The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-15
PERSONAL.

the air, and was observed in his carriage on Wed
nesday. lie is rational on most subjects.
Mr.. Barbee,t the sculptor of the Fisher Cir, who
was in Florence with SOntag, some years ago,
says that the "'Dream of Italy," by Sonntag was
the greatest stride in advance, by an artist he
| had ever known. Spanish merchant has urged
! Mr. Sonntag to go to Cuba this winter, and paint,
! on grand scale, view from the mountains
! which rise in the centre of that island. The sug-
! gestion is encouraged by his admirers, for as
! yet, we have no good landscapes from the West
! Indies.
Gov. Wise of Virginia. has purchased the
Mosely Farm, situated On the Elizabeth river, about
! miles from Norfolk, and contemplates residing
there after the expiration of his Gubernatorial
| term.
-Mazzini has written another letter, in which he
argues that the Italian revolution must be ex-
tended, or 1t is useless. "Localized" he saws at
! becomes powerless." He afirms that there is
movement IN Sicily which has been prepared for a
long time, and ready for explosion at a moments
notice. This uprising would extend over the
whole State, and would swell the movement in
Italy to such proportions that its chiefs would be
emitted to treat on terms of equality, from
Power to Power, for the move must bring the
Hing Of Sardinia once more upon the field of
action.
An English clergyman who occupied the pull
PIT o the American Protestant Chapel in Paris, one
Sunday lately, announced, by request that the
following Thursday would be observed in that
chapel as Thanksgiving Day. conformabIy to
custom in the United States, and he said that after
the collection, he would read the proclamation of
the President Of the tinted States naming the day
as day of General Thanksgiving. When the
time arrived, the good man commenced reading
as follows: "Be it known that |, Edwin d. Nor
gan, Governor of the State of New York do
| hereby appoint" etc. The congregation laughed
| violently.
The remains of Cook, Who is to be executed at
| CharIeStoWn on Friday, will be taken to Williams
| Durg, N Y, Tor interment. His connections are
! highly respectable.
As Park Benjamin, Esq, was proceeding to meet
| the congregation which was waiting to hear his
lecture in West Troy, on Monday evening he
slipped upon the sidewalk, and broke one of his
ankles.
The late Duchess of Bedford, for thirty wears
OF her married life, lit her own fire. made some tea
for herself and the Duke and them as he wrote his
own letters of business, she copied them and they
came down to large party of guests at 10 O'Clock
TO dispense breakfast without saving one word of
thelr matutlnary ayOcatOns; that one might
have been visitor in the house without finding ont
that the Duke and Duchess had transacted the
necessary business Of the day before, perhaps their
guests had risen.
Gov. Willard, of Indiana, is in Richmond, in
company with the Hon. John S. Robinson and DR.
G. Rose, of Indiana and Robert Crowley, of New
ork, brother-in-law Of John E. Cook now under
sentence at Charlestown The object of their visit
Is the pardon of Cook; but the action of the Legis-
lature, on Wednesday, must render all efforts in
that regard hopeless. The case of Cook does NOT
come within the jurisdiction of the Legislature
lnasmuch as he is not convicted of treason 1t is
competent tor the Governor to pardon commute
as ne thinks tit; but he will hardly do either in
view of the adverse sentiments of the Lepislatura
IN relation to the pardon of any of the prisoners
1T would be necessary to go back to the Bibli-
cal tunes to ind the trace of longevity so extraor
binary as that of Capt. Aexander-V arcis
sus NirOux of Belgium who has Just been put on the
pension list by a Royal command of the 10th Sep
tember, 1883, Mr.. Viroux was born at Chimay,
Now ,, 1903, and will consequently have attained
the ge Of one hundred and fifty years the ninth of
next month.
The Paris correspondent of The Express writes:
'Senator Seward the other day visited Compiegne
accompanied by the Count de Sartiges, who pre-
sented the Republican leader to he Emperor. The
conversation tlrned upon Mr.. Stewards approach
ing departure for America. Il expect to sail on the
l3th Of December said Mr.. s.. unless reuuisition
from Gov: Wise should take me to the United
States before that timep"
LATE AND IHPoRrANr FROM MExGco.-By way of
Havana we have dates from Vera Cruz to the 3Oth
Jalapa to the l7th and Guadalaara to the llth of
November The news is important The conser-
vatlve cause was everywhere victorious
After the complete route of the Federalists at
OaJaca, after two successive battles gained by Pres
ldent Miramon, in Estansia de las Vacas and Ana
Geo, three leagues from Queretaro, on the 18th of
November, in which he took 42O prisoners among
them Generals Tapa and Alvarez the first mortal.
ly wounded and the second with the loss of a leg
twelve officers and more than two hundred soldiers
being killed and wounded. Another victory was
obtained by OILS. D. Manuel Lozado and Don Fer
nando Garcia de la Cardena over the forces of Car
"nado, at lepic. Zacatecas occupied by Gen
eral Castillo, TehauntepeC by Col. Mazzano and fl
naliv, Morelia by Gen. NicariO. These constitute
series OF triunphs sufficient to have changed the
aspect Of the Republic, and lead us to hope for a
proXimate peace.
