The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-07
SAILING OF OCEAN STEAMERS

PRE-EMprIoN CoLoNIsrs.-The grand overland
wilderness at the head of the Gulf of California will
soon be invaded by solid army of 'pre-emption
colOnists.''
Parties of armed Arizona emigrants, mounted
and EQUIPPED for long march and settlers home
stead in the richest heart of the silver mountains,
gathering in Texas from half States North
and South.
The main body, under General Henningsen, will
collect at Galveston, or some other convenient port
in Texas, and take up the line of march some time
in the blithe month of June. At this season hunt
ing and pasturage are good, and trip across the
prairies is but pleasure excursion, and when that
may be concluded with the possession of a farm
with, perhaps, rich mine upon it, it is not surpri
sing that General Henningsen's call for associates
has been so widely answered.
A pioneer company of ninety mounted Texans
start the 18th of this month to "make the tria for
the main force, which will follow some weeks
later. Judging from the announcements in the
Texas papers, and what we learn here of the pu1-
chase of machinery, tent carts, and agricultural
implements, there will be from 900 to 1000 men
on the march before the middle of June. Many are
going to Galveston and Indanola, by twos and
threes, to be on hand and secure their horses by
the middle ofMay.- Washington States.
SHIPBUILDING lS59.-Iti is said that so great is
not built in this country for three years, and the
average annual losses by shipwrecks, &C., occurred
during that time even then should have ton
mage enough for the business of the United States
the poorest property man can own, for they sail
at an enormous expense, and when not making
money, are losing it very fast. Assessments, in
stead OF Dividends are the present results of ship
owning, and the prospects in the future very
unavorahle. Our own ports, north and south. are
full of ships, also the Pacific and lndia and China
| ports. Our markets full of goods and we
| should not suffer if did not receive an East In
dia cargo for year; neither would San Francis
co suffer ii treated in the way. Let our ship
builders cease, Them let not low wages, cheap tim
! Der, and want of something to do, tempt them to
build this year. We had better be idle than lose what
! we have made, all shipbulders will this season.
! If they have nothing of their own they will lose
| the property of those who credit them. Wait for
| better times.-Boston Iraueler.
! INTERNATIONAL CoURTEsY.-The New York Adj
on referring to the handsome manner in which the
United States ship Macedonian assisted the British
steam frigate Curacao, when aground in SMYRNA
Bay, adds the following:
"And dpropOs thereto, we glad to append a
few tries to be placed to the other side of the
count-without however any ungracious idea of
| striking a balance. Y ou remember the recent
British outrage on the American steamer Wash
ington. at Greytown. Well, little MILDLY of Fl.
NJ. S. Valorous, writing to a gentleman in this city,
thinks it rather hard that the New York papers
should be so severe upon his own ship, seeing that
their time board is pretty often occupied in do
ing neighborly acts for 'l0s Yankees He says
that up to the l4th ult, the Vaorous had assisted
two United States men-of-war with boats to tow
them, and anchors and cables in they got
aground Nay, he adds, that it is positively stated
in the midshipmen's mess that Captain AIdaam
offered to tow them out of the harbor with his own
ship, and that the offer accepted, and only not
carried out because the entrance to the port was
thought to be too narrow for such man9uvre
Then he tells how the Vaorous steamed $50 miles
to Cape Gracas, to assist an American merchant
ship that wrecked there-hOw they brought
the captain and crew to Grey tOwn-how they mad
made maintopmast for another American mer
chant chip because the United States frigate lying
there wouldn't undertake the job-and finally
how, two days before be wrote, the Vaorous sent
boats to the assistance of the selfsame Washing
ton steamer, which had hoisted a signal for mme
diate aid"
number of petitions have been sent to the Mas
sachusetts Legislature asking for the appointment
of Inspector of milk. The petitions set forth
that the number of cows in the Commonwealth i:
100000, and that their annual yield of milk amounts
to the value of S6,970,000. Middlesex county