The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-13

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ola valuable horse belonging to DR.. Searles being
killed by poson-two little girls, children of Peter
Tinker, dead, and Tinker himself corpse.
The facts of the case, as we have been able to
learn them, briefly these. Yesterday WED
nesday) peter Tinker coming out ofthe
stable short time before the horse died. and it is
supposed that he gave him strychnne because he
was jealous of Dr. Seares, the owner of the animal
1t seems that some time last fall, Mr.. Tinker, who
is reported of good habits, employed DR..
Searles Ia free-ove spirituast,l to prescribe for
his wife, who then ailing. The Doctor attend-i
ed Mrs. Tinker, aed the result is that she aban.
doned her two children, and is now living under
the roofwith DR.. Searles and his wife.
Their children, it seems, since the separation of
Mr.. Tinker and his wife, have been living at diff
ferent places, among friends. The last place at
which one of the children stopping was Mr.
Lilly's On Tuesday afternoon the father called at
| Mr. Lilly's and took the child away, saying that
he was going to take the children among friends
The little girls names are Lucinda, (who went by
the name of "Eva,") and Flora. Eva was s and
Flora years old On taking leave of Mrs. Lilly,
she was asked to sing little song beginning, 81
have home" or, 81 have MOTHER The little
girl, in reply, said, 81 can't sing those songs be-
cause | have no home; had mother, but have
got none now"
Yesterday afternoon Tinker was found in the
streets. apparently intoxicated. He was taken to
the Park Hotel, and DR.. Fuller called, who dis
covered that Tinker had taken heavy dose of
laudanum, and was suffering from the effects.
pistol heavily loaded was found in his pockets, and
various surmiSes circulated in relation to his
intentions. Tinker said he procured the pistol
because he contemplated going west; but he de-
nounced DR.. Searles in severe terms, and it is sus
pected that he intended to shoot DIR. s. account
of jealousy. Tinker passed terrible night, and
this morning, about eight o'clock, he died in a
| spasm. After his death papers were found
in his stocking, one of which revealed the fact
that he had poisoned his two little children and
| that they were in the room formerly occupied by
him in the old Medical College building. On GO
ing to the the two little children were found
daal laid hair Ia p6c ri dad
| their breasts.
1t seems that Tinker on Tuesday administered
| laudanum to his children in some oysters, in the
room where they this morning were found; that he
stayed by them until they died; and after straighten
ing them out left them, and took poison himself 1t
was terrible sight to look at the children as they
lay on an old straw bed-wth froth at their mouths
from the effects of the poison. The mother of the
children came to see her ofspring-looked at them
carelessly, and went away with little or no emotion
There is history connected with this whole affair
which we cannot now stop to publish-we NAV do
| so some other time.
The indignation of the populace aroused, this
morning, against DR.. Searles to such an extent that
it was deemed best by the officers, for the personal
| safety of the Doctor, to put him into the Pen-
| tertiary. We know not to what extent the Doctor
can be or is implicated in the matter, but from what
we can learn, he thinks his position is anything but
| comfortable one.
| The journal of Friday evening says:
"The funeral took place at two O'Clock this after
noon, from the Medical College, in presence of not
! less than l 500 people.
"Mrs. Tinker attended the funeral On entering
! the room where the corpses of her husband and
children lay, she wept little the first child
kissing it; she then cast but single glance at her
| husband who lay between the children, and wept
rifle over the remains of her other little daughter
| THE DEFALcArIoN OF TREASURER PEcK-The Joint
committee appointed by the Legislature of Maine
to investigate the facts of the serious defalcaton of
Benjamin D. Peck, the late Treasurer of that State
have completed their arduous task, after about fifty
sessions, and has made its report to the Legislature
correspondent of the Boston journal gives an
| abstract of the document, from which it appears
that the exact amount of the defacation is S94 O23
SO. Mr. Peck's written statement processes to give
an explanation Of the process which led to this dis
graceful result. Soon as he had "got warm in his
| place as Treasurer, he says he was induced to
| loan the States money to his bondsmen and Others
all OF whom repaid him, except one, so that he
made his first years accounts square by borrowing
a small sum. Next year matters went in the
same way, leaving him 100000 short at the end of
the year, which deficit he supplied by discounts at
the banks, so that the committee appointed to ex-
anime the Ireasurers accounts pronounced them
call right" The Canada speculation began, amid
the most hattering prospects, in July, 1858, with
required total outlay of $4,000, and the pay
ment down of $4,000, which Mr.. Peck says he pro-
vided out of his 'private means" 1t supposed
| that the receipts of the concern before January
1850, would amount to 100000 or $40, 900. But
the outlay exceeded the latter figures, and not a
cent came back. Mr. Peck being the only s'money-
ed man. in the concern, supplied the means best
he could, not sparng the State funds. He saws his
associates zone of whom has recently presented a
claim against Massachusetts for services in Wash
ington) did not advise him to use the States
| money, but as to their knowledge of the fact he
leaves others to Judge. The exposition of the com
mlttee, based on the testimony of Peck's Canada
copartners, and filling up the above outline is a
unique and interesting exhibit of foolish career of
| fraud. The relation of Peck with his bondsmen is
also fully set forth. Several of the banks of Maine
are severely blamed for their dealings with Peck
| hn Iln f,,1+ Jo1Io.
