The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-10


Every one is conscious that a steady improvement
in morals, laws, political Institutions, and in the
sentiments of class towards class is going on, and
likely to continue. Our evils we feel to be passing
away, while the tone OF American society indicates
that those of the New World are increasing. As
there is marked decline in the estimation of
American institutions among us, so we may assert
that never did the British Government and people
stand so high with honest and candid Americans as
now.
few years since everything English was anti
quated, stupid, worthy only of nation of grand
mothers. The old country was always ''progress-
ing back ards" Now, however, there is a dawn
ing appreciation of our and institutions, of the
high tone which distinguishes our Parliament, and
the ncorruptible justice which is the tradition of
our Courts OF Law. In a word, we have by the
legislation OF the last thirty years recovered from
Che disadvantage at which we stood to the Ameri-
can people, while they, relying on the virtues of
Republlcanism and primary education, have made
no efforts to raise high standard in any depart
ment OF human activity. low level in intellect,
morals and feeling is the result. Everybody can
read and write, but the absence of highly educated
men is painfully conspicuous.
Politicians abound at every bar, but hardly a
living man in America has achieved European
reputation as a politician. In our two houses of
Parliament you may reckon some 30 or 40 men
whose names are as well known in Paris, Berlin,
st. Petersburg or New York, as at home But
who knows anything of the celebrities of the Wash
lngton Senate or the House of Representatives?
The actual President of the United States, and the
members of his Cabinet, see mentioned in the
newspapers occasionally, but when they leave office
they sink into perfect obscurity as far as Europe is
concerned. Is not this dead level in attainments
and ability, and this absence of high aims in ind-
vidual men, the natural result of a system which
renders the path to political eminence so repulsive
to men of honor and of education, that none but
those OF an inferior class can be found to tread it?
FOREIGN.
We read in the Inv hot
ton is being raised for memorial to James Hogg,
the "Ettrick Shepherd"
The Paris Constitutional announces that the in
quiry into the removal Of the prohibitions from the
French tariff will be held next year. All the inter
ests will have hearing and the industrial inter-
ests may be that there will be no reforms not
compatible with the existence and development of
national industry.
called the Imperial Discount Bank, have been laid
before the Council of State The capital stock is
to be 10000, 000f of which one-thrd is to be APP
piled to discount commercial bills having ninety
days to run. 1t will be allowed to lend money on
dock warrants and other securities. third of
the capital is to be devoted to mortgages The
last third is to be employed in support of public
credit. All its stock exchange operations must be
made for cash.
A new incident in the Montalembert business is
the arrival of letter from the Count de Chambord,
addressed to the defendant in this action congratu-
lating him on the independent attitude he had as
sumed, and expressing the sympathy of the head
of the Bourbon dynasty. OF course publicity is
out of the question, and such a document must
remain in the recipients domestic archives, the
Belgic Emancipation having made fruitless efforts
to get copy.
In the Belgian Representative Chamber, on the
18th, discussion on the marked predominance
constantly assigned in Belgium to the French over
the Flemish language. Several members complain
ed that the Government published its announce
ment in French in districts where only Flemish was
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the local authorities in preference to the national
one. The Government promised to take the subject
into consideration.
1t is stated, by way of retaliation on Russia for
the grant of pied terre at Villafranca the Crown
of Naples has made present to Austria of small
island called Peagosa, on the coast of the Adriat-
ic, ostensibly as lighthouse but in point of fact
as an advanced post in the direction of Corfu.
Not single statesman in Europe, it is added, was
cognZant of the transaction.
st. Petersburg correspondent of the Wiener
Zeltun9 asserts that powerful party has been
formed among the Russian nobility, whose aim it is
to Illustrate the benevolent intentions of the Gar
on the subject of emancipation. They have pro-
and increasing that of the nobility, and have pro-
posed the convocation of general assembly of the
nobility which was suppressed by Peter the Great.
A letter from st. Petersburg of the 5th, in the
Car, OF Cracow, says:
1t is said that the Council of State is now en-
gagged in examining proposition for giving more
liberty to the press in Russia-allowng it, for ex-
ample to speak on internal affairs which is at pres
ent interdiced. The Prussian laws on the press
stated to form the basis of the measure submit
ted to the Council of State.
Another letter, from the same city, states that
the mobiles of kharkow, who are partly Polish and
partly Russian, have presented a petition to the
Emperor, praying for judicial REFORM and especial
y for public and oral trials and his Majesty has re-
ceived the petition with favor
At the consistory to be holden at Rome on the
Goth it is probable that two cardinals will be
made-one for Rome and another for America
Should this news be true, America will possess a
cardinal for the first time The Archbishop of Bal
timore is spoken of likely to be the first wearer
of a red hat in the United States.
The agitation which has prevailed for the last
two months in the north of Italy is beginning be
felt in Rome. Secret societies, it is said, are re-
doubling their efforts and there are "signs impos-
sible to be Defined" which indicate that "somethng
is at hand" Several of the symptoms which pre-
coded the revolution of lS4S are observable. AT
the beginning OF the week two of Garibaldi's old
officers, who it suspected had come to enlist
"patrlots,' were arrested. Both the Pontifical
government and the French general were excessive.
ly vigilant. The Notifications at Civita Vecchia
are being actively carried on. Detachments Of
towns and villages in the neghborhood of Rome, in
order to be ready to repress any coup de main.
Cardinal Antonelli has declared war upon foreign
correspondents, stops their letters in the pos
office, and threatens to turn them ont of the Eter
nal City.
The Pope, on the occasion of the fetes of the I'm
maculate Conception has given the authority of thu
church to two miracles performed by newly
canonized saint, named de Rossi, of venerable mem
Dry, upon whom his holiness pronounced pane
gyric in the Sstine Chapel.
Accounts from Damascus state that the Porte ha
obtained the most complete success in its Syrian
expedition. Ismael Bey has been abandoned by al
his people, and given up by the inhabitants of
village where he had taken refuge.
The Island of Gambia is still agitated and tn
Turkish government are sending reinforcements, il
order to suppress any instruction that may be at
tempted. The Christian population of that island
seeing that no notice has been taken of the promise
made to them by the present governor, Sami Pacha
at the period when Vely Pacha was removed, ar
prepa ring for a fresh instruction. They onl
waiting for favorable opportunity to throw Of
the Turkish yoke and unite themselves with Greece
Advices received in Vienna state that the wor
must be prepared to hear startling news iron
Servia.
To use the language of Moldavan writer, the mos
delightful confusion" prevails in Jassy, and S
many changes have recently been made "that it
almost impossible to know who is master and VIII
man." The Unionists resolved, if possible, t
get M. Goesco elected in both prncipalites, i
order that the question relative to the union of tn
two provinces under Hospodar may again b
| mooted.
The confusion in the Danubian Principalities
daily Increasing. The time originally fixed for tn
duration OF the elections was fortnight, but tn
electors have received instructions to choose thei
representatives within ten DAYS.
The representatives of the Powers which signe
the treaty of Paris lately met at Constantnopl
to confer on the late events in the Danubian Prir
cipalities. They came to the decision that all tn
functionaries dismissed should be reinstated.
The death of the only son of Mr.. Hope Scott,
c., is announced. This interesting child was tn
only living male descendant of his illusrious grea
frrar dlofh "a1k Il
bore. He was only year and half old and ha
survived his mother thelpoet's granddaughter ttl
more than six weeks. An infant sister died fort
night ago. Only one little girl remains to bear tn
resentative.
An effort is being made to restore the monumen
erected in West Kirkyard, at Greenock, over tn
&c De- hsch e fou