The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-03

! between the Mississippi and Red river was over
moved. In many places the waters were deep as
70 destroy nearly all the improvements and animals
One morning early a gentaman who had passed
the most of the night at hard labor striving to Sc
cure his cabins and stock from being swept away
! while passing in a skif to the house heard the
sound OF human voice at q distance apparently
| n ulstress. lie fastened in the direction of the
b bb""nu' and after rowing about quarter of a mile
vear I orew near, espied little child about seven
oond % "iu, noating upon log. He drew up to it.
S IL by the arm, but before she was fully
aid b ron danger in the skff the little thing
M ot tbop p,'!ut ~ cry, "Go get ma and sis Do get
bnt i uaS Zoo - iie I Water" Search was made, but
! rnott ""s 10 SoG llIe TO save them The father
mother, and three children after cI;,o;,as e. ~,
eaoln ana struggling for life for several days amid
this Iitte chd aiona AZ length perished leaving
WAGES IN CALrFoRN1A.-There are ,,o,,. aoo ,,u,-
men employed at the United States nav ,arJ M
San francisco, at the following wares: 49, NJ" ~
masons, SS per day; foreman of masons. 81 S0.
! J W To- amasons, So foreman of stone cut
| /; " said e,iourneymen stone cutters, Sc. do
carpenters, ny HI journeymen ship carnonta or snip
-; 40; sh aqlkers, 81; master carpenter
Oevn'n, n"inosS ds p foreman do do, S6.25 jour
neylnen do. do. S5g5.50; master blacksmith
| %; foreman do, $780, journeymen do. Sc 20.
neipers OF 90, -; mason laborers, So. 50; excaya
LOIS rots ETC., 95. Regular employment at the above
Tory may oG considered an inducement for good
Workinen, although journeymen masons who are
engaged on buildings at present progressing in San
Francisco, receive from Sc to ST per dav. and 9th
ers IN proportion.
FAILURES IN PARIs.-Our Paris correspondent
SENDS Us the following 1--WE have the official re-
turns OF the Paris Court of Bankruptcy durinr the
crisis. The number of failures from the 1st Injv
Lo2', 10 the 5oth june 1858, l,Ol6; there were
Dut l6O during the same period of lS56-'57 The
@ Total amount divided among the creditors of 1857
90 was 0S3 SO3f, and 1857 442 francs are in hand
undivided; whereas only 2,f25,7O4 was divided in
i626-5 The dividends, however, are larger for
5oo,- 90 than for the preceding year, since great
zeal OF the debts was commercial paper then yaIue
less, which has since been paid whereas tba dcLfs
ot lS36-57 arose from losses on grain, and were
irrevocable 1t is said the French loss by returned
bllls does not exceed 1000 900 francs during the
last crisis. ."-Boston TraueLer
STUDNTS SUSPENDED FROM WASHINGTON COLLEGE.
w e learn from the Washington (PaD ErGmjuc,
that SIX students of the above institution were in
definitely suspended on Monday last There names
are:,Geo B. Caldwell, of Wheeling; Geo. W.
Reed; OF Washington; II. NJ. Buckley, of Wheel
ing David +. Patterson, of Washington comty.
James Laterty, of Pittsburgh, and Robert Woods of
Pittsburgh. The charge upon which the younC
men were suspended, was connection with a Sc
G Gret society entitled the d. D. d. They were
brought before the Faculty and promised to dis
band but refused to divulge the gnfcation of the
D. D. D., telling the Faculty that the letters were
the INITIALS OF three Latin words, which they were
IN honor bound not to divuge. Hence, the suspen
sion.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON INDrANs-Tbe vboIa
number OF Indians in Oregon and Washington Ter
rltorles as shown by the official reports is g712
ot this number, II, ,7l2 in Washington Terrific
ry. The tribes east of the Cascade Mountains num
per 2,O0O persons, the tribes west of the Cascade
Mountains 9,7l2 The Spokanes who recently de-
feated Col. Steptoe and his command are east of
sne cascade Mountains, and number LOO. rhe
Nez Perces, also east, number 3 1900. The bands ON
the Columbia river 900. The twelve other trih.4s
east of the Cascade Mountains range from 45O To
200 persons. The fourteen tribes west of the Cas-
cade Mountains range from 100 to roo the most
numerous beings the Snoqualmie and allied tribes
DEATH FROM A Fly BIrE.-The Paris Steele saws
that a woman residing in the Rue Rochefoucanlt
was bitten few weeks since in the back of the neck
by one OF those large flies which feed on decavrd
meat at this season of the year, and died in few
days afterwards, suffering severely, and in spite
OF the best medical attendance. It's supposed that
the ny must have eaten carron immediately before
wounding the woman, and that the virus which il
introduced into the wound quickly spread through
the system.
