The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-05

no and San MARITIME there is usually n good deal o
distress about this season, but that this year III,
poor OF those neighbourhoods have found proGta
Bile occupation rs ciccroni to English American
and other tourists to show them whore the Kins
STOOD, where the Emperor, and where Marshal so
and so.
The jubilee Of the $50 years existence of the Lcip
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with OIL the solcmnitics usual on such occasions
The hing ni SaNony, the heir ~ the throne, ans
ffince Hcorge were present; the King delivered
an address.
The medical practitioners announce that rather
strongly developed small poN Is raging cpidemical
~ ut Paris. II does not attack children alone. bu
Older people, who have too long omitted 20 hav,
themselves rc-vaccinatcd. The Countess b., VIII,
bears an historical name, has just been attacked
with this disease.
A subscription has lately been raised by Ole
Rugbeians for the purpose Of erecting window Of
stained glass in the school chapel to the memory
OF those schoolieows who persisted in the late
Bengal mutiny.
A MAHoMMEDAY RgLIc.-The Turkish government
has just purchased relic of inestimable value &c
Islamism. 1t is autograph letter from the Pro
phet Mohammed to the Macaneans of Egypt, to cal
the Coptic nation to the faith of Islam. In his re-
port to the French Institute of Nav TO- 1852 NJ
Belin, who since filled the functions of chief inter
prefer to the army Of the East, proved the authen
ITCHY of this ancient parchment.
During 1878 l,034 elephants were sent from
RangOon to Calcutta for the army
"A gentleman who has Just arrived in Hull over.
land from St. Petersburg. reports that the cost CT
exchanging paper for silver in that capital is 10
per cent.
A royal warrant has been issued whereby Pres
byterlan and Roman Catholic cbaplains are put pre-
clsely upon the footing those of the United
Church of England and Ireland.
According to the returns upwards of f5, 236 have
been awarded to the English army as prizes for
good shooting The 55th regiment has proved itself
the best shooting regiment in the service
A BATTALION OF CHILDREN.-In the town of
Scandiano, situate near the Regium LeDidi of CT
cero, and place of some Importance in the Middle
ages, battalion of 400 boys has been organize
under the direction of General Garibaldi who hav-
ing noticed, in the course of his warlike expert
ence, that boys of Is and years of age had proved
useful in daring military operations, made up his
mind in the late campaign to enrol battalion of
such youthful troops. An intelligent Young officer
undertook the task of forming the legion, which
at first did not number more than $50. Austrian
persecution and patriotism soon increased their
ranks, so that the battalion has now completed its
numerical strength. These little soldiers are dress
ed IN a dark.green tunic, with red cuffs edged
with white, and dark-green trousers, An eye-wit-
ness OF their manteuvring was recently ast0nshed
to see their steadiness and precision. Their com
handing officer, Count John ArrivRbene is a
young nobleman of three and twenty. As they
were paradng before their chief on the 4th inst,
tremendous cheer burst forth from the bows, which
on inquiry proved to have been given in honor OF
the Marchioness Valenti Gonzaga. the mother of
nc OiHceF, VINO DaQ crossed the
street. She had come from Mantua to visit her
son, after prolonged captivity in the Austrian
prisons.
Upwards of 500 workmen at Woolwich Arsenal
have entered a volunteer rife corps, established
under the auspices Of the officers of the. establish
liShment.
So scarce is coin in Finland that acorrespondent
of the Daily Netcs says that at fair held at Jacob
stad on the Gulf of Bothnia, the tradespeople and
peasantry were so Inconvenience by the want of
small cDins that thaJ- nnp1nvad
circulated, as copecs, from man to man during the
days of the fair
lie Nord says that the Duke of Modena is about
actually starting newspaper in the italian Ian
guage, to be printed at Vienna, and to advocate
his claims. That press he abh0rred and that pub
lie opinion he scorned, he now humbly duplicates
as an auxiliary.
One of Queen Christmas sons has lust entered the
Military College of st. Cyr. Four young Turks,
sent from Constantinople by the Sultan, are also
among the latest enrolments
The Milan Gazette is full of details of the perfect
ovation attending the political prisoners from Lom-
oardy, who had been let free from the State dun
geon OF Peterwarden, in Hungary. All through
Magyarland the progress home was the signal for
demonstrations against Austria. The mobiles con-
veyed them In their carriages, and the obstetrics
refused payment for their entertainment.
The French Minister of the Interior after having
examined the reports submitted to him on the sub,
Ject has allotted to the city of Lille sum of co.
