The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-14


Tonto on business and took up his abode at Ellahs
Hotel. On the afternoon of the day of his arrival
ne was taken ill, and a telegram was sent to Mrs.
browne, summOning her to Toronto. Of course
she lost no time In making ARRANGEMENTS and
reached this city by the first train on the following
morning. Finding that ber husband was not seri-
Ousy ihdisposed, or at least that there was no i'm
heulae danger, she caused his nephew to telegram
to that effect to Goderich in order IN oIIay rho
anxiety of the members of the family she had loft
behind. The nephew proceeded to the telepranh
once ana penned the following despatch which he
handed to the clerk: "Mr. Browne is no worse
Mrs. Browne will write to night" The slip was
sent up stairs and the despatch transmitted over the
wires. When it reached the Goderich office, how
ever, slight change had been made in it. Wheth-
er from the iegible writing the mistake of the
operator cannot be distinctly ascertained, but, at
any rate, the message sent to the family read as
follows: "Mr Browne is no more; Mrs. Browne will
write tonight" As may be imagined, the family
were thrown into the greatest grief on the receipt
OF the melancholy intelligence. The news was soon
known all over Goderich, and the people were
greatly grieved at the unexpected demise of one
Whom they all loved and respected, Mr.. r. S. Car
ter, the Manager of the Buffalo and Lake Huron
hallway, visited the house of mourning and sgn-
lied his intention of proceeding to Toronto with
special train to bring home the remains of his la
mented chief. The train got ready without
delay, and Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Brownies eldest son
came to this city passengers on it. When it
reached Queens wharf station, the grief-stricken
passengers entered one of the Great Western trains
and astonishment may be gned when they en-
tered the public parlor and found Mr.. Browne sit
ting, talking and laughing with some other gentle
men and enjoying good health, having recovered
from his indisposition. Mutual explanations took
place. and a parties T were overj9yed to find that
Toronto Globe.
The ENGLISH LITERARY MEN seem to be iudefah-
gable workers They know the Importance of
keeping their names before the public, and are
continually, writing. Sala, Troope, Charles
Reade, Ruskin, all contribute to the magazines as
wi as produce more continuous works; Tom Tay-
~ NJ reIe -" others, give the world plays as well
Is writer; and the two great
sr eu,.GrS as wen 40 satirsts furnish
magazines they conduct deliver lectures, or act in
private theatricals and every year or two produce
hctlon that Is accepted at once by all who read
the literature Of England, as one of its established
classics! Some OF these men at the same time
literary, dramatic art critics of the London
journals; and others write leading articles for the
Times or Nc,9s Such laborers cannot fail to
Orlng IN harvest Ot lame and fortune; and accord
ingly the literary profession is assuming il Eng
land position and an influence never accorded il
before. These London writer's are doing for their
craft and for themselves what the French Journal
ian and critics and euilletonsts did for the Paris
ian literary profession twenty years ago. Indeed
the Englishmen of late have quite ecpsed their
brethren the other side of the Channel; they are
more brilliant in their productions, and more per-
sslent in their efforts, and BY consequence more
the American idea of going ahead none of our lit
erary men now are making such mark as some
dozen Englishmen whom could name.-N Y
Express.
NEw SwINDLE.-About ten o'clock this morn
ing, beyy OF young women entered the Police
headquarters, in a high state of excitement, some
matchmaking and others laughing immOderate-
ly, and demanded reparatiOn at the hands of the
police. They stated that they represented about
a hundred women, each of whom had been duped
by professor Downing" Upon further interro-
CATION it appeared that the individual known by
this title had advertised to give instructions in the
art of changing photographs ane Autographs in
to oil paintings on gass-terms, five dollars in ad-
The rooms Of the "Prntcssor' were at No.
81 East Broadway, and he had succeeded in OBJ
tanning pupils to the number of one hundred and
upward. lie received their money, gave several
lessons, and all was going merrily, when this
morning the pupils repairing to his rooms, found
them deserted. lie had taken Mr.. j. Almond,
No. G3 Duane street, as partner on Saturday
last receiving from him 5000 in gold, and decamp-
ed. The young women gave Sergeant Dickson
personal description of the "gay decever" with
the view of having him brought speedily to justice.
Downing is supposed to have gone East. He left
note behind, asking the public to suspend iudg-
ment on his conduct till he shall return and vndi-
cate himSeIf.-4Yew You Post Of Monday cvening.
