The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-21
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MARYLAND AEEAIRS-

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MARYLAND AFFAIRS.
Inc Centreville WaryLdnd Citizen, of Thursday,
says; number of our farmers have already
tnresned their wheat, and we informed that the
yieid is not near good as was expected. There
Sa good crop of straw, but the heads are not well
eu1 .1 tne latter varieties, particularly, being
srestiy punched" 1t is estimated that not over
fo eualus OF crop will be realized. The weather
"a e ,he 'lhe past has been excessively hot and dry,
@ nu 'ne corn crop is suffering greatly for rain In
Sone parts OF the county, we are informed the
uI9uggt Is qIue severe the corn being parched
| and wIted. Unless the season nrova r,n1o froro
| Bile, the corn crop will be a short one
The St. Mary's Beacon saws: We ort;o;notod
when the daily mail from Washington to our vii
lage went into operation, that should be placed
in daily communication with Baltimore, receiving
the daily papers and letter mail from that city six
times week. In this we have been disappointed
The mail, indeed, arrives regularly enough every
nght, but We only receive papers, and letters from
Baltimore three times week, and this has been
the case ever since the new mail arrangement went
into effect
Joshua Vaughan, an old citizen of Liberty Dis
trlct, Frederick county, was found drowned in
spring aoout mile and n half west of Liberty, on
sunday evening the lst of July. The Banner saws
that the deceased had gone to this snring about a
quarter OF a mile from his house. for a bucket of
water, fell in, and being old and feeble was nm
able to get out, although the water was not ten
inches deep.
The Mayor and Council of Westminster Carroll
county, have been engaged at intervals fer a week
or two past, in revising the old and adopting new
laws Tor the future government of the town. We
are almost disposed to boast little of the good con-
duct of our town of late exhibiting an elevated and
heaithful tone OF morals which is really refreshing
and trust may be continuous in all time to come.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last, books
were opened in the different districts of the county
for subscrip tions by bona tfde citizens of Queen
AIMS county, to the capital stock of the proposed
bank in Centreville. We have been unable to gain
much information in regard to the matter, but un-
taken.
The Frederick Union says that the most active
preparations are on foot to render the military
campment, which is to take place in Frederick in
the early part of next September a grand affair,
and there the best reasons for believing that it
will come up fully to the public expectations.
ROMANTIC ADvENrURE-CnUEL rERMINATGoN.-On
Friday last, says the Sussex Democrat, Miss Dar-
ling, the daughter of John Darling, farmer of
Sparta township, in this county. left her fathers
house with young man named Daley, for the pur-
pose of being united to him in the holy bonds of
masrimony. The father disliked Mr.. Daley, and
was opposed to her marriage with him. fer moth
er undertook the unpleasant duty of breaking the
news to the father, who when informed, went to
the woods near by and cut two large hickory sticks
and came to the house, where he commenced beat
,nng ms wife in the most unmerciful manner about
the lace, shoulders, and back. His son. with some
lao0rers, came to the rescue of Mrs Darling and
took the husband away. On promise of behaving
himself they let him go. On Sunday morning he
again went to the woods, and was seen by his son,
who gave the alarm to his mother. She fed to a
neghbor's and would not go back. She came to
Newton on Monday with the intention of making
application for divorce. Mr.. Darling offered to
compromise with her, but she would not hear of
such thing, considering her life in danger. In
the meantime, the young folks, ignorant of the
sault upon Mrs. Darling, passed by the house of a
nelghoor on Sunday morning, on their way home,
suPposing the fathers anger appeased He, how
ever, was cursing them both and swearing that he
would kill Daley if he ever him; this was told
them, and Daley ran his horse past Darling's
house, and sought safety elsewhere. This matter
has caused much suffering to all parties Mr.. Dar-
ling is most respectable man, and member of
church; but his anger at this event seems to have
completely overmastered him.
AN AFFAIR OF HoNoR ABaoAD-The Essener lei
tung, German journal has account of an affair
of honor between an American, whose name is
withheld, and Silesisn, Count Won D., which
took place near Aix-la- Chapelle on the goth of
June last. 1t seems that the German had been
paying attentions to the Americans daughter in
Paris, and suddenly cut her acquaintance without
assigning any reason therefor. The duel was
fought with pistols, fifteen PAGES distance. The
Count received bali in his side, which passed an
teriorly nearly through his body, without touching
any vital part, and extricated from the left
side. According to our German informant, "the
Yankee"-who, Y it seems, escaped unhurt-"after
tice his antagonist. drove to his hotel in AK Af-
ter taking some refreshments he lett the city,
The wounded Sesan was conveyed to his hotel.
