The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-13
POLITICAL.


to which place she will soon return on her way to
Baltimore She is bereaved and afflicted as only a
wife can be.
POLITICAL.
THE U. s. SENATE AND THE PRESIDENCY
r. Ihe possible contingency that the Senate of the
Dhted States may have to elect the next Vice
President of the United Stases, who, in the conin
gency of the election of President either by the
people or in the House, may be President, makes
the political complexion of that body at the present
time OF particular interest. full Senate consists
| OF sixty-eight members. There are sixty-seven
elected. vacancy exists in Oregon, to be filled
| BY the Legislature lust elected Oftbe sixty-seven
senators, thirty-six are in favor of the Breckin-
ridge and Lane ticket, twenty-five of the Lincoln
anu anu Iamlin TWO OF the Bell and Everett ticket,
| and two OF the Douglas and johnson ticket The
Two douglas Senators are Mr.. Douglas himself and
| MIR. Pugh, of Ohio. The two Bell Senators are
Mr.. Crlttenden, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Kennedy, of
Maryland. The New Jersey Senator, Mr. Ten
| Eyck, was elected by combination of the opposi-
| ton in the New Jersey Legislature against the
Democrats, and his Repubicanism is of a very
moderate type. 1t is not unlikely that he
| may be classed as for a Bell candidate if he
! could have the choice between that and a
| Lincoln candidate. The Lincoln Senators
consist, besides Mr.. Ten Eyck, of the two
| Senators from each of the States of Maine New
! Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Connecticut, New York, Michigan, Iowa and Wis
consin, and one each from Pennsylvania Illinois,
ONO and Minnesota. The Breckinridge Senators
CONSIST OF both Senators from fourteen of the slave
holding States, one each from Kentucky and Mary
land, two from California, and one each from New
! Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Oregon. In
the election OF Vice President by the Senate, the
two highest candidates before the people are voted
for, not tor the three highest in the case of cleo
tion of President by the House. The Senators vote
per capita, and not by States In full Senate it
takes thirty-fve to elect. The only election for
Vice President ever made by the Senate was in
1887. Mr.. Van Buren, had been elected President
by the electoral colleges, but Virginia. which had
voted for Mr.. Van Buren for President, threw her
| linda AInrS S,,,irl IL,
ousy Senator of some distinction from South
Carolina. This reduced Col. Johnson's vote to
l41, Just one half of the 294, the whole number
| cast llS being necessary in order to elect The
Senate had elected Col. Johnson In this case
there was no contingency contemplated in which
| the Vice President might be President.-N o.
| PicGyHne, Aug 3.
AFFECTING SCENE UPON A RAILROAD CARA scene
| occurred on the A. NJ. train from New York
South on Tuesday morning. which, for a time Gre
ated quite an excitement among the PASSENGERS
Among those on the train was ladv about thirty
years OF age. She was good looking and attracted
much attention from her air of melancholy At
Princeton, sun burned but very handsome GENTLE
man entered the car in which the lady in question
was seated. No sooner had the parties glanced at
each other than the lady swooned. On recovering
herself it appeared that the gentleman in question
was her husband whom she had not seen for ten
years. He had started for California when first
the gold fever had broken out The parties at that
time resided in Princeton, New Jersey. The bus-
band was taken sick and did not recover for some
Tune. Prior to his convaescence the lady had gone
South in the capacity of governess, and wrote
that iact to her husband, who unfortunately, Gid
not receive her letter. No answers to his letters
reaching him, the husband imagined that his wife
was careless of his welfare. A feeling of home
came over him, and he returned to the States
few days ago. Meantime the lady had fallen heir
to large Southern estate left to her by a mem
Der OF the family in which she had been teaching
These explanations being made, the once more
united couple started on southern tour together.
There was certainty of their being at least two
happy persons on that train.
KNIGHrHooD CONFERRED ON AN AMERICAN SEA
CAPTAIN.-The ship Uriel, Captain Thomas Walker,
on her last voyage from Calcutta, fell in with the
Portuguese brg-of war Mondiego, in sinking
condition. she having been caught in a severe gale
on her passage from China to Lisbon. In the heghth
OF the storm, and at great risk Captain Walker
succeeded in rescung all the officers of the brig
nine in number, and hfty-ive of the remaining por-
t0n of the briggs company, including two women.
