The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-05
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

MEETING OF THE CRY PASSENGER RAILWAY Stock
HoLDERs.-Last night the subscribers to the City
Passenger Railway stock met in Temperance Tenn
pie. There were about twenty persons present.
The meeting was held in conformity with resolu-
tion adopted at the last meeting, requiring each OF
the stockholders to pay an instalment OF $3.50
on this night or forfeit his stock. No doubt a
large majority of the stockholders stayed away be-
cause they had not the ''two and half' to spare.
The meeting was organized by calling Col. Isaac
NJ. benson to the Chair, in the Absence of Col.
Snyder, President of the Association. W. j.
Hami, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, was
appointed Secretary. Mr. Hopkins, the Treasurer,
reported that nineteen persons had paid their in
staments, and the Chairman Informed those in the
room who had not poid that the Treasurer would
take pleasure in waiting on them. Some halt
dozen individuals walked up to the Captains Office
and settled. The Treasurer then asked the Chairman
what was to be done with those persons who had
not come prepared to pay. Would they forfeit
their stock provided they paid within a day or
two? Mr.. Hambleton moved that the period for
receiving the nstalments be extended to ten days.
Before this motion acted on our Reporter was
informed that the meeting did not desire his pres
ence its action intended to be of privdte
ture. The Reporter accordingly left.
THE CONDITION OF THE RIVER AND HARBoR.-The
steamer Georgia, which towed the lighter to the
ship SiIrer Star on Tuesday afternoon, returned
the same night. She left the lighter at anchor in
the river, fearing that placed alongside of the
ship it might be injured by the drift-ce. Yester-
day morning the Georgia left with the steamer
Louisiana in her wake Capt. Weems, of the
George Weems, which arrived from the Patuxent,
reports meeting the Louisiana below the Seven
Foot Knoll, and also the Georgia at the side of the
lSiluer Star, engaged in taking out the cargo II
the weather should continue as moderate as on yes
terday, the steamer will succeed in getting the
ship off to-day. Capt. Weems states that the track
made by the Georgia and Louisiana was completely
blocked up with heavy ice, and it was with the
greatest difficulty he reached the CITY, The steam
ship Parkersburg, Capt. Powell arrived yesterday
from New York. To-day at noon the steamship
s. r. Spauldmg, of the Boston line, will leave.
Persons desiring to have their vessels towed down
the river to open water, can make arrangements
with Capt. Howes to that effect.
THE FIRE AT TRUST, SICKEL & Co.'s-In the con-
fusion attending this fire on Tuesday night it was
impossible to ascertain the exact loss; since then
learn the stock of Messrs. T. S. & Co. amounted
to 100000 or 5,000 which is damaged by fire and
water to the amount of $4,000. The insurance i:
$4,000, in the following Offices: The Associated
| Firemen's and the Baltimore Fire Insurance Com
| panies have each SIS 900, and there is policy in
the "Continental' of New York of So 900 more
| With respect to the fire, it is supposed that the
workmen who were engaged in taking down the
| adjoining building, and who had made large fire
against the partition wall next to T. S. & Co.'s store
during the day. had not carefully extinguished the
same; the heat passing through the wall set fire tC
| the goods in their house.
THE WEATHEE.-Yesterday morning there wa.
| quite change in the temperature; it moderated
continued until about two inches of snow fell. II
| the afternoon, the pavements generally
| cleaned, and the walking was good. The City Pas
| senger Railway company kept the railroad track
clear by the of salt. A coal-car, filed witt
coarse salt was placed on the track, with hopper
arranged the width Of the car in the bottom, which
distributed the salt on the track, and by night thu
snow between the rails had melted away.
| Quick PASsAGE.-The new iron steamer s. r
| Spaulding. of the Boston Line, commanded by Capt
| Solomon Howes, made her last trip from Boston tc
this port in 81 hours. The fastest time made b,
the steamers of this line, between the two ports
was by the Joseph Whitney, in 50 hours. The s. Il
Spauiding left Boston at one O'Clock, p NJ, on Sat
urday, and reached the Capes in 80 hours, the
| shortest time made by any steamer. If the shil
| had not encountered so much ice below North Poin
! she doubtless would have made the entire trip il
| so hours.
ANOTHER CASE OF BuRNING.-About eight o'clocl
on Tuesday height, negro woman, employed as
servant in a family in Penn street, near German
| was severely burned, in consequence fher clothe
| catching fire from the lamp on the tea-table. Sh
ran into the street, when several gentlemen VIII
were passing drew off their overcoats, and threw
them around her, smothering the flames. She re
ceived proper attention from the members o tn
| family.
SEVERELY BURNED.-Y esterday morning, abou
ten o'clock, Mrs. Neland, living at No. SO Chap
ell street. left her little daughter three years of age
III room by herself and went into the yard at
tacbed to the house. She had scarcely been absen
one minute when she heard the child scream; upo
running in she found it enveloped in flames. Th
chid's dress had caught fire from the stove an
its clothing was burnt off, and its body, from tn
\ knee up, buint to crisp.
New SAVANNAH STEAMER.-We call attention
the advertisement of the new Savannah ssteame
Monticello, which has been placed on the Savanna
line to leave Spears wharf on Saturday next, tn
7th inst, at P. NJ.