The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-02
[ From he Express Of .Saturdou

wishes of our citizens Wheh we express tue uesire
that Mr.. Oliver should stay with us few days
longer.
From the Express Of Saturday.
THE GREAT EASTERN IN NEW YORK-TWO
FATAL ACCIDENTS ON BOARD.
The Great Eastern crossed the ocean safely, and
without the loss of man; but she has hardly been
here long enough to get securely fastened to her
DOCK when the casualties begin.
Last night, at about half past ten O'Clock, Thomas
Leavitt, one of the crew, was endeavoring to de-
scend from the vessel, by lowering himself from
brace to brace in the wheehouse nearest the pier,
when he missed his foothold, and be fell to the va
ter a distance of thirty feet. In his descent, ms
head struck against the wheel, and it was hsrrby
mangled. The ninth ward police Immediately has
tened to the unfortunate mans aid, and with the
help of some of his brother sailors, carried him on
deck. Medical aid Immediately brought into
reouisiton but Leavitt died in intense agony at
O'Clock this Saturday morning. He is said to
have been intoxicated at the time the accident oc
Cured.
Not long after the first accident occurred, anoth
err of the crew was drowned. He was sitting on
the outward rail of the vessel, with his companions,
chatting with them, when he suddenly pitched for
ward and fell into the water. Every effort to res
cue him proved futile, and his body was not recoy
cred 1t is said that this man was, like Leavtt,
intoxicated at the time he met his DEATH His name
| could not be ascertained, but will be at the call of
the roll to-day.
Upon the sailors the effect of these casualties is
|
| stitious nothing make them more inclined in that
direction, than violent deaths on shipboard, and
of them are afraid that misfortune Is going to
follow the noble ship everywhere. This Saturday
| morning, they gathered together in little groups,
| and talked the matter over, with evident alarm.
OF there some above such silly fears and
| among them the officers, whose belief in the Lee
viathan's success merchant ship, is pronounced
| Interchangeable.
| On Friday evening, one of the Great Easterns
wheels was somewhat damaged by coming in con-
Al A. lIl.1
| dock. The power of the wind was great, that
the huge hulk was forced against the scow, and the
wheel nearest to it received, probably, five hun
| dred thousand dollars damage.
The number of people who crowd to the Ham
mond street dock is increased every day, and moth.
| ing next to the ship, receives so much attention
from them the part OF the pier that was crushed
| by the steamer. 1t completely ripped out for
| n space of twelve fourteen feet, and yet the
! vessel was moving slow at the time that her
| motion could hardly be observed.
| Nearly the entire crew, assisted by numerous
| outside workmen, are busily engaged in cleaning
and painting the vessel and it is expected that BY
next Wednesday she will be thrown open to the
public A meeting of the Directors has been held,
and talk ensued as to the price that ought to
be charged for admission. One dollar, fifty and
twenty-five cents were proposed respectively, but
no decision arrived at. The lower the charge,
the greater the crowd, as matter of course. The
only question to be decided in connection with
price is, 'shall quantity quality be sought
after?" Give all show.
During the entire morning hundreds of small
boats and tugs stopped in the vicinity of the
steamer, in order to give their passengers
a chance to view her magnificent proportions
There was occasional hearty cheering from some
of the visitors 1t is very evident that the desire
see the Levathan is increasing, although it is said
that some of the Jersey people do not yet believe
! that she has arrived.
| There are now twelve or fifteen ''gn mills and
soda water stands in full blast at the dock and they
all do a thriving business. One man pays $500 a
week for the privilege OF occupying about twenty
| by forty feet of ground.
| Owing to the fact that but few people know where
the Hammond street dock is, it is right to say for
their own convenience, that by taking any of the
running up Hudson street, they will be brought
within five minutes walk of the Great Eastern.
