The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-24
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TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL

MACHINES ABROAD.
There have lately been made in France thorough
trials OF the numerous harvesting and moving ma
Chimes placed in competition at the Agricultural ex-
hibition of June last These experiments have
been undertaken at the Emperor's model farm of
Fouillense, and, the first day, his Majesty was
present, and watched with deep interest the opera
tiOns.
The experiments entirely satisfactory
though by no means so successful as they would
have been in a more favorable season. The ground
was soft and wiry in consequence of the long and
almost uninterrupted rain of the last six weeks; but
in spite OF this serious obstacle, several of the ma
chimes worked admirably. The Emperor was on
the ground portion of the time to witness the trial
accompanied by the Minister of the State the Min
lister OF Agriculture, and other distinguished per
sons Prince Napoleon was likewise present The
prizes were distributed and awarded by jury of
practical cultivators.
:, The machines hadbeen divided into two classes
french and foreign. To the first named two priZes
were awarded; to the second, three were given IT
Is acknowledged on all sides that the French ma
chlnes are In every respect inferior to the foreign
put we must admit the justice of French jury ex.
tendlng encouragement to inventors of their own
country. OF the harvesters, McCormick's reaper
was once more decided TO the best of ALL and TO il
the prize OF honor was awarded. The price of this
machine, as built by the owners of the patent for
France, is ,062 francs or S2l25O The sec
ond prize was taken by Cuthberts reaper n
smaller machine than McCormick's, and manufac.
tured IN France at a cost of $50 francs or SllO-
The third prize was carried off by Woods reaper
and mower, which is the only machine capable of
cutting both grain and grass. This machine also
possesses superiority over the Others in an auto
maton arm, which make the sheaf and deposits IL
upon the ground, with perfect regularity 1t is
made by NJ. Peltier, after the American model ot
cost of $50 francs, or Sl9O.
The QUEEN Cry OF THE WEsr-Cincpnati will
have to look to her laurels. She has so long been
the Queen City of the West that it would seem
strange now to give the title to any other place.
and yet there is just enough probability about such
a contingency to make it worthy of remark with
out incurring the reproach of ill nature toward the
beautiful city by the Ohio which has hitherto worn
the tiara. Cincinnati comedies that her population
will be about l6l, 600. The St. Louis Democrat
says that, SO far can be ascertained the censns
Will show a population of at least l50, 900 within
the city limits of St. Louis, which is but II 600
below Cincinanti. But the increase manifested by
TINS so much greater than that of Cincinnati that
IN the course of the next ten years the future
Queen City of the West remains probematical In
order to show the matter more clearly we here sub
join copy of the comparative census of the four
leading cities of the West:
cincinnati, Observation-Disclosures. $4,000 1GI COO
St Louis, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1850 900
Pttsburg, $500 $1,000 O
The increase of all these cities is so much greater
than that Of Cincinnati to indicate that the cen
sus OF 1870 Will be looked forward to with peculiar
interest 1t will be that in the cases of all ex.
cept Cincinnati the ratio of increase has been very
great. Taking the same ratio for the progress of
the next decade, we have the subioined result:
Cities 1860 Ratio Is7n
Cincinatt ............ l6I 900 30 percent o25 00o
st. st, Louis, ..''.'''...... 10000 90 292, 900
Shlcago ...'............ 10000 400 600, 900
Pittsburg, .............. 10000 49 iS1 900
1t is not presumable that these figures for 1870
approximate to accuracy. Pittsburg and Cincinnati
may grow faster than they have done Cbicapo n
cannot expand in anything like the ratio of the last
decade. st. Louis, for the past two three years,
has not made the progress of its former era. Still
the calculation is enough to make the race between
the four leading cities interesting Cincinnati yet
retains her title to the Queen City, and may con-
tlnue to do So few years will tell the story
Phil Inquirer.
A GREEK NEWSPAPER IN LoNDoN-The first num-
Der OF large Greek newspaper called the British
Star has just been received by friend of ours 1t
was printed by Joseph Clayton, II Bouverie street.
in the Precinct of Whitefrars, in the CITY of Lon
don, and Published by Ebenezer Landells, at the Of
ice, York street, Covent Garden, in the Parish
OF st. Paul-London, July 8, 1860. 1t consists of
"a folio pages, and contains much political and
literary matter, with great mass of commercial
intelligence from all parts of the globe. very
full and particular price current for London on a
separate sheet accompanies the newspaper 1t is
certainly very remarkable production, and indi-
Gates the great zeal, activity and progress of the
Greeks in all the principal marts of Europe There
is manifesty an earnest aspiration for the extension
of their power and influence, and the ultimate es-
tablishment of Greek Empire. Greek merchants
of great wealth and energy are to be found in Lon
don, Paris, Amsterdam, Petersburg, CONSTANT
nople, Smyrna well other cities and places in
Europe and Asia Minor. We shall watch with in.
teres the of this first attempt to establish
Greek newspaper in the metropolis OF the British
Empire.-Boston Advertiser.
MIR. Church, the artist, met with serious acci
u;a lew days since. He was thrown from a
fiage IN which he was riding, and had several ribs
Iactureu The surgeons who have Mr.. Church in
cnsrge tnink that he will be about In afew weeks.