The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-14
Shipping ynteIIlgsn.e.
PORT OF BALTIMORE, AUGUST Is.


Steamships Mount Vernon, Laylield 40 hours from
YORK mdse T Pearce Reports in the Patuxent Ri.
ver two ships and two barks also reports Sunday off
ne the snipuxent 10 miles north Of Chncoteague saw
schr ashore with signal distress as near as pos
sbe and requested to take Off the captains wife
which was done and brough them to this mort and
the vessel to be the chr Arcola Foster from
Norfolk for New York, with cargo grain having got
ashore cd sunday at m The Captain had gone ashore
for hawser and expected to be able heave his
of The weather, when the Mount Vernon passed. was
moderate.-Thomas Swami, Ramsay. = hours from
New York, mdse and passengers to do. Passed Sun
day morning off Cape Henry two large ships and two
herm briggs bound in: also at various points in the
bay several brigs and schrs coming up
Str Artisan, Culinary, from New York mdse to James
A Shriver
u coffee to Jas Cheston Son. lowed up by steamtug
Tiger. July 2oth lat As S, Ion AZ So spoke brig Julia
FIN Monevdeo for cienf9egos 81 days out Left in port
Philadelphia bark Sophia, Sones for Baltimore brigs
Peter c Warwick, Lanfare unc Ann Elizabeth, from
Philadelphia unc schrs Cobswell, Penny, from New
York. do Sailed from do, 5th ult, bark Fannie Cren.
shaw, Munson, for Richmond Indus, Thompson FIN
Rio Janeiro June Goth, coffee to Kirkland Chase Co
--Campanero, Dube from New York to load for Rio
de Janeiro, rusn to Pendegast & Bros
3arkentne j Chadbourne, Masson from Matanzas
sugar to Lambert Cuttings.
Brig Bellona tBrl Knowlton from Cienfuegos, to Ke
sey Gray; sugar to Kirkland. Chase 4 Co.
Schrs II Abbott, Smith, FIN New York mdse to Rose
K Iyon.--D Bayles Jayne FIN do to do --F
Mervin, Avery I'm do, to do; ice Cochran & Co
Crowe, from Boston, mdse to Heslen & Rogers-Clara
Crowe from Boston, TO do copper ore and fish to order
-Luther ohiid, Kelly from Boston, lse to Heslen &
Rogers.--Jos Turner Crowell from Cortland, ship
knees end plaster to Kelsey Gray shin nees to Joy
Metcalf rum to NJ Jackson.-R Baker, Jr Ksiiey,
seavey, I'm Bangor. laths to C NJ Jackson & Co.
At Quarantine.
Bark Kate Lincoln, Mclean, 10 DAYS from Havana su
gar to Morrel Randall. Thomas Henson colored sea
man, died at sea Goth ult, of disease Of kidneys
Cleared
Strs John Shriver Dennis PHILADELPHIA ] A Sbrive,
~--octarara, Fowler, N York, do-Adelaide, Cannon
Brig Montrose, Boyce, West Indies j C Yates & Co
Schfs Mohawk, Staples, Ponce, K, Stirling 4 Ahrens
william Henry, -, Georgetown, D C, J Pickrell s
Memoranda
Steamship Great Eastern, Hail. from Annapolis, Ill
inst, arrived at New York 18th inst, after 10 hour
passage.
Ship Flora Mcdonald, Fuller, from Leghorn, arrived
Ship Ellen Stewart for New York was at ROTTERDAM
at Holmes Hoe, 9th inst.
Schr Tram Saith, McGvern, FIN Alexandria, arrived
schr Chas Whiting, Gale for Richmond sailed from
Albany, 18th inst
NEW YORK, August 12-Ar steamships North Star
Aspinwal; Montgomery, Savannah ship Euphrasia Liv
erpool; Celestial Empire, do; Thaatta do; Daring. Ba
ker's Island brig Mayfower, Sydney.
Aug 1l-Ar ship City ofN York Liverpool; Lancashire
and Fl Jarvis, Marsees; brig Union, Windsor; schrs
Nathan Clifford Rondout DR.. Rogers Calais; Royal Oak
Rondout General Warren, do Spray, Windsor Henrietta
them Light Aspinwali ship Brutus, New Bedford lisa
bella, st John; Far West, New Orleans Nova Rival
Tercera; barks Linden Sturgess Nova Theresa Bolivar
Rapid, Vera Cruz; Alamo, Galveston.
BOSTON, Aug 9.Noon-Arr schr Alert, Alexandria
Cleared schrS Caope, Charleston; Anna Kinks
Miragone
Southern Ports.
RICHMOND, Aug 9-Arr schr Lynchburg New York:
Parker, Calais.-Cld steamship Yorktown New
York; schr Allen Boston.
CHARLESTON. Aug Arr ship Alliance Liverpool;
cid brig Amore, Georgetown.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug S-Crd steamship Habana Ha-
vana; schrs JOS Toome, do Hornet, Pensacola--Arr
ship Warbler, Liverpool
Notice TO Mariners.
State Department, Office Lighthouse
Board Washington, Aug. 9th, 1860
(0ffcial)
Official information has been received at this office from
Lieut., Stevens Corps of Engineers, that Light
hoase on screw pile foundation has been the
shoa and to mark the position heretofore occupied by the
light-vessel on Merrilrs Shell Bank.
The foundation is square in PLAN and is composed of
iron sceew piles is surmounted by wooden superstruc-
ture with lantern above its centre.
The height of the local plane is about As above the
sea level
Illuminating apparatus is lens the 4th order Of
the system OF Fresnel showing fixed light the natural
COLOR which, in ordinary states of the weather. should
visible from the deck of vessel 10 feet above the water
about IL nautical miles,
By order of the Lighthouse Board,
R. SEMMES,
Engineer Secretary