The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-26
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creatures precisely what he is? | have known
PeoPe anu a9mired them, for they COM
ParatVeiy rev. Why does Mr.. Smith, when some
hundreds oil miles from home, talk of his place in
lhe country In the genealogical sense of the
MOsas II certainly IS place in the country, for it
: Is seedy onestOried cottage without tree near
~ standing bleak ly on hillside. But a place in
me- ole country suggests to the mind long avenues,
s,ue snfuoDerles, extensive greenhouses, fine con-
SCI atoTles, lots of horses, abundance of servants;
ana that is the picture which Mr. Smith dnsires to
dresses. Vt 'N'Se "honl he "u-
When Mr.. Robinson talks with DIGNITY about tho
political discussions which take pIace in his ear
wants hall, the impression conveyed is that Robin
son has vast establishment Of domestics A vision
rises OF ancient retainers, of dignfed housekeep-
er, OF bshop-ike butler, of Jeamses without num-
Der, OF unstinted October. A man of strong imagi-
nation may even think of huntsmen, faiconers
courers-of grand baronial menage, in fact. You
would not think that Robnson's establishment con-
ssts OF cook, housemaid and stable-boy Very
well ell Tor the fellow toO but why will he vapor?
"hen MIR. Jones told me the other day that
roi or other happened to him when he
gong out ito the stables to look at the horses" |
naturally thought, as one fond of horse flesh that
IL Weuld be fine sight to see Jones' stables as
ne called them. | thought of three handsome car
rage horses sixteen hands high, pair of pretty
ponies for his wife to drive hunters beauties
to look at and tremendous fellows to 90. The
words used might even have Justified the supposi-
ton OF two or three race horses and several lads
with remarkably long jackets walking about the
yard was filled with fury when learned that
Jones horses consisted OF large brougham horse
oroken-w inded, and spawned pony
| have known man who had couple of moor
| iand farms habltGaliy talk of his estate. One of
| the commonest and weakest ways of vaporing is by
introducing into your conversation, yery familiar
~ the names OF people of rank whom YOU know
nothlng earthly about Chow sad it is,' said Mrs
jenkins to me the other day, "about the duchess
being so ill! Poor, dear thing! We are oiI in
such great distress about herP "We alp meant.
OF course, the landed arisOcracy of the district of
winch Mrs Jenkins bad lately become a member
| jenkins having retired from fha -,
| bought small tract of quagmire
some time ago man told me that he had been
aown to oatmealshire TO see his tenantrv Of course
Ne was not aware that knew that he was the own
| er OF just one farm. "Ths is my parish we have
entered" said youth of clerical appearance to me
IN railway carriage. In sense it was; but he
would not have said so had he been aware that |
6neW ne was the curate, not the rector. "How can
Brown and his wife get on?' a certain person OBJ
served to me; they cannot possibly live they will
sCarVe. Think OF people being married with mot
more than eight or nine hundred yearp; How
dignhed the man thought he looked as he made the
remark! 1t was fine thing to represent that he
% cIulu not understand how human beings could do
what ne was well aware was done by m1Ititudes of
wiser people than himself
at is cheap horse, that of Virgins" remark.
ed MT flgglns; 'it did not cost more than seventy
| or elghty pounds" Poor silly Higgins fancies that
all who hear him will conclude that his own bro
Renckneed hack (bought for 825) cost at least
tI9O Oh, silly folk who talk big, and then think
you are adding to your importance-dOn't Won
know that you are only merely making fools of
yourselves? In nine cases out of ten, the person
70 whom you are relating your exaggerated story
knows what the precise fact is. He is too polite to
contradict you and tell you the truth, but rely on
it he knows it.
No one believes the vaporing story told by an.
other man; no, not even the man who fancies that
his own yapOring story is believed. Every one
VINO knows anything of the world knows how by
an accompanying process of mental arithmetic to
make the deductions from the big story told, which
VIII orlng 1t down to something near the truth
frequently has my friend Mr.. Snooks told me of
the crushing retort by which he shut up Jeffrey
upon memorable occasion.
can honestly declare that never gave ere.
dence to syllable of what he said. Repeatedly
has my friend Mr. Longbow told me of his remark
able adventure in the Bay of Biscay, when a
whale very nearly swallowed him. Never once did
l fail to listen with every mark of implicit belief
to my friends narrative but do YOU think be-
leved 1t? And more than once has Mrs. O'Cal-
taghan assured me that the lighthouses on her
laWthers esteet, were three miles in length, and
that each cluster of grapes grown on that favored
spot weighed above hundred weight. With pro.
iou9d respect gave ear to all she said: but gen
tie daughter of Erin, did you think was as soft as
seemed? You may just as well tell the truth at
once, ye big takers, for everybody will know it,
at any rate
THE New YoRK WORLD, which, though as large
as he Two cent papers of that city, has sold for one
cent, Will to-day charge two cents copy. The
World was started at one cent, to secure a larger
circulation than it could hope for at two cents Il
mas reached that point when it can double its price
ton. Whether the experiment will paw now will
depend IN some measure upon the question how
much % 1t sank while being published at one cent on
sheet which cost more than that price for the
mere white paper.
