The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-21

THE VETERANS ASK FOR PENsIoNs.-The soldiers
who fought in 1872 have put in circulation in Phil
adephia petitions for pensions. The plan is to con-
fer pensions upon the widows of such soldiers who
were let SUCH Mr.. John Ii. Frock will furnish the
printed heads to all such as desire them, at his
place of business, No. 222 Dock street. The petit
tion closes thus:
at is now upwards of forty-fve years since the
termination of the war; while the soldiers who
served in the Revolutionary war with Great Br-
tain were placed by Congress the Pension roll in
1918, being only thirty-fve years after peace was
declared. Besides, it appears in the recent report
OF the Commissioner of Pensions to the Secretary
of the Interior. He states '0f the l65 on the
rolls the 30th of June, 1859, but 81 remained to en-
joy these small tokens of their countrys gratitude
throughout the succeeding year. The number
must, at the present time, be considerably less and
In brief period they will probably live only in
| the memory of grateful country With this
state OF acts Congress cannot consistently refuse
! granting pensions to the poor soldiers of the war
of 1872, or the infrm and aged widows of such as
are dead
GEORGIA REsoLUTIoN.-We find in the proceed
ings of the Georgia Legislature of Friday last the
following, that body at the time having under con-
sideration the resolutions in reference to the ap-
Pointment of Commissioners to visit the other slave
States:
Mr.. Davis, of Dade, offered the following resoiu-
tion:
Rcsolyed, further, That said Commissioners, after
due consultation with the Commissioners OF the
other States, be required to repair forthwith to the
mountains Of Hepsidam, where the abolitioniSts
roar, and the fire-eaters quietly gnaw file, and
thew hangdoodle moUrns over the ruins this once
glorious Union, and they report for or against co.
operation, as the exigency of the times may de-
mand, or they in their wisdom may determine.
After spending the whole morning and nearly
the afternoon in discussing the resolution on mo-
tion of Mr. Tracy of Bibb, it indefinitely post
poned
BAYARD TAYLOR delivered a lecture in Brooklyn
on Tuesday evening, in the course of which he al
luded in severe terms to the recent action of the
Philadelphia authorities in reference to the lecture
of q. W. Curtis. j scene Of the utmost confusion
followed, a portion of the audience applauded
while another portion hissed, and for about five
minutes the noise was kept up each party endeav-
oring to silence the other. The applauding party
finally succumbed to their opponents, who kept a
loud Kissing until the lecturer resumed his dis
course. In resuming, Mr.. Taylor said that he had
thought he was too old traveller to experience a
new sensation, but he had experienced one now; he
had never before been hissed while delivering a
lecture.
Gen. Harney. by the decease of his wife recently
in Paris has come in possession, the property of
himself and children, of So, 100000. He is little
rising fifty years old, and by much service and
much exposure, is somewhat broken in health
He is the fourth in the list of our army officers
Scott, Wool and Twigs, coming before him.
Henry Stevens, Esq, has bought Humboldts
library in Berlin just he left it. 1t shipped
from Hamburg to him in London the last week in
November, in forty-eght cases. The catalogue con-
sists of twelve thousand titles-about six thousand
bound volumes-and the rest small books and
pamphlets. Many of the books are very bulky and
| costly.
A Convention of Minute Men was held at Nor
folk, Va, on Wednesday Strong secession senti-
ments were expressed and much enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
Beverly Tucker has published in the London TEL
egraph-a denial of the alleged ndignity offered the
Prince of Wales in Richmond, Va.