The temporary removal of the organ of St Paups
Cathedral, London, has given the Dean and Chap
ter opportunity for the enlargement of the space
Tor services 1t has been decided not to allow the
n Ia ntafnt IL
|" take away the present screen, and to remove the
monuments of Lord Nelson and Lord CoIlnpwood
to some other part of the Cathedral. Tho organ
will be retained in the same case which was desiGn-
ed by Sir Christopher Wren, and will be removed
to the gallery under the centre arch on the north
side. The rails of the Whispering Gallery, and
the heavy cornice under it, have been recently
gilded, giving a splendOr to the magnificent dome
which IS very striking.
The Berlin correspondent of the New York Her.
oId says that the Schiller festival in the Prussian
capital was failure The petty vexations of the
police, the evident reluctance and i-grace with
which the government had consented to ANYTHING
approaching popular demonstration, and the per
hdlous lnslnuatlOns of the hreuz Zeitnq party had
irritated and dsgusted the people to such degree
that they felt far more inclined to give opent vent
to their indignation than participate in festive dis
plays. The oEly part of the proceedings that
was calculated to excite the interest of the pub
lie at large, the laying the foundation stone to
a monument of Schiller, and even this bore much
more of an official than popular character.
MARRIAGE OF CoUs1vs-Gov. Magofin, of Ken
lucky, recommends the Legislature of that State to
prohibit by law, under penalties, the mar
rage of cousins. He says that the imbeciles in
sane, deaf mutcs, and blind, in the different asy-
lums in that State, who are the offspring of cous.
ms, are from sixteen to twenty per cent. of the
whole number and he claims that it is the right and
duty of the State to protect herself against the evil
and expense by forbidding such unions which Ma
nIaIulV tnrh1S lv 1F-- -b.go
intlicts.
Justice Catron, of the United States Supreme
Court has publicly and earnestly protested, in
Nashville, Tenn, his residence against an act now
pending in the Legislature of his State which
provides that free colored persons shall be seized
and sold, if found in Tennessee after the lst day
OF May next, if tn y adults; and that if child
ren, they shall be bound out; and the adults to be
allowed to emigrate to Africa, in which case some
slight aid is to be furnished by the State assist in
their transportati0n or to be allowed TO seek a
master, and 60 into slavery
LORD GRosvENoR NOT EASILY FooLED.-It appears
from the papers that the BOYS in the sharp town of
Sonora, California, imagined that the young Lord
was green, and walked him up at his hotel in order
to try him at cards. He played with them at poker,
whist, seven-up, euchre and other games, they seek
ing, all the time. to get him intoxicated; but il
turned out that he beat them fairly with their own
weapons, and in the aorning was the only sober
man in the crowd. He is now popular in that To-
cality, and The boys will fight for him. His early
education attended to.
ACCIDENT IN NEW YoRK- One Man Rided-About
O'Clock this morning, a scaffOld, which was being
used in the construction of the new marble build
ing in Duane street, West Broadway, fell,
and precpitated ten IN, occupying the sca'Old at
the time, into the sub-ceIlar of the building dis
tance Of about twenty feet James Madden was IA
tally injured, and died soon after being admitted to
the hospital. Another, whose name could not be
ascertained was also conveyed to the hospital be-
ing seriously injured The others escaped with a
few bruises.-N. Y. Commercial.
Advices from Port au Prince Havti to the end
of October, published in the Havana papers, state
that very violent hurricane had passed over the
southern coast of the island, extending to Jeremp,
where it had destroyed more than sixty houses.
Two coasng schoOners wrecked in the bav of
Jeremie, and several other vessels were dashed
upon the coast 1t was supposed that a number
OF other craft had been wrecked from the fact
that a great many dead bodies had been washed
ashore.
The ivestorv building, No. Spruce street New
York, occupied by the American Tract Society,
took fire about ~ O'Clock on Monday morning and
the two upper stories destroyed The con
tents of the lower stories ruined by the food
of water thrown upon them. The loss is estimated
at S75,00O which is more than covered by nsur-
ance. The managers of the society state that tAe
fire will not cause suspension of operations.
Law AGAINST BGLLIARDs.-The Legislature of
Vermont has passed law against billiards, which
provides that the select men of the several towns in
the State shall, whenever in their opinion the pub
lie good requires it, for bid any game or play upon
billiard fable in their rnsDnntiva Tho