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The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-22
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIR

DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIR
-JCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY, SITTING.
in EQUITY the undersigned trustee will offer public
sale, on SATURDAY AFTERNOON the 18th day Of 0cts,
ber at O'clock at the New Sales Room, Second street
adjoining the Post Office the city of Baltimore, the fol-
lowing PARCEL OF LAND situated in Baltimore county,
the Holland Ferry Road about miles from the civ
limits and the same distance from the Long Bridge;
ALL THAT LOT OR PARCEL. OF GROUND, being mart
Of the tracts called Youngs Lott and Geoga and dis
tnguished on plat of the Baltimore Companys Land by
the number twenty -eigh and which lot is thus described
Beginning for the at stone marked IS standing
the west end OF the HOLLAND Ferry Road being the south
on said road, south eleven and half degrees, fifty
three and half perces, to 90 thence north
seyeny-two degrees west hundred and
perehes to stone then north three quarter degrees
west eighty perches to the souhw of Lot No. T
and then binding said LIT No 27 south sixty five de-
grees hundred and peTces to the be
ginning containing sxytwo rood and ten square
percheS Of land, more or less.
This property occupies an elevated position, and
mands view OF the entire city.
areOnethird cash, and the residue
years. nsallment with in and notes 10
the satisfaction OF the trustee. - -
VIM B PERINE
| CANNON Il MATTHEWS,
s252o,29o3'o0eoIs + Auctioneers.
THE ABOVE SALES ARE POSTPONED TO
The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-22
EDWARD OTIS HINKLFY,
Surviving Executor of Leonard Jar is
. North Charles str,

d. BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
i Circuit Court for Baltimore city in case wherein
- Caroline O. K Wyeth is complainant and Leonard
Jarvis Kendall and others defendants updeTsgned
Trustee will sell at auction, at the Exchange Sales Room
IN Second street. adjoining the Post Office in the CITY Of
Baltimore, on WEDNESDAY, the ninth day of November
1859 commencing at eleven o'clock, the following property
being part of the real estate of Leonard Jarvis Deceased
viz ~ '' ~e'N'e@'
eight inches by twenty eight feet in the Stores Nos
IS and the south side of Baltimore street. east Of ino
lett alley. 1t is little irregular in shape and has Ave
foot outlet TO rpoetts alley This property will be sold ut
the time with the property Immediately in front Of IT,
as one lot of hirsx feet and eight inches front
tisemeflt of 4. D. Hnkler 8 Executor '4'
The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-22
FOR SALE.

FOf Iufther lnIOfmatlOn inquire OF Trustee
EDWARD OTIS HINkLkY, Trustee,
No. % North Charles street
nll nnrr-L- "a 4 a L.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
The Secret of Incombustibility.

In February, 1877, an Englishman of the
name of Richardson, came to Paris, and
gave some very curious performances, which
proved, according to his statement, his in
combustibility. He was seen to roast a
piece of meat on bis tongue, light piece
of charcoal in his mouth by means of pair
of bellows, seize bar Of red.hot iron in his
hand, or hold it between bis teeth This
Englishman published his masters secret,
which may be found in the Journal des
Sciences. In 1907, a Spaniard of the name
of Leonetto, gave performances at Paris
lie also handled bar of red hot iron with
impunity, passed it through his hair, or step
ped on it; drank boiled oil, plunged his fin
gers into melted lead, put some on his tongue,
and ended his performance by licking a
piece of red-hot iron. This extraordinary
man attracted the attention Of Professor
Sementrc, who began carefully watching
him. The Professor remarked that the
tongue of the incombustble was covered with
gray layer, and this discovery led him to
try some experiments on himself. lie dis
covered that rubbing in solution Of alum,
evaporated to a spongy state, rendered the
skin insensbe to the action Of red hot iron.
lie also rubbed himself with soap, and found
that even the hair did not burn when in
that state Satisfied with these invesiga-
tons, the physician rubbed himself with
soap and a solution Of alan, and the red hot
iron produced no sensation on him. The
tongue, when thus prepared, could also re-
ceive boiled oil, which grew cold and could
then be swallowed. M. Smentrici also de-
tectea that the melted lead Leonetto en-
ployed was only Areets metal, fusble at the
temperature of boiled water.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
LABOR.