STRANGE DEVELOPMENT The Dead Aliue.-A
letter this morning received from Melbourne, Aus
tralia, dated April II, 1860, and which publish
below, shows that the writer Mr.. E. l.. De Forest,
who missed from the Metropolitan Hotel, New
York. since January II, 1857, and supposed to
have been murdered, is still alive. Our readers
are doubtless all familiar with the facts connected
with his absence. He was traced from the hotel
toward Brooklyn, where he said he was going, and
| was never heard of afterward. The most thorough
search was made for him by the police of the two
cities, and large rewards were offered for any in
formation concerning his fate. His father spent
much time in the melancholy search, but without
| getting the slightest clue beyond the facts here
| stated.
| What made the matter more mysterious was the
fact that he left his trunks containing valuable
property at the hotel, and several thousand dollar:
of bank stock in New Haven, aud other property
in other places. His father has long mourned him
as Dead and the public mind became fully satisfied
| that he murdered. But now, without any pre-
vious intimation, letter comes from Australia, by
way of London and Boston, penned by the missing
man himself, asking for his bank dividends, which
he appears to suppose have not been paid in three
years, although they have been regularly drawn
by his father as administrator, as they fell due
We give the letter verbatim, with the exception O
the number of shares owned by him in the bank
whose officers prefer that we should not state tn,
exact figures in that regard. The letter is as fol
MELBOURNE, Australia April II, 1860.
Cashier of Ne,o Hauen Bank:
SR:-l am owner of - shares in the capita
stock of your Bank. For some time past have no
drawn the dividends them. ! have recently
given to Messrs. Mailer & Quereau, of the firm o
MAILER, Lord Quereau, Wall street, New York,
power of attorney to enable them to receive IN,
account. Will you oblige by sending to me direct
ly through the mail statement of the amount o
dividends so paid to them by you-aso the prize
of the stock at latest sales.
E. L. De FOREST.
We have very carefully compared the manuscript
of the letter with the other manuscripts of Mr.. D,
Forest, and find the resemblance most striking
The only marked difference is in the small d. II
his other manuscripts the top of the is thrown to
the left in curve-but in last letter it is the
ordinary d. similar to this one which we have
printed But all the other words and letters have
the same appearance in all the manuscripts. Ever
the loop the back of each small is the same il
all.-Ne,0 Hauen Palladium, June 30.
TORNADO IN BRooKLYN.-Between five and ST,
O'Clock on Friday afternoon violent squall passed
over South Brooklyn, causing terrible accident
at the Academy of Music, in process of erection il
that city. At the time thasquall at its height
twenty-five workmen were engaged in putting W
the root OF the dice, when a gust of wind entire
ly demolished the roof Of the building. Six of the
workmen were injured by the accident, two of then
so seriously that they not expected to recover
The damage to the Academy is estimated at abou
ten thousand dollars The rafters, having MOI
been as yet perfectly secured in their positions
gave way to the force of the wind and, falling
upon the other, the whole fell with tremendous
crash, some OF the men going with the mass
Bricks, timbers, and mortar, all came down, and
dense cloud of dust arose, which for short time
obscured the entire structure from sight.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM TERRIBLE RAILROAD AcCI
| DFNT-l esterday. morning the Newton expires:
train, consisting of five or six cars loaded with
passengers, narrowly escaped being precipitated
into the Passaic River, by running off the Newark
Bridge The draw opened to allow the pas
sage of vessel, and the proper signals shown; but
the engineer, who has recently been placed on the
road, failed to discover them. The conductor OF
the train saw the signal, and pulled the engineers
| bell to stop; the order was promptly obeyed, but
not an instant too soon, for the locomotive was
within six feet of the draw, and in a moment more
| the whole train, with its load of precious human
| TeiSnt, Woulu nave Ueen preclpltateu INTO the
river. 1t was miraculous escape.-N. Y. Tribune
Of Saturday.
| CURIOUS OLD CANNON BE BROUGHT OUT ON THE
| FoURTH.-The cannon with which the Brockport,
N. Y, people intend to fire the 4th of July salute
is thus described by the Republic: at was cast at
government arsenal of Prussia, at Berlin, was
taken from the Prussians by the English during a
battle in the year 177S was subsequently, taken
from the English by the Americans during the war
of 1872. 1t is ten and half feet long, has four
and half inch bore, carries a twelve pound ball
and requires two and half pounds of powder to
charge it to its proper capacity. The gun weighs
over two thousand pounds, aside from the carriage
which weighs much more. 1t was purchased al
the New York State Arsenal at Batavia for $780,
R0oTINe RooFINs RoorINe IN
| Economy, Durability and Security.
Warren's Fire and Water Proof
| FHLr AND COMPOSITION ROOFING.
by anything yet discovered for Roofing
| fsRYRorLY FIRR PROOF
fHRsHorLY WATER PROOF s....
| UNHouALLlD FOR ECONOMY,
| oNRIvALLKD FOR DURABILITY,