The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-30
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of the flag ship having gone there.
FROM KANSAS.
Benjamin Chisam, William Elliott B. Hall and
Mr.. Wilcox, formerly ofths county. reached this
city on Monday last having been driven off from
their homes in Kansas, leaving their familie
behind.
Mr.. Chisam was shot, the ball lodging in the
right side of his head, near the temple DR.,
Bonifant, of this city, unable to extract the
ball.
S. Hall was shot in the right arm, breaking the
bone, and so completely shivering the arm as to
require amputation. He was left at Holton, and
not expected to live.
Mr. Wilcox shot in the face, the ball taking
effect on the left side of the nose and lodging in
his right cheek-ace very much swollen; ball not
extracted.
Mr.. B. Hall and others were beaten across the
head ne with clubs and gun Understanding Mr..
Halls nose.
Mr.. Chisam moved from this county three wears
ago, to his claim in sigh: of Hoton, the county
seat OF Calhoun county, and has been farming all
the time, not taking part in any of the difficulties
IN the Territory; is peaceabe man and good citi-
zen-a near relative of Edward Pence, of this
county. He gives the following as the facts.
county convention was called to meet at Hol-
ton, on Saturday, 18th inst for the purpose of an
pointing delegates to the Constitutional Conven-
ton, which is to meet at Wyandott and to nomi-
nate county officers. Since the negro stealing bv
brown ana Day, large number of the Free State
men in the county, who heretofore acted with the
Republican party, now denounced Brown, Mont
gomery, Lane, Day, and the of the Black
RepubHcans, and have united with the Democratic
party In order to defeat them.
The convention met, each party having a sepa-
rate set OF resolutions. After organizing, the
Black Republicans read their resolutions after
which the Democratic resolutions were read which
were very severe on the Black Republican party-
They were signed by $50 or 300 voters mostly
those who have been acting with the Republicans
Inc negro thieves seeing they in the mi
norIty, commenced an attack on Mr. Cole Pro-
slavery man, in order to break up the meetinu
His friends seeing his life in danger tried to rescue
him, when general melee ensued, pistols knives
and clubs were used. The towards finding thew
would be whipped in the second instance as well as
the first ran to the house of old Raw who had
some sixty or seventy Sbarpe's rifles stacked in the
house.
Those brave men, but few in number, who had
put to flight about sixty of the thieves, finding
themselves in danger of the rifles, as they had no
guns OF their own tried to make their escape as
best they could. The assassns commenced firing
on them, and wounded all, as above stated. Mr.
Elliott was knocked down with club, and in re-
covering from the blow, found himself surrounded
by twelve or fifteen scOundres. He arose, and
with piece of board fought his way through the
crowd, and made his escape
While Brown may not have been present, he is,
no doubt, secretly advising and giving general
orders, and Montgomery is prowng through the
country putting them in executon.-Platte City
Argus, 18th.
FoRErGN HoNoRs.-F Finding in Brussels paper
letter from Paris making very honorable mention
of two esteemed American officers, we translate
from the letter the subjoined extract:
PARIS February %, lS59.-Iast Thursday the
annual public meeting of the Imperial Geological
Society OF Acclimaton took place at the Hotel de
Vile, Sale Saint James. There was literally
crowd, so great one that the members of the
society could scarcely themselves find room in the
place retained for them In the presidential chair
which was occupied last year by the Prince Napo-
leon, sat M. Isidore Geoffroy de Saint Haire He
had the Pope's Nuncio and NJ Drown de PHuvs
his RIGHT. Nj de ST Hiairn an
which he informed the audience of the general pro-
gress Of the association and the recent labors of its
members, which was listened to with great atten-
tion.
The society counts seventeen crowned heads to
wit: In Europe, the Emperor of the French the
Kings of the BeIgians, of the Low Countries, of
Wlrtemburg, of Spain, of Portugal, of Saxony, of
Denmark, of Bavaria; the Queen of Spain the
Pope, the Reigning Duke Of SAKE Weimar; in
America, the Emperor of Brazil; in ASIA the first
and second Kings of Siam and the Maharaiah of
Lahore. NJ. de st. Haire announced officially
that the subscription opened to defray the ex-
penses OF the installation and the maintenance of
the Garden of Accmation, of the Bois de Bou-
ogne was filled up, they await only a last admins
| tratlye act to begin the work. The Reverend
Father Annibale Fonteni de Belle, lPiedmont,)
Missionary to Hantung, China, and Commander
Maury, OF the Navy of the United States, Superin-
tendent of the National Observatory at Washing
ton, were made honorary members
large gol medal, Of the value of four hundred
francs. was decreed-frst, to NJ. Hardy at Algiers;
seCOHllI, 10 NJ u. w MITCHELL, Secretary the
Geological Society OF London and thirdly, to
Major Henry G. Wayne, United States Army, at
Washingto National htetgencer.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin urges the
establishment of a cotton factory in the neighbOr-
| hood OF that city. 1t says: Such purpose was
in contemplation some year and half SINCE but
was npped in the bud by the financial crash. The
| field for operations seems to be clear and we
| think that the movement ought to be undertaken
without delay.
