The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-11

The river men of the Ohio have held meeting in
opposition to bill now before that State Legisla-
ture to obstruct, the navigation of the Ohio by
bridge piers. The meeting expressed its determi-
of any bridge which would obstruct the navigation
of the river, which is natural highway, so decided
to be by the highest tribunal in the land. No OBJ
lection is raised to a bridge which would be III
feet above low water over the channel and leaving
unobstructed channel of not less than four hun
dred feet.
ANOTHER Observation-Disclosures Monday week,
Mr.. j. F. Miller, clerk in the General Post Office,
disappeared suddenly, and has not since been.heard
from. Upon that day he was last seen on his way
to the Alexandria cars, having with him two little
boys, his sons He is a married man, about 81 or
80 years of age apparently, and resided in the First
ward where he has left his wife and young child.
Various reasons assigned for his sudden disap-
pearance. Some of the most charitable attribute it
to mental arrangement; Others to desire to escape
harrassing demands upon him by numerous credi-
tors Washington Star.
RAILROAD FRElGHrs.--The Norfolk and Pc
tersburg Road has made through arrangements
for Boston, from New York, with "CromwelPs
Line" for Philadelphia, for Baltimore, for freight
for Petersburg, Lynchburg, Knoxville, and Mem
phis, in connection with the South Side, Virginia
and Tennessee, East Virginia and Tennessee, and
other railroads, by which goods shipped at any of
these points will be loaded from the steamers at
Norfolk, and shipped through without breaking
bulk any point and freight collected at the end
THE FRANKLIN RAILRoAD.-The Chambersburg
Repository says:-The Franklin Road is at length
opened for travel and traffic by steam regular pas
senger train of cars, drawn by locomotive, passed
over the road on Monday, the 9th inst. TN " ed
nesday the last day of May, l64S the last train of
cars propelled Dy steam, passed over the old road
On Thursday, June LIST, l843, the first horse-car
travelled over that old, hat-bar, no-rail, rickety
concern, and continued to until Monday, as above
stated.
From HAvAxA.-By the arrival of the steamer
De Soto at New Orleans on the 9Th, we have adj
vices from Havana to the I'd inst.
The stock of Sugar about 10000 boxes. Mo-
lasses ~ to Az, Clayed; Muscovado 81 to 81.
Freghts are in better demand for small vessels to
the United States Exchange London, l3A to
Az; New York, 8 20 81; New Orleans, nothing
done, no rates. Health of the island good, and
weather pleasant
Use OF MONEY IN ELEOTioNs.-The Canadians are
not whit behind "the ould country people, at
home, in the lavish use of money in elections
Both Canada and Great Britain are far ahead of
the United States as respects this sort of thing
The Toronto correspondent of the Markham Econo-
mist says that Hon. G. w. Aliens election expenses
we're SOL 900, and Romans $4,000. The latter,
he says, is nearly ruined
WEALTHY MIL1TART.-A mounted military COM
pany has recently been formed at Port Tobacco,
Md. This company is said to be composed of some
of the wealhest men in that part of the State the
captain (Cox) being worth some 5000 000 and the
orderly sergeant between 100000 and $4,000
Captain Harrison, of the Great Eastern, whose
death has been announced in the last news from
Europe, was for several years connected with the
Cunard Line of Atlantic Steamers, and was extern
sivey known and admired in New York for hi:
many superior qualities