The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-25

reluctantly consented to the Introduction of Chinese
la1orers IN 1851, would hardly have allowed in
1900, so dangerous measure the introduction of
Americans.
In virtue OF this decree the Leon declares 200
Americans have already entered the island, and it
remarks that they are all Protestants and that
thelr reilglon alone, which they be expected
10 change, will prevent them from becoming faith
lul subjects OF her Majesty Moreover it saws these
men are nearly all unmarried, can be easily accli-
mated; are accustomed to fatigue, and will be
slant danger to the island. They will, in fact, it
says, cndeayor to COLOMBO Cuba as they did Texas
and when all is ripe for revolution they will pro
mote one, and finish by annexing the island to the
United States. ..
The Madrid journals say that the decree for the
dissolution OF the Cortes has been recently signed
THE BRUSSELS CoNGRESs-LETTER FROM
LAMARTINE.
The Managing Committee of the appa~scl,inc
Congress on Literary and Artistic Property at
brussels to which Mr.. Fred. S. Cozzcns the author
OF the '.Sparrowgrass Papers," was dcputed by The
booksellers and publishers of this CITY, have issued
circular, IN which resume is given of the general
and as they think, most satisfactory opinions enter
tanned upon the various questions which it will be
the CUISINES OF the Congress to consider This cir
cular, it is promised by the Committee only at
tempts to submit simple bases of discussion as capa
pleoi peing modified as maintained. The projects de
solution bind to no opinion; they do not even com
promise the members ofthe Committee individually.
They have by no means elaborated general plan of
reform upon so difficult subject but have sought
to amelorate rather than innovate, and in order
to unite, as they say, the elements of good
law upon property in the pages of literature and of
art, they have sought in the various special codes
the most protective and judicial provisions. They
allude to the numerous seductive theories to which
the question of intellectual property gives BIRTH
but affirm that they do not leave the path of prac
ticability, nor go farther than the most advanced
legislative enactments. The Committee then enter
into an examination Of the questions proposed to
the Congress, and make known the state ofthe "a
rlous laws upon each point.
The Congress will open on the morning of the
Zith OF next month. Admission will be by tickets
which will be delivered to the members at Brussels
three days beforehand. The members will at first
be divided into five sections, their respective sub
jects OF inquiry being as follows:-lst section
Questions relative to international recognition of
literary and artistic property. ID Questions re-
latng TO the property in works of literature and
art IN general I'd. Questions relative to the repre-
sentatlon and the execution of dramatic or musical
works. 4th. Questions relating to the arts of de
sign. 9Th. Economical questions. The discussions
VIII take place In the French language, but foreign
members will be allowed to express themselves in
their own tongues the sense of their remarks being
translated by some other member. Among the let
tiers received by the committee is the following from
NJ. de Lamartine:
PARIS, August Is, 1853.
M lie President: lmperous and obvious (aeasj-
Hes) circumstances render it impossible for Inc to
assist at the Congress to which you have been so
good as to invite me. Iregret this the more keenly
OF literary property in France led me to undertake
serious labors upon this question, you will find the
results i'll the Nonie"r. 1t belongs to Belgium in
ciltcual ground par eccelcnce to take the initia-
tive OF progress in the more fully carrying out Of
the constitution Of true property. A sophist has
said property is robbery You will reply in nsti-
tutlng the most sacred of properties, that of nel
gcnce. God has done it, and mans duty is to re-
cognize it.
Effective, NJ. lie President, the assurances, etc.
''LAMARTINE."
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN SWEDEN
Six Swedish Protestants recently embraced the
faith of the Church of Rome and in consequence of
this step, they have been tried under an old Swe-
dish law convicted of apostatZing from the nation
al lalth, and sentenced to Punishment. a remOn-
STRANGE against this persecution. signed by the lead
ing churchmen, the great religious associations,
the dissenting cergymen statesmen and lawyers of
the British metropolis, has been presented to the
Swedish Government, and the Swedish Minister
has replied to it apolegecally, but urges the deli
cacy of any interference the part of citizens of
one state with the internal constitution of another.
lie intimates that he himself agrees with the re-
monstrants, and points to a certain ultimate good
effect which their representations may have but he
also makes the surprising statement that the act of
persecution complained of is not the work of the
Swedish Government or Court, but of the Swedish
people. The Government, far from insttuting
the suit against the converts, actually proposed to
the Diet change of the lava proposition which
that representative body rejected The Swedes, it
t
to encourage any religious agitation and disturb
Of their established faith. To declare religi-
Gus liberty would be doing violence to their views
OF policy, and therefore, to avoid discussion and
commotion they adhere to their illiberal law ,
The London Times, commenting on this strange OPP
position to religious freedom in Sweden, says =
The Swedish system of persecution does no ap- |
pear to be tormenting or sanguinary, but confines
itself simply to the removal of the person of the
convert out of the confines of Swedish society," !
