The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-04
LATEST NEWS,
TELEGRAMS.
Later from California by Pony Express.

FoRr KEARNEY, March 1.-The pony express
passed here at halfpsst o'clock, A. NJ, being
eral hours ahead of time by the time schedule.
c. l.. Wilson the princi pal builder of the Sacra-
mento Valley Railroad, was attached on the 14th,
by Messrs. Alsop Co., for $1,000 1t is not |
known yet whether ths.will have any eject on the |
progressing extension of the road. The annual
report the condition of that portion of the Val |
ley road completed, shows a surplus of receipts
over expenditures of 100000 against $50, 900 sur
plus last year.
Some eight or nine different companies are
endeavoring to get bills through the Legislature
authorizing street railroads in San Francisco.
Abernethy, Clark Co., extensive lumber mer-
chants, recently reported as failed, have resumed
payment.
Lady Franklin sailed yesterday for British Co.
lumbia.
The pony express, with Atlantic telegraphic
dates via Fort Kearney to I'd February, arrived at
Carson Valley Yesterday, whence the news of the
passage of the Pacific Railroad bill by the Senate
Immediately teegraphed to San Francisco
The intelligence Is joyfuy received as is also the
more favorable prospect of early settlement BY
compromise, of the disuuion question.
telegraphc despatch from Los Angeles last
evening, announces the arrival of the incoming
overland mail stage, two days behind time, with,
out any mail, the letter-bag having been left at
Tucson, Western Arizona, on account of Indian
troubles on the route.
Troops from Fort Buchanan are reported to
nave proceeded to the Apache country with a
prospect of protecting the mail route; so that the
next stage may be expected in due time with all the
delayed mail matter.
The news from the Sandwich Islands per Zoe is
to the 2lst of January, being month later
Business at the Islands dull, the rainy season
and absence ofwhalers preventing activity. Three
remarkably short passages from San Francisco to
Honolulu are recorded. The Norwester and Comet
both inside of ten days, and the Fairwind in eight
days and seven hours-the latter being the quickest
passage ever made. The commercial statistics OF
the kingdom for 1860, prepared by the Collector
General, are published. In nearly every item a
shown frOm he tahl IF no
Vlous years. The causes of this decline are attrib
uted mainly to the decrease in foreign whale ships
visiting the Islands, and in part to the tarif
OF ten per cent. on merchandise of all kinds which
went into force in June 1860.
Here the line west of Omaha gave out, and th,
balance Of the despatch is mssing.1
Important from Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Minister Dallas in com
municating to the President information relativ
to the proceedings before the Lord Chief Justic
of England in the Anderson fugitive case, says tn
amount of legal acumen and astuteness brought t.
bear in support of the British Interpretation of tn
tenth article of the Extradtion treaty, was aston
ishing, but not OF account of the peculiar opinio
held by Great Britain concerning the social cond
ton of slavery. The correspondence has been sub
mitted to the Senate. The matter will be sub
Ject for the consideration of the incoming admins
tration. new Convention will probably be th
result for mutual understanding of the article il
question.
number of conservative members of the Vir
ginla convention have arrived here. Their obiec
is to gain information touching the posture of a
fairs and to report the same to that body. The
are not encouraged to the extent they had antic
pated. They will return to Richmond to morrow
The President has approved the Tariff bill and th
bills establishing the Territorial Governments G
Colorado, Dacotah and Nevade. In these there
nothing whatever said about slavery.
The President will leave Washington on Tue!
for Whaotl Eel AZ
Glossbenner, will remain here for several days t.
attend to private business for Mr.. Buchanan
Senators Hemphi and Wigfal leave Washingto
for Montgomery on Tuesday, to join Messrs. Res
gan and Pether, members of the Southern Congress
from that State.
The inaugural address is not to be delivered int
the hands of the printer until after its delivery
The Senate galleries densely occupied t.
night, and many persons are unable to procure az
mttance.
No measure, which even the most ultra sece
slonlst can cOnstrue as coercive, has passed Coz
gress yet The Pacific Railroad bill is beyor
resuscitation
The officers of the Army and Navy in separa
bodies waited on the President and the respectiv
Secretaries of these branches of the public seryic
and finally took their leave of them yesterda,
Brief speeches were made and mutual regrets e!
pressed.
Fatal Boiler Explosion ut New Haven
New HAVEN, March This noon, at u o'clocl
a boiler in the Gun factory of the Whitney Arm
Sompdny, dl w hltueyVlIe, ABOUT tnree miles frO
here, exploded, blowing out the east end of Ii
building, demolishing the machinery and arms
various kinds, and making a complete wreck
the premises About thirty persons were in tt
vicinity of the boiler at the time, many of whol
were buried in the ruins. Paul Savage, the eng
neer, was seriously injured Edward r. Farme
W. j. Richards, Samuel Hall, Laban Oliver an
son, were all badly scalded. Nine others are lei
injured Major r. W. Norton, with Mr.. Olive
were both blown across portion of the stream
1t is expected that all but one Of the victims wi
recover.
The rumor of the accidentspread quickly through
out the city, and several fire companies, includin
asteamer, started for the scene, but soon returne
their services not being required.
mum Der OF physicians from this city were 500
in attendance, and assisted in alternating the su
ferings of the victims.
The cause of the explosion cannot be correctl
ascertained at present. The engineer is a ma
well skilled in his business, and the boiler was
usual strength.
The principal loss sustained by the Company
on the machinery, the amount of which is nj