The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-26
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER BALTIC.
QUICK TRIP FROM CALIFORNIA.

New York, Dec. 24.-The North Atlantic steam
ship Baltic, A. G. Gray, commander, left Aspin-
wall on the night OF the 18th inst, with the passen-
| gers and Sl,4OS,23i in treasure, which left San
! Francisco on the 9Th board the Pacific Mail
Steamships Company's steamer Golden Gate
and arrived at her dock this morning, making the
| from San Francisco
The Baltic on her outward voyage arrived at
Aspinwall at noon on the 18TH in six days and
twenty-five hours from New Y ork, thus enabling
her passengers to cross the lsthmuS and embark AT
Panama in one week from New York.
The Baltic has on freight 267 sacks cocoa; ,253
bales bark and 223 cero0ns indigo
The mails and passengers from New York of De-
cemDer 9th, IN the steamer Northern Light, were
still lying at Panama.
The United States vessels Roanoke, Sabine and
Relief remained at Aspinwal The Lancaster,
| Levant and Saranac were at Panama.
The principal consignees by this arrival are as.
| follows:-Wells & Fargo, $3.50 900; American Ex-
change Bank, $4,000; A. Belmont, Sl44,O
The California news by this arrival has mostly
been Anticipated. Money had come in sparinply
from the country during the past fortnight owing
to the heavy rains. Trade throughout the fort
night was extremely depressed in tone
General kibbe had succeeded in capturing six
hundred Red River Indians, comprising almost the
entire tribe that had given so much trouble in the
Northern part Of the State. They are to be placed
on the Pidgeon reservation.
Advices from Valparaiso of the DIST of November
had reached Panama per United States frigate
Lancaster.
Business at Valparaiso was improving. The Re-
public quiet
ARRIVAL AT PANAMA OF THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE.
| LANCASTER.
| From Tie Panama Star and Herald December III
| The United States trigate Lancaster arrived at
this port on the morning of the 9th inst, in fifteen
| days fr ON Valparaiso She brings six DAYS later
dates than the regular mail from Chill but no later
| news of consequence
The following men died on board during the voy-
age: Fireman, Eneas McGreror CONSUMPTION:
marine, Patrick Fitzgerald, chronic dysentery;
fireman, Robert Cooley, consumption.
- Flag officer Montgomery with Flag-lieutenant
Phoenix and Secretary Montgomery, will join the
Lancaster probably to-day, when the broad penant
| will be transferred from the Levant to her.
The Lancaster sailed from the United States on
the 9th August; she made the trip round the Horn
under canvass; her time to Rio Janero (where she
remained fifteen days) was forty-eight day; from
Rio to Valparaiso she had forty-four days, and re-
| manned ten days in the latter port.
| The United States frigate Merrimac sailed from
| Valparaiso on the 18th November, homeward
bound. The only foreign vessel of war in Valpa-
raise on the Dist November was the French frigate
Andromede flag ship.)
The British steampship Vixen is at Calao. The
Alert has gone to La Union, to await the orders of
Mr.. Wyke, the British Minister.
| The United States frgates Lancaster and Saranac
ana slo0p Levant, are at Panama. The United
States slOOp st. Mary's is on the Mexican coast,
and the Cyane at Realio
| very curious phenomenon was observable from
the steamer Sonora, as she entered the Gulf about
|
fifteen miles. The was the color of milk, as far
as the eye could reach. The paddles or the rudder,
even, did not discoor it, turn up single point
OF the luminous phospherescence with which the
| shlps path had been marked for several preceding
nights. Captain Baby mentioned that patches and
streaks OF this 'milky sea- he had occasionally
seen, but never anything Of the sort on so large
scale before. On drawing up bucket full of wa
| ter, 1t presented no unusual appearance; under
powerful glass, however, it was found to be all
| alive with animalcul9 The cause of the phenome-
non was presumed, or rather guessed, to be great
abundance of whale feed, which CONVENE Mt theory
is not necessarily very definite or exclusive one.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Calao, Captain Swell, arrived at Panama on the
afternoon OF the 9th instant, bringing dates from
Valparaiso to the 18th, CallaO the Goth of Novem-
Der, and Guayaquil to I'd instant; twcnty-four
cabin passengers and SIP 2S3 in treasure
The news from Chill is not Of an important char
acter.
Some particulars are given of the loss by the
hire which occurred the eve of the sailing of the
previous steamer, but the data does not appear to
be very reliable. Ithas been said that the losses
experienced by private persons amounted to the
sum OF two hundred and fifty three hundred
thousand dollars, but we believe this calculation to
be rather exaggerated.
