winning it and the race in minutes and seconds
She is fine, sashing bay mare, with a good clean
mead and neck, high in the girth good angular
shoulder, rather loose about the flank broad across
the hips, and has an extremely fine stife. She
trots in gallant style, her head well up and her
stride reasonably sprngy. The first mile was made
IN minutes and 26 seconds and the following half
mile in minute and l3 seconds. This mile and
half was thus made in minutes and 80 seconds
| the fastest time record.
THE AERIAL TRIP FROM ST. LOUIS TO THE
ATLANTIC
Prot. John Wise, the well-knOwn Aeronaut il
ABOUT to make balloon trip from st. Louis to the
Atlantic, as an experiment designed to test the
feasibility OF crossing the Ocean in the same man
ner.
Prot. Wise asserts that at a distance offrom three
to four miles from the earth there is current of
wind blowing from west to east which is constantly
tne same, never varying in its direction and rarely
IN lne rate OF velocity On this proposition he has
eXperlmented for years, and has not failed once to
observe this invariable feature in the atmosphere
AS soon as Prot. W. discovered this phenomenon
Whlch was seventeen years ago, he conceived the
dea that 1t was not impossible to navigate the air
from America to Europe, and nurtured the design
OF some day making the experiment In further
ance of this purpose he applied to his friends for as
slstanee to procure the requisite outfit but they
hooted at the project crack-brained and nonsen-
seal. He next petitioned Congress for aid but
that body was too much engrossed with everyday
AFFAIRS and paid no attention to the PRAYER. And
thus the distinguished baoonst, not being in cir
cumstances to take upon himself the cost of the g-
gantlc scheme he had planned, was forced to orego
his cherished idea until some months ago when he
associated with him Messrs. eager and Lamount-
am, the former the inventor of balloon boat with
air wheels, and the latter balloon builder of Troy
N. y, and the united energies of the three were
brought to bear on the subject They decided to
make series OF experiments-one or two from St
LOUIS to New lork-and if successful, then one
from California eastwardly, and then from New
York across the Atlantic ocean.
L he balloon is called the "Atlantic" and is by
tar the largest ar-ship that has ever been con-
structed. 1t was constructed on the Fair Grounds
at Lansingburg, New York. The car, or MIR. Gagers
boat is sixteen feet long, ard four feet and half
In width, built very symmetricav, and provided
with rowlocks and oars ready for use, in case of
emergency. 1t was built in New York by most
competent ship-carpenter, and will accommodate
halt dozen men five hundred miles out at sea-
Yet its whole weight is but one hundred and ff-
n lie MAT will ha oIal
peller wheel on each side, but we cannot de-
scribe the uses Of this mechanical apparatus inte-
gibly.
The balloon proper, after imitation, will be sixty
feet in diameter, and with the car one hundred
and twenty feet high. Twenty-Five hundred and
nifty yards of the best oiled Chinese silk of ordinary
width, have been used in this enormous vessel
Ihe cords that form the net work which encloses
the balloon, have an aggregate strength of one
hundred and twenty tons. The cost of the whole
apparatus is somewhere in the neighborhood of
$4,000. If entirely inflated the ''Atlantic' will hold
about one hundred and twenty thousand, cubic feet
of gas AT leaving the earth, however, the balloon
will contain not more than sixty thousand cubic
feet OF hydrogen, having buoyant power of TWEEN
ty-tive hundred pounds. Being thus half filled at
starting the balloon will expand to its full capacity
it ascends.
Besides good supply of provisions, including
every thing which will coDduce to make the voyage
comfortable, the arOnautS will take up with them
the usual mathematical and meteorological instru-
ments, and at least thousand pounds of ballast
They will choose amid day, and start late in the af-
ternoon, travelling all night, and expecting to reach
| terra hrma somewhere on the shore between
| Boston and New York early next dav. The day
| for the ascension has not yet been fixed.
