The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-02
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| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Harpers Ferry In
| vestigating Committee discharged Mr.. Realf to-
! day, and he will leave Immediately for New York
| Thaddeus Hyatt arrived here to-day and will an.
! pear before the Committee tomorrow morning
! Senator Wilson was before the Committee to-day
He stated that early in May, 1885, Mr.. Forbes came
! to his seat in the Senate chamber and introduced
himself, and informed him that he (Mr Forbes had
| been employed by Mr.. Brown to GO to Kansas to
| drill some force in 1857; that Brown had not paid
| him; that his family starving in Europe and
that the men in the East who contributed money
for the defence of Kansas, ought to paw him. He
was much excited and denounced Brown and
| others. tie said some of the arms sent to Kansas
! had passed into Browns hands and were stored in
! Iowa, and that he not safe man; and that
these arms ought to be taken out of his CONTROL
Supposing he referred to the border difficulties be-
! tween Missouri and Kansas, and that Brown might
| retaliate any attacks upon Kansas by going into
l. Missouri, he wrote to DR.. Howe suggesting to him
! to see some OF the men who had contributed arms
tor the defence of Kansas to get these arms out of
Browns hands and place them in the control of re.
liable men in that Territory, who could see that
| they were only used for defence
He said that if these arms should be used for lille
| gal purposes, it would involve the men who had
! contributed them in trouble. Mr.. Howe immedi-
| ately wrote back that order had been sent to
| Brown to deliver up those arms The matter then
| passed out of his mind, and he supposed all was
| right He never had heard word about the Or
ganlZaton OF forces for the invasion at Harper's
Ferry in 1858 or atterward, and did not know that
Brown,
The President of the Democratic National Com
mittee, several days ago, instructed their Chairman
TO call on Senator Mason to inquire into the au-
thentclty OF the newspaper dispatches in relation
to the proceedings before the Harpers Ferry Com
mittee. He was assured that no information had
been furnished by any member of the Committee
or the Clerk for publication, and that the state
ments sent abroad were part OF the testimony
put many had been furnished by witnesses not un-
der oath.
All the members of the House who voted for Mr.
remington have been notified to meet at the Capt.
tol tomorrow at noon, the object being to make
nominations for all the other elective officers of
that body.
The Senate to-day decided to act in Executive
session tomorrow on the motion to reconsider the
vote by which Francis P. Grund was rejected as
Consul to Havre.
Mr.. SMITH, of North Carolina, in Justice to the
Democrats who voted for him, has re-assured some
OF them orally and by proof that he never
Know Nothing.
On the final vote for Speaker to-day, the Mary
land Delegation voted as follows Messrs. Steu-
art kunkle, and Hughes for Mr. McCernand;
Davis for Pennington; and Harris and Webster for
Gilmer.
Further From, Europe Per Steamer City of
Manchester.
New FORK, Feb. I.-Per steamer CITY of Man
chester from Glasgow, we have one day later news
from Europe via telegraph to Queenstown
PARIS. Jan. IA rumor is current that the
Peace Congress will meet on the 18th of February
resigned Its also said that a treaty of commerce
has been1concuded between France and England
The Rentes have advanced to 6Sf 75c
LONDON, Jan. l3.-The Bank Court broke up
without any advance of the rate of interest The
News asserts that Lord Cowley brought no propo-
sition from the French Government.
Steam Boiler ExplOsion--Heayy Robbery,
WILMINGTON, n c., Feb. This forenoon the
steam boiler in Messrs. Ellis & MtchelPs grain mill
exploded, killing one negro and iniuring another.
A large portion OF the building was completely de-
moished. Loss not known.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday saws that
General Della, the Ambassador from South Amer-
ca, who arrived at Charleston by the Isabel was
robbed at his hotel Saturday, of $4,000 in
Spanish 100 real pieces of the coinage of 1852
Sl500 in ten and twenty pound notes of the Bank Of
England; his honorary decorations crosses Jewels
watches, ETC., the total value of which amounts to
1000.
Railroad Accident.
MONTREAL, Feb. IAN accident occurred vester-
day on the Portland Railroad near the boundary
line by which the baggage car fell down an en-
bankment eighty feet high, together with the ex-
press and mail cars, the conductors OF which were
neither seriously injured.
Fire i'm Burlington, Iowa.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. 3l.-A fire this morn