The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-19
WASHINGTON NEWS.

lHE SAN JUAN Observation-Disclosures AMI FpFNcE
MEDIA hplAfioN IN MEXIC0-MR. BowMAN-MIsCELLA-
me present aspect of the San Juan ouestion ia
any tnng out peaceful, Judging from the announce
teceIiiy made by Lord John Russell and has
strohg smell OF powder. The last desDotcb of I'D
John has not yet been received and Of course &c
contents are not known. One thing is very Ger
tam, our government will not Weld one iota from,
the position lrst assumed, that the island was
within the jurisdiction of the United Stotas I'd
will maintain that position at all hazards IF
England is anxious for trial of strength with the
United States she can have it upon this question by
persisting in her right to the and.-Adyices
from Jalapa to the 2Sth ofApri state it was known
there that Mr.. McLane was favorable to the media
ton which France and England had rendered to
the belligerents, and which Miramon accepted. If
mat policy be sanctioned by the instructions from
mere, 1T may produce material effect upon the po-
ltica fortunes of JuareZ The recent battle be-
tween uraga and Vega, in which the former was
i s mas oeen mistakenly claimed a tri-
umph OF the liberals. Uraga is fighting for him
sen ana independent of both factions-Mr
bowman, the ostensibe editor and pronrietor of
the Consultation, appeared before the Coyode Cnm
mlttee, and testified that the various articIas in
that paper after Mr. Schnabe's evidence several
weeks ago, imputing perjury, the first of which
was written by Mr.. Browne, and the others bv
subordinate, had no reference to Mr.. Schnable or
to any one else. but general in their charac-
ter and founded upon street rumors, bar-rOom re-
ports and the like.-The Butterfeld mail steamer
bill will probably be amended so as to throw the
line open to competition. Several members are of
opinion that, as drawn it will be open to the
objection of special legislation There is very
strong lobby influence at work to secure its pas
sage There are but four appropriation bills re-
naming Tor the action of the House, viz the reg
nlar Post-Oifce, Civil, Naval and Miscellaneous-
The Senate is much in arrears with the current
business, and there is little hope of any practical
legislation lei while the present debate continues
Inc Senate Finance Committee have under consid-
Grafton the Tariff bill as it passed the House. and it
Is said they will report it to the Senate with but
few if any amendments. There is strong proba.
blity of its becoming law this session.
From tie liverpool Times, Aay7j
IHE BENICIA Boy IN LIvERPooL.-0n Wednesday
evening, the md instant, Heenan arrived in Liver
pool from Chester, and took up his quarters at the
Waterloo HOTEL His visit was kept strictly pri-
yate, so that no manifestation took place on his be-
nall, and even the persons in the hotel were not
aware for some time of the presence of the far
famed Benicia Boy. He was accompanied by two
American friends, said to be his hackers in the re-
cent contest for the championship So careful was
the American pugilist to avoid recognition that he
moved about under assumed name. On We'd
nesday evening and Thursday forenoon he visited
several places in the town, and amongst others
made call at the Clayton Hall, where he remained
short time, and had interview with some
friends he had known in America. Whether he
received the subscription said to have been raised
for him by a number of American captains belong
ing to this port we have not been able to learn
In fact, the inquiries have instituted incline Us
to doubt whether any subscription has been made
in this town for the American champion In the
afternoon Heenan and his two friends proceeded to
London by the $40 P. NJ. train. The party occu-
pied first class carriage. Heenan having been
recognized by one or two of the railway officials,
the iact OF his presence made known to several
persons who happened to be in the station at the
ume, and they Immediately sought to crafty their
curiosity by attempting to get sight of the
"hghting man." Some were successful, but others
were denied the qualification for the party on find
ing themselves recognized, drew up the blinds of
the n >
gaze. We understand that two Liverpool gentle
men were, by special desire, allowed to see Keenan,
with whom they exchanged the Gus tomary courte-
sies One of the spectators, who had previously
known Heenan, describes him as being considera-
bly, altered since he passed through Liverpool on
his arrival in this country to contest the champion
ship.
In reporting the proceeding in Liverpool of the
English champion, the Liverpool Mercury says
We have the best authority for stating that there
will be no renewal of the contest with Heenan.
The GREAT RAILROAD RACING MArCa-ANoTHER
MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONsHIP.-The great race
Tor 1T was nothing less-between the North and
South Shore lines from Buffalo to Chicago is ex-
citing considerable interest," and the result is high
ly satisfactory to the interests of the South Shore
or Cleveland line. The North Shore train left
Suspension Bridge, and the South Shore train left
Buffalo at the same time-six o'clock-yesterday
morning. The North Shore train had the advan-
tage of twenty-iour miles, the distance from Sus-
pension Bridge to ChicagO-being that number of
HnlleS SuOTteF tnan from BulialO to Chicago. Both
trains were marked on fasttime cards 1t having
the right of the road as against all other trains it
was well understood that the hour of reaching
Chicago would be determined more by the speed
of the locomotives than by the time fixed on the
cards. We are not advised of the time at interme.
diate points of the North Shore train, but il ar
rived in Chicago at $40 =. NJ, having performed
the distance-5l3 miIes-in Is hours 40 Minutes
or about 1924 miles per hour, including stops The
South Shore train arrived in Chicago at 9.l5 p.
