The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-22
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


CITY LNIELLIGENCE
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENTRAL HIGH
| SCHooL.-The ninth annual commencement of tn,
! Central High School took place last nirht in tn,
hall of the Maryland Institute. Long before tn,
hour for opening the hail. large crowd of ladie.
and gentlemen had gathered around the doors.
anxious to secure eligible seats When the doors
We're opened the mass of people awaiting and los,
who were arriving, filled the hail to its utmos
| capacity.
The exercises commenced by prayer, offered by
the Rev. DIR. E. T. Baird, of Mississippi, afte
which the Blues Band PLAYED c. l.. L. Learv
Esq, then addressed the audience referring to th
interesting occasion, and the beneficial results O
! the public schools of Baltimore.
! The following orations and epic poem were ther
delivered:
ltude. George W Evans; Standardization the Nation
al Defence Leander D Fort; Oraton-Napoeon Bona
tqdes of Greece, J J. G. Webster; The Expulsion t
Muses-An Epic Poem, William Nagle valedictory Ora
tion-AsSoc iaton, ]. B. Van Meter
The composition of the orations was very credita
| bic, and several of them well delivered. The
''Eicisstudes of Greece, by j. j. G. Webster was
delivered WITH excellent taste with fine modulation
and emphasis. The Vaedictory oraton-'Associa
uon, 6y b. Van Meter, was also delivered with
good effect.
Prot. Thos. D. Baird then distributed the dipIo-
mas, after which Geo. VIM. Brown, ESQ.,. on behalf
OF the trustees of the Peabody Fund, made an eo-
quent address, in which he dwet upon the future
course of action the graduating class should
pursue He counselled them to lead an
! industrious and vrtuOus life, and to allow no
inducements which vice might offer to seduce them
from an honorable path.
At the close of his remarks he announced the
successful competitors for the Peabody medals as
follows: lst premium, of 500, Jos. j. G. Webster:
"a do do, Thomas Kelly; Sd do. do, Hugh Nc
Nelly lst premium of $50, Thomas Holmes: I'd
ThnS Ppirsons do do No
Sd do. do, Chas. II. Richardson.
Thomas Kelly, who took the I'd 500 premium
was only in the High School three years
The following is list of the graduates and
theses:
Adelbert Theodore Bell A shipwreck Bernard BIim.
line Commerce; George Roberts Burgess Battle of Wa
IerIooi George Washington Evans, Solitude Leander
duncan Fort Education the National Defence Thomas
Christopher Grim The Pilgrim Fathers Charles Fleet
wood Hanna, Chyaly; James Peter Hepburn, National
hse and Rum; Thomas Holmes, Superstition William
Jones, William the Conqueror; Thomas Kelly Ireland
James Henry LeCompt Excellency of Learning; Hugh
McNelly, Industry and Virtue; James Richardson Mil
burn, Nobility of Man; William Nagle Progress OF
knowledge; Andrew Monkur ogier, La Fayette Thomas
Present and Future; Charles Herbert Richardson Napo-
leon David Strrat, Burning of the Austria John Bun
ga9 Van Meter Association; Henry Wagner, Gratitude
Robert Emory Watkins, Liberty; Henry Robert Watts
The Battle Field Joseph John Gurney Webster Vicissi,
tudes Of Greece.
EXAMINATION OF STEPHEN CRoPPER, CHARGED AS
ACCESSORY TO THE MURDER OF WIN. H. TAYLOR
stephen Cropper was arragned before Mayor
Swami, Yesterday morning, charged with being an
accessory to the murder of VIM H. Taylor. on the
night of the 18th inst on Federal Hill. Schaeffer
} testified that he went to the wagon TO identify
Burke, and whilst there picked up the pistol that
Thos. Eaton grabbed him, and whilst tusseing with
him, Cropper came up, and told him to put the pis-
toi In his pocket, at the same time jerking it from
him. Schaeffer made no effort to regain the pistol
from him. Cropper did not seem to be under the
| influence of liquor, but spoke in an angry tone
| Edward II. McCubbin Robert Rose and William
Nash, were also examined, but their testimony was
| merely a corrob0ration of the evidence of Mr.