getting him out of the way, and having done with |
him. The old law has insured tranquility in the |
religious atmosphere, because it secured by the
forcibe removal of the exceptions to it, agreement
in religion. After the law, and you instantly in |
troduce new spirit into this domestic scene. You
suggest the idea of conversion to hundreds and
thousands ofpeople who would never have thought
of it otherwise
The principle of Religious Kiberty is undoubtedly
not maintained without cost 1t has it its sacrifi-
ces-real and valuable ones they are which it de
mands. But that principle is still of the essence of
human Justice 1t repays amply for all the disduiet
which it briggs with it. by the moral dignity which
1t coners upon nation, the avenues to truth which
1t opens and the exposure which it sooner OF later
brings on all fasehood and imposture.
ALLEGHANY CouNrY.-The Cumberland Telegraph
saws
Owing to the long continued drought, Wits /
Greek and the Potomac remain very low, somewhat
retarding navigation on the canal. The water COM
ing down, however, is husbanded with great care
in II, order to facilitate boating much as possible
treble what
was needed before the breaking of the wheel at the
steam-pump. The damage there will be repaired /
soon, when everything will progress as "merry as
marriage bell' again.
The contractors for the construction of the late-
raj branch of the road at Ncf's rum are prosccut-
ing the work with great vigOr. The completion of
the road which is expected in the course OF a few
weeks, vii! add thousands of tons per annum to
the coal shipments from the Georges creek region
breach, caused by high water, occurred on
Tuesday, in the towpath on the Canal about 80
miles west of Georgetown. There were about 40
or 5O feet washed out 1t will be repaired in a few
days, and will suspend navigation for that length
o! tlme-boats being unable to pass the scene of
disaster.
MARYLAND Coal TRADE.-For the week ending
Saturday. September 49, G,5GS 10 tons of coal were
shipped over the Cumberland and PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad; 4,73S.05 tons over the road of the /
Georges Greek Coal and Iron Company: 3, 1l4.l4 /
over the road of the Cumberland Coal and Iron !
Company and 1914 tons over the HAMPSHIRE /
Coal and Iron Companys matchmaking an aggre-
gate for the week from the whole coal region of
l5,S0l09 tons.
Total shipments for the year from the entire re-
gion 4j5, 1873. II tons.
During the season $50 canal boats cleared this
port carrying lS5, 2G5.05 tons of coal.
A correspondent of the N y. Erpress. writino
from Bucnos Ayres, recounts the circumstances Of
an interview between President Lopez and the Brit
ish Minister, at which the President of Paraguay
wore his hat, wheFeupOn the indignant plcnipotcn-
tary resented the act insulting breach of Ell
quette. Calling for his passports, and proceeding
down the river in an English merchant steamer
called the Little Polly. that boat was deliberately
run into by the Tacuari, a Paraguavan war steam
err. The passengers and crew barely saved their
lives before the Little Polly sunk to the bottom
he Iacuarl is the steamer which last year ran de-
liberatcy into the French war steamer Bsson Tor
which Lopez had to apologize and pay $50, 900. If
the circumstances stated and Mr.. Christie
was barely saved in his night Clothes the collision
with the Little Polly will be yet dearer.
The Buffalo Courier says the international Bridge
will now surely be built, as the Company ask of
Buffalo no further guaranty than that If $4,000,
TO make up the deficiency of the annual interests at
6 per cent, on S2,250,0 900. The tubular bridge of
Mr.. Ross is to be constructed. That gentleman
offers to raise the money in London, upon the assn
rance given by the Railway contracts for an annual
rent of 100000 and the cty's guaranty to make
good any deficiency in the revenue of the Bridge
will increase that sum to $3.50, 600
INJURY TO THE RICE CRoP.-The Savannah Ne,cs
says we regret to learn that the rice crop on the
Savannah and Ogeechee rivers has sustained seri-
Gus damage by the late heavy rains and the gale of
last. The standing rice is blown down.
and lies exposed to injury from the freshet and
the rice that had been cut and ricked into the field
has been greatly injured by the wind and rains
On Tinkers Island, near Swampscott, an aqua
rum is formed by natural hollow in the rocks
oovershadowed by projecting ledge, whose bowl is