The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-14

FRAUDS ON THE Pennsylvania CENTRAL RAIL-
RoAD-lt is stated by the Cincinnati Gazette, in re-
lation to the frauds the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad, that the Vice President, Mr. Scott, had
ascertained that one conductor had purchased
property in Philadelphia, for which be paid twelve
thousand dollars cash. Another conductor was
paying eight hundred dollars rent while his salary
was but seven hundred and fifty dollars. These
and other men who were living beyond their in
come were watched, but nothing wrong could be
detected. 1t was clear, however, that large
amount of the cash collections being withheld
daily, and it is stated that much as sixty per
cent OF the amount collected by certain conduct
ors was retained. AS the money did not come in
fast enough under this system, a combination was
formed between some ten or twelve conductors and
some half-dozen ticket agents or sellers on the
Pennsy lvania Central, who were in league it is be-
lleved with similar employees on the other roads
direct connections of the PENNSYLVANIA Central by
which certain amount of tickets taken up daily
should not be punched, as required, but should be
returned to the ticket agents to be re-sold. Mr..
Scott has been at Pittsburg several days, making
thorough investigation. Eight conductors and
four ticket agents have already been suspended.
They had regular offices in Pitsburg, Harrisburg,
and Philadelphia, and were Systematically organ
lied. 1t is believed that two or more conductors
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail-
road are implicated. and it is feared that en-
ployees on the other Ohio roads equally guilty.
ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF CoNvICr-He Commits
Burglary the Same Nigh-On locking up the pri-
a convict was missing. After short time it was
found that his name was Green strict watch
was kept up all night, but nothing could be found
of the missing convict. The next morning a com
plant was made to the Warden that the matron's
rooms had been entered during the night and
robbed. On examination tobacco box and other
articles, formerly owned by Green, were recognized
s b bnng 5 I as % etann
clothing, he well knew that he could not escape
with the prison dress on. On the same morning
information was given at the prison that a very
suspicious-looking character lurking about
Sparta, about mile below the prison, and officers
Leggett and Sarles proceeded down the road in
tending to proceed as far Kingsbrdge, as he
would probably pass that way at night. The Off
took the night train down, and when it stopped
at Glenwood, small station, one mile above
Yonkers, man was seen lodging from one place
to another, and appearing as if he wished to reach
the rear end of the train without being seen, and
the train moved off he sprang upon the plat
form. Leggett suspected that he had Gagged his
bird, went the platform and arrested him, when,
sure enough, he found to be the missing con-
Wet. He was sentenced to Sing Sing in 1855, for
fifteen years, for burglary.-Nec York Herald of
Thursday.
THE FRosTBURG Coal MINEs.-Last week we
gave an account of the 'falling i'm and choking up
of the Frostburg md. Coal Mines The Cumber-
land Civilian, whose authority we made the
announcement, now says that the accident did not
occur in the Fr0stburg Companies, but in an old
mine called Young's Nine" in the opposite side of
the HILL and the lands now owned by the Cumber
land Coal and Iron Company. This old mine or
opening has not been worked for a number OF
years, and the props and pillars became decayed
and weakened, and sank down, or 'fell in,' it is
called This caused what miners call ndraw" IN
the hill, and disturbed the roof of the gapaway or
entry of the Frostburg Company, and interrupted
the main track by the fall of bone coal and slate
from the roof, which is now about removed. There
injury to the mines workings of the
Frostburg Company, and that Company will in
day two be mining and sending off coal as usual
THE PERRY STArUE.-The statue, which was in
augurated at Cleveland Ohio, on Monday, is eight
feet in height, and stauds upon pedestal of Rhode
Island granite, seventeen feet in height that the
entire height of the monument is twenty five feet.
1t stands in the centre of the park, and commands
view of the lake that was the scene Of Perry's
plots. The statue is cut from block of pure
white marble from a Vermont quarry. The pro-
priety of placing it upon Rode Island granite is
apparent when the fact is noted that Perry was a
native of that State, and that his fellow officers were
chiefly Rhode Islanders. On the front of the pedes-
tai is medallion representing in bas relief in min
iature the battle at that point of time when Perry
passed in small boat from his disabled ship the
Lawrence, and transferred his flag sDon't give up
the ship" to the peak of the Niagara. The monu-
ment has been erected at a cost of $4,000
James Stewart. aged Ill years, died in Octa-
hanock Neck, in Northampton county, Va, a few
days SINCE During his life he married seven times
the wife of his last marriage being younger than
his FIRST wife.