The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-02

could command a majority of votes for Speaker
was bound, in Difference to the public exiqepces tC
accept the responsibility as an act of patriotic
duty, whether agreeable to his present feenps or
not. As this choice has unexpectedly fallen upon
me, have not hesitated to accept it. In the exc
cution of this high trust, my object will be to dc
my duty with impartiaty and justice to ALL
shall have great necessitv gentlemen for your in
dulgence in the new position in which | am placed,
and feel entire confidence shall receive it at your
hands.
representative from the State of New Jersey,
on whose soil so many brilliant achievements were
accomplished in the Revolutionary war, and whose
people have ever been distinguished for their devo-
ton to the Constitution and the Union | pray the
Great Arbiter OF our destnes that NAV do no act
to impair the integrity of either but that bv wise
and prudent cOunsels and order may vet reign
In our midst, and our free institutions be perpetu-
ated to our descendants. / feel | have national
heart embracing all parts of our blessed Union.
AGAIN thanking you for your kindness, now en-
ter upon the discharge of the arduous and compli-
Gated duties of my station. Applause
Mr.. PENNINGToN was then sworn in by Mr.. Phelps
(who is the oldest consecutive member
Inc members were then sworn in, they came up
in delegations.
Mr.. WAsHBURNE, of Maine, offered a resolution
providing for the adoption of the rules of the last
Congress for the government of the present.
1t gave rise to some discussion and was adopted.
Mr.. PHELPS asked, but did not secure consent to
introduce Post Office deficiency bill.
The House adjourned till Friday
TRADE WITH BREMEN.-We are pleased to notice
that the merchants of Savannah are making siren
uous efforts for the establishment of direct trade
between that port and Bremen. From the history
OF the bark Gauss, Capt. Wieting which has
oeen successfully engaged in prosecuting trade be-
Tween NHarleston and Bremen, we can assure our
savannah friends such line, once established, can
not fall to be sustained. During the last calendar
year Charleston exported to Bremen S572, ,64S and
in return $50 l1G, which for the service
| one vessel is very good. A large number of pas
| sengers were received here by the same vessel
Charleston (& c. Mercury.
FROM THE WEST INDIEs.-Adyices from Kingston
Jamaica, are to the llth Of January The Leqis-
lature OF that Island had been prorogued. The
dispute between the Assembly and the Governor is
Tor the time held in allegiance. Souououe was still
at Kingston, and was considered permanent resi-
dent there.
Fever prevailed throughout Jamaica to consid-
cradle extent. An effort was making to get KINGS
m ton made the depot of tbs West India steamers
The sugar crop had turned out we'll and business
generally was reviving.
RECORDS BURNED.-The fire in Ann street. New
! ork, on Sunday last, burned the animal renort of
Mr Delayan, City Inspector, which was in tho
hands Of the printer. The document included ali
the mortury statistics for 1859, arranged in numer
Gus tables, and prepared with great labor Ana
ther serious loss is that of lengthy and valuahla
communication from the Registrar OF Records, Dr.
hainsey, upon various subjects pertaining to health
ana sanitary SCIENCE and accompanied by elaborate
tabular statements and comparisons.
The '0cToRooN." This is the title of drama
that mas lately been produced the boards of the
New ork theatres, having for its object the incul-
cation OF Abolition sentiments But in iustica to
the people of New York it must be said that it re-
celved so little encouragement in the better houses
that 1t Is now only played at the Bowery. The
play was offered to Dan Rice, of the National Thea
tire, Philadelphia, but when that gentleman learn
ed OF Its character he Indignantly spurned the of
ters that had been made him.
SuFFoCATIoN FROM CoA1-Or1 GAs.-One night last
week, Mr.. Joshua Stoddard, of this town. awoke
ABOUT one O'Clock, with feeling of pain in his
lungs, and on rising found he was too weak to
stand lie revived after inhaling fresh air and
found that lamp in which he burns coal-oil had
been left burning with so small fame that it gave
out considerable gas and smoke, the inhalation of
which would in short time have proved fatal
Fob"I", Pa, Budget
A SUR CANAL ACROSS CAPE COD.-Tbis measure
which would save hundred and fifty miles of
dangerous navigation around the Cape, lcssening
the rate of treghts, the cost of insurance and do
ing an almost incalculabe good to the commerce of
the state, will soon be considered hy the leoslature
The expense OF building such a canal has been esti-
mated, from surveys taken by the United States
at about $500, 600
ALABAMA WHEAT KILLED.-We learn, saws the
Montgomery Mail, from very reliable farmer.
that the wheat of all the eastern cOunties-Coosa,
killed by the frOsts of the winter Similar ac-
counts reach from all parts of the wheat-grow-
ing country OF Georgia and Tennessee. Unless
heaVy crops OF corn are planted, the coming spring
we shall have brcadstufs very high this year.
