The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-16


the upper stories, would be a sufficient support;
witness felt uneasiness about anything connected
with the mill except the water in the foundation
and the excavation in the wheel-pit; Mr.. Lowell
gave me express instructions to spare no expense
| to stop not at safety but to make assurance
doubly sure in the constructions the original plan
was to build it five stories; plans of each floor were
| drawn at my request, and which marked with
accuracy the place of every part of the machinery
ana the machinery was all contracted for before
the loundatlon was laid; felt it of vital impor-
tance to us that the walls should be perfectly safe;
! was not aware of any weakness in the walls: /
| placed great confidence in Can't Biuelow. did No
| Know that the wall at the stairway was only one
foot thick until this investigation; the trusses were
put under the floors to prevent vibration; the mill
! was the seadiesC | ever knew; had no apprehen-
| sion in regard to the cracks in the chimney: the
| sides and ends of the mill had been so camped to-
gether with strong iron that thought there was
I no danger from that cause; think the machinery
was packed rather more closely than usual in this
| ml the mill was disposed of two wears ago to
| Messrs. David Nevins and George Howe; have
learned that there has been additional weight of
machinery; the iron pillars cost about twice as
much as wooden ones; no objections were made by
the Essex Company against procuring iron pil-
| lars; Capt Bigeow wrote to me that had better
get them OF oods, and enclosed me plan; he fur
nshed them at 13c per lb. cheaper than the pro-
P3sal OF the Lawrence Company; do not remember
! MT futile speaking to about the walls being
| too thIn he may have said so; he complained that
the bricks were very une' zen; asked him if they
were less strong, anc he said no, they strong
er, because they were harder; remember the screw
| Jack being put on where of the pillars was
broken; that the only defect in the mill that
! was ever made aware of.
| At four O'Clock the inquest was adjourned till
| nine O'Clock on Saturday morning.
HOW THE FIRE ORIGINATED
The New York Tribune of Saturday saws:
From information communicated to us by a gem
tleman who arrived from Boston on Friday morn
ing, 1T would seem that the fatal burning of the
wrecked building was another "Camphenc Acci-
dent The history of the disaster by the fire, now
accepted at Lawrence is, that man Jealous to re-
| heve suffering and save life, endeavored to pass
some hot coffee through an aperture into space
where several men and women, unharmed by the
crash, were yet imprisoned between the wall and
the BEAMS To find his way safely in for his pitcher
he first introduced his lantern. 1t met with some
hard resisting substance, and knocked from his
hand; 1t broke as it fell, and the camphene with
which it was charged, of course ignited while it
was scattered The loose cotton took fire immedi
ateiy, and the terrible consequences now history
THE SUFFERERS.
Inc following recapitulation shows the total
number that have suffered by this awful catastro-
phe:
Dead. ad......,....... sz
s''''''''''''' 90
i"tai
. ASSISTANCE FOR THE SUFFERERS.
In New \ ork they actively engaged in col
iectlng and forwarding money to the Mayor of
Lawrence, for the use OF the afflicted of his town.
PHILADELPHIA, January I3.-GeoEge G. Evans
book publisher, of this city, has contributed 81 900
to the Lawrence relief fund. Mr. Evans beran life
as Lawrence factory boy. Other contributions
are coming in.
This morning the Philadelphia Corn Exchange
made donation of $500 for the Lawrence sufferers
This Is the first movement in this citv
BoSToN, January l3.-Charles G. Greene editor
OF the Post, RENTED $4,000 to the Mayor of Law
renee to-day, to be expended in aid of the suffer-
er8 there The money was contributed by the Suf-
folk Club.
EMANCIPATION OF THE RUSSIAN SERFs.-ln Ger
man paper we find article on the subject of Rus
sian emancipation, dated st. Petersburg, December
4th, which translate
"n Stardub, avillage of the district of Kaschiru,
very remarkable event has taken place. The
proprietor OF the village, Herr Ncola Turgeniew
mas entered into voluntary contract with the
sers on his estate for their emancipation The viii
lage has an area of 562 desstaines Ia Russian term
OF land measure) of land, and a population of Isl
males, so that there are to each male lis dessta-
tines By the effect of this contract the proprie-
tor relnquishes to the community or parish third
part of the SOIL that is to say 1917 destatiaes and
reserves to himself two-thirds. The dwellings of
the peasants, with the land appertaining to them
become the entire property of the occupants The
peasants bind themselves to paw the capitation
taxes and all subsisting imposts. The homesteads
can only pass to an heir, who shall come under the
same obligations as his predecessor, and purchase
the consent OF his co-heiTs, nor can they be sold
except to peasants Of the same village. The land
not pertaining to the several dwellings belongs to
the community. The community binds itself to nav
a bonus of APO silver roubles The popular ri err
Turgeniew formally Declares the end of the CON
tract that the peasants at liberty to withdraw
from the arrangement as soon as the negotiations
between the government and the nobility shall
offer them more favorable conditions The civil
authorities of the village, their part engage not
to intiict corporal punishment and only to sentence
Offenders to lines, compulsory labor and mprison-
ment'
W hen the Emperor, on the occasion of his late
VISIT to Iskow, was presented to the nobility of the
government of that place, he said to them:
81 have long cherished the wish to visit you and
reJoice that it is granted to fulfil that wish.
