The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-12
COMMUNICATED.

To the Editors of the Exchange:
GENTLEMEN-ln your paper of this morning,
when speaking OF the litigation pending in the
Circuit Court of the United States in regard to
the Extra Dividend of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Co., you say
"The only other fact of Importance which his since
ansPired is that Judge Giles has the hearing
&c, of the Extra Dividend Bonds for the Gt Of Ocfoe
next Two days after the maturity of the nine
wait for their arrears.'' -
The connection in which this is said makes it
proper Tor me to state, that, counsel for the Com
pany, urged, strenuousy, and to the best of nv
ability, that the hearing before Judge Giles should
take place on the oath inst, giving, as a reason
that the Company would, in that event. be advised,
probably, whether the notes above mentioned
could be paid without mourning the penalties of
contempt. The counsel on the nther eide, who
sought tho injunction to restrain the payment of
the Extra Dividend, insisted, however, upon later
day; and it was at their instance and in spite of
my remonstrance, that the 1st of October was for
reasons given by the Judge, altogether irrespective
of the Company or its Wishes fixed for the hearing.
Very respectfully, JoHN Fl. B. LATRoBE,
Sept. IL, 1860. Counsel B. Il o. RR. Co.
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A DREADFUL ACCIDENTAL MAN FALLS FROM TIE
TOP OF SrEEPLE.-Two men were this morning
employed in giving to the dome of st. Patrick's
Church, West Troy, coat of white paint. Before
going up, one OF them, named John FiShback, was
noticed by his companions to have been drinking,
and was demonstrated with for ascending; but it
said in reply that be was better able to go up
in that condition than though he perfectly So
Der, and as it appeared he was quite rational, and
but slightly under the influence Of liquor, he was
permitted to COUP. Sixty one feet from the ground
is narrow ledge cornce, from two to three feet
wide, running around the base of the dome. Upon
this ledge the two men had been at work for some
time, having previously finished the painting above
by means of ladders fastened from the cross on the
summit of the dome. On this narrow shelving,
where the men were now at work, Fishback would
frequently let 60 all support from the dome, and
walk out on the very edge, to show his nerve and
bravado. The entreaties of his companions not to
do so only induced him to show still greater reck-
lessness, until all at once his companion saw him
going, when no power of his could save him. He
had lost his balance, and falling struck first upon
cornce quite a distance below, and then upon the
ground, falling upon the right side of the head and
shoulder, instantly killing him, causing the blood
to spout from his ears and driving the right side
his head and face into horrid shape Coroner
Whitbeck held an inquest. and the jury returned
verdict in accordance with the above facts. Fish
back was native of Canada, and was wdower,
having two grown-np children, who are, we be-
lieve, at work in Albany
THE BALLOON CoLLApsE.-The catastrophe to
Prof loves great balloon was fully described in
Saturdays Bulletin. We are informed that the re-
pair of the canvass is determined on, and that the
Professors friends determined to sustain him
in another effort to depart for Europe. The stu
pendous undertaking of raising so huge balloon,
with such mass of heavy equipments, and at least
four human beings, must be looked upon with in
terest, not unmngled with uneasiness. But the
aronaut and his party seem to have no fears and
they have spared no means to provide against
accidents after the balloon is freed from the earth
The disaster of Saturday the result of its being
still fastened to the earth. In couple of weeks,
probably, second attempt will be made to ascend.
Phil. Bulletin, Sept. 10.
1t is stated that I. d. Rice, Familiarity known to
two generations of pay-goers ''Jim Crow" has
become so far Frustrated by old age as to be in
capacitated from pursuing the labors of his voca-
ton. Mr.. Rice has been connected with the Ameri-
can stage during the last thirty years. and NAV be
fairly considered the father of the coored opera
w e notice that benefit in his aid is about to be
given in New York.