The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-13

The BURNING OF THE SHIP JACOB A. WEsTERvELr
AT New YoRK.-The burning of the ship Jacob A
Westervelt at New York on Wednesday was an
nounced yesterday. The following account of the
destruction of the vessel is taken from the New
York Sun of yesterday The ship Jacob A. West
ervelt, Capt. Williams, belonging to II. l.. Rich &
Co.'S. line of Liverpool packets, took fire yesterday
about P. NJ, while lying at anchor in the North
river outward bound. The fire originated in the
between decks, aft, caused by the upsetting of a
lamp. The Harbor Police Immediately repaired
to the ship, and removed nearly all the cabin furn
ture, ships sails, some rigging, the passengers,
captains sextants, and other instruments, &c. The
crews of Brazilian corvette Donna Isabel and of
the U. s. revenue cutter Mcclellan were early on
board and in a very short time cut adrift and sent
down her sails, which were brought ashore by the
Police boat. The Police steamer, while her men
were at work board the ship, was sent in search
of assistance, and soon returned with the steam
lighter Alpha. The steamtugs Mercury and
Sampson and the steam ferry-boat Bedford, all of
whom have the WorthingtOn pumps on board,
were alongside, and numerous streams OF wa
ter were thrown into the ship. Her anchors hav-
ing been previously slipped and she towed ashore
between Bedlows and Gibbet Islands, the ship
was grounded head to the wind, which caused the
fire to work forward slowly. The j. \. W.
built in 1S49, by Jacob A. Westervelt, rates q
of ], AIS tons burthen and owned by Messrs. II. l..
Rich Co., is valued at $50 000, and is insured in
this city, Her cargo consists of the following arti
ces: 6,720 bushels corn, in bulk, l672 do. in bags
5S65 bush els wheat, 2069 bales cotton, $50 terces
beef, l56 boxes bacon, l67 tcs. lard, l20 casks
rice, 234 hides us bbls. rosin, so bbls. maize, So
boxes do, 81 bales rags, 100 half chests tea, 1920
slaves. The cargo is valued at SIZE, 900 and it is
supposed mostly insured in Europe. Fire Engine
CO. No. 90 Geo. Seely, foreman, was taken along
side the ship on the deck of steamtug James How
ard. At 715 the mizzen-mast fell over the stern
At lats hour last night the ship was still burning
stern burnt out, mizzen- mast gone and the gener-
al belief was that she will be total loss.
RAILWAY MATrERs-Another quarrel between
the great railroad lines competing for Western
trade appears to be Matching for the coming sum-
mer The St. Louis Democrat of Saturday says
awe heard Yesterday that large lot of -four for
New York was contracted for by the agent of a
Southern line at ninety cents-a direct cut OF
five cents on former cutting, and ten cents on the
so-called convention rates. Other reports were in
circulation concerning fourth class freights, and
offers of ffty-one cents for Boston, for this class
| abounded. There is now a strong seal of secrecy
| attached to each freight contract among shippers
and agents. We cannot help regarding these signs
as the premonitory symptoms of sharp contest
| this summer. As the competition is principally
| confined to the agents of the New York Central
| the Pennsylvania Central and Baltimore and Ohio
it necessarily follows that these roads are respon
| sble for any cutting that may be resorted to 70,
| the purpose of securing business"
| The Cincinnati Gazette of Monday saws The
completion of the Union Railroad from Marietta t.
| Belpre, opposite parkersburg, renders the rout
from this city via the Marietta and Cincinnati Rail
| road to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
the shortest and of the most desirable for dro
vers and shippers of live stock Stock is trans
| ferred from the cars at Belpre to the pens of tn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Parkersburg, with
out cost or trouble to the shipper; and this rout
offers unsurpassed facilities for watering and rest
ing on the way to Eastern markets.
Amos Pilsbury, late Superintendent of Police o
| New York, has been appointed Police commls
sioper under the new law,