The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-12
From Me Toledo Rerald. lSsntemhsu. G


~ - ~ particulars in regard to the fire
az. au .ne 0aIhohc Orphan Asylum situated one mile
morUia street, at an early hour yesterday
| morning, are truly heartrendinr
| yesterday A. NJ, two children were alread o
DEAD, also one of the help, woman of twentv-fonr
years. One of the assistants a vounp woman Of
e,gn'teh d zen or twenty years, is very badly burned,
famed One other body 1--WE did not learn if one of
M .ne orphans or domestic) is supposed to be in
ne ulns ohe OF the Sisters of Charity in Jump
anS from tne second story, had her spine broken,
and no hopes are entertained other recnvarU Tbns
the mortality Is six in all. The loss of nronart ia
| very considerable PP' 80
The names of those entirely burned are Louise
May, aged IL years. Mary J. Hennessey, aged four
teen years; and Catbarine McEvoy, domestic aoed
nineteen years. The charred remains oe Mary
Alice -, aged twenty-four years, were taken
from the ruins during the progress of the fire.
Mary Martina Koblnson, as baptized, but better
known as ada" Robinson, from Montreal be-
tween twelve and fifteen years of age, died last
evening.
"Sister Belanger,'' when the fire drove her from
!he room she occupied, got upon the roof, remain
ing there until, to avoid the flames she iumned to
the ground, breaking her spine. But faint homes
are entertained of her recovery.
THE INSURANCE BUSINESS IN New YoRk.-In look
ing over the list of insurance stocks at New York
we are LED to the conclusion that the insurance
business IN that city is the most productive use to
Whlch capital can be applied In list covering
nlhety-three insurance companies there is but one
that divides as low as per cent. per annum, but
SIX as low as per cent, and jority of them 20
per Cent, and above. One dividing 80 rer cent,
one 20, and several "a. The price of shares shows
rnrras1 oudner .dramce on Gner par Scarcely anv
OF them are quoted less than double par, and many
of them six and eight times par For instance
the stock of the "Brooklyn' sells at Sl65 The nor
oelng only SIT, an advance of nearly 900 ner
cent; "The Firemen's Insurance" the mar of
which is also but ST per share, is selling at Sl2O,
more than seven times the par "The Firemen's
Fund," the par of which is $40, is selling at $40,
also seven times its par. Several are selling at
lour times par, and quite number at two and
,hree times par. This looks like most profitable
business and shows that either rates are too high
or that losses by fire and storm are very few
Phil Ledger, Sept. II.
MURDER BY A MANAGING learn of horrid case
of child murder which occurred at Richfeld
Springs on Monday last The Overseer of the
Poor, Mr.. Ames, had taken to his own house man
who had been complained of by his neighbors as
dangerous, on account of his violence, he being un-
uer tne lnuuence OF mania a potU. On Monday the
maniac was leit during sane interval in the same
room with daughter of Mr.. Ames and her infant
chld lie requested to hold the child which Of
hrst the mother would not allow, but he finally in
duced her to let him hold the child. No sooner.
however, had the monster gained possession of the
chlld than he seized it with hand in its mouth
and dashed its brains out against the floor The
poor mother was so transfxed with horror that for
moment she could not move nor utter cry of
alarm, but finding her voice she screamed murder
which so enraged the madman, that had not assist
ance quickly arrived she would also have fallen
victim to his murderous hand. Why Mr. Ames
took this rum maniac to his home is more than we
are able to state.-Uttca ( ~ T. Herald.
VICTIM OF MISPLACED CoNFIDENCE-Last Friday.
while young but rather notwithstanding resident
OF Putnam county, N. Y, quietly strOlling up
Broadway N. y, he was accOsted by stranger,
who, in addressing him, poured into his attentive
ear story OF extreme poverty and DISTRESS stating,
among other things, that he was stranger in the
and wantpd n rntu hpD hnt MD fOr
the want OF means, at the same time offering our
country friend gold watch, which he said he
wanted to sell for $40 Our country friend, not
wishing to lay out so much money, replied that he
could not afford so large amount, but would
gladly give him some smaller The offer was
gladly accepted and the watch sold, together with
the cOuntryman; for on opening the parcel in which
the watch was supposed to be snugly packed up,
he found, to his great surprise and Indignation, he
was the fortunate pOssessOr of nice round smooth
stone! The countryman has not since been heard
from.
LOCOMOTIVE IN MoURNING.-The funeral of Hor-
ace White, of Syracuse, was attended from st.
