The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-12
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BLoNDIN AT NAGARA.-Yesterday, according to
widely published advertisements, BlOndin made
MS nrst grand gymnastic exhibition of the season
| at Niagara Falls, or rather at Suspersion Bridge
ne almost incredible exploits of last summer have,
tt ~ great measure, prepared peoples minds for
i; IN h'ntHg wnlch Blondn may choose to do. There
70 'ndC IN ms cool, self-pOssessed and unwaverinp
utmeanor which takes awav from eva, witnesses ~
MS ieats' any feeling of nervous horror which
ought TO De felt under the circumstances The rome
actually seems t. be as safe a place for RIondin es
| the sidewalk is for common neonIa Tlt si T 90
manner in which he does the deed takes AVA baif
| its smarveousness to the unrefectinu Ionkar o' mr.
| hour fixed for the crossing four O'clock hpt a
number OF preliminaries had to be attended To and
it five O'Clock when Blondin stepped upon the
rope on the American side. He was fancifullv at
tired somewhat in Indian style. He wore cap
OF waving many-coored feathers and over his
yellow tights light tunic of Indian bead work.
Ills neck and arms were bare. The rope is l, 300
ieet long; its DETECTION is 60 feet, and at the lowest
point is two hundred and thirty feet from the
seethlng "Hell of Waters" which dashes madly
!II 9oMh the awful gorge of Niagara. Bondin ran
prlSkly Gown the manila slope pole in hand for
iew hundred ieet, when he stopped short threw
out one loot and stood, poised above the chasm on
the other, presenting from the opposite shore the
dimensions OF a large-sized gnat A Httla f,rtbar
on he sat down, resting his pole across his knee
and here in the most uncOncerned manner he
rested, waving his plumed cap to the spectators
In the middle of the rope he again stopped, and
luis llut uOWn, almost disappearing from sight.
his pole meanwhile lying across his breast Up the
NIL again he took his perilous way, and within a
few hundred yards of the Canadian bank he halted,
struck an attitude, and stood for few minutes
statuesque and mOtionless. Nothing could more
completely illustrate the triumph of human nerve
over the terrors of Nature in her widest moods
Above the thunderOus turmoil of the torrent stood
Mohsieur' slim and dminutive, yet sublime in the
consciousness of his nerve and pluck and looking
Tor all the world if he were the presiding spirit
OF the scene. He landed on the Canadian side in
seven and half minutes from the time of his start
rather pale and detected, but not a whit the worse
for the journey. He complained of the sun which
had shone directly in his face. About quarter of
an hour afterward he drank glass of lemonade
ana started on his return trip. Fifty yards out he
went backward, and again assumed the statuesoue
pose, when Mr.. Evans, who was on hand with his
apparatus, took photograph of the hero of the
rope He crossed on his return in about five minutes
and so the exhibition closed.-BufaIo Courier,
Jme7
Correspondence Of the Nepo York Tiruesl
BALTIMORE AS 1T WAS AS 1T IS.-Batimore in her
municipal government and police regulations is
yerging almost from one extreme to another
There was a time when lawessness and rowdvism
ran riot; when human life was insecure when the
elective franchise had become mockery, and i'm
morality OF every kind stalked abroad. Idleness
urunkenness, yagrancy, coupled with boodshed
muruer, rapne and thousand other evils we're
commonplace Now, thank Providence the scene
is changed. We have sobriety, with most of its
blessed cOncomitants NJ murders are recorded
robberies seldom occur. Grogshops and hotels
without distinction, are closed on SUNDAYS Those
who would madden their brain with liquor on the
Sabbath cannot find places wherefrOm to procure it.
Lager-beer resorts are all closed, and the conse-
quence is our sacred day ofrest passes off devoutly
soberly and free from violence. places of bust
excepting barbershOps and printing to-
gether with such other pursuits may be deemed in
dlspensable, are compelled to suspend Operationss A
regular crusade is being waged bv Col Kane Chief
Marshal, against gambling-houses. The law and
npnaIfIpS q 4b,,, ,,.bo g,I
low this profession in State; but utbribery ''wnk
ing," &C., prevented its being put into force Now
parties who frequent gambling houses watched
ldentlhed and made to appear witnesses before
the Grand Jury. This tends to make such custO-
mers both shy and scarce. The gamblers complain
bitterly. They say their business is nearly broken
up-that 1t won't pay; hence many of them
preparing to ''pull up stakes and leave town for
other parts where there is less legal restraint
Baltimore may now be put down amongst the
most orderly cities in America. Mighty, indeed
has been the reformation and for its accomplish
ment we indebted, first to the depOsing of Judge
Stump from the City Criminal Court next to the
energy of Judge Bond, who fills his place; and
finally to the Inauguration of our new MetrOpo-
tan Police system, and its admirable management
under Marshal Kane. | may say with perfect
truhfuness, that Baltimore is now in a most
healthful condition as regards her moral govern
ment. The only thing we have to apprehend is
unnecessary extreme, bordering somewhat upon
righteousness. \ happy medium, however, may
be the final result
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT john Apple
ton, of Maine, to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Pienipotentiary of the United States at
st. Petersburgh, in the place of Francis W. Pick
ems, resigned.
