The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-06

! The SIGNERs THE DEcLARATIoN.-On looking
over the diagram of the Signers of Independence
executed by POwers) we have been struck with
the comparative longevity of these men, bold as
sagacous, who on July 4, l776, in this good CITY of
ours, executed the solemn compact which raised
me me COLONIES" into confederated Commonwealth
me following summary, which we have complied
w mi.h IN the data supplied by Mr.. Powers, will show
a. rev sentences how long lived the signers were:
of on VI r me whole tltysx four lived beyond the age
~, Hnares Carroll of Carrollton reaching the ad-
e~needod 10 oi % years l month and "a days. Ten
fteen exceeded the age of CO. fen nassad thei 50tb
year; SIX died past 40; and one is supposed to have
7oe and a. GoJ sei a. ageG 7oa 80 Franklin born in
~ daJo, anu uea IN lI9o; Carroll was born in 1887.
ana dled In 1882. Consequently these two notriots
covered between them term of I26 wears EPLia
dclphia Press. '"'S - """-
A LION IN THE PArH.-As the on 20 which
plies between Guema and Bor I'D city, ,~as W ,i'n
few nights ago nggSbbt ainf5 t5e the the
nn tiage and q rs sor, subscriber, at on red
ceived i5n 'SeS SeSS,5d in the midd fSt fSs
road. road de at once informed the passer< z \ and
they all manifested the greatest consteri5 E but
at his suggestion they lighted chemca G Z ehes.
and burned paper. The light of the = z z was
however, so strong that it paraysed the glare of
the flames, and they produced no effect on the lion.
Inc CONSERVATION of the passengers was on the in
crease when the animal relieved them by walking
messenger.
NOVEL REABING.-A whole family brought to des
titution IN England has had all its misfortunes
clearly traced by the authorities to an ungovernabe
passion Tor novel reading, entertained by the wife
ana mother The husband was sober and indus
trlons, but his wife indolent and addicted to
reading everything procurabe in the shape of a
romance This led her to utterly neglect her hus-
Dand herself, and her eight children. One daugh-
ter, IN despair, fled the parental home, and threw
herself INTO the haunts ofvce Another was found
~ hn I1nn nL, Al.
from following her sisters example The house
exhibited the most offensive appearance of filth and
Indulgence. In the midst of this pollution, priva-
ton and poverty, the Of it sat reading the last
sensation work. of the season, and refused to
allow herself to be disturbed in her entertainment
Courier and Enquirer.
INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL CuRIosTTY.-Thc editor
OF the Eutaw Observer was lately shown, by Dr. E.
+. Bouchelle, specimen of rock of the primitive
order OF formation, and of the pentadra order of
crystallization, containing in its center globue of
water, movable and visible. The water is, if there
be any truth in geology, Of the Oldest drops of
water IN the universe, far more ancient than the
waters OF the flood of Noah. To use the language
of DR.. Bouchelle at is drop of the waters that
covered In darkness the face of the great deep when
the earth was without form and void. In other
words, this little drop is portion of the first water
that was created during the six days of Genesis,
and became entangled among the particles of the
rock during the act or process of crystallization
The rock being primitime, the first of creation,
the water must also be primitive
ABOUT CAT.-Two years and a half ago one of
citizens, to oblige friend the captain of a ship
about to sail for the East Indies gave him cat for
the purpose of keeping the vermn on board in
proper sublection. Pussy, during the intervening
time, voyaged to Calcutta, thence to Liverpool,
back to Bombay, thence to Charleston, S. c., and
finally to Boston. A few days after the arrival of
the ship at this port the former of the cat
were sitting at breakfast, when in walked tabby,
the same as if she had never been away from home,
and after general review of the premises she
and jumped on the knee of the master of the
household, as had been her wont in old times
The story is curious evidence of attachment to To-
cality in the animal, and singular proofof its re-
tentlon OF memory-Boston Ledger.
PRoMorToNs AND AProTNTMENrs.-Th following
promotions and appointments have been made in
the Sixth Auditors Office:
John Beck, of Virginia. promoted to third class
Isl, 900 per annum) clerkship, vice 7. J. Massie,
deceased.
