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

MARYLAND COUNTRY PAPERS.
The baltimore County Advocate of Saturday comes
to us greatly enlarged and improved. We have on
our list no country paper of neater appearance or
more acceptably conducted. There is nothing spe-
ca in this weeks issue, however and all our coun-
try papers would find it to their interest to give
more attention to local matters than most of them
are in the habit of doing.
The Frederick Citizen Of the 3d. is growing over
the "briiiant Virginia victory, and Boosting that
the farmers entertain no other apprehension about
the crops than some doubts about the CAPACITY of
their granaries. The great hail storm visited
portion of Frederick county.
The Cumberland ANeganian says:
Last week the shipments of coal from the Allega-
ny coal field amounted to 15,526.l7 tons. OF this
aggregate 9, l22 tons shipped over the Cum
berand and Pennsylvania railroad, and 404 II tons
over the Georges Greek Coal and Iron Company's
road. Total shipments for the year, from the en-
tire region, ISL 1928 0S TONS and for the week end
ing yesterday, nnety six boats cleared from this por
carrying an average of ll6 tons. The canal is now
said to be in excellent order throughout.
From the Boon. boro' Odd Fello,ol
On Monday last this region of country was visited
with tremendous storm. Rain commenced de-
scending in torrents which lasted nearly an hour
Our streets presented almost the appearance of the
Antletam. The rain here intermixed with
II.
But in other sections it hailed tremendously In
the neighborhood of the College of st. James in
this county, the hail storm terrific, indeed
The College windows were nearly all broken by the
hail, and whole fields Of wheat were swept to the
ground, destroying the entire crop in that neigh
borhood. Between Williamsport and Hagerstown
we learn that the hail in some places Law on the
ground the day following to the depth of two feet
In Middletown and the surrounding neighborhood,
whole fields of wheat have been destroyed. Mid
dletown seems to be unfortunate in this respect. 1t
is the second calamity that has bee that place since
this spring one year ago.
We cut the following from the Hagerstocn Mail
SAD OCCURRENCE AT MARTINsBURG.-On Sunday
week Miss Martha Armstrong died at Martinsburg
from the effects of corrosive sublimae, having ia
ken SIX or eight grains the night previous. When
she purchased the poison she stated it was to kill
bed-bugs. When it ascertained that her re,
covery was beyond hope, she made statement of
the reasons leading her to the act. She said she
had been deceived under promise of marriage, by
young man named William Sampson; that She was
not aware that corrosive sublimate was deadly
poison but that she took it at the instance and re-
peated persuasion of Sampson with the object of
producing an abortion. She expressed her willing
ness to die, but did not wish her seducer disturbed
The unfortunate girl was pretty, and of amiable
character and disposition.
At the time of the death of Miss Armstrong,
Sampson was in Leesburg and it is said that he had
agreed on his return to marry his unfortunate vic
tim. He returned to Martinsburg on the Tuesday
following her DEATH where he was taken into Gus
tody and lodged in jail. He to have prelimi-
nary examination on Monday.
The dams Nos. and of the canal are the subject
OF anxious schcitude. We used to hear principally
about 'dam No. G." but now, like Master Solomon,
in The Stranger, We have news from call the
dams"
The Rockville Journal of the Sd, SAYS: The
growing crops in this county are said to present
more fiattering prospects at present. than for many
years past, at this season. Should no unfortunate
ravages in rust &c, be visited upon it the yield of
wheat will be unusually large.
Our country friends, as general rule, tell us
entirely too little about themselves. Can't they
beg, borrow, steal, or invent some "local ne,cs"