Toll swings the axe and forests bow;
Rich seeds break out in radiant bloom:
Rich harvests smile behind the plow,
And cities cluster round the loom;
Where totterng domes ard tapering spires,
Adorn the vale and crown the hill,
Stout Labor lights its beacon fires
And plumes with smoke the forge and mill.
The monarch oak, the woodlands PRIDE
Whose trunk is scanned with lightning sears,
Toll launches on the restless tide,
And there unfolda the flag of stars;
The engine with its lungs of flame,
And ribs Of brass, and joints of STEEL
From Labor's plastic fingers came,
With sobbing valve and whiring wheel
'Tis Labor works the magic press,
And turns the crank IN hives of toll,
And beckons angels down to bless
Industrious hands on sea and soil.
Here sunbrowned Toll, with shining spade,
Links lake to lake with silver ties,
Strewed thick with palaces of trade,
And temples towering to the skies.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
"In Union there is Strength.

The following extract, from an article con-
taned, not long since, in the Richmond En-
quirer, upon the recently ex-
posed private letter of Gov. Wise, embodes
some most sensible views upon the above
proposition, 'in Union there is strength"
Speaking of the vote of Virginia. in the
Charleston Convention, the Enquirer says:
"That the State will be unit at Charles
ton as it was at Cincinnati, at Baltimore,
and at every National Democratic Convention
ever held, no sane man can boubt. The un-
broken usage of the Virginia Democracy
the united sentiment of the party--reQuires
that the nominating or electoral vote of Vir-
ginia shall always be cast as a unit; that the
diamond talisman of her strength and inhu-
ence shall not be shattered into compare
lively worthless fragments. In Virginia, the
Democracy appeal to the popular voice to
choose delegates by district Conventions
without trickery or restraint-and it is by
obligng the delegates thus chosen to submit
to the voice of the majority, to cast the
whole vote as a unit, that we enforce party
discipline and maintain party strength"
1t would be well for the democracy of Cal
ifornia to remember these reflections, in the
selection of delegates to the next National
Convention. Let them be chosen with an
eye to their unanimity of action, so that
the voice of this State, tritling as it is by
comparison with some of its more burly sis
ters, may not be without potential influence,
in its operation upon the deliberations of the
Conventions
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
The Soldiers Pet from the Battle Field.

A letter from Casale in the SalUt Public
of Lyons says:-I met in the Plaza Savonne,
French light infantry soldier with a spar
row perched upon his shoulder; the soldier
smoking, the sparrow chirupng. "You breed
birds, my brave fellow?' said l. The man
smiled and answered, This is an orphan
from Montebello. The day Of the fight, on
leaving the village, we chased the Austrans
across the fields. Bullets whistled among
the trees like hail, and this poor bird, quite
Young, fell from its nest on my arm. |
thrust it into my shake, which had been
pierced through with two balls, and thought
no more of it until, on retiring, felt some
thing scratch my head, and then | said, 1T
is my little prisoner; and to the surprise
and great amusement of my comrades, |
produced him. have kept him ever SINCE
and now we love ea'h h other dearly-do we
not, Montebeo?" And as he spoke he held
out his finger to the bird, which hoped on
it without hesitation. | begged permission
to buy Monticello few cherries and to
caress it. Catullus would not have kissed
so tendery the bird of Lesbia than | did the
sparrow.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

NATURAL CuRIos1TY-Col James Glover,
Of the Overland Mail Company, gives an ac-
count of the existence of a remarkable spring
on his route, $50 miles east of Ei Paso, on
the road leading to San Antonio. 1t is fully
one hundred and fifty feet in diameter, and
has been sounded to the depth of eight
thousand feet without finding bottom. The
surface is as smooth as that of noun
tain lake. L. breaks out, running about
three miles, when it disappears and again,
six miles distant, re-appears forming stream
twenty feet deep in many places. 1t is
slightly impregnated with akali and salt,
and contains five varieties Of fish. 1t is call
ed the Leon Hole.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

