The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-30
MOVEMENT OF OCEAN STEAMERS
THE AMNESTY DECLARED IN NM.


The proclamation of Queen Victoria's pardon to
all the India rebels save those who murdered Brit
lsh subjects was read at Bombay on the last of Oc
tober All the troops in the garrison, the whole
population, European and native were convened to
meet in the Town hall and on the green before it.
to hear the solemn declaration of Indian rights and
duties read A letter to the London Times saws:
BY the side of the brilliant uniforms of the staff
mingled the snow-white dresses of the Parsees and
the Mussulmen, the gay turbans and scarfs of the
Hindoos, and the dark habiliments of the clergy,
among whom appeared not only the European min
listers OF the Protestant and Roman Catholic faiths
but the dusky forms of native converts with shaven
heads and black scalp locks. A procession having
been formed, with less attention to the etiquette Of
each ones rank than would have been possible in
the days of Ossory and Charles H., Lord Elphin-
stone and the Secretaries of the Government ad-
vanced to platform erected on the steps O f the
Town hall and proceeded to the business of the oc-
cason.
The scene presented from the spot where Mr..
oung, the Chief Secretary to the Government
stood, holding in his hand the Royal PROCLAIM alton,
was not without its peculiar characteristics To
the right and left of the principal actors of the scene
stood the "beauty and fashion, of Bombay On
tne steps peiow the platform was choice assem-
bage OF native gentlemen, and on the green, or
crowdlng onwards from the side streets abuttipp
upon it, waved to and fro turbaned crowd the
variegated hues of whose dresses full of that har
mony pecuilar TO the East, gave marked charac-
ter to the scene. The houses, in themselves suffi
ciently mean, were decorated with flags and pre-
parations for the coming illumination. The roofs.
were filled with spectators, whose scantv clothing
allowed their long thin limbs to be seen in relief
upon the deep evening sky. The circular road
round the green was kept by the regiments of the
garrison. flagstaff stood at the foot of the Town
hall steps, another erect the point of the catbe
dra awaiting the unfolding of the standard of Eng
land, which was to wave for the first time over the
city of Bombay.
In the midst of the deepest silence Mr.. Young
read the Proclamation in English which was after
Uar6s oil in Mab Al.
ter, Mr.. Wassewdeo. The troops saluted, the
bands played "God save the Queen - and the royal
standards rose simultaneously to the summit of the
fagstafs, that hoisted on the cathedral expanding
at once to the breeze and showing the lions of Eng
land. On the lower flagstaff the royal standard hung
listessly, and it not till the troops had begun
omove, after the cheering and booming of the royal
salute had been heard that the emblem of English
sovereignty was found to have been hung upside
down. There was pang in the breast of the su-
perstltlous at that moment, who consoled them
selves, however, 18th the thought that similar
accident had not happened to the fac on the
cathedral Evening was closing in when the cere-
mony was completed, and as the crowd dispersed
from the Town hall, the first signs of the illumina
tons were visible in the incl easing gloom. Trum-
phal arches had been thrown across the streets not
only of the Fort but of the native CITY, Thousands
upon thousands of lights gave out in fire the out
lines of colonnades, windows, curious gables and
quaint devices.
Queen Victora's name was everywhere-as
we're II arewells to the East India Company" new
nopes Tor the future of India emblazoned on more
shan one edlhce. Crystal chandeliers were hung
from mouse to house amid festoons of light, and
the streets glaring yellow blue and green
IN tne opscurity oil moonless night, crowds of peo-
pein every walk oflife faunted gailv along and en-
hvened the scene. The gates of the Fort tbs
0astions, and ravelines were embroidered with
flame, the ships i'll the harbor shone ont in tba
darkness amid the blaze of blue lights. Romhav
had never seen such celebration, nor had its non
uation, fond as orientals are of glitter and CLARA
ever enjoyed much of it. Of the fireworks er
hibited on the occasion l need only say that thew
were as good it was possible to produce with the
means at our command. The results of similar
demonstrations at Madras, Agra, Delhi, Kurrachee
Poonah, and other presidency towns have already
Deen made public here; none We'd with Bombay in
their demonstrations and rejoicing.
Mrs. Rebecca Outright, died in Upshur county,
Va, on the 5th inst, at the extraordinary age Of
one hundred and six years. An obituary Of her
says:
She was the first white woman who settled in the
valley OF the Buckhannon River, coming to West
ern virginia when quite young, and living with
ner husband in hollow tree at the mouth of Tur-
Key run, in what is now Upshur county. The de-
ceased retained all her faculties in vigor until the
close OF her long life, and on the morning of her
decease was caressing one of her great-grand chill
dren when, feeling weary, she requested the child
''to be quiet, while granny would Law down and
sleep" The venerable old LADY then laid down
upon her bed and "slept the sleep that knows NO
wskipGi, from var.
ais and Eastern ays