The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-11

FROM SYRIA private letter. received by the
last steamer, and dated Tripoli, Syria, Nov 49,
1888 contains the following says the Boston Trar-
eler:
.''lhe Jatfa murderers still continue in the Beirut
prison, and the Macedonian winters in Alexandria
to look after their due punishment.
There was great danger of general rise among
the Moslems ofTripo about the first of August But
war steamer, and the Maronite (Papal) strength
in Lebanon, so near at hand, intmidated the Mos
lens.
"Ismaeen Ibn Khire Beg, the Ansairy Governor
of Sateta, has just been killed. The Pasha of Beir
ut sent an army against him, with the view of re-
moving him by violent means from Office and sub
shutting Mosem. But Khre Beg's uncle, covet-
ing his large property, surprised and slew him.
Iahr Pasha, the Turkish General, dispatched by the
fasha OF Beirut, had hoped to take khre Beg
alive; but, disappointed by his premature murder,
seized on his uncle, the murderer. The road from
Tripoh to HONS will not be as safe as usual now
that the bold Ansairy Governor of Safeta is dead
order better than any Moslem can hope to do.
"Two great Arab tribes, the Nowaly and the Ha-
dady, have had two battles just outside of the north
east gate of HONS. The latter, from the vicinity
OF Aleppo were victorious in both cases; though the
Noway were assisted by the Metawileh (the Per-
sian sect of Mohammedans) of Bebec and Hermel.
The Arabs plundered the rich old MOSQUE of
hhaied erected centuries ago in honor of Moham-
meds most distinguished general 1t lies mile or
two to the north of the city, and is much resorted
to by pilgrims
The term MIME rife has led many persons to con-
cude that there was some popularity of construc-
ton belonging to firearms which went BY this
name. The fact, however, is that every rife in
which an expanding bullet is used is MIME rife
the invention is embraced in the character of tho
bullet, not the rife. 1t was always well known
that rifles were more deadly and destructive in war
fare than plain bored muskets, but owing to the
dllculty of ramming down bullet in loading a
rife-because it is made little larger than the
bore to fill the spiral in the barrel-soldiers
could not load and discharge rapid enough in line;
this was the principal reason why the old musket
Kept Its place so long as a weapon ofhuman warfare
To France, certainly, belongs the credit of first
rendering rifles capable of being loaded as rapidly
as muskets, and of first introducing them into her
army, and subsequently into the British and other
armies. This was accomplished by the use of the
expanding bullet by Lieut.. Mimic, of the French
army, and who has generally been supposed to be
the first inventor. The British Government how
ever, has awarded to N. Greener, a mechanic of
birmingham, Eng, 81 900, prize for being the
first inventor Of the Mimic bullet 1t appears that
in 1886 he brought the subject of such bullets
before the War Department of that Government
IN ls4l, IN letter published in one of the Lon
don papers, and again in 1912, before the gov
err nment,
The Italian newspaper L Eco d Hal,a, published
In New FORK has commenced the tenth year of its
existence, and has been enlarged and improved In
its issue of the first of January it contains an ad-
dress OF considerable length, adopted and issued at
TURN by the Central Committee of Italian patriots
on the l4th of November. This committee acts in
the name of the National Italian Society," consisting
OF political exes from all parts of Italy who have
found shelter at Turin. The address insists that
the success of the cause of liberty in Italy must de-
pend upon the aid it receives from the Piedmontese
government This point is elaborated at much
length.
Inc Carroll County Democrat SAYS that on Satur-
day last Mr. Lewis Green, Executor of Adam Mil
Ter, sold two tracts of land in the Finksburg Dis
trct adjoining the lands of Cornelius Armacost and
John Elseroad. One lot of 50 acres to George
Richards, for S2650 per acre, and the other of the
same size and adjoining the first, to Henry Miller,
for SIPS per acre.
The Mspillion and Choptank Railroad Co. was
organized at Pennington, Del on Thursday last
Ex-Gov. Tharp of Milford, Del, was elected Presi-
dent dent The Maryland Directors are, A. J. Willis,
Tilghman Nutte, John Layton and H. Stone