The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-02
From WASHINGTON.


| WASHINGTON, November 1.-The following officers
have been ordered to the steamer America Com
mander Joseph F. Green; Lieutenants Cuyler Belk-
nap, NJ p. Jones, Adams and Greer; Enripecrs De
Luce Snyder, Whitaker, Develin and Brown.
The following officers have been ordered to the
! steamer MetacOmet: Lieutenant Commanding Ma
comb; Lieutenants Moore, Fairfax and Cilley.-
Both of these vessels belong to the Paraguay ex-
| pediton.
j. II. Rathburn, of Albany has been appointed
Second Lieutenant in the Marine corps vice Payne,
! dismissed. Lieutenant Mafiit has been ordered to
! the coast survey. Lieutenant Livingston, of the
| Navy, has resigned.
Mr.. Butterield the President of the California
! Overland Mail route, made application to-day for
! the protection of the country traversed by their
stages, from Indian incursions. The Secretary of
! War gave him most cordial reception and con-
graduated him his success, and him that
military protection shall be afforded at as early
day as possible. The troops will probably be con-
centrated at Fort Smith in considerable numbers
and be moved in suitable detachments to the ex-
Gfnenf P2SSd npR m as TIE It is dcsgned TO- oncn o if Teas
and Arizona to settlement.
The forces so successfully fighting the Ca
mancheS are to be promptly reinforced by regi-
ment from Fort Leavenworth with view to compel
them to sue for peace. The improved arms, similar
to those which were effective in Washington and
Oregon, will be forwarded to Fort Smith.
The President tavors the protection Of the mail
and emf grant route from Indian attacks.
Mr.. Buttcrteld left here for his home this after
noon, greatly pleased with the comprehensive plans
of the Secretary of War; and he will soon start for
Memphis, Little Rock and Fort Smith, to see wheth
eT that route cannot be greatly improved.
The Post Master General is satisfied that the
mails can be carried to California in from 20 to %
days, as the War Department shall bring
the Indians along the route under control.
Seizure Of a Supposed Shaver.
New \ oRK, November 1.-The schooner Madison
was seized off East Greenwich, Connecticut, few
days since suspicion of being Il SLAYER. and has
been brought to this port. She had no clearance
papers, but paper purporting to be bill of sale
from George ID. Wise of the coast survey to ,o-
sepa Gardner and VIM. NJ. Eddy.
Mile FiceoIorni.li.
New YORK, November Mile Piccolomini had
tremendous house at the Academy tonight, to
witness her first performance in Trorotore. Every
available spot in the house was occupied, and the
assembage was one of the most brilliant and i'm
posing Of the season. Many Of the seats and boxes
were disposed of at large premiums.
The Montreal Telegraph Company.
BUFFALO, Oct. 30.-The Montreal Telegraph Com
pany to-day successfully laid cable across the Nj
agara river, to connect at this point the Canada
lines with the lines in the United States. The ca
BILE is 500 feet long and has three conductors
The time occupied in laying it was eight minutes.
The s;ate Election
ALBANY, Oct. 30.-A meeting of German Repub-
licans was held at the Capital tonight. 1t was
Iiarei r,attr nj rdN Nvi'Ur mi. ~, ,H:. ;11
can and Hard Democratic candidate for Congress.
Yellow Fever at New Orleans
fever were only 49, ng decrease
in mortality that is truly gratifying.
Overland Mail.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-The overland California mail
Of the 4th instant, arrived here to-day in schedule
time, and has anticipated the mail via the Panama
route.
Health of Savannah.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 30.-The interments to-day
five, including one from fever.