The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-21
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A "WoNDERFUL CHTLD"-Curing Diseases b
l. CIatrroyonce.-A remarkable case has occurred in
y Plttsburg, where number of respectable persons
came forward to testify that they had been dupeC
y By young girl twelve years of age who is know1
II as the wonderful child and who pretends to cure
e diseases by clarvoyance.
school teacher of Birmingham had visited bar
at various tim during eight weeks to be cured ot
sore eyes, had paid Tennessee (the name of the
- chlld) Sl1, had her fortune told undergone semi
# esmerc operation, performed by passing the hand
n | 80 ner forehead and eyes, and taken pills aud
d neeucine, prescribed and furnished by the
IS was t GhlId, all to no purpose, though cure
S was 20 oe elected in three weeks she NOT being
" " penemteo IN the least Tennessee had pretended
: - " 'tii ner fortune by pamistry. The witness did
y no' pelieVe herseit in the girls supernatural pow
: for relief. W Apply u her
Another witness, music teacher, who boards o+
r the st. Clair, has been under treatment for - ~
chitis, and though of sound mind when sba e.
went to the ''wOnderful child" was now So rncb
distracted from their treatment that she was Graz
at times, and didn't know what she was doinS
She paid her s. at first and Tennessee told her
fortune, taking the witness hands in her own On
stating the nature of her complaint an immediate
cure was promised, and medicine was given which
she took according to directions sometimes as many
as sixteen pills daily, and other medicines; her
hand. ~ "
After the Claims moved to the St. Clair, witness
greW quite intimate with them. She said the fam
ny were very profane. She had heard Tannessaa
Say sue was no clalrvoyant-had nothing to do with
splrltuahsm-it was gift from God which She
could not explain. Her sister, Utica told witness
tba cna.o naener uiun care SO he got the money;
her that he had called her the ''remarkable child :"
because nothing of the kind had ever been heard
oI oeIoreIc Iciairvoyance wouldn't make them a liv-
ing, out this would be the wonder of the world and
dttract great many people; witness said Tennes-
see mad told her things which set her mad amono
Sihers, that her deceased husband was in hi
gave her "luckv stone.' Had seen two. three
or iour dozen people there to have their fortunes
sT.o, IN DAY; they generally went away com
Ptalnlng OF the wonderful child" as a humbug.
one pretended to tell persons whether their friends
were dead or alive, in heaven or hell.
lhe Mayor, not thinking this practice legitimate.
held the girl, and her father and mother to bail for
| a further hearing.
! Poison IN SPIRGrUoUs LIoUoRs.-In communica-
ton to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
Or. Hayes, State Assayer of Massachusetts, states
| that ne mas made somewhat extended series of
analytical observations spirits and in no case
| had he found that any deleterious body had been
added by manufacturers to distilled liquors Gases
ol sudden poisoning by low w-priced common spirits
frequently occur but tn are caused by the fuse
OIL which Is produced by the fcrmentatio of mixed
| grains.
American distilled spirits, when allowed to be-
come Ola, are less delterious than of the for
elgn brandies. In new sted spirits however
there is source of great danger which should he
generally known, as it is of special interest to the
medical profession. Ofthese, DR.. HAYES saws that
! the newly-dIstlied spirits, of the most common
KIND often contain salts of copper, of lead or tin
| GerlVed from the condensers in which the yapors
are reduced to fluid form. The quantity of con-
per SAT- contained in the bulk usually taken as
| is - p1n
| OF metallic poisoning, and the cumulative charac-
ter OF these posons may even lead to fatal conse-
| quences. In the cold spirits examined bv Dr.
Hayes, he found that those metallic salts had all
| deposited to the bottom of the cask New spirit
uous liquors and the dregs at the bottom OF the
cask may, therefore, be considered highly pois-
| onous
An Acorn FROM TIE ToMR OF WASHINGTON
PLANTED IN RUSSIA DY THE EupERoR Nicholas
On the 22d of February Gov. Pickens, of South
Carolina, (who was recently Minister to Russia
made a short address to military company in
Charleston, in the course of which he made the
following happy allusion to the universal respect
for Gen. Washington:
"l remember while in a distant court of Europe
and at the most despotic of achievements that
on memorable occasion | visited the magnificent
gardens that surround Peterhofi, near st. Peters
burg. The gardens and grounds were dedicated to
the enjoyment and peaceful pursuits of the greatest
and most brilliant of courts. On remote island
OF these magnificent grounds that had been set aside
Tor the private enjoyment and private walks of the
Emperor and Empress, tree was pointed out to
me IN that garden, cultivated by particular and
devoted hands, surrounded by wire wicket work,
and flowers iourishing all around it. There stood
on one branch of the tree large brass plate and
on one side of that plate in German and on the
other side in SclG vonic was written this tree was
planted in 1889, by Nicholas, from an acorn that
grew near the tomb of the great WashingtOn.'-
Ihls was the inscription upon that tree, placed
there by one of the most absolute rulers that ever
swayed the sceptre of empire. And vet in his
private, secluded gardens, he paid this deep and
heartfelt tribute to the memory of the greatest and
purest man the world ever saw.