OIL IN WESTERN VIgGGNIA-AsroNIsHING DIscovE-
RIEs.-Tbe Clark county, Virginia, Journal con
tains a letter from Writ Court House, which gives
an account OF the extraordinary discoveries OF oil
now being made n Western Virginia. He gives
some instances as follows:
Mr.. Karns leased piece of ground 1.-TWO acres)
from Mr.. RathbOne, only six miles above mine, for
twenty years. and at the depth of $50 feet reached
a vein Of oil which yields fifteen barrels of thirty
gallons each, per day, worth, at the lowest price,
twenty-five cents per gallon, and for which lease of
two acres he MIR. X has been offered SIC. .0nH
This well has been in operation, will any Ge-
crease in quantity, for 0ve" .a,ee ~ iGIehsi Mli
Rathbone, after he 50" tGo SGScess VI MI; M Mharns
and / 40 Inerc the evening he commenced at six
o'clock, p. NJ, and pumped until six o'clock, A.
NJ, just twelve hours, and filled cistern contain
ing 1870 barrels, of 40 gallons eachthat is to say,
s. 200 gallons of pure oil, worth twenty-five oonte
Garf Gallon. RathbOnes well still continued to pour
tbev had PIE quantity of Gil up to last night, out
barrels: and MI. humping for want OF clsterhs ana
and surest prospect Of tou nun ~ toiS RnthSona on
the River ~ "
A WHITE WOMAN AMONG NATIVE 1.-n,c,,s-A
Sierra Leone paper states that white wOiL.a r,bn
accompanied her husband missionary, up the Ga
valla river last May, excited the greatest curiosity
and admiration among the sable dwellers of that
benighted region, where white woman had never
been seen before All wanted to touch her and
great lrprise was expressed upon feeling her hair.
The king Of Nyinemo tribe called her every fine"
and compmented her husband greatly for his taste
in selecting her. And when she told him he might
see other white women who would surpass her. be
said that would either never be, else very
long time. Owing to her presence the attendance
on preaching was extraordinarily large. During
her visit at the mission station hundreds went to
her, who said they could feel satisfied to die
now that they had seen such a wonderful being as
white woman.
UNITED STATES TROOPS GONG SoUrH.-The Nor
folk Day Book of Monday says:
| Company D, Second Artillery, under command
of Major Anderson, United States Army, and Lieut..
DLagnel, arrived in this city last night, on board
| the steamer Yorktown, from Fort Hamilton and
will leave this morning in the cars of the Seaboard
road for Fayetteville, \. G.
These troops were despatched to Fayetteville By
the Secretary of War; at the solicitation of the Gov
ernor of North Carolina, for what purpose we are
unable to say but Judge that the Executive of that
State is apprehensve of some outbeak in the present
state Of affairs, and wishes Uncle Sans troops at
| hand to restore order. There are torty-nine men
in the company, and they all in fine trim, ap-
parently prepared for doing duty in their line. So
look cut, Minute Men.
| EARTuoUAKEs.-We have received the following
note from the Smithsonian Institution:
at appears that the eastern portion OF this con-
tuent is at present in rather unstable condition.
Besides the earthquakes noticed in the newspapers
as having been so extensively felt in Canada and
New England on the morning of the 18th of Oc-
tober, slight shock was also perceived by mum
Der of persons in this city on the evening OF the
| 10TH We learn also by letter that one was OBJ
served in Monroe county New York, about p.
NJ. on the 26th aud the papers mention the same as
having been noticed In Canada, ana gentleman
! informs that he felt what he supposed to be
slight earthquake motion in this city, between hve
and six O'Clock on Sunday afternoon. ."-National
| Ltelligencer-
The SLAVE TRIALS IN Princess ANNE.-The
| County Court of Princess Anne, Va has been oc-
cupied for several days with the trial of the negroes
who were arrested few weeks ago on the charge
of conspiring to rebel and make insurrection. The
cases of FIVE of these, slaves Of David CorPrew,
ESQ.,, of Norfolk were concluded on Friday. Four
| of them, against whom there no evidence to
substan tiate the charge, were acquitted and DIS
charged under bond however, OF their owner, for
their future good behavior; but the fifth, benson,
a valuable negro did not come of so easily-being
found guilty upon the evidence adduced, in a de-
gree sufficient to require that he should be trans
ported beyond the limits of the State, and sentenced
accordingly.
| A HIDEoUs AMUsEMENT.-The Paris correspondent
of the New York Times writes; "There is lot o.
Young men of fortune at Naples, at the present no
ment mostly Engishmen and Americans, who
amuse themselves by going out by rail- every morn
ing to Garbaldi's quarters before Capua, and with
valuable guns of long range which they have pur
chased for the purpose, pick off the men at the out
posts of the Royal army all day and return to the
city in the evening to boast of the number of game
they have 'bagged' during the day. This irregular
warfare carried on for amusement, and by men moi
enrolled in the army is nothing less than assassina
tion and ought to be denounced such and arrest
cd It is nice distinction to make in certain as
meets but as a moral question it is quite clear"
Cbas NJ Jeferds, who lies in the city prison
New York charged with the double murder OF
Messrs Walton and Matthews, has published a card
,-1f4h 4hn tr.a ~