The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-15
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE OF FORGERY.-Y ester
day man named Paul Henny had hearing be-
fore Justice Hiss being charged with passing
forged check upon the proprietors of Brewns Ho-
tel, Washington city. Henny was arrested on
Tuesday evening, at the Camden Station by Off
Ger John Wright, upon allegation contained in
n telegram from Washington city, charging him
with the above offence. Upon the arrival of the
train Henry was given into the custody of detec-
tive officer German, who conducted him to the
office of the Marshall of Police, from which place
he afterwards endeavored to escape, but was re-
captured and confined at the Central station du-
ring the night At the examination Yesterday,
Mr.. Marshall Brown, one of the proprietors of
Browns Hotel, testified that Henny had boarded
at his house for several days past, representing
himself of the firm of Moet 4 Chandon,
wine dealers of New York city that he had
solicited orders for wine from the hotel, and that
on Tuesday morning, under pretence of visiting
Mt. Vernon. from which he would not return until
after bank hours, he prevailed one of the firm
to cash a check for S54, purporting to have been
drawn by Charles Gautier, of Washington, upon
the Bank of Washington, which check was after
wards discovered to have been forgery. After
hearing the above testimony, the charges in which
were not denied by the accused, Heuny was deliv-
cred into the custody of officer A. r. Allen, of
Washington city, by Justice Hiss, and conveyed
back to that place to await his trial before the
Criminal Court.
SwINDLE.-Ye Yesterday morning a Captain of
craft, sailing between this city and a port in
North Carolina, was very nicely swinded out of
the sum of fifty dollars. 1t appears that the Cap
tain had gone to the Exchange Reading Rooms to
read the papers, is occasionally his custom and
after obtaining all his necessary information from
the files, sauntered into the hall of the building,
where he was famiiarly accosted by person who
represented himself as a merchant from North Car
olina, on business VISIT buving goods, &C. and
gave his name as Davis, stating that he had come
to the building for the purpose of paying bill of
S49 but that his creditor could not give him change
for hundred dollar BILL which he held before the
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New York; This unsuspecting Individual 1.-THE
Captain) gave Davis fifty dollars, and received the
SlOO bill as collateral; he particularly noticed
Davis to ascend the stairs to the upper Stories but
as to his descent, after waiting several hours he
still knows nothing. The one hundred bill is
worthless.
AcCIDENTs.-Iesterda morning early negro
girl, named Sarah Williams, servant of Mr..
Nicholas Bowers, on Columbia street. was severe
ly burned in consequence of fire being cemmuuica-
ted to her clothing while engaged in careessly
using lamp when about to kindle fire in the
Kitchen The girl was much burned about the
lower extremiies, so much so that the services of
DR.. Wilson were rendered necessary.
on Tuesday afternoon as two coal cars were pass
ing over the trussel work at the wharf of Messrs
Pratt Bro, Locust Point, it gave way and the
cars were precipitated to the wharf, CARRYING it
away and letting the cars into the river where
they now remain.
The BosToN STEAMERs.-The steamship Joseph
Whttney, Capt. Loveland, from Boston, arrived at
her wharf, on Tuesday evening at o'clock, with
full freight and several passengers
The iron steamer, Benjamin Deford, now being
finished at Wilmington, Del, to be under the COM
mand of the popular Capt. w. II. Hallett is expect
ed will arrive here early on Monday morning The
Detord will at once be freighted and make her first
trip from this port to Savannah, between which
points, it ssin contemplation to run regularly two
ofthe four steamers, which are now in possession of
the Boston Steamship Company.
PRISONER REsCUED.-A man named Thomas
O'Donnell, against whom an Indictment is pending
in Washington city, charging him with an assault
upon Justice Murray, of that place, was arrested
here on Monday, by Sergeant Smith, ofthe Eastern
police, upon information of Deputy Marshal Reese
of the District, to whose custody Sergeant Smith
delivered his prisoner. AS Reese and Deputy Mar
shall Small conducting the accused to the cars
they allowed him to visit place on Fish Market
Space, where the officers were violently assaulted
and from which O'Donnell. in the excitement man
aged to escape.
The Police CoMMIssIoNERs.-This BODY was in
session yesterday. The Board are engaged in dis
cussing the qualifications of the applicants for
situations in the new force, but all nominations
will be withheld from the public until the Court of
Appeals shall render its decision upon the constitu-
tlonaliy of the act creating permanent police for
the city. The Commissioners have no easy task to
perform, as there have been laid before them some
fifteen hundred applications.
ADJUSTMENTS THISEVENING, March Is, go.
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