VIM. II. Trescott OF South Carolina, to be As
sistant Secretary of State in the place of John APP
pleton, resigned.
Julian A. Mitchell, of South Carolina to be
Secretary of Legation at st. PeterSburrh to tiil a
vacancy.
Cave Johnson of Tennessee, TO be Commissioner
on the part Of the United States under the Conven
ton with the Republic ef Paraguay.
Samuel Ward, ofNew York, to be Secretary and
Interpreter to the Commissioner on the part
Of the United States under the Convention with
Paraguay.
Tilton Z. Dooittle, of Connecticut, to be Attor-
ney of the United States for the District of Con-
necticut, to fill vacancy.
Richard A. Edes, of Kansas to be Consul of the
United States at Pernambuco.
David n. Carpenter to be Deputy Postmaster at
Greenfield, Massachusetts.
THE KEY WEST NEGRoEs-The ship Castilian.
Capt. Proctor, of the vessels engaged by the
agent OF the American Colonization Society to
convey the captured negroes at Key West to Libe-
ria, sailed from New York on Saturday to receive
the negroes on board. The second ship, the South
Shore, Capt Lathrop, will probably sail from New
\ ork to-day or tomorrow. DR.. W. w. Young, of
w ashington city, and DR.. Webster Lindsly are en-
gagged to accompany the expedition. The exact
number of negroes at Key West is l $50 and three
vessels will be needed for their conveyance. The
law specifies that but one passenger can be allowed
to every two tons of ships burthen. Govern
ment pays for each of these vessels $4,000 Sl2,-
900, and the Colonization Society gets $50 per
head for transportation; the latter also being under
obligations to supply clothing at Key West and on
the African coast DR.. Young states that the ne
grOes will be landed at Cape Mount, in Liberia,
and that the Society has stipulated that the ships
shall leave the United States not later than the first
of July. After discharging at Cape Mount, they
return Immediately, to avoid unnecessary exposure
to the African climate.-Phl, Press, J,ue IL.
SELF-SEALING NEWSPAPER WRAPPERs.-The Post
master General and the Committee on Post Offices
of the House have recommended this new postal
article to the favorable action of Congress, and a
bill is before that body for its adoption. Con-
sdering the countless millions of newspapers that
are read throughout our vast country, and the tr-
Hing postage each, it is believed that the stamp
ing of these wrappers with cent stamp by Gov
ernment and sale at all post-offces, the same
stamped envelopes, will furnish the public with
neat. cheap, convenient, and much needed means
for enclosing newspapers and all transient printed
matter, and thereby largely increase the amount
of all such matter dispatched by mail, and thus add
to the receipts of the Post Office Department from
quarter to half a million dollars annually.
They will also benefit the press, by increasing their
sales for the purpose of enclosing to friends The
bill should be passed Immediately y.-National In
eItigencer.
HORRIBLE DUEL IN GEoRGIA.-A terrible due
was fought near Savannah on Wednesday last, be-
LNCeH L. IA ACulSJ I@sIs anu IT. w w. IIoihiCSy
The weapons used were fowling pieces charged
with buckshot, distance forty PAGES. At the first
fire Mr.. Nelms received four shot, one in the thigh,
second in the hip third in the arm, and fourth
in the shoulder. The wounds were not dangerous.
Mr.. N. a member of the minority of the late
delegation to Charleston, and the difficulty is un-
derstood to have grown out of the efigy affair, in
Burke, soon after the adjournment of the Conven-
ton.
STARVED TO DEATH.-Mr. EIdrdge, of Chatham,
Mass, died of starvation week ago. He fell into
a melancholy, without apparent cause, and became
so insane as to refuse all food For seventy eight
days he took nourishment except, during the
last week, little rice water an hour. He
was closely watched and his friends are sure that
be took food except above stated and tea
spoonful of nourishment in two or three instances
besides.
A CONTINUOUS RAILROAD FROM MAINE TO LOUISIANA.
The gap on the Mississippi Railroad is finished,
and the connection through to New Orleans is now
complete. The time between New Orleans and
Baltimore by this route will be only sixty six
hours. By the completion of this link, there is
now q continuous railroad from BangOr. Maine. to