The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-03

n, after Monday, April l. The five Presidents ais
. adopted resolution that they would not receiv
t less than their per cent. of these rates.
mt From 4th class Flour 4th Glass. D'1FTo Flour
at Cleveland. .42& So AK 81
=. Ioedo............5O 100 55 III
Mt Chicago .........62H 127 67% 10;
2t Louis .........75 l5O so 16C
indianapolis .62 1875 67 1885
d on cotton from Cincinnati to New York, the rate
ID @ was % cents on compressed, and 1871 on uncom-
pressed @ d. The rates from all the points named above
c. are to philadelphia cents on fourth class, and 10
,e cents on flour, less than to New York and to Bal
more t9ey are 10 cents and twenty cents less than
. to New York.
t, DIsTREssTNG AGoDENr-Two MEN KnLEp.-A
O most distressing disaster occurred on SATURDAY
morning at the Wegee Coal Works. short dis:
t tance below Belair, by which two of the miners
t named John Marbaugh and Frederick Strawsy
= were killed, and another named John Anshutz was
e so badly hurt that his life is despared Of They
had gone into the bank usual about O'Clock in
the morning, Anshutz separating from the others
and going into the room where he intended to
, work. But moment interviewed when the gas
which had been prevented from escaping, explo-
ded, killing, as is supposed, Marbaugh and Straw
sy instantly, as they were in the main entry when
f discovered about o'clock. Marbaugh leaves
wlie and six children, and Strawsy wife and one
child The high wind which prevailed the greater
part OF the night prevented the furnace from draw
ing properly, hence the gas had accumulated in
the main entry, and was igpited from the Iamns
the miners carried with them WheeLing Union
AprI lst.
Predicted TwENTY-FoUR YEARS AGo.-Itisare.
markable fact that the present secession movement
was toreshadowed just as it has occurred, in work
called the 'Partisan Leader, attributed to the pen
of Judge Upshur, of Virginia, who was killed by
the bursting of the Peacemaker. In that work
under the guise of novel, it was professed that
coming events were described. The Gulf States it
was described, had seeded in consequence of the
election of Northern President, and Virginia and
other border States were about following suit. An
attempt was made to form treaties with foreign ma
| tl0ns, and free trade was established which gave
| the South an unexampled career of prosperity
The current of events twenty -four years later has
given these predictions the form of fulfilled facts
The author only fOreshadowed, however what was
in the minds of the leading politicians that early
day, and to prepare the way for which was the OBJ
Jcct of publishing the work.-PhH. Ledger.
The WILL OF MRs. GoRE the novelist, has been
proved by her son. Mrs. Gore has left and
| daughter. Her daughter, who is the wife of Lord
| Edward Thyme, NJ. p, came into the full enjoy
! ment OF 5000 on her mothers decease, and the
testatriX has given her further sum of 95, ,0O0.-
Mrs. Gore has bequeathed to her son all the re-
malnder OF her property, real and personal and of
| every description, in England and elsewhere and
has appointed him her resduary legatee. Mrs.
Gore gives singular direction to her son. 1t is to
this effect, that he is to prevent as much as in his
| power hes any posthumous notice, or biography,
| or Republication of my works, and wish him to
look over and burn any of my papers, giving to his
sister any object as a memorial of her mother"
| a TRAVELLING PRGNCE.-Prince Alfred left Barba-
| does recently for England The departure is
! chrGnicled in the West India papers. His ROYAL
Highness shook hands with the military officers
present, most of whom were old acquaintances Of
| MS at Malta, and at once proceeded to the Wei
! llngton Stairs-at which the AdmiraPs barge was
| in attendance, the Admiral-wth the Captain and
! flag Lieutenant of the Nie-being there to receive
| him. The Prince and Major Cowell were accom-.
! panied on board the st. George by his Exceency
! the Governor and Maj0r-General COete with one
| AId-de-Camp each; and thus-under royal salute
fired at Ricketts, Battery, by party of Royal ar
tillery His Royal Hghness Prince Alfred left the
shores.
The CONFEDERATE STATES LoAN.-A Montgomery
correspondent writes the. Charleston Courier, on
the 18th, that it is matter of pride at the South
ern Capital that the full amount of the five mil
lion loan desired has been rendered. though the
bonds have not yet been engraved and, of course,
not yet issued. One gentleman, a Mississippian
placed $4,000 in the hands of his bankers, made
subject to the draft of the Treasurer of the Coned
eracy. Another offered 100000, and another
SSO,0OO, to Mr. Memminger, requiring no Interest
Tor their loans Mr.. Memminger, it is stated, has
concluded that the citizens of the Confederate
States are entitled to the preference in this invest
ment.
FROM JAPAN.-A letter from Kanagawa on the
4th OF January, states that great excitement pre-
vailed at that place, and many of the public build
ings brstled with baoynets. The trouble appears
to have arisen from Prince Mitos friends, thirty
six OF whom had sworn to .avenge his death. The
government notified the foreign representatives of
I
shelter at the citadel. The foreign population
declined to do So believing that the alarm had been
unduly magniied The authorities increased the
force of soldiers aud police at their disposal, which,
! with four English steamers, one French one Rus
sian steamer, one frigate, and Dutch brig-of-
war, probably prevented the outbreak.
