The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-22

ARRIVAL OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS
FROM PARAGUAY

ARRIVAL OF THE SPECIAL. COMMISSIONER
| FROM PARAGUAY.
| Don Jose Berges, Special Commissioner from the
Republic of Paraguay to the United States arrived
IN this city on the day that the United States Sen
ate ratified the Bowlin treaty. This gentleman is
one of the most distinguished citizens of Paraguay;
and in selecting him as the first representative Of
our distant sister republic in this country his gov
| eminent manifested the Importance which thew
attached to the mission. Senior Berges on the 9Th
of April, 1916, achieved a signal diplomatic vic
tory for his government by the conclusion of
| treaty adjusting the commercial relations and
boundaries between Paraguay and Brazil Also in
| 1882, while representing his country at Monte
video, he assisted at the fall of Rosas, and in the
negotiations which led to the formation of the Ar
genuine Confederation, and the recognition of the
| independence of Paraguay as a separate repub-
he, which Rosas had steadily refused to ac-
| knowledge.
After the formal exchange of notifications of the
Bowlin treaty, which will take place next week.
| Senior Berges will enter upon his duties as Com
missioner under the special convention of that
treaty for the settlement of the indemnity due to
the Hopkins Company. When this is ACCOMPLISHED
we understand that the Commissioner will spend
some time among us, under the instructions from
his government, with view to bring home with
MN useful information with regard to our people
| and institutions.
A BOLD OUTRAGE-THE JAIL AT WAvERLY, Tenn,
AssAILED BY A MOB, AND SIX PRlsoNERs SET AT
LIBERTY.-The Nashville Union and American of
the 10Th inst. publishes the following intelligence
from a letter from the Postmaster at Waverlv,
Tenn, dated Sunday morning 18th inst;
"On Friday night the 10th inst party of des
peradoes, consisting of about thirty men armed
with double-barrelled shot-guns, &C., attacked Mr.
McGee, the jailer at Wavery, as he was going to
the Jail about seven O'Clock in the evening; CON
fined and gagged him; took the KEY of the outside
door from him, and then carried him to a secure
place, and while part kept watch over him the
others went to work and cut away the inside door,
which, being iron, occupied four five hours
They then released six prisoners confined in the
Jail, three of whom were sent from Dickson county
for safe keeping. The three from Humphreys coun-
ty were: d. L. Crockett, confined under charges
of murder and theft; Isham Bethel for passing
counterfeit money; and -Mckmmons. for steal
ing. The mob then started off with the prisoners
and the jailer and having carried the latter about
five miles, released him. The jailer returned to
Waverly about three o'clock Saturday morning
Their object in taking the jaier with them is sup
posed to be to prevent his giving the alarm until
they had ample time to make their escape.
"lntelligence reached Waverly Sunday morning
that the rescuers crossed the Tennessee river four
miles above the ferry where the mail crosses, and
the superstition at Waverly that they had at
tackled and robbed both mails, the one going down
to and the one coming up from Huntington, which
generally met three miles west of the Tennessee
river at one o'clock in the afternoon. The driver
at the stand two miles east of the river waited until
eight o'clock Sunday morning for the mail coming
up, and as it did not come then being overdue bY
about twelve hours, the supposition is that the
rescuers have captured and perhaps carried off the
stages and mails if not to rob the latter at least
to prevent the spreading until they could get
out of reach.
FRoM SOUTH AMERIcA.-We have news from We
nezuela dated at Caracas the 2Sth and Laguay-
ra on the 3lst ult. The central government had |
granted commission to DR.. Hogan, one of Gene |
raj w alkers officers to raise mounted rife COM
pany composed OF foreigners. The Doctor now a |
captain, did so, and has received full permission to
do all manner of injury to the revolutioniss. The
same gloomy state of affairs continued all over the
country The constitutional Congress did not meet
on the 10Th OF January, expected; so the can 4
of votes for President and Vice President could
not be instituted.
letter from Rio Janeiro of the Sd ult reports
as folows:-Tbe number of foreign vessels is con-
siderably reduced. This, together with the excess
sively high rates demanded for coffee, leads us to
believe that the shipments this month will be
comparatively small to your country. Business
very dull at present. Flour partakes of the gene
raj depression, and should imports this month be
heavy, no Improvement need be expected. Ex-
change on London 25H, 80 days.
A SKATING MATCH.-A fifteen miles skating match
came off at Portsmouth, N. H., on Thursday last
James Ayres made the distance in az minutes; Geo.
W. Marston in Al minutes seconds, and Jacob
Haddock in so minutes. Ayres and Marston each
skated one mile in minutes 20 seconds, which is
within one-fourth of second of Flora Temples
best time
The police of Pittsburg made descent on gamb-
ling establishment Friday night last, and arrest
ed twenty-five of the fraternity.