The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-19
CITY WT,ELLIGENCE.

Society for the city of Baltimore was held last
night in the Lecture Room of the Central Presby-
terrain Church, corner of Saratoga and Liberty
streets. The weather was very incement which
prevented as full an attendance as was anicinoted
put those who were present, seemed to enter fully
into the spirit of the project and by the following
proceedings 1t Will be seen that the foundation of
society has been laid in Baltimore which, through
Its operations, is calculated to do great good among
class of the community who have heretofore been
negiected1the poor children of the city.
AT o clock the meeting was called to order bv
W. A. Wlsong, Esq, who nominated William B.
Canheid, Esq, as Chairman, and 7. S. Rhett ESQ.,
as Secretary. ~
-, Mr.; Garfield on taking the chair, briefly stated
the object of the meeting and offered an ;nonros;
| prayer.
-, Mr.. Wisong suggested that as the attendance was
tnin @ ON account OF the bad weather. it would be
| perhaps oest 10 ADJOURN over until another evening
wnen larger concourse would be present, and the
statements IN regard to the objects and WORKING of
| the Society, could be made known to greater
NUMBER OF the friends of the cause.
A. Fuller Crane, Esq, then moved that the meet
ing ADJOURN over until Tuesday evening next, and
tnat notlces OF the meeting be given from the pul-
pits of the different churches and in the SUNDAY
Schools " ''e S""u"S
W. c. N. Carr, Esq, opposed the adjournment
| He was in favor of going to work at once-to lose
no time-make a beginning, and the enterprise
would gain strength as it progressed.
Harman Brown, Esq, coincided in the views ex-
/ pressed by Mr.. Carr. He was in favor of an organ
iZation as soon possible.
DR.. Henry S. Hunt also favored speedy Or
! ganization Society such as was about to be
! formed, was much needed in Baltimore and he
/ hoped the friends of the project would commence
| the good work Immediately.
Mr.. Crane then announced that his motion tn ad.
| Journ was Withdrawn.
! Mr.. Wisong then addressed the meatino evrIo;n
! ing the OBJECTS for which it was to be formed-to
gather up the children of the poor the outcast. the
neglected: the orphan, or such have no homes or
means of support; and also to snnnIv rhoSo
QlSDOsed. wi inf
IN IN lne country, where they will be provided for
Mr' -" lsong gave very interesting account of the
Workl9g W Gi such societies in the cities of Boston,
New ork and Philadelphia which cities he had
visited within short time, at the request of the
members of the Prison Aid Society
Inc new l ork Society alone was GATHERING and
sending to the West-to comfortable homes-an-
nually, between eight and nine hundred children
Ninety -hveiper cent. of these children when taken
from the degrading influences which surround
them, turn out WELL and become good bows and
girls. In Baltimore, there between two and
three thousand children who are being brought up
IN vice and crime, and who can be reclaimed and
provided with good homes. There is also a large
ciass-chi!dren of the poor-not of the vicious and
abandoned, who will be benefited bv the operations
OF the Society. These children, who are taken to
comfortable homes in the West, Mr.. Wisong said
are not looked upon as the scourges of society but
as blessings to those who adopt them. In concu-
sion, he urged the formation of a ChiIdren's Aid
Society in Baltimore as the means of SAVING thou
sands OF children from our Jail and penitentary
D. Dean Smith, Esq, President of the Young
Mems Christian Association, also addressed the
meeting, urging the formation of the Society and
recapituating many interesting facts connected
with the habits of children who are trained in our
Sunday Schools.
j. B. Stilson, Esq, of Chicago spoke of the good
such societies were doing in the West, particular
ly in Chicago, where there was great FOREIGN
population, the children of whom were the more
perhaps, neglected than those of any other class
He was glad to see the spirit manifested in snch
cause by the citizens of Baltimore
The meeting was also addressed by A. Fuller
Crane, Esq. and DR.. II. s. Hunt, when the follow
ing resolutions were offered by Mr.. Wisong and
unanimously adopted
In view of the great want of some means to
reach large class of children, who cannot be
taken into House of Refuge or Orphan Asy-
!ums-
Resolved, That we will establish "Cbiidren,s Aid 60
ciety whose object shall be procure homes for such
poor, neglected and abandoned children as have no
homes or are being raised in crime and vice.
heSored. That committee of five be appointed to
draw up constitution and for the government of
the society, and nominate officers
Previous to the adoption of the resolutions, the
meeting was addressed by Il. Stockett Matthews
and W. c. n. Carr, Esqrs.
The President then appointed William A. Wi |
song, A. Fuller Crane, j. Dean Smith, Dr. j. c. |
Thomas and DR.. H. S. Hunt the Committee in ac- |
cordance with the last resolution.
The meeting adjourned to meet at the same place |
on next Monday night.
