The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-01
PRICE TWO CENTS

OF the same day, London time beating the sun near
| ly three hours. 'o sun nv"
The departure of the ships on the exnerimonto
GTuse VIII prooaby take place on the 25th instant
Mr. Wmtehouse, the cOmpany's electrician nro
poses to use on board each ship a battery which
shall be so arranged as to throw current constant
ly into the wire, and thus keep it what is terrnaG
permanently charged" by "current euuilibrinn
By this means either vessel WILL it is expected be
able to ascertain at any time if the wire is receiyno
current from the other without waiting for def
mite signal. When the wire is completely establish
ed the current to be employed will be thus produced
by induction coils (Whitehouse's patent) which
Is SAID to have more than double that by yoltaic
power.
1t is stated that Hull is to be the great inferno
date station ofthe Transatlantic and British and risI
Telegraph Company for the Transmission of MESA
ges between America and the continent of Eurone
four-wlre cable is now being laid in the neichbor
hood ot Hull Tor this purpose. London, Liverpool
Manchester, and Glasgow will be placed in direct
communication with Hull, as well as with Valentia
on the Irish coast whence messages will be received
fl ON America.
Communications intended for the continent will
be forwarded direct to Hull, and thence aIono the
caoie now about to be carried ria Withernsea to
opurn Iolnt, where 1t leaves the British isles and
passes directly across the North Sea to Cuxhaven.
at the entrance of the Ebe, and thence Inv land to
Hamburg, the principal terminal station on the
continent Mr.. Powell, one of the comnanv;s enri
neers, is now in Hull preparing for the transmission
ny souHu, lHc NlDfatlOnS being
duced by strokes upon tne-toned bell, entirely
dispensing with the use of the needle 1t is expected
that the communication between New York and
Hull will be completed by July next.
CANTON PRIESTS HIDDEN TREas1rpp Sorno
aays since poor priest presented himself at head
quarters IN abect garb and squaid plight qnd told
plteous tale to the General how his little person
al property and his only change of raiment Law in
tne Monastery of Celestial Bliss now occupied bv
oolonel Hooker and his battalion. The General at
once gave hlm an order to remove all his property
from the place, and the priest prudenty waited till
the Colonel and the maj part of his officers and
men were absent on reconnaissance. He then pre-
sentea MS order and was led about by the officers of
the day to recognize his property The poor priest
was accompanied by some seryitors of his drder
with their assistance he opened the pedestal of
an untouched idol and 10 bar of solid cold and
several bars of silver were exposed to the view of
the astonshed soldicry. Proceeding to another
image, he abstractcd some stones of great marni-
tude and price. Then he borrowed a ladder and
mounting to the roof removed Il sheathing and,
pehold! a magazine of richly embroidered silks,
ana costly furs, all of which were duly piled upon
the shoulders OF the poor brethren. The guard
were almost frantic, but the order was imperative
The poor priest was true Chinaman
Having succeeded so far, he pushed his rights to
the utmost. Lying about were some trophies and
small matters which the absent soldiers had cath
cred together in other places and brought to these
quarters. These also were put together All was
carried off, and when the accommodating party re
turned to their quarters they found them swept but
not garnished. Nothing was left but the hole in the
roof and the disemboweled Correspondent of
the Times.