The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-17
WASHINGTON NEWS.

REPAIR AND EQUIPMENT OF VESSELS OF THE NAVY.
Out OF the 900 provided at the last session
or the repair and equipment of vessels of the navy,
Secretary Toucey is authorized to cause careful
examination to be made by naval officers, engineers
a constructors, into the condition of sailing ves-
on VI s ne navy, and the cost of giving them
any o! them iull steam power, together with the
eNpeuiehGs OF making such change in view of the
oos. cohuitloh, model and general character of
such vessels so altered
Senator Davis law prob;b.;n A. W.
Navy departments to purchase anv botanical ar
hcle greatly embarrasses both denartments irst
now, as Colts revOlvers and other arms arc much
needed for the Indian country and for shipboard
but none can be purchased and the government
cannot make them Congress appropriated in the
Naval bill three hundred and thirty-eght thousand
dollars for the purchase of ordnance and small
arms, and then sneaked a law through by means
Whlch no member OF Congress yet heard from can
explain, preventing Secretary Toucey from making
the purchase Such is Congressional legislation.
Inc census Bureau is overrun with applications
tor r ounce On an average about ten have applied
Ior each place. The Secretary of the Interior and
superintendent Kennedy have expressed the deter
minatlon that appointments must rest more upon
qualifications for important duties to be performed
than upon past political services or present ipau-
ences. The interests of the country demand a care
u and accurate collation. of the census returns az
speedily the nature of the duties will permit and
this fact must be the controlling element in the Sc
lection Of clerks. The eighth census will be the
most important in its governmental influence which
has ever been taken. 1t will probably transfer the
governing power from the original thirteen to more
youthful, vigorous and cosmopolitan States, which
are made up OF natives OF every nation under Hea-
ven. Indications are that the increase of popula-
on in the border States far beyond the most SAN
guine estimates, while in Ohio, Indiana, New York,
Pennsylvania and New England, outside of the large
towns and cities, it has remained nearly stationary
There is great stampede here on the part of
persons interested in different printing offices to
sell their several establishments to the govern
ment, and all envy WendelPs mammoth establish
mt hnn haf,, hal ~
goeernment ate wifi Apr5oBbT BE- compeed to pur
chase it. 1t can probably be obtained, in its pres
ent condition, at hundred thousand dollars less
than it would cost the government to create Just
such another one, from the fact of the complica-
tons and extravaganza that attend the construction
of public buildings here.
Mr.. Clayton, Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, was sent to New York recently for the pur-
pose OF making some arrangement by which the
Department might be relieved of the immediate
pressure. $2,000000 SO, 100000 of Treasury
Notes, past due, have not been presented for pay
ment, but draw the rate of interest at which they
were issued until public notice be given by the
Secretary. The holders fare better under this ar
rangement, if continued, than they would as pur-
chasers Tor the loan which is to redeem these notes,
In the present state of the money market
Inc exact amount OF appropriation made at the
recent session cannot be ascertained approXi-
mately, until the proof sheets of the laws are re-
ceived from Messrs. Little and Brown. The pub
lie acts have all been published here, and the ag-
bills, which figured up pretty largely, have vet to
be included. The delay of a month, after the ad-
journment for information which ought to be ready
Immediately must be corrected.
The business of the Patent Office continues to
increase largely, and beyond the ability of its cleri-
cal force to answer the public demands promptly.
About 120 or 130 patents are issued weekly,
independent of renewals, improvements, and the
like.
RAILROAD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ESCAPE OF
TTp nu,rp
VILLAINY.-The express train coming west on the
Lake Shore road this morning, met with acri-
dent which had we'll nigh been attended with a
frlghttul destruction of life. About half.past two
o'clock this morning. just after the train had passed
Swanville and was crossing Walnut Greek, the loco
motive left the track and ran along the side of the
embankment until it stopped The foremost baggage
car followed, broke from the tender, and turned
over and down the embankment, striking the
west bank before reaching the bottom. The second
baggage and two emigrant cars followed, but
did not turn over The front trucks of the forward
frst-class left the rails. Extraordinaryas it may
appear although the two baggage were filled
with baggage and had people in it, whilst the two
emgrant cars were full of passengers, not single
person nor package of any kind was injured. The
speed of the tram not over eighteen miles
hour at the time of the accident. Had the usual
speed been maintained the most frightful conse-
quences would inevitably have ensued, the
bankment is one of the steepest on the line. There
was no obstruction the track, which at that
point is quite straight, and the accident cannot be
accounted for, except that some villain had removed
a rail. About week since a rail was discovered
removed near the same spot. The fiend who planned
such wholesale slaughter should, when caught, be
hung to the nearest telegraph pole The train arri-
we'd here at noon, with nobody hurt and but few
frightened. The locomotive is unnured, and the
cars but slightly damaged Clereland Herald,
July l3.
