The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-25
ARMY INTELLIGENCE


The following assignments to duty Of officers of
the corps OF Engineers have been directed by the
War Department:
Second Lieutenant Geo. W. Snyder to report for
duty at the Military Academy, West Point
Second Lieutenant John c. Palfrey to duty at
Portland, Maine.
By direction of the President of the United
States Court of Inquiry has been appointed TO
meet at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, to examine
INTO certain allegations prejudicia to the reputa
ton OF Surgeon Bernard Nj. Byrne, Medical De-
partment, set forth in communications addressed to
Colonel j. l.. Gardner, First artillery command
ing oficerat Fort Moultre, by certain officers of
the same regiment The officers detailed for this
duty are Lieutenant Colonel Johnston First caval-
ry; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Steptoe, Ninth in
iahtry; MAYOR Mofdecai, Ordnance Department;
and Captain Jones, First artillery, as Judge Advo-
cate. The Court is directed to report the facts in
the case, with their opinion.
BY the same authority general Court Martial is
ordered to convene at Fort Vancouver, Washing
ton Territory, for the trial of Lieutenant j. w. Sill
Ordnance Department
Brevet Major W. W. Chapman, Quartermaster's
Department, now on duty in the city of New York,
is ordered to proceed to Fort Monroe virginia
there to assume the duties of his department
Mr.: CALHOUN AND THE UN1oN.-Mr Jere Glenn
ems, the editor of the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer,
and formerly Senator from Alabama thus notices
late report of ''disunion conspiracy in connection
with the name of Mr.. Calhoun
"Mr Calhoun died early in 1851, and it is we'll
known that for months before, he had no hope of
surviving that session of Congress There is no
man in America who had better opportunity of
knowing, or who did know, more of his views and
opinions from the LIST of December 1919, up to the
day OF his death, than did the editor this paper
We were in the same Congressional mess and held
daily consultations with him in the Senate Cham
per, IN his room, and even while he was upop his
death-bed. The members of that mess were all his
personal and political friends, and we do not be-
eve that he had thought upon public affairs that
he did not freely and fully communicate to us.
They were Orr, (nowspeaker,) Mcqueen, Wallace
ana woodward, of South Carolina, Hubbard, Har-
rls, and Bowden of Alabama, Venable of North
Carolina, and Morse of louisiana
, All these gentlemen, except two, Harris and
Bowden,) a"e now living and we venture to assert
that each one of them will testify that he never
heard from Mr.. Calhoun's lips syllable about seek
ing British aid, or consulting in any way British
statesmen. That he did look to disupion as posi-
BILE is certain-that he did believe the Southern
states mad been wronged and outraged, and would
continue to be so, ADMITS of question: but he be-
heved and said everywhere and at all times, that
the south was strong enough to assert its own
rights and maintain its own Independence That
ne could contemplate the vile treason of making
terms with Il British Minister while the South re-
NAMED In the Union, and when no stems had been
taken to dissolve it, is reuted by his whole charac
ter, by every act of his life, and every syllable that
ever Tell from his lips in our hearing So far from
thinking of a British alliance at that dav, we know
that he was determined to exhaust every effort to
oring about settlement on terms that he believed
to be just and reasonable. That he entertained lit
Tie nope OF obtaining those terms is probably true
out he felt that it demanded BY his own fame by
aust regard for the character ofthe Southern States
and by proper anxiety for the manner in which the
transactions of that period should go down to his
tory, that no means should be left untri ed to OBJ
tam Justice in the Union before any steps were ia
ken to dissolve it.
Acting in this spirit, he requested us to call up
on Mr.. Webster and hold free conference with
MIN upon the threatening state of affairs He
urged Mr. ebster in our hearing, to come to the
rescue of the Union, and is beyond all doubt that
1t was at his suggestion that Mr.. Webster first con-
templated delivering that great speech on the 7th
OF March, 1850, which electrified the whole nation,
ana tended so powerfully to quiet the existing ag-
tation."
MESSAGE OF LIEUT.. GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON
IERRIToRY.-C. II. Mason, Lieut.. Governor of w ash
ngton Territory, delivered his message to the Legis
lature on the 9TH inst. The San Francisco Herald
characteristics it as document of marked ability,
and gives synopsis of it, from which we extract as
follows:
The attention of the Assembly is called to the ne
cesslty OF establishing port of entry at some
point near the boundary line, between British Co.
lumbia and Washington Territory, in order to ia
c1ltate the obtaining of clearances without comnel
ling vessels to go to Port Townsend. Mr.. Mason
speaks IN confident terms of the richness of the gold
mines at Fort Colville, and on the Yakima and its
branches He pays merted compliment to Gen.
Clarke for the vigorous measures adopted bv that
officer in the Oregon campaign; but. at the same
Time, recommends the movements of troops at all
seasons, through the country. The organization of
the Pacific Department into two parts meets the
warm approval of Lieut.. Governor Mason.