'OOO tr. for the construction OF dwellings for the
working classes
The final decree on thesubject of compensation
Tor losses during the Sepoy war, has been pub
lished. AN who have lost immoveable pronertv
are to receive half its value up to GlO0 and third
OF its value after that. Thus if planters build
ings were worth $4,000 he receives Gl0O by IA
12,soo-tl ,O5S. All who have lost movable prop
erty are to receive one third its value, and that
third is not to exceed $500. The Delhi Bank
therefore, and one or two more sufferers will t.b-
tain practically no compensation at all. Of course,
hn nrInt !,
body expected full compensation. 1t is said how
ever, that charitable grant reimbursing the poor
and letting the rich alone would have been more
just. No insurance Office is to have any compensa-
tion at ala curious exclusion, more especially as
Government has been compelled to relieve its own
widows funds, which are insurance offices, of the
burden thrown on them.
Some OF the Europeans of Lucknow, who lost
perhaps more than any class and did soldiers work
besides, rave been splendldly rewarded. Mr.
Schelling, for example, the two Captains Orr, the
two Hearseys, and Captain Bunbury, have received
Jaguires worth 81 900 year each. Almost the
whole of the escheated estates in Dude have now
been given away,-sOme of them in enormous slices
for Waterloo
RELIC OF THE DUTCH WARs.-A somewhat an
cient piece OF ordinance has lust been accidentally
discovered in the river Midway, near Chatham
wT,ock-yard' short distance from Upnor Castle.
The gun is of iron, and its weight q cwt 2 urs G
lbs. When discovered it had three shots in it, be-
lleved to be II Founders. The discovery of such
large cannon in the situation where it was found
mas given rise to much speculation, opinion be-
ing expressed, which is somewhat favored by its
appearance and shape, that the gun formerly be-
longed to one of the men-ofwar burnt in the Med
way at Chatham in the reign of Charles H., when
the Dutch heet, under De Ruyter, sailed up the
river as far as Upnor Castle. opposite the dock
yard, and burnt the Royal Oak, the Loyal London,
the Charles v, the Great James, and several other
English vessels of war then lying in the Midway
The New York correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury, in letter about the Fashions, says:
But the great novelty is the Jerceounette which
consists OF rather fiat basket large enough in eve
fy particular to accommodate any sized babv the
ENDS OF the basket are rounded and a soft luxurious
mattress covers the bottom; this is covered as we'll
as the sides with any pretty material fond moth
er thinks charming enough for the occupant
SILK, satin, cashmere, dmity, or clear muslin over
Marcelline silk OF course, there is soft pillow
lor the little head, which can be deliberately trim
med or embroidered, while all the rest of the linen
blanket, counterpart, etc., must correspond In
TINS basket or bercedanette, they are termed
rests the baby in perfect independence; its limbs
suffered to expand and grow and straghten and
when taken to the drawing room, the basket is
SIMPLY lifted by the handles, and the nurse can ex
hlolt the darling resting at ease, its 'draperv in
smooth, perfect order, and the very pacidity with
winch the little one undergoes inspection proves
the relief the tender frame experiences from the
1t undergoes, too often from its nurse particularly
when it is trotted to sleep a gridiron of reeds
canes or sharp steel springs. Verify, the Jerceau-
nets is great Institution
MAYOR WooD ON New York REFoRM.-Mavor
W God, in his message to the Board of Aldermen,
says that the Mayor of that city is powerless and
Is nothing but clerk to numerous Boards of
Commissioners, etc, and thinks the Mayor should
be invested with some authority. He saws:
Moral suasion or official station avail not against
the corrupt element existing in New York. There
must be corrective stronger and more potent
'" require vigorous arm upheld by sufficient
should have Chief Magistrate with capacity, in
tegrlty, industry and nerve, but he must be vested
with requisite, unquestionable jurisdiction. With
such man, thus strengthened and encouraged re-
forms can be accomplished. Otherwise all at
tempts to this end will be futile.
The views now presented by me in favor of
radical change in the city charter are the results
OF study, observation and experience. am conf
Dent New ork will have no reforms until the fun
damental law itselfis changed. Whether the Leg
lslature Will at this time concur not, | do not
Know; but rest assured that, sooner or later the
people will, with voice, demand the est ablsh-
ment OF the some man power" and the erection of
a strong consolidated executive government over
the municipal anarchy and ruin to which we are
now so speedily tending.
The Kansas Herald Of Freedom, speaking of John
browns crimes and depredations, SAYS:
'Ihe hrst article we wrote about Old John Brown
was designed to caution Republicans against canon
lzlng him. But they disregarded our urgent soli-
citations, and the result is articles are copied
by administration papers, far and near. We re-
greet that Republican journalists have made such
consummate donkeys of themselves as to occupy the
false position they do. When the Pottawatamie
rIa ho1 H.