The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-03


| stafford Plunkett was from the county of Rus
Common, Ireland, never begged stole, ant
earned an honest living by doing little jobs for Mr.
Leonard. lie q small eater and took 4 " drap'
occasionally during the day. He got 60 days
Richard Dee had made enough OF money to bul
halt OF Baltimore, but bis generosity had been hi
ruin and whskev his only comfort in his msfor
| tunes lie was hOuseless and friendess and the
| Justice provided him quarters for 60 days. Chas
| Mott was Il New Y ork thief, and he was sentenced
to GO days. Joseph Emmett, Richard Duff anc
George Bradley were sent over for months.
Police STATTsFICs.- following is the number
| and character of the arrests for the month of No
| vember Assault and battery, 95; assault with in
| tent to kill, 3; assault officers, Z; assault on
wives, lG; arson, l. abusing, 49, abusing f,miles, s.
abusing horses, . breach of ordinances, 90; breach
OF the peace, lG5; fast driving .; false pretenses q
lighting In the street, 10; fugiiYes from Justice A.
| gambling on the Sabbath, 0; melting to riot, 3;
interfering with officers 81 insulting ladies on the
street, A; ntoxcation 445 larceny, 46; rape, l; re
ceiving stolen goods 3; robbery, 3; threatening to
Kill, l; vagrants, 49, perjury, i passing counterfeit
| money, 3-Aggregate, l,035 Committed for trial
GI; committed for examination, &c; baed for trial.
40; bailed to keep the peace, $685. committed in de-
| fault of bail, $685. fined, 75
AN lRIsH WEDDrHG.-There was n wedding at
| the house of Patrick Lahan, No. Pleasant street,
| and there was a bowl of punch, and in the end a
| few punches without bowls. Thos Rawns
held opinions on a subject which were at variance
| with the opinions entertained by Thomas Fana-
| gan, and Mr.. Flanagan went to work to beat the
| opinions Of Mr.. Rawlins out of his head. This
was no easy job, particularly portion OF the
ladies conceded in sentiment with Mr. Rawns, and
entered into the argument on his side Rawins
succeeded in getting out of the house and went to
the police station where he secured the services of
an officer to arrest the man who had bruised his
head. Flanagan was taken to the station house to
await an examination before Justice Hiss.
CASE OF DRowNING-In -Inquest.-About o'clock on
Saturday evening little girl named Rebecca Reese
daughter OF John Reese, living at Locust Point,
was sent to spring in the neighborhood to get
bucket full OF water Some fifteen minutes after
wards man named Albert Smith went to the
spring and found the body of the girl lying in the
water. with the head downwards. He Immediately
pulled her out and tried TO resuscitate her, but
without success. lie then carried the body to the
house of the parents, where yesterday Coroner
Battee held an inquest, the jury rendering verdict
OF accidental drowning.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.-Last evening, soon after
dark, an attempt was made to rob the clothing
warehouse of Myers Wettgenstine, No. 1S2 North
Gay street. The thieves gained entrance by
forcing one of the windows with a jimmy
They sprang the leck Of the money-drawer and
took therefrom small amount of silver. They
then selected quantity of the finest clothing and
carried the articles into the cellar from which they
could easily have removed them by opening door
on the street The officers came upon the thieves
unexpectedly and they fed, leaving their Z" jimmy"
behind.
AN ASSAULT BY A NEGRo-Y Yesterday afternoon
two young men, one of them named George Molltt
happened to jostle against negro who eltinsuled,
and on the young man turning round the negro
struck him severe blow in the eye, which nearly
closed it. Mofiitt's companion picked up a brick
and hit the negro in the back when the fellow
picked mp the same missile and would have struck
one of the boys had nota gentleman seized him
lie was taken to the police station, when Justice
Hiss ordered him to be stripped and thirty nine
lashes laid on his bare back. The order was most
effectually carried out
FIRE IN THE COUNTY Burning of the Green
Spring Hotel.-On Saturday morning about 1917
o'clock, fire broke out in the Green Spring Hotel,
situated on the line of the Western Maryland Rail
road, about twelve miles from Baltimore. 1t ori-
ginated by the accidental upsettng of stove in
one nt the lower rooms, and notwithstanding every
exertion was used by those on the premises and
the neighbors, who assembled in large numbers, to
eXtingush the fire, the flames made headway, and
IN an hour or less time the whole building was
Consumed
BURGLARY.-During Friday night the dwelling
OF Mr.. +. Nj. Onion, corner of Baltimore and Dallas
streets, was entered by thieves and robbed of sill
yer ware and clothing of the value of Sl0O. The
thieves gained an entrance by forcing one of the
window shutters. They ransacked all the rooms of
the first floor, and after selecting their booty,
helped themselves heartily to cold turkey chicken
and ham, which they found in the pantry, and
then washed the good things down with brandy
and whiskey, which they took from the side board.
