The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-29

From HAvANA.-The following extract says the
Boston journal, is from letter received in this
city from prominent merchant at Havana, dated
July IS:
HAVANA, July ls 1861.
As to matters and things here, they are strug-
Cling on toward the end; failures continue every
few DAYS, and very heavy ones. And another
thing is row hurting US, which is the civil war in
the United States. We so dependent on your
country that any dsarrangement there is felt here
almost i'm edia tey.
You will have heard ON the arrival Of the ''Co
lumbia" in New York, of the dongs of the steamer
Sumter, and the prizes she carried into Cienfuegos
We don't know how many more she sunk at sea.
Why did the Brooklyn allow her to pass ont of the
Mississippi? Are all your Navy and Army officers
traitors? l mean, OF course, only those OF South
ern birth.
The last news we have from W ashington is to the
10th instant, via Baltimore. 1t is currently stated
here that New York (particuarly) and other North
cities getting tired OF this state oi things,
and will not give money to carry on the war. 1t
seems the South can do without money. TEey
don't fight for money, but for what they most stand
in need of-honor. 1t is also said here that Eng
land and France will not stand the blockade longer
than the month of September-that as they must
and will have cotton then, they will Interfere and
break up the blockade.
OFFrCGAL.-DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington,
July 26, l66l.-lnformation bas been received at
this Department from MIR. X. N Shufedt the Con-
sui General of the United States at Havana of tho
which all import duties upon common ships bread
are taken off for the term of fourteen months from
the date of the publication of the roy decree in
Havana. The same decree also reduces to one half
during the same time, the import duties upon corn
and corn meal and potatoes.
The duty by the tariff upon corn is 351 per CEN
tum upon the valuation of 81 per barrel of 200
Spanish pounds, when from foreign ports in foreign
bottoms: upon meal 35% per centum upon
the valuation of SIS per barrel of 200 Spanish pounds,
from foreign ports in foreign bottoms upon pota-
toes, from foreign ports in foreign vessels Z92 per
centum upon the valuation OF S2oO per oarrel;
upon foreign b cad in foreign vessels, 5o2 per CEN
tum upon So for every 25 Spanish pounds.
Tur MISSISSIPPI WoMEN.-Iu Choctaw county,
Miss n company OF ladies has been organized for
some time, under the name of CLONE Guards,
numbering over one hundred. Th9 Vicksburg
WHO tells what they hove done, as follows:
"Ihey have been constantly exercising on horse
back and foot, with pistol, shotgun and rihe and
have attained such perfection that doubt if there
is better drilled company in the country. Each
one is almost Boone with her rifle, and an ANA
zon in her equestrian skill. We have heard that
one lady, our informant, Gen. 7. G. Mackin, could
not give us her name III shooting at cross mark
one hundred yards distant, with a rife, struck the
| centre FIVE times and broke it three times out o
eight shots fired in succession. She had rest.
any State can beat this, we should like to see il
| done"
| EXCELLENT TME.-A Washington letter-write
says there general foot race on the field O
| battle, which should be recorded in all sportin.
| journals. 1t was between representative of th
New York Herald and Senator Bigler, of Pennsyl
vania these gents took the lead in the race f7on
Bull Run to CentrevilIe. and kept it the whole whole
distance, the Senator slightly in the rear
| 9% minutes. Distance, two miles-N. l. NNf
WHAT THE SlxrY-NINrH THINKS OF houons THE op act,
ATEs-The report in relation to tns .mong the reg
men who think soldiers ,Sey St tAs woud oUf' be
army had committed sucS When eo' the fact came tc
punished by their The Sixty Ninth speak with
sSs and that they they TTp %
take care Of and respect the prisoners wno 1e u
ineton neto Correspondence of the NeO York Cypress.