SALE OF THE MCDoNouGH PRoPERTY. sale ol
a large part of the McDonough property took place
in New Orleans last week, for the benefit of the
School Fund OF that city. The sale lasted three
days and the following is the recapitulation:
First days sales $154 352 O7
second days saies.. SO COG Os
l'hru ""g O,0i
Grand total of the three days sales $275 O6s 20
New WAY TO Build a RAILwAY.-A new way to
buid railroad has been discovered down South
| The House of Representatives of Alabama has
passed, by large majority, the charter of a bank
IN Mobile, with proviso which requires that the
Stockhoders take an equal amount of stock in the
"reat Central Railroad from Montgomery to De-
catur, Alabama.
TYPE-SErTNG MAcnNE.-Mr Charles w. Felt. =,
salem, has been at work for few years past, upon
an invention designed for setting and distributinr
types by machinery. His plans have been fully
matured by the most indetatigabe labor and, at
the present time, various important parts of his
machine have been completed aud found to work
well and satisfactorily
A Curious Llw-SU1r-A singular case came nm
IN the Lapeer, Mich, Circuit, at its recent term
Two defendants, one of whom is the husband of the
plantl, were appointed legatees in trust and hay-
WltG-tle n
tl1 In the case-sued to recover from the husband
damages, which were awarded to her to the amount
of 1886. &c and costs
BIG AUGGET--The Ballarat Au traia Sa,.
publishes rumor that mass of gold weighing
l25O ounces, value f5 900, had been obtained from
"a quartz reef IN an up-country district in Victoria
ihe aFgest cake OF amalgamated gold ever pro-
duced, had been turned out at Sandy Greek It's
weight is ,040 ounces
fugitive slave made his appearance in STAN.
ford, Connecticut few days ago. Alarmed bv
the questions put to him by man of whom he
asked a ride, he took to his heeis but was pursued
iouhG ensconced on top of an organ in church
Wmch ne mad broken into; was brought down, ques-
TONED, quleted fed and sent on his way rejoicing
HEAVY DANAGEs.-A Miss Thompson, in Tennes-
see, has recovered $4,000 in a suit for breach of
promise, against a man named Patterson. The case
excited great interest, the most eminent counsel
IN the State were engaged upon it. The verdict is
the heaviest ever rendered in case of this kind in
Tennessee.
PARDoNED.-Gov. Burton, OF Delaware, has mar.
doned Alexander Robinson and Samuel Turner who
were sentenced to be hung, on next FRIDAY for an
outrage on female. They were set at liberty on
Saturday last The Delaware Republican saws
of it, N'"''
n man named Henry Welding, was stabbed at
his own door in Philadelphia on Tuesday niobt He
demonstrated with a couple Of rowdies for NAL
treating little boy, when one of them approached
him and stabbed him in the left breast the knif.
penetrating the lung. He is not expected to live
The Tappahannock (Va.) .Soathencr SAYS that
gentleman from Baltimore killed, in Essex county
at one shot, on Wednesday last eleren wild turkeys
OF the largest size-one Of them weighing UPWARDS
ofnineteel pounds.
On Friday night last the store of Mr. Jacob Sum-
mers, at Beasville, in Frederick county, was en-
tered by burglars and robbed of $3.50 in money and
notes ot hand &c, to the value of several hundred
dollars more.
disastrous fire occurred in the penitentiary of
Texas, at Huntsville, on the night of the 18th nit
1t broke out in the cotton house connected with
the prison. and destroyed about 400 bales of cotton
Loss $4,000
Crawford's statue, "'Dancing jenny" presented
by his widow to DR.. Fell, who attended the artist
IN his latest moments, has arrived at New Yorl-
from London, and Is at the Dusseldorf Gallery.
The philadelphia Ledger says that the ice crop Of
mat vicinity is larger this year than last the amount
harvested being some 7S,5 500 tons The capacity OF
the depots on the Schuylkil is about 100 600 tons
James Bogardus, of New York, is at present on
gagged IN erecting an iron building in Havana, which
IS one OF the largest if not the largest building in
the world, covering space of 10000 yards.
The officers attached to the & : Steam frira+,
Mississippi, which arrived at Boston from the Fast
Indies, on the 9th Of January, were Yesterday de-
tached and granted three months leave of absence
On Saturday night last, a Mr.. Goodwin. Of Gil
manton, patient in the Insane ASYLUM at Con-
cord, N H., escaped from that institution, and was
'ound on Sunday morning drowned in a we'll
- DR.. Piggot, President of the MARYLAND Medical
University, will lecture at Library Hall, in Peters
ourg, next Thursday, and Frank Hickman ESQ of
Cle'eland, ONO, on the Thursday following