The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-09-19

once be fairly crushed out it wouH L Coulu t
important step towards breaking up tho of
burglars, both by stepping off their only safa mar
het ana oy cutting OH their means of information.
BATTLE WITH THE CGRCA Ass1AYs.-A st. Patarv-
burg letter of the Goth says:-"News of brilliant
success obtained by troops in the Caucasus has
arrived; namely, of the entire submission of AndIa
anu lCchKerla. The intelligence reached the EN-
peror as ne was passing a review. The Russian
1o9PS 9P naTe T, made more than expedition into
Anula. Ahe nrst time they went was in lS45, when
they destroyed the fortified villages of the anamy
ana carried by assault Andia and Dargo the resi-
dences OF Schamyl. They were. however. snbse
quenty Obliged to leave the country aftar sunnort
ing cruel privations. Itchkeria, m to the com-
mencement OF this year, was almost terra ;ncoo
nltd The capture, on the 1St of April last of Ve
dene, the last refuge of SchamyI enabled the Rus
sian army to enter the province. These two conn
tries JOIN Daghestan, and form the most inpccossj
bic part OF the enemy's territory. Since the takno
| OF Nedene, the Russian troops have pursued thniT
success, and the inhabitants of Andia and Itcbke-
ria, delivered from the presence of Schamvl. have
made their submission. The plan of the paciica-
tion of the Caucasus, which is being carried ont.
was lnaugurated by Prince Woronzof, and has been
! largely extended by Prince Bariatinskii and from
the success which has been achieved, it is thought
| probable that in five years magnificent roads will
| be made in the Caucasus and that travellers can
pass through the whole country without danger"
EXTRAORDINARY DIsCovERY---TPE TUsKs AND
TEETH OF MAsTODoN FOUND. John w. Brown,
ouSIlCe Vi Jne edce Morgan county, Indiana,
forms us that two huge tusks and several large
teeth were found recently, by a man named Milton
Craven, quarter of a mile from White River, nine
ieet under ground One of the tusks. supposed to
have been mates, and to have come from the same
anlmal-a mastodon, probably-is eight feet long
and weighs one hundred and eighty pounds but as
the ends are broken off, its appearance indicates
that 1t mustshave originally measured eleven feet
portion of the other tusk-broken in two-mea
sures five feet the second part could not be foundl
and the teeth weigh twelve pounds each. They
must have belonged to one colossal creature so i'm
mense, perhaps, as our informant suggests that it
could not get into the ark at the food, and was
drowned by staying out of doors at the time of
that very eopious shower Cincinnati Enquirer
Much comment has been excited in MANY quar-
ters by the rapid increase of of suicide in our
midst. We perceive the New Orleans papers have
noticed the same thing in that city and style it an
eptdeRic There has never been known so MANY
cases of deaths from this cause as have recently
been reported, and every day the Coroner is called
upon to investigate ones While want and suf-
tiering are almost unknown and every kind of labor
loerally rewarded it is hard to trace the cause. l.
mas however been suggested, with some degree of
plausbiity that one cause of the insanity which
leads to suicide is the adulteration of alcoholic
drinks, more prevalent at this time than ever be-
fore. 1t is well known that strychnine and many
other destructive poisons are largely used in this
way, and the subject is well worthy investigation
-Ne'o YorI Courier and-Ehquirer.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES BucHAYAY.-Tbe
Lexington Kentucky Statesman, in an editorial
review of the inaugural of the governor of that
gallant little State, says;
Governor MagofIn Justly construes his election
as triumphant vlndicatOn of the Federal Admin
lstration from the charges of extravaganza and
corruption, which constituted the staple opposition
arguments in the canvass. The issue of economy
and prOtiigacy, of integrity and dishonesty was
distinctly made, and verdict at the polls solci-
ted. The bill of indictment was read before the
people, its specifications challenged to the proof
the case tried and judgment rendered. The verdict
lie ,hapt t,l Nd
ment OF Mr.. Buchanan's Administration by the pop-
uar voice of Kentucky
GREAT CoNCEssrox,-Th Reuue Des Deuc
Nondes is the leading review of France 1t COM
mands the best talent of Paris. In a late number
it makes the following extraordinary concession to
Professionalism :-"Much may be said of Protestant
diversties and Sects but one fact remains cerain:
it is that nations where the Bible circulaes and
Is read have preserved strong; deep and enduring
religious faith, while in the countries where it is
not known, one is obliged to deplore a moral su-
perhciality and want of principles, for which
splendid uniformity of rites cannot compensate.
