The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-10
CITY LNTELLIGENCE.

THE New UNITED STATES COURT HoUsE.-One of
the members of the firm of n. Osborn Co., the
contractors for the building of the new United
States Court House, is in the city, actively
gagged in furtherng the erection of that edifce. A
temporary frame building has been erected on the
west side of North street, running from Fayette
street to the end of the United States property to
be used for the preparation of the stone. This
rangement will much facilitate the wOrkmen, and
also prevent the street at that point from being
numbered with stone and other material. On Mon
day next the stone-cutters, from fifteen to twenty
in number, will commence work, and continue
throughout the winter. In a few days laborers
will be placed at work excaEating the cellar which
will be eight feet deep, and run under the entire
building, and under ordinarily fair weather the ex-
cavation will be completed by the beginning of the
year. The machinery necessary for hosting and
conveying stone to the different parts of the build
ing will be erected during the winter, and it is
fdenty expected that at early day in the spring
the work of laying the foundation will commence
Twenty cutters only will be employed during
the winter, but the erection is begun the
number will be increased to between one and two
hundred
RAILROAD ACCIDENT " esterday afternoon. as the
passenger train the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad was passing near Canton,
an accident occurred, by which a horse was killed
and boy named Marshall seriously wounded. The
horse was attached to cart, which young Mar
shall was driving, and, as the approached, the
animal commenced rearing, and, at the same time
left the street for the track. When the locomotive
within few feet of him, the horse reared and
fell directly across the track. The locomotive
passed on, cutting off all four oe bis legs. The
bumper of the struck the cart, and the boy was
knocked off the seat to the ground His head
struck large stone, and a very severe wound was
inflicted. lie picked up in unconscious
condition, and taken to his home, No. 169 Cough
street, where Drs. Evans and Dwinee dressed the
wound The horse was killed.
RoBBERY.-Y esterday morning about ten o'clock,
the fruit and oyster preserving establishment of
! Peter Fahnestock & Son, No. 143 German street,
near Green, was entered by thieves by breaking
| open the rear window. lady, living next door
to the place. observed the men getting in, and sent
| boy to the Western police station with inform a.
tion of the fact. Officers Trought and Pettinger
Immediately proceeded to the house, but the thieves
had left the premises. The officers discovered that
| quantity of lead pipe and brass faucets, worth
nearly fifty dollars, had been carried away, and
from the appearance of the premises think they
! had been entered on some previous occasion.
| INcITING RIoT.-A man named Joseph Wealth
/ ers arrested yesterday by officer Bateman, on
| the charge of attempting to incite riot, during
the parade of the "Minute Men," on the lst inst
| 1t was alleged that Weathers, who was at the time
in company with some of his family, was hallooing
| in violent manner the line passed him, and
when requested to desist abused the officer. He
was arrested on warrant yesterday and released
| by Justice Showacre on $500 bail to keep the
peace.
| DEATH AN OLD DEFENDER.-0n Thursday Cap
tain Jacob Mearis, one of the Old Defenders, dieo
at his residence on Exeter street, near Baltimore
street. He was well known in the community as
| a prominent member of the Order of Odd Fellows
and for many years held position at the Odd Eel
lows Hall in this city.