The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-25

LIBERGAN ENrEEPRIsE.-The Journal of Commerce
says: awe have always maintained that our Gov
ernment should encourage trade between this coun-
try and Liberia. fully aware of its increasing i'm
portance and value, and of the estimation in which
1t is already held by foreign governments, which
have made considerable efforts to divert it to their
own markets. 1t affords us much satisfaction to no.
tce tue spirit OF enterprise existing among the Ii
berans themselves, and the disposition they mani
test to establish and develop commercial relations
between the two countries. No less than four Lii
nerian vessels have arrived in the United States
TINS year, with cargoes of Liberian produce. OF
what description and value those products are,
may be Judged from the cargo of the schooner Ante
lope, which arrived here the 14th inst She
has Il 600 pounds of sugar, II 900 gallons of syrup
palm oil, camwood, and some coffee, and could have
obtained double the quantity of sugar had she wait
ed ten days longer, the farmers were busy manu-.
featuring it, and bringing it down the st. Paul:
river to Monrovia to market, where it Iound ready
sale.
We are informed that colored firm, Messrs.
johnson, Turpn Dunbar, have established a
commercial house in this city, in connection with
one at Monrovia. for the purpose of facilitating and
promoting the Liberian trade, and have purchs sed
the bark "Mendi," vessel of 300 to 400 tons bur.
them to irregular freight and passenger pack.
ct between this port and Monrova, making three OF
four trips year. They have also contracted for q
small steamer, which they design to coastwist
between Cape Pamas and Monrovia, touching at al
principal points to collect freight and passengers
and to connect with the above vessel on her regu
sailing NaESj cllet OBJECT OF tnlS en-
terprise will be, to collect the mails along the coast
with view to supply the deficiency in the mai
service orcasioned by the British steamers discon
tinuing to touch at Monrovia as they have hith
erto done. This will insure regularity in the mails
which, under the present arrangements are very
uncertain, and will be a great accommodation tc
merchants and other in this country and Liberia.
Correspondence Of the London Star =;
SoUTH AFRICA WINEs.-Cdpe Totcn, Uorch 2Oth
ls59.-Bearing in mind your request as soon after
nv arrival here | conveniently could, person
ally made such inquiries and examination into the
character of the wines of this country at the seat
their production as to be able to give reliable anC
complete information. The inquiries which have
from time to time been instituted in this matter
have produced marked Improvement IN Capt
wines, their position in the market daily becoming
stronger The effort lately made to produce wine:
of a superior character has had the natural efec
of greatly stimulating the demand for them; ane
from what has already been done, am conhden
that in very short time they viii, to the puolic ad
vantage, take the place of the branded and high
priced continental wines. South African wine, a
the present moment, forms a large proportion o
that consumed in England, and this proportion Is
constantly increasing. For the year 1858 the con
sumption of the United Kingdom was l, 500, 900
gallons of sherry, 0S9 900 gallons of port 1868, ,O0(
gallons OF French and Rhenish, and 430, 900 gallon:
OF South African wines. The quantity exported
from the Cape annually has increased at an almost
marvellous rate. In 1853 the quantity exported
was 5o. I161 gallons; in 1856, 6l6.749 gallons and
III 1901 92S ,666 gallons. The total quantity pro-
uuEed In the colony is now upwards of 5000 0OC
gallons annually.
Inc e inventor of lucfer matches, Mr.. John Walk
eI chemist died at Stockton, England early in
IA Lay, AT the age of 79 years. Mr.. Walker made
e discovery OF the use of "lucifers several years
ago Wnhe experimenting with various chemical
substances, and for considerable time he realized
handsome income from the sale of his matches in
boxes at Is. Cd. each. -