The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-27

W. T. Coleman Il Co. II $50 P Nayor 10000
Conroy o'Connor.. 10 500 J. B. Newton 4 Co.. 10000
T. W Crosby. 2l,O0OJ. G. Packer Son.. 1000
+. y Crowell. .''.' SOOOR. Patrick. $4,000
Z. ID: Cummings. 6O0OJas. Patrick ......... 5000
Dewitt Kittle & Co. 20OOOJohn Phean . 60O0
Duncan, Sherman Il IS. G. Reed ,... 5000
, 20. 1!oO0o knard Co........ $500
2 Einsteen Bro. "A 700 j ,Rosenbaum&Co. l54OO
Eppinger Il Co... $4,000 Rose Falconer & Co II o26
Ford 4 Rodgers. IL 1888 W Sehgman & Co II S00
Freeman Co.., 74,SO4 Taane, ,McCahil& Co. $500
j. Gold> NTH L. Co... l0S00E C. Thomas Sons 21G5
7. J. Hand Co... $500 Turner Bros ....., 2OO0
A. Hardy 4 Co..... 354O L. Won Hoffman & Co 2SOO0
J. Hecht, Bros. & Co. 5,lsOR. s. Wade ....... 5000
W. Helle Co... Ill, INV F. Weld Co... IS 500
w. Hoge Co... 4O,OOOWeille Bro....... 34S7
Howland & Aspin- j. B. Weir.......... Il29
wall. ......... 1873 Wells, Fargo * Co... 360, 900
J. Hanniwell ....... 9000W. 7. Wright. $500
Janson Bond IL Co.. 10000 OOrder. ............. $4,000
Jennings & Brewster 5000
+. HeIy CO... 1900 Total. ..,....s1 1852
The news is unimportant. The season was con-
sidered extremely backward, the weather being
cold and wet. Fears were entertained in regard to
the prospects of the crops. Much damage had been
done in Shasta County by foods in the rivers.
There is now lying in the Mint of San Francisco
uncalled for deposits, in gold, to the amount of
S3l3, 600. Of this, 81 400 was left there in 1854
OOo IN lo55; in 1856; S63, 900 in 1851 and
S22l 400 in 1858. The money is liable to be called
for at any moment by the depositors, and cannot,
therefore, be of any service to the Mint.
On the Sd the steam ferry boat Contra Costa,
with three hundred passengers on board, exploded
one of her boilers while racing with a rival boat,
more or less injured by the casualty. The killed
were David w. Cady, a street contractor, a native
OF New York; NJ G. Smith, barkeeper of the boat;
II. l.. Ostrander, one of the crew; Albert Winship
fireman; and George Mcdonnell a native of New
Jersey. The engineer of the Costa had been ar
rested.
lump of gold weighing twenty-six pounds, and
valued at over $4,000, is said to have been lately
taken out of Burns Greek, near Quartzburg, Mari
posa County.
Capt. Ephraim Pendleton of the bark Sarah
Parks, had been committed to take his trial for
murder The examination disclosed the most re-
voting cruelty on the part of the Captain toward
his crew.
FROM FRASER R1vER.-We take the following
from the British Colonist of March 26:
By the arrival of the Eliza Anderson from Oueens-
boro, we have dates up to March IA. Matters at
that place were progressing well as could be ex-
pected.
The rush for the upper mines is steadily on the
increase. a gentleman who canned down by the An
derson informed US that he met at least one thou
sand persons going up through the canon.
The miners all along the river have resumed ope-
rations; and 1T is expected that large amount of
gold will be taken out during the ensuing fort.
night.
The news, generally, is of very encouraging
nature.
The river is very low-laying bare some island
bars on the Upper Fraser river that have proved
extremely rich. The general desire, however,
seems to be for a rise in the river, the bank dig
gngs Contrary to the first impressions of last year)
proving the most remuneratlVe.
FRoM IsIHMUS.-The news from Central
America is void of interest; the advices from Guat
emaa are to March II, and from the Capital of
Nicaragua to March 2S. No mention is made of
the movements OF M. Belly. An abortive attempt
to overthrow the Government of Salvador had
been made. The advces from Costa Rica are to
April 2.
Sir William Gore Ouseley was at San Jose
giving good dinners and doing his work quietly
The O'Gorman Mahon had also arrived at the cap
ita.
The Coffee crop, now nearly all shipped, has been
unusually large, say 40 600 qs; the price is still
high-most OF the regular traders have been loaded
and have sailed for Europe.