Governor Mason presses the appropriation of
S2o ooO to complete the road from Fort Genton to
w ALA w ALA, aud urges additional vioor ia con-
structlng other important roads. Attention is |
called to the fact that the promised remuneration
to the Indians has not been paid them and unless II
Is paid, they cannot expect the Indians to remain
on the reservation. Sheer justice to the Indians
remarks Mr. Mason, sand the better security of the
lives and property of the citizens, demand the
speedy continuation of those treaties" Especial |
attention Is then asked for the absolute necessity of
separate Indian Superintendent for the Territory
Of Washington.
The message also asks speedy extinction of the
;lalms OF the old Hudson Bay Company, and the |
Puget Sound Agricultural Company to any portion !
u ihe territory of Washington and believes these
claims Exaggerated, vague and uncertain" Ad |
pressed.
Among the elements of material wealth with |
Which the Territory is said to abound coal occupies
'front.' rank. The vein at Bellingham Bav is repre-
ented to be twenty-five feet thick, and of excellent
luaty. The establishment of a coal depot bv the |
nlted States is earnestly recommended The pres-
mt lumber trade and commerce in spars is repre-
ented as being two millions annually and rapidly !
Increasing. The Joint Commissioners tn RIM tha
ou ndary line between the Territories of the United
states and Great Britain were actively engaged in
helr duties. The message then comments ON the
lumber OF acres surveyed in the Territory, which
l,42o, 969, of which "a 900 are prairie land
ELLA BuRNs.-The New York Post saws little
'lrl, four years old, who reads and recites
letter than some protested eocutionists, has Gre
I great zeal OF wonder in private circles in
nat city Her name is Ella Burns she is native
y cincinnati, and was this winter brought to New
, ork by her mother, widow lady, VIII had hopes
nat her extraordinary talent might be turned to
ONE account In providing the means of giving her
education Sha ocito |
Slh great propriety of emphasis but great feeling
EASING from the spirited to the plaintive and ma
hetic with as perfect a judgment as if she were
wehty years older. Her enunciation is remarka-
ny perfect and distinct, and she makes herself
,eard at great distance, and in crowded ROOM
We heard her in dialogue from Shakspeare's
fomeo and 'Jutiet-she taking the part of Juliet
md her mother reading the part of Romeo-in
which she gave the tenderness and innocent CO.
luetry OF the maid of Verona with an effect which
eemed perilously preternatural. In another scene
rom OLE comedy, representing the quarrel between
wife, pleased and satisfied at first, and afterwards
aptlous and angry, with equal spirit.
Inns little wonder is said to have learned to read
sithoqt ever having learned to spell. 1t was found
hat she had taught herself during her walks in the
treets of Cincinnati, by asking what were the
words ON the signs which she saw; and having once
earned to call them rightly there, she afterwards
ead them accurately from books. In reading from
BOOK which she never saw before the business of
Ter emphasis is surprising, as well as the exibilitv
her lntonatlons, adapting them to the feeling
expressed. She prefers poetry to prose, probably
BECAUSE poetry makes less use of abstruse terms
hen not engaged in reading or reciting, her be-
avlorls childlke and playful, like that of other
hildren of her age.
CHLoRoFoRM AT THE ROYAL Accommodations
= memoir of the late DR.. Snow in the Medical
,mes, we learn that April the 7th, 1853, he
dmlnstered chloroiorm to her Majesty at the birth
the Prince Leopold. A note in his diary records
ne event. The inhalation lasted SO minutes The
nioroform was given on a handkerchief in IL
llnlm doses, and the Queen expressed herself as
realty relieved by the administration. He had
reVlously been consulted the occasion of the
irth OF Prince Arthur in 1850, but had not been
aied IN to render his services. Previous to the
lrth OF Prince Leopold he had been honored with
n interview with his Royal Highness the Prince
,loert, and returned much overioyed with the
rinces kindness and great intelligence on the sci
nthc points which had formed the subject of their
onversation. On the 18th of April, 1857. another
ote In the diary records the fact of the second adj
linistration of chloroform to her Majesty at the
nth OF the Princess Beatrice The chloroform
gam eXerted its benifcent influence, and her
lalesty once more expressed herself as much salts
ed with the result. Inqusitive folk often over
urdened Snow, after these events, with a multi
zoe OF questions of unmeanng kind He an
%ered them with all good natured reserve "Her
lalesty is model PATIENT was his usual repIy:
epiy winch, he once said, seemed to answer every
urpose, and was very true. One lady, of an in
ulrIng mind, to whom he was administering chic
oform, got very loquacous during the period of
xcitement, and declared she would inhale no more
the vapour unless she told what the Queen
I'll. Unrd hon, ohn,