The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-19

DAILY EXCHAN
The Committee then took up the Consular and |
diplomatic Appropriation bill.
Mr. HICKMAN. of Pennsy lvania delivered a speec /
upon the condition ni the revenue, the tariff and
the manufacturing and business interests of the
country he saw no signs of revival in the bust
ness OF the country, and went into an examination
of the Treasury Report contending that the figures
showed no improvement in the condition of affairs
lie saw no prospect of relief except in a revision of
the tariff, upon the principle of protection to i'm
portant branches of American industry and il was
the only means by which sufhciency of revenue
could be raised for the support of Government
The committee then rose, and the House ad
burned.
NAVAL
The New York Times has received letter from
the United States steamer Water Witch of the Par
aguay expedition at Ceava, Brazil, Nov. 10. The
Water Witch left Ceava for Pernambuco, Now 10,
but after going some ten or twelve miles to sea, the
piston rod became disarranged, and she was obliged
to put back for repairs. She would probably leave
on the 10th or sooner. All well.
The same paper has received letter from the
United States ship Cyane, dated Oct. o. 1858, lat
q LIS North, long. 1912 West. Had been four
weeks at sea- All well. James Mclaughlin, ordi-
nary seaman, was drowned on the 18th.
The United States steam frigate Powhatan. the
hagship OF the East India station, arrived at Hong
Kong on the 18th of November, from Nagasaki,
Japan, via Shanghai making the passage from the
last named place in three and half days. The
Powhatan left at Nagasaki on the 3lst ult., the
Russian steam frigate Askod reftting. The Mis-
sissippi and Germantown there. The health of
the squadron is generally good. The sloop-ofwar
st. Louis hauled out into the stream on Saturday,
and will sail to-day. All of her officers are on
board
The U. S. frigate Macedonian was at Alexandria
Dec. 2-al well.
Charlotte Harbor, sailed from Key West 2sth ult
This party is engaged in typographical survey of
Cape Synabel and adjacent shores.
The u s.. supply schr. Guthrie, Springer, for
Iortugas sailed from Key West oath ult
The U. s.: transport schr. Tortugas, Wilson,
from Fort Jefferson, at Key West 9Th inst.
THE GREAT STEAM BArrERY.-The steam battery
at Hoboken, which has been about six years in pro-
cess of construction, is nearly half finished
The work upon will soon be broug ht to close for
the present, owing to the want of appropriations
The structure is some $50 feet long, with a beam
breadth of about 80 feet and depth Of hold from 90
to rs feet. 1t is very sharp at the bow and well pro-
portoned The ribs are about three feet apart the
outside heing covered with heavy shoot from riret
ed on In squares about three feet long and feet
wide, and with the exception of the centre the
sides have reached the height of from seven to ten
feet above the kelson. On either side, and about
midway, the sides extend up twenty or twenty-five
feet. There are two tiers of rafters, one of which
no doubt, constitutes the lower deck and is about
eight feet above the kelson, and the other about
sixteen or seventeen feet above the kelson and eight
feet above the lower deck. Eight engines and ten
boilers have arleady been adjusted in the battery
The top will be shelled over with iron of the same
thickness as the sides-thus rendering the battery
1t is supposed, bombproof The upper and middle
decks will probably hold 1000 persons. The bat
terry will be worked by propeller, and it is hoped
will make run of eight miles an hour. About
100000 have already been expended on its con-
struction and, it is estimated that SlOO 900 will be
required to finish it.-Joor. Of Commerce.
Fire Marshal A. W. Blackburn of Phila-
delphia, has submitted his first annual
report During. the year the total amount
s OF loss los. by fire was S2s5,72s, insurance
show reduction in losses of fifty per cent when
compared with the losses in 1857. The number of
lives lost was 81, and 296 persons were injured SO
persons were rescued by tiremen and 81 by police
men; S24 cases of burning are reported, of which
rs were pure accident, 81 from incendiarism, and
from carelessness 76. The Marshal saws:
am fully satisfied, from facts daily developed by
my investigation, that spontaneous combustion is a
powerful agent in the production of fires, and that
numerous confagratons, attributable to design owe
their origin to this cause. Hay in the mows of
barns and lofts of stables, when closely packed in
large masses, and affected by dampness either by
being put in wet or else penetrated by rain or
moisture, will catch fire of ITSELF so will goods
slowed compactly in a Warehouse when damp, es-
peclally such articles cotton fax, hemp and
rags. have noticed that when fire happens in
certain conditions of the weather, for instance af-
ter long-continued rain, or when the atmosphere
Is dripping with moisture and its temperature heated
and sultry, 1t is almost to be in barn. stable
or feed store, or else cotton warehouse or rag
store.
