The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-28
THE DEAD.

on her side and is in no wise RESPONSIBLE for The
suspension of diplomatic relations with this Gov
ernment.
THE DEAD
From RecoIeetionS Of a Coatntry Pqstorl
Inc dead are the only people that never grow
OLD. Ihere was something typical in the arrest
ment OF time in the of the Youthful miner of
whom we have already spoken Your little brother
or sister that died long ago remains in death and in
remembrance the same young thing forever 1t is
fourteen years this evening since the writer's sister
let TINS world. She was fifteen years old then
she Is hlteen years old yet. / have grown older
since oV fourteen years. but she has never changad
as they advanced and if God spares me to four
score never shall think of her as other than the
youthful creature she faded The other dav ilist
ened as poor woman told of the death of her first
born child. He two years old She had q
small washing green, across which was stretched a
rope that came IN the middle close to the ground
The boy was leaning the rope, swinging back
wards and forwards and shouting with delight
The mother went into her cottage and lost sighto of
him for minute; and when she returned the little
man way lying across the rope dead. 1t had got
under his chin; he had not sense to push it away;
and he was suif0cated
The mother told me, and believe truly that she
mad never been the same person since; but the
thing which mainly struck me was, that though it
Is eighteen years since then, she thought of her
child as an infant of two years yet; it is little
enid she looks for to meet her at the gate of the
Golden City. Had her child lived he would have
been twenty years old now; he died, and he is only
two; he is two yet; he will never be more than
",
little halt-articuate voice, would have been family
remembered by the mother had they gradually
died into ooyhood and manhood but that day
stereotyped them; they remain unchanged.
Have you seen, my reader, the face that had
grown old in life grow young after death p the ex
preston of many years since, lost for long, come
out startingly in the features, 1xed and cold p
Every has seen it; and it is sometimes STRANGE
how rapidly the change takes place. The marks Of
pain fade out, and with them the marks of age |
once saw an aged lady die. She had borne sharp
pain for many days with the endurance of a mar
tyr; she had to bear sharp pain to the very last
The features were tense and rigid with suffering;
they remained while life remained. 1t was
beautiful sight to the change that took place in
the very instant of dissolution.
The features, sharp for many days with pain in
that instant recovered the old aspect of quietude
winch they had borne in health; the tense, tight
look was gone. You the signs of pain 90 out
\ ou felt that all suffering was over. 1t was ro
more of course, than the working of physical law;
but IN that case it seemed if there was further
meaning conveyed. And so it seems to me when
the young look comes back the departed Chris
tan's face. Gone, it seems to say, where the pro-
gress of time shall no longer bring age or decay
Gone where there are beings whose life may be
reckoned by centuries, but in whom life is fresh
and young, and always will be so. Close the aged
eyes Fold the aged hands in rest Their owner
is no longer odl
AN INCIDENT OF THE CHINESE WAR.-A letter from
| China says: "When the French troops entered
the fortified village of Pohtang no they found that
Its inhabitants and defenders had evacuated it. In
several houses were found largo earthenware lars,
nearly hve feet high, placed in outoft the-way cor
ners, and filled with water. Bat on the surface of
! the water in one seen human foot, and on the
! jars being broken, the dead body ola woman vas
found in each From the appearance of the bodies
| the women could only have been dead a short
! time, and death must have been caused by being
| plunged headforenost into the water 1t was az
terwards ascertained that the inhabitants of the
town had killed in this strange wav such of their
| women as were not strong enough to support a
long march, and might in consequence have fallen
| into the hands of the conquerers. Altogether
| about one hundred dead bodies were found" The
same letter says ''When the French after a
severe struggle, had possessed themselves of the
large fort, they found in a corner a mandarin sur
| rounded by detachment of Chinese infantry He
| was greatly excited, and endeavored both By Lam
guage and gestures to induce his soldiers to return
! to the combat Not succeeding. he declared that
he would not survive such disgrace, and then he
| cut his throat with his sword. He had to make
! three gashes before he succeeded in his purpose
| As general rule the Chinese do not seem to fear
! death"
| CASTING SECTION or THE STATUE OF FREEpoM-
| On Wednesday last number Of ladies and gentle.
men assembled in the foundry of Clark Mills, the
American sculptor to witness the casting in bronze
OF part of Crawiord's colossal statue of the God
dess OF Freedom. intended for the dome of the
Capitol. The section was that part of the body of
the figure comprising the shoulders and breast and
the arms down to the elbows. Four thousand
| pounds OF metal, composed of one ounce of block
tin and half an ounce of zinc to every pound of
| copper, were put into the furnace, and when melt.
