The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-31

surprise is not so much that Judge BOND should
have been governed by them as that Judge of
the Court of Appeals should have deemed it his
duty, rs we have no doubt Judge BARToL conscl-
entiously did, to decide otherwise. in declining
% accept bail for the notorious EDWARDS, Judge
BoyD must be conceded to have acted with COM
mendable frmness and proprety.
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In the year 1901, some enerprising literary
man issued, in London, proposals for publishing,
by subscription, IA History of Snuff and Tobac-
Geo. interspersed with curious anecdotes, and
"with dissertations on pipes and snuff boxes"
The theme was certainly an interesting one, and
if well handled might have been rendered singu-
larly attractive. But whether the author of the
proposal found himself incapable of performing
his task, or fell into debt and was suddenly
spirited off to the Fleet or the Marshalsea prison,
or took to drink and died, or whether subscribers
failed TO respond to the call which was made
upon them, mysteries upon which we can
throw no light. All that we do know is, that
the two portly volumes in which the history Of
the Ncotian weed was to be comprised, were
never written, or, if written, remain unpub-
lshed to this day. There is, nevertheless, an
abundance of material in prose and rhyme, in
State papers and statistical tables, in the annals
of many nations, in the pages of biographers,
and in the gossip Of letter-writers, from
which remarkably readable and instruc-
tive book might be made. For nearly three GEN.
turtles this popular narcotic has been in use
in Europe, and amongst Eastern nations
l. limo INN, ial has +Ia
recognized solace of savage and civilized
peoples all The world over, and SO general is
its use that it has been computed that more than
two millions of tons are consumed annually.
Popes have mathematical it. Preachers have We
hemenuy denounced it. Kings have written against
it. Governments have sought to restrain its use by
laws and proclamatons. Doctors have soemnly
demonstrated it to be a slow poison and have been
laughed at for their pains. Poets and Dramatiss
have satirzad it; but in spite of Papal bull and
Royal counterblast; of dehortaton, denunciation
and ridicule; ofpains and penalties, and ofcustoms
duties which in most other cases would amount to
prohibition, the use of tobacco has gone extend
ing until it ranks, in annual COST second only to
sugar and tea In France its votaries welcome it
under the pet names of Herb of the Grand Prior
Queens Herb, Sacred Herb, Herb for all sick
people, Herb Of the Holy Gross, &c, &c. In pro-
sier England the vendors retail it under the names
of Lataka, Turkish, Oronoko, Shag, Re-
turns, and Pigtail. In the form of Snuff
the various compounds are also honored by
special titles, amongst which ''Irish blackguard'
and "Lundy-footi once occupied conspicuous
places, and made fortunes for the manufacturers.
CHARLES LAME, who told DR.. PARR that he had
succeeded in accommodating his taste to the
FUMES Of tho nnarsest and strongest Tobacco "by
"tolling after it, otlar toll after virtue
has also left behind him quain. lyric i'll which
he sings, if not with the melody of a true poet,
yet with the feryour Of a devotee-
''I'or thy sake, Tobacco,
Would do anything but die"
An earlier rhymester, who loved Snuff and
Tobacco. with equal ardnur, has assured the world,
in a ouatraia, which has all the hearty relish of
D:snop STILES famous song Sin praise of good
ale, that
He needs napkin for his hands,
His fingers ends to wpe
Who has his kitchen in box,
His roaSt-meat in pipe.
WILLIAM LILLY, the once famous astroioger,
whose fame for casting nativities and foreelling
future events, caused him to be consulted on
affairs of State by CHARLES |. and the Chiefs of
the Puritan party, has told us-in his amusing au-
to-biography-of an English vicar, whose devotion
10 smoking was such that when he had no tobacco,
he would cut ebel-ropes in the Parish Church and
smoke the pieces rs a substitute for the weed. Two
centuries later we find Lord BYRON apostrophising
in polished but vigorous verse
'Sublime Tobacco! which, from East to West
Cheers the Tar's labors and the Turkmans rest
Divine in hookahs, glorious in pipe
When tipped with amber, mellow, rich and ripe"
Another English poet declares that q Hollander's
beau-ideal of ''retired leisure is
"To stand smoke between two rows of lines,
Along the wall of some neat old Dutch town
in noontide heat, and hear the jinging chimes
From Stadt house steeple.n
But why need we multiply instances? Who
does not know that the habit of using tobacco is
common to all quarters of the globe and that the
amount annually consumed must necessarily be
enormous? Four thousand four hundred and
eighty million pounds weight, says the Dean of
Carlisle in recent lecture, is the estimated yearly
consumption for all parts of the world which, at an
average price of nine cents pound, would amount
to the extraordinary sum of four hundred and
three millions eight hundred and thirty thousand
dollars, and would occupy in its production five
and q half millions of acres of land Nor is this
statement at all incredible when we reflect that one
fourth OF the human race make use of tobacco in
some shape other. In England, Ireland Scotland,
Franco, and the UNITED STATES the habit is very
generally diffused. In Germany, Holland, Swe-
flpOmorLS RI,sci il,a
prevails amongst all classes, and is common to
both sexes in Spain, Portugal, Spanish America
the East Indies, Siam, Burmah China, Japan,
and the Islands of the Indian Archipelago. In
Turkey, Persia Egypt, and Morocco, the pipe is
the constant companion Of the wealthy and the
poor Even on portions of this Continent, and in
those remote regions where men still live in state
Of barbarism, ''lhe sinking wee1''--as old JOHN
Stowe once Indignantly termed it., and as many
others since his day have quite as vehemently
proclaimed it 10 be-is held in as high repute as
in places where the light of civilization is bright
est and most dilfused. OF the immense quantity
of tobacco consumed in Europe, the UNITED
STATES furnish four-ffhs of the entire supply.
From the perfect middle Of statistics which is to
be found in commercial dictionaries and other
works of reference we are enabled only to state
approximately the quantity of tobacco annually
raised in this country, which may be roughly
estimated at two hundred millions of pounds. Of
this, France takes about forty one millions lbs.,
Bremen thirty-eght millions, England twenty-four
millions, Holland seventeen millions, Spain seven
millions, Belgium four millions, Sardinia three
and half millions, Austria three millions, Swe-
den and Norway two Millions Portugal half
million. The whole quantity exported, as given
above, amounts to one hundred and thirty-nine
millions Of pounds, leaving sxty-one millions of
pounds for export to countries not mentioned and
for purposes of domestic consumption. The an
nual consumption of American manufactured
tobacco IN Europe averages, for each i1haJitant,
as follows; In Great Britain, fourteen ounces;
France, ten ounces; Belgium, thirty-six
ounces; Holland, forty-ive ounces; the
Hanse Towns, eighty ounces; Hanover,
ifty-six ounces; Mecklenburg, thirty.two ounces;
the States of the Zoll verein, sixteen ounces;
Russia, quarter of an ounce; Austria, one
ounce; Spain three ounces and in Portugal
one ounce and a half. This estimated average per
capita applies only to tobacco exported from the
UNITED STATES. An immense amount of tobacco