The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-09
FIRES.

Yesterday morning, at halfpast o'clock, two
story brick building on Swami street, known the
Ninth Ward House, was discovered to be fire.
1t was the work of an incendary, and the building
must have been fired in several places as every de-
partment enveloped in flames when it was first
observed. The house has not been occupied for
several weeks, and the doors were locked and the
keys in the possession of the owner. The Fire De-
partment was promptly the ground and sue
ceeded in arresting the flames before they commu-
nicated to any of the adjoining property. When it
was partially subdued three of the members of No.
Engine Company, and two of No. 6, entered the
building with their pipes when the walls unexpect-
edly gave way. The members of No. 3 3were on the
second-story floor at the time, and were buried in
the ruins. Daniel McManus, John ]. Ryan and
Lafayette j. Hands were injured, but none of them
seriously Mr.. Hands received several bad cuts on
the head from the falling timbers and his body was
considerably bruised. The property belongs to
Mr. Amos G. Woodward, of Baltimore county, and
was insured in the Equitable Insurace Office of
this city for 81, 900.
The alarm of fire yesterday at 1215 o'clock, P.
NJ, was caused by large quantity of smoke being
seen to issue from the smoke-house of Messrs. Rel
man Son, on the corner of Fayette and Howard
streets.
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING, FEB. Q, 1860.
From STREET THEATRE-Cooper Opera Troupe
The Daughter of the Regiment. The Waterman
Tomorrow night, benefit of Miss Annie Miner
La TraUiata.
HOLIDAY STREET THEArRE.-Mr. Murdoch
Much Ado about Nothing. An Object of Interest.
MUSEUM Red Ranger. An Alarming Sacrifice.
MARYLAND lNsTITUTE.-Buckey's celebrated band
of Serenaders.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WEDNESDAY February g.
FIRST BRANCH cH.-Present-SAMUELG G. SPIcER ESQ ,
President and all the members except Mr..
Irons.
Mr. ROBERTS presented petition from JOS p.
Rocks and others, asking that certain private
alley running from Valley street may be condemn
ed, graded, and paved. Referred.
Mr.. TAYLOR presented the petition of George
Somers, hack owner, asking for damages sustained
to horses and hack, by the violence of lawess
men, who took possession of the hack on the fifth
of January last, while on Light street. Referred
Mr.. MACE presented the claim of Bull & Tuttle,
for printing done for the city. Referred.
Mr.. Balm presented an invitation from the mana
gers of the House of Refuge to the members of the
Council to visit that Institution on the l4h inst
Adopted.
Mr.. EVANS offered a resolution, nquiring of the
Port Warden what obstruction there is in the back
basin, within three hundred yards of the draw
bridge, which causes vessels to run aground
Adopted.
Mr.. CHAPMAN presented the report of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, with an ordinance to
endorse S200000 of the bonds of the Western Mary
land Railroad Company. The ordinance requires
that the road must give mortgage on the pro-
perty for the amount endorsed BY the city, to the
Mayor and City Council, and binds the Company
not to sell the bonds for less than par The first
endorsement will be for $4,000, and on the COM
pletion of five miles of the road $25 900 of the
bonds shall be endorsed, and the same amount on