The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-25
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E VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.-A Georgia CORES
l pondent writes US:
Every eye here is fixed on the glorious Old Do
,n,ln'on-eVery =, heart beats in unison with hers
G"d Npees are bowed in prayers for her to the
i,i vi IN Dattles. And Mary lana alas poor Yor-
cHt Tears for the faen-curses for the oppressor
e Tun Ture'y In her bosom there will arise some William
teH-s0me W Wallace-some Marion-to strika bon,a
b 'or MS country and his God %
- e!-hundreds! thousands! tens of thousands 7
dav roiI hearts burn volcanic fires, which will one
heads of III waves OF unquenchable fame over the
I, VI 'helr 0ppress. RS! Where was there mora
5 galant, more generous a more chivaIric Sta+
= frm - y va ylanu Let not our Southern friends
patch. U'e'-il'ehmona ms
Sunday, at Parma N. Y. Ebenezer Lew;s oo;.
ted suicide by cutting his throat with a ronnr
When discovered he was dead, with his hand ain
retaining its hold upon tin basin into vhinb Li
blood had run. From the evidence given at ,h
coroners inquest, it appeared that he had \ few
weeks ago confessed that nearly two years since he
gave to his wife medicine for the purpose of rro-
ducng amiscarriage, representing to her that it
! was simply cayenne pepper. She took it, and the
same night was lunatic, and the next morning
corpse. She was duly buried and that was the
| last that was thought of it, except by the guiltv
nuSoand, whose conscience refused to be indemni-
NED at less price than his life, taken by the same
hand that buried his weak and deluded wife to an
| untimely grave.
WHAT GoNGREss Musr Do.-The New York Err
press of Thursday says:- ~
Congress will, must overlook the letter to dafand
the spirit OF the law. But Congress probably will
not stop there, or in providing for army and navy
! IL blood be shed, and passion be provoked Al
| ready, hints given out that the Fyo;t;re w.
ta,o 'otH be suspended to the Seeding States. Men
ask aready,-why more surrender black fugitves
| to Virginia than to Jamaica or Canada? If tbis
Heplra
| question, will be great,-and the "Catos" 'sCica
| ros, and "Scpi"s," OF the Old Dominion will then
3e 700 plenty, even for the Abolitionists of New
England, or the Lakes.
| 49, A LOSING GAMG-The Northern holders of the
| Mississippi Central Railroad bonds did not naEe
| anything, but, on the contrary it apppars ware
losers by the arrest of Col. Walter Goodman, pres-
| dent OF the road, in New York. He addressed the
citizens OF Grenada Miss, on the night of the I4fh
| inst. The Rural Gentleman saws:
lie gave, as we learn, an interesting account of
| his arrest in New York spv his bein, taken
| before Ten Wool, the OverhauIing Of his bagpare
| ms release, the watchings Of the enemy after bis
| release, and his return with the money he had
| taken with him to pay the bonds of his road-N
! U. Picayune.
TREASON IN VmGINIA.-Judge Lyons, of Rich
mond IN his charge to the Grand jury of that city,
thus defines the crime of treason according to the
Virginia code:
Any citizen resident of Virginia who noy ad
heres to the United States, giving the Government
thereof or its officers aid and comfort is gniItv of
treason. Furnishing information or intelligence
money, arms ammunition, provisions or any assist
auce' "hetner gratutoasy or for reward, is Civ
! ing ana and therefore committing treason Even
| the attempt to do any of these things though un-
successful Will make man guilty of treason.
-, HACK REFoEM IN New YORK. "Pge ExrREss.'-
Ihe owners OF hacks in New York have come to a
conclusion that a reform is necessary in tn. stvIe
OF transacting the hacking business of that ill gov
erned village. The extortions and other enoTmi
ha1 hscp
that an opposition system of express wagons Gs in
au@uFated, with the evaporation of the railroad and
| steamboat officials The effect of this opposition
has been SUCH that the hacking interest has formed
a'HacNman'S Association which has adopted the
rate OF twenty five cents for one PASSENGER and
usGa baggage, any distance not exceeding two
miles. WV
MAJoR-GENERAL LEE-A distinguished cIarov
| man VINO has recently spent day in this city and
| VINO has tor some time known Gen. Scott i1tima
| ttIy, assured friend here that Cen Scott told
M" 'hat General Lee then Col. Lee) decided
| ly the ablest officer in the United States army
There can be no doubt, then, of the suserior mill
| tary standing of the leader of our forces our enc
imleS mleS themselves being witnesses. They may yet
nave more powerful and tang ibe proof of General
Lees skiIl.-Richmond Dispatch
| TELEGRAPHIC.-rhe organization of the Southern
line OF Telegraph, beginning at Alexandria, was
| COMPLETED Tuesday by the selection of Dr. W s
Morris, OF Lynchburg, Va, President, and j.