DsoRDERLY NEGRoEs.-On Saturday night about
eleven O'Clock, officers Glenn, Harney, and Mccain
entered negro groggery on Dallas street,
Pratt, where they found a number OF negroes act
ing in the most disorderly manner, and all of them
drunk. They arrested Isaiah Sommervle, Jere-
miah Chaplin, Joseph Myers, Charles 0fby, ThOm-
as Smith, Chas. Williams and Nathaniel Glum, and
took them to the Eastern district station house,
where Justice Griffin committed them to Jail in
default of security, for good behavior.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Y Yesterday afternoon, about one
O'Clock, a man named William McKenny, about
sixty years of age, walking along Ensor street,
near Monument street, suddenly sunk to the pave
inent Some gentlemen, passing at the time, picked
him up and sat him upon the steps of porch
where he died in a few moments. He was taken to
his home on Ensor, near Madison street. where an
inquest was held over the body bv Coroner Hail.
and a verdict rendered of death from disease Of
the heart"
PROPERTY SALEs.-On Saturday Messrs. Gibson
Co., autiOneers, sold at the Exchange saesrooms,
a lot OF ground situated on the south side of West
Pratt street, near Paca street, having a front of
30 feet and depth Of $50 feet, running back to Do
Yer street. Improved by an old fashioned brick
dwelling and brick back building, and subject to an
annual ground rent of Sl20. Purchased by Mrs.
Sophia g. Reed for SO, 600.
ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE OF RoBDrEG.-The
schooner Three Williams, lying at the Long Dock,
was robbed sometime during Wednesday night of
a trunk containing clothing, silver watch and
other articles. The police discovered the trunk the
next day, but the watch was gone. On Saturday,
information was received by the police which
pointed to named James Crawford, as the
thief, and he was accordingly arrested, and Justice
Grlihn committed him to Jail to answer the charge.
ATTEMPTED Observation-Disclosures 4 and o'clock
yesterday morning, attempt was made to rob
the wholesale grocery and provision store of Mr..
Elias n. Gardner, situated on the corner of Frank
lin street and John alley The rear door was forced
open with Jimmes but the thieves it appears, were
frightened of before gaining entrance. Officer
oung found the store secure at O'Clock, but when
he returned in half hour, the place was open.
FUGITIVE FROM JUsTICE.--Detective officer Joseph
Eustace, OF New ork, arrived here yesterday
ing over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, having
in custody man named Benjamin Landersmith,
from knoX county, Ohio, n fugitive from justice
from the city of New York, where he is charged
with the larceny of 900 worth of dry goods from
different firms in that place, during last August.
CHIMNEY BLOWN DowN.-During the prevalence
or the high wind yesterday morning, the chimney
OF a house on McClellan's alley, Baltimore
street, gave way to the force of the "bow,' and
came down upon the roof with loud noise. Little
damage was done. a gentleman passing along the
alley at the time narrowly escaped injury from
some of the falling bricks
SALE OF A FARM.-Mr Henry NJ Smith former
ly proprietor of the Maltby House, sold at private
sale last week his farm, situated on the Liberty
road, six miles from the city, containing 163 acres
to Col. G. W. Cockey, of Philadelphia, for $4,000
cash. The land is in high state of cultivation and
we'll watered, there being several springs on it
There is also a fine orchard of very select fruit
trees.
MoRE STOLEN GooDs RECovERED.-On Saturday
the police visited junk shop kept by a man named
John Frederick, on Mckim street, when they dis
covered quantity of copper and lead, the proper
ty OF Archibald Stirling, ED, and which was
stolen from his country residence few nights
since, by the boys Fotze, Green and Cunuingh ham.
The property was returned.
DIscHARGED.-A lad named John Devallin, who
arrested on Friday, charged with passing A
counterfeit halt-dolar upon Mrs. Rausch had a
hearing on Saturday morning before United States
Commissioner Hanan, which resulted in his dis
charge, there being no evidence to criminate him.
APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYoR.-On Saturday May
or Brown appointed John b. Ray as constable for
the sixth ward, in place of Benjamin H. Armstrong,
resigned.
La w INTELLIGENCE.