The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-20

FROM TURKS IsLAND.-The journal of Commerce
has files of the Turks Island Standard to the 4th
inst.
Unfavorable news from the United States had
caused a decline in salt. Without an early advance
it thought the production next would be
much diminished, in consequence of the inability of
the manufacturers to carry their works. Salt
quoted at ~ as cents.
The Standard contains article in relation to the
recent Shareholders convention, Cambridge, Nd,
which passed resolutions favoring the expulsion of
free negroes from the State. or consgning them to
slavery, this class of population being pronounced
ndolen, vicious and incapable of self government.
The Standard remarks:
''The idea of procuring Immigrants from among
the free population of the Southern States having
been favoraby entertained in this Colony by those
who feel most interested in the subject, induces
to give place to the resolutions above alluded to.
Should the objects of this meeting be carried out,
there will be about $4,000 persons who will either
have to emigrate or remain and be sold into slave
ry. Private enterprise, in the British West Indies,
judiciously managed may do much towards supply
ing those unfortunate people with permanent
home, and this Colony with few hundred laborers,
where their service are so much wanted"
Alkard Corbyn, New London negro, for wager
of SIS, ate and drank the following decacics:
Three dozen full-sized tallow candles; five pounds
of salt pork; twelve cent loaf of bread; a pint
of lamp OIL one quart of bad rum.
The money not having been placed in third hands,
the fellow making the proposition skulked away,
poor fellow, however, maintained his good humOr,
and after swallowing other articles to please
the crowd, he left the den, and found insensi-
BILE on the pavement by policeman and taken to
the station house. An emetic brought up portion
of the candles only. After the lapse of some time,
CorbJn revived, and stated to the police that the
bad rum had made him drunk, but that the oil and
other articles had in way discOmfOrted him. He
was imprisoned for being drunk, and said that if
the Judge would let him out he would eat an entire
sheep raw and a whole box of talow candes.-N
Y. Tribune.
The New York Academy of Medicine has nitia-
ted a sanitary reform movement The journal Of
Commerce says of the health of New York: No
modern city enjoying the lights of science and civil
ization, comes near being decimated in its popu-
latOn by the constant inroads of the DESTROYER
Such statements should not be true of CITY pecu-
arly favored in geographical position, cleansed by
perennial springs of exhaustess volume encircled
by ceaseless tides, and famed by breezes ever fresh
Even New Orleans, ravaged during the summer
months by malignant pestilence suffers smaller
annual percentage of mortality.
collision occurred this morning on Pennsvlva-
mia avenue, Thirteenth street, between Mr..
English, of Indiana, and Mr.. Montgomery of Penn
sylvania. The statement we have heard of the aE-
fair that the former spoke to the latter in friend
| ly manner, when Mr.. Montgomery returned an in
sulting answer. Upon this, Mr. English struck him
in the face with his cane and knocked him off the
pavement, and then walked Off As he was walk
| ing away, Montgomery threw brick at him. which
did not, however, take effect Wash. Star, 49,
| THE RETIRED NAVAL OFFIcERs.-It is stated that
the President will send to the Senate for confirms-
ton, on Tuesday or Wednesday next, the names of
those naval officers placed the retired list by the
| Naval Retiring Board, who it is recommended, be
| restored to active service.