The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-08
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From MExrCo.-The Mexican correspondence of
the New York Herald, dated at Monterey on the
10th utimo, contains an interesting resume of the
progress of affairs in that portion of Mexico, with
some important news items. Governor Ortega had
captured Lacatecas for the liberals, and, generally
speaking the cause more hopeful since the late
defeat OF Mlramon in the mountains General
AuaZua was preparing to open new campaign.-
The exports from Monterey in 1859 were very
valuable including twelve millions of dollars in spe-
Gle. Theimports for the same period were rated at
nine millions of dollars Drs Martin and Kinr both
Americans, quarrelled at the dinner table Of their
hotel in Satillo, when the former was instantly
shot dead by King, who made his escape. Dr.
Martin was a native of Lexington KY. and enioyed
a very high reputation in Mexico, both as a phys-
clan and kind hearted gentleman.
The Boston MAssACRE.-The citizens of Boston
celebrated on Monday the ninetieth anniversary of
the so-called Boston massacre. On the 9TH of
March, ITO, portion of the British troops sta.
toned in Boston, gOaded to desperation by the
taunts and insults they had received from the po-
pulace, fired upon them in King, State
street. Three persons were instantly killed, and
three more MORALLY wounded. A part of the pro-
gramme was given on Monday evening in the Me-
lodeon, where number of prominent men address,
ed the meeting. promenade levee, in the YES
try Of the South street Church, ended the ceremo-
MES,
RESIGNATION OF SUPERINTENDENT PILsBURY-Yes-
terday, at the regular meeting of the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners, the resolution to restore to Su
perntendent Pilsbury the power of detailing, as
signing and transferring policemen, was lost His
! letter of resignation then read and accepted.
| number of our most eminent merchants and citi-
zens petitoned the Board to restore to the Super
| intendent the powers of which he had been strip
| ped, but no heed was paid to their petiton-Ne,g
York. Day Book, Of Tuesday.
ARRIVAL OF A BRAZILIAN SuIr-or-WAR-The
! Brazilian corvette Donna Isabel, Commander Bento
de Carvalho, arrived at New York on Sunday from
Pernambuco. She mounts eighteen guns, and has
crew of two hundred and forty persons, all told.
| She is school ship, and visits New York for the
| purpose of being taken on the dry dock, after
| which she will proceed to Portsmouth England,
Cherbourg, Antwerp, Lisbon, and from thence to
| the Brazils She has twenty-five Midshipmen and
five Leutenants.
| At Monroe city, Arkansas, on the night of the
| 2lst ult., man by the name of Robinson was shot
dead in his own house, by some one outside firing
| upon him through the window. 1t was afterwards
discovered that two brothers were instgated to do
| the deed by the wife of the murdered man-one of
| the brothers to marry her when her husband
was dead. All were arrested and hung Thurs
| day, the LIST.
INTERESTING DECISION To RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
| The Supreme Court of Vermont has decided that
| railroad company is not liable to person in
its service for an injury resulting from the negli
| gence OF fellow-servant The Court held that
this exemption extended to the conduct of all the
employees of the company who are engaged in the
| common business of operating the road in whatev-
er relation of subordination to each,other.
The slave Lewis, that murdered his master, Dr.
w. J. Kett, the 10Th ult., was hung on the
Wednesday following. He was tried by a commit
tee, consisting of twelve freeholders, appointed for
| that purpose by a large meeting of the citizens of
the county, held on that day. The trial was con-
Quoted with great care, at the place where the
murder committed.
Mrs. Kemble has made her "last appearance" as
a dramatic reader. Boston was the place chosen.
and Hamlet the subject. She had a large audience;
the o1 fbnh hall. md la
performed the task successfully. At the close of
, the reading she made few parting remarks, in n
manner which su1used with tears many eye
fixed upon the speaker, those 'spracious drops" at
times nearly choking her own utterance.
Mr.. Floyd, the Secretary of War, has appeared
before the Harpers Ferry investigation and testi-
fled to the receipt of an anonymous letter, already
published, warning him of threatened attack on
| the Government Arsenal in Maryland. AS there
was none in that State, he thought the letter a
hoax which detected itself.
penny Shakespeare is among the latest Englisl
literary enterprises-wel printed copies of the
plays being furnished to the public at this small
charge 1t will probably be very successful, lik
1858, twelve million sheets had been sold, weighing
upward of three hundred and thirty five tons.
THE Loss by THE DANvILLE FIRE.-The amount o
actual damage done by this calamity is about S275,
900. Upon this there is an insurance to the amour
of $4,000, leaving the net actual loss to the com
munity of $685. The population of the tow
is about three thousand.
a Miss Martha Hanes Butt, the young Virgins
4 authoress, has recently received a matrimonial
e offer from Frederick, the young Prince of Den
mark, who fell in love with her at the PresidentI
c levee. The lady refused the royal visitor.
Mr.. John p. Dobyns, President of the Farmers
Bank of Kentucky, at Maysvlle, has not been seer
or heard of since the lst of November, 1859, ther
in St. Louis and great fears entertained for hi.
l safety.
The Commissioners of Allegany county, Pennsyl
vania, were fined 81 900 each on Tuesday, by the
Superior Court of Pennsylvania, for refusing to
collect the tax to pay the interest due on the
railroad bonds guaranteed by the county.
7 In Mississippi City, Saturday last, two mel
were committed on the charge of numbering VIM
Hamilton. The body found near the residence
of the former, floating the water with an i'm
mense weight attached to it.
The following sums up the last quarterly repor
of the Coroner of New Orleans-Victims of homi
eide II; drowned s; suicide g. infanticide 2; in
temperance %; died by accident I6; exposure /
total II.
On Saturday last one of the fishermen operating
near Norfolk, Va, caught at one haul eight han
dred FISH,, averaging in weight about fifty pounds
The haul brought 81 200.