The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-14
A r M Y AND NAVY,
sNERAL ORDERS, No. 10.

the troops under Brevet Brigadier General John
t4n f az tner destination in the Salt Lake country
dmrnA oglr detention in the valley of Green river
tlhS WS the last winter, takes occasion to commend
th heni ~ general orders, as he has already done
5nI8usn Ineir commander, for their exemplary CON
| have been placed. '0e' III " ""-0' '''eS
Detained after long and wooriso,oo ,oorot or
| over thousand miles, by causes over which their
commander had no control, in a most barren and
lnhOspltable region; subjected bv Tho riors of tb
season. which DESTROYED or y1ad ~ VI tlt
animals to tolls of no ordinary nature: and on ac
count of the destruction of part of their snnnlies
obliged to labor with insufficient cothinr. ;ndg;
! ent and often restricted ratons of food this fine
body of men, instead of giving way to insubordina
! ton, Irregularities or murmurs even, went on i'm
proving In discipline and instruction. and discharo
I ing their accumulating duties with the utmost
@ rlty ana cheerfulness; and at the order of their
mander, not showing the inhabitants of Salt
Lake valley, as they passed through their settle
ments, either by act, word, gesture, that they
had recently stood towards them in hostile att-
| tude.
The march, in the depths of winter, of Lieut. Col
onel (now Colonel) P. st. George Cooke, comman
ding the Second Dragons, from Fort Laramie,
through the South Pass to Green river; and that
OF Captain r. B. Marcy of the Fifth infantry from
Camp Scott, over the mountains to New Mexico
deserve, as they have already received, special
commendatiOn.
honor to be supported by officers of Great intelli-
gence, zeal and experience. Yet it is not to be
doubted that to his own high soldierly qualities,
untiring eXertions, tact and sound Indictment Tho
credit for the condition and high tone of his army
is pre-emnently due. By command of Brevet Lieu
tenant General Scott. IRWIN MCDOWELL
Assistant Adjutant General.
The crew of the U. s. steamship Fulton now at
Washington, d. c., has been discharged on the re-
commendation OF the surgeon some serious cases Of
disease having appeared. The officers have been
allowed leave of absence for a month. and the ma
rines transferred to the barracks. The Fulton is
to have 6Spounder placed forward as pivot gun;
her shaft and part of the machinery must be taken
out and it will be, therefore, impossible to have her
ready for sea before November. The Arctic is also
to be caPacitated to carry pivot gun. Captain
Tansill, U. ;. NJ, is to go out with the Paraguay
squadron in command of 100 marines. Orders have
been received at Washington for guard of fifty
men for the frgate Sabine, now preparing for Brazil
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
PoRTs OF JAPAN OPENED Official intelligence
has been received at the State Department to the eff
feet that the ports of AMER. Bantam. Indrama Jo
Cherison, Fayal, Pekalongan, Rembaug, Passoera-
can, Probolingo. Begoekie, Panarekan Banioc-
wanie, Pangoo Qjitatijap and Wynkoopsbaai, in
the Island of Java; the ports of Natal and Priaman
in the island of Sumatra and the port of Sampit
in Borneo, will be opened to foreign trade on and
after the 3lst of May next.
Eleven Sisters of Mercy from the house of the
Order in kinsale, Ireland, and destined for Cncin-
natl arrived in the Arago The Superior of the
ters of Mercy to the Crimea. The Sisters now ar
rived propose opening in Cincinnati house smi-
lar in its objects to the Convent of Mercy in Hous-
ton street, New-Yo ork.
ACCIDENT TO BRIG WEST INDIAN.-The brig
West Indian, Capt. Cook, hence for Havana on the
5th inst, while going down the river, and when
about four miles above the Quarantine Station, be-
ing in the tow of the Panther struck against the
bank, and broke her rudder off. She had to return
to the city for repairs.-Nel0 Orleans Delta.
celebrated "Fox family" of Rochester, who. sever
al years ago. astonshed the world by the first de
mOnstrations of Spiritualism, has been converted,
and on Sunday morning next is to be admitted to
the Roman Catholic Church. She has long since
dissolved connection with the Spirit doctrine
Nec York Am.
