The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-28
CITY INTELLIGENCE,

Lawrence, member of the family of Gen. Jack
son. The presentation of the chair took place a
the Hermitage. to which the members of the Crane
Lodge had paid visit. and most interesting cere
monies were had By resolution adopted in ses
sion afterwards, it resolved that the chai,
should be sent to the Grand Lodge Hall, in this
placed upon it :-"Presented at the Hermitage tt
the Grand Lodge of the United States |. o. 0. F.
by G. Rep. H. II. Walker, of Tennessee, on behal
of DR.. John Marshall Lawrence, member of the
family of the late Andrew Jackson, who constructed
the chair with hickory withs grown upon the Her
mtage estate, at Nashville, Sept Goth, 1860" few
days since, this chair arrived in this city, and car
now be at the Grand Lodge Hall, North Cav
street. 1t is about three feet wide the seat
four feet high, and very novel in its construction
From the report of the journal of proceedings of
the Grand Lodge, the following statistics are taken,
showing the present condition, and the growth OF
Odd Fellowship since the institution of the Grand
: Lodge in 1880: Number of lodges, 3,54s; initia-
tons during the year, l6 $50; present membership,
l73,8lS; brethren relieved during the year, l6 276;
families relieved during same period 1928; deaths,
1857; amount paid from relief fund, S54s.746 95;
amount paid for the education of orphans, S12 692
OF; do for burying the dead $50 1854 SS; aggregate
amount of relief fund, S62l. 1913 80, making total
revenue for the year, of 260, ,904 03. The follow
ing shows the condition of the Order compared
with last year: Increase in number of lodges, l23;
decrease in limitations, GA; do. in membership
1898; do in number relieved. 1855; do. in families
relieved 49, do. in deaths, 49, increase in
paid for relief sl54 ,s7s.46; decrease in amount
gI,ZO
in amount paid for burying the dead, Sl0,l36 .27;
increase of aggregate amount of relief fund, Sl43,-
603.54 do. of revenue, S35,0S6. In 1880, there
SO lodges; limitations during that year. 59S;
number Of members, 036; revenue l5,727. As
There statistics given to show the charities of
the Order for that year for the succeeding
years. and in 1886 there is evidence that reports
| OF any kind were made. In 1888 the first exhibit
are given, and the following statistics exhibit the
workings of that year: number of lodges ia, num-
Der of limitations 006. total members 175 number
| OF brothers relieved 23l, widowed families relieved
23 deaths 25, amount of money paid for relief
sos 55 amount paid for the education of orphans
S3l5.92, amount paid for burving the dead S6l7 S.
aggregate amount C relief S. 4403l, total revenue
| SAT 13l. o. From this date the increase in the
members of the Order and the charities bestowed
was rapid indeed, until in the year 1855 the men,
bership numbered 2O0,600, the relief paid
S577 ,5S6 SO, expended for educating orphans Sl2-
47573p paid for burying the dead S94, ,593s3 In the
year 1852 there expended in burying the dead
the sum of Sl72 ,442.79, and during the year,
| in relieving the membership and their widows
S65l, 800 81. The Order is in a most flourish
ing condition, and rich both in money and real es-
tate, which will enable it continue its charities
and blessings
| BURGLARY IN THE CoUNTY.-Some time during
| Monday night the summer residence of Mr.. Ar
| chlbald Sterling, on the Hien road, about three
| miles from the city, was entered and robbed of
| quantity of wearing apparel and number of books
The thieves put their booty in a small wagon, used
In the morning Mr.. Sterling's overSeer discovered
! that the robbery had been made, and making an
examination to what was stolen, missed the lit
tie wagon, and the idea suggested itself that it had
! been used In the manner stated. In this he was
right, as the prints of the wheels were to be seen
on the road. He followed the track until he came
10 the house kept by Richard Pryor, on the Hillen
! road, near the city limits, and concluded that it
! had entered there. He came to the city, secured
search warrant, and accompanied by Mr. Sterling.
| Deputy Marshal Clifford and Detectives German and
Stevens went directly to Pryor's house, which was
| thoroughly searched but of the goods found
| there. On examining the road the city, the
track OF the little wagon again discovered and
followed up until the Foint lane was reached. 1t
| passed down this lane and along the wall around
! Greenmount Cemetery to the culvert, which
| under the \ ork road. Here the parties no doubt
stopped with the intention of hiding the goods in
the culyert, but there was too much water there,
and they were compelled to go further. The wagon
| was traced to sand-bank near bv, when the off.
GERS learned from some boys that the wagon had
been found and taken to neighboring house. The
officers examined the sand-bank, and there were
evidences that some persons had been to work in it
recently. Detective German procured q shovel and
commenced digging and after few minutes work
came on the clothing, buried several feet deep in
! the sand. The books, however, were not there.
| Not the slightest clue has yet been obtained to the
! thieves.