Forty-seven of the persons board the Portuguese
brig went down with her in spite of the exertions
of the captain who lost one boat and had another
stove in the attempt to save the entire company,
and also split several sails, and sprung the mizzen-
mast of his vessel. On Wednesday a letter was
received by the Collector of the Port of Boston
from the State Department at Washington, con-
tanning the gratifying intelligence that the Portu
guese government had' noticed, in an appropriate
and complimentary manner, inefficient and humane
services of Captain Walker and his subordiate Off
on the occasion referred to. The Portuguese
audes in terms of praise to the noble conduct of
CAPTAIN Walker, and expresses his qualification at
| being able to state that he has been make by his
home government a Knight of the Flower and the
Sword.
The first and second mates, Thomas H. Griffin
and Edward A. Hall, also received splendid silver
medals from the government of Portugal.
ANOTHER HIsroRICAL WonK FROM Mr.. Motley
Foremost among Mr.. Murray's newest announce
ments of forthcoming books, appears a work by cur
historian, Mr.. j. l.. Motley, of which no note of
preparation has yet been sounded by the American
publishers 1t is in continuation of his previous
history, and is entitled, 'The United Netherlands,
from the Death of William the Silent, to the Death
of 0lden Barnevedt, with special view of the
English and Dutch struggle against Spain, and
detailed history of the origin and destruction of the
Spanish Armada" by j. l.. Motley, author of ''The
Rise of the Dutch Republic" 1t will be seen from
this that the writer's is enlarging with the
progress of his work, and may look for the story
of tae "Invincible Armada" narrated in spirit
congenial to that which inspired Macaulays immor-
tai ballad on the subject. Mr.. Motleys former
work was not guarded by any copyright arrange
ment in England, and three or four plratcal
editions, at various low prices, are on sale there
| As the law is at present interpreted, this can be
prevented by simultaneous publication in the two
countries, when the author is an English resident
for the time being and this probably accounts for
the early announcement of the book in London
". Y. Tribune.
THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.-A party of gentlemen
who returned from weeks boating excursion last
night, and who, it may not be improper to state,
are all temperance men, report having seen what
they believed to be sea serpent, off Cape Cod,
last Sunday afternoon. The statement made by
two of the number is substantially follows Just
before seven O'clock they were lying to in
calm off the mouth of Barnstable Bay, and some
fifteen miles from Provincetown, they saw mon
ster, about four hundred feet from the boat passing
slowly along in advance of them. They describe
the creature being black, about one hundred
feet long, with a head almost the size OF kossuth
| rvoh ton h,,a1
When first seen the head some eighteen inches
above the water, and at times a large portion of
the body could be seen. They examined it through
glass, and could see no signs of anv fms and it
went along with movement much like that of an
eel. Several of the gentlemen have been voyages
at sea- and are familiar with the movements of
porpoises and other fish, but this creature differed
from anything ever seen by them before. Itmoved
along slowly on the top of the tide, and suddenly
disappeared in about ten minutes at the distance
, of a quarter of mile. 1t was afterwards seen
further off with the aid of glass; Travel.
Ter, Aug. 3.
GoLD DISCOVERED NEAR PORTSMOUTH, vA.-Yes-
terday morning some men who were digging well
on the farm of Mr. Shea, on SCOTS Creek when at
the depth of about eight feet from the surface dis
covered numerous scales of gold. The fact soon
became known, and large crowd collected on the
spot, and the digging commenced in earnest, and
as new scales were found the excitement in
creased in proportion. The fact that gold was
found is we'll vouched for, but the question how
came 1t there, and how much OF IL Is tnere Is
poser. Sandy soil near salt water rNe[s' uistaht
from mountains or stony deposits not @ often if ever
sOon eootns gSd or meta Sor 6ng tested the
ing ones say is undouDii ,.
Norfolk DGy Booh, Aug. II -
The striped bass of Lake Erie h have have tRe taken md ad
| rontoge of the enlargement OF the ERE Cana and
Vantas s'n,e eastward in great numbers, as far as
cSester, paC6 New York, where they are now caught
| daily
The Boston Courier and the Advertiser are en-
oogad in political debate; each paper is pledged
b agreement to reproduce the article of the otner
on the day that the reply to it is published
From our exchangesw we learn that at Helena, Ar
kansas, and neighborhood, numbers of cattle have
heen seized with some disease un&ncvn TO that To-
cality, which is proving very fatal.
A second and very successful trial of Miller's
Fire Extinguisher was had in New York on Friday
last.
The police of Philadelphia are to be uniformed,