The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-16

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The GREAT EAsTERN-The Herald says that in
bringing the Great Eastern to New York it will be
necessary to conduct her through Gudnev's chan
mel, which has twenty nine feet of water at high
tide. The main ship channel between Sandy Hook
and Staten Island is twenty-eght feet in depth at
the period, that to pass through either To-
catv the Great Eastern, if she arrives before high
water, will have to wait. 1t is at this moment,
then, that the skill of her pilot will be needed. as
she is expected to draw twenty feet of water at
the least calculation. In order that all assistance
may be given Mr. Murphy in this work, pilot will
be waiting at the light-ship.
Upon her arrival at the city she will anchor off
the Battery, where she will remain for some time,
perhaps day or two, and then proceed to the
dock or bulkhead which is now being actively pre-
pared for her reception, between Hammond and
Troy streets, North river. This dock, which is
used for loading and unloading lumber, lime, brick
and other materials is the largest in the city, hav
ing front of 200 feet, and extending between the
streets above mentioned, and crossing Bank and
Bethune streets 1t will be thus seen that the
space allotted for the Great Eastern is three blocks
in length, space of about 700 feet. The commit
tee of the Common Council on the reception of the
vessel directed Captain Smith, the Street Commits
sioner, to have this bulkhead dredged out to the
depth of26 feet at low tide and on Wednesday
morning last three dredging boats commenced the
work. Each boat removed from ten to fifteen
scows full of mud every day, and each scow con-
ta'ns about fifty cubic yards, so that Mr.. Even,
Superintendent of Wharves, under whose charge
the work is going on, expects to have it completed
on Saturday evening next.
The line of the dredging extends at distance
from the shore of forty feet on its inner boundary
and eighty feet on its outer boundary. This is ow
ing to the width of the vessel over water, and her
broad guards, which prevent the lower part of her
hull from approaching the dock.
MURDER OF MISSIONARIES IN PATA GoNIA.-A most
deplorable event has just transpired in Patagonia.
There is cluster of islands to the eastward of
Terra del Fuego, occupied and perhaps owned by
Great Britain. There is found all the political
machinery of colony. The islands numerous
and healthful. The Patagonian Missionary Society
has taken one of these islands by lease, and they
occupy it as their capital while they endeavor to
extend their influence gradually the natives
of Terra del Fuego and Patagonia. They have had
at various times in the of instruction at the
Mission station few of the natives, and one two
have even been in England. One of them has been
somewhat educated, but never lost wholly the of
fensiye characteristics of the Indian. short time
ago the mission ship, Allan Gardner, was on the
coast, and the catechist and Capt. Fell, who was
Baptist preacher, and six of the crew being on
shore for service, were attacked by about 200 In
dams, and all were cruelty killed with clubs and
stones. The cook only escaped by being on board.
This is the second disaster to this mission. In 1851
Capt. Gardner and six others died of starvation
near the same spot, as they were planting the
mission.
REBELLIoN.-There is great insurrection
among the peasantry in Bengal, who raise indigo
our supply, and are, therefore, directly interested
in a movement which threatens to interfere with
the production of the article. The "ryots" as the
native farmers are called, have struck for wages
They have been subjected to very onerous and
perhaps, unjust conditions in their work. The
price of rice has advanced, while that of indigo
has not. They refused this spring to labor upon
the stipulated terms in the cultivation of indigo,
and to fulfil their old contracts with the planters.
The latter thereupon applied to the Government
for aid in compelling the ryots to sow the seed
this spring, and to watch the crop. Police and
cavalry were accordingly sent into the disturbed
districts. -..s
The AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CoMPANY.-The Diree-
tors of the Amer lean Telegraph Company, at the
request of many stockholders who are alarmed at
the existing differences between the Company and
the newspaper press in relation to, the changes in
the tariff, made and to be made by the Executive
Committee, have requested the President to call
meeting of the stockholders to consider whether
policy cannot be adopted to avert the disastrous eff
feet of warfare between the public press and the
Company. In consequence of this request, a meet
ing has been called to be held in New York, on
Thursday, June 2Sth.
"THAT LETTER. THE publication of Mr.. Gree
leysetter to Gov. Seward ELECTS full and inter
esting comment from Thurlow Weed, in the AL
bany Eoening Journal Of Thursday. Weed explains
of the points in the letter and saws that if it
had been suspected by Gov S. that Mr.. Greeley
desired any of the offices which he now complains
he did not get, he would have had them so far as
the matter could be controlled by Mr.. Seward
The Charleston Courier, of Wednesday, says:-
The first specimens of peaches were received in
this city Yesterday from the farm of Mr. James
the earliest peaches to town.