THE PALMETTO FLAe.-Y Yesterday morning the
| two Palmetto flags which had been DISPLAYED the
! day previous lone from the Liberty engine house
| and one from the bark Isabella Jones,) were not
unturled. Much inquiry was made relative to the
cause of their non appearance. Most ofthe persons
who passed along the streets adjacent to the Liber
ty engine house paused for moment to look at the
flag, and not observing it, OF course asked why it
was not there. The only person who appeared to
be conyersant with the facts of its nonappearance
was a twelve-year-od boy, who informed the re-
| porter that the flag was not displayed "cause they
Kept 1t dc down to give r., the snake a chance to
isiaetory. The engine house had been
rented to the Southern Volunteer Assoca-
| ton by one member of q committee of three of
| the Liberty Fire Company, who have control of
the building, without the knowledge or consent of
either of the other members of the committee.
Hon. Joshua ansant, who is President of the fire
! company, and the other member of the committee
believing that rule of the company, which forbids
the renting of the hall for any political or sectional
! purpose, violated, determined to demand the
key of the building, and accordingly, the close
| OF the meeting on Monday night, Mr.. Vansant
took possession of the engine house. and caused
| the Palmetto to be removed from the flag staff
Where the Southern Volunteer Association will
meet, or whether the flag will be again thrown to
| the breeze has not yet transpired.
STABBING AFFRAY.-An afray took place, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock ON Monday night,
on Baltimore street. at the corner of Caroline ST.
| IN which young man named George Graham was
severely wounded, by being stabbed in the back by
a. man named Thomas johnson, ALIAS Tom Tit.
| There were several other young men in the party,
when difficulty occurred between the two named
when Graham struck Johnson, whereupon the lat
| ter drew large sized pen-knife, and plunged it
into Graham johnson then made his escape. Gra-
ham was taken to his home, No. SO Muken street.
where he received medical attention. johnson was
| arrested yesterday morning. He is a notorious
character, having served term in the Peniten-
tiary, and has only been at large n short time He
was committed to Jail for court.
SERIOUS AccIDENT.-Y esterday morning, about
eleven O'Clock, MIR. Matthew E. Pearce, a young
man Il years of age, salesman in the house of NJ.
Keith Son, No. % South Charles street, was
moving window shutter from one part of the store
room to another, when he slipped and tell back
wards down hatchway, a distance of fifteen feet.
lie fell across box which on the lower floor
severely inluring his spinal column and also bruis
ing one of his hips badly. He was picked up and
removed to his home, No ZIG West Lombard street
near Sharp street, where DR.. Mckenzie rendered
medical attention. 1t is feared that he has sus-
tanned serious internal injuries.
THE Cry GUARD AND THE FIRST ARTILLERY Re-
GINENT.-Tonight, at eight o'clock, the ceremonies
OF mastering the City Guard Battalion into the
FIRST Artillery Regiment, will take place in the
Guards armory. This action of the Battalion is
highly commendable, and when thoroughly accom-
plshed Will constitute epoch in the military his
tory of the city. 1t will make the First Artillery
Regiment one of the finest in the State, and the
right arm of the service will be what it should be-
The Battalion will retain its name, and the corps
Will be styled Baltimore City Guard First Artil-
lery Regiment"
i DIFFICULTY ON THE STREET.-Yesterday morning,
rencontre occurred on the corner of st. Paul and
Fayette streets, between Mr.. VIM. III. Cowan and
Mr.. Robert ID. Morrison during which blows passed
on both sides. The difficulty arose between the
parties, from misunderstanding of language used
by one towards the other, pending the trial of a
case in the Criminal Court last week, in which Mr..
Morrison was prosecuting. Nothing serious occurred
| in the collision, the parties being separated by
friends. Officer McClntock arraigned them before
Squire Mckinley, who held them to keep the
! peace.
| MAN DRowNED.-A negro named John Rose a
| fireman on board the steamer Champion, was
drowned in the Basin about o'clock Yesterday
morning, under the following circumstances: He
had arrived at the wharf few minutes too late to
go on board the steamer, her trip to Easton and
Jumping into small boat, started for the Cham
Upon reaching the steamer, he attempted to get up
her side, but missed his hold, and was precpitated
into the water and drowned before assistance reach
ed hm. lie was a married man, with several
children.
| SUGGESTION TO FIREMEN.-A few days previous
to the election, we valuable suggestion in a
Philadelphia paper, which we think might be
adopted with great advantage by our New York
Fire Department. The leading idea was to have
the alarm bells not only make approximation to
the locality of the fire, but to indicate the very
house that is being consumed. All that will be re-
quired to have this done in New York will be to
place fire numbers in each house in each district
and let the tapping of the bell indicate only the
district or ward, but also the number of the house