The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-05

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reliable source, we learn that the Enterprise Oil
Company, consisting of Messrs. Thos. J. kearnan
Richard Cass, G. Murphy, W. Tracy, J. and W
Mclaughlin, Jas. Phean and Mr.. Mclaughlin. ST.
recently struck upon vein of oil, which spirited
up with such violence as to demOlish the shed and
derrick erected over the well. As the flow of oil
was so unexpected, and as no arrangements were
made to receive the oil, upwards Of two hundred
and htty barrels were lost, the flow still continuing
with all its force. 1t is decided by all who have
witnessed it as a scventy-fiye barrel well. if not
more The well is located about one mile from
Franklin. Owing to the receipt of this inteIi-
gence the oil fever has spread rapidly through our
city. and the formation of several new Companies
may be the consequence.-P ittsjWrg Journal
The CASE OF THE NEGao ANDEGsoX.-j. POWELL
Buxton, of London, writes to the Times, of that
city Any contract between two individuals
which could be strained to compel one of
them to perform an act of injustice to a third
party would be declared by any court of law null
and void. If therefore, the treaty with the United
States Is so framed as to bind our Government to
do an act of injustice to Anderson, such treaty is
pro hdc rice, null and void. By all means let the
case be decided by law but the decision is adverse
to Anderson hope our Government will have
sufficient moral rectitude to say to that of the
United States: "Our treaty with you has been so
enormously drawn up that it enf0rces upon us an
act of injustice Any penalty for such an error
must tall upon US, and not upon Anderson. We
VIII never eXtricate ourselves from a political
dilemma by sacrificing an innocent man"
LABoR-SAvING MACHINERY.-At HaverhiII, Mass,
twenty five persons, with certain machinery, pro-
duce SIX hundred pairs of babies shoes daily. All
the stitching l. done by se,giHg machines run Jy
:seGm-a combination OF the two greatest mechan-
icai inventions. Every operation, except fitting
tue shoe to the last, even to the final polishing
and cutting the pegs out of the inside to prevent
them from hurting the foot, is performed BIZ ma
chinery. one OF the greatest curiosities is the
pegging- machine, which inserts the awl, cuts out
the pegs from a strip OF wood, and drives them in
all at one operation, and so rapidly that it will
peg two rows around the sole Of shoe in twenty
seconds. The facilities in this mandatory are
such that the raw calfskin and sole leather can be
taken in the basement of the building, and in half
an hour turned cut in the form of complete pair
of shoes!
ANOTHER DEFALcAuoN-The Nashville Tenn
banner, OF the 26h of January, reports the sudden
disappearance OF Samuel Jones, deputy sheriff of
Maury county, with 100000 of the county funds.
OF course, Mr.. Jones has been a man OF very high
character. lie forged judgments upon good men
IN the county, and sold them to capitalists at dis
count OF twenty-five per cent, at the same time
agreeing to collect them without charge He was
engaged Tor several weeks in selling these fictitious
judgments. Shortly before he left he also borrow
ed money from several parties. One gentleman in
Mount Pleasant is mulcted for S25 900, and others
IN dliterent parts OF the county, in amounts from
SlO,0OO down to few hundreds the aggregate
reaching over SlO0,000 Mr.. Jones abandoned his
wife and six children.
New ZEALAND CHIEFS CHALLENGE THE EyGL1sH.-
The war between portion of the New Zealand
savages and the English at the last accounts was
drawing to a close. Before the last battle the
chiefs of the hostile tribes sent to the English the
following very clever challenge:
PUKEKoHE, Nov. l, 1860
To Mr.. PARIS: Friend, l have heard your
word come to fight me, that is very good: come
inland, and let us meet each other. Fish fight at
sea-come inland, and stand on your own feet;
make haste, don't prolOng it. That is all have to
say to you-make haste
From Wetini Taiporutu.
From Porokorn.
From all the chiefs of Ngatihaua and Waikato
These chiefs lost their lives in the engagement,
as did about thirty of their followers.
The SOURCES OF THE NLE.-The ROYAL Georranb-
zeal Society propose raising a Subscription If
$4,000, for sending an expedition, under MIR. Petb-
erick, British Consul at Khartum, up the Nile. to
explore Its sources, and to aid that of Capt Speke
already despatched, by way of Zanzibar, for the
same direction The Society gives clos: the For
egn Office fl05; Lord Ashburton and Miss Burdett
Coutts each contributed $50. An appeal is made
to scientific men and others, and already f6s5 has
been secured. Should the required sum be quickly
raised, MIR. Petherick undertakes to reach Condo
koro in November next. He will then explore till
March, 1852, and, after the rainy season, start
afresh, and continue his travels till the end Of 1863
or the beginning of 1864.
TgxAs.-A telegram from Austin had mrste-
THUS sebttuCt, W Tue eHect tnaL the Legislature
had repealed re Olives passed in 1855 in relation to
kans IS. Thes resolves authorized the governor,
In certain co tingences, which nave happened to
order an election of seven commissioners to con
vention of all the slaveholdng States. Such
eonyention is not in the programme of the
leaders in the States, but is the thing which they
most deprecate TO checkmate them, Governor
Houston had hunted up these Kansas resolves and
ordered the election of the seven commissioners;
and now, to checkmate him, the Legislature has
repealed the resolves.
From all quarters on the seaboard we hear of a |
dense fog ON Saturday last. In New York several |
accidents to the shipping in the harbor occurred in
consequence.
1t is stated that Mr.. and Mrs. Burch of Chicago,
have become reconciled and will soon commence |
housekeeping again.