! ed, caught in two large iron kettles, which were
/ carried by cranes the mould. The latter had
been previously sunk in pit prepared for the pur-
pose, IN order to bring it level with the earth
en- hoor OF the building. AT given signal the
llquld metal was forced out, and fell Kissing into
! the gates of the mould The section of the statue
cast at this time the largest piece brought
! out by Mr. Mills and it proved an entire success
| The work upon the whole figure is rapidly ap-
! proachng towards completion, and the statue will
weigh, when finished, 600 pounds Washington
| Star.
PRoGREss.-lti is but about thirty years since our
! Presidents Annual Message was taken across the
! ocean IN sailing vessel and published in London
eight days before had reached and been issued in
| st. Louis, which city is very the geographical
! centre of our present Republic. And now the re-
suit of our Presidential election, which took place
| on the 9th inst, was transmitted, mainly by Pony
| Express, to San Francisco the l4th, and pub
| lished there by o'clock on the morning of that
| day. The news of its arrival there returned in
like manner, received here so as to be printed in
our columns of the 25th inst, though of course
| no special speed was attempted in the return
| The people of the entire Pacific coast had doubt
| less heard the election before it was known in Eu-
! rope; and it may yet be several days before
shall hear Of the reception of the tidings even in
England
DIED A Broken HEARr.-At New York on Sa-
| turday night, Mr.. George B. Winans, one of the
tire-Ielegraph operators at the City Hall, died at
his residence IN Troy street. after illness of short
duration. Information of his death was soon after
! wards communicated to his mother, Mrs. Mary
Winans,who has for some time past acted as house
keeper for Mayor Wood, at his CITY residence cor
ner of Twenty eighth street and Fifth avenue, and
on receiving the news she became greatly agitated.
Having partially recovered her composure, how
ever, she determined to accompany the messenger
to her sons house, but, while endeavoring to put
on her bonnet and shawl she suddenly fell to the
floor and expired Immediately.
Our OF EMP1oYMENT.-The New York Jourra! of
Commerce thinks it would probably be no exagger-
afi IN lima Of,
of employment since election day at Is, 600, a large
| portion of whom young women. One clothing
| establishment in New York has discharged 1000
workmen; hat establishment has discharged near
y 900; saddlery firm has reduced its force about
500, and curtailment is very general. At Newark,
especially the crisis is very severely felt on ao.
count of their extensive connections with the South
ern trade.
TROUBLE EXPECTED AT AUSTIN, TExAs-The San
Antonio (Texas) Herald of the l4th instant, says:
We are informed By gentleman just from Austin,
that when the news of the probable election of Lin
coin reached that place. certain parties declared
their intention to raise the lone star flag upon the
capitol. Gov. Houston forbid their doing so, and
they persisted. The Governor has sent to San
Marcos for Capt E. Burleson, to assist in enforcing
his orders; and it was feared a collision OF arms
would take place.
Paddock, the defeated combatant in the recent
pugilistc encounter at London, received such Sc
we're injuries from the ''Staleybrdge Infant, that
his recovery is considered doubtful. His ribs
fractured, and ne IS suHerlng greatly from internal
injuries Under the most favorable circumstances,
his career prize-fghter is over.
There have been several cases of that terrible
disease, diptheria, in Newport, KY, during the
past two weeks On Monday, in the house of a
German residing on Patterson street, three little
girls, aged from seven to ten years. were living
dead of that malady, they having been fatally
seized By it within few hours of each other.
SECESSION AND RAILROAD IRoN.-One of our rail-
road companies has countermanded an order to
Northern factory, for several hundred tons of rail
The reason is obvious: by next March, we shall be
out of an Union which imposes SIS or $50 a ton on
railroad iron How much will this this save Southern
railroads.-Aontgomery (AiG.) Aa't'
During the year ending on the 3Oth of June isst,
the produce received at Norfolk, Va, amounted in
value to 81 ia, 1884, including Sl,282 72l in corn,
and 81 500 600 in cotton, besides $685. OlS In Hour
and S36S, $50 in slaves.
The congregation of the Catholic Church in
Pbiadelphia was locked up by the pastor on Sun
day last until every person assembled had been