LARGE TREEs.-Dr. Harris, says the Sac
ramento Standard, who was out with one of
the committees having in charge he interests
of the State Agricultural Fair, travelling
through Calaveras, Tuolumne, Fresno and
Mariposa counties, informs us that the com
mittee visited the grove of big trees in Mari
posa county, discovered not long ago, and
that they excel in gigantic proportions those
Of the grove in Calaveras county, which
have received worldwide celebrity. The
largest tree in the Calaveras grove, if we re-
member Alright, is one hundred and five feet
in circumference. In this more recently dis
covered grove, tree was found measuring
one hundred and fourteen feet in circumter-
ence The grove contains six hundred of these
monsters-none Others of them, perhaps,
quite that large-but all of them OF approx
innate proportions. These trees grow on the
South Fork of the Merced river, about thirty
miles South East of the town of Mariposa.
One Of the trees one hundred feet from the
ground, has circumference Of sixty-six feet,
and branch measuring eighteen feet in cir
cumference.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

STATISTICS OF THE SLAVE TRADE.-It is
stated that not far from 100000 of Afri-
cans were carried to the British West Indies
before emancipation. After us years, not
10000 remained. In round numbers,
100000 negroes were brought to St.
Domingo from 1880 to l776; only 29O,9oo
were to be found there in the latter year.
The annual decrease in Cuba is from five to
ten per cent On the other hand, it is stated
that the whole number imported into the
United States was about 100000, and the
number at the present day is about 100000.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

AN HoNoRED COUNTY The American
Messenger thinks if furnishing politicians and
officers in this country is an honor, Litch-
field county, CONNECTICUT, is honored. 1t is
the birth place of thirteen United States
Senators, twenty two members of Congress,
twenty four Supreme Court Judges, ten
Presidents and eight Professors of Colleges.
In 1881, the Vice President and one,eighth
of the United States Senators were natives
of or educated in Litchfeld county. In
1910, one-seventh of the Senators were
found 10 have been educated in that county
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED IRIsHMAN.--

DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED IRIsHMAN.-
Henry Gsattan, the younger, is dead. He
was once member of Parliament for Meath,
in Ireland, and only surviving son of the
great Hen,y Grattan. The event took place
rather suddenly on the 10th July, at his res
idence in the county of Wicklow. Mr..
Grattan was one among the faiuhful few who
adhered to Mr. O'ConneIl throughout his
stormy career Of Irish agitation. Mr.. Grat-
tan leaves no male issue, his children con-
sisting of two daughters, both recently mar
ried, and who, it is presumed, will inherit
his large estates.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

New JAPANESE EMPERoR.-The English
papers state that new Siogoon, or temporal
Emperor has lately been crowned at Japan,
in place of that Emperor whose suicide fol-
lowed the conclusion of Lord Elgin's treaty.
The new Emperor is only fifteen years old,
and will likely be open to foreign influence.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

WoRrn KNow1Ne.-A young lady in th
city says the Philadelphia Morning Post,
while in the country, stepped on rusty
nail, which run through her shoe into her
foot. The inflammation and pain was very
great, and lock,jaw was apprehended. A
friend of the family recommended the appli-.
cation of beet, taken from the garden and
pounded fine, to the wound; it was done and,
the effect was beneficial. Soon the inflama-
ton began to subside, and by keeping on the.
crushed beet and changing it for fresh one
as its virtue, seems to become impaired, a
speedy cure was effected. Simple and effect
ual remedies like this should be known TO-.
every one.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
The First Meeting of Kossuth and Carl
haldi

A correspondent of the New York Times
says that these two champions of Hungarian
and Italian independence met for the first
time at the international dinner, given by
Consul Sanders in London in 1854, to Mr..
Buchanan, and the European Republican
leaders. In the course of the evening, Kos
suth's e!oquence became the theme of euloov
Rising with modest grace, Kossuth replied,
ever elegant and apprc pirate in the social
hour as he is grand and persuasive on public
occasions. At the close of his respose, he
exclaimed, with electric earnestness, Gen
tlemen, would you know what think the
most eloquent speech Of modern times" He
repeated in impressive tones the words
Soldiers! for the love you bear your country,
offer you war, hunger, thirst, cold and
death. Who accepts the terms let him fol-
low mel" There is the orator, lie said, wav
ing his hand towards him, whose intrepid
impetuosity now again rings through the
world. GarbaIdi, taken by surprise was,
for few moments, quite overcome with
emotion, but he mas cred himself, and made
a beautiful and soldierly reply.
Before parting that night, all gathered
into a circle once more. Mazzini took the
guitar, and striking the chords with the hand
of MASTER accompanied the thrilling burst
Of patriotic songs, in which Herzen, the Rus
sian Republican,; Worcell, the Pole; Pulsky,
Ledru Rolln-and that band of glorious
and accomplished spirits, joined with a fer
vor never to be forgotten by those who wit
messed and shared it.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
The American Man.