The WHEAT Cnop IN ILLIxoIs.-The farmers of
Illinois have every to be satisfied with the
appearance of the wheat crop at this time We
have reliable information from more than twenty
counties of Southern Illinois, giving assurance that
during the past ten years the wheat fields in March
nave never appeared so promising as now. The
growth is admirably well set, covers the ground
well, Is healthy and strong, encouraging large ex
pectations ofiu granares the close of the season.
The amount sown last fall was unusually large
and 1861 bids fair to be distinguished in Illinois
Tor the atfluent wheat harvest 1860 for the
plethorIc corn crop in Central and Northern Hi
nois.-Nissoarj Republican.
Mr.. RUSSELL, the London Times correspondent,
1t is said, is commissioned to pay visit to the Cot,
ton Contederacy, with view to ascertain what
public opinion on the secession question really is
there. The studied and systematic misrepresen-
tations of that part the country by the Northern
Republican journals, are too much now for even
intelligent Englishmen-and hence the despatch
OF special correspondent, by the leading British
journal, to enable it to and Judge for itself
The step is one which does much credit to the
lmpartiaity as to the enterprise of our trans
atlantic cotempnrary, and there can be no doubt
that the reception of its correspondent, by the
Southern ''Barbarians," will be quite as genial as
bis reception in this latitude.-N. Y. Express.
Mr.. CRIrTENDEN PosrPoNEs HIS VISIT TO BosroN.
MIR. Crittenden gives the following reasons for
postponing his visit to Boston in a letter to the
Mayor:
have received letters urging me to return to
hentucky by the 10th of this month, the day
which the Legislature of that State is to meet in
extraordinary session, tor the purpose of consider
ing the present unhappy state of the country
1t seems to me to be my duty to obey this call,
and have decide to do | must beg of YOU,
therefore, to excuse me to the City Council, and
to allow me still further to postpone my visit to
Boston.
DEALING WITH CooLIEs-The Callao correspon-
dent of the Panama Star announces the recent ar
rival there of a vessel having on board about six
hundred coolies, who have engaged to labor for
eight years, at the rate of five dollars per month.
They are sold at auction for this term of years at
the rate OF four hundred to four hundred and fifty
dollars. In many cases they are put under the
direction OF negroes overseers, and too often
treated with great cruelty. No attention is paid
by the authorities to their complaints, and band
OF fifty who escaped from their masters and claimed
IeuIess from tue government were sent Dack to
chains and punishment
SHoEMAKERs AGAIN ON A SrRIKE.-The bootma-
kers of East Stoughton met on Satu day evening
to consult with reference to a strike. Homer Beas
was chosen Chairman, j. Beals, clerk, and H. S.
Crafts, Secretary. The meeting full, and was
addressed by Gideon Howard, of Randolph, who
urged strike, after which the matter was discuss
ed, and the meeting adjourned until Tuesday
evening, to organize a lodge for the protection of
labor. 1t Is said that. the shoemakers have been
making boots for S. a case for which they had S 10
and Sl2 in 1859 and lSGO.-Boston Traueller,
March is.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WoRKING GLAsS-The London
Magazine states that John Chedgey, of that city,
has succeeded in turning and boring glass; and has
thus rendered 1t more applicable to great variety
OF useful purposes He makes glass cylinders perfect
ly round and SMOOTH also very strong glass pipes
substitutes for metal in conveying acids and aka
lies, and his cylinders are eminently adapted for
the barrels of pumps. Glass tubes of moderate bore
are quite common, but they never made with
a uniform size of bore.
Lieut.. Craven has received, through the State
and Navy Depa rtments at Washington, a very
handsome reco gnition from the Spanish Govern.
mont, of his services in rescuing the passengers of
the Spanish polacca Bella, wrecked on the Cavo
GuinchOS, in June, 1850. Lieut.. c., in the Mohawk
lay by the Bella three days, and saved all on board
He receives very handsome gold medal with a
diploma.
The marriage of the daughter of Mires with
| Hrlnce Pohgnac was called "diamond wedding"
| -one party contributing wealth and the other
Dlood, and the wedding being magnificent affair.
II is now said that the large settlement made by
Alires on his daughter and son-in-law Prince Po-
| iunac was of q fra I