Let the learned theOlogians discuss on certain
passages, on the authenticity of such and such
texts, what such miseries compared to the
healthful and pure atmosphere which the Bible
spreads wherever it is read whether in low ele-
waited classes"
A CoLoRED CHuRCH MoBrLE.-A correspond
ent OF the New ork Observer, dating August 20th
says: wish to state fact which NAV be interest
ing to some of your readers. There is a colored
congregation in Mobile, of the Methodist denomi-
nation, that pay their pastor annual salary of
81 POO, besides giving literally to charitable pur-
poses, shown by collection taken recently
for Domestic Missions which amounted to Sl20. A
parting gift of as handsome suit of clothes as
could be purchased presented to their last pas
tor, when sent by Conference to another field of
labor There several other Churches of the
same stamp, but this is rather the largest. 1t is
called the "colored charge" and is located on
State street, Mobile.
!
THE SwAsH AT HAvRE DE GGACF.-The opening of
a channel through the ''Swash'' or bar at the
mouth of the Susquehanna has been completed and
the Government dredge boats left there on Tues
day. Congress appropriated $4,000 for the work
which nearly finished it. The citizens of Port
Deposit and Havre de Grace, raised several hun
drcd dollars to complete it, and there is open
ed entirely through the swash channel 100 feet
wide and l3 feet deep, which is great improve
ment to the navigation of the river, it allows
vessels of much heavier draught to pass up it,
Cecil Wing.
From THE STAGE TO THE PULpr-The Nashville
AdUocdte says: cat the Nashville Preachers
meeting. two weeks ago, the meeting following
DR.. Parsons dedicatory sermon and services after
the regular reports, Rev. p. Barth, the German
missionary, gave very interesting account of the
death of his father, and Of his conviction,
version, and call to the ministry. He also stated that
when DIR. Parsons was an actor, he-Barth-t
and two of his brothers were members of the
orchestra that made music for DR.. p. Now they
meet in quite a different sphere DR.. Parsons is
one OF the stationed preachers in Louisville, he
Philip Barth-is missionary to the Germans in
Nashville, of the brothers is a presiding elder
in Indiana, and the third Methodist class leader
VERDANCY IN INDGANA.-An insurance agent in
this city, gentleman well and favorably known as
a man of truth and veracity, tells the following in
illustration of the verdancy of a gentleman in Pike
county, Ind, with whom he had effected policy of
insurance:
In the list of printed questions in the Compauy's
blanks. there is one like this: "Ashes-how kept?'
The Pike county gentleman was burned out, and
after the fire discovered this question in his policy,
and, resolving to make a thing of his premium,
wrote our informant something in this wise "Dear
sir-I was burnt out on the - day Of, and
according to your laws, have kept the ashes. They
are in barrels, what shall do with them?"-Peoria
Union.
JUDGE HALLIBURTON ON Srn1KEs.-Judge Halibur-
ton said the other day at TynemOuth. in referring
to the strike in the building trade: ''There is one
consolation to be drawn from those strikes that l
have never yet heard anybody alludc to, and it IS
this there is country in the world that could
afford to have strikes but England. They very
expensive things, and they only belong to a rich
country; and defy any man to point out any
try in the world where mechanics go upon
strikes for three months together as they do here.
If the mechanics in the States were to strike they
would be starved out by Saturday night.
A Southern paper thinks it would be hard to find
anywhere 'mOre lawyers. doctors, cOlOnels, cap
tains, majors and 'squires, more legislation and
laws less understood more migratory population,
more halfcooked biscuit, harder corn dodgers, less
care for expenses, more regard for females, more
go-aheadat veness, more Bibles and more novels,
more religion and more devils more cleverness and
liberalitv, more real independence, wilder oxen,
more politeness and gawkiness, more dangerous
steamboats,, unsafer banks, more pitching horses,
and awkward dancers, than in our beloved and hon
ored United States.'
The sale of the collection of paintings Of the late
Lord Northwick in England which has just been
completed, produced f95, ,725, or about Si75, ,O0QZ
The sale extended over eighteen days, and was at
tended by dealers from all parts of the world The
picture of the Birth of Jesus which cost his lord
ship ESQ, brought FL 600. The highest price real
lied for a single picture that paid for of
St. John, by Carlo Dolci from the Lucien Bonaparte
gallery, which knocked down for the of
2,Ol0 guineas.
A threshng machine. took fire last week from
a rather singular cause. A small stone got into the
machine between the cylinder and concave. From
the sparks emitted the dry chaff and dust inside
became ignited, and the flames communicated
with the straw passing out, and, everything be-
ing parched up by the drouth, the whole machine,
together with stack of straw and a stack Of
about one hundred bushels of wheat, was instan-
taneously one mass of fire, there being barely
time to rescue the team from the general destruc-
| tion.
WILLIAM AND MARY CoLLEGE.-A gentleman just
| from Williamsburg, informs that the new Col
lege building for William and Mary will be com
| Melted bv the close of this rmonth. Hp that