The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-13
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


perintended the erection of the Jail. The re
port reviews the work from its commencement W
to the delivery of the building to the city. Ther
are no new features in the report, and the statistic
connected with the erection have heretofore beer
published. The close of the report is devoted to
reference to the Report of the Committee on Police
and Jail, recently presented in the First Branch by
the chairman, Mr.. Phelps. In this connection tht
report says:
The Commissioners have noticed with surprise and re
gre in the daily papers of Monday last, statement Of
report made on the Jail to the Council, from you
Joint Standing Committee of Police and Jail In it are the
most sweeping charges against the who per
formed the work the JAIL and against the commission
who superntended it, and made to bv your
e1 pdrte-wthout, we think giving the matter that fa
consideration which of justice to citizens gross
y assailed by the nferences and conclusions of your
committee so imperatvely demanded Wewere not even
by your committee to visit the Jail with them
explain the character of the contract or the quality of the
work. with opportunity to before your committee
SUBJECT the first notice received of the dispeasure
ofyour committee the report assaing only
| capacity, but our integrity.
Your Committee of Police have given Judgment on the
SUBJECT and gone to the public with certain propositions
stated as facts and with nferences and insnuaons the
most gross and unfair Under these circumstances the
commissioners most respectfully pray your honorable
bodyby every principle justice citizens who consider
themselves wronged that YOU will appoint Joint specal
committee to whom the report your Committee on Po
lice and Jail shall be REFERRED with instructions to enter
complete investigation as to the truth of fine
and the justice of the inferenccs and nsnuations con
tanned therein well to examine into the whole
ter Of our connection with the building Of the jail and
you VIII do us this Justice pledge ourselves that
ar as we are concerned the fullest and frees inquiry
| shall be facilitated.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT SULLIVAN,
AMOS MoCoMAs,
WILLIAM E. BEALE,
EDWARD H. LAMDIN,
JAMES II. WooD.
lNHUMAN TREArMENT.-Ye Y esterday about noon a
negro girl, about nine years of age, who gave the
name OF Martha Ann Neale, was found by a police
man sitting in an alley near the intersection of
wolf and Fayette streets, crying bitterly On
nquring she stated that she had been bea ten badly
by her master. and could not live with him. The
policeman took her to the Eastern district police
station, when in a short time a man named Ben ia
min Stokes eX-police officer, made his appear.
ance and demanded her as his property, stating
that she had been bound to him. Justice Griffin
examined the person of the girl and found that she
had been whipped in most inhuman manner. In
many places the skin cut open and the flesh
iald pare. lie ordered the arrest of Stokes and
held him to bail for Court.
REORGANIZATION OF THE CRY CoMMTssIoNER's DE-
PARTMENT-The ordinance reported Sy Mr. Boul-
den, chairman of the Committee on HIGHWAYS, in
the First Branch of the City Council reorg anizn q
the City Commissioners Department, was passed
In the First Branch last evening The ordinance
aboishes the offices of City Commissioner and
Fort w arden, and creates board OF commission
ers three in number, who shall perform the duties
incumbent upon the present City Commissioner
and Port Warden. The salary of the commission
ers is fixed at ST. 200 each, and that of their clerk
at $500. The commissioners are required to give
bonds in the sum of SIS 600 each, for the faithful
discharge of their duties
PROPERTY SALEs.-Y esterday, Col Samuel H.
Cover, auctioneer, sold on the premises lot of
ground situated on the north side of West Lom-
bard street, having a front of II feet and depth
OF III feet to 20 feet alley. Improved by three
story brick dwelling, and subject to ground rent
OF $50, and an incumbrance of 81, 200. Purchased
by Hugh Gelston for $500. Also lot of ground
situated George ypit
OF 62 feet inches, and depth of l31 feet inches
to Brune alley. Improved by a one-story-and a.
nall brick cottage, and three-story brick dwelling
and subject to an annual ground rent of Sl4O 62I%
Purchased by F. A. Waesche for S2,200
Observation-Disclosures during Monday night the
dwelling OF Mr.. James e. frisco, on Fremont
street extended, was entered By burglars and rob-
ped OF lot of clothing and jewery valued at about
$40, and also Sl7O in money which had been left
IN sideboard drawer in the dining-room The
thieves also helped themselves freely from the lar.
der Entrance effected by cutting out the
Stats of the rear window shutter and pushing
down the fastening. A gold watch left upon the
mantleplece OF the dining-room escaped obserya
ton. The robbery not discovered until the
morning, when the family came down stairs
BUTTER THIEF.-1 esterday morning man nam
ed Thomas Quinn was arrested on the charge of
stealing two rolls of butter, the property of Daniel
Edwards. The butter was in wagon in front of
Edwards premises, corner of Spring and Holland
streets, and while the owner was absent Quinn
stole the butter and making off with it when
Edwards followed and overlook him. struggle
ensued, but policeman McElwee arrived, and the
accused was handed over to him. He was taken to
the Eastern police station and Justice Griffin COM
mitted him to Jail for court. Quinn is well known
to the police annals as an old offender.
AGGRAVATED AssAULT.-Sergeant Auld yester-
day morning arrested man named Theodore
Meyer, Keeper OF a clearinghouse at the corner
OF broadway and Thames street, on the charge of
committing violent assault on a man named Peter
Nittman: ltappeared before the magistrate that
Nlttindu was In arrears for one weeks board, and
Meyer took this manner Of cancelling the account
Justice Griffin held him to bail for court The as
sault was of very violent character and was COM
mltted while Whitman was in his bed.
MARINE observation-disclosures Friend, Ri cketts &
Co., owners of the schooner Isabel, heretofore re-
ported missing, have received letter from her
commander, Capt Nulburn, from Liverpool, in
forming them that the vessel sprung a leak while
on her passage from the Guano Islands for this
city, and he was compelled to abandon her. All
hands were saved by the ship North America Cant
Lincoln, of Boston, and conveyed to Liyernool
where they arrived safe. The letter gives no par.
ticuars of the disaster.
The New WATER WoRKs-It will be seen by
reference to the advertising columns that the Wa
ter Engineer gives notice that the water from the
new reservoir will be turned into the pipes living
IN the Western section of the city, on the 22d inst
Persons are notified to have their water fixtures
prepared for its reception. The force of the water
inconvenience will be experienced by those whose
fixtures are not strong enough to resist the force
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DRowNING-Ye esterday
morning, little boy named Samuel Walstrom,
about nine years of while playing on the Ferry
Wharf, Locust P oint, fell into the water gen
tleman named Thomas Stokes saw the boy fall and
Immediately jumped into boat and succeeded in
rescuing the child He was carri ed to the house of
his grandfather, Mr.. Jacob Shreck, in a verv ex-
hausted condition, where he was restored by the
use of proper remedies.
AoCIDENT.-Ye esterday morning Mrs. Widener,
living Fayete street, east of Pine was in iured
considerably by falling from porch in the rear of
her house. At the time of the accident, she was
descending the steps leading into the yard, when
she made misstep and fell to the ground. break
ing her right arm and sustaining other injuries.
DR.. Hoffman was called in and treated her case
LENT.-Lent commences to-day Religious ser.
vices will be held at the Catholic and Episcopal
churches in this place, during he season, at ap
pointed days and hours.
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