The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-18

, Texas to the New Orleans Picayme:
at was in the winter of 1884. at the office of
the National h1teligencer, in WASHINGTON citv
where we were both employed that I M first he
came acquainted with Francis Ashbury Iumsden
Born in North Carolina, of good old revolutionary
STOCK STOCK, ne had served an apprenticeship with the
eIder Gales in the office of the Register at Raleigh
ne ne was now IN the employ of the Junior Gales at
the seat OF government, and from the first strong
- nnienusniP sPrang up between us. We met again
| IN New Orleans the following wear We finally
started the Picdyme together and from tbat nariod
a close amity and friendship existed between MS
Faults Lumsden had, who of us has not? but
they were so covered up by a long list of generous
and ennobing qualities, that all were forgotten as
soon as committed. Al every social circle or
gathering he was the life and soul; at every roll
call OF charity his name was heard among the first;
and when the dark hour of fadversity fell upon
friend, lumsden was there to light his way through
the trial or difficulty"
/ GENERAL WALKERS REAL DEsIGY-The Havana
DtGrto has the following story which NAV be taken
I with grains of allowance:
IT walker was not working his own account in
AonuuFas, Dut was the agent of an American asso-
cation, whose motto is the knights of the South
/ ern States and with which he was in constant
/ communication through Mr.. Fayssoux. His pro-
Jeet was to form, with the help of few inhabitants
/ OF kuatan, already known to the government of
TruXillo, an Independent State of part of the Re-
PuolIc OF Honduras, and to annex it to the Ameri-
can Union. The new State would have contained
the Bay Islands and the whole part of the coast of
! Honduras from Punta Castillo to Omoa Walker
would have been, OF course, placed at the head of
/ the new government. And if, by the Intervention
| of the Britshers, the plan was to fail Walker did
not think that all expenses incurred should be lost
| on that account for he hoped that in a few hours
he could capture ON the Bay Islands, and on the
northern coast of Honduras, from 800 to 400 ne
groes, and send them to New Orleans and other
southern States, to be sold there as slaves and in
demnify the persons who had advanced money for
the expedition
ELEcTRo-MAGNETIsM ON RAILwAYs-The New
1orK journal Of Commerce says that arrangements
are now In progress for testing on the Erie railroad
Professor Vergues' patent for applying electro
! magnetism to increase the adhesive power of the
! wheels OF locomotive engines. 1t will be remem-
bered that plan of this sort said to have been
tred IN this State some time snce and the general
subject is said to have received much attention in
! France for years past. Professor Vergues is re-
| ported to have invented battery of great power
and having peculiar advantages of convenience
w%hicn % on Geographic lines may supersede the ne
cesslty OF repeating messages to great an extent
as now Its great use, however, is claimed to be in
the application already mentioned, which is expect.
ed TO result In great saving, especially in roads
WIN steep grades, or where trains of great weight
are frequent.
Cry DESPATCH Posrs AND THE IT. Z poCr
OFFIcE-I In Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the arpu
ment on the motion for an Injunction to restrain
hoe6eTsperger Co., pr"pretors of 'Blood's Des-
| patch,' from carrying letters through the citv
was concluded yesterday. H. NJ Phillips ESD
for the respondents, contended that the order of
the Postmaster General did not confer such a
] ioHoPOly as was COMMENDED Tor, and that CONGRESS-
! had no authority to delegate any such power to
MN. AT the conclusion of the argument Judge
Grier said that che would think over the subiact
but his Impressions at the present time were against
the United States" Judge Cadwalader said CHS
opinion concided with Judge Grier's. but that they
would consult together, and give formal opinion
some other day
MODEL TowNsHrP.-In Lewis township, Cay
county, Indiana, they have sort of foretaste Of
the millennium. Is has within its limits one hundred
and seventy families, all white, except one and
they keep dark about it. There are one
hundred and sixty five voters, and, during
| the last twenty years, there has never been
fight or quarrel at any election held in the town
ship. 1t contains seven school houses, seven road
Districts seven bachelors and seven large men;
three pairs OF twin boys three fdders, three car
penters, three post-Oilces, three crazy men and
three over seventy-fve years old There is not a
| lawyer, doctor or loafer in it, nor a grocery or
| pauper. a better, friender, happier population
Is not to be found in the State.
/ TIE BOsrON Society FOR THE PREVENTION OF PAU
/ PERIsM.-The annual meeting of this Society was
held on Monday afternoon, Robert B. StOrer presid-
ing. The Secretary read his annual report in which
was embodied full history of the Society since its
organization in 1885. There have been during the
last year 4,6ll applications for places of which
number 1894 cared for; places being found
for 42l males and 1913 females. The demand for
servants to do housework exceeds the suppIv-.
