The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-08
MIsCELLANEOU US.

~ ". , a. DR. II
HE INTERIOR OF NORTH la - Io Iienr!,
OF the Smithsonian institution, mas c0ec.eo lac1s
re5pectlhg tie ~ ;n ~ sient no, nnd
VIII command the atteh.ion VI men t
the entire region of the United states west OF the
9Sth degree west longitude, (say the western ooun,
dairy of Minnesota) with the exception oil small
portion OF Western Texas ana ine narrow pofoef
along the racine, mcluInS - s'eTue
aoaste o. compdrGtrey n"e rM"e, anu whch can
never be available 10 me agT Il me I'M
Portance OF inns statement VIII 1e more Iully COM
Prenended when IL Is eohsiuereu that tne hne vi
roi. henry MliGT eAaen1s % IRON L,he
winnipeg 10 lhe mexican uuii, VIII dlVlde the sur
lace OF the ohlteu states into TWO nearly equal
parts.
Inc intense neat ana extreme dryness OF TINS re
glon, "mch VIII make the ufeaI american flans
barren waste forever Is caused TO large extent,
according Prof Henry theory, by the TACT that
waited masses of the Rocky Mountains, are deprived
OF their moisture; IN other words, the heated air
which ascends at the equator saturated with mos-
ture it has extracted IN Its passage over the ocean,
after depostlng portion OF its vapor in the tropics
at the RAINY seasons, Is further dssicated by the
ridges and mountains which it meets the vapor being
condensed on the wlndward side by the cold due
to the increased vertical hight and it finally passes
over ana strikes the plains as dry as sponge which
has been thoroughly squeezed Without moisture
there can be no fertility, no agriculture; and a
great portion OF THIS wilderness, according to Prof
Henry, Is as lrredeemably barren, for the purpose
OF agriculture, as the deserts of Africa. If this
theory De true, 1t VIII greatly modify the opinions
Wmch nave oeen entertained by politicians and
statesmen oil the future destiny OF the "Great
Tho Tt;oo N W III - ,,cr
or,nn re Ioarso o,,,.' .d nas 'hg o!oWmg note
r;rooSns I;lIod r;th 80 :; e Instances Vi
c. - ioo III .iI II eiops aI the Nortn
;o ,a NO., - ~ 4. =: 1 'iie 1ie'otu suPp0ses "A
psSo " as snot III Aualns one uay last week, Whch
Upeeui as iouhu 10 contain rice III Its
Up oP' iniS Mouiu lnuicate that the lowi had flown
U une pom. Mere tls rice was OBTAINED within
%ostaa vi .e, 70 leave the rice undi-
Sr;oa Sn,onns 81 r. 49,; Z ~ .'a nov II roin ,ne
Some twaIre 6ftS y, sou'n ma Taroilna, "lthn
scarccIv bora baar e., o n T.. me rice coulo
wild for tbaro 10 mana a; ~ ~: - IL iom Nv
vaar II onnaars olons+ n,,pS az .iis liiie vi the
beya boanp p;oIod ~, .unqGesIonaoie tiat IL must
N q" "a. Wv 'oou'n.
THE JNnI,N MrD,1s II hoe boa, o,.o, e.
every administraticn sinca tba onn,naa,oyt iot t
this government. to rive medals r. tba Indan nLi
with whom the United States had treaties of neaca
and whose good will if was tbonobt desirable r. mo
pitiate. The Buchanan medal IS now readv for d.
livery and is a very creditable specimen OF Ameri
can skill 1t is of silver and bears mon fs face on
exausitely cut head of President Bucbanan Wiz
the words 'stbe President of the limited States
1857" The reverse contains a renresentat;on
around the border of an Indian in the pleasant am.
head Of waenng seuaw bnny nd ol, WIN d
rows In the centrn is an Indian nIonmbino I'D -,
surrounded by agriculturaI indictments TbnS VOL
is we'll done and sboyrs 70 rrbot norf,at;or a. n;
branch of ART hos orr;rad IN Hi 60 ''o' 'i''
The New Orleans Pico,yne of tho 9Otb ,,lt ,
that a singular funeral train passed m Dr,ya5es
street on the day preyious on its wav to ono ~ tho
Fourth district cemeteries. One woman. moor and
Ionelv-nnrcbancn mothor - mo,a' puol anu