LATER From MExIco-By way of Havana, we
have later dates from Vera Cruz, and the accounts
all agree that the prospects of the Liberal party are
as good as ever. Penuelas the scene of
bloody action on the 18th of June, between Rami-
rez and the volunteers of Yacatecas and A qua Cal
ientes The battle by the militia, the
hostile army routed, and one thousand prisoners
taken. Ramirez, it was sad had fed to Mexico.
Ogazon was, at latest dates, at Santa Anna Acat-
Ian, at the head of Juarezs forces-a position occu-
pied by him after the capture of Uraga. 1t was
confidently expected that, before long, he would
defeat Miramon, and, to that end was advancing
steadily on Guadasj lara. The unfortunate Urapa,
yet weak from his wounds was only saved from
being shot by Miramon through the interposition
of General Woll He still prisoner at Qua
dalajara, and MramOn refused to exchange him for
others. The forced loan of $500, 900 imposed by
Miramon on Guadalajara met with but partial sue
cess. Great atrocities used against those who
refused to contribute to the oan until last hun
ger and thirst compelled some to yield. The French
Consul even was obliged to contribute Financial
and commercial affairs are in a most deplorable
state all the country, the failure of Jecker &
Co naturally having its legitimate consequences.
Jecker had succeeded in making a sort of settle
ment with his creditors. He got an extension of
five years time, twenty per cent. of the principal
and six per cent of the interest to be paid yearly.
1t is doubted whether he will be even able to pay
the first instament, it being rumored that some of
the first bills drawn the firm after the settle
ment were protested. De le Tore, another banker
in the city of Mexico, had also failed. Mr.. McLane
was, at latest dates, at Vera Cruz. His health was
not quite restored. The Savannah, Supply and
Brooklyn were anchored at the same port
E,r,r Gnourn, W. u,orld oou tbo
attention of our readers to the advertisement in
another part of our paper, of the Fruit Growers
Association, to be held at Middletown, July oath,
1860. The object of this Association is to discover
new fruits and the best appliances for their i'm
proved cultivation-to devise means for destroying
vermin and insects, which injurious to arbor-
culture, avoiding their devastations and guarding
against casualties, and aiming to promote the
prosperity of all concerned in their culture This
society was organized at GaeGa, April 4th, 1860.-
Mr.. Anthony Reybod, of Delaware City,
chosen President. Messrs. Daniel CoIbit, of
Odessa, Richard Semans, of Cecilton, Maryland,
and James Tilghman, of Queen Anne's county,
Maryland, Vice Presidents Major E. Wilkins, of
Kent county, Corresponding Secretary, and Thos.
]. Shallcross, Recording Secretary.
The names presented above, afford sufficient
evidence of the utility of the object had in view
They represent and constitute part Of the sub
stantia farmers of the Peninsula, and would not be
found lending their names and influence to society
that had not the certain and sure benefit OF the
fruit grower and agriculturalist at heart.-hent
Nelos, July l6.
ARREST OF CoUNTERFEITERs.-On Saturday after
noon the police arrested two men in the neighbor-
hood of Fourth and Poplar streets, on charge OF
manufacturing and passing counterfeit notes
When arrested large number of notes was found
on both and they are said to be well executed
Counterfeit SIS on the Bank of Commerce, Bank OF
Penn Township, Clinton Bank, Conn, and rs on
the Lambertve, N. j. There was between S5oo
and S400 in money.of this description. One OF the
dafap apts hn in MontuOmerV county,
long been suspected as engaged in this business
The house of one of the accused was searched al
ter the arrest and portion of the machinery used
~ nRen@Ganna 8ge IN $500 oP rRer hearing
-Philadeldhia Ledger, July IA.
HOFFMAN, THE NEW York DEF AULTER.-The ex-
animation of Frederic Hoffman, the alleged de-
fauting Secretary of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, was continued on Saturday afternoon, at
Jefferson Market. The prisoner was brought into
Court. He was evidently very much under the in
huence of opium, which, it is said, he uses con-
stantly. He sat with his head on his hand, and
took apparently no notice whatever of the proceed
ngs. The officers allege that his health seems to
ba rapidly failing, and that if deprived OF opium
in some form the most serious consequences might
ensue. The examination developed the iact that
four hundred and fifty shares OF the stock or the
company had been illegally issued. Bail for the
prisoner was refused and he was remanded.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ALICE OF Eng
1,Np-The Berlin Prussidn NeI Gazette learns
from a source worthy of credit, that the statement
as to projected marriage between the hereditary
Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt and the Princess
Alice of England, is well founded and that the re-