The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-13
POLITICAL,


COMMENCEMENT OF REPUBLICAN CABINET MAKING.
"A country paper has already printed list of Lin
coins Cabinet, in the subjoined paragraph
Old Abe's Cabinet has already been designated
by Carl Schurz, of Wisconsin, and ANDY Curtin of
Philadelphia. 1t will be made up in this way
Secretary of State, w. II. Seward, of New York;
Secretary of the Treasury, Simon Cameron, of
Pennsy ylvania; Secretary of the Interior Henry s.
Lane, of Indiana; Secretary of War, S. p. Chase,
of Ohio; Secretary of the Navy, WIN. L. DAYTON,
| of New Jersey; Attorney General, Frank p. Blair,
of Missouri; Postmaster General George Ashmun,
of Massachusetts,. Heads of minor departments:-
Commissioner OF Patents, Horace Greeley, of Ore
gon; AdJutant General United States Army,
Colonel Alexander Crow United States Army; and
Marshal Of the District, Eli Thayer, of Oregon.
This, 1t strikes us, is good deal like counting
chickens before they are hatched, or indeed like
ly to be. According to the best judges, Old Abe
has hard road TO travel before he reaches the
bite House, and must cOucate other politicians
besides those above mentioned We do not find in
the list the name of Old Blair, or Banks, or Bur-
llngame, Hickman, Haskin, or Forney-all
good Republicans. Then, Greeley wants to be
Postmaster General; Webb and Raymond are after
foreign missions, and Weed must have something
State 1t is very odd, however, this quarrel about
the spoils of victory so long before the battle has
been fought. Old Abe's friends had better wait
until they see what is done at Baltimore.-N Y.
Herald.
From the Richmond Vhgl
THE RICHMOND CoNvENrIoN.-We have the ut
most confidence alike in the frmness, integrity,
ana exalted deVOuon 20 piInclpIe OF the members
OF the Southern Rights Democratic Convention
now in session in this city.-"Principles first, and
the unity of the party afterwards" is the motto of
these high-toned Southern gentlemen, and we look
to them to save the Southern Democracy from dis
grace at Baltimore, and to see to it that the glo-
rious South herself suffers no detriment at the
hands of the Squatter Sovereignty Freesoilism of
Stephen A. Douglas. Our sympathies, indeed,
are all with these Southern Rights Democrats in
the present crisis, because we believe they are
men of honest convictions, lovers of principle and
devoted, heart and hand, to the welfare and the
glory of the Southern States.
THE New GAS IN LoNDoN.-It is stated in late
London papers that the ''line gas light"
which was promised to supersede the present
mode of gas lighting, has been tried the new
bridge of Westminster, and with great success
The light is of dazzling brancy, a single let be-
ing equal to forty argand, or eighty fish tail gas
burners, or as many as 400 wax candles, whilst its
brilliancy may be increased by augmentinp the
quantity of gases supplied in its manufacture-
1t was understood, when the invention was first
discovered, that the gas would be cheaper than
that now In use, but at present the only thing
stated of it is, that it is immensely superior
to the ordinary form of gas light.
AMERICAN OAK.-Donald Mckay, ESQ.,, the emf
nent ship builder, now in Europe, in letter to the
Commercial Bulletin of Boston, speaks of American
oak as follows 81 cannot help pronouncing my
opinion on this occasion, that the American white
oak growing along the coast from New Hampshire
southwa to Virginia and Maryland is the best
material for ship building existing in the world;
and say this after having had opportunity to
examine the best stocks of timber in the navy
yards of England and France, cut in all parts Of
the globe. | confidently express my opinion that
ships built with the best seasoned American white
oak will, on an average, attain age of over 30
years, as it also has been proved by experience"
A Limerick paper says:-The famous Garibadi is
of Irish extraction. His grandfather was engaged
in the troubles OF l79S and emigrattd to Italy. His
name was Garret Baldwin-changed to Garibadi-
and his residence was on the borders of the county
of Limerick, but in the county of Cork.
The members of the Massachusetts Legislature, at
the present extra session, have voted themselves
four dollars day, an increase of one dollar over
their former pay.