RIVER PLATE PRovINcEs.-From Mendoza we
have files of papers to the 4th November.
The ministers of England, France and Brazil, an
pointed to mediate in the present war, were daily
expected in BuenOs Ayres
From Peru we have little information of a def
mite character.
From Ecuador the news is of considerable inter
est General Castillo had landed with about six
thousand men, and was encamped at Mapasingue
a PLAIN about three-quarters of mile from Guaya-
quill. This step was taken with permission of Gen
erais franco ana Espantoso, who are suspected of
being in treaty to sell the country to the Peru
vans This suspicion, for which there appears to
be good reason has created a strong feeling among
the people and soldiers Of Ecuador against the
| tranco-EspantosO government, and it is supposed
would speedily lead to a revolution.
On the 18th November, Castillo and Franco had
an interview, which resulted in several conferences
General Pise and Sr. Morales acting for Peru and
General Viamil and Colonel Bodero for Ecuador
| What occurred in these conferences is not known,
but they ended without determining ANYTHING. On
the 3Oth of November, Castillo and Franco had
another interview, when the former granted an ar
mlstce of forty days for the respective govern
ments OF Ecuador to come to terms among them
selves and form one government. If they cannot
agree within that time Castillo has declared his de-
termination to enter Guayaquil and commence hos
Titles
At Guayquil there exists great degree of hatred
against the FrancO-Espantoso government on ac-
count OF arbitrary conduct. The latter has sus
pended the payment of all debts except that due to
France, the interest which, with the share of the
paid.
This may be accounted for by the fact that there
is French snip of war stationed opposite the town.
lie has suspended the payment of the English debt
$4,000 of which was due last month, and also of
the Mcintosh debt of which So, 900 was due last
month; both of these debts have always been
promptly paid hitherto.
He has passed decree authorizing the payment
OF an old claim he held against the country for SER
vices as Governor in lS45. This claim was orioi.
nally $4,000, and he has now paid himself with
interest included $4,000. He has decreed that all
duties formerly payable in six months shall be paid
IN cash, so that II he is upset there will be funds
IN the custom-house except what he has received.
He has committed great outrage on the BaIti-
more Gas Company, by putting a stop to their
works because they would not contract to light the
city Tor S35O instead OF So per month for each light
This company had commenced their works in GOOD
lalth, got out all their materials and mechanics
from the States, entered in contracts to supply the
majority OF the families in the city with gas had
received grant of land for their works from the
government, laid down three thousand feet of the
main pipe, sunk their reservoir and spent upwards
OF S15,OOO in carrying out their object, and they
are now obliged to abandon the whole affair to
please petty despOt.
: The Panama Railroad Companys steamer Guate-
mala arrived at Panama on the Sth inst, bringing
late dates from Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica.
The Panama Star and Herald, of December II.
says:
The news brought to US by this conveyance is OF
an exceedingly meagre character. The United
States Minister at Guatemala Hon Beverly T.
Clarke, appears to be greatly dissatisfied at the
terms OF the treaty entered into between Great
Britain and Guatemala, and particularly at the eau
IouS ana secret manner IN which 1T framed.
He has addressed a lengthy letter to the Guatemala
government on the subject accompanied bv pro-
test against the entire proceedings The letter we
find rather long for publication but the protest we
subioin
81, Beverly l.. Clarke, Resident Minister of the
United States of America the Republics of Qua
temala and Honduras, for and in the name of the
said government of the United States of America
do now and hereby make, enter and publish this m
solemn protest: lst Against the treaty of April 80
1859, between the Republic of Guatemala and the
government of Great Britain, as a clear and papa-
Bile violation of the letter, spirit and provisions OF
the treaty between Great Britain and the United
States OF America dated July 9Th, 1850, and com.
monty known as the Clayton and Bulwer treaty;
I'd, Against the conduct of the government OF
Guatemala in cautiously Withholding and conceal.
ing from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS then resident
at this court and this capital all knowledge of the
tendency OF negotiations vitality affecting the in
terests and policy of his government thereby de-
privng him of the right and privileges of defending
those rights and maintaing that policy, as viola,
tive of the established courtesies which belong Ia
and exist in diplomatic intercourse, and in disre
gard of the claims of the United States to that i'm
partiaty which is supposed to exist in favor of
friendly power, when the rights and interests OF
that power are involved; and 3rd, Against the con
tession of the Government of Guatemala to the oc
a1rrop onA &C ID