The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-12
JATEST EpOM TEyAS

dates to the I'd inst.
The Ciuilian reports Galveston as very healthy,
and that no cases of yellow fever had occurred as
yet. The State election for Supreme Court Judge
and county officers took place on the I'd.
We take the following items from the Houston
7eegroph:
New cotton is received now every day. Ten
bales in all have been received I'm Houston.
Business continues limited. The arrivals of cot
ton last week were only l66 bales. Receipts of the
season Gl $40.
The population of Harris county, eight years ago,
4,66S, and now it is g. los. The city of Houston
then numbered 1896 people, while now there are
4,9l5.
The Neos says the entire capital (Sl2, ,OOO) of the
Galveston Gas Company has been subscribed, and
the company has been organized.
A meeting held in Dallas, on the 18th ut., at
which preliminary steps for organizing Agricul-
tural Society were taken.
The Bolton Independent, of the oath ut., says: We
learn from Col j. ii. Brown, who has just return
ed from visit to the Lampasas Springs, that de-
scent was made upon San Saba last week by the In
dans, who carried off some forty horses, and shot
at one of the citizens
The Anderson Central Teran, of the 3lst ult, re-
ports that many Of the farmers of Grimes county
had commenced gathering cotton.
The lndianola Courier of the 30th ult. says:
For some days great numbers of dead fish have
been floating upon the surface of the Bay and Gulf
waters. From the numbers it is quite evident
that some sort of an epidemic is prevailing among
them. We are infOrmedby boatmen that great guam
titles of every description Of fish have been thrown
ashore the Gulf beach. Considerable numbers
have also been found all along the bays and bayous.
We understand that it is contemplated, in fact
the contract is now sought after, to make early
Improvement in the bayous by widening and deep
ening its channel sufficiently to admit the large ves-
sells which enter our Bay, as well as the smaller
craft which now find in it secure and a convent
ent landing place.
The Victoria Adrocate of the 3lst ut. says:
The weather continues dry and warm. The plan
n hus in
their cotton, which is fine. The health of this
town and the surrounding country, as well as the
neighboring towns, continues good.
THE SHAREHOLDERS OF DORCHESTER.
From the Cdmbridge Nd, Democrat Of yesterdasl
Agreeaby to adjournment, large and most re-
spectacle meeting of the citizens of Dorchester coun
ty was held in the Court House on Monday morning
asst.
Mr. Grswold, who was the chairman of the commit
tee to report resolutions having been called profess
sionaly to Easton, there some delay in the pro-
ceedngs; and as all the committee named at the last
meeting not in attendance at the beginning of
the meeting, the place of the absentees supplied
While they were out deliberating upon the purposes
OF the meeting and preparing preamble and resO-
lutions, +. w. Thomas, Esq, was called on to ad-
dress the meeting, which he did in a most able and
eloquent manner, clearly showing forth the rights
and duties of the South in the vindication of her in
terests and her institutions. His speech re-
ceived and listened to with the greatest admiration
Is
that we are not able to give readers his and the
other speeches that were made on the occasion.
After Mr.. Thomas concluded, as the committee
had not yet come in withtheir report, the meeting
was adjourned to the afternoon, when towns
man, the Hon. Jas. A. Stewart addressed the
meeting in full and most able argument, in which
he said he coincded with what the last speaker
said; and presented several and interesting
facts to the consideration of the meeting Mr..
Stewart gave way to the committee, who entered
while he was speaking, to make their report. 1t
was presented by Danied NJ. Henry, Esq, in a most
lucid and eloquent exposition. Mr.. Henry said,
among other things, that if there were any aboli-
tionists among us they had better eave-that as
they had lost the respect of white men it natu
raj that they should find their level and consort
with black men. 1t was pity, he said, that they
couid not change their skin and be black alto
gether.
We glad that the proposition to take meas
ures for the holding of general Eastern Shore
Convention, upon this matter, so favorably
celyed. 1t is by standing together, that shall
be able to put. down aboitionism in our midst 1t
can only be done in this way We learn from the
tactics of the aboitionists what they enabled
to do by united action. Here and there when they
were few and far between, they called Conventions,
and by united action they, as it we're, forced pub
lie opinion in certain sections of the country We
may learn a lesson from enemies. If united c.
tion can do so much for them in bad cause let us
see what it can do for in a good one. We dec-
dedly sympathse with the action of the meeting in
Kent, and our preamble and resolutions are to the
same effect. Let US not only have Convention
here on the Eastern Shore, but let it be held in
view of the holding hereafter of great savehold-
| ing Convention of all the slave States.
Similar laws with regard to free negroes and abo-
litionists, and upon the subject of manumssion,
should be passed by all the Staes and the initiate
ry to this result must be great Southern COnven-
tion-not convention of mere words, but one of
action-an action which coming events will force
upon the South and upon of Maryland who claim
to be of the South and with it, heart and soul upon
this subject Let us have an Eastern Shore Con-
ventiOn at least and let hear from friends far
and wide unon the