IL. Dowell as Superintendent. This line is now en-
mTeiy distinct and disconnected from the line from
| Washington North. The wires between AIexan-
| drla aud Washington have been taken down and
| tme-e is no connection between Alexandria and
- ashlnSton. The officers selected are Virginians.
WESTERN CoRN AT TIE SoUTH.-A correspondent
o, m the Macon Telegraph, writing from Albany
Dougherty county, Ca, SAYS:
A large number of planters in Southwest Geor-
gia nave planted Western sack corn, and from
What nave heard several say, in the last few days
rear IL VIII prove an entire failure, AS it is tassen
out from hip to waist high. One planter informed
. CORRESPONDENT mr. bo
hundred and fifty of corn almost in full tas-
sci and literally surrounded with suckers
GEN. Pillows FoRCLS.-The different stories
WhlcP nave recently heen in circulation to the ef.
iect that General Pillow was soon to attack Cairo
with fifteen, twenty TWENTY-FIVE thousand men
had no foundation in fact. The General has issued
| proclamation ordering an encampment Of all the
troops, armed and unaTmed, under his command
near jackson, Tenn, and he confidently h.IiavaS
that the Governor of Tennessee has taken steps to
procure arms for those who have not received
| them.
| LAssO DUEL.-A couple of ATiZoniars mn .
native born Mexican, and the other boatmsn rrorn
| the Mississippi, who had lived in Arizona ahnnt
a year, fought duel on horseback some time apo
each armed with lasso. The American wbG +
was thought would stand no chance in such novel
encounter, except the chance of being stranded
iassoed his foe at the first throw of the moose and
dragged hm over the p ain at the full speed of his
morse, until he was mangled and bruised almost to
jelly. ~
| SLANERS.-Ihe Cuban
trade, since the withdrawal Of the T. $ squadron
from the coast of Cuba, is said to be carried on
win redoubied vigor. Six cargoes have been land
ca on the lever faithful ise' since the 24tb of
March. The British Admiral Milne is said IN
nave relaxed his vigilance and does not hesitate to
say TO American merchants that he is not going to
DO double duty, slave hunting, as he has been com
Pei'eu 10 do since the withdrawal of the Yankees.
In regard to the reported debasement of coin at
the New orleans mint, the Crescent declares that
hot one single new coin, OF any kind of denomi-
natlo4 whatever, has been issued from the mint at
Ne" oTieans since its seizure by order of the Lou
lslana Convention, and presume none will he X.
sueo until alter the devices for new set of coins tn
compose the currency of the Confederate States
are ordered By the Montgomery Congress"
Six children poisoned on Monday, at Mia
CARA Fails, by drinking corrosive subIimate The
children, playing in the street. discovered an emntv
bottle, which they subsequently filled with water,
! ana then drank it. In very short time thew we're
all taken sick. The bottle contained corrosive sub
innate, small portion having been left in it. An
udotes were administered and they all recovered.
-, The ladies' ola certain town in tins State, saws
the Raleigh State journal, hearing that one of the
commissioned officers of their town military COM
panv had backed out on a call being made u1on his
company by Governor Ellis sent a complete outfit
oil petucoats, &c, assuring him there was no dam
ger, lor that they would take of him
John La Mountain, the aeronaut has offered bis
| services to the Government, in the CAPACITY of
scout. lie proposes to initiate his balloon and ac-
companled by ar engineer, to ascend to any desir-
aoIe elevation, taking notes of the country the sit
uation and strength of the enemy, &c.
The National IntcUigencer SAYS tha, when Con-
grcss assemblies and while dsposing the rebels of
the South, 1t should also take action in refer
ence to the rebelious spirit of the North which has
passed laws virtually nullifying those of the federal
| government.
The First Regiment of New Jersey, at Washing
| ton, was treated day two since to a dinner,
composed OF all the luxurieS OF the season. prrpared
at Newark, and forwarded to their quarters under
| a
We are panied to learn, says the National En,e1f
gencer OF Yesterday, that Judge Douglass family
| here yesterday received unfavorable inteipence
indicating relapse. The latest despatch how
ever, stated that he somewhat better arain
Western coroner, in his report of an inquest as
published, declared that the deceased "died bv the
| visitation of God in the natural manner, and not
| otherwise"
| Twelve thousand Turkish soldiers arrived at Rel
rut On the 22d ult. They arrived in five mep-of-
war, and the boats OF the French and English aided
them in landing.
W. II. Prichard, general agent of the Southern
Tor furnishing the latest and most reliable news,
are now complete.
| The Savannah Ne'os, that Cape Nav, Sara
toga, Newport and Niagara virtually closed To
! southern tourists suggests Catoose Springs Geor
gia, as substitute for the others.