The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-11-23


Louisiana Rope Manufacturing Company, which
were burned couple of months ago. Square
bounded by TchoupitOulas, Pleasant, Toedano and
the river, one two-story, two One-story buildings,
and an unfinished brick store. Making in all SO
tenements.
THE BRITISH STEAM NAVY.
From The LondOn Steam SLipping Ctronicle Oct 261
The royal navy now consists of more than 800
ships in commission, three-fourths of which are
steamers. This fleet, carrying between 900 and
5000 guns, is manned by upwards of GO, 900 men,
nearly $4,000 of whom are borne in steam vessels:
ana OF those that remain, more than 900 are
borne IN stationary flag ships and guard ships
such as the Victory, Asia and Britannia at Ports
mouth; the lmpregnabe and Wellington, at Ply
mouth, and the Fisgard, Queen Charlotte and Min
otaur, at Noolwch and Shcerness; the proper
companions of all the sailing vessels-if we exclude
the Excellent and Cambridge training ships for
gunnery exercise-do not, probably, amount to
5000 men, the remainder being made up of super
numcrarieS, engaged in fitting vessels or wait
ing to be drafted into seagoing ships whenever they
are ready to receive their compliments. Even
these sailing vessels have steam tenders attached to
them, the crews of which are included in the 3 600
men just mentioned; and the 800 men, or there
abouts, which under training in the gunnery
ships, only there till they qualified to enter
seagoing ships as "seamen gunners, l. e., perfected
"man-ui-war's men"
From these few figures it will he seen that the
royal navy is in its strength, to all ntents and pur-
poses and without any reservation whatever a
steam navy. 70 substitute steamers for the sailing
stationary ships, would be only waste of strength
for alongside these agShips, which are not intend
ed to leave their ports to encounter an enemy, we
have such powerful vessels as the Duke of
Wellington, Royal George, Majestic and Colossus
carrying total of 400 guns perfectly ready for
in all respects. into which the supernumcraries
ot the stationary ships have only to be drafted, and
their compliments completed from the Coast Guard
Reserve, to enable them to proceed to sea- literally
at Il moments notice. We have, in like manner, a
perfect fleet OF steam rigatcs, corvettes, soops and
gunhaats in rrserve-all standing-numbaripp
about twenty five vessels, exclusive altogether of
the second and third divisions of the steam reserve
numbering about 100 vessels also Of the 50 cunboa
hauled up at I!asar, and emitting altogether yes
sells which are only converting or receiving ma
chinery on board.
The Channel squadron is exclusively steam
fleet. 1t numbers l. vessels, with 1000 guns and
10000 men. The 20 vessels in port last commits
stoned, and now preparing for are all steamers,
carrying nearly 700 guns, to be manned with 1000
men. Or the Coast Guard ships all are steamers
save one-the Eagle, at Milford; and attached to
these tenders IL gun boats, aud A of the old
revenue cutters or cruisers, but in the cruisers
which carry no guns, and the Eagle, which carries
but SIX, only 300 men employed while in the
steam guardships and gunboats are borne 3 300
with upwards of 600 guns, and oil round the coast
we have an auxiliary force already organized of
Coast Guard men and volunteers, to complete the
manning of the steam force thus appropriated for
our home deences
1t is much the same abroad. In the Mediterra-
mean we have 40 ships, carrying nearly 800 guns
and upwards of Is 900 men. All these are steamers
except the receiving ship at Malta, which, like
the stationary ships at home, is rather rendezvous
for the others than part Of the force, taking on
board the drafts Of from England for
other ships, and relieving them of their invads
on their way to hospital. Again, out of nearly 50
ships now or lately in the East Indies and China
with 400 guns and upwards of 5000 men, only 6
vessels carrying guns, and excepting the receiving
ship, not steamers. In the West Indies it is the
same 20 ships and only the flag ship and three YES
sells with guns without steam power out of a feet
representing 200 guns and upwards of , 900 men
At the Cape station and west coast of Africa
OF 26 ships, with more than 200 guns and
5000 men, only ships carving gums are
sailing vessels. Even on the coasts OF South Amer
lea where the proportion of steam and sailing yes
sells has been hitherto nearly equal Of the latter
bearing nearly 1000 men, are reported as ordered
home, whose places will doubtless be taken bv
steamers Of "A similar class; so that only 4 sailing
vessels and the store ships will remain bearing al
together 700 men and under 40 guns, in a fleet of
20 vessels, with between 400 and 800 guns and be
tween 900 and 900 men.
