The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-22
THE VALUE OF A LONDON DTTsT or. :

y FROM an article on the London Door. in tho .Jr,
number of the Quarterly Revie,o, we cp the foIo,
ing extract. 1t is quotation from hook CALLED
''Ihe Missing Link"
don @ contents OF every dust-bin in this vast Lon
| ; om are carried away periodically The Snsta
lnGJeNes small gratuity from each bonsabI5
q ano,I nen ne mas collected cart load be
n wboreas bu,mer smiling at the gate of the p,
= dnst be, bbes, as he deposits it within tbeirsnr'
e Iarao oI Is very valuable to the contract
3 thonsan% Ude Is Is said said to be worth four
> Sousaha I pounds. 1t has tn he s;f,J IL -
usPoSeu OIL We can give but si;Lt
. miscellaneous contents. Its chief .i. ~
ment Is clnders, mixed with bits of I
: careessness orSwaste of thousands nf'
wmch the searchers pick out of the hear
l9rtnWith. The largest and best of the ci
also selected for the use of laundresses and
whose purpose they answer better than cf
iar greater remainder is called breeze he,
tue portion left after the wind has blown
aust aufI from it, through large upright iro
neiu ana shaken elbow high by the VIC
sIanu IN the heap, whilst men throw ur
mug tne serves. The breeze and ashes ais,
&c prlcKmakers, the ashes are mixed with
VI Ine prlcks and the breeze is used as fine
between their LAYERS " "|0 =" Ae
DuI tne heap likewise includes soft ware and
hard ware. The former includes ali vaoetahIa anJ
animal MATERIAL that will decomnose Ali thaaa
are carried OFF to be employed as manure. Stale
llsh and dead cats come into this list-the skins of
Vi tne iatter Delng stripped off by :he siers who
can sell them Tor 4d. or 3D., according TO their co.
lor, white being most in quest. The hard wara',
does not merely mean broken nottarv tborrh oe
tnis tnere IS great abundance. Part of the pottery
Is matched and mended by the women who End -
ana becomes their perquisite; the rest with the
oyster-snells, Is sold to make new roads Bnt hard
ma,e IN ee austheaps means rags which go to the
paPer-makers; bones, which 90 to the hone boiIers
o.d ron brass, and lead, to statesmen or tbose MOI,
aus; broken glass, to oldglass shops; old carnets
6,a mattresses old boxes, old pals, old baskets
| ploheh tea-Doards, candestcks, tenders old siIk,
handkerchiefs, knives and salt cellars-not fornt
tlng old shoes, which go in baskets to the transa
TORS, VINO turn old shoes into new; eyervthinr in
snort mat the householder has thought not Worth
| mendlng, besides many a wasteful addition which
, lne masters never knew, from mansions where
recklessness and extravaganza bear ruIe
| oome OF the contents are the sifter's perouisite
"a certain amount of cinders and as much naner
| and wood as they can carry and corks of har,.fp
oy which alone some boast they can find themselves
IN IN sn0eIeather; pillboxes also and gallipots are
thelr lawful property. Jewellery, silver forks and
spoons ana money, are occasionally found and too
olten appropriated by the finder. One day a checl
Ior considerable sum discovered among the
waste paper" W
GARIBALDTs PERSONAL FEArs AT MELAzzo.-Tba
correspondent of the Times thus describes Carl
oaldis personal feats during charge of few Nea.
politan troopers at Malazzo:
uarlpaidl mad only time to step aside, when the
| norsenen passed sabering right and left Rnt
they did not go far for after the first manic tho in;
iantry recovered and emptied the greater mart
| OF their saddles. The captain a sergeant, and
| lIleu W make tlelr eScaDe, and wnuld
succeeded but for GaribaldTs personal hravary
he went into the middle of the road and bayinn
lett his reVolvers in the hosters when he dsmount
ea, ne drew his sword and placed himself in a posi
tlon 10 stop the captain. The only person with him
| at the time was Capt Missori of the Gnides VII
was likewise on foot but armed with a revoIyar Nv
dis hrst shot woundng the horse of the NeapoIitan
| captain, brought it on its launches. GariboIJi
seized hold of the bridle intending to secnro AZ
captain as his prisoner; but the captain answered to
the demand to surrender by blow with his sword
az az Uarloaldl, who parried and retaliated cutting
Cne Nerpolltan captain with one stroke down the
lace and neck, and prostrang him dead at his feet
while Garibadi was thus engaged in this SINGLE
handed combat, Captain Missori Shot down the Ser
geant VINO came to assist the officer. This one des-
Patched he seized hold of the private whose horse
had oeen shot, and, swhen he resisted, shot him
also with another barrel from h., revolver.
