The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-16
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MARYLAND AFFAIRS


Talbot county $4,000, and the remaining So, 900
was raised by the taking of stock. Under this
rangement, we understand that Caroline citizens
pass pass over Tree and those from Talbot will have to
hoy hoy aoili his Is all tight, as Caroline footed up
,; neI quota by county levy when Talbot only went
iiT1e NE more than one-haf- Easton Star, July IA.
anS. ans rleu%ernck % City Union says: awe were in
duced to believe some time apo from narsonaI oh
servation, and representations made IN ns that the
grain crop Just harvested would he the fno.t y;aId
that the farmers in Frederick county were avar
blessed with, but within the past week we are in
formed that many of them are complaining of short
crops. In fact, we have heard of some who saw
that they will not make more than half crop Of
wheat.
The rate of taxation in Cecil county, (including
the School tax, necessary to provide for the pay
ment of the charges of lS60 is seventy-One cents in
the $780, which, with the direct State tax of ten
cents per 500, makes the whole tax for 1860
elghty,one cents for SlO0-or one cent per Sl00
more than in 1859
The locomotive of the morning train from, Pb;Ja
dephla, on Wednesday last, set fire to some shocks
OF wneat IN the field of Il. Benton Holingsworth,
near the Elkton station, when eight of them were
consumed. If the fire had not been discovered 80
soon the damage would have been serious.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE IN CoURT.-What the At
lantic Gable Company have not been able to accom-
plsh the lawyers have accomplished, though not
precisely in the same way. They have raised the
ken cablethat is sthey have brought it into Court.
nj ie'e"' S'''i"s Vi Tue oour' Vi queen bench'
a case relating to it, which involves other cases
and property to a considerable amount was tried
and decided.
II appears that a Mr. Patterson ovnad ona sbora
of stock in the Atlantic Telegraph Company, valu-
ed at fl ,l5O, and he obtained upon it a policy of
Insurance dated July lst, 1851. By the terms of
all risk from the Cable suffering injury and IN case
its successful denosition sboSld he nraventad hv
"perils of the sea-" II was conceded in the aorea
ment that when the cabIa wac nronounced re ha
laid down the risk of the Insurers ceased. and II
was likewise allowed that the insnrers were only to
be liable for what bappened after the cable was ta
Ken on board There were several insurers in this
one snare, but action was brought against only one
OF them, Mr.. Harris, the others agreeing to abide
the decision made in his individual instance.
Alter short deliberatlon the jury found that the
cable, owing to its exposure at Greenwich, was in
defective condition at the time when it
placed on board, but that its defects were aggraya
ted by the action OF the sea-water. The Chief JUS
tlce said he would enter verdict for the plaintiffs
giving the defendant leave to move to enter it for
him instead. The case is to be again argued.
INFANT1cIpE Ann SrIp Mrpnrp oy , Srr,,,no.r
MOTHER DRowNs HERep1r (yu,Tn IyTur Ou1o
"A distressing affair occurred on tho Lost tr; of
the Lady Pike to Memphis A woman name5 Cple
man. with four children the Youngest of whom was
a babe scarcely a wear old secured a massage on
the boat for that citv whether she designed going
in pursuit of her husband, who it seems, sometime
since, cruelty deserted her. Her appearance was
melancholy In the extreme, and at all times she
seemed laboring under the utmost depression of
spirits. One day, with her babe in her arms, she
was pacing the upper deck, as usual yewhen sud-
denly stepping to the edge, she atfectionately
braced her child and threw it far out into the river.
The waves had scarcely closed the little limo
cent before the unfortunate mother plunged into
the water after it, and before the horror struck
passengers and crew could clearly comprehend the
dreadful scene which had been enacted almost be-
fore their eyes, both mother and child had secured
relief from all trouble in watery grave. What
disposition was made of the three remaining chill
dren we are not advised Louisville Courier,
JMy IL.
IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF STONE OUAkRIEs-A
Coon SpEcutAr1oN The Cornoration of tho c;tv
of Havana ia advertisino for pronosaIs for the de-
livery on the wharves Of that cty free of custom
house and tonnage duties of twenty thousand me-
tres of cracked Granite stone VARYING in size from
three to six centimetres, of the same similar
quality now used there under the name of the
Trapp block Proposals Will be received until Au-
gust 6, at the maximum OF $3.50 per metre, the
first lot OF 5000 metres to be delivered within forty
days after the approval OF the contract, and the
remainder In monthly lots OF 5000 each. Tne pro
posals must be accompanied oy Geposit OF S2,0oO,
as guarantee OF the tulhlment OF the contract
AS this is merely intended as trial OF the McAdam
system, II successful 1t Will be universally adopt
ed lor the whole OF the avenues ana streets OF ha-
Vaha.
The BIBLE IN CoNGREss.-A Joint note was re-
celVed lew weeks since from the two Chaplalns OF
congress, suggesting that the American Bible 30
cety present copy OF their pulpit Bible, for use
in public worship at the Capitol. The suggestion
was cheerfuy complied with, and the following
response received:
CAPITOL u 3, WAsHINGToN May 10, 1860.
10 THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE AMERICAN
Quarto Bible for the use of Congress at the hands
s - .o. oaot o 0 use VI oo"S'e''' "' 'he ""hus
oi your secretary
orataf tb,Dt f ,hi aDd t 1ba tb
hope that the great truths contained in that Sacred
Record NAV be impressed upon all our minds and
hearts
Witb oont;morts of tbo b;,,I,ost ,os,oot and oo,
sideration we have tba bon6r to ha Ionr nhnd;ent
servants
JOHN C. BRECKINRIpGE. Pres. Senate
WILLIAM PENNINGToN. Sneaker a r.
- Wasb;uoton Goust;tvtiop
Drs.sTpps oy r4P WVSTFo, RIvp1s Tbo lie. of
disasters ON the Western rivers since the incoming
of the nrasant yaar hos oIraadv osoumed torr;hioe
nronortions Inring This time onIv six months
ppnwords of ono bnnGrod ivas bo,a hoan last ono
;iI;nn and boIf of dollors Lost tbae aor;o'
nlosons have occuTred fortv- -fonr hosts have been
snapped seventeen burnt Eve lost and iniured bv
collision, twenty steamboats, lost crippled in
storms, and one hundred and nineteen barges, coal
boats, and other hatboats lost by storm. The num-
ber of serious accidents sums up to two hundred
and twenty-one.
THE J.p.uECE Orr ,ro T,Ir PoIIcv In rour mo-
ner dav yon stated tbe m eff on tbo
bart of the Jananese princes 70 oSr nnIcemen m was
based on strictly mathematical calculation, but
the actual amounts accruing to each of the four
cities is as follows:-
Washington. 65675
BaiimCre. 1922 @
New York ' 70 III %
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Lotal . . -; :. =.
C W G gqu 70 9S ~ 'i1 cgs per man each uay'-
w. y" "'' ~ : ~ 11el 1l1, ~ o1'o IL
The GREAT EOmPsE.-The astronomers are all
preparing for the great eclipse of the sun, which
occurs on Wednesday next, few minutes after
seven O'Clock in the morning, and ends at nine-
The eclipse will oe total soon after sunrise in seve-
raj villages In oregon and w ashlngton Territory,
but not elsewhere in the United States. The We
locity of the moons shadow across the earth
during this eclipse will be about l,S5O miles per
hour.
Col. John johnson, OF Cincinnati, has been
member oil the Masonic order, IN good sGandlng LOT
sIxty-nve years. de Is now IN MS elghty-slxtn
year, and Is attached TO McMlan Lodge, NO l4l,
Ohio. he is probably the oldest Freemason in the
onlted states. lie SAT IN the lodge once presided
ose' ~ 'eo' WI" 'no'' 'n"" 'o' y se"i'
E.
The story going the rounds OF the Republican
papers, about cargo OF slaves having been landed
in Mobile Bay, turns out hoax. The story sprung
from the Iact, that planter from Alaoama had
peeh 10 more horihern ndrhet, anu whiie 1here
haa purchaser a lot oi hsnus LOT ms piantation
which he took nome, and landed from small
coastlng vessel chartered Tor the occasion.
John Adams, being called upon for a contribu-
ton Tor 1orelgn missions, remarked:
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