The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-11
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CHARLESTON AFFAIRS.

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CHARLESTON AFFAIRS.
We take the following items from the Charleston
| papers of Thursday and Friday:
Gov: Pickens publishes proclamation, declaring
martial law is established in and over that portion
OF James Island known as Fort johnson, and extend
ing haii,mile on all sides from the wharf on the
said Island"
According to the Courier of Thursday the forti.
hcati0ns around Charleston have made formidable
progress within few days, under the energetic
efforts directed by Brigadier- General Beauregard
Inc same paper notices the resignation of the
gallant Captain George W. Lay, late Chief Aide
anu anu Military Secretary of Lieut.. Gen. Scott and
nlates that the Confederate States will hereafter
pr0nt oy his valuable services.
w nc DItTc"y notices the arrival in Charleston on
] !" ]eunesuay OIL TWO discharged laborers from Fort
sumter, and says that their accounts of the dongs
anu say wings In the fortress attracted much atten-
t0n' though no new facts were elected.
- -. o[oIt mas oeen appointed and commits
Georgetown, s. c. -
THE FIRING THIS MORNING.
Early this morning between 6 and 7 o'cloct
while cleaning out the guns at the iron battery
Cummings Point, ball contained in one of the Guns
struck near the gate at Fort Sumter Major An
derson Immediately opened his battery on that side
but boat being despatched to explain the circum
stance as unintentiOnal, nothing further resulted
rom the accidental discharge.-Nc,cs Of Friday
afternoon.
FOREIGN ATTACHMENT.
we are credbly informed that Governor Brown
Ut georgia has attached the Northern stock in the
81 100000. " ""oU'
We would not ruthlessly disturb the ouiet and
Tepose OF Lleutenant-General Scott and his ward
Lihcoln but we serous believe that Wasbinpton
Hlty, and some places not very far from it. and in
the Middle States are in more danger now than at
the time OF the military Inauguration.
Inc Military Dictator and High Constable of the
W ashlngton Despotsm is puzzled what to de- with
ms myrmIdons. Let them be armed with John
Brown pixies and retained in Washinrton-thev
will be needed there.
The following advertisement appears in ali the
papers:
Wanted, for the Mounted Serrice, in the Army Of
the State of South Carolina able bodied youpp
me men, 10 whom ample pay, clothing, food and medi-
cal attendance Will be given. All necessary infor-
nation given at office, l27 Meeting street. Charles
ton, >. C.-Wm. d. DeSaussure, Major Cavalry.
Commanding.
Hon. WIN. RrvEs.-IIon. Wm C. Rives made
a speech in Richmond on Friday evening He en-
dorsed the resolutions of the Peace Conference.
Of Virginia he said:
She stood at the head of the Macedonian pha-
lanx of the Border States and in reply to the
question, Where should Virginia 90? he would
say, go neither North nor South, but with
them
He thought if the Union was broken up
there would be several Confederacias. His for
tunes were with Virginia, and he would sink or
SWIM with her; but he had no idea of her being
dragged INTO any new connection without consider
alton. His closing remarks looked to a consolida-
tion OF the Border States and eventual recunstruc.
ton OF the Union upon basis by them adopted
lie thought the secession leaders would gladly
avah themselves of any decent pretext to come
back.
'.STop Ny PAPER."-Some people, when they
see an item in their paper not exactly suited to
their way of thinking take it into their heads that
they can stop the concern by "stopping their
paper" Ths New York Erpress of Friday has the
To the Editors cfMc NJ y Erpre,s:
New York, March 7th. Yours. &c.
No reader need take this trouble when he don't
Ike the EGpreSS. The carrier or the newsman will
DO iG his stopping. We don't print paper to be
liked. Our aim is to print the truth liked or NOT
and to pursue that course, and only that course,
winch, as we think, the best interests of the conn
try demand. The Erpress does not represent any
party or any body, and nobody, but the editors
the eye OF the law-fur they dislike great deal
oil the news they have to print and would mot
PRINT 1t II 1t were right to suppress it.
SPEcULArIoNs IN OM.-On SPECTATORS in Penn.
Sylvania and elsewhere do not make such sudden
fortunes as was anticipated. The Erie Gazette of
March 7th, has the following:
Many-we might say hundreds-of citizens of
Erie county have within the last six months en-
gagged IN the oil business, some at Tidioute, some
at TituSvie, some at Franklin, some at Mecca.
some IN Ianada, and Others in Ohio aud Virginia
W may safely presume that several hundred thou
sand dollars have been taken from Erie county and
invested in coal sites, derrcks engines labor, etc
As yet, no adequate returns have been realized for
the money and labor expended, and we fear that
q large number lrW neUer be fuiiy compensated A
few, however, have done WE'LL and this has stimu-
lated their less fortunate neighbors to renewed ex
ertions.