The Parkersburg (Va.) Necs states that one of
the most distinguished physicians of Baltimore, Dr.
Buckler, has examined the water of the Parkers-
burg Mineral Wells, and pronouncesi it of the
best waters in the country. He has lately had an
opportunity ofseeng and drinking some of it which
has confirmed his opinion.
Capt. Benjamin Snead, practical printer, who
had been connected with the press for upward of 60
years-5O of which were spent as an editor and pub
Usher of newspaper-died at Bath, Stcuben coun-
ty, n. y. on Sunday last, aged SO years.
AT an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Law
renee, Stone & Co., held in Boston Wednesday,
claims to the amount of SO, 500 were allowed, max
ing the total amount against the thus far
allowed So, lOO,OOU.
The Galena Railroad is about to commence the
construction of bridge across the Mississippi at
Fulton, to connect their road with the two roads
from Clinton and Lyons in Iowa. The expense is
estimated at 100000.
There were 80 steamboat arrivals at Parkcrsburg
Va, during the week ending lth inst and the
same number of departures The river was falling
slowly Thursday, with four and halt feet in the
channel.
The Erie Constitution states that some 500 tons of
iron have been purchased for the Pittsburg and
Erie Railroad, and will be received in a few davs,
when the work OF laying the track will at once be
commenced.
A man, who has just been arrested for murder in
Madison county, n. Y, finds, for companions in
prison, son, a nephew, brother-in-law. and a
son-in-law. The son-in-law also has two brothers
in durance vile.
YOUNG man, named Francis Julien, died few
days since, in Mobile, Alabama, of hydrophobia
caused by the bite of deg more than two years be
fore.
The latest accounts from the Lake, with refer
ence to the explosion of the steamer Virginia
Saturday last, report eight persons killed by the
disaster.
There is an ordinance, in the city of London, re
quiring five-eghth inch tube to be inserted near
the ceiling in every room for the purpose of letting
off the gas in case of accident or careessness.
The loss, by the recent collision between the
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from $4,000 to $4,000. The of the accident
is not clearly stated.
The English tourists on the Rhine are getting
diminished in numbers this year. The cause is not
well known, but the Germans lament the absence
of their gold.
The Baltimore built steamship Republic, formerly
Charleston packet, is now regularly engaged in
the trade between San Francisco and the Frazer
River gold regions.
La Mo1b Au1t
state that Miss Emma Stanley was reaping rich
harvest by her amusing entertainments. Miss lnce
also drawing crowded houses.
The Mariposa, California, Gazette states that on
Saturday the 10th July, the thermometer in that
place stood at ll5S, on Sunday at ll70 and on Mon
day at 1lSo.
Texas paper says, an epidemic is prevailing
among the fish in the Gulf, and that great quaint
ties of every kind have been thrown ashore on the
beach.
Battista Canova, Bishop of Mindo, IN partiJUs, and
surviving brother of the celebrated sculptor, Anto-
mia Canova, died on the goth July, at Passagno, It
ally.
The volunteer companies of Montreal and Quebec,
numbering nearly one thousand men, are making
arrangements to visit Portland next week
The entire crew of the bark Mary i. Barney, of
Warren, r. l., now lying at Havana, nave the yell
low fever.
The Custom House and Post-ofIice erecting in
Georgetown, D. c., by the Government are nearly
completed
The ship Richard Busteed has been chartered at
San Francisco to convey cargo of dyewoods to
Liverpool. This is an entirely new trade.
The Columbia, Pa, Water Works were sold on
Saturday last, by the Assgnees, to Colonel Samuel
Shoch, of that borough, for SI5,35O.
The newspapers of St. Louis are in name and ma
ture somewhat mixed. The Republican is demo
cratic and the Democrat is republican.
bn Toll
Professor John A. Grant, one of the most esteemed
citizens of that city.
The Hon. Justin S. Morrill, has been nominated
Tor reelection to Congress by the republicans of the
second district of Vermont.
DIR. Frederick Augustus Louis Thicnemann, an
eminent German ornthologist, died at Drachenberg,