Since the establishment of the Society places have
been found for $4,000 persons. The receipts during
/ the past year amounted to 50, ,953; expenditures
/ o, '9o-oo' funuS on hand S6.JI.
| Tue STEAMBOAT INspEcroRs.-The Board of Uni
ted States Supervising Inspectors of Steamboats,
met in New York Monday. The frequent oc.
currence lately Of steamboat disasters has induced
them to turn their attention to the navigation laws
| The Board, we learn is fully represented and the
operation of the steamboat law throughout the
country will be fully reported and discussed with
view to such action on the part of the Board as
! may be necessary to secure its thorough admins
! tratlon. The Board will continue in session for
several DAYS.
LIVE HpPOPoTAMUs TO BE BRoUGHr TO THE
| UNITED STATEs.-The London American announces
! that Col. g. G. Quick an American, now in that
| city has Just purchased live hippopotamus from
! the Geological Gardens for exhibition in the Uni
ted States The price paid for this wonderful ami
NAL is nearly $50, 900. 1t was caught in Epypt
Two years ago when but few days old, and its al
ready massive proportions indicate the enormous
power which will be developed in its maturer
growth.
The CRoPs ABROAD.-Almost all over Europe the
pltlless shower seems to have been descending. In
the wine districts of France they are debating not
whether the wine will be worth ANYTHING this wear
but whether the grapes will be worth the trouble
OF gathering them. In England the fate of the hop
Is settled; the bitter Of the beer must come either
from abroad-or illegally from the druggists at
home. The prospects of the winter are on several
accounts far from cheering.
MARRIAGE on DEArH BED.-In Manninpton.
Salem county, N. j., Friday September 28th,
Mr.. Edward s. Tatem was married to a Miss Jones
at 3@ o'clock in the morning Miss Jones was on her
death bed and wanted to be married. Mr. Tatem
accordingly was sent for, and the ceremony was
performed during the silent hours of the night
Mrs. Tatem then expressed herself perfectly happy
and died at noon the same day.
Captain Rowland, of the schooner Sea Gull, ar
rived at Providence on Monday afternoon, from
Baltimore. He reports that, on Tuesday morning,
while he was in latitude 80 degrees and longitude
"A deg. As minuteS-far out to sea- and during a
gale OF wind-an eagle flew against the main peak
halyardS, broke his wing, fell to the deck and was
killed. He measured five feet four inches from the
tip OF one wing to that of the other.
HERsCHELL V. JOHNSON, the Douglas candidate
Tor vice President, made a speech at Terre Haute,
Indiana, on the Sth, in which it is reported he made
the following remark ;-"Abe Lincoln is the great
rail splitter | own twenty boys, any one of whom
can beat him at a days work splitting rails, and
give two hundred. l would prefer one of them for
President, so help me God, to Abe Lincoln"
The MARYLAND AND DELAWARE RAMRoAD.-The
work on the Maryland and Delaware railroad is
progressing in rapid aud satisfactory manner
The grading rom the point of connection with the
Delaware road, at Smyrna, to the State line has
been completed, and the wOrkmen now enga-
ged in repairing and trimming up that part of the
road In Caroline county, Md, heretofore graded.
Mrs. ANNA II. DOGsEY, who has contributed so
largely to the Catholic literature of the country
for many years past, but who has been dangerously
i'll for the past six months, is at present much
better to have recommended her literary labOrs.
She is transating, as rapidly as her pulmonary at
andre De Sant-Aubin-a work just issued from the
Paris press
Hon Bale Peyton Bell Elector in Tennessee,
at public meeting at Nashville the 30th Au-
gust, said he did not believe, if Lincoln elect
cd, he could find in the South who would
accept any important office under him. If such
man could be found he traitor, and deserved
to be tortured to terrible death.
The New Y York Journal of Commerce analyses the
vote cast in tltteen Congressional districts at the
last election in the State of New ork for the pur-
pose of showing that the opposition to the Repub-
! licans can elect fifteen members of the House of
Representative to the next Congress- thus ensurng
in that body effective anti Republican majority.
The New York Post of Tuesday evening says =
John G. Heenan left the city last evening to respond
| to very pressing invitation from Buffalo, where
he is to be required to to the Court for the
part he took in the Price and Kelly fight in Canada
year since. 1t is understood that 'he Boy" will
test the question of the legality of his arrest,
/ should the suit be pressed.
Gordon Cumming, the well known lion hunter,
was examined before the Inverness Bankruptcy
/ Court not long ago. He stated that he had no
other means of support than what he derived from
the exhibition of trophies taken from Africa The
exhibit list of bis affairs estimates his debts at f55l
and his assets at t2OO.
Mr.. George W. Shaw, a wellknown citizen of
New Orleans, died the 10th instant at the age of
50 years. he was active philanthropist had