The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-09
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! FoRTUNATE.--An Irshman named Mcmillan
started from this city several months ago as deck
| hand on steamboat bound for New Orleans. He
| left behind him wife and four children. In the
Crescent city he was informed that friend Of his
had shuffird off this mort coil in the Emerald sle
leaving him annual income Of the third part of
tzOO sterling. TO the old country he FASTENED and
soon established his claim to the legacy. la the
hurry and excitement consequent upon the recep-
tion of the joyful tdngs in New Orleans he forgot
10 write to his wife, or to acquaint her with his de-
parture for the land of his birth The consequence
was, that his devoted moiety came to the conclu-
| SION IN few weeks, that he had gone to DavY
i "Ghes locker, and that he had been foully dealt
i m'n-at any rate, that he had died. She very
h sur Priseo, however, to see him walk into her
n"use III cincinnati few davs apo and still more
surprised when she heard of his adventure on the
"'her sue OF the water. The lucky exotic intends
~ ieave inns country, with his unexpectedlv Gem
riched" family, in few DAYS for tLr lass iurbu.
lent region IN which he first saw the light of day.
Cincinnati Gazette.
SEIZURE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDs.-The Nashville
Banner alludes to seizure, made by order of
Governor Harris, of Tennessee, on the ooh uIt
of seventy-five thousand dollars worth of Tennes-
see bonds and five thousand dollars in cash. be-
longing to the United States which were in pos
session OF the Collector at Nashville, and says:
"This seizure conditional, as we understood
it at the time, the property to be held in trust un-
til the Government restores the property of the
State and its citizens involved in the seizure of the
steamer Illllnan Dy troops OF the Federal Govern
ment The amount of bonds, reported to US,
was S66OOO, and cash $4,000. The papers in this
CITY were requested to make no publication of the
matter at presentbut it has got in print without
Inelr agency, we presume there is no impropriety
In stating the case cOrrecty,''
The steamer above mentioned was seized at Cairo
Dy the ILLINOIS troops, we believe, because she was
laden with munitions and other articles contraband
of war.
Shipment OF Provisions PREvEN1Ep-Considpr
able excitement was created at the wharf on Satur-
day, IN consequence of the discovery of a large
amount OF provisions on the mail boat Superior,
destined for Nashville via Loui.ville Some in au-
thorlty thought that under the late decision of Gov
Dennison the provisions should CO. but a number
oil the Home Guard would mt permit ANYTHING of
| the kind. They did not approve the plan of feed.
| ing the citizens or soldiers of a disoyal State
/ Hence they removed the freight, consisting of
i eighty-six casks of bacon Five hundred barrels of
h Hour for Louisville we're sent down on the same
| boat. We unders and that the Mail Company do
| not intend hereafter to carry provisions of anv
| kind, unless approved by the Committee of Public
/ Satety.-Ci Gazette, May G.
SHARPSHoorERs.-Therea are within the ranks of
volunteers now assembled in Virginia scores of men
whose familiarity with the rife from childhood
enables them to that weapon with great eff
cheney. They can 'snutf a CANDLE" Ozark a squr-
rel, or perform other similar feats as readily and
successfully as their prototype of patriotism, Will
liam Tell, Knocked the apple from his sons head.
large majority of these mountaineer marksmen
are wholly unused to the restraints and discipline
OF regular military organization, and until sub
jected years of training, would never make as
efficient soldiers upon the field those who have
been reared within the influences of the camp or
been accustomed~to the "soul-stirrng music of
the drum and tife.-Richmond Whig
WASHINGTON DEPor.-Business at our depot is
now quite brisk, and the rails are thronged with
cars OF every description. This morning there
were about sixty cars in and about the yard, many
of which were heavily loaded with army stores.
The freightroom is filled with barrels packages,
ttrnu Ga hapil .ral haar
loaded with -four in sacks. A large amount of
ammunition for mountain howitzers, belonging to
some of the Northern reg imens, is stacked up
the PLATFORM awaiting the orders of its owners.
The military surveillance has in measure been
withdrawn from some points in the vicinity, and
confined to the entrances of the depot Wdshing-
ton Star.
STAY LAw.-The Virginia Convention, on the
30th ult., passed an ordinance to provide against
the sacrifice of property, and to suspend proceed
ings in certain 1t is to apply only to debts
due nOn-residents and not to those due the State.
The ordinance is to remain in force until repealed
or changed by the Convention or the General AS
semby; and if not so repealed or changed is to
pire at the end of thirty days after the first day of
the General Assembly.