The WAR IN INDIA-The correspondent of the
London Times says 81 should consider the revolt
as national or military movement, finally at an
end but for our fatal experience of native ignorance
NOBODY can tell at any given moment what any
leader, however contemplate, or any class, how
ever thoroughly beaten, may think itself competent
to do. IL men rose on us in Nagpore. The men in
Chlttagong had no chance of life, and literal
ly did not know in what corner of the empire they
were stationed. The Sepoys at Mooltan must have
been perfectly aware that escape was impossble
yet all these rose, and tits this ignorance which per-
petuates disorder. Any other race on earth with
its army annihilated, its fighting classes disarmed
and Its leaders hung, would at all events POSTPONE
further effort; but the man who from certain given
facts predIc the action of Asiatic is sure to be
wrong. Further war, however, seems impossible
Even Indian ignorance cannot produce guns out of
nothing, or an army out of discontinued priests
and we have, | hope, at last only to contend with
oisorganlzatIon. That may last some months
especially in Bundelcund, where population, al
ways hostile, has been exasperated BY over taxa
ton. Gradually even this will settle down, and
this year should see the final termination of the In
dian revolt.
PANAMA RATLRoAD.-The gross earnings of the
Sl,OU
out of which, after the payment of expenses and
interest," twelve per cent. dividends have been de-
clared. reserve of two per cent. has been de-
posted in the Trust Company for sinking fund
for the redemption of the debt, and a surplus of
three per cent. remains in the treasury The con
struction account having reached $4,000, 900, has,
according to resolution of the Board adopted
some time since, become closed.
The amount needed for construction purnoses is
now very light, and will be charged to OPERATING
expenses. One feature of the traffic for the past
year will surprise parties who have not watched
the progress OF the Company; it is that the freight
earnings upon merchandise and treasure are greater
than the passenger earnings The freight business,
belonging legitimately to this Isthmus is constant
y increasing and bids fair soon to place the Pana
ma Company in an Independent position, beyond the
influence of any competition.
A mammoth institution has been chartered in
New York, called the Peoples Loan and Relief
Company. 1t already has some extraordinary
privileges, and it asks more. The capital at the
start is to be million of dollars 1t overrides the
usury law. 1t is permitted to receive depostes
and pay seven per cent. interest thereon, and to
lend on pledge of personal property, charging Is
per cent interest on sums under $50, 12% per cent
on sums over $50 and under 500, and 8 per cent.
on sums over 500. This will enable the company,
In stringent times, to make loans on stocks bills
receivable, &C., at per cent while the banks will
De restricted by the usury law to per cent.
PANTHEIsM IN AMERIcA.-In a speech in New
Iork, the other evening, Rev. Mr.. Scudder, the
hindostan missionary, said that the home of Ameri
can Pantheists was in Boston. Pantheism is the
belief of the Hindoo, and he could point to the
original Sanscrit stanzas from which those cele
brated ones, entitled "Brahma," by Emerson, were
taken.
WoMEN's Misunderstanding to a statement in
the Stockholm Aftonblad the authorities of the old
University town of Upsal, have granted elective
franchises to fifty comen owning real estate and to
thlrty-one doing business on their own account
The representative that their votes assist in eecting
Will sit IN the House of Burghers, or Merchants.
The Milwaukee Light Guard, Captain John C.
Starkweather, have already determined to visit
Albany, New York, Philadelphia, and perhaps
Arlington, starting on their trip at an early day
in the spring. They will be absent from home some
four weeks, and will muster about fifty men, ac-
companed by SCOTS Band, of Milwaukee
Gov. Newell, of New Jersey, has invited the
commissioned officers of the State to meet in con-
vention at Trenton, on Thursday the 26th, to con-
suit in reference to an improvement of the militia
law of the State
- MARRIED.
- IN the 10th instant by the Rev. George F. Adams, VIM
hENkf THOMAS and Miss RACHEL Ann HARRYMAN
both of this city.
On the 18th inst, by Rev Mr. Week, AUGUST C RTHE
to Miss CHRISTINEM PIELERT all of this city
On the 18th instant, by Rev Thomas Sewell HENRY
yls, formerly of Ellicott's Mills and ELIZABETH S.
daughter OF BealC. Stnchcomb, Esq. of Baltimore CO.