The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-13

PRAYERS ALTERED TO SUIT PoLlr1CAL CHANGES
The following circular has been issued by tn
Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina:
CHARLESTON, Feb. 10, 1861.
To the Clergy Of the Protestant EpiscopaI Church !,
the Diocese Of South Carolina
Beloved Brethren South Carolina having now
| become one OF the confederate States of Anne
| rica," a Provisional Government having been es
tablished, and the President inaugurated. permit
me to request that hereafter, in the prayer TOR a
IN ctrH authority" now used, you substitute for the
| words "GOUernor Of South Carolina' the words
"Frestdent Of the Confederate States of America; u
ana that in the "prayer for Congress-" instead of
the words United States" he lords "Confederate
omitted. '''''
remain very truly, your Brother in Christ
| THos. +. DAVIS,
Bishop of the Diocese of south Carolina
| The BARK MESSENGER BIRD.-We learn from
| the Merchants Exchange books that the bark Mos
senger Bird, Capt. Delee, frequently reported as
having run away from Rio Janeiro with cargo of
coffee, and having touched at Valparaiso, Tahiti.
New Holland, and various other ports, has at last
turned up under new name in old river. Can't
Millett, of bark Storm King, which recently ar
rived at Salem, reports that he arrived at Bassora
on the Euphrates river, on the 26th of August
1850, and found lying there an American bark
called the Margaret Jane, and hailing from Bristol
w. !. The captain had disposed of his cargo of
colee, and was about to sell the vessel. Capt Mil
letC ADDS "Since leaving, have heard from the
present captain (T. w Russell, of Saem), who has
written to his friends that the vessel has been sold
ana Is now under the Turkish colors From infor-
nation have heard since arrival, I suspect that
the above is the long-lost MesseL ger Bird.''
A HARD CRowD.-A despatch in the Richmond
Enquirer gives the following picture of the stran-
gers W no now abound at Washington:
1.-The inferior appearance, pinched and cunnipr
features, and scanty wardrobes of the thousand
visitors here, is the subject of general remark.
Inc conductors OF the various railroad trains say
that on an average there is only one trunk to one
hundred passengers. The rest are supplied with
carpet-bags. The hotels and boarding houses ask
pay in advance. The hackmen grumble at the
meanness OF visitors. The BARRIERS and bootbacks
are momentarily asked for the loan of razors and
brushes, without even receiving thanks in return;
all OF which painfully exhibits the difference be-
tween the new patrons and the princely South
erners."
RICHMOND SUPPLYING TIE SoUTH WITH ARMs.-
The Mobile Tribune of Thursday last has the fol-
lowing
At IL O'Clock to-day seven cars will arrive hay
ing on board two large ten-nch Columbiads, direct
from Richmond, Va. This will be the first direct
trip from Richmond to this city. These cars bring
not only the guns, but the carriages and other ne
cessary articles in these perilouS times. They we're
shipped from Richmond by way of the Richmond
and Danville road, then by the Charleston and New
Orleans road to Corinth, thence to Mobile without
the cars being changed. So to-day we will have
in our possession seven cars belonging to Rich
mond, Virginia, or rather to a foreign country.
LENGTH OF DAYs-At Berlin and London, the
longest day has sixteen and half hours At
Stockholm and Upsal, the longest has eighteen
and hall hours, and the shortest five and half.
At Hamburg, Dantzc and Stetten, the longest day
has seventeen hours, and the shortest seven. At
St. Petersburg and Tobolsk, the longest has nine
teen, and the shortest five hours. At Torneo, in
Finland, the longest day has twenty-one hours and
half, and the shortest two and half. At Wau.
dorbus, in Norway, the day lasts from the 2Ist of
May to the I'D of July, without interruptinn; and
In SplZoergen, the longest lasts three DOnths and
half.
THE GEORGIA REPRIsALs roa SALE.-We find the
following advertisement ia the Savannah Ne,cs of
the 9th inst:
On Monday, March %, 1861, will be sold in front
of the Court House, in this city, at u O'Clock the
following New York vessels, to wit Ship Martha
j. Ward, 74S 695 tons Durthen, lying at Screvan's
wharf also, the schooner Julia A. Haock, 23S.37
tons hurthen, lying at Roberts Saw Mill, with all
their tackle, furniture, and apparel-now held
under military seizure for reprisals Sold by order
of the Governor of Georgia. Terms cash. Pur-
chaSers paying for titles.
DEATH OF SOLDIER OF THE WAR OF lSl2-
John Lescure, who died at Trenton, N. j., on the
10th instant, in the 6Sth year of his age, Ser
geant Major of the Fourteenth Regiment u. S. In
fantry, at the bombardment of Fort McHenry, and
gave notice of the approach of the enemys barges
by ordering the senries to discharge their muskets.
He served on board the frigate United States Com
modore Decatur, in the action with and capture of
the British frigate Macedonian, and was wounded
in the right leg by splinter, from the effects of
which he never entirely recovered, and which pro-
badly hastened his death.-PhH. Ledger, March L.
The "TGGEn" BALL AT BosroN.-BosroN, March
ll.-Governor Andrew and staff Colonel Lief
farts, of the New York Seventh Regiment Major
Newton, of the Second Battalion, Mai Rogers, Mai.
Wightman, and other distinguished military men
and civilians were present this evening at the ball
Of the Tigers, which brilliant affair.
The above despatch we find published in the New
York papers of yesterday. We hope, for the sake
of the officials present, that the "Tigers of Boston
are in way akin to the "Tigers" that recentlr
:c~~EaI i.:~
IMPORTANCE OF UNIoN.-The arrangement entered
into by the banks of New York city on the 2lst of
November last, by united concert of action to sus-
tain the commercial interests of the city, and to
obviate the panic which at that time appeared to
be so close at hand, expired on Saturday evening
last and the remainder of the outstanding certii-
Gates were all returned. The maximum amount
issued of these certificates S7,375, 900, and,
having answered their intended purpose thew
have all been paid off and cancelled without the
loss OF single dollar. The complete success of
the experiment demonstrates how much can be ac-
compished by earnest and united action on the
part Of the banks.
No MAILs.-The following post-oices in Texas
are not supplied with the mail, the contractors
having stopped on account of Indian depredations
and other causes: Buchanan county, Camp Cooper;
Young county, Belknap and Brazos agency; Jack
county, Jacksboro', Antelope and Salt Hill; Wise
county, Decatur and West Fork; Pala Pinto coun-
ty, Pleasant Valley and Russell's store; Erath
county, Stephensville, Duffan, Squaw Creek and
Paluxy; Bosque county, Meridian; Parker county,
Cooper Hill and Balch. The post-ofice at Gamma,
Parker county, has been discontinued by the Post
Office Department. The postmaster at Newberry
has given up his post.
\ LOVING, BUT CHANGEABLE WIFG.-A prisoner
convicted con lately at Cleveland, Ohio, has young
before his Incarceration for burglary. During the
pendency of the case, the wife manifested an
extravagant passion for her confined partner. Her
affection continued unabated until the man was
convicted. The day after the jury said "guity,''
this young and loving spouse visited the Jail to ask
her husbands advice in regard to her second mar
riage, and presented to him the candidate for the
honors of which he had the day before been the
sole recipient.
THE NAvY.-The distribution of our naval forces
throughout the world, as given in the NavaL Reg
isier for 1861, just issued, is as follows: