The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-04
WASHINGTON NEWS

The President was closeted on Thursday with the
Secretary and Assistant Secretary of State confer
ring in regard to the to be pursued for the adj
justment OF the pending difficulties with Peru. The
recent peremptory refusal of the Peruvian govern
ment to settle the claims Of citizens and the in
sulting manner in which this refusal was conveyed
may necesstate a naval expedition thither 1t is
rumored that the seizure of the Lobos Islands had
been thought OF as measure of security and in
Identification Such a course persisted in all SINH
lar cases would bring those South American re-
publics to their senses, and the President is fully
alive to the Importance of such action.
DR.. ). q. Howe was before the Senate Brown
Raid Committee yesterday and testified under pro-
test.
Mr.. Hyatt will appear next week He has been
advised by the most learned political lawyers here
that he cannot be sustained if he attempts to resist
the committee when asked to testify, and learn
he has yielded to their judgment and will not at
tempt to carry the case to the Supreme Court, but
II compelled to testify will do so under protest.
One argument used against the intended course of
Hyatt by the Republicans was, that a refusal to
testify might be interpreted as a desire to avoid
telling what he knows about Browns invasion, and
that the party would thereby be damaged
On the passage of the Post Office appropriation
bill, S3,000,000 now in the hands of postmasters,
with s., 100000 on account of deficiencies for the
last two quarters, and ST. 250 600 for DEFICIENCIES for
the last fiscal year, must be paid to mail contrac-
tors and Others
The Senate Committee on the Houmas Claim
have allowed Mr.. Sdell time to send to Louisiana
considered nPceS
sary to his vindication.
Intelligence has been received that the new
French Minister will not arrive until the beginning
OF May. Until that time the duties of the Lega-
ton will be performed by the present Secretary.
THE LEXINGTON MoNUMENT-The Boston papers
of Tuesday publish the circular of the Lexington
Monument Association, calling all patriotic cti-
zens to contribute to the of the noble work
The circular is signed by the President the Hon.
Edward Everett, and all other officers of the Asso-
cation, comprising many OF the first names in the
Union, and is sufficient guaranty that the enter
prise will be effectively and wisely managed. To
the success of the enterprise they have al.
ready obtained charter as body corporate, and
have organized Association co-extensive with
the Union They have, in the next place, procured
the design of monument, by Mr.. Hammatt Bill
ings, a distinguished native artist, which, with
great success embodies the spirit of the day which
1t is intended to commemorate; not doing homage
to any one naturalization no individual is entitled
to the honors of that day-but symbolizing the en-
tire class OF men who were the actors in the great
scene 1t is the figure of MINUTE MAN, Who leav-
ing his accustomed labors, and Selling his musket,
his balpouch and his poyder-horn has FASTENED
to confront the disciplined battalions of arbitrary
power. Such were the men of the 10th of April,
l775; such the men who fell that day on Lexington
Green; and in whose honor the statue will stand as
an abiding memorial of their sacrifice, and a monu-
ment to their heroism. 1t is to be ofbronze and of
colossal sze elevated upon lofty pedestal of gran
ite handsomely wrought, with inches for the nser-
ton OF appropriate relieUos, emblematic of the
events of the day; the whole to be of a magnitude
and in a style of execution worthy of the great
event, creditable to American art and in harmony
with the national feeling.
An accident occurred to the New York and Bos-
ton express train on Tuesday by which brakes
man named Simon Daley YVES killed. One of the
ears containing twenty passengers was thrown
down embandment of sixty feet, but no one
was severely injured besides the unfortunate one
named.