M,-twenty-iVe NJ minutes ahead of its competitor,
having gone over 53a miles IL rOurs,ro minutes,
- o=JZ Ii, - Luur, Including stops. The South
Shore line from Buffalo to Chicago has won the
race, and is "entited to the belt -ClereioRd
Herald, May Is.
THE WEYMOUTH TRAGEDY.-Some important dis
coveries have been made in this case Hersey has
been clearly identified as a person who purchased
sixty grains of strichnine at a druggists shop in
i'll Boston. When making the purchase he stated
to the clerk that be was the of Mr.. Terri of
Weymouth, and that he had recently lost sister
by death. The officer who had in charge the mat
ter of discovering who bought the poison visited
nearly every shop in Boston, carrying with him
photograph OF Hersey. The clerk referred to re-
cognized this Immediately; and afterward, being
taken to the Jail in Dedham, he pointed at once to
the prisoner, who was with several others. The
body of Mary Tirrell, who died suddenly four
months ago. and who was engaged for marriage to
Hersey has been exhumed, and an examination has
been made. 1t seemed clear from this that she
died from poison, and that she had fallen a victim
to the passion of the man she to marry. The
den, and all under similar circumstances of suffer
ing, cause the darkest suspicious, and unusually
excite the people of Weymouth and its vicinitv.-
Hersey has been arrested on a warrant CHARGING
him with murder, and will be examined on the 22d
inst.
SEIZURE OF AN AMERICAN VEssEL.-The bark Mar
amissie, of Portland, Maine, from San Francisco,
seized on the 18th ult. by the Custom House
authorities of Mazaan, for alleged Irregularities,
or, it has since been ascertained, for attempt
on the part of the commander +. j Manly, to
smuggle large amount of merchandise ashore,
either in this port or Lower California The YES
sci was Immediately released, but the merchandise
found on board, not manifested accounted Tor
in any shape, was taken ashore The Consu's in
terVention demanded by the captain. Upon
careful investigation of the affair by that officer, it
found that the conduct of Captain Manly, per-
sonally and as commander OF an American ship,
was such to preclude the possibility of any of
fetal interference in the matter. The amount of
property seized and clearly liable to conscation,
is about So, ,50O-some 264 packages, many of which
were contraband. The authorities have behaved
with the utmost courtesy, and but for the indscre
tions OF Captain Manly, the whole thing would
have been settled
A RETURNED INDIAN CAruvE.-Mr. George Bru-
baker, citizen of Lancaster county Pa, reach st.
Joseph's, Missouri, on Monday, on his way home.
He captured by band of Camanches while on
his way to California, thirteen years ago, and has
just escaped from them. There were but three of
the party captured alive, George Richardson, Of
Pa, both of whom afterwards burned at the
stake for attempting to escape from the savages.-
After becoming acquainted with the language and
habits O. the Indians, he was made medicine
man, and in that capacity did great deal of good
among them preaching to them, and has succeeded
in converting over two hundred to the Christian
religion 1t was onl V after the most solemn prom-
that he would return that they allowed him to
depart and he will go back as soon as has seen
his family, who have mOurned him for years
dead
BLoNDIN ON ANOTHER SrRING.-It seems that
Blondin intends changing the location of his rope
for the performances of the coming season. The
Niagara City Herald says:-''Mons Blondin, as
sisted by his agent, is here experimenting the
arrangements necessary for the stretching of his
rope across the river, and erecting the necessary
enclosures on the American and Canadian shores
The cable is to be hung across Just below the Sus-
pension Bridge, directly the most terrible
rushing rapids of Niagara. The feats which NJ.
Blondin cOntemplates performing during the pre-
sent season, promises to Outvie any thing that he
has yet done in his most hazardous and dangerous
of all callings Among other things, the rumor
prevails that the daring ropewalker seriously con-
templates diving from the centre of his cable In
life boat, made for the special purpose, INTO the
roaring food-tide and foam-wreathIng rapids oil
the river below"
THE NATIONAL DIVISION OF THE Sons OF TEMPE
pINcE-The seventeenth annual session of the Ma
;onaI Division of the Sons of Temperance Of North
America will be held in Portland on the 7th of
lime next, and will continue about week.
About $50 representatives expected, from all
tbe States in the Union and from the British Prov