hitherto the nobility has with a ready consent,
yielded to the imperial desire, and have always
appealed to it with perfect confidence. With the
same confidence, gentlemen, | addressed YOU in re-
gard to the question of the peasantry, and l thank
you that, after the example of the others of your
order, you have responded with interest to nv ap-
peal. This question is going forward to its
solution, and hope that you expect its consumma-
ton with the same reliance on me that manifested
when addressing myself to you, and with the full
persuasion that this matter will be concluded to the
mutual advantage of both parties-so that the inter-
est of the mobiles will be, as far as possible, secured
and at the same time the condition of the peasants
improved. | am persuaded that iyou will Justify
my confidence in you."-N y. Post.
IRON SHIPS AND THE ARMSTRONG GUNs-Several
important experiments have been tried in England
with heavy Armstrong gun, the exact results Of
that
ted ships will not be able to resist the fire of these
guns. The trials made last August from the Stork
gun-boat, with sXty-eight Founders dis charged
against iron and steel plates, at distance of two
hundred yards, showed that iron steel-cad ships
could really be more easily DESTROYED at that dis
tance than a ship entirely of timber and since that
period it has been found that ninety-eght pound.
er is capable of completely pertorating four-inch
iron plates. 1t has been proved that with a charge
OF only five pounds of powder, thirty two pound
shot may be thrown from this gun distance of five
and half miles. The great steam-ram now in
course of construction at the Thames Iron works,
will be armed with thirty-six Of the Armstrong
guns, each of which will be capable of throwing a
shot of one hundred pounds weight distance of
five miles. This extraordinary addition to the
British naval power will be three hundred and
eighty feet in length, fifty-eight in breadth, forty
one and half in depth; her tonnage six thousand
one hundred and sevsnty-seven tons; the engines
are to be of one thousand two hundred and fifty
horse power; her total weight at sea nine thousand
tons, and her speed sixteen miles hour.-Pen
sytUdnia Inquirer.
A FAVORED GUARD.-A foreign correspondent of
the PhiIadelphia Bulletin says
At Rome they are forming sort of National
Guard, to be called Palatine. They to have all
sorts of privileges some of which are droll euough
The officers above the rank of sergeant are each to
have ''two tickets to the. theatre in turn;" they
are to paw no taxes, to have all the decorations
that the Pope can bestow, and to be exempted from
arrest by all the tribunals except "the eceguatur of
the prefecture of the sacred palaces" whatever
that may be. | have not myself the remotest idea
OF the nature OF the instrument. Moreover, they
are to rank over all other officers of their grade in
the line and to have the right of hunting gratis-
The soldiers may reside in barracks or in the
bosoms of their families ''they may carry fire
arms" singular permission for a soldier) and the
government will "doter" every year six of the
daughters, sisters, or "nubile relations" of each
regiment. Likewise there is exemption from ar
rest, (the exequatur aforesaid always excepted),
exemption from passports. and in fact exemption
from everything that could make life disagreeabe
to Palatine; exemption from military duty
though not mentioned, have no doubt is included
LIBERALISM ENGLAND.-Until the year 1928
when the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel
consented to the repeal of the disqualifying sta
tutes no Dissenter could hold certain offices in Eng
land. Above all, no Dissenter could be a Judge
Lord Pamerston has just appointed Methodist
the son of Methodist preacher. to the responsible
and lucrative Office of Solicitor General of Eng
land. This is the first Dssenter placed on the lu-
dicial bench since the time of Cromwell.
Mr.. William Atherton, the new Solicitor Gene
rail- was born in Scotland, and his father the late
Rev. William Atherton, was a Wesleyan minister
70: some time President of the English Methodist
Conference. He was Judge Advocate of the Fleet
few years ago, and is decided Liberal in politics.
tavorng extension of the suffrage vote by ballot
large reform of the law, and the removal of all
since 1852 and is in his fifty-fourth year. His
appointment, which will give satisfaction to the
dissenting interest in England, is likely to operate
in favor of Lord Palmerston's ministry.
OUR COMMERCE WITH SOUTH AMERICA.-The New |
York Chamber of Commerce has taken up the sub |
ject of the commerce of the United States with
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