POINTS OF Cows.-The quality of IS!sss.oay 6. COW will
give is indicated by hair and skn and ye1Ny color
OF the skin inside of the and other parts not
| thlckly covered with hair. | have never known q
COW with soft, fur-like hair and mellow skin an
pearlng gummy at the roots Of the hair when part
ed with the hands, that was not good butter COW.
ana when fattened, would mix tallow well with
nesn' Having been accustomed to fatten nv cows
that failed for dairy purposes by age or otherwise
for many years. and being on the lookout for causes
a OF known results have observed that those known
TO give good milk, made more thrift in tallow whom
led to fatten Hence the conclusion that cows tbot
handle well in what the butchers call tallow Joints
may De Judged to give rich milk, the quantity to be
| JuaSeu oy PLAINLY marked design of in
! physical structure. Instead of heavy head horns
neck and shoulders, and comparatively Iiobt hind
quarters, which is characteristic of the opposte
sex, sne should show an opposite design, by femi-
nine countenance, light head neck and shoulders
widening backward from her chest to the Ioin and
hnd quarters, where the most strength is reouired
-fdrmer. " NiAieo'
coMVERSIrY OF THE SoUTH.-rhe grand enternrisa
OF the Episcopal Church in the South begins areaJ
TO assume tangible form. 1t is only a few veor,
Dack t1at the Dr6iect wa Starta
9ooooOO nave been subscribed and paid in: ten thou
shd acres together have been purchased at Sewanea
Moqntaln (Ienn. and ten dioceses are represented
IN IN the corporation. The Rt Rev the Risbons or
tennessee and Georgia, and G. R. Fairbanks Eso
the Sub Committee of the Executive Committedb
now nov advertise in the New Orleans papers for plans
ior the main building, which must contemnIata a
central structure, tanked by two wings the whole
10 De two stories high
GREAr DESTRUCTION OF CATTLE BY HYDRopHopI,
-IWenty-one cows have up to Saturday exhibited
symptoms othydrOphobia in the vicinity of the Two
bridges between Little Falls and Paterson. OF
these nineteen have died. but the other two are NOT
yet dead. Besides these, six cattle of Cornelius
Van Ness and strange COW feeding with them
were bitten by the same dog that bit the twenty
one referred to; but Mr.. Wan Ness cattle are st;I1
apparently well, but momentary expected IN e1
hlolt symptoms of that fatal dsease-Potergon IN.
j. Guardian. \1'
Urassh0ppers are devastating some portions of
k new oTK. 1t Is said that they are eating everv-
ling ling lne pastures IN some places are nearly
pare; the ''army has attacked the oats and 81
though the farmers began to cut them onita rreen
yet the grasshoppers have cut off more than twice
tne seed They have invaded the corn and the
potatoes IN some places they are RAPIDLY strnn;nr
the leaves from the latter, while MANY stalks IF tbe
corn are Topped off, and the silk and head of the
ears are rapidly disappearing. The wheat is suffar
ing serlously-they cut the heads completely off.
MUsICAL.-A gentleman of Norfolk Va ybo
prosecuted MS musical studies with zeal during
lengthy residence at Paris and Florence has lust
completed grand opera in five acts the lihretfo of
which is founded upon one of the stories of tba
ihousand'and-One Nights. Portions of the work
nave oeen submitted to eminent professional musi-
e! eians IN New York and elsewhere who speak in
high terms OF its execution. The author hopes to
make arrangements for its production up6n the
stage within very few months
, ANOTHER MOB THREATENED IN ST. LoUIs-Tba ST
Louis papers say that the houses of ilfame in that
city recently "cleaned out" by the mob baTo at
ready been built up, and are again occnniad hH a.
same class OF people as formerly. One or two
nights ago another large mob of people NUMBERING
oUO or oOo gathered in the vicinity and threatened
tne houses and their occupants with the Same vo .
lence inflicted upon them before but the noIica
promptly Interfering, the demonstration wasoueII
ed in its incipiency.
=, oUTRAGE-Shooting into a Tram of Cars.-On
morning, ABOUT o'clock, the passenger
traln upon the Virginia Central Railroad was near
ing .F crest Depot" pistol was fired from the
ROADSIDE into the train, the ball of which came verv
eear strlKlng the baggage-master of the train 4
lew moments afterwards a stone WEIGHING ahont
nine pounds, was thrown through one of the win
uoWs oil the passenger cars and passed very near a
passenger.
We have two Princes on the American Continent
Albert Edward is making his triumphal march
through Canada, the recipient of endless ovations
ana the prey OF American and English journalists
HIS brother Alfred, youth of fewer wears and
with less royal hopes, is at Brazil, in midshin
% man s uniform. The second prince had obtained a
~ uunner from the Emperor, Don Pedro, but fnrtber
tnan TINS ne created no more sensation than beard
less midshipmen usually receive.
=, Inc W ashlngton papers state that the Uort on
Tue pasin at the west front of the CAPITOL. wbarn
was the site of the naval monument. has been a.
Snea ana the water let in. The beautiful red ond
: @ oIu usn' whlch were confined in small box dur
g Ine progress OF the work, have been let ont into
,nelr mel ola haunts apparently much to ther deIipht
ne e monument was taken to the navy ward previous
~ i'S transportation to Annapolis.
An interesting collection of autographs in the
possession of gentleman of this city contains
etter from Proverbial. Philosophy Upper to Mr.
Jordan, the editor of The London Literaru Gazette
profering critique on the poems of Poe. In #
occurs the following sngularly modest and characs
erlstic query: Chow say you-shall we or shall
We not make Edgar A. Poe famous?' The Letter
vas written in November, lS45
The Acting Secretary of State, VIM. Henry
irescot, Esq, has issued proclamation confirm