The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-23

Four Brothers BURNED TO DEATH.-A most dis
| tressng calamity, says the Pittsburg Chronicle,
occurred in Clarion county on Monday night. 1t
appears that shortl ly after the family of Mr.. VIM.
| Rhoads, farmer residing in Knox township, had
retired to rest, the dwelling was discovered to be
| on fire. Mr.. Rhoads was absent at the time and
his wife having been awakened by the heat, rush
ed out of the house, and called upon her children,
who slept up stairs, to follow. Finding they made
no reply, she hurled stones through the window of
the apartment in which they slept, in hopes that
she might, in this way, bring them to a sense of
| their peril. The poor womans efforts, however.
met with response, and her four sons, one Of
! them almost full grown, who occupied the room,
pershed in the flames. 1t is supposed that at the
| time she left the house the smoke had become so
| dense up stairs to suffOcate the boys in their
beds-otherwise her cries would have alarmed
| them. The conduct of Mrs. Rhoads on the occa-
sion is spoken of in terms of unqualified admira-
ton Besides the boys up stairs, she had five lit
tie ones, who slept on the first floor, to take care
of, and though she periled her own life to effect it,
she succeeded in bringing them in safety from the
| burning building. The occurrence caused much
distress to the people of the neighborhood and the
| deepest sympathy for the bereaved parents was
| manifested
| The Governor of Maine has removed Geo. NJ
| W eston as Commissioner for the State of Maine
to prosecute claims against the United States, in
consequence of his implication with the defalcaton
of Peck, State Treasurer.
The trial of Land, for the murder of Flanagan,
in Princess anne county, IS progressing at Norfolk.
| Ex-Governor Wise made very powerful and eo-
qnent speech in favor of change of venue, but it
was refused.
The Alabama Legislature has passed a law COM
pelling Northern insurance companies to paw $500
to each town in the State in which they effect in
surance. 1t amounts to prohibition.
| The Charlottesville Advocate states that gentle
man of Piedmont, Virginia. has transferred S700,
900 to the city of Baltimore, rather than pay the
heavy tax which Virginia exacted.
The Cleveland Gas Light Company, at their last
semi annual dividend day, divided their surplus
giving to each stOckholder a dividend of ftty per
cent. on every share of stock
The Wings of Florida have issued call for
Convention, to be held in June next, when they
will determine upon their course of action in the
coming Presidential election.
The late news from Mexico has caused strong
| sensation among the financiers in Wall street, New
York.
A large and splendid convent for the Sisters of
Charity is to be erected IN Alton Ill, covering an
entire block or square and costing SSo,OUo.
Sidney Webster, Esq, formerly Secretary of ex-
President Pierce is to be married to daughter of
| Ex-Governor Fish, of New York.
| Soulououe is economical for an ex-Emperor. He
has changed his lodgings to save So per month and
his wife does the family washing.
| Eleven thousand letters were sent bv the last
overland California mail.
Some two hundred RATS of timber and boards
have already arrived at Havre-de Grace.
New England covers an area of 65, 900 square
miles, has ,4OOtowns, and population Of 100000