W. r. Nixon, of Louisiana, promoted to second
class Isl 400 per annum) clerkship, vice Beck, pro-
noted
f. L. Massie, of Virginia, appointed to first class
Isl 200 per annum) clerkship, vice Nixon, pro-
noted Wash. Star.
,WooLEXS;-A few years since the question was
asked, ''Who wears an American Cassimere?"
At this time we can almost say that the last French
or English Cashmere has been imported. The pc
culiar character of the American Wool with the
improvements in its manufacture, gives 'face"
10 the cioth Whlch cannot be surpassed by any for
eign fabric, and the taste displayed in gettng up"
styles would be crediable to any class. The shrink
age" heretofore peculiar to American goods, has
been overcome by the use of wool having age. In
Broadcloths have not yet been able to compete
with the foreign tabrlcant.-N. Y. Tribune.
The German population in Philadelphia at the
present time, says the IRqHire~, is estimated by
those most cOnversant with it, at so, 600 souls.
About one-half have arrived in this country since
the revolutions in Europe oflSIS. About l0,000 of
number VQtprS NOR
taken the preliminary steps in order to become
turazed. A large portion ofths number will be
voters in the Fall. There are twenty-one German
religious societies in this CITY, Of these three are
Catholic, five are Lutheran, three Reformed Ger
man, one Baptist one methodist, seven synagogues,
and one Free Thinkers Association.
THE Ex-RoYAL FAMILY orFRANcE.-The ex-Queen
Amelie, accompanied by the other members of the
eX-royal family of France, arrived in London the
18th, from st. LeOnards-Op-Sea. Early in the af-
ternoon the ex-Queen, accompanied by the Duke
de Nem0urs, and the younger members of the ex-
royal family, left town for Great Malvern, where
they contemplate a 8ejoW' of several weeks. Their
Royal Hgnesscs the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale,
and the Princess Clcmentine after taking leave of
Queen Amelie, left the Euston Hotel for the resi-
dence of the former at Twickenham.
The British Bark Penelope of Newport England,
from Matanzas for Queenstown, Ireland, with a car
go ofmoasses, has reached our quarantine. The Off
GERS and crew have suffered severely from yellow
fever she having lost her captain, Howell, and four
men while in Matanzas. She was then put under
command of the mate, Williams who with one sea-
man, died at sea, and she has put in here with two
men sick. Her present captain, Sears, was pro
cured at sea from vessel called the Rolla bound to
Savannah.-Charleston Mercury.
PIETY AND PRoFITs.-A gentleman who employs
great number of hands in a mandatory, in the
west of England, in order to encourage his work
people in due attendance at church on late fast
day, told them that if they went to church they
would receive their wages for that day in the
haIh hAu
deputatiOn was appointed to acquant the employ
er that if he would pay them for over hours they
would attend likewise the Methodist chapel in the
evening.
The Florida Ne,os published at Fernandina) con
tradicts the report in circulation to the effect
that the Florida Railroad Company had sold out
their interest in the road to George Law, Wander
bit, and other Northern capitalists. The Ne'os
says: "The Company have not sold out, nor do Ell
ther of the gentlemen named in the report own
dollars worth of stock in the Company"
The Scientific american advises ruddy and rotund
young ladies' who pine for graceful simness and
romantic palor to avoid vinegar and other acids de
structive ofhealth and either accept with laughing
grace what nature has bestowed on them or else
practice proper regimen and system of habits, to
avoid what they so much dread.
HEAVY FREIGHT TRAIN.-0n yesterday there was
received at and sent from the Depot of the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad in this city 40 loaded cars
of produce from the West, consisting of $50 bush
els wheat; $50 barrels flour; 10000 pounds tobac-
co; $4,000 pounds miscellaneous articles, and -
loaded cars sent West.-LynchJrg Wing
The Savannah Republican has no doubt that the
organization set ON foot at Montgomery Ala
few weeks ago is movement towards Southern
Confederacy, but remarks % 1t is simply farce on
small scale, which, after amusing its authors,will
die off and be forgotten.
The United States revenue cutter Harriet Lane
has been hauled alongside of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard dock and is taking in stores and making 9th
er preparations for her expeditiOnary movement to
Paraguay.
The CITY of Richmond was visited by a severe rain
storm on Tuesday night. The South says: 'the ar
tery of heaven opened, and ''the heavens looked
liI-o into n temnest- tossed ocean of frn