The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-08
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From MExICo.-The Mexican correspondence of
| the New York Herald, dated at Monterey on the
J 10th ultimo contains an interesting resume of the
| progress of affairs in that portion of Mexico with
! some important news items. Governor 0rtega had
captured Aacatecas for the liberals, and generally
sPeahhgs tne cause was more hopeful since the late
! defeat OF Miramon in the mountains General
! Zuazua was preparing to open a new campaipn-
| The exports from Monterey in 1870 yyare very
valuable including twelve millions of dollars in spe-
Gle. The imports for the same period were ratad at
nine millions of dollars. Drs. Martin and Kin~ hoth
Americans, quarreed at the dinner table of their
hotel in SaltillO, when the former was instantly
shot dead by King, who made his escape. Dr.
Martin a native of Lexington, Ky and enioyed
a very high reputation in Mexico, both as a physi-
clan and kind hearted gentleman.
THE Boston MAssACRE.-The citizens of Boston
celebrated on Monday the ninetieth anniversary of
the sO-called Boston massacre. On the 9TH of
March, l770, portion of the British troops sta.
toned in Boston, gOaded to desperation by the
taunts and insults they had received from the po-
pulace, fired upon them in King, now State
street. Three persons were instantly killed, and
three more mortally wounded. A part of the pro-
gramme was given on Monday evening in the Me-
lodeon, where number of prominent men address,
ed the meeting. promenade levee, in the YES
try of the South street Church, ended the ceremO-
nies.
RESIGNATION OF SUPERINTENDENT PLsBURY.-Yes-
terday at the regular meeting of the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners the resolution to restore to Su-
perintendent Pilsbury the power of detailing as
signing and transferring policemen, was lost His
letter OF resignation was then read and accepted.
A number of our most eminent merchants and citi-
petitioned the Board to restore to the Super-
intendent the powers of which he had been strip
ped, but no heed was paid to their petition-Ne,g
York Day Book, Of Tuesday,
ARRIVAL OF A BRAzmIAE SHIp-oF-WAR-T
Brazilian corvette Donna Isabel Commander Bepto
de CarvalhO, arrived at New York on Sunday from
PernambucO. She mounts eighteen guns, and has
a crew of two hundred and forty persons all told.
She is school-ship, and visits New York for the
purpose of being taken the dry dock, after
which she will proceed to Portsmouth England
Cherbourg, Antwerp, Lisbon, and from thence to
the Brazlls. She has twenty-five Midshipmen and
five Lieutenants.
At Monroe city, Arkansas, on the night of the
list ut., a man by the name of Robinson was shot
dead IN his own house, by some one outside firing
upon him through the window. 1t was afterwards
discovered that two brothers were nstigated to do
the deed by the wife of the murdered man-one of
the brothers was to marry her when her husband
was dead. All were arrested and hung on Thurs
day, the 1st
INTERESTING DECISION TO RAILROAD EMpLoYEEs-
The Supreme Court of Vermont has decided that
railroad company is not liable to person in
It's service Tor an injury resulting from the negi-
| gence OF felOw-servant. The Court held that
this exemption extended to the conduct of all the
| employees OF the company who are engaged in the
common business of operating the road, in whatey-
er relation of subOrdnation to each other.
1ue SldVe Lewis, tuaC murdered MS master, Dr.
w. j. Keitt, on the 10Th ult., was hung on the
| Wednesday following He was tried BY commit
tee, consisting of twelve freeholders appointed for
that purpose by large meeting of the citizens of
| the county, held on that day. The trial was con-
| Quoted with great care, at the place where the
| murder was committed.
Mrs. Kemble has made her ''last appearance as
a dramatic reader. Boston was the place chosen.
and Hamlet the subject. She had large audiences
| the asSemblage crowded the hall; and Mrs. Kemble
performed the task successfully. At the close of
the reading she made few parting remarks, in a
manner winch su1used with tears many an eye
| fixed upon the speaker those 'gracious drops" at
times nearly choking her own utterance.
