The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-19
CITY NTELLIGENCE.

ARREST FOR ALLEGED MURDER-CoRONER's INQUEST.
Yesterday morning, between and o'clock, the
neighborhood of Grundy street and Camel alley,
was thrown into great degree of excitement from
the fact that Mrs Sarah Mccoy, wife of Michael
Mccoy, living at the intersection Of the above
named Streets was found dead in her bed. Reports
were freely circulated that the woman had been
murdered by her husband and most elaborate re-
port of the atrocious deed was published in an at
ternoOn paper. As soon as Coroner Greentree
heard of the matter, he summoned jury of in
quest, who proceeded to take testimony in the
case, which was of such a conflicting character
that post mortem examination of the body was
ordered they adjourning until s o'clock at night.
At that hour the jury re-assembed at the house of
Coroner Greentree, when DR.. e. e. Brewer testi-
fed that he had made the post mortem examination
of the body. He found no internal or external
marks of violence; the heart was expanded to twice
its natural size the valves of the heart were yery
much diseased; the least excitement to the sub
iect calculated to produce death in an in
slant; the body also showed that the deceased was
suffering from dropsy; in his opinion, death was
caused by disease of the heart. One or two wit
Desses also examined, but their testimony had
no bearing upon the The jury rendered a
verdict of death from disease of the heart. After
the adjournment of the jury in the morning, the
husband of the dead woman was arrested by oft-
GERS .Jamison and Clinton and taken to the West
ern policestation, where he was confined until the
rendition of the verdict, when he was discharged.
ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE SELLING NEGROES
Our STATE,-On thursday nlgnt JOnn Eng
lish and John Hinsley were arrested on the charge
selling negroes out of the State. About 10 o'clock
on that night wagon containing four negroes was
stopped by Sergeant Maloney and other officers at
the corner of Eager and Charles streets, and John
English claimed the negroes. He was brought to
the Central police station where he released on
security for further hearing on Monday next, by
Justice Hiss. John Hnsey also arrested andh held
to bail for a hearing at the same time. 1t appears
that the negroes the property of Hinsley for a
tarm n
Court on account of crimes which they had COM
mitted, and Hinsley purchased them, with the pro
vision that they were not to be sold by him out of
the State. The allegation is that it was Hinsley 8
intention to sell them out of the State, and that
English was assisting him to convey them from the
city for that purpose.
warrant was issued for Erasmus Levy, charged
with being connected with the affair. lie surren-
dered himself to Sergeant Maloney, and was taken
to the Central police station, when Justice Hiss
released him on security for hearing on Monday
next.
CoLLECrloNs BY THE SHERIFFs.-We have been
furnished by Thos. ii. Gardner, ESQ.,, Clerk of the
Criminal Court, with the following statement of
fines collected during the administration OF Sheriff
Creamer, under Judge Stump, for the years 1858
and 1859; and also for the January term, 1860,
Sheriff button, under Judge Bond: During the
year 1853, Sheriff Creamer collected for the State,
the Of So, ,663. 49, and during the year 1859 the
sum of So, ,43S. S.74-tstal, S5,10l.93. During the
January term, 1860, Sheriff Dutton, under Judge
Donu, ColtCttu So,4OfOU, DelnR an ex cess Oi
S35257 of fines for term the fines collect
ed for all the terms of 1853 and 1852 OF the fines
for selling liquor on Sunday and without license;
onehalf goes to the informer and one-half to the
public schools. In Sheriff Creamers administra-
tion, S94S SS returned to the public schools
on account of these fines; and during the term of
Sheriff Dutton, ST ,S99.75 were returned for the
same institutions, being increase for one term,
over two years, of $950.s7 This increase in
figures in Sheriff buttons term, is owing to the
increase of fines imposed by Judge Bond on all
violations of the liquor, gambling and bawdy- house
law. ....
A LARGE GUN.-An iron cannon weighing
So 900 pounds cast at Pittsburg Pa, arrived here
on Thursday night over the Northern Central
Railway, en- route for Fortress Monroe ria Wash
ington. The gun is sixteen feet long, four and a
half feet in diameter at the breech and eighteen
inches bore. Ii was conveyed on two eight-wheel
cars, upon which staging of heavy timbers was
erected The taken from the Bolton
depot between s and 9 o'clock last night by the
Howard street track to the Camden station As it
passed through the streets large crowds gathered
on the sidewalks to get sight
RECKLESS DRIvING.-A German, named Phillip
Mann was arrested yesterday, by officer Brown, OF
the Western district, charged with driving his
horse in reckless manner in the neighborhood OF
the Lexington market, and running over a boy,
about seven years of age, named Thomas Leonard.
The accused was taken before Justice Logan, and
committed for Court.