The epidemic which had visited Pupta Arenas
had quite disappeared and the town was as healthy
usual
From TAHITI.-The French Governor and Queen
fomare have made peace with each other, and the
chief Tairapa, who had caused the trouble by his
bold language against the French, has been remov-
ed from his position President of the Court, and
has been imprisoned
LATER FROM HAYrL-By the brig c. Windsor,
arrived at New York, from Port au Prince wo
b ave Hayti files to April 9th.
a committee had been appointed to wait the
government and protest against the coffee import
of the 9th, and asking a substitute another which
while placing the government in a position to pay
the indemnity due to France, would not be re-
ceived with such antipathy by the people, This
committee is composed of merchants of Port au
Prince.
duty coffee, payable in cash or approved
paper with two signatures, is proposed as the
most expedient substitute for the Objectionable
impOst.
The press and government both appear to be dis
posed to direct the attention of the people to the
agricultural resources Of the country and to repose
in their development their chiefhope for the success
and prosperity of the Republic.
MEYERBEER, the author of "Robert-le- Diable."
the "Huguenots" the "Prophete" and the "Eto.
Tlt NopIt boo, oI,.a
don de Pioermel," just produced at the Opera
ComIque For many months the event has been
looked forward to with great interest, since the
public were given to understand by those who had
heard the rehearsals that it was perhaps superior
to any of the distinguished authors previous
works. Many delays occurred in its production
proceeding generally from the exigencies of the
author himself who superintends the rehearsals of
ms pieces with the minutest care From the mo-
ment, in fact that Meyerbeer delivers his piece to
the manager, he no longer belongs to hmself-his
life is the property of his work. Nothing escapes
him; he thinks of his piece by day-he dreams of it
by night, not only of the music, but of the poem,
OF the singers, of the scenery and of the most vul
gar details. He is full of resources and ingenious
inventions to give effect and originality to his
pieces 1t was he that invented the stove-pipes in
winch the admirable chorus of the demons in
Robert is sung; he invented the sun of the
"Prophete, and the skaters of the same opera; he
has invented in the "Pardon" scene in which
goats are brought upon the stage and made to play
the rehearsas of the latter piece the ordinary
thunder Of the theatre did not suit him. he declared
1t impossible to get up respectable storm with
such thunder and he stopped the rehearsals till he
could invent something better. The author start
ed on n voyage around town to discover a noise
that suited him. He tapped against walls, eongs
steamboat boilers, and everything in fact that
emitted sOnorous sound. After several davs'
search, as he was passing some buildings in course
OF demolition, he heard a sound that made him
cry Eureka! 1t was the noise made by stones pass
ing down from great height through a wooden
box, placed at such an angle to the house as to
prevent the stones from acquiring a velocity that
would break them reaching the ground Mev-
erbeer hurried to the theatre and put the carpen-
ters to work on similar box. When finished he
tried the stones, but in the house the noise was
modified and did not meet his expectations-so
he changed the stones for smooth pieces of iron
made expressly, and these produced the desired
sound. 1t is this invention which furnishes the
thunder in the "Pardon de Ploermel."
Tho Court were present at the first representa-
ton of the "Pardon of Ploerme," and between the
second and third acts their maestes sent for Mev-
erbeer, who was on the stage, to come to their
box. After complimenting the maestro on the
beauties of his piece, the Emperor added: HFor
my part, Monsieur, thank you for giving France
the preference in bringing out your chefs deuvre"
"Slre, replied Meyerbeer, 81 do not, merit your
thanks 1t is on the contrary, who ought to be
grateful for the reception kindly given me by
France, the country where find the best artists
and the best judges. Moreover the reign of your
Majesty has brought me good fortune since this is
the third work have brought out since you have
governed the country"
"Monsieur Meyerbeer," then said the Empress
payfully, 81 hope that now you have no longer
any reason for not giving us the Africaine at the
opera" "Pardon, Majesty, there is still something
wanting" replied Meyerbeer "And what can
that be?" "Alas! Madame, it is the AfrcaineP
Meyerbeer, although he has an annual income of
fifty to sixty thousand dollars, lives in furnished
looms, and has only for carriage the first public
lab that passes the streets He treats himself like
| miser, but to Others and especially to the artists
hat represent his pieces he is generous to extrav-
lgance, he scatters his gold by the handful He
1enies luxuries to himself that he NAV be reper-
ous to those around him. But the Press is his
lydra, his head of Medusa. He trembles before
he most Insignificant of editors, if he have but
of twenty five copies! The first dav of
representation he is feverish, even ILL., He doubts
lis success, and builds up pnantoms of lost reputa-
ion, he that wrote 'Robert" and the "Propbete!"
The four hours of first representation are for him
our hours of torture.
TESTING THE STRENGTH OF Iron BEAMs.-0n Mon
lay there were some experiments at Trenton, N
i, on the strength of iron beams made for the
government, at the rolling mill of the Trenton iron
company.
The beam is in the usual form, the stem six inches
igh, and quarter of an inch in thickness, with
anges of about the same thickness and three inches
vide, at the top and bottom. The beam was
welve feet in length, between the bearings, and
he pressure was applied in the centre, by means
fla powerful hydraulic press. Under pressure