HAsrY LEGsLArIoN.-The following opening
passage of the annals Of British LcgisIaiioa anew
periodically deserves the attention of all who have
the power to make laws, and Of all who have to
suffer the effects Of hasty legislation:
There is scarcely any other country in the world
where legislation proceeds ordinarily in so calm
and cautious manner in the United Kingdom.
Laws are not enacted suddenly inconsiderately
Suggestions are made; inquiries are institutes:
reports are produced and bills or projects of laws
are prepared, which, after passing the ordeal of
parliamentary investigation and discussion in both
houses OF the legislature, often become laws, and
ottener still remitted back to other committees
Of inquiry and to the maturing influence of time
and public opinion.
ABUSES OF THE TELEGRAPH.-A bill is nov, in nro.
gress through the Virginia Senate "to preyent
abuses of the telegraph" 1t makes the sending of
a false statement misdemeanor, and therefor in
hicts fine of not more than $500 nor less than
95O, or by Imprisonment in the common iail for not
more than three months, or less than ten DAYS or
by Doth as the court may direct. Ii also provides
that the telegraph company by whose line such
untrue statement" may be sent shall be liable tc
penalty OF not less than $50 nor more than $500;
provided that if the company shall have kent a
copy or record Of the statement together with the
name of the person transmitting it, or causing it to
be transmitted, and shall furnish and disclose the
same to the satisfaction of the court, it shall be
lawful for the court to remit such penalty. The
infOrmer is to get the whole fine and if he declines
1t, 1t Is then to go to the Literary fund.
STEAM IN AFRICA.-The steamer Seth GrosYenor,
oil seventy tons capacity, built in New York for
use in the waters of Liberia, and despatched
thlther May 9th last is doing good service in that
region. She is run by the coored
hrm OF johnson, Turpin Dunbar, who concluded
a bargain on the 18th of December last with the
ihoerlan Government, to perform the mail and
certain revenue service during 1861, for a compen-
satlon OF three thousand dollars. The Seth Gros.
venor is proving of great Importance to the young
African Republic, and it is hoped of profit to ali
Interested. trade OF great pecuniary value
might be opened with Liberia with a sum even less
than that expended by our general government and
several of our cities as the reward of an almost
barren treaty with Japan-PhH Ledger.
FoRTs JEFFERSON AND TAYLOR RElNFoRCED.-The
Key " est Key Of the GuIf in its issue of February
%, gives US the following important news:
The steamer Daniel Webster, Capt. Minor. ar
rived at this port last avening six days from New
\ ork, with Maj. Fitz John Porter, Assistant Adiu-
tant General, and Capt. Dawson, lst Artillery Tor
Brazos Santiago, Texas; Capt. w. F. Smith, Topo-
graphical Engineers on Light House duty; and
ninety recruits, sixtv-twO to fill up Captain Bran
mans company at Fort Taylor, and twenty-eght
Tor Fort Jefferson, and company stores for both
works.
DIAMOND LIFE IN New YoRK-A few nights ago
"Macintosh or Drag" ball was broken up in New
ork by the police. The peculiar feature of this
lind of entertainment is the attendance of a num-
Ter of degraded men, who dress themselves in la
lies costume. They were dressed in gorgeous
lyle, sporting the most costly silks and satns and
aving their hair dressed in curls and other femi.
llne attractions. 1t is said that some of them
we're loaded with jewels, one man having on his
'erson not less than Sc 900 worth of diamonds
five females and seven males were arrested and
leld to bail in $500 each.
ENCOURAGING HONE INDUsrRY.-A bill has been
eported in the Virginia House of Delegates to en-
courage ship building in that State. The bill pro-
Tides that satisfactory proof that vessel of 200
OnS and upwards (fOur-iiths Of which is owned by
resident citZens) has been built in Virginia subss
hall pay the owners 50 per ton, if she be less than
100 tons burthen, and So per ton if she be of not
ess burden than 500 tons. The appropriation for
he above object shall not exceed $25, 900 per year.
nd continue for five years.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin under
tands that Judge p. A. Rost of that State, has
een appointed by President Davis, and confirmed
y Congress, as Commissioner from the Confederate
states to France. This is an excellent appoint
nent.
A Naval court-martial has been ordered and will
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