The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-15

water is forty miles from Savannah, and thew
reached it at $50; they ascendcd precisely at or
so they were just thirteen minutes in traversng the
distance.
THE PosGrToY OF SoUTH CARoLINA-The Charles
ton Mercury, of Saturday, has leading article on
the recent action of the Virginia Legislature on
the South Carolina Resolutions The following are
the concluding paragraphs
We have heretofore repeatedly expressed an opin-
ION which we now reiterate. In the contest forced
upon us by the North the South proper-the ne
cessarily Slave South-has labored under two fatal
errors First, in relying upon any party of the
North as able to protect us; and, second in relying
upon the frontier Southern States-Slave States at
convenience-to lead the van of our resistance and
to bear the brunt of the conflict.
When we do save ourselves-when we do estab-
llsh firmly and in peace the institution of slavery at
the South-it will be by acting independently of
both these allies. The pro-saverS party of the
North has gone down for the want of sufficient sup
port at the South. On each and every occasion
OF appealing to the Union sentiment TO Kill off the
enemies of our constitutional rights, thev have
been made to cut the figure OF the credulous or
designing man who cried ''wolf, wolf" without
reason. We have not been prompt to defend our
interests or safety, and our tame conduct belving
their predictions in our behafhave put them at the
mercy of the enemy. Instead of fighting our battle
so as to strengthen and assist these friends, we
have made fools of them, calling upon them to
fight for u.s. while we idly threaten without strik-
lug blow to save them from destruction or give
triumph TO our just cause Had we relied upon
anu oIS" ~ our own patte tnese twenty
years, there Wouid De no lack OF true irlends-nOt
haii-iacea enemles-now.
\, ana "hat rlght nave we TO expect Virginia,
nj MaIIJlanu hentucky, missouri TO pear the brnnt
" .,ne & III witch we are much more Vltally
ment and inaction? What reason have we to ex-
PecI eltner VI uein 10 take the initiative IN our
uelehce; Ihey may nVe ana tnrlVe without slave
ry; anu Win them slavery or It's adjustment Is
pSDpdipncv--a of in
s.' ol prosperity 10 us the lnstltu-
ZION Is lnuspehsaole' we must MAINTAIN ourselves
III me contest OF De utterly destroyed, and 1t is
50 lar DIS we are concerned, VAIN ana cowardly to
loon 10 the Fohtler states 10 lead the South to
m 1ne recovery OF her independence and security.
Inc slave nouth proper-the Cotton States
must look 10 themselves alone Tor defence
IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS, In the ms
wich County Court England Judgment has been
given in case of considerable Importance to rail
way travellers. Mr.. Lancaster, a wine merchant
anu Mholesale grocer reSldlng at StGur-market
.h M's ehstr !n 're Zu ol January Dy
'He IioI hlhS express tram from lpsWlcn, whlch
Sn1ui1 nave started IN ACCORDANCE win the pub
iieu i 1iie 1i'' at o.II "A. M, put ana not leave
CIi % "a NJ AT lps"lcn' Ine East ouHoIK hali-
way eAtcts Junction win the Eastern counties
system, ana ON the morning IN question, train
from armouth and Lowestoft, which should have
caught the express, was delayed in consequence of
the engine getting off the rails between Dealings
and WeSterfed. The express was delayed till S.57;
but on the district superintendent receiving tele
graphic notice of the accident, he ordered it not to
wait any longer.
The train was due in London at 10. 80 A. II. but
did not reach town till ll6 A. NJ: the plaintiff
was consequently unable to keep an appointment at
the West-end at II, and could not fulfil some other
engagements which he had made. For the incon-
venience and loss he had sustained he sued the
company for f3 les. Cd. Mr.. CrOwder, of the firm
OF Cr9wder Maynard, contended on the part OF
had bean gniItv "f no cross naotIect hnt ha5 n
the contrary, done all they could to forward the
trains The judge, in announcing his decision, said
the company in their time bill stated that they
bound themselves to make every eXertlon to insure
punctuailty, but that they dld not hold themselves
iespohSlole lor laIhns' Inc question was, whether
IN IN tne resent case t,eE nau haue every eXerton.
ne cohSlueTeu thaC they had: that theY were pro
tecteu oy Ihe proVlso IN their time Dill, and that
tney ooIlu hoI oe accounUaole l0r the clTcumstan-
Ses @ !n "Iiicn ine piaihVh was Placeu. judgment
ioi 'u' "''oluaute.
ALMOST DOUBLE TRAGEDY.-A few davs ago we
announced the death by suicide of Mr.. William J .
Blunt, of Richmond, Va. On Sunday morning
last his wife, in a state of alteration of mind
caused by the untimey death of her husband and
circumstances connected Herewith attempted to
take her life by hanging but happiy she was dis
covered in time to be saved.
1t appears that the cause which led Mr.. Blunt to
put an end TO ms existence was Pecunlary diihcul
ties, winch had betrayed hlm to the commission OF
the crime OF forgery. The D1&Pdtch OF Yesterday
says:-on saturday, "hen entirely conscious, Mr.;
blunt gave ms friends an account OF what ne had
done' ana OF the causes winch LED to ms using the
deeply regretted the rash act, and seemed greatly
panied at the helpless condition in which he was
about to leave his family. He was a kind husband
and father, and it is not to be wondered at that
those he left behind should become bereft of reason
at their loss
High PRArsE,-"A Northern gentleman. winter
ino in Ionisiana ): writes as foIlows to tho Nav,
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