Mr.. Floyd, the Secretary of War, has appeared
before the Harper's Ferry investigation and teeti
fled to the receipt of an anonymous letter, already
| published, warning him Of threatened attack on
| the Government Arsenal in Maryland. As there
! was none in that State he thought the letter
! hoax which detected ITSELF
| A penny Shakespeare is among the latest English
literary enterprses-well printed copies of the
| plays being furnished to the public at this small
| charge. 1t will probably be very successful, like
the two-penny Waverly novels, of which, up to
! 1858, twelve million sheets had been sod weighing
upward of three hundred and thirty five tons.
The Loss BY THE DANviLLE FIRE.-The amount of
actual damage done by this calamity is about S275,
OOO Upon this there is an insurance to the amount
of $4,000, leaving the net actual loss to the
munity of S205, 900. The population of the town
is about three thousand
! Miss Martha Haines Butt, the young Virginia
authoress, has recently received matrimonial
offer from Frederick, the young Prince of Den
mark, who fell in love with her at the Presidents
| levee. The lady refused the royal visitor.
Mr.. John p. Dobyng, President of the Farmers
Bank Of Kentucky, at Maysville, has not been seen
or heard of since the lst of November, 1859, then
in St. Louis, and great fears entertained for his
| safety.
The Commissioners of Allegany county, Pennsyl
| a. ~, h
| Superior Court of Pennsylvania for refusing to
| collect the tax to pay the interest due on the
railroad bonds guaranteed by the county.
In Mississippi City, on Saturday last, two men
| were committed on the charge of numbering Wm.
| Hamilton. The body was found near the residence
| of the former, floating on the water with an i'm
mense weight attached to it.
The following sums up the last quarterly report
| of the Coroner of New Orleans:-V Victims of homi-
| eide II; drowned s; suicide 6; infantcide ,; in
temperance %; died by accident I6; exposure /
| total II.
On Saturday last one of the fishermen operating
near Norfolk, Va, caught at one haul eight h,ot,
dred fish, averaging in weight about fifty pounds.
The haul brought $1,000.
NJ NJ. Yeake, Esq, late of this city, is now To-
Gated in Warren, Illinois, where he has built
! large Touring mill, which went into operation a
few weeks since with every, prospect of success.
DR.. Fades, late Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton in Iowa, took the responsibility of loaning
$780, Of the school money of the State to indi-
viduals. Every dollar is lost
Charter elections were held yesterday, at Ga
lena Illinois, and at Marshall and Battle Creek,
Michigan. The Democrats carried Galena and
Marshall. The Republicans carried Battle Creek.
The coIored crew of the British ship Avamfngo,
got into state of mutiny at Charleston Sunday
last. One shot, when order was finally re-
stored.
The Indiana divorce law, tightening the connu-
bal yoke and preventing divorce upon triding
causes, has been declared unconstitutional. Cause
error in quoting title of old law.
There is great enthusiasm at Montreal over the
election OF Mayor Rodiere. Obnoxious newspa
pers were burned by the crowd, and the fayorte
borne in triumph through the streets
Mr., Malcom Cameron has given notice that he
will on Monday next introduce bill to prohibit
the sale of liquors throughout Canada. Canada,
then, is endowed with Maine sentiment.
The publishers of the Philadelphia Daily Nc,os
have been sued for libel against the American Life
and Trust Company. The article complained of
appeared in that journal as communication.
The Sheriff of York county started, some days
ago, to arrest prisoner, bat proved too drunk to
recognize him. A short time previous, he killed
valuable horse by brutal driving.
1t is rumored that Judge Bowles, of Tennessee,
has declined the appointment of Treasurer of the
United States, and has rendered his resignation to
the President.
dispatch from Toronto states that it is now
rendered certain that Marcus Talbot, member Of
Parliament for Middlesex, C. W., and his bride,
were passengers by the Hungarian.
The resignation of Rev. Prof. Huntington has
been accepted by the Fellows of Harvard Universi-
ty and his connection with the college will cease
at an early day.
Raelf, old Browns Secretary of State, delivered
lecture in Columbus Ohio, one evening last week.
He had audience of about twenty persons.