The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-16

From the Jackson Mss. Eagle Of the South Nop o.
FREE NEGRO BILL IN MssIssrPPI.-The House
bill to amend the laws in relation to free negroes
and mulattoes, passed the House of Representa-
tives yesterday evening, almost unanimously.
The bill provides that it shall not be lawful for
any free negro mulatto to reside in this State
without the special license of the Legislature; and
if any such free negro shall be found in the State
without such license, after the first of July next he
or she shall be apprehended and sold into slavery
for life. The bill further provides that they shall
have until the lst of July next to select master
the master to pay twothirds of the appraised value
OF the negro, when said shall be the slave of
such selected master for life. 1t provides that
tne OF not less than one, more than five thou
sand dollars and imprisonment in the county iai
or penitentiary, the court may direct, for not
less than six months more than two years
shall be imposed on any person who shall hold any
tree negro IN nominal servitude to evade the pro-
visions of this act. BY the provisions of the bill
conviction is made speedy and almost certain All
fines and the net proceeds of the sales of alleged
slaves shall be appropriated under direction of
the Boards Of Police to school purposes in the
county wherein the Indictment was preferred or
the sales made
Another section of the bill provides for the more
speedy and certain administration of the law in re-
lation to masters permitting slaves to go at large
and hire their time.
Taken altogether, it is a very stringent law II
passed the House with only five votes against it,
and we have doubt but that it will pass the Sc
nate and meet WIN the approval of the Governor,
and become the law of the State; and if properly
enforced, as we have doubt it will be, the evils
of which we have heard such loud complaint will
cease to exist.
A STEAM MAIL LINE TO Observation-Disclosures
has reached us from Washington that we are at
last to have steam communication with the most
important country of South America. 1t is Just
fifty years since the first cargo of Rio coffee landed
in the United States, and fftv-one years since the
ports of Brazil were thrown open to the trade of
the world. England, France, and Portugal soon
availed themselves of this opening to have regu-
lar lines of sailing vessels to the East coast of
South America, but our country has never
had systematic communication of any kind with
Brazil
The commerce between the United States and
Brazil increased every year, but on the wrong side
of the ledger. In the financial year of 1867 we
sold to Brazil about five million dollars worth of
| our products, (mostly flour, while that empire sold
us more than twenty millions of her useful staples
! During the same year England exported to Brazil
more than S25 ,000 600 worth of her manufactures
cotton, iron, pottery, &C., &C., and imported in
return but little more than ,000, 900, thus max
| ing SIC, 600 in hard cash. France, Portugal,
| Germany and Sardinia with whom there has been
| for years regular mail communication either by
sailing packet by steam) also traded to their
| great advantage with Brazil. We alone of the
great commercial nations, had neither steam nor
sailing packets p ying statedly to Brazil The con-
sequence has been that, with the want of mail fa-
cilites on the one hand and with certain indif-
| ference of our merchants and manufacturers the
other the great bulk of the Brazilian trade has
fallen into the hands of Englishmen, Germans,
Frenchmen, Portuguese and Sardinians. This re
Election is the more annoying when we remember
that the United States, in cotton fabrics in
agricultural implements and in the general
desiderata of new country, can supply Brazil bet
ter than any other government in the world.
The first of two steamers intended for the naviga-
tion Of the Ganges has been launched in England
| and is now receiving her engines in Liverpool.
These steamers the property of the Oriental In
land Steam Company of London. They are intend
ed to tow barges, which will collectively carry a
very large cargo, and with draught not exceed
ing two feet will be able to navigate the Ganges
during the driest season. Each steamer will have
a nominal power of $50 horses but the engines are
expected to work up to 1000 horses. They will
tow five barges apiece, each of which will carry
about six hundred tons measurement of cargo.
There are no vessels now in India o. equal tonnage
| or power, and it is expected they will give new
impetus to the development the resources of the
immense district drained by the Ganges river.
CHoATE AND CAsH-The following extract frou
Parker's "reminiscences of Rufus Choate exhibits
one of his prominent traits, in which he was not
unlike Mr.. Webster:
81 never remember seeing him collect any money
or make any charges in any books. Indeed
never saw any account-books in his office. He
never seemed to have any money If he wanted
any he would get me to draw a check for him, ever
for five dollars and he signed it. II he drew tht
check himself, he made sad work OF 1t 1t used t
be said round the entry that when he had to go t.
Washington to argue cases, to Congress, h,
often was obliged to find some with money Il
lend him to go on with. Unlike some others of th
fraternity of great men, however, he very Otter
paid when he borrowed. His accounts of VIII
owed him, and how much, he must have carrie
chiefly in his head. He very often, however, mad
a sudden foray and raid upon his clients, as h
happened to recoect them, if he found himsel
unexpectedly in want of money. And woe be t
any unfortunate man then who had heavy cas-
actually on trial. He had to pay for all the sin
of omission of his predecessor clients for man
months.