Money was never plenty, and the season
FOR leisure will soon be upOn us. If properly man.
aged, we have not doubt as to the success of the
enterprise, which will be but the pioneer Of MANY
others of a similar kind viii h will follow. We have
among us, at our very DOORS every element and
material OF success
The common cry is that we have not the labor to
manufacture cotton. The statement is not true
THERE'S not large town in the South that has not
IDLE hands enough to carry on a respectable facto-
ry. Here In New Orleans we have enough of them
Tor half dozen factories. But suppose had not.
Make the effort and the labor would come Let it
be known that hands were wanted at good prices
for factory work, and it will not be long before they
would be here.
We published an authentic statement months ago
showing that stock in cotton factory in neigh
boring State of Mississippi pays t,centy-nne per
cent We have facilities for labor altogether su-
perlor to what there in Mississippi, and the
success of an enterprise of the kind here could,
therefore, scarcely be less than it is there, and
would, in all probability, be much greater.
MAHOGANY FOR SHIP BUIr DING.-In consequence
of the increasing scarcity of good oak timber for
ship building, the use of Honduras Mahogany as
substitute has lately very much increased, both in
Eng and and other parts of Europe. NJ. Arman, the
well-known ship-builder at Bordeaux, in 1857 made
some experiments to ascertain the strength of ma
hOgany as compared with oak and teak A piece
ofeach kind of wood about four inches square was
| placed acros the machine used for proving chain
| cable, and piece of chain attached to ring
fixed in the centre oft. strain being laid on,
! the oak broke under force of 1900 kogrammes;
the teak with that of $500, and the Honduras of
! 3,4OO The oak and teak appeared as if crushed,
but without complete disjuncton of the fibres;
the Mahogany showed long splinters, indicating
much longer grain or fibre than the others. NJ.
Arman considers this result as a conclusive proof
that Mahogany is superior for many kinds of ship
building purposes though it is less flexible than
good French Oak. NJ. NJ. lie Mire q Son, build
ers at Rouen, give the result of using Mahogany
in vessel which they had built, the Adele, recent
ly returned from a long voyage. The Captain, in
letter to the builders gives a most satisfactory
account of the state of the vessel and expresses his
decided opinion that the of oak in ship-buding
may be advantageousy replaced by Mahogany
" Y. Courier E Eng.
We informed that a merchant of Boston
obtained requisition from the Governor of Massa-
chusetts the Governor of Mississippi, for the body
of merchant at Holly Springs, who was charged
with obtaining goods under false pretences from
the Boston merchant. The proper writ was grant
| ed by the Governor of Mississippi to an agent of
the Boston merchant Armed with this writ, the
agent proceeded to Holly Springs last week to
make the arrest. On his arrival there, his business
was soon found out, public meeting called, and
resolutions adopted to the effect that Massachusetts,
having always resisted the rendition of fugitive
slaves, had no right to any sort of 'requisition
upon the people of Mississippi, and that the agent
of the Boston house be notified to leave he would
be 'trotted through" OF course he left, and, we
understand, burnt all his ''requisiton' papers,
and promised never to return.-Hissis Sppi paper
The ship Barclay, which is about to be torn to
pieces is the next oldest vessel to the Maria belong
ing to this port. She built in 1898, by Col.
Caghorn, for William Rotch, Jr., of the very best
live oak which was brought from the South for the
purpose. The planking on her bottom, and her
| keel, are the when she was first launched
The Barclay made her first voyage to England and
! on the oath day of the 18th month, 1894, David
Swain master, she sailed from Europe, bringing
as passengers William Rotch, son. and his family.
She had a long passage, being out 6l days. Since
this voyage she has been actively engaged in the
whale fishery, making frequent and prosperous
voyages. She is &C years old. Capt Lathem
Cross, of this city, who is now in his saith year
saw her when she was launched-Ne,o- Bedford
Standard
The late heavy fall of rain caused serious damage
along the Hudson by inundation, and especially at
undertook creek, by washing away the land along
Its banks; and it is asserted the water was higher
IN that district than has been known for half a cen
tury. The rise was so sudden and unexpected thai