The following amusing conectures as to
what the American will be, are supplied by
the Baltimore Americon: What sort of
man is the American man going to be!"-
That is the great question with the Massa-
chusetts prophets. The answer may be easily
inferred. Men whose boast is that the uni
versal Yankee nation is "the greatest in all
creation" are not apt to admit the superori-
ty or even the equality Of any other men
whatsoever Hence the speculative New
Englanders conclude, that although the ex-
isting American man may be afflicted with
few trivial bemishes, the coming American
man" will be a gentleman such as the world
never saw. He will be no weak copy of his
ancestors, no doudecmo Britisher, nay, not
even an enlarged and revised edition Of John
Bull, illustrated with cuts and copous ap-
pendices, but an entirely new, original, uni
que, unrivaed and unsurpassed man, differ
ent from any that ever walked the earth;
in fine the very climax Of humanity. He
will not have the Drawn of the Englishman,
nor the impassibiity of the Frenchman, nor
the lazness of the Italian. He will not be
able to eat beef by the cord, or drink brandy
by the pipe; will soar high above lager beer
and bretze look down with dislain upon
frogs legs and sour wine, and utterly scorn
maccaroni and garlic.
Lean Of person, sharp in feature, active in
manner, persistent in effort, lnquistive in
nature. slightly obtrusive in address, indie
pendent Of conduct, careless of attile e. inven-
tive. acquistive, locomotive recuperatve, and
ihdomitable, he will "stand upon his hind
legs" the wonder of the sun and the Joy of
the planetary system. He will no longer be
dyspeplic; quit chewing tobacco, cease drink
ING whiskev, devote more time to healthiul
recreation, and less to trading desist from
the manufacture Of wooden nutmegs, and
peddle in tin ware no more forever But
above all he will be intensely speculative
He will continue TO prosecute bis investiga
tons into spirtuaism, until the whole house
hold and kitchen furniture of the land as
sumes the aspect of perpetual motion. To
remedy any inconvenience resulting from
this nobility, lie will hold grand auction,
sell out the personal effects of the nation,
and henceforth cast the houses of the Re
public, furniture, clocks and ali, into one
solid piece.
In brief he will be the reconciliation of
human characteristics, heretofore considered
entirely antagonistic. He will be a business
man and philosopher at the same time.
He will swap Barlow knives and discuss
theology in the same breath, run an engine
eighteen hundred miles in day aud deliver
a lecture on phrenology at night; write a
poem before going to bed, and open dry
good store in the morning; start a newspaper
after breakfast, invent machine for killing
cockroaches at dinner, and get elected to
Congress before dark This appears to be
the coming man" as depicted in the es-
says Of New England seers.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

SINGULAR WILL.-The Louisiana State
Bank has lately fallen heir to $4,000, under
the following circumstances. A rich old
planter in Mississippi, named Matthews, died,
leaving will by which he donated his prop
erty to his iIlegitimae children, by colored
woman, and in the event Of their disability to
inherit, to the Louisiana State Bank. Under
the laws of that State the colored children
cannot inherit, and thus the property passes
to the Bank.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

DEAD LErrERs-The Washington Consti-
tuition says that the number of dead letters
annually returned to the Post office Depart
ment is about 2,25O,OOo. About 10000
annually are found TO contain money and
other valuables, and are as soon as found,
registered and returned to the owners. The
aggregate contents Of the letters thus annu-
ally restored to the owners is about $50, 900
in morey, and about $3,O0o,000 in drafts,
checks, notes, and other vauables, as com
puted at their nominal value.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

The most elegant suite of rooms in the
world is at the Hotel de Vile in Paris.
They form a circuit of about half mile and
require for their complete illumination 97l4
taper and 1887 gas burners.-700O visitors
can be accommodated at once, without dis
comfort, in these capacious rooms.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24
The London Court Journal contains the

