The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-03

- Louis correspondents oil Tue ems! W ana
inquirer says Of the IRE Depar theht III that city
The volunteer system IS wiped cur. The steam
fire engines OF which we nave seven put out the
fires in nearly all cases before the few hand engines
can get to work. The steamers pay for themselves
each year. as VIII be proved by our annual report
All the engines are drawn by horses owned BY the
city. and the few required paid for their
Services
In all ordinary fires three of the steam engines
sufficient to every purpose. and no fire has
occurred in two years which required over five to
subdue it. Neither has any fire. since the compile
ton of our complement of seven engines, extended
beyond the house in which it originated.
To sum up the whole matter, what was before a
noisy rowdy nuisance is now useful branch of
paid police. have seen large fire here in which
the entire noise was confined to the working of the
engnes,-there being not more than hundred
persons on the ground, including tiremen As to the
old volunteers of whom we had our complement of
about one thousand, they held out strongly AGAINST
steam and horses for few months but it was very
unequal match; The horses would draw the paid
companies to the IRE before the volunteers could
possibly ofag theirs, ana as one alter ahotner OF
the seven steamers appeared the Old bremen
! graGualiy retired from the held, never more, are
hope to return.
RIcoRD.-The New York Scut,,eI, through its
Paris correspondent furnishes the following iute
resting description Of Rcord probably the greatest
living physician in the world: He was at the bed
side Of patient as we entered. and was speaking
in rather thick voice to his clinioue who crowded
around him. he fini he'd his remark with low and
sunp,cssed lauch, and his servants scattered and
had view of the man. Imagine a man about fifty-
five wears of age. of medium hcioht. SLIGHTLY in
clined TO e1abo1poiat. of paIe complexioE. blush
orc, aves and brown hair SLIGHTLY snringled with
go = nromnemt f"rebrad and tam5Ies "rer
which ran heavy blne veins and crows foot wrin
klns a heavy under law and thick underIin make
his face one that could scarcely pass unnoticed
His eve. had but little animation Its fire seems to
have burned ont but his wit is brilliant as ever
When he ,,oO making his observation of n notian+
bis eves startled from his bead and rolled around
bnt seemed to fix themselves on no object and bi
remarks on n case were Frequently intersnersed
With nyclomotions and short SAVINGS calcnlatod In
nrodrca = lau0h He is = oreof ACTOR and Ills vast
knnwlnda in all dcnartn,ents of science wopd have
made him copspicuous in any profession AL
thourb he is a native OF America. beinp
horn in America II is said he seldom nr
never mentions the subject R;eord we believe
is native of Baltimore.
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FREE MAsoNs IN BuENos AYRES:-A correspon-
dent OF the New \ OK Herad writing from Buenos
AyFes says: ,
IT a Jew Gays ago gentleman III TINS CITY digd.
lie was unmarked oy vice anu uhulstingur9Fled ny
such virtues as make man S name widely known,
but he was Mason. lie was good catholic.
As uSuai IN Respectable iamiiies mere, notice APP
peared IN the aallies' announcing the day OF the
dav,, annonncn~ Monday a. the day- for tba fror
ales, On SUNDAY evening the Bishon of the diocoss
issued an order closing the church for that dav and
all churches were equally closed against that SER
vice At the time appointed some friends and per-
hans one hundred Masons assembled and found not
oni, the doors closed hut the iron gotes in front