The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-20

ROBBERY OF THE EXPRESS CoNPANY.-On Satur-
day, the 9Th of this month, the Merchants Bank OF
Baltimore, sent by Adams & Co. express, pack
are of bank notes, amounting to S9,445, to VIM.
NJ. Marshall, Esq, cashier of the Hagerstown
bank The package reached this town Monday,
having laid over at Harrisburg on Sunday, and
when opened the sum Of $4,000 was found missing.
The package was in loose condition and had all the
appearance of having been previously opened, as
of course it must have been for in lieu of the mo-
ney distracted number of Philadelphia Ledgers,
cut in strips of the size of bank notes, were insert
to fill up the vacuum. By whom the robbery was
petrated is not known, but the amount of loss
was paid to the Hagerstown Bank by Col. Bring
ham, the superintendent of the Pennsylvania diVi-
sion of the Express Company, on Thursday last,
thus adding another evidence to the many this eX-
tensive company has already given to the public OF
its cheerful aacrity in making good all losses OF
property entrusted to its care, and OF its entire
ability at all times to do 1t is one OF the
greatest and most useful institutions OF our day,
and we scarcely know how banks and business men
could dispense with its services in this fast age
Hdgersto,cn Mat.
Miss BREMER's NovELS.-Wiiliam Hewitt mar
rates a curious passage of his own experience, re-
lating to literary history, apropOs to his exerons
for the making Scandinavian literature better
known in England. He says: 'When Mrs. Hewitt
and myself commenced the study of Scandinavian
while living abroad, nearly twenty years ago
among the first modern books that we read were
the novels of Miss Bremen. 1t seemed to US that
tney ought TO De introduced IN England, anu MIS-
Hewitt began to translate 'The Neighbors. l
brought with me to London the first vonme OF 1t,
and translated the second myself in consequence OF
the printer assuring me that he should not know
where to find person capable of correcting the
press after my departure. When complete, | car
ried the work to my publishers, the Messrs. Leng-
man. Mr.. Thomas Iongman, on seeing IL, sald 1
hope you are not going to ask us to take that l
asked, 'Why2' He replied: because nobody reads
translations If this written by one archangel,
and translated by another, it would not do so much
foreign trash has been translated For this rea-
son, / answered, Il have been desperate enough to
publish it on my own account No sooner was
the work out than it was popular. A second and
third edition called for; and we determined to
proceed with the rest of Miss Bremer's novels.
Their popularity soon brought down upon us seve-
raj piratical publishers. l say piratcal, because,
though they professed to translate their WORKS
afresh, they merely altered ours little, and pup
lished them as Original translatons, at one shli,
ling copy. The consequence was that we WeIe
left with 1000 volumes of our library edition on
hand, which | sold to Mr.. Bohn at one shilling per
volume, and remained $500 minus by this aayeh-
ture. Such was my first attempt to lntrouuce
Scandinavian literature
1t is said that an arrangement has oeen LnaIe pe-
tween the Superintendent of PONCE anu tne Duke
of Newcastle, for the exchange oi ueteetlVes en-
OIoyed ON the New York and London police