The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-14
SILVER MINE IN NEW MEXICOs

SILVER MINE IN NEW MEXICO.s
The Santa Fe Gazette announces that Stephenson
| silver mine, in the Organ range of mountains, on
the Rio Grande has recently passed into hands ca
pable of developing its vast resources in success
full and proper manner. The crude ore, as extract
ed from Stephenson's mine, occurs in the form of
suphate of lead and silver, argentiferous salina
! and Is found in veins from two to three feet in
| thickness A shaft is sunk about thirty feet, from
! which excavations drifts verge in a southwest
erly direction, following the dip of the numerous
veins Eighteen ounces of silver extracted from
a carga, or three hundred pounds of ore from which
Is assayed sufficient amount of gold to make the
silver bullion worth dollar and twenty five cents
an ounce at the United States mint at New Orleans
The rude machinery in use, well as the ineXpe-
rienced smelter employed causes large amount of
! the pure metal to be wasted in the fux and slar-
| With all the improvements in machinery, such as
science and skill have introduced into California
united with intelligence and industry, this mine will
| be found richer in precious metals than any now
worked in the republic of Mexico.
| PRAIRIE CHICKENs.-The tides of August are on
| the wane and our sportsmen are brushing up their
long neglected shooting irons, preparatory to the
| slaughter which will be inaugurated Monday
| The chickens in fine condition, and secure in
the protection of our game laws, have become al
most tame barn-yard fowls The Game club
of this city deserve much credit for their vigilance
in securing observance of the game-aw, and will
receive their reward in the sport which com
mences next week. We observe that the game
|
chap arrested for shooting prairie hen, with
brood of chickens just out of the shell, was fined to
the full extent of the law-lost his gun, valued at
S65, and afterwards making an assault upon one of
| the members of the game club received a good
fogging and was subsequently fined Sl9 for the as
sault.-LGtdyete Ind Courier.
| LATER FROM MExICo.-The New Orleans True
Delta of the 7th instant contains extract from a.
letter written by Judge McApin, dated Manzanillo
| July 8, in which he expresses his confidence that
| ha al or fa1a mart in
In the desperate battle on the I'd july Colima
the federal troops lost but few men, while the church
forces had eight hundred killed and three hundred
| deserted in a body. At Colima were accumulated
! from the neighboring mines two millions of silver
bullion, which could not be transported because of
! the troubled state of the country. Intelligence
from the Rio Grande to the 5th instant represents
the reactionsts at variance and the liberals success
| ful everywhere.
Court MARTIAL.-The General Naval Court Mar
tal convened at the Washington Navy Yard, on
Thursday. 1t is composed of the following officers
COmr. Marchandt, President; and Leuts Pender-
CAST Murray, Selden and Welch. Purser Watson acts
Judge Advocate. The trial of the case of George
| Bailey was commenced, in which John S. Rudd
Esq. appeared for the defendant. The evidence
for the prosecution was concluded, and it was un-
der 1T cd that Mr.. Rudd would commence his argu-
ment Tor the defence to-day.-Sar.
SUICIDE OF A ylkes Upson, a well
known merchant of w Waterbury,, Ct, committed sui
eide on Saturday, by hanging himself. He was
man OF property aud a stockholder IN the Brown
Brothers Companr, whose establishment was burnt
down Thursday last, but as no loss was then ex-
perienced by the Company it is believed that it
could not have been the cause of the fatal act. He
had been spiritualis for about four years. and for
several months he had occasionally shown symptoms
of mental arrangement.
A FRoG IMBEDDED IN CoAL.-The Evansville Ind
Journal says Mr.. Potts, miner, at work in his
room in the Bediam mines, three hundred feet be-
low the surface of the earth, had thrown down by
blast, a arge-mass of coal, and was engaged in
breaking it up to fill into his car, when from the
body of it, through of the fractures eaped out
living frog, beautifully formed and active, about
the size of ones two fingers.
! The New London, Conn, Glass Company has
made assignment of its property and effects, for
the benefit of creditors. Liability about $500.