has ever been used by Peck for political purposes
They place due share Of the responsibility for the
Ireasurer's transactions upon his bondsmen.
MURRAIN IN MAssAcHUsErrs.-The disease among
| the cattle in North Brookfed Mass is exciting
| great alarm. correspondent of the Boston Adj
reriser thus describes the result of the postnaorte
examination of an animal, which, having been ia
ken sick, was killed, to allow of thorough nves-
| tgation:
''The chest was filled to its utmost capacity with
straw colored cerum, portions of which had coagu
lated and formed nearly pound Of colorless albu
men, No wonder the animal could not expand its
| lungs, with such of foreign matter in its
| chest. The lungs were found to be very much
| compressed. One portion presented gritty sur
face to the touch, and was dense that it quickly
sunk when placed in water, showing that its spe-
! citic gravity was unnaturaly great. Such was
| the appearance of the diseased organs in the ami
nal which | saw this afternoon. But eyewitness
of other examinations state that in some animals
lungs at all could be found and in the first case
which occurred here it is said that the lungs were
expanded to fill the entire chest and that the
air cells were filled with coloress mucous matter
of most disagreeable odor. In the animal slain
this afternoon both sides of the chest presented
very similar aspects, but sometimes one side is af-
| fected more than the other and lift is the right
side the disease is milder than lift is the left
1oung cattle apparently stand a better chance to
recover than old ones
THE RIGHT TO APPROPRIATE STREET NUMBER
Hiram Anderson as. James Kearny and Robert G..
Gregg.-This was an application on behalf of the
plaintiff for an order ofinjuncton against the de-
| fendants-he alleging that that they had appro-
priated to their and benefit his sign, the No. 90
| Bowery. The afidavits of the plaintiff set forth
that for eighteen years he had been selling carpets
at this number on the Bowery, and that by large
expenditure of money he had established a reputa.
ton in his business at that place. 1t was then set
forth that the defendants, in October last began
the sale OF carpetngs at No. 107 Bowery, and that
| they put up sign with the figures 1922 thereon,
from twelve to fifteen inches in length, with the
word "cents" under it in diminutive letters. This
| the plaintiff alleged, was an intendei fraud upon
him, and he averred that he had already lost So 900
by that means. The affidavts of a number of 9TH
er persons set forth the same facts Upon these
affdavits Justice Moncrief, of the Superior Court
granted an injunction enjoining the defendants
from further use of this street number of the
plantif-N Y. Times.
THE DESKS IN THE REPRESENTATIVES, HALL.-The
New York Times contains letter from Capt NJ
Z. Meigs, the distinguished engineer, in reply to
| the charge made in another New York paper that
the changes introduced by him, substituting the
benches for chairs and desks, ''though sanctioned
| by the committee of the last Congress, were not
authorized or contemplated by the resolution di-
recting the experiment, and cost nearly $50 O00;"
and "that the floors and heating apparatus were
constructed to prevent a return to the old system
When the resolution to return to the first plan
was under consideration, all discussion was cut off
| by the demand for the previous question, and the
| House of Representatives heard no explanation.-
| Capt. Meigs now explains that when the change
was determined on by the last Congress he met the
committee in charge, and prepared plan embody-
ing their views, ''to bring the seats of members
within the smallestconvenient space, according to
| the resolutions of the House.
CYLINDER this order of the House (says Can't NJ
| 1t was plainly my duty to carry out, as far as
could, the views of the committee whose resolution
had thus been adopted, and did so, faithfully and
economically, making the least possible change in
| the hoor and heating apparatus. The committee
ceased to exist but their plan remained. The COST
instead of being eighty thousand dollars was about
fifteen thousand That do not now state the ex-
act sum is due to the fact that the records of the
office passed out of my hands before the meeting
of Congress"
Bituminous coal has been discovered on the farm
of Arson Frazer about three miles north of Plain
field. 1t found about thirty feet from the sur
face, and is rather saty in appearance but it burns
with strong blaze, showing that it is impregnated
with oil or bitumen.
On the Sth inst, nv the Rev James Wright, JONES