The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-03

papers gives the iooWlng as reliable account OF
the late Railroad Convention, at Saratoga: "The
Convention closed its session Tuesday after
noon, and was without doubt the most important
railway congress ever held upon this continent its
action being perfectly harmonious, to the smallest
detail, nor were the debates throughout the pro-
tracted session interrupted even by an unpleasant
word. The Convention was composed of Mr..
Thompson, of the Pennsylvania Central who acted
as President; Mr.. Stanley, general manager of the
Grand Trunk of Canada; Mr.. Yibbard, of the New
| Y ork Central; Mr.. Marsh, of the Erie; and Mr.
| Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio. There was
also large attendance of railway men, but the
! five gentlemen named were alone in session, and
| iald down the laws for railway management in
future. permanent association has been formed,
otawhlch Mr.. Thompson will be the executive for
the next three months, and be succeeded in turn by
MS four associates. Stated meetings are to be
held, and hereafter no rates made by the associa.
ton can be changed without unanimous CONSENT
Hereafter, to common points beyond each others
lines, fares and freighs are to be uniform-thus
| leaving to each road its natural business, while
along their own lines each company will manage
as its interests demand.
"The various transportation and express COM
panies to stand with the roads the same as the
the cloak of express contract. To-day the rates
to be advanced to the prices of April last and
another advance will be made towards the middle
of the month, to be followed by such future adj
vances and changes the interest of the roads and
equity towards mer chants may make proper
Cattle are hereafter to be carried by weight, and
not per cara very just change to all parties-and
excursion trains very long routes at reduced
Abandoned M draw
abatement of any kind is to be made by either com
pany, and at an early day whole army of expen-
sve agents, who have fattened upon the roads, is
to be dispensed with. The five members of the
Convention represented full one-quarter of the en-
tire railway capital of the United States and will
manage their property upon the theory-sfair
pay for services rendered. and mo unfair competi
| tion.'"
In reference to the rates on freight, the annexed
is a copy of despatch. sent on Saturday last to
the agent of the different lines at New York and
! Boston
SARATOGA, July H. 1860
GU are hereby instructed to adopt classification
| and rates in use according to tariff of New York
Central Company, date of April 2Sth last to take
effect August lst next. Notify promptly all parties
| interested in maintaining absolutely and fully said
| rates. Make no agreement for any shipments be-
yond July 81, except at advanced prices.
n. MARSH, Pres't New York and Erie,
| G. VIBBARD, Sup't New York Central
| w. STANLEY Manager Grand Trunk r.
| JOHN w. GARRETT, Prest Il. and O. R.
}. EDGAR THOMPSON, Pres't Penn. II.
THE JAPANESE IN BALTIMoRE.-Our attention has
been called to the following paragraph in the Au-
gust number of Hdrper's Magazine 1t will be
found on page All, under the heading known as
the editors Easy Chair
'When the Japanese were in Baltimore, some of
| the rowdles pressed into the room and smashed
their hats upon the heads of the Ambassadors The
rowdies were probably drunk and were certainly
destitute OF decency. But what then, do YOU saw
OF the civic authorities of Baltimore, who were
neither drunk nor technically indecent, and who
saw these outrages without saying word?''
The berth of an editor of that Waqazine must
indeed be an "easy'' one if he is at liberty to pub
lish every unfounded statement he hears, witbou,
troubling himself to investigate it, If he had read
the account of the reception of the japanese in
Baltimore, as published in papers, he would
have found that these unanimously agreed that tbe
authorities could not possibly have more carefully
and successfully protected the strangers from intru
sion and insult than they did. The police arrange
ments, it was conceded on all hands, were admira
Bile, and the japanese had no reason to suppose
SO far as their own observation went, that Their,
were any such beings s'rowdies'' in this city,
No citizen of Baltimore, if appealed to t.
eorroborate the story which the Harper's have SCI
ahoat, would hesitate to pronounce it a baseles
fabrication.
ANOTHER SCHEME OF LOUIS NApoLEoN-Th spe
clal Palermo correspondent of the New York
Times, writes that the existence of secret treaty
between France and Piedmont has been discovered
by Garibaldi BY the terms of this treaty Pied
mont Will be allowed to annex the two Scilies; but
she must not touch Umbria and the Marches unless
the populations first revolt in which case these
also may be annexed. AS to Venice, Piedmont
may win her from Austria if she can, but she mus
not count on aid from France. In return for al
this, Piedmont is to relinquish to France thu
islands OF Sardinia and Elba and make other ter
rtorial grants. This treaty is alleged to be alrea
, dy signed, as truly as was that of Plombieres
which surrendered Savoy and Nice to France
: THE GREAT EAsrERN.-It has already been publicl,
announced that one ofour steamboat lines has secur
eu 10 Itself the exclusive privilege of placing pas
sengers on board of the Great Eastern when sh,
arrives in Annapolis Roads, As the number of Wis
ltors WILL in all probability, be immense, and per
haps far beyond the capacity of any single line t.
accommodate, we take it for granted that the con
tracing parties will charter sufficient number
boats to meet any possible contingency. If theil
own boats were crowded and packed to excess, the
knowledge of this fact would deter many persons
from going at all; whilst failure on their part to
make adequate provision for the occasion would
very naturally give just for dissatisfaction.
MARINE Losses IN JULY.-The vessels that suffered
wreck or damage during the month of July were
| as follows: Ships IL, steamers G, barks II, brigs
III, schooners Is. Losses on vessels and freight
S749, 200; on cargoes 81, 662, O00 total loss 24ll
2oo. The heaviest loss reported was the steamer
Malabar, valued at Sl,20O,0OO, vessel and cargo
The next heavy loss is the Frederic Gebhard bound
to Melbourne loss of vessel about $4,000, and
cargo SlS0,0O0. Another heavy loss was the N an
set, on the Caicos passage, bound to New Orleans;
loss Sl3O,0OO The loss of the bark Harvest is also
a heavy one, bound from Mobile to Liverpool with
cotton, $4,000. a
| EXCURSION TO MEET GREAT EAsrERN-It will
be seen, by an advertisement in another column
that the splendid steamer George Peabody viii
leave Light street wharf on Sunday morning a
nine O'Clock. She will proceed some seventy-6vt
miles down the Bay to meet the Great Eastern an(
will then run side by side with her up to Annapo
lis Roads. Apart from the fact that this offers &
line opportunity for seeing the Leviathan under
sail, and for studying her magnificent proportions
the excursion itself promises to be a most delight
full one. -. -
The GREAT EASTERN SAILED FOR On POINT AMI
ANNAPoLIs.-The telegraph informs US that the
Great Eastern left New York, yesterday afternoon,
for Old Point Comfort and Annapolis. She is ex-
pected to arrive inthe Virginia waters this after