The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-29

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE SPEAKER OF THE
SENATE OF TENNEssEE.-The Nashville Banner of
Thursday last says:
Rumors became current in this city on Tuesday.
to the effect that the Speaker of the Senate Hon
L. w. Newman, of Franklin county, had been dis
covered to be involved in transactions to de(raud
the Government by means of forged land claims
Yesterday morning the following card appeared
in the Union and American of this CITY,
10 the Pubfc.-l deem it due to say that I de-
nounce the late charges that have been made
against me as false and slanderous of the most ma
lignant character. l shall demand an immediate
investigation and hold the originator to strict ac
countability, assured the whole matter has been
CONNIE ICED for the purpose of DESTROYING me- that
scoundreis may be protected from their rascalites
and shall Immediately start to Washington CITY to
TAz. W. NEWMAN
In accordance with the intimation contained
above, Mr.. Newman, having called the Senate to
order yesterday morning, rendered his resignation
OF the position OF Speaker. In doing so he took
s caf TO the dennneiat"na contained IN
Mr.. Newman left yesterday for Washington CITY
Tor the avowed purpose of demanding full inves-
tgaton of the charges which have been made
against him, and which it is reported have bpen
forwarded to the government officers of the East
| ern Division of the State.
Burrows WILL TO BE CONTESTED There is living
in this city Mr.. A. c. Perry, who has given no,
rce OF appearance to contest the will of Burton. ON
behalf OF bis first wife, Elizabeth Burton now living
in London He states that Burton married
her IN that city on the 10th of April,
1888, under the name of Elizabeth Loft,
that they lived together till 1894 when Mr.
Burton abandone her and came to this country
son named VIM. S. Burton was the issue of this
marriage, and he is now a well-known painter in
London. MIR. Loft alleges that bis aunt and her
son the only legal heirs of the deceased and
states that he has despatched citation tn them
and one OF them will arrive here in few days He
Is the only next of kin to his aunt residing in the
United States, and such he contested the will
The sale of Burton's splendid library containing
over $4,000 volumes will not, therefore, take place
next month, as announced.-N y EUening Ne,es.
THE YACHT WANDERER.-The New York Eveninq
letter just received from gentleman in Ma
deria, which we have kindly been permitted to
copy, says:
"MADEIRA, January 81, 1860
"l on will very likely have seen in the papers
that the Wanderer was run away with from Sa-
vannah. A beautiful yacht (American) ran close
into the port here one day in November but clear
ed out as soon as she saw some English men-of.war
at anchor. The day previous she had been at
anchor off the coast to the westward. This vessel
turns out to be the Wanderer. The captain went
home in one of the African packets He had
landed at Teneriffe in a small boat, and made out
that he had been abandoned at sea by his mate
who had run away with the vessel; but. curious to
say, be, the captain, was well provided with
doubloons. No one knows what has become of the
vessel since, but it is curious fact that the same
day in which, in bis protest before the United
States Consul at Teneriffe, be declares to have
been abandoned at sea two hundred miles from
land, the vessel at anchor off our coast We
shall bear more of her soon, suppose"
Young Lane, the fast Young man, who used his
position in the Fulton Bank, New York, to i'm
prove his finances has been sentenced to the States
Prison for three years and three months. A mo-
tion for new trial has been denied
The Democratic National Convention. to nomi-
nate candidates for President and Vice President,
April next. W. wv "