Schaetfer. At the conclusion of the evidence, the
mayor inquired OF Cropper what became of the pis-
tol, to which he answered that it was "gone over
board; or, in other words he had thrown the pis-
tol into the basin five minutes after he had obtained
possession of it. The Deputy States Attorney.
! Pinkney, asked the prisoner if he was aware that
destroying any evidence of murder was an ndicta-
bic offence, and that it would made the appear
stronger against him, to which he gave a negative
answer. After few remarks from Mr.. Pinkney
the Mayor committed Cropper to jail to await the
action of the grand jury
WOMAN SHor.-Last night about eight O'Clock, a
woman, named Mrs. Catharine Duffey, was shot on
vacant lot, west of Eutaw street, between Gross
street and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad 1t ap-
pears that she was in that locality to meet man
named Justus keefer, and while in his company she
was shot, the ball entering the back of the neck
Mrs. Duifey is married woman, and for the last
twelve months has been in the employ of Keefer,
operating sewing machine, at his place of bust
ness, on Baltimore street Liberty. She has been
out OF his employ for few days, and on yesterday
evening she left her home ostensiby for the purpose
OF taking walk, but it appears that she met
heeier IN the locality designated. When shot she
iell to the ground, and Keefer states that he ran
Tor assistance; on getting which she carried to
her home, on Henrietta street between Charles and
Hanover streets. Keefer told Captain Woods, of
the police, that she was shot before he met her.
and when he was within twenty wards of her, but
ne told other persons that he was walking at her
side when the shot was fired, but did not see the
party fire it. Sergeant Crouch and Officer Caulk
arrested keefer at the house of Mrs. Duffev. and
confined him in the southern district police station
AT present it is not known whether the wound
will prove fatal or not. At u o'clock she was
living.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.-At the annual session of
the State Council of Maryland, Order United Ameri-
can Mechanics held recently, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year State Council
lor, JOS. F. Wills; State Vice Councillor John G.
Robinson; State Council Secretary, John W. Hol-
den; State Council Treasurer, John n. Linaweaver;
State lndpctor, Felix Gruver; State Council Ex-
amlner Adam Calvet; State Council Protector,
John Z. lngeson; Representative to the National
Council James NJ. Stephens. We learn that the
National Council of this Order, composed of dele
gates from all the States, will meet in this city, at
temperance Temple, on the 18th of August 1t is
under contemplation by the Order to have an ey-
cursion to Washington city and the tomb of Wash
lngton, at the close of the session of the council
CITY PASSENGER RAILwAY.-The City Passenger
railway having been completed as far as North
street. beyond which the injunction forbids the
grantees proceeding, large force of workmen
commenced operations yesterday on Baltimore
street, west ofSharp. Up to six o'clock they had
broken ground as far as Howard street, and had
iad the rails over the gutter at Liberty street. We
have not learned what conclusion has been arrived
at IN regard to that part of the street over which
the injunction extends.
VESSEL RA1sED-The steamer Geo. Peabody
Captain Pritchard, from Richmond, reports that
the schooner A. V. Bedel had been raised, and that
lighters were taking her into shallow water The
A. V. Bedell was sunk on the Sth inst bv coming
In collision with the steamer Potomac. The Peabody
also passed the North Carolina, which was being
towed into the Great WicomicO river.
D1sABLED--The steamship Patapsco, Can't Law
held, which arrived at her wharf on Yesterday,
reports having seen the steamship Commerce. from
Havana five miles below the Rappahannock, in a
disabled condition. Her injuries were not of such a
character as demand assistance and she was slowly
working towards the city,
- HORSE kILLED.--Y esterdav morning whilst a
cartman was engaged in hauling dirt from an exca-
vatlon on Bddle street. near Ross the horse backe
down an embankment, and was so injured by the
fall as to have to be killed n order to relieve him
from his misery. He was owned by Mr. Hamilton.
and was valuable horse.
BURNED.-0n Wednesday night, as a Young lady,
named White, residing on Gay street, near Chew,
was filling lamp, the fluid ignited causing her to
throw 1T to the floor. The flames set fire to some
bed-e!othes, and the consequences must have been
serious, had not Officer Arnett made his appear-
ance and extinguished the fire. The Young iady's
hands were slightly burned. tJ1-
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