The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-31

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| elgn flag, she becomes liable to confscation on he
hall OF her Majesty, an officer dispatched from
the Cyclops on board the Iran and took possession
OF the vessel for the purpose of being adiudicated
upon by the Court of Admiralty. The Turkish fac
winch was, even at that moment, still flying at the
| mast head, was hauled down, and the British en-
sign reholsted In its stead Notice of what had oc
Cured was subsequently sent to the Kaimakan of
| Jeddah. VI
Before the departure of the Cyclops for Suez,
Naamik Pacha claimed the surrender of the vessel
ana capt. fullen gave her up to the custody of the
Turkish authorities, declaring however, that he
held them responsible for her production to the Brit
ish Government.
Grave doubts are expressed whether the Kama
Kan ana HaamIK facha showed themselves ANNA
ted with full determination to quell the outbreak
or to vindicate their authority Some of the re-
fugees who have arrived here strongly assert that
notwithstanding the smallness of the force at his
disposal, the slightest show of determination on
the part of the Kaimakan would have sufficed 70
MAINTAIN tranquility, and that single gun from
the forts would etectually have established imme-
date order. 3
Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador Extraordinary
IN farls, mas received a Geographic dispatch
announcing That the Porte promises all the salts
lactlon IN ITS power for the murder of the French
Consul at Jeddah, and that the Arabs who com
united the crime, shall be visited with condign
punishment. The chancellor of the French Con
SUI at Jeddah, who is now at Alexandria, has
oeen summoned by telegraph to Paris. 1t is
place, will be forthwith occupied by French and
English force.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says that
Geographic dispatch from Constantinonle an
nounces that the Porte had sent to Jeddah corns
OF TWO thousand men for the purpose of n1icting
exemplary chastlsement on the assassins of the
French and English Consus.
1t is said in Paris that orders have been snnt IN
the commandant of the naval division in China. to
dispatch two ships of war at once for the Red Sea
Inc french ADMIRAL commanding on the Greek sta
ton is ordered to proceed to Gambia
/ PARIS, July l6.-The loniteur saws that tbe afro
clous act at Jeddah exceeds in barbaritv ANYTHING
In the first days of Mussuman fanaticism, and de,
mands prompt and signal satisfaction The two
governments are taking measures in concert for
securing such satisfaction the honor of their FLAGS
and the enormity of the outrage REQUIRE
A letter from Alexandria, dated the 9Th instant
and published in the Paris correspondence of the
Times, gives, among other details of the massacre
at Jeddah, the following particulars of the attack
on the French consulate "About sunset on the
10Th of June the house of the English vice consul
at Jeddah was suddenly attacked and invaded By
some hundreds OF Hadramtes, inhabitants of South
ern Arabia who seized the person of the consul
wounded him grievously, and then flung him. still
alve, from the window into the street. where mob
OF the same fanatics hacked his body into pieces
The house was then pillaged, the servants and two
dragomen assassnated, and the archives of the con-
sulate burnt.
While this horrible scene was going on, similar
crimes were committed at the French consulate
who penetrated into the house by the windows.
tell mortally wounded by several sabre cuts His
wife was killed by dagger thrust in her breast
after having defended herself courageouslv, killed
the murderer of her husband and wounded several
others. Her daughter, Is years old succeeded in
escaping by secret door. In the next room were
the Chancellor of the Consulate and his servant
The latter IS Mussulman, an old soldier who for
merly served in battalion of native Algerines-
These two men and the consuPs younp daughter
defended themselves so heroically that the muir
derers retreated for a moment They soon re-
turned to the charge but this time employed
stratagem Hadramite, an acquaintance of the |
Chancellor's, approached him, and said, Come |
outcome with mel wish to save YOU from |
certain DEATH" Confding in these promises, the
brave young man quilted the room; he was in |
sIanlly struck with poinard which only slightly |
wounded him In the arm. Knocked down by the |
blow, his throat was seized by the assassin and he |
was on the point of perishng, when the consuPs |
daughter threw herself on the assassin, and bit him
10 deeply in the head that he was forced to let 90
lhereupon another of these wretches attacked fhe
courageous young girl, and gave her a sabre cut
across the face. She fell senseless but the Chancel
tGr VINO mad sprung to his feet inflicted blow on
the last assassin. Meanwhile the Chancellors SER
want, struggling with admirable energy against |
these miscreants, killed three of them, wounded
several others, and so succeeded in covering the |
night OF the Gonsufs daughter, of the Chancellor,
and OF servant, who have all arrived this evening
IN company of the brave soldier at the residence of
the ConsulGeneral Of France, in Alexandria.
IMPROPER BAGdAGE.-THE BURNT MAus.-It is |
stated In the Rochester Union, that when the fire
was discovered in the baggage car at ST Inhne |
VILE, apassenger stated to the conductor that he |
naa IN MS trunk a loaded revolver and two small |
canlsters of powder. No prudent man would. If
course, approach the car under such circumstances
and did not until after the powder exploded This
caused considerable delay. The Buffalo Commer.
be ia AZ forty mailbag KEGS picked up after
'he IRE. ms Implies the lvss Of a ut,ot u.on
in Riff L. bo1 =
the amount OF S32, 900 in the mails Large num-
bers OF letters were burned. Those who have rea
son to suppose that their letters were in these mails
'houlu FORWARD duphcates.-Atbany Journal, 18th
POSTAGE STAMPS AND ENvELoPEs.-The Provi
lence journal suggests, that many persons OBJ
ect 10 the use OF envelopes, in their correspondence
because the postmark is important evidence in |
ne ldenlfcation of letters and as there is no wav
of establishing the connection between the enyeI
ope ana the lncosure and of proving that the most
marx OF the former gives the date when the letter
was mailed, 1t would be a convenience if the Gov
eminent would furnish writing paper slammed in
The same way the envelopes now are so that the
same sheet might bear the communication the su
ana the date OF mailing, without the
necessity OF using separate stamps.
, Col. THOMAS ALsOP.-It is known to many that
my gentleman has been for'some months in our
'ountry, and that he has been accused of CONFLICT
y IN orslnls plot against Louis Napoleon We
that her Maestys Foreign Secretary
las expressed his entire willingness that Mr. Alison
nay return to his country. We do not know that
ms liberty is magnanimous. but sure we are il il
iIoerty Mr.. Alsop would take without asking: nor
10 we think he regards the offer otherwise than
With contemplated York Tribune
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press states that
Arie Martin, the young man who deliberately shot
md Killed two citizens Calais in that State. a
eW days ago, without provocation, became, some
line since, convert to "Spiritualism," and that he
vas acting under orders from the "Spirits" when
lie murdered his victims, and was intending as he
vowed, to kill four more persons living in that
icinity.
The number of taxable slaves in Mississippi il
w, lS2, an increase on 1856 of 1880 If the ave
age val ue of the slaves is estimated at 5000 each
he total would be S220,902 POO.
The vacant professorship of Moral Sciences in
he University of Mississippi has been filled by the
lection of the Rev. George w. Carter, of Lynch
urg.
M MARRIED.
On the 2Sth instant, by Rev. Jas SeweII CHARLES T.
NDERSON to SUSAN REDMILE, both of Anne Arm
ell county.
On the 9th instant by Rev. James P Fugitt ROBERT