PROPERTY SALEs.-I esterday F. w Bennett & |
Co., auctoneers, sold at the Merchants EXCHANGE
saIesrooms, the following property Seven lots of
ground in the village of Texas, Baltimore county.
known as Nos. 8, 10, IL, l2 l3 and a. ofdivsion
No 10, of the property Of Ann Griscom, having an
entire front of 435 feet and depth of not less than
l6O feet. Purchased by Narcissus Rogers at S2O
per front foot Also a lot on Second Street. near
south, No. &c. having front of % feet four inches
and depth of 10 feet. Improved by four-story
brick house with three story brick back building,
and subject to annual ground rent of S44O..
Purchased by T. NJ. Lanahan, Esq, for Sll O0O
Also tract of land known as "Carrs Pleasure"
street avenue The property was divIueu rdur
parcels. No. l containing 4 acres, roods and 81
perches, sold at $40 per No. containing 13
acres, 2. rOods and Is perches at Sl07 per acre
No. containing 10 acres, rood, and perches
at Sl25 per acre. and No. containing l3 acres and
10 perches at SI02 per Purchased by p. H.
Sullivan. Messrs Gibson & Co., sold lot of
ground on Madison street, near Bidde, with front
on Madison street of "a feet and depth of l20 feet
to Is feet alley. Improved by three-story brick
dwelling (No PLY and three-story back building,
and subject to annual ground rent of $3.50. Pur-
chased by P. H. Sullivan for S., 100.
SUICIDE ON THE CARs.-A telegram received
on Monday night at the Camden Station, from Mr.
Gordon, agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company at MartinsDurg, announcing the fact that
female passenger who left Baltimore in the morn
ing train, lying at that place, dying from
the effects of laudanum; quantity of which, it was
supposed she had taken while in the cars, four
ounce empty vial Labelled ''laudanum'' found
upon her person. When first noticed by the con
ductOr of the train she was much stupefied from |
the effect of the drug, and died after she
taken from the cars. The body was brought back |
to Baltimore, by the train which arrived here at
A. NJ yesterday, and taken to the Southern
police station. 1t was there recognized by Mrs. |
Evans, living in North Howard street, with whom
deceased formerly boarded, as the body of Mrs. |
Fanny Burns wife of man named W. IL. Burns, |
formerly proprietor of n looking glass and picture |
frame mandatory on North Liberty street. Burns,
it appears, recently sold out his place and left his
unknown. r.
son of Mrs. Burns found through ticket for |
Cincinnati and letter signed w. II. b., Septem !
ber, 1860. The deceased had no children. Her re- |
latons, it seems, all reside in the West whittier she
was journeying. The body taken in charge by
some friends, and will be decently inferred.
RIVER THIEvEs.-On Monday night about eleven
o'clock, Capt. S. r. Wellington, of the schooner
Martha Nay, ly ing at the foot of Concord street,
awakened from his slumbers by cries for help,
and reaching the deck he observed two men
struggling in the water. He went to their assist
and succeeded in getting them board the
Martha May, and also righting their boat, which
had upset. In few minutes they left and the Cap
tain returned to his bed. In the morning he dis.
covered that he had been robbed of ten bags of
grain, and doubt the whose lives he had
saved were the thieves. The police were informed
of the affair, and yesterday morning about seven
o'clock officers Groves and Newcomb observed two
young men in a boat removing bags of grain from
coal barge No. s, and as they started the
basin, the officers jumped into boat and made af
ter them. As soon as the thieves observed that
the officers on their track they threw the
wheat overheard and made for the back basin,
where they succeeded in landing, and before the of
fcers could reach the shore made their escape
The boat which the thieves used is now in posses
sion of the police department, awaiting identified
ton.
ACCIDENT.-Ye esterday evening, about o'clock,
as Mr.. William Warield and his son were driving
along Lexington street, Little Sharp, the horse
became frightened and attempted to run. The
buggy in which the gentlemen sitting
brought into contact with some coal carts passing
along, and both were thrown out on the street.
The elder Mr.. Warfed fell headong upon the curb
stone, causing ugly wound on his forehead and
otherwise injuring him. He carried IN an in
sensible condition into the dwelling of Mr.. Jesse
Holiday, near by and in short time Doctors Starr
/ Robinson and Owings were in attendance. 1t was
at first thought that the skull fractured, but
! after an examination by Doctors Smith and Buck
! Ter it was found that such was not the case, al
| though the wound is very serious one The young
! man was not much injured. The buggy COM
| pleely wrecked. At ten o'clock last night Mr.. War
/ field easier.
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BELL-EvERETT Com
MrTTEE.-Last evening the Committee appointed to
inform Col. Charles Nj. Keyser of his nomination
! for Mayor, by the American Bell-Everett Conven-
ton, met at the Eutaw House. The resignation of
/ Col. Keyser read, but the Committee
| cluded that they had not the power to receive it,
and accordingly have called the members of tbs Con-
| vention together this evening for the purpose of
laving the resignation before them for their action
1t will no doubt be accepted, as Col. Keyser de-
clines peremptorily, and a new nomination must
follow.