The London Court Journal contains the
following:
"'rhe funeral of the Prince Rospgliosi, as
it seems to belong to another century and a
bygone order of things, will, doubtless, be
the last of the kind, and, therefore, merits
description. BY an exclusive privilege
claimed by Roman princes, he was ia
ken to his last resting place in his state
carriage gay decked and newly paint
ed for the occasion. The funeral was
celebrated at the church of San Francisco,
at Ripa. where the family vault of the Ros-
pigiosi is situated. The last observance of
the ceremony was the most curious of all.
The head cook, in his costume of Singuc cento,
advanced respectfully to the foot of the bier,
aud bowing to the ground, asked the usual
morning question: "Your Excelency has or
ders for me?" The inquiry WAS made with
an expressive smile and distinctness Of utter
ance which almost shook the nerves of the
bystanders. The dead man however, not be-
traying by word or gesture any comprehen-
sion of the question, the great functonary
of the Rospglioso family, after waiting pa
ienty for few moments, withdrew, walking
backward to the door of the church, and
standing in the porch, called out with a
stentorian voice to the drivers Of the Ros
pgliosi carriages gathered in vast numbers
in tie Plaza, Drive home. His Excellency
has no further orders to give you, and will
require your services no more"
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

The EXTENT OF OUR CoAsTs.-Accordin
to the report of our Coast Survey, there are
6,S2l miles of Atlantic coast, 3,467 miles of
the Gulf coast, and 2,2sl miles on the Pac-
fic-making the total of 1860 miles. The
main shore line of the Atlantic, including
bays, etc, is twice the extent Of the Gulf,
three times that of the Pacific, and more
than equal to that Of the Pacific, and Gulf
combined. The Southern States have three
times as much as the Northern.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

A New DEMOCRATIC REvIEw.-The Hon.
Thomas B. Florence, M. c., from Philadel.
pha is about starting at Washington a
Democratic Quarterly Review, upon "a sub
stanlial basis" and intends to employ a
corps of first-class writer's He declares tha.
it is to be the organ of no particular man.
but faithful review Of current political
events. The first number is to appear about
the middle of September.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

Rocky MOUNTAIN GOLD NEs.-Governor
Medary gives most cheering accounts from
the Kansas gold region. He fully believes
in the existence of rich quartz veins, and
crushing machines are being sent out in
great numbers. The effects of emigration
are very beneficial to Kansas Territory in
sales of produce. The crops this year are
very abundant, and the prospect for good
demand from the mines tatterng.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

To KEEP PREsERvEs.-Apply the white
of an egg, with a suitable brush to single
thickness Of white tissue paper with which
cover the jars, overlapping the edges an inch
or two. When dry the whole will become
as tight as drum. To prevent jams pre-
serves, etc, from granting tea-spoonful of
cream of tartar must be added to every gal.
lon of the jam preserves.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

New ARMs.-The Hartford Times says
that lO, 1000 revolving rifles are being made
at Colts armory for the British Government.
They are provided with the sword bayonet.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

AGRICULTURE IN JAPAN.--lhe recent visit
ors to this heretofore undescribed land say
that anything like plain, or meadow, I'm
the American sense Of the word)is utterly
unknown there, yet every practicable foot OF
land is highly cultivated. The narrow strip
of interval between the banks of the numer-
o.ls coves which border the shore and the
mountain sides, is cultivated in gardens or
planted with fruit trees. From these rise ter
races, the rocks being dug out the earth and
placed in walls by the mere strength OF hu-
man bone and muscle, and then the earth
leveed down, and the small patch or plot
constructed eyerv inch of which is TO pay its
semi annual tribute to the cultivator.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

EE Late news from Oregon says that Mr.
Logan, the Republican candidate for Con-
gress, is preparing testimony to contest the
election Of Stout, Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

How THEY PREDICT THE WEATHER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN INsrITurE.-Prof Henry at the
Scientific Association gave an account Of the
method pursued each day at the Smithsonian
Institute to record and predict the weather.
They have map Of the United States hung
upon board, with pins stuck through it at
the points where the observers are stationed.
The Institute has daily reports by telegraph
from many of these points. Each morning
an assistant hangs cord on the pins to in.
dicate the state of the weathcr-back if
raining, green if showing, brown if cloudy,
white if fair. All storms travel cast, and
thus they are enabled TO predict with great
certainty the condition of the weather twelve
hours in advance.
The Placer herald., 1859-09-24

The TEHUANrEpEc COMPANY LOOKING UP.
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Herald, writing on l7sh August,
contains the following mention Of the Te,
huantepec Company:
Senator Benjamin writes from London,
that If the relations between France and
England continue friendly, he entertans 1T
tie doubt Of negotiating the Tehuantepec
loan of 100000. The project Is regarded
with favor by to; eign capitalists.