The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-09


Jured by the explosion. One, the step-son of Muir
ray, the others (two) whose names we do not
| know, and the balance, John Kennedy, James Har-
! rington and VIM. Buckly. The three latter were
| brought to the city possible, and placed
night.
A more fearful looking three men we have not
seen. John Kennedy has his face perfectly shat.
tered, not feature visible and his arms and back
| frightluly distorted. He may possibly recover,
but his condition and the weather against that
! hope. James Harrington is badly shattered in the
arms and side, and is also in a precarious state.
! William Bucky can scarcely reOver, if he be living
even now, he being one mass of bruises and frac-
| lures.
THE New YoRK Posr OFFICE DEFALcATIoN.-
! George Law and Gustavus A. Conover yesterday
| got an in JUNCTION from Judge Belts, restraining
the United States from levying upon their proper
ty to satisfy the S75 900 sureties which they entered
into for Isaac V. Fowler. They have, however,
| gone through the fOrmality OF giving 5000 900
bonds to abide the result Of the trial of the aega
! tiOn that the Government aware that Fowler
deiaulter before they became his bondsmen.
There is little doubt of this fact, nor is there any
! reason to expect that any part of the sum hlched
from the Post Office funds by Fowler will ever be
replaced either by the principal his securities
Aware of the soundness of their obi lection, or i'm
PEELED by other reasons, it is doubtful if the United
States authorities will ever try the issue raised,
! and Messrs. Law and COnover therefore
cure of their dollars ever they were.-N Y.
Tribune, august S.
SOLAR CONFESSIONAL singular case occurred
yesterday afternoon between two and three o'clock,
which goes far to demonstrate intensity of solar
! heat unknown in this latitude. The wooden steps
OF building at the corner of Bath and Race sts.,
exposed to the direct rays Of the sun, were observ-
ed to be very hot during the entire dav. At half
past two O'Clock smoke began to rise from the steps,
and in a few moments they blaZed up to the great
astOnishment of the denizens of the house. The
! steps were of fat pine and no other solution of
the origin of the fire is given the conclusion must
bo that it was a case of solar combustion. 1t may
be remembered that ignition of matches exposed
to the suns rays have been assigned the of
one or two contlagratiOns recently occurring in th
| city.-Phda. Inquirer, August Sh.
! DEATH OF MRs. SUSAN SPRING.-The New York
| Post, of Tuesday afternoon, says:
On last Sunday the Rev. Gardner Spring preach
ed at his church, in Fifth avenuet semiannual
mon in commem0ratOn of the iftieth anniversary
OF his pastoral connection with the church, which
until recently, was located on Beekman street On
| that occasion the venerable pastor remarked that
few ministers had much for thankfulness as
| he; yet scarce two days afterwards he is called
| upon to part with the companion of his life, Mrs.
Susan Spring, who died this morning. in the seven
| ty-secOnd year Of her age.
Rev. DR.. Spring has held his pastorage longer
! than any other clergyman in this city, excepting
DR.. Berrian, of Trinity Church. DR.. Berrar's
wife, by a sad coincidence, died but month or two
! ago.
! THE RUMoRED DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
! The AHgemcine Zeittng of Augsburg reports, by
way of Russia that it was believed in Chinese off
clal circles tnat the Emperor Hlen- Fung had died,
or was dying, of an old trouble in of his legs.
Should this report be confirmed it is quite possible
that the Allies may receive propositions of peace
| from Pekin. The death of the Emperor who
fused to entertain Lord EginS version of the treaty
of Tien-Tsng would relieve the Chinese authorities
from the necessity of carrying ont his policy, and
enable them to renew negotiations with the Allied
Ministers without the appearance of quaiing before
| the armaments which assembling rapidly
about the Peho.-N. Y. Times Aug Sh.