According to another version of this affair." which
is given IN the Borsen Zeitang, of Berlin, the
Americans sister, and not his daughter, the
cause OF the rencontre.
From SYRIA-By the Teutonia's mails we have
later vices from Syria.
MAKsEILLEs, Observation-Disclosures from Beyrout,
to the 2lst ut. state that the Druses renroced by
hordrs of plundering Kurds and Bendouins, had
attacked the the town of Zahli, the last refuge of
the Christians. The town was entirely burnt down
and 900 Christians were murdered. Der Kamar,
in consequence of the inhabitants having been un-
armed, was pundered and deserted Other acts of
incendiarism, page and murder had been perpe-
ira ted by the ''anu' LcbanOns 1t was said that
the children at the school Malahaa had been killed,
Notwithstanding they under the protection of
the French flag; and that the French Consul had
sent to withdraw the children from the Catholic
colleges. The Turkish military reinforcements
had not arrived at Bevrout.
AFRICANS AROuND.-Various reports are in cir
culation about the l03 Africans, who brought
into Mobilea few days ago, by the Clotilde Three
tourths OF the rumOrs false. The negroes were
imported, we learn, for planters who received them
about twelve miles above Mobile, (the schooner
being towed much higher, for the sake of appear
ances,) where wagons, etc., were ready to convey
them to the "Cane district" The "a advertised
to be sold at New Orleans, tfor division,) af
the schooner passed up the West Point Road some
days ago, at Atlanta, taking different routes for
New England. The Clotilde, her outfit and ex-
penses, all told, footed up only SlS000 The cargo
was worth just Sl03 000 These rumors.-
Montgomery Nait, July l6
IMPORTANT RAILROAD ARRANGEMENT.-We have
just learned, says the Norfolk Day Book, of Thurs
day, that the result of the recent railroad confer
ences at Old Point and Lynchburg has been to re-
duce freights of all kinds to the same rate via E.
Tennessee, Va. d Tennessee, Southside and n. &
Petersburg railroads, as charged from Savannah
coastwise to New York. The effect of this arrange
ment will be to place cotton on our wharves for
$50 per bale from Memphis, and will give all
that article intended for foreign shipment an ad-
vantage of sixteen days over the New Orleans
market. In other words cotton shipped from Mem
phis to Europe via Norfolk will reach Europe as
soon as it now reaches New Orleans.
IMPORTANT PR1NoIPLE DEcIDED.-A decision was
recently given by the Supreme Court of Maine, to
the effect that the Legislature of the State have
right to enact laws regulating the running OF rail-
road trains, where that power by the charter Is
given to the Directors. The Legislature has
troll of all that relates to the safety of passengers,
but none which appertains merely to the con-
venience of the travelling public. This question
came up in an action against the An droscoggn and
Kennebec Railroad Company, for not OBTAINING
their train twenty minutes according to the act of
1855, in order to connect with another road.
THE GREAT EAsrERN-The GreaU Eastern is to
leave New York on the 30th inst, for Cape May,
taking passengers at $40 head. This is what is
announced, but under our maratime laws,
foreign bottom carry passengers coastwise? The
laws have hitherto debarred British vessels from
being engaged in the coastwse trade of any kind,
and we have never heard of this restriction being
repealed though the British government tried very
hard few years ago to get our government to
remove the restriction. She will return to Eng
land on the 18th of August, but what she will do
in the meantime has not transpred Philadelphia
Ledger.
The ILL-FATED HUaGARIAN.-Wr understand that
negotiations going on between the company
new engaged in raising goods from the lost steamer
Hungarian, aud Capt Pratt and Mr.. Jacob Bartlett
for the purchase of the steamer Dirgo. The Dirigo
is now living near the wreck of the HungariaD.-
The Company taking out from five to six hun
dred dollars per day in goods and machinery Tie
wreck is full of bodies, some of which can be seen
at low water, and the sight is represented as ex-
tremely distressing. Wing.
IMPROVEMENT IN WArCHEs.-Among the recently
issued patents is one to Mr. o. II. Woodwork, Of
W ashington city, for a most ingenious and valua-
BILE improvement in watches and other time keep
ers. By this invention watches are made perma-
nenty and completely air tight and dust-excluding,
and consequently will never need cleaning
The outside cases BE- thrown open and the
watch laid in water for days without any moisture
penetrating to the inside works.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GUN.-The newly invented
rifle cannon, which is now being tried at Watch
Rill Conn.,, has been fired six times. The target
(which is board fence, 20 feet long and lO feet
high) is six miles distant. The worstsho that has
been made came within six feet of the centre of
the target. The cannon was invented by General
T. Il