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


ton Courier says: The Government on several oc
casions have hired vagabonds to get up demon
stratlon, by crying out for Constitution and thus
TO bring on overt acts by which there would be an
excuse for setang the troops upon the people, as
TO commit them to the side .. the Government in
the coming strife. But the liberals on each occa-
sion persuaded them to keep quiet, and so they
TOOK their three pauls each, and went to the cafes
to ENJOY them after a manner more to their taste.
But it is supposed the troops have received nstruc-
lions to provoke trouble. A few evenings SINCE a
Greek friend of mine, with his wife and little girl
were walking BY one of the city gates, when he
overheard one of the soldiers on duty call out q
blackguard term, often applied to foreigners He
turned his head suddenly to see what it meant,
when the soldier came up put his hand on him and
sald. rms time give you permission to pass on;
but II you look at soldier again will have you
arrested" His wife, who was hanging on his arm,
SAID, sit would be an impertinence to arrest a
person who has given no provocation whatever"
upon this the soldier took the Greek gentleman
Dy the shoulder, and calling guard, marched him
on to the guard-house, saying, 81 arrest you now
for the disrespect shown by that woman to the uni
form of the Grand Duke" leaving the lady and
child standing in the street. crowd collected,
put the soldiers dispersed it. After some alterca-
ton, the lady going into the guard house. bore off
her husband, leaving their address, with a notice
that they should seek redress through the English
minister, they being lonans. 1t seems that one of
the soldiers, upon finding out who they were, ex-
planned their mistake, by saying that they took
them for "hberals." So you perceive, even in Flo
renee, rude sentinel insult an arrest at his own
option. Had the party been a hot-blooded Italian
row would have ensued, and blood once started
who could foresee the result.
THE SHIPPING INTEREST IN CHINA.-At the pre-
sent time, when British sEipoyners are challenging,
Government to show cause why foreign States
should enjoy privileges which, correlatively, they
do not, will for the further information of Mr.
Reede, Mr.. Scott Russell, and other eminent naval
architects, who have taken the lead in bringing
a oh rnnlA IL 4I,oAo
ing ship in China waters at the date of this writing
upwards of 100 British; while of 60 loading for
some port or other, only 81 carry the English flag
In Hong Kong alone, of 81 vessels in all wiz "a Bri
tsh, 80 Americans, and the rest either Dutch Dan
ish Bremen, French Sandman, Oldenburg, Ham
burg Siamese, Prussan Spanish, we have out of
rs loading vessels, on six British Of these &c load
ing vessels, IL (equallng IA $40 tons) are Ameri-
CAM our miserable six British showing an aggregate
tonnage Of 1880 tons only, the rest of the total of
$4,000 tons loading being foreign bottoms. Nearly
5000 tons Of American shipping are laid on for Ha
vana, the whole, or very large proportion there
OF, being chartered by an English house in Hong
Kong The only three French vessels in China that
are loading are all with flesh for the west From
the number of vessels that have gone from Shang-
hal to Japan that port it would appear, is not un.
likely to be the central mart for the new trade
Only within the report of the last fortnight we
have the Emma (British) of 124 tons; Troas (Bri-
tsh) 6G3 tons; and the lamont (Britishl, l4O tons
the Anna (American), GAL tons; being the only
foreign vessel for that qua ter What kind of cargo
these four vessels going for we cannot imagine:
hardly all of them can get lacquered ware-Friend
Of China.
SUDDEN DEATH FROM SINGULAR CAUsE-We
hnd the following in the Troy Times: On Tuesday
OF last week gentleman named Augustus Bedford,
belonging in New York, and who was in this CITY
on business, got shaved at of our barber shops
On returning from it to the store ola friend with
whom he was visiting, he remarked that he be-
lieved the barber had given him some disease as a
small pimple on his lip panied him very badly, and
had commenced swelling after be was shaved
presenting an angry lnttamed appearance. During
the day this soreness grew worse and he suffered 50
much from 1t he decided to return home which he
did on Wednesday night. His condition rapidly be
came more distressing, - the pains extended through
the BODY aDd to the vitals and, finally, Sunday
morning, after suffering untold agony, he died.
The deceased, as long as he remained sensible
attributed his suffering to the incubation OF the
pimpie upon his lip with poison from the BARRIERS
razor.
The London Nechanics Magazine, in abiding to
the perlIs of men engaged in gunpowder mills, saws:
rear does not, however, appear to exercise much
sway over the men who work in those dangerous
trades. Eight men were killed on Wednesday, and
more than eighty had, directly or Indirectly offer
ed to supply their places before even their mangled
remains were consigned to the grave" And vet
these men onl fifty cents for very lone davis
WORK. Honest men ought not to be tempted even
Tor fifty times that amount to risk their lives in such
an avocation. 1t adds-"we have conyicts ENOUGH
doing nothing-or less than nothng-wbo might
be employed in such pursuits, and who might then
be paid for their time for no one who would prudge
even the greatest maetactor Is. I'd. day when it
was known that his body was liable to be rent into
fragments and scattered to the four quarters of the
globe, at a moments notice."
New Iron FURSACRs-During the past two
months, active operations have been in progress at
Westham, on the line of the James River and Ka-
nawha Canal, five miles above Richmond, Va. in
the erection of extensive iron works. for the pur-
pose OF smelling the iron of the James River
with coal from Richmond field. A large force
OF laoorers, miners, asons, stone cutters, &C., are
employed at the furnace site and on the line of the
canal in erecting the works at Westham, and in
raising ores at various points along the navigation
Many and exhaustless deposits of rich and val
liable ores have been developed in Fluvanna, Buck
ingham, Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge and other
counties on the water line, all of which can be
brought to the city, those furnaces in the most
available manner. contract has been entered
into with Gen. J. j. Worth, agent of the Carbon
the most liberal terms. This coal has been thor
oughy proved, by practical results to be the best
cooking coal in this country, and is said to be emf
nenty adapted for the production of pig metal
Messrs. Jordan, VIM x Co., expect to blow in
their first furnace in October next and propose to
the rate of 200 tons per week. Westham was the
site of the old State arsenal or magazine which wa.
destroyed by the traitor Arnold in 1881, together
with large number of cannon and other munition
of war.-Richmond Despatch.
The late Grand Jury of Columbana county, Ohio,
found an indictment against the Rev. Charles C. A.
Brondt, for forging the name of Phillip Esass on
note for S25, and for passing the to John Ra-
Der, of Canton.