CoLLECTlYq N NQRrHERx CLAIus.=zThe. ,har. ,or
receive for collection any claim in favor of any
merchant, other creditor, living, doing bust
ness, in any non-slaveholding State, against any
citizen of this States and that We will use our in
1uence to prevent such collections By others, far
rs we properly can
CANADIANS GOING SoUru.-The number of young
men who have left Quebec during the last few days
for the Southern States, according to the Chronicle,
is positively astonishing and surpasses by far the
number of those who were in the habit of seeking
their fortunes in the South during the winter of
former years. The figure will scarcely fall short of
six hundred They nearly all belong to the work
ing classes connected with the shipping and
bound for Savannah, New Orleans, Mobile, Pensa-
cola and other Southern ports
TIE CorToN CRoP.-The Tribune alludes to the
cotton crop of the South, and states that it has ad-
vices of frost so far Southwark the North line of
Alabama, which must have killed the cotton plant,
so that the crop of 1861 may be considered made.
Its amount is variously estimated at four, four
and quarter, and four and half millions of bales.
AS the crop is, in the average, good one, and
there has been decided enlargement of the area
planted over that of any former year, we Judge the
largest estimate not too high.
IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS MovEMENT.-A recent let
ter from Constantnople aludes very briefly to
recently, it is sad 40 900 Armenians have proposed
to form Armenian Episcopal Church. Drop
ping all the errors and superstitions which have
crept into the Church, they propose to go back to
Gregory, their patron Saint who hOHrished in the
fifth century and adopt the doctrines and rights
current in the Church at that early age"
PUBLIC 0FFIcERs OF Iowa IN BAD FIx.-The last
Iowa Legislature, in repeating a whole section of
the revised statutes, inadvertently swept away
cry provision for the payment of public officers,
county and State who receive their salaries in fees.
Witnesses, jurors county officers and State func-
tionares suffer alike, and the courts have just de-
cded that there is no remedy for them until the
Legislature (Which does not meet until 1862 pass
es curative act.
AFEvcrNG Match ON THE TApr.-Eyerybody re-
members the saucy-looking little Frenchman, Sur
geon de Viliiers of the Chicago Zouaye Cadets. Of
all the dashing fellows in the company, perhaps
one had to so great an extent the appearance OF a
''real Zouave,' or carried himself with such SOL
dery and halt-reckiess bearing as De Nilers.
He is soon to have q fencing bout with Hern, the
Pittsburg professor, at Cleveland
Another Massachusetts, cotton mill has been de-
stroyed by fire. The establishment was in Lowell
and was known as Whipples Mills. The confagra-
| ton took place Thursday night, destroying
property to the amount of SO, 900 to $4,000 The
calamity will fall severely upon the operatives of
Lo we'll, eighty of whom are thrown out OF employ
ment.
In Philadelphia on Friday, a large fire broke out
| in the machine shop OF Messrs. Samson Co., st
| the corner of Twelfth and Willow. The fremen
worked bravey, but before the flames could be ex-
| tinguished, the foundry entirely destroyed
the workshops badly damaged. The loss is esti-
mated at about $50, 900, which amount is fully COW
! cred by insurance.
BRYANT's beautiful poem ''The Forest Hymn,'
has met with an appreciative illustrator in Mr..
John A. Hows, who has designed and drawn nearly
thirty of the most exquisite sketches ever imagined.
These have been engraved most successfully by
artists whose skill with the graver is only equaed
by that which Mr. Hows possesses with the pencil.
CHURCH's "Heart of the Andes has just been
returned from England where it was exhibited
with great success. The exhibition of this picture
has, thus far, brought $4,000 to its owner. For
rest of Edinburg, is making good progress with
the engraving of it.
LINCOLN AND HAMLIN met together on Thursday
at Chicago, for the first time, to know each other
though they both sat out term in the same Con
gress for two years Such Clay and Web
ser would have known each other ii they had only
sat together for twenty-four hours.
The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, in New York,
Rev. DR.. Armitage, Pastor, at late church meet
inc resolved to dispense with the printed Articles
of Faith they have hitherto had in use, and to
adopt " the unadultered Word of God as set forth
in the Bible, their rule of faith and practice
A late letter from the United States Commission
er of Pensions says that there now but eighty