The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-18
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The LABOR QUESTION IN JAMAICA.-We have files
of the Kingston journal to February u. In refer
ence to the Labor Question: which the chief top
lc attracting attention, the JOWri,Gt says:
The Governor and the Executive Committee are
losing no time in carrying into execution the pro-
visions of the Act of last session for increasing the
laboring population of the colony. The Act all-
thorizes the negotiation of loan OF one hundred
and fifty thousand pounds to defray the expenses
contingent upon the importation OF immigrants
Until the necessary loan can be obtained there is
balance of ESQ 900 out of the fl00, 900 which was
raised on the faith of an export tax upon
produce, which will be appropriated to the pur-
poses of the new Act. Upon the strength OF this,
instructions have been given the Agent-General OF
immigration, who has notified in accordance with
the 9th clause of the Act, that all proprietors and
managers of the estates who require immigrants,
must at enter into the necessary arrangements
with him. The places mentioned in the Act where
agencies will be established, are Madeira the
Azores, the Canaries, the Cape Verde Islands, Eu-
rope, the United States, and the British Provinces
of North America. 1t wisely provides for the in
PRODUCTION OF aproportionate number of immigrants
of both sexes and enjons that, sin making any as
sgnment of immigrants, it shall not be lawful for
the immigration agent to separate husbands from
wives, nor children, under the age of fifteen years.
from their parents or natural protectors"
How CoNaRArULAToRY ADDRESSES ARE GOT UP IN
FRANcE.-To show how Louis Napoleon controls
the French Press we publish the following extract
from recent letter from gentleman in the inte-
rior of France to his friend in this city. We can
vouch for the facts here given.-N. Y. Observer.
''Mr. and all the officers at the garrison at
-, in France, sent to the Emperor addresses of
congratulation upon his escape from the attempted
assassination of the l4th of January. But the adj
dresses were referred back, and the authors were
instructed not to confne themselves to mere condo
lence but first, to demand the expulsion from Eng
land of political refugees and secondly, to declare
that on the death of the Emperor the army would
pledge itself to proclaim his son as his successor to
the throne The officers orderedto reorite their
addresses according to form also sent them, by each
officer altering the style of his copy little, that the
addresses might not seem to come from common
source. The next day the Woniteur contained a
pompous article on the spontanety and unanimity
OF the sentiments held by the army. The officers
express themselves in private highly Indignant"
THE REFUGEE QUEsTION--MPoRTANT MANIFESTO oil
LORD DERBY 5 CABINET.-By the arrival of the North
American at Portland we learn that the Derby ad
minisratiOn has signazed its accession to office by
act of creditable trmness In reply to Count
Waewski's note on the refugee question, the Ear
of Malmesbury gives expression to the prevailing
feeling of the English nation in reference tc
the demands of the French government He
says that while the administration will do all
that lies in their power to cement the alliance and
to cultivate the most friendly relations towards
France, they cannot yield single point on this
question This declaration is of course, to be UNI
derstood as repudiating the concessions made by
Lord Palmerston. In other words, England, under
the administration, returns to her old policy OF
refusing to act as policeman, jailer, or execuioner
to the continental despots, and boldly accepts the
consequences of noncompliance with the French
demands.
DEATH IN THE HOOP OR THE FATAL PETTIcoAT.-By
calculation made by an official hand it appears
that no less than fourteen deaths, since the LIST of
January, have arisen from burning occasioned by
the wide-spreading of the crinoline into the fire,
drawn thither by the draught from the chimney.
Wood fires which are laid low upon the hearth are
the most dangerous, and the fame from them rises
in an instant. We insert this as a warning to our
fair trywomen.-London Court Journal, Feb
raary 20.
The physical degeneracy question has taken new
turn. After showing how Americans have deter
GRATED in physical power, the London Times proves
to its own satisfaction that Frenchmen also exhibit
great physical decay. This touches a sensitive
point in the Frenchman's feelings and the journals
retort that the French soldier has physica
endurance than the English.
The social statistics just published by the Regis
trar General of Great Britain show that while il
Edinburg and Glasgow the proportion ofillegitimatt
children born in those cities is per cent of the
total births, it is thirteen per cent. in Dundee
Perth, and Aberdeen. The per centage is only five
in London.
Mr. Frederick j. CANT, late surgeon of the Brit
ish army in the Crimea, has lately published some
novel results of scientific Investigations made by
him as to the wholesOmeness of the flesh of exces
sively fat cattle an article of food. He thinks he
has fully established the unftness of it for human
sustenance.
THE ISLAND OF CUBA.-There are sixty seaport.
i'll Cuba, and last year there were $3.50 coastwist
arrivals and 1863 clearances This will give an
idea of the trade of this beautiful island which is
not more than half cultivated under the present re-
gime.
The sanitary condition of the British army, &C
cordng to the report of the Royal Commissioners
which appears in the blue book, is enough to deter
any youth who secure the animal wants of ma
ture by following the plough working in the fac
tory, from all soldierly ambition
1t is stated that Lablanche was very DESTROYS dur
ing the latter pert of his life of visiting the United
States, but his dread of steamboats, overcame hi.
inclinations He was even dsmayed at the idea OF
crossing the Straits of Dover.
The police and spy system in France is now more
rigorous than ever. Every stranger, especially, i:
subjected to the tyranny of the government in this
respect.
The Daily Ne,os' City Article of last evening says
9" Lord Derby's speech exercised little influence OF
the stock market, the dizziness being occasioned by
lower prices in Paris The of an intended
Russian loan believed to be, at the least, pre-
mature.