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

EXAMINATION OF MEXICAN PRIsoNERs.-The ex-
animation OF the prisoners from the MARQUES de la
Habana and the General Miramon commenced at
New Orleans, on the 2Sth ult., before u S. Com
missioner M. NJ. Cohen. There was only one ex-
| animation, and it occupied nearly the whole day.
Miguel Cdpo, second officer of the Marques de la
Hd6dnd sioorn.-l am native of Barcelona; have
been navigating for the past twenty years, but my
domicile or residence has been Barcelona it has
always been my home since | was born, and am
thirty-one years old; am subject of the Queen
OF Spain; am unmarried, but have a mother and
sisters in Barcelona do not know what commits
sion the vessel had; the vessel was at the anchor
age ground of Auton Lizardo when she was cap
tured; do not know under what pretext the cap
ture was made; she was taken to Vera Cruz; the
vessel up to the time of the capture was under the
Spanish hag; there were two other flags aboard; |
do not know for what reason; the vessel made no
resistance; she fired no guns The vessel which
| attacked us was ship of war. x have
suffered no loss by the capture of the vessel; |
have received no indemnity for my detention, al
though | expect to claim according to the term of
my Imprisonment. There were certain persons on
board who represented themselves to be passen-
gers. | do not know if any of them concealed
themselves at the time of the capture
There of the seamen, who
was said to be an American, had both of his legs
cut on by the first cannon ball from the Saratoga
ne was one OF the men sent on board from the
uenerai Mlramon. The papers on board were all
true and fair. They were obtained by the Cap
| tain from the Commandment de la Marina, in
Havana, as is customary. The prisoners were
| then sent back to the Parish Prison. The exami-
nation was to be resumed on the 2Sth. Besides
these l73 Havana prisoners, l3 or Is were left in
the Hospital at Vera Cruz, to be cured of their
wounds.
| LORD MACAULAY's LETTER-The New Reofnrd
| Mercury, in commenting ON the letter of Lord Ma.
cauay relative to American institutions. saws.
s.To avert this insane endeavor to DESTROY the GOV
ernment before it has got fairly organized shonld
be the aim of all prudent and patriotic citizens
The conservative and peace-abiding classes should
Join in with the effort now in progress, to place
| men who represent these principles of union and
national harmony in the halls of Congress and the
Presidential chair We believe the effort will
succeed and that the nation will be improved and
bettered and that peaceful progress to freer and
better laws and principles will render Lord Macau-
lays fearful prophecies null and void"
| FREE PoRTs IN CANADA.-The Canadian Govern
ment have before them the project of establishing
for limited PERIOD two free ports in that province,
| one for Upper and one for Lower Canada. As an
| argument for freNport in the Cult of st. Law
renee, it is urged that the large feet of American
nsning vessels would be induced to make it their
headquarters, for discharging their cargoes and
their supplies, thus avoiding the delay and
Danger OF the boisterous passage around the coast
OF Nova Scotia and Maine. Canada would get its
return IN the patronage of the vessels and in the
aodltion 70 Its foreign commerce which the possess
sion OF such quantities Of fish would give it.