The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-12
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The Rev. T. Bourne, of New York, Agent Of
the African Civilization Society, addressed large
meeting in Manchester, England, on the Dist ult,
The OBJECT OF this Society is to promote the culture
colored men from the United States to settle in
that country. Mr.. Bourne said the intention was
to enter upon the work upon the same plan as that
OF William Penn, by peaceful opening Of the re-
gion by purchasing the land, and obtaining right
to be there by permission of the proprietors
Mr.. John Rayson, of Penrith, 'the last of the
Cumberland bards," is dead. His last work was a
translation of the Song of Solomon into the Cum
oerland dialect for Pr ce Lucien Bonaparte
MIR. Henry James accompanied by his family
took his departure for Europe on Saturday in the
Vanderbilt. He intends remaining some years in
Switzerland to educate his children.
The Tuscan Government has, by decree of
the 18th of September, raised Major General Carl
baldi to the rank of Lieutenant General
"A letter from Paris says that NJ. Mario has en-
tered into an engagement with the theatre at Mad
rid, and that Madame Grisi is going to St. Peters
burg.
Capt. Peard, the gentleman made famous du-
ring the late war as the Engshman attached to the
corps OF Garibaldi, has written to an English Jour
nal 10 say that the stories about his love for shoot
M Austrlans, and his record of the number he had
Killed, are entirely false. He served with Garibal-
Oil from love of the Italian cause alone
Among the names of Americans registered at the
banking office OF Messrs. Lansing, Baldwin e. Co.,
Paris, from Sept 18th to Sept. 22nd, 1859, were
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DIR. Nichol, Professor of Glasgow University
died on Sept. 18th, of congestion of the brain He
was W the author of 'The Architecture of the
System" ''The Planet Neptune" &C.; and bv his
lectures on the same class of subjects he was the
first to make the public familiar with what is called
the 'Nebular Hypothesis" Professor NichoI
made visit to this country some wears since. and
was well known to many of our citizens
"A correspondent of the New York Erenipo
Post, states that the late Ogden Hoffman, of New
York, was midshipman on board the President,
when she was captured by the British squadron
towards the close of the war in 1876 and narrates
the following anecdote
Several years ago MIR. Hoffman was in England,
and happened to be travelling by mail-coach from
Portsmouth to London. The President was then
lying in Portsmouth harbor, and two or three
young naval officers in the coach began to speak of
the circumstances of her capture. 1t was ALWAYS
an article OF the orthodox naval creed among Eng
f1shmen to assert that the President was captured
by the Endymion, and the officers made several
.tatements as to the facts of the capture which
Mr.. Hoffman, who was entirely unacquainted with
the party, modestly took the liberty of correcting
At last one of the Englishmen turned round to MI.
Hoffman with an air of surprise and said, "Pray,
sir, how came you to know so much about what
took place ON board the President?" al ought to
know something about the matter" mildly replied
Mr.. H., Gas was signal midshipman on board of
her at the time" At this the English men changed
their tone entirely, they touched their hats, and
presently one oftheir number addressed Mr.. Fl. as
COMMODORE" supposing that by that time he
must surely nave reached that rank "Ah, gen
tiemen sald he, "you need not commodore me;
am notning out poor pettifogger nowadays
Senator Seward has gone to Egypt, but a let
ter from Paris says;
1T is doubtful whether he will be able tn on dou-n
me Nlie and there is some danger that he NAV he
detained longer in Quarantine that will be apTreea
80 Inat MS fate is naturally the subject Of con-
siaerao,e speculation here among others than poll
The same correspondent saws.
carroll Spence, late Minister of the Tn;tod
States at Constantinople is here, on the way for
the United States by the steamer of the 9sth
proxImo. He has been spending the past wear and
half since his diplomatic duties ceased in traneI.
Ing, in educating Instantly and in buying pictures.
he mas literally rayaged Italy, and there Is scarcely
a village and, might almost add a church be-
tween Naples and Venice that has not contributed
to his collection, Among them, with much that
Is mainly valuable as the measure of the progress
of art, there are many paintings of great value.
and all old. What disposition be will make of them
precisely, has not yet transpired, but / have no
doubt the public is destined to profit by them in
some way toate leur possible. Mr.. Spence has been