ATTEMPT To Poison AND SUICIDE IN KENTUCKY
We find in the EunnspHe lind Journal of Tuesday
morning, detailed account of the circumstances
! which led to the attempted crime and the suicide
| of the disappointed murderer
| DR.. Morrison, who had been for fourteen wears
highly respectable and successful physician in the
city of Henderson, removed from there last autumn
| to Springfield, Illinois. In the adjustment of his
professional accounts he took notes from numerous
persons, among others from man for two dol
lars, which, when presented some months after for
| payment, had grown to one for twenty-five dollars.
The maker preferred the charge of forgery, and the
| doctor was arrested and held to bail in the sum of
$500 for his appearance at the recent term of the
Court. The charge, though supported by the testi-
mony OF credible person, scarcely credited in
the community. The doctor in his long residence
had won the esteem, respect, and confidence, we
understand of the whole community. He was
sklitu physician, honorable and prompt in his
dealings, and an intelligent and intellectual gen
tleman. Moreover, he had been eminently success
ful, and had accumulated fortune of $4,000 and
was therefore, above suspicion.
In compliance with the conditions of his bond
last week, he appeared in Court for trial. He took
lodgings at the same hotel with Mr.. Arnold, the
prosecuting attorney. In the morning he called
one of the black walters to his room and gave him
what appeared a small piece of mOlasses candy and
told him to drop it into Arnold cup of coffee as he
banded 1t to him at the table. The negro proessed
an assent to the request, but went to Arnold and
| told him what had occurred and gave him the sub
| stance The Doctor was Immediately suspected of a
foul design upon the life of the prosecuting attorney,
| and measures were taken to detect him. The negro
instructed to take rart. II e went back to
Morrison after breakfast with word that Arnold had
rejected coffee and taken tea after the lotion was
thrown into the coffee. second drug was given
to the negro to put into glass of milk this the
gro pretended to do, and Arnold was soon after re-
ported to be sick. During the day, however, he
appeared to have recovered, and the Doctor was led
| to suppose the drug had failed of its effects.
The Doctor then left Henderson, came up to this
city, and purchased two large doses of corrosive
sublimate OF a druggist and returned Immediately
to Henderson During his absence, an aperture
had been made through the partition of his room
from adjoining one, through which all his
movements and words could be seen and heard by
witnesses who to watch him. On reaching
the hotel, he went to his room, and again calling
the negro, and giving him two doses of the poison
he had brought from Evansville, instructed him
how to administer them to Arnold. This inter
view with the negro was seen by persons in the
adjoining room. The Doctor was Immediately
arrested, examined, and committed to Jail on FRI
day night. During the night he had so changed
in his personal appearance scarcely to be recog-
nized by his acquaintance OF fourteen years
| standing. He had grown cadaverous; his features
haggard and sunken, and he was in a most violent
state of nervous excitement. He asked for NOR
phine, which was given him, and Saturday
night he begged to be furnished with bottle of
he was found corpse in his cell. He bad broken
the bottle, and with the pieces of glass had at
tempted to open artery in his neck; failing
there, he severed one in his leg, and bled to
death.
A TIGER SToRy-A letter from Penang, dated
February 10, 1859, gives the following singular es-
cape from, but ultimate death by, the attack of
tiger on Catholic missionary on that island, which
win be read with painful interest: 'My escape
from the tiger" says the writer, was truly mira
culous but that of Padre Cuellon still more so,
the following details of the attack upon that wor
| thy priest will clearly prove. The padre was on
his way to church and was immersed in the study of
his sermon, when tiger, to his utter surprise, sud-
denly rushed out of the jungle tall grass; but, as
the beast had not measured its distance to nicey
the padre, walking very quickly, more fright
| ened than hurt The tiger, however, brushed so
close to the padre that the latters trousers were
| torn, the snap of the beast being within hairs
breadth fhis leg. The brute, not content with sin
glespring made another charge uponthe poor padre,
and he had nothing to defend himself but his large
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