SLAVE RENDERED UP.-The Planville jOhio)
| AdUert1ser reports that STAKEHOLDER from Nash
! vile, Tennessee. who had been stopping in that
! place for some time, made known the object of his
visit one day last week, by institung proceedings
! TOR the rendition of negro woman whom he
claimed as fugitive slave. The necessary papers
were made out and the parties left on the cars
without meeting with any resistance or even
awakening any display of excitement.
ENORMOUS PR0FlTS OF A RArLRoAD.-The Cleve-
land and Erie Railroad, about 95 miles long, earned
In 1850, 81 664 600, at cost of S429, ,000 leaving
net profit of 81, 233 900 On a capita-represent-
| ing cost OF building and equipping the rOad-of
only S4,6O2,OOO, showing net profit of nearly
twenty-seven per cent. The funded debt is only
Sl,6O2,OOO The company could, therefore, after
paying interest the funded debt of seven per
cent, declare dividend of twenty-four per cent.
The ADVENT OF WHITE PANTALooNs.-Several
pair of spotless, unexceptionable unmentionables
were paraded yesterday on our grand Boulevard,
! la rue du Canal, and really looked refreshing
| The weather is truly summer-like, and as we are
! in the midst of Strawberries, green peas cauhow-
er and articbokes, white pants hard be said to
! be crowdng the seasop.-NelC Orleane Picayune
March 2S.
EARTHQUAKE IN CANADA.-The Quebec Mercury
says that numerous parties resident in the vicinity
! OF Lake BEAUFORT, were reused from their sleep
! by the shock of an earthquake Monday night of
| last week. AdvlceS received Wednesday from
st. Jean, Port Jotr, on the opposite side of the St.
| Lawrence, and distant about sixty miles from the
lake, announce that similar shock was expert
! enced at that place at 50 minutes past eleven,
which lasted eight seconds.
| AMERICANS THE HEALrHIEsr PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
|-DeBow's mortality statistics, compiled from the
| last census, show that the people of the United
States are the heathiest on the globe. The deaths
are $4,000 per year, and half per cent. the
population. In England the ratio is nearly two
| per cent. Virginia and North Carolina the
heathiest of the States, and have 639 inhabitants
over 100 years fage.
| MAKING LION OF A NEGRO The Canadians are
lionizng the fugitive negro Anderson, lately set
at liberty there. lie has been put under a colored
instructor, and attempted to make an address at
public meeting, but ''forgOt what he intended to
say" After proper training he is to be taken to
England, where, as he has done nothing more than
kill man, be will be made much Of
The Wilmington, N. c., Journal says Among
the appointments note going the rounds CIVIL
| lie +. Mangum, Jr., son of ex-senator Mangum, of
n; G., Consul to Ningpoo, China-salary $4,000"
! We think Senator Mangum has no son of that
name. The appointee Is probably son of the late
| Prestly II. Mangum, and is lawyer, residing we
| think in the District of Columbia.
Mayor Aloody was naugurated one day last
week, in Belfast, Maine. After being sworn into
! Office, he addressed the City Couacs as follows:
! GENTLEMEN OF THE Cry COUNCIL: l presume
| that those who voted for Monday last, knew
! that was not talking man, but working man;
and now, gentlemen, am here ready to go to
work.
Mr.. A. B. Dickinson. of New York, the newly
| appointed Minister to Nicaragua, was an applicant
for the office of Marshal in Nebraska. His hand
writing being indstinct, the Secretary of State
thought he asked for the post of Minister in Mica
ragua, and being friend, appointed him minister
instead of marshal. So they say.
Within three days last week eighteen thousand
| bales of cotton have passed through Buffalo, en-
route for Boston. The cost of transportation per
| bale from Memphis to Boston is $40 This is
and the difference in time is about thirty days IN
| favor Of the Northern route.
The Illinois Legislature having appointed a
Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Chi
| capo Mayor Wentworth, on Monday night at II
o'clock called in all the watchmen and policemen
| and Immediately discharged them, thus leaving the
citv without a police, the Commissioners not hav-
ing made any appointments.
| Among the subscribers to the laurel crown which
has been offered by the German Priucesses to the
| Bavarian consort of Francis H., " in memory of
her heroic conduct at Gaeta," the English reader
| remarks "Augusta Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg Strelitz, nee Princess of Great Britain"
An official investigation into the practices of the
| New York Harbor-MaSters shows that they have
been for years in the habit of demanding and OBJ
tanning money from merchants and shipmasters for p
the privilege of desirable berths at the wharves for
| their vessels.
| A very gentlemanly and seemingly devout per-
| son entered church in Philadelphia, on Sunday,
and while there robbed lady of her port-monnaie,