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

ASSISTANT SURGEONS IN THE NAvY.-The follow.
ing candidates have been recommended for admis
sion to the position of Assistant Surgeons in the
Navy by the Naval Medical Board of Examiners
which was recently in session at Philadelphia, viz
No. l. William Bradley, of Pennsylvania No. 2
Edward +. COrson, of Pennsylvania. No. g. David
kindleberger, of Ohio. No. 4. Joseph d. Grafton
of Arkansas. No. 5. Robert L. Weber, of Pennsyl,
yania. No. 6. Robert j. Freeman, of Virginia.
No. Z: VIM. Z. Taylor, of Virginia. No. s. Ben
nett w. Green, of Virginia. No. 8. Jas. McMas-
ter, of Pennsylvania. No. 10. James W. Herty, Of
Georgia. The first five named will be commits
stoned at once; the remainder as vacancies may
occur in the mediaal corps.
The following Assistant Surgeons were examined
by the Board, and passed a satisfactory examina
ton, for promotion, viz: Thomas J. Turner, Wm
&. Hay, R. P. Daniel, and VIM. 4. Hord.
The allowance granted to the French soldiers il
not sumptuous. \ recent letter says: Speaking
of the army pay it is not amss to mention that the
allowance for the keep of French soldiers is six sous
for two meals day. Some of our friends in Eng
land seem to think that these gallant fellows are
fed on Pate de foie gras, or at any rate that the
barrack cooking is quite artistic and delicious
Now, the fact is simply this: French soldiers in
garrison have, every day of their lives two basins
OF soup with the strings in it, which they call meat
and perhaps a few bits of onion or vegetable by
way OF giving it flavor: besides this, each mar
has q lbs. of coarse bread-nothing more. When
on service they have little wine; but otherwise
except on grand occasions, such as review they
have none, nor any spirits, beer or coffee"
A Paris letter has the following: "Napoleon Ill
will insist on the delivery from the Kaserlich vault
at Vienna of the coffin that holds the Due d,
Reichstadt, and, in of refusal, that French
troops will go and fetchit. TOday's Figaro, which
is known to be an unrecognized channel of what
the authorities wish to convey actually saws that
the young Austrian Emperor is the offspring of the
Duke de Reichstadt, an assertion which, in time o
peace, Baron Hubner could not tolerate for the
| honor of the Archduchess Sophie. Fielding as
crlbes to still less suspected parsonage the mater
nifty of Tom Jones.
The London Herald says of Buwer: "As Sir Ed
ward has been enjoned to abstain as much as pos
sible from business, his attention is necessarily con
hned to the more urgent affairs of his department
put 1t Is doubtful whether in the short time that viii
elapse before the meeting of Parliament, Sir Ed
wards health will be sufficiently restored for hin
then to resume the combined fatigue of Paramen
tary and official life.'
Berlin correspondent writes: "Humboldt, il
his last hours, was surrounded by his nephews anC
his niece, Baroness de Bulow and retained to the
the full of his faculties He asked several time
when the King would return, and said that he haC
! hoped to have seen him again. Humboldt has be
queathed large portion of his library and instru
ments to his old servant and travelling companion
Sey ytfarth, who tended him for upwards of so wears
and who is now himself bedridden."
| The Rev. Francis Wayland has been chosen Pre-
| sdent of the American Peace Society, in place O
VIM. Jay, deceased.