The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-16

One, composed OF Messrs. w. B. Astor, Jno, A.
h'ngii W. F: H!avemyer, Robt b Minturn, Hamil-
was instructed to proceed to Canada to tender the
invitation to the Prince. Another is to on to
=" ashlngton to invite the President and the mem
Ders ot his Cabinet. The remaining committees are
TO nave charge o. all the details connected with the
banquet, upon which no expense is to be spared
Inc decorations are to be of the most gorpeous do
scrlpuon, the parquette of the Academy is tn he
boarded over, and the tables extended from the hal
cony to the end of the stage. On the ARRANGEMENTS
iol cooklng. several thousand dollars are to be ex
penued the building being deficient in all tho 70
qulrements which the entertainment of eucb i,
NUMBER OF people necesstates The bovns aro 70 r.
almost entirely devoted to ladies' and tba So
i wnien the presence OF so many beautiful and ele
gantly dressed women will impart to the scene ,;m
De unusually brilliant and dazzling. In the many
oVatons to which the young heir to the British
throne is destined in the course of the splendid Ca
reer that lies before him, he will probably never re-
celve any that will leave more agreeable and in
toXlcating impression upon his mind He NAV.
perhaps derive from it the conclusion that repubI
can simplicity is, after ALL not such very severe
ana selt-denylng condition of things as he has
been taught to believe.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION FOR SHTpowNERs-A
very curious case, which cannot be devoid of in
terest TO the owners and masters of ships occurred
recently in the port of Bremerhayen to the Annri
can bark Sarah Park. According to law n COO
man voluntarily discharged by a shipmaster in a
foreign port is entitled to three months wages and
the United States Consul is required to demand the
same from the captain before furnishing his cIaor
ance papers. In this case, however, a seaman was
arrested and imprisoned by the municipal authori
ltles OF Bremerhaven for wounding citizen of that
place while drunk, by pushing him off the plank.
anu the captain OF the bark, after frutless appl-
cation lor ms release was compelled to 90 to sea
without him. The United States Consular AGENT
actlng under the Instructions of his superior the
United States Consul at Bremen demanded and oh
tanned from Captain Pendleton the master of the
three thS' fnr +I,o
man, and twelve dollars due to him at the time of
MS arrest, which sum the shipmaster paid under
protest, because unless he complied with tbe de-
mand he could not obtain his papers from the Con.
sulate.
On arriving in England, it appears that the can-
tam LAID the case before Mr.. Campbell the United
States Consul at London, and Mr.. Davy. the Con.
SUI AT INeWcastle on Tyne. both of whom gave as
thelr opinion that the demand for extra wages in
Dehal OF an imprisoned seaman would affect . shin
uhJusty, and should not have been made. The case
Is peculiar one, and we think should be laid he.
une secretary of State, and the opinion of the
Attorney General as to the Interpretation of the
law De obtained upon it. 1t is at best a ouastior
OF doubtful Justice and it appears to us that if
seaman can obtain three months wages and nro
ouIe release from his obligation upon deserving
a snip IN foreign port, by committing some slipbt
oreach OF municipal law, involving perhaps a
merely nominal penalty, it may be very hard upon
snip captains and owners,-Nei0 York Herald.
Y, N,
posed Murder Of a Young Lody-A correspondent
of the Uica Herald writes that the VILLAGE of Mo
hawk has been thrown into great excitement bv the
iinuing Oh the dead body of a young girl in the
canal of that place. The circumstances. as thew
r"seer.--' - A." """""""'s irmuast ora tbrs nv.
"Abbey Kelley Bowe daughter of 0. A. Bowe
deceased, and formerly editor of the HerkimeT
Journal, left Frankfort on the night of the 10th
instant for Herkmer, on the cars. Arriving al
that place about halfpast nine, she there took the
omnib for Mohawk; arriving there she got out al
the tavern to go to her boarding house which was
the last seen of her alive. At about halfpast
eleven O'Clock her screams were heard by neigh.