PRoPosED UNION OF THE BELL AND DOUGLAS
| TICKET.-It is said that Mr.. Conrad, Secretary of
| War under Mr.. Fillmore's administration, who is
now here, is preparing for publication letter urg
ing the formation of joint Bell and Douglas tick
ct, of Unionists for the sake of the Union, and
proposing that the successful electors under such
| arrangement choose between the presidential can
dates according to their relative strength Wash
| ington Star.
! board of medical officers, consisting of Surgeon
| General Thomas Lawson, Surgeon G. A. Finley,
| Surgeon Charles NcDougall, and Assistant Surgeon
}. +. Hammond will assemble at West Point on the
2Sth inst, or as soon thereafter practicable, for
| the examination of such candidates for admission
| into the Military Academy may report for that
! purpose.
! woman disguised in mans clothes gained ad-
| mittance to the Sons of Malta lodge room in Hart
ford the other evening, and passed all the several
degrees of initiation successfully until the worship
! full commander came to apply the emblem. Then
| the trick discovered, the candidate being
unworthy to receive it. The affair has caused con-
! siderable excitement
The Athens (Ga.) Bonner of the Sd instant states
that the Hon. Alexander II. Stephens met with
painful accident, one day last week. His foot, or
rather the heel of his shoe, caught in the doorsill
or carpet strips he going out, and he
thrown violently, distance of four five feet,
falling upon his face, which much bruised and
scratched.
The Taunton Mass. Gazette states that Frank
| Whitney, of New Bedford, last week presented to
County Treasurer Woodward, demand for $780,
| 600 damages, and six years interest," making an
aggregate of S34, $50, account of CONTINENT in
Jail lG3 days. and for libeous accusations as a
disturber OF the peace and nuisance.
In Rhode Island the reservoirs and ponds were
not filled in the early spring, as has been usual
heretofore, and the streams are so low that many
| of the mills in the State are suffering from want
of water; but the surface of the ground is moist,
| and the crops are doing we'll.
| The body of man named Robert Palmer was
found in the woods Norfolk, Va, on Saturday.
! The body was shOckDgly disfgured by hogs, who
had eaten greater part of it. 1t is supposed that
he was murdered, and then robbed, but no clue has
! yet been found to the perpetrators.
Official dispatches from Utah state in addition to
the one hundred revovers heretofore supplied sixty
rifles, together with the necessary ammunition,
have been furnished by the proper military officer
at Camp Floyd to the pony express riders for de-
| fense against the indians.
Among other incidents of the reception of the
| Prince of Wales at St. John was the parade of
about ZUUU ScnOOI cnliQren dressed uniformly, who
sang the British national anthem and strewed flow
ers in his path
! 1t is said that there has been no period for five
! years past when vessels the lakes have been as
! busy as at present-every kind of craft capable
of carrying load having been fitted out and en-
| tered service.
| South Carolina stands alone in her attitude in
the Presidential election. Not press in the State
advocates the election of either Mr.. Douglas or
Mr.. Bell to the Presidency. Everything is Tor
Breckenridge and Lane.
Professor Fowler, so well known as IHe H SENIOR
partner of the chronological nrm noat;nd Vt omita
| Wells, is in Europe, where ne Is 's 1'
furore in his professional practoe.
The Prince of Wales is meeting very eoraai
1ne llhoe VI VI osntion in the British Provinces.
anu ehtnusasue - Zach New York about the lst OF
| October. -, ~ .ooooir+s of +ba
| The N9fio'N Nhi Whilst on exhibition in Hampton
| Great as over five thousand dollars.
w.t.. astromer Herschel has predicted that Eng
| liil lnu This wear be visited by storm OF vlo-
Ice unprecedented in the annals oil the glooe'
| r.,ont Ronner, of the New York Ledger, was on
@ nJav ~ voted into the Board of Brokers OF New
2nrt by strong complimentary vote
cor;baldi's name is forbidden notice in the
rrebcb newspapers, except when absolutely neces-
sary.
II ia stated that the offering in the Diocese of
New York of the Catholic Church for the POPE,
will amount to fifty thousand dollars.
Ex-President Fillmore and Hon. Washington