The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-17

THE RECEPTION OF HEENAN IN New YoRK.-From
Friday until the arrival of the Vanderbilt the
"Fancy" of New ork were in fever of excite
ment, occasioned by the expected arrival of Hee-
nan. After several disappointments, the ardOr of
the friends of the Champion cooled and the Tri-
bune says, that the guondam hero must not be dis
appointed if he receives less enthusiastic attention
from the public and their representatives, the
press, than the triumph of the past might to
demand.
notice came from the Hook of the arrival of the
steamer. small party chartered row-boat,
and proceeded in ignomirious darkness to the
Quarantine dock, State Island. Meanwhile, Mr..
Burns, proprietor of the hotel there situated had
personally apprehended the Vanderbilt, and giveu
Heenan and Jack Macdonald an individual recep-
ception They were taken ashore and put to bed,
but the faithful shortly came in from the city,
being really excited, and from their downy pillows
eliminated the heroes, who met no Morpheus for
the rest of the night, which was expended in imbi
bition, and other gladstone demonstrations. Early
in the morning of the blessed Sabbath the Boy
rode to the house of friend in the vicinity. Par
tial notice had been given to the citizens that he
would spend the day on Staten Island and the
early boats brought down numbers of idlers. Hee-
nan, however, let the place in the boat Southfeld
at 10 o'clock.
1t proposed to quarter the Boy at
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had been consummated, but that he would have
finally fallen into the hands of Boole and the
other cannbals? The rooms there were 'occu-
pied by less iustrous guests, and Mr.. Hee-
nan and MIR. Mcdonald were conducted to private
lodgings on Fourth avenue, where they were
visited, during the hours that were not sacred to
sleep, by several admirers. They also appeared in
their favorite haunt, 'The Malta" into which
dropped many expectant friends.
Heenan is now, be AYERS, in the best possible
condition. He has much to tell of his experiences
abroad, but these have already been related in
print. He not accompanied to Southampton
by Savers and others, as was contemplated, but
embarked in coveted quiet. With the simplicity
hat haa ma cd haI
positively to be made another "Tommy," and there
will be public reception. A dinner will possibly
be given him by his friends at future day.
The CENSUS IN PHILADELPHIA.-The Ledger of
Monday says:
remarkable circumstance attending the taking
of the present census, is the fact that scarcely an
American has been found that cannot read and
write. In one family, Eot "to the manor born,"
consisting of husband, wife and about dozen
children, some of whom were grown, not a single
individual of it could be found able to read OF even
write. But cases like this very rare, particu-
larly where the parties have been in this country
any length of time. In one of the wards an old
lady was called upon to give the names and num-
Der of her family, and after having her own name
recorded, she gave the of twentv-four of her
daughters, and concluded by telling the census
man that of these twenty-four twenty.three were
married and had families of their own.
The New York papers say that the sorrowful
widow of Hicks waited, in company with priest,
many weary hours on Friday evening, at the Gene
terry of the Holy Cross, at Flatbush for the arrival
of the body of her husband, at which she desired to
take last look before it inferred. 1t did not
arrive, and she learned, when too late, that it had
been conveyed to Calvary Cemetery, in Queens
county, and there inferred by mistake.
Captain Kell, the agent of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company, who was sent out to take up the New
foundand end of the CABLE hassucceeded in raising
portion of it, after some weeks of labor, and has
discovered serious defect in it, caused by its rest
ing and chafng a ledge of sharp rocks, over
which it was laid, mile or two from Bay of Bulls
Arm, Trinity Bay.
DEATH OF A LIEUTENANT NAvY.-Infor-
nation has just reached this city of the death of
Lieutenant Thomas 7. Houston, a native of this
place, who died ON the United States steam sloop-
of-war Iroquois, at Naples, on the 26th ult This
officer entered the Navy the 9th of August,
1s45, and was promoted to his present grade Sep
tember 10th, 1856. He was about 80 years of age.
Wash. Star, o.