The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-18

A HUMAN SAcR1FICE.-A strange affair is related
in the Russian Journals At Moscow the occupiers
OF vast house at the corner of Great West street
were awakened by the glare and cracking of fire.
and on getting up found that large pile of fuel
consisting of logs of fir trees which had been col
lected in the courtyard, was in flames. The con-
Hagration was extingushed as quickly as possible.
On examining the remains of the fire the cacined
bones of woman We're found and it turned out
that widow named Theleska T. about forty
years of age, who had lived in the house, had dis
appeared. Nothing could be heard of this woman,
and as she had repeatedly declared that in these
times the sacrifice of human victims was necessary
to appease the wrath of God against sinners the
conclusion was come to that she had lighted up the
fire and placed herself in the midst of it to be con-
sumed. In the Russian Empire, the Moscow Jour.
nals state, selt-cremation from motives Of religious
fanaticsm, is not rare. In the province of Oonetz
for example, il the of last spring. not fewer
that Is persons, men and women, burnt themselves
to death in the belief that they performing an
act pleasing to God.
PRoFITs OF GAS CoMPANIEs.-Besides the extor.
tionate profits derived by gas companies from the
supply OF gas to their customers, the majority of
them have been making considerable earnings from
meter rents, interest deposits and surcharges on
the laying of service pipes The effect of these i'm
| posts has been to put gas beyond the reach of
large class OF persons, who, although able to pay
for the consumption, were not sufficiently well off
to leave money lying idle in the hands of the COM
panles and to pay for fxings. We are glad to find
that the influence OF competition is likely to put
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company has been started, which undertakes to
supply gas without any of these conditions, and at
fifty cents the thousand feet cheaper than its rival
1t is to be hoped that the company will not
follow the example of its predecessors, and
as it gets support falSify the pledges which it
has obtained it. If it keeps its promises to its Gus
toners, it will initiate reforms in the dealings of
gas companies with the public which are sadly
needed.-N. Y. Herald, Sept II.
ATTEMPT TO Blow Or MANOR WAR.-Duripg
the celebration n Emnnror's fnta in an
attempt was made to blow up mammoth man of
war named the Kaiser. An account saws: The
attention of the sentinel guard over the powder
! magazine of the Kaiser having been attracted by
| faint, grating noise, seeming to issue from the
woodwork, he gave the alarm. A search was
| made, and crouching upon his hands and knees was
discovered individual, who, having succeeded in
boring an augur-hole into the powder magazine,
was already inserting the wire to which was fixed
the match which he had destined to blow up the
vessel with every soul board, the whole of the
ships lying in the neighborhood, the Archduke and
all his company, including besides, the greater part
of the town itself. The culprit belonged to the
Kaiser, and turns out to be the officer called in the
Austrian service, Second Captain which answers to
First Lieutenant in our own. He was, of course,
immediately seized, but before he could be secured
naa blown his brains out with the pistol he carried
| In his belt. He was an Austrian. ss" oia
oche1er's last great work, "Christ Tempted on
the Mount, and which he painted as a commission
from the french government to be placed in the
Louvre, has just been engraved by Francois. of
Paris. 1t is a fine line engraving. and a further
evidence Of the adaptability Of Scheffers pictures
to the skill of the engraver. f,.1e !. =" :,