W oo0s On FmE.-We were spending few hours
with friend the other day. when our attention was
drawn to tremendous body of smoke issuing from
a woods on the opposite shore. On inquiry we
found that it was on the land formerly owned by
Col. X. r. Owen, deceased 1t had been hurnin,,,
for about two weeks. Weknow not whether il has
been eXtlnguished yet not. 1t has no doubt
done considerable damage.-Eason lEl) Gazette.
DEATH OF SAM TArE.-Samuel Tate, President of
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad COMPANY,
died at his residence in the vicinity of Memphis on
the 18th ut., after illness of about twenty-tye
days. This death will be regretted by all who hear
it.. The deceased was a noble hearted man, unver-
sally esteemed and one of the first railroad men in
tennessee. Ills place will not be easily filed
hnorrWc IFhig.
BEAUTIFUL PRESENT FROM LOUIS NAPOLEON TO A
CANADA CHURCH.-Wc see it stated in the st. TH0D-
as Dispatch that the Emperor Napoleon has pre-
sented to the Church of St. Thomas, through the
Rev. Mr. Trachon, valuable dessert of silver, in
closed IN splendid case with the Imperial arms,
companied by gracious letter. As the Gift was
intended to aid the mission, it will be raled for on
the 10th OF August next at 81 per ticket.
The visitors to the L. S. Military Academy, at
West Point, among many other excellent sugoes-
tions, recomn end that the Government should in
vite competition among the youth of each Con
gressional district for the appointment of cadet,
and that the ablest and most promising of the can
didates be selected without regard to their social
rank, political influence, or condition in life
FUNNY FELLows.-The Detroit (N1ich) Board of
Education has adoptedas device for the seal OF that
body, handsome young schOOlmstresS with n
thriving younker across her lap. The left hand is
uplilted having stout leathern strap in the act of
descending upon the younker aforesaid, whose
mouth is wide open, from which issues the motto of
zeal, "Strike, but hear me.'
MILLIONS OF BuFFA1oEs.-A correspondent of the
St. Louis Repabttcan says that Utah mail party
encountered, on their journey, ''milIions of bufla
''loes blocking up the highways so as to DELAY the
email, feeding upon luxuriant grasses of the plains
'while deer and antelopes were more numerous than
''ever seen before"
MINNEsorA-The hard times are lust having A ne
culiar development in Minnesota. The ST. Anthony
RepHticda comes to us with eleven closely printed
columns advertising lands to be sold for taxes on
the second Tuesday in August. The quantity offer
ed is enormous and one would think embraced thn
half OF Hennepin county.
The three gentlemen who were drowned near
tnlcapO, Wednesday bV ,pFo
yacht, in which they we're making pleasure ex-
cursion, were G. w. Scott, merchant, an elegant
and educated young gentleman, lately from Montre-
al, Harland Peck, son of wealthy parents residing
IN England, and Mr.. Palmer son of a jeweler in
New York.
The United States steam frigate Powhatan ar
rived at Hong Kong on the 18th May, seven and a
half days from Singapore The Powhatan went
out to relieve the steam frgate San Jacinto which
sailed for New Y Ork via Batavia and the Cape of
Good Hope on the l4th The flag of Commodore
Tatnall was transferred to the Powhattan on the
18th, when the usual salutes were fired.
GAME on THE MouNTA1Ys.-Game is said to he nm
usually abundant on the Aleghanes this wear, deer
being daily seen near the road, bear signs in the
thickets, and for those who prefer it, panther is
said to be prowling about on Coldstream-H Harris
burg Herald.
The Hon. Henry c. Deming, of Hartford has
been appointed Professor of English Literature and
Modern Languages, and the Rev. Benjamin Pad
dock of Trinity church, Norwich, Professor of Lat
In IN Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
A desperate fight occurred at barbecue near
Big Hill, Madison county, KY, on Wednesday last.
A man named Haley and his two sons killed three
men and mortaly wounded two others. Two of the
deceased were named Jones.
- A NEAT CALcULArIoN.-It is estimated that tbaro
are 1O3, 100000 laying fowls in the country. Of
which 50, 100000 lay one egg day Throughout the
year. This would give the annual crop of 1s 95O
600, 900 eggs and these at eight cents per dozen,
would be worth $l2l ,666, ,66G. "'
The Wallace Monument Committee in Scotland,
have already obtained subscriptions to the amount
of f4OOO, and they are now seeking designs for
monument to the Scottish hero on the Abbey CRAIG.
near Stirling. e'
The re-rolling of old rails is extensively and
successfully carried on at Detroit Cleveland. and