The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-30
f. or Shipping Intelligence, see 4th pagl
LATEST NEWS.
TELEGRAMS.
Great Fire in New YOrk--Some Twenty or
Thirty Warehouses in Flames--The Fire
still Spreading.

Great Fire in New fOrk--SOme Twenty or
Thirty Warehouses in Flames--'Fhe Fire
still Spreading.
New YoRK, Dec. ga tremendous fire is now
raging in Beekman and Gold streets to Fulton
street, and threatens to be very destructive Some
| twenty or thirty warehouses in ruins
fhe fire commenced in Cyrus Fields paper ware
house.
SECOND DESPATCH
| New YORK, Dec. 29-The fire originated at No.
! SO Beekman street, occupied by Messrs Black
| Crane Il Co., looking glass manufacturers. The
warehouses thus far destroyed those of Messrs.
! Duncin, West d CO., Bukev & Co., Field & Co.,
all paper dealers; II. r. Haydock, drug importer;
Endicott & Co., photographers; Mason d Dodge,
heating apparatus manufacturers. All entirely
destroyed. The buildings now in flames On
| Gold street, the warehouses of II. Hunkle d Co..
! importers, and j. o. Smith, japanncr; on Fulton
street, j. kissam, manufacturer of tin ware, Isaac
! Ayres ''Globe' wire works, George Wade, manu-
facturer of surgical instruments, Edward Black,
| importer of musical Instruments and Lewis &
! Hirschman, "FultOn' scale manufacturers.
Ann street, running from William to Gold street,
! filled with mechanics shops, small dwellings and
drinking saloons, is also in flames
! TIL RID DESPATCH.
| New \ ORK, Dec. 29-By noon the fire was ex-
! tingushed and it has proved less disastrous than
was at first believed Six buildings on Beekman
street, and four Ann street are burnt down, and
two fronting on Fulton street and running through
to Ann street, are badly damaged in the rear.
These latter are extensive warehouses, occupied
respectively by Edward Black, importer of musi
cal instruments, and Messrs. 0lcOtt, McKesson &
Co., wholesale druggists. Cyrus Field has $50 00C
| insurance his stock.
The loss by the fire is estimated at SS00,000. The
| insurance will probably cover it.
Several tiremen said to be injured by falling
walls.
From Washington
| WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-Governor Wise, in hi:
last Richmond speech, broadly intimated that when
the Virginia military recently marched past the
White House, the President did not even notice
them As this remark of the Governor occasions
some comment here, it may not be amiss to state
that the President, at that time, was not at home
and did not know until he had read that speech
that the troops had passed the White House The
President is uniformly marked in his attentions tC
all visitors.
The speech of Mr.. Morris, of Illinois, yesterday,
condemnatory in part, of the President and admin.
istration, was made against the wishes of Senator
| Douglas and the Democratic members of the Illinois
delegation, who their desire to promote the
| harmony OF the party
Chief Justice Taney, of the Supreme Court is
still absentfrOm his seat on the bench, account
of Sickness and Associate Justice Daniel is detained
in Richmond from similar cause.
The Court of Claims has adjourned over till next
week, Judge Blackiord being confined to his bed
and Judge Scarbro suffering in bodily health.
Mr.. Branch will, if he has not already, privately
demand OF Mr.. Grow, in the usual manner, an ex
planation for the language applied to him to-day
| in the House of Representatives. 1t is probable
however, that by the intervention of friends the
cause of the offence on each side will be removed
without resorting to extreme measures.
Slave Excitement at Bolivar, Mo.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29.-Last night the citizens o.
Bolivar were terribly frightened by an attack
made by gang OF negroes, upon party of white
men, in the square. The whites finally rallied on
the negroes and drove them into the woods, where
they were kept at bay, threatening, however, tC
burn the town before morning. Several negroes
were subsequently captured and committed tC
prison.
The citizens appointed a vigilance committee
and mounted company of men proceeded to the
woods in search of the negroes. Several negroe
were severely punished.
The citizens all armed, anticipating more
serious attack, but at last advices, the exctemen
had somewhat subsidized
The Sinking of the Granada.
New IORK, Dec. 29.-It is said that the cargo o.
the steamer Granada, which was sunk bv the ic,
last night shortly after her arrival from New Or
leans, will be nearly total loss. The cargo con
sists chiefly of cotton. Everything below the decl
is submerged.
Later from Brownsville.
New ORLEANS, December 27.-Advces from
Brownsville to the 10Th inst report Cortinas to b.
strongly entrenched, and protected by large mum
Der of cannon, his forces amounting to betweeI
three and four thousand men.
Sales of Tehuantepec Company's Property
New ORLEANS, December 27.-The property 0
the Tehuantepec Company the Isthmus, ha
been bought in by Welsh Allen & Co., agents here
They hold it for the Company.