The remainder of her Majestv's ships in commits
sion consist of screw steamers for the conveyance
OF troops, such as the llimalaya, SimOom Urgent
and Perseverance, and 4 few smaller vessels for
the conveyance of stores or employed in surveying
at home and abroad, almost all OF which also are
steamers.
LATER FROM TENAS.
The number of interments in Galveston and IIous-
tor declined with the change in the temperature OF
the weather. At Galveston only burial took
place the 10th, and one the llth inst. At
Houston there were three in the same time.
The Legislature of Texas was organized on the
9TH inst by the election of the following officers:
Sc,utc-Jamcs F. johnson, Secretary Houston.
Democrat.
House Of Rcpreye,tafirey.-M D. X TAYLOR,
Speaker, Democrat; W. H. Chalmers, Chief Clerk;
Houston Democrat
The House adopted a resolution to give five dol
lars day for Interpreter for Senior Benevedes
from Webb county, who is Mexican, and cannot
speak word of English.
letter from Santa Rosa the 5th inst. gives the
following allusion to the movement of Cortinas
and suggestion i'll regard to Brownsville:
Times look squally on this frontier. There has
been no mail from Brownsville for the last eight
DAYS, it being stopped by the robbers What few
Americans that lived on the river above Browns
willie have been run off from their homes barely cs-
Gaping with their lives. look for them here every
hour, and unless the troops arrive in time put
stop to thei" career, they will break up the whole
country between the Rio Grande and the Nueccs
rivers.
VIM. d. Thomas, one OF the Americans that es-
capped with their families, passed here night before
last. He stated that he heard cannon in the drec-
ton of Brownsville the night before he escapcd,
and thinks that there is doubt that Brownsville
Is taken by this time.
dent of the New York journal Of Commerce, writ
ing from Key West on the 18th saws:
The United States sloop BROOKLYN. Capt. Fararut.
with Minister RObt. McLane and family on board,
en- route to Vera Cruz, entered the harbor on the
morning Of the l5th-sevcn days from New York
She at once hauled alongside the Naval Wharf and
commenced cOaing, and received on board M to
last night $50 TONS and is ready to continue her
voyage. She sails this morning. The passengers
officers and crew are well ship in fine trim, and
crew in good state of discipline she had rough
weather on the passage out but behaved well and
made fine time. The officers delighted with the
ship. She is as handsome a specimen of marine
architecture entered this harbor The COM
pairing of this steam sloOp with II. B. NJ ship Basil
isk-here last week-would have satisfied the most
ncreduous of the superiority of the new steam sloop
over all other ships OF the same metal.
SURVIVING "WoMEN of THE REVOLUTION The
following is list of the surviving widows in New
England who were pensioned under the first act
that was passed by Congress, viz, July 4th 1886
for the services Of their husbands in the revolu-
tionary war; To entitle them to a pension the act
required that the marriage should have taken place
prior to the completion of their husbands services
in that war. 1t is remarkable that in nearly all OF
them they applied for and received their ensions
up to the 4th of March last, the date of the last re-
turn; and still more that, in several cases. they
should be living 81 wears after their marriage and
have enjoyed their countrys bounty for 3S wears:
COnnecticut-Mary, widow Of Nathan Beers New
Haven aged ninety-si years, married in l7Sl Lucy
widow OF Samuel Davis, New London, aged NINETY
four, married in 1882. Susannah, widow of Josenh
| Harvey, New London, aged ninety nine, married
| l77S.
Maine-Ann, widow of Joseph Winch. FrankIir
| aged ninety eight, married in l779
Hassdchusetts-S. BOnney, widow of Clement
Drake, Berkshire, aged one hundred and four, mar
RED IN l'14. Hannah, widow of Giles Curtis, Berk
shiTe, aged nlnety-two married in 1882. Asenath
widow of Elisha Cole, Berkshire, aged ninetv iva
married in 1898. NV
Ne,G Hampshre-Amy, widow of Ebenezer Spaud
ing, sullivan, aged one hundred, married in l777.
Fermont-Ann, widow of Abner Perry Windham,
| aged ninety.six. Rebecca widow of Pierson Pree-
| man, Rutland, aged ninety three Washington