The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-15
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The lateness of the hour at which the perform
ance of Ernoni terminated on Tuesday night pre-
vented US from speaking as fully and as highly of
Madame Colson's performance that evening as
it deserved. As a singer we have always assigned
her the highest place-in the role of Elrira she
proved herself the great tragic actress. Admirable
as was her rendering of the first aria, Ernani ro-
tami, she concentrated all ner power in the fnole
which was given with an intensity of feeling and
expression almost defying description. Her suppli-
cation in behalf of Enan at the feet of the merciess
SilUa, was a magnificent outburst, which reused to
enthusiasm the most stod spectator. Madame
Coson is not only ocalst of extraordinary
merit, but she has also not little of that fire which
made Rachel the great tragedenne. Tonight she
appears in her great character of Violetto in ala
Trdriata," which is as thoroughly adapted to her
qualities as though originally written for her.
The largest house of the season greeted Miss
Patti last nightupon her representation of Amina in
the "Somnambula." more complete performance
of this opera have never seen. Miss Patti in
the Come per sereno, and in the All, non giunqc
brought down the house, and was greeted with the
most extravagant manifestations of approval. Her
execution was forid to redundancy and astonished
as well as delighted her auditory. Stige gave
great satisfaction, also did Amodio who is al
ways careful and painstaking. The opera is a sue
cess, and we are glad that it is so.
CHANGING THE PLACE OF MEETING OF THE Demo-
CRATIC NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE learn from
Washington that the Central National Democratic
Committee are considering the propriety of chang
ing the place of holding the National Convention
to some other point The reason of this is owing
IN no Mi 4,
been fixed upon by hotel keepers and other places
of accommodation at Charleston. large number
of Senators and members have called the attention
of the committee to this matter, and urging them
to take immediate action. The committee believe
they have power to make this change. A large
number of persons who have recently applied for
quarters have been informed that dollars per
day will be the regular charge, and from twenty
to fifty dollars for parors. Unless the citizens of
Charleston propose remedy for this difficulty.
it is understood that the committee will take the
| responsibility and recommend some other point
If this should be the case, the committee WILL there
is no doubt, seek to fix upon place possessing the
advantage of being central-of having suitable
hotel accommodations, and hall of ample size to
accommodate the Convention during its deibera-
| tons. Where they find a city embracing all
Several National Conventions have already been
held in our city, and we venture to say that no
body of the kind meeting in other places have been
more Hospitality entertained than they. If the
committee should determine to change the place of
meeting, they should well consider the claims of
Baltimore before deciding on the point
The CENsUs.-We have learned that the instruc-
tons for marsbas and assistants in taking the CEN
sus are nearly prepared. The notifications from
those OF 1850 will be slight compliance with
| the recommendations of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, regarding the commercial statistics is
| not deemed practicable. The Importance of infor-
nation about internal commerce is fully apprecia-
| ted by the Census Bureau, but no method of COL
Letting that which is reliable, through the census,
has been discovered. The multiplicity of exchan-
ges which products and manufactures undergo in
the course Of sale resale and transportation from
end of the Union to the other renders an exact
computation Of the value of domestic commerce i'm.
possible. 1t is estimated that the cost of taking
the census this year will reach fifteen hundred
thousand dollars, and the enumeration will exceed
thirty one millions of people. Superintendent Ken
nedy intends to have returns complete in less than
three months from the LIST of July. They will be
|
portionment law may be passed at once. This,
however, will not be in season to act upon the ratio
for the Thirty seventh Congress, as a majority of
its members will have been elected previous to the
CONNIE ncement of the next session. but it will en-
able those States whose Legislatures meet bienni-
ally to apportion their districts in ample time for
the election of members of the Thirty-eobtb
! Congress.
| CoRREcnoN.-Our Annapolis correspondent. in
his account of the ARRAY between Messrs. McCov
and Gardner the other day, stated that one of the
prominent parties in the attack on Mr. Mccoy was
| a man "named Wilson, a resident of Annapolis ;,
| We have received note from Mr.. Thos j. Will
| son, the Editor of the Annapolis Gazette in
which he says it is generally supposed that our
correspondent has reference to him. and he informs
us that be was ''not at the State House when the
"affray occurred" We have not the slightest
doubt about the correctness of Mr.. Wilson's state
men, and if he is the individual alluded to in our
Annapolis letter, our correspondent must certainly
have been misinformed by those who thought they
identified the attacking parties.