The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-17
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Dlspatches from New orleans report the river
higher than has been known for years, with a fear
u creyasse in the levee on the opposite shore anC
the country inundated. The break in the levee was
three hundred feet wide and the greatest fears were
entertained OF further breaks, though every exer
ton was made to keep the levees in repair
The river below the mouth of Arkansas and nj
Greenvile from 10 to Is inches higher than
was known before, the waters for distance OF
200 miles being entirely the banks, forming a
continuous sea- with no island visible only the tons
of the trees. The Baltic, the latest arrival reports
the river at stand at Laconia, and falling fast
from that point to Cairo. The Lower Ohio was
also falling fast.
Mr.. BENTON PooR MAx.-The Washington cor.
respondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, says:
learn that, although Col. Benton went through
the usual formalites Of making will. he neverthe-
less died very poor. The creditors ofhs estate are
not likely, however, to press their claims unpleas-
antly, If project on foot in reference to certain
disposition of his latest literary abOrs is success
fully carried out, his debts will probably be paid in
full. Every who had business dealings with
him speak in the strongest terms of his Spartan
of honor and faithfulness of his engagements
and one secret of his indeatgable abOrs lies in the
fact of his extreme anxiety to cancel every pecu-
mary obligation before his decease
THE CANAL.-Business is brisk on the canal, al
though navigation has been impeded by several
small breaks. 1t is stated that during the first half
of the present month 95 boats have arrived at
Georgetown; al from Cumberland, bringing 4 7I5
tons of coal and the remainder from different points
with flour, grain, wood, lime, stone, &c. The re-
ceipts of tolls at the Georgetown collectors Office
for the same period amount to S3,207. A large
fleet of boats from Cumberland, laden with coal are
now on their way down. Washington Union.
THE LAKE FISHERIEs-A late number of the De-
troit Aduertser estimates that the annual catch of
fish upon Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Supe-
rior, and the rivers and bays tributary is between
1000 and 100000 barrels. Taking the lowest esti-
mate of so, 900 barrels, and estimating the price
tp tha pof@ lho,.fa nj he
snug of S64000O is paid annually to the fisher
men. The catch of white-sh in Detroit river alone
is about 900 barrels annually.
THE SEIZURE OF THE AMERICAN BARK "DoRCAs''
BY PERUVIAN FRIGATE.-A letter from Callao in
forms the New York Herald that the Peruvian Gov
ernment have offered the captain of the Dorcas a
compensation of S9,S 800 and guano charter of $50
to any port he may select. This offer has been ac-
cepted; but our Minister, Mr.. Clay having demand
ed reparation for the insult to flag, will not
consent to this compromise being considered set
tlement between the two governments. He de-
mands, in addition, that the Peruvian frgate shall
salute the flag in presence of the captain of the
Dorcas.
SHIPMENTS OF CoTToN FROM MEMpHIs.-From a
statement in the Memphis Bulletin we learn that
the total shipments of cotton from that place from
the 1st of September to April 1st amounted to Ii
504 bales of which 15S,73l bales were shipped
to New Orleans. For the same period last season
the shipments amounted to l94,4SS The stock at
present on hand is estimated at IL, 900 bales.
The proposals Just issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury for new issue of five millions Treasury
notes, to meet the disbursements of the Deficiency
bill, will probably be taken at 1906 per cent in
terest. The bids are to be sent in by the 10th of
May next For the present issue the demand is &C
tive at New York, at 20@30c. discount for the per
cents, and Is per cent. premium the per cents.
The last wish of Col. Benton was that Congress
would make appropriation for the purchase of
his works, which he desired might be distributed
hptbH l,l-
the public libraries of the country. His last para
graph note is one complimenting Henry CLAW,
which is appended to the deceaseds account of the
Compromise struggle of 1850, and to which period
the work is completed.
There is curious fact connected with the list OF
members in Congress in 'Niles' Register" for 1925
The list contains the full name of every member OF
the House of Representatives but one There was
a new member from Tennessee, whose Christian
name could not be found out by the compiler so he
put him down thus - Polk. Twenty years at-
ter, this obscure gentleman elected President OF
the United States.
THE WHITE SULPHUR.-The Lewisburg Chronicle
says:
The White Sulphur, for the last six or seven
months has presented pretty much the aspect of a
thriving little village. Several hundred mechanics
have been engaged there on the improvements which
| have been in progress, and the busy hum of the
| trowel the hammer, the chise, and the saw, have
! greeted the on every SIDE.
! REMOVAL OF GEN. CALHoUS's OFFIcE.-The Presi
| dent has ordered the removal of the Surveyor Gen
erals office from Lecompton, Kansas, to Nebraska
City, Nebraska Territory. This latter site, being
Immediately on the Missouri river, is more accepta
BILE than the present location of the Office in the in
terror of Kansas Wash. Union
When the Hon. Edward Everett was received il
Charleston on the 10th inst, he was addressed by
MIR. leadon as 'Mr. Everett Orator, Patriot
| Sage, Cicero of America Laudator of Washington
apostle of Charity, High Priest of the Union, ano
Friend of MankindP'
RAILROAD CELEBRATION SOUTH CARoLINA.-Th'
Pickens Is. c. Courier of the 10th instant say
| that the celebration of the completion of the BLU
Ridge Road to Pendleton, was one of the larges
ever collected together a similar occasion in tha
State-upwards of five thousand were supposed Il
have been present.