Paul5 Church, in that city, at p. NJ, on Satur-
| day. The locomotive, which bears the name of the
deceased, left the Syracuse depot Thursday
ing leading the way train the direct road to
Rochester, very appropriately trimmed with black,
IN respect to the memory of the late director of
the road The plate containing the name Of the
engine, the bell and the large lantern euurned with
the portrait of Mr.. White, were most beauTITTT7T=-
draped with Grape, fastened with bows of black
rlODon. Mourning badges were tied at regular in
tervals upon the rods of the engine, giving mute
but serious expression of sadness felt by all over
the bereavement the public has sustained.
A WEDDING AT DEATH BED.-Mr. r. G. Dem
ming, OF Harrisburg, who was injured on the Penn
syIyanla n, Railroad last Thursday, died the same
night. The Harrisburg Telegraph says: "The de-
ceased had for some time been betrothed to an esti-
mabe young lady of this city, Miss Gray, and both
looked forward to a speedy and happy union. When
InAHt tInf hp L
sby survive at the mutual request OF him and his
betrothed, and with the consent of the parents of
both, they were married-Rev. Mr.. Carson per
forming the solemn and impressive ceremony by the
bedside OF the dying man. The bridegroom passed
from the altar to the tomb, and the devoted bride
of an hour changed her wedding garments for the
habiliments of mourning"
The WEATHER on THE CONTINENT OF EuRopE.-
The following is an extract from letter received
in Washington by gentleman, from a friend in
Brussels:
ave have had no summer here since the begin
ming of spring till Tuesday last; only four DAYS
have been warm; the rest raiu and constant rain,
and the wind blowing sometimes as in the middle
oil winter. The harvest, of course, will be lost.
81 have read that the weather has been equally
unreasonable in England and part Of France. If
so, the United States where the crops have been so
abundant, will make fine profit here"
U. ;. STEAMER PAwNEE.-This vessel, of which
there mas Deem so much discussion, will be ready
y
OF men are employed in progressing with the neces-
sary alterations. The four eleven-inch guns have
been removed and eight smaller guns each of
eight-inch cabre, have been substituted They
will be erected with side batteries of four guns
each. The engine has been thoroughly overhauled.
1t was tried on Monday morning, and worked
much better than before. A greater speed had been
obtained, without heating the journals.-PhH.
North american.
| THEN AND Now.-"Times change, and we change
with Them The Rnstnn Tram ecrinf Of the 1dtb
| tOrcibly reminds ofthis when it says:
"Ihe last time Mr.. Seward spoke in Boston, pre-
vious to last night he addressed TAYLOR and Fill
more meeting at the fremont Temple. The other
orators on the occasion were the Hon. Abraham
Lincoln, of Illinois, and the Hon. George Lunt, of
the Boston Courier. Two of these gentlemen ad-
dressed large audiences last night, but they were
convened for widely different purposes. Mr.. Sew
ard stood north and Mr.. Lunt south of the old raj
lying point of lS49"
THE WORDs IN THE EXGLIsH LANGuAGs.-The
small number of words which used, in compari-
son with those which every person who speaks the
English language has right to use, has been illus
trated by Mr.. Marsh, in his Lectures on the Eng
lish Language, in some curious instances. The
vocabulary of the language now contains nearly
hundred thousand words Of these Milton uses
only eight thousand, and Shakspere only fifteen
thousand. And yet the vocabulary of these
thOrs, says Mr. Marsh, is probably the largest used
by any writers in the English language.
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At Road in England, recently, a child named
Francis Save Kent was murdered, and one Ed
mund John Gegg gave himself up to the magistrates
as the murderer. Before his trial. however, it was
| discovered that he had not been near the place
where the murder committed that he did not
| know the child murdered, and, in short, that he
was in distant part of the country. At last he
confessed that his previous confession was untrue,
and that he had been led to it because 'his life
a burden to him." He was, of course, discharged.
MARYLAND AND DELAWARE RAILRoAD.--A para
| graph in late Dover paper informs us that the
| grading and bridging on the line of the Maryland
and Delaware Railroad, between Smyrna and the
State line, is now completed and ready for the
track, the laying of which, in all probability, will
be commenced abont the 10th inst. The dressing
up of the graded work from the State line to
GreensborOugh Nd, is in rapid progress under a
large force, sufficient to finish it to the latter place
in about month.
Hon. John Young Brown, the young member of
Congress from Kentucky, was married, the Sd
instant, to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Hon. Ar
chibad Dixon, Ex-Governor, ex-United States
Senator of Kentucky. The young lady is heress
to wealth, and is said to be beautiful and accom-
pished.
A few weeks ago highly respected citizen of
| Sussex county n. j., was arrested for an assault,
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