The sudden disappearance of Edwin James, the
eminent barrister and NJ. p. of London, is account
ed for by stories of enormous frauds He much
in debt, and his affairs in the hands of trus-
tees, who allowed So, 900 year out of his great
professional income In gambling he won Sl5O,000
amount. The father of this young man gave James
the money to take up these bills, but he kept the
money and fled.
The OIL W ELL DsASTER-The oil well conha-
grafton at Tide0ut, Pa, has been extingushed by
heaping dirt upon the well fl om which the extra
ordinary current of gas and oil proceeded. Oil
still flows from the well in extraordinary quanti-
ties. Sixteen persons in all had died, up to ed
nesday last, from the effects Of the accident Sew
eral others are lying in a critical condition, and
are not expected to live.
In order to advance more readily into Germany,
Russia has constructed "quadrilateTa" OF for
tresses, between the Fstula, the Narew, the Bug
and the Wreprz. The fortresses are Mod.ia four
leagues from Warsaw, Litouski, Tareuse and Dem
bin. Besides these is the citidel of Alexander, at
Warsaw, one of the strongest military positions in
the world.
An officer of the name of Eckstein recently COM
mitted suicide In railroad car, in the Lii lie train,
returning to Belgium He had attended the Prince
of Wurtemburg to assist at the funeral of the
Duchess of Kent, and remaiued behind in London
to receive treatment for hernia His chagrin at
his inability, from bad health, to attend the Prince
home, induced the fatal attempt.
GEoRGErowN CoLLEGE.-We are gratifed to hear
says the National Autelligsncer-that, n0twith-
standing the secession of some Of the Southern
students, the exercises of this tme-honored insti-
tuition are kept up with commendsbIe energy
There are about seventy students yet there.
All works upon tactics becoming ex,
tremely scarce at the South, and it is said that
the Northern publishers refuse to send any fur
ther supplies. Many will be glad to learn then,
that addition of Hardees Tactics is about to be
published at jackson, Miss.
i. p. Walker, Secretary OF ar of the Confed-
crate States, has accepted Major I. B. Flournoys
regiment Of Arkansas troops for service in Vir-
gnia, and they instructed to rendezvous at
Lynchburg, where they will be mustered into
service.
The Jonesborough Unon learns that a terrible
calamity occurred in Hawkins county, TIM, last
Thursday night The dwelling of George X. Kite,
Esq, burned, consuming Mr.. Kite, his mother
in-Iaw, sister-in-law, and another female, in the
flames.
Complaints made by the French cassicists,
that tGer language is corrupted bv the introduc-
ton of slang phrases even in their dictionary and
that 1t Is the stage which is causing all the mis-
chief.
The commissioned officers and their families, of
the Army, the Marine Corps, the Navy and the
Volunteer Militia, now in Washington, invited
to a reception at the Presidents House this
evening.
1t is said that Queen Victoria has sunk into set
tied melancholy since the death Of her mother, and
that it is feared she will not her mind In
consequence drawing-rooms have been put off till
the end of June.
1t is announced that in the event of the death of
Pho Mono, Cardinal Wseman will succeed to the
Papacy, taking the surname of Pho Decmo, and
that the seat of the Papacy will be transferred to
London.
Robert and William Mason were shot and killed
by A. }. Fletcher, lawyer, in Greeneville Tenn,
| the I'd instant. There had been an old grudge
| existing, growing out of lawsuit which Fletcher
| had prosecuted against Mason.
The New York SIM denOunces Col. Samuel Colt,
as miserable wretch and traitor because be has
raised the price of his firearms 25 per cent; and
demands his speedy trial and punishment for trea-
against the United States.
To rub common hard soap well into the threads
of stockings, before putting them for long
march, is recommended a pr eventiye to the or
dinary foot and blistering which occurs to
those not use to travelling.
The Northern troops are loud in their complaints
visions said to be meagre in supply and of
inferior quality.
Hon. I. Butler King, of Georgia, was in Paris at
last accounts. He had been Belgium, and had
an interview with the King, in relation to direct
trade with the South
Since the northern mail communication has
been interrupted, the average of truth in our
changes reaching this office has largely advanced
-Charleston Mercury.
Black sulphur has been extensively used in Eng
land in the culture of hops, to destroy the insects
to which they LIABLE but the hops themse yes
injured in taste and quality by the application.
The Rev. Mr.. Mouney, who married Mr.. and
Mrs. Ielverton, admits that he inserted the names
of two witnesses pro tormG merely, and very sore
in mis- conscience for having done
Flogging is part of the punishment of crimi-
mails for petty offences in threeourths of the penal
estah nts in ENGLAND In ;,;l