poTs living not lar distant from the spot where her
body was found. She was also heard by some
boatmen who saw her struggling in the water,
ana went to he" assistance but too late to save her
A boat was obtained and her body recovered il
about two hours after her screams were heard. The
verdlct OF the cOronerS jury was that she came tC
her death by drowning; but the general opinion il
that there was foul play in the matter as no
can be assigned for her sefdestruction. most
moTtem examination revealed nothing which cOulC
account for the act Moreover it stated that the
boatmen saw two men leaving the SPOT in their
shirt sleeves soon after her screams were heard
We hope further light will be thrown upon thC
NATTER
ORIGIN OF THE MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS AIDA
MAscUs.-The immediate cause of the massacre a
Damascus is thus stated by a correspondent of th,
Bostou Travelier, under date of Beyrout, July IA
! 1860:
son Monday, the 10th inst, children who hac
been making crosses in the mud, and otherwise in
sulting the Christians of Damascus, were arrested
| by the Governor, and after short Imprisonment
were sent to sweep the streets of the Christians
This step was the alleged cause of the outbreak
| and every Frank considered it but part of tn
general plan to produce the result which l an
about to communicate. mob of about five hun
dred persons rushed to the relief of these children
and attacked the Christian quarter at two o'cloc
Z. NJ. At this hour the Christian merchants wer
away from their homes in the business part of tn
city, and unable to reach their families afte
the breaking forth of the nsurrection. The sigma
for death and destruction having thus been given
the work of slaughter commenced, and at the dat
of the latest advices, yesterday, at p. NJ, tn
work of murder and pillage was still going on
THE PARAGUAY DFFrcULrY.-The award claimed
| by the Rhode Island Company against Paragua,
was on Monday denied. The statement that tn
| award OF the commission is unsatisfactory to tn
| President has no foundation. Disntereste
parties, who were familiar with the evidence o,
both sides, never supposed anything was due tn
Rhode Island Company. The only anxiety of tn
President has been to secure justice by full hear
ing OF testimony by competent parties. While h
would disdain to see Paraguay robbed, he fel
bound to secure ample justice to our own citizen.
and their representations have been such as n
Executive could disregard without full inyestipf
tion. 1t is deemed somewhat singular that neithe
Mr.. Hopkins, agent of the company, and America
Consul at Ascension at the time, or Capt Pag
who was in command of the surveying steamc
which was fired into, have been here in person
give evidence before the Commission. 1t is state
that those most deeply interested made every e
fort to induce Hopkins to come from BuenC
Ayres to give his evidence, but failed The rC
suit is that we have got from Paraguay Just wha
Lopez expressed to Mr. Fitzpatrick his willing
ness to accord Immediately after the difficulty oc
urreo.- HahtngtO" CO.. ~. y He""4d
FRAUD SUFFICIENT TO DISSOLVE Partnership
Noses s. Friend against Samuel II. Black-By tf
decree recently settled in this action before JustiC
Sutherland, it appears that the suit was brought
dissolve copartnership then existing under tt
firm name of Friend Black, composed of the pa
ties to this suit that the firm were carving on th
business of electrotyping in the city of New Yorl
the defendant (Black) being the operator, and tn
plaintiff (triend) contributing most of the capita
that during the night of 9th June last the defent
ant secretly removed the entire stock of goods
the firm, consisting of valuable silver and otbt
wares to the city of Newark, but which was four
by New York detective, and brought back
the meantime receiver was appointed in this a
ton, and the stock placed in his hands. The Cour
held that the fraud of the defendant in removin
and secreting the property was sufficient fC
dissovlng the copartnerShip, and that the defenC
ant should pay for the costs of the action person
ally, because of his fraudulent conduct as partner
FROM BERMuDA.-By the arrival at New York
the bark Eliza Barss, we have Hamilton, Bermudi
papers OF August {. A comet, Whlcn mad been vi
ible at Hamilton nearly week, disappeared on tn
10th. A census of the island is to be taken. p
tition of the Roman Catholics for pecuniary aid il
support of priest refused by the Assembly
At Barbados the agricultural interests were suffe
, ing severely from continued drought. Prepars
tions are making by the government and citizens
Bermuda to receive the Prince of Wales in an al
propriate manner on his arrival at that island Ii
Assembly appropriating fl 900 to defray the e.
penses. The postmaster of Bermuda recommend
the enactment of a law compelling masters of sal
ing vessels to carry the mails between that islam
, and the United States. The present rate paid
the masters is two pence per letter.
AN ANTARCTIC XPLoRATIoN.-Commander Maur
, has addressed a letter to Lord Wrottesly, whic
J was read at the recent meeting of the British A
sociation, at Oxford, in which he proposes an exn
dtion, to start from Melbourne, for the purpose
investigating the continent surrounding the Som
Pole. He thinks the circumstances which fav,
the existence of an open sea at the North Pole. Al
not so strong and direct as the proofs and indie
tions of a mild polar climate in the Antarct
regions He promises to do all in his power to pr
l mote the sailing of a South Polar exploring exp
dition from the United States.
3 APPOINTMENT OF MAIL AGENr.-At st. Denni
( Relay House OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroa
VIM. l.. Ritter is appointed local mail agent,
place of Henry Carroll.
Henry .1ason Mathews, of Lewisburg, Va, h
been appointed Professor of Ancient and Model
Q Languages at the Allegany College, Blue Sulph'
Springs, Va,