The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-30

ATTEMPT ENGLISH BARON TO MURDER HIS
OwN SoN.-The Baron Alfred Louis Pons de Vidi,
known in society an Orleanist, settled in England
and practically naturalized by marriage sx-and-
twenty years ago in a wealthy Hertfordshire fami-
lv of fJacksons, is now a fugitive in France from
English officers of justice, by whom he is charged
with an attempt at highway murder his only
son.
The Baron's wife died early leaving a son heir,
upon his coming of age, to a large part of her
property; the reverson being to the father if the
son died without heirs. The is a gradu-
ate of Cambridge, twenty three years old, fully en-
titled to expect al account of his fathers steward
| ship. Yesterday fortnight the father, living a
bachelors life at the Clarendon, sent to his SON :
chambers in Jermyn street inviting him to break
| fast with him, and then go with him to call at
Claremont upon the ex Queen of France. At Clare
mont they put up their horses, made their call
chatted tor nearly hour with the Due dor
! leans, returned to the inu remounted, and turned
| homeward at a walking pace. On their way back
1t appears that the father lost his way designedy.
Finally, they met woman who told them they
were astray they retraced their steps, and got into
other lanes that brought them to the back of Or
| leans House, by the stables. They then turned on
one side, and the supposed that his ia ather
! going round to the main entrance. Presently
| they turned sharp corner in the lane, and found
! themselves in an enclosure Of road, with another
| sharp corner not far before them.
| At this first corner the father halted as the son
| rode on. The father called to his Alfred tn at
| they were all wrong and must turn back. The
| youth turned back and had returned only few
PAGES when he received violent blow and looked
up to see his father advancing on him, with some
| thing uplItted in his hand, to strike again. The
| second blow fell, the youths hat off, and his
J forehead streaming with blood, but his spurred
horse rose to intercept on its head the third
| blow, and at that moment, a laborng man and wo-
man came round the opposite corner.
| The man, John Rivers, saw the elder strike the
! younger on the forehead with something which be
took to be whip-handle that glittered at the end
! feet of the woman for protection. Close by was
| John Evans, a bargeman, to whom. the next
| cluDg, crying "Help mel Protect me! Save me!''
When the youth was questioned, he saw HE father
looking intently at him, saying something about a
wall and a fall. John Everett, another laborer,
came up, and seeing the wounded youth of course
| asked, GLOW did it happen?" The father replied
that the young gentleman had stood up in his sad
die to look over a WALL that the horse reared and
so he fell To Evans he said that the horse SHE'D
and threw the boy against the WALL
When the youths wounds were being roughly
washed he shrunk in terror from the father;
desire to take part in that attention, and when
| surgeon came he begged that his assistant Nigh
| be sent with him tn town.
| For a week the Baron de Vidil lived as usual a
the Clarendon. In the meantime the son hat
t9id his story, and Inspector Thornton of th
| defective force had found the evidence in confrma
| tion. At the beginning of this week the Baror
was fugitive and the detectives are upon his tract
| in Paris.
| EFFECT OF THE LATE BATTLE.-The following ex
tract is from the Toronto Leader (Canada).
| OF course the success will give the rebels mor
confidence, increase their ardor, bring additions a
| troops to their standard, confirm waverers and in
duce greater sacrifices the part of the people n
| sustain the cause in which they engaged. Tn
influence of Generals Beauregard and Johnston will
| be increased; no unimportant consideration, whe
it is remembered that one of the first requisites
success in military matters is, that the soldier
hsbould have confidence in their leaders. Hitherto
| necessarily untried men have been employed o.
| both Sides The result of the first serious encoun
ter indicates-we cannot say it proves--tbat tn
best Generals are those on the side OF the South
| A great uoral gain is therefore with the Confede
rates. They are stronger now than they have eve
| been since the contest commenced.
They have, however, done good service to tn
National cause. The people of the North hav
been too confident They imagined that thei
enemies were to be swept off the face the cart
with the greatest possible ease Foreigners bav
| never seen any reason to believe that America
citizens OF the South were to any great degree in
| terror In courage to those of the North. Yet tn
Unonists have, by repeatedly reiterating the accu
satiop, convinced themselves that all the traitor
| were arrant cowards
RELIABILITY OF NORTHERN REPoRrs.-Some tim
ago it was reported that Mr.. James Gaf. membe
OF the typographical fraternity, had been hung b
the rebels 1t Hsrper's Ferry. 1t affords ne plei
sure to announce that he still lives and In mo,
IN Harrisburg. Philadslpkia Inquirer.