The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-27

W. FROM NORFOLK.
We CLEAN the following from the Norfo,t, u.no-,
of Thursday: " tue N'r'olA papers

were correct, however, the shots having been sem
about seventy yards ahead of another steamer m,
geo. Pca6ldy, freight boat, bound from Balti
more to Richmond), which thereupon hove to-
Alter being boarded from the Fort and detained ,
way.
SEIZURE AT FORT MONROE
a schooner from Cardeuas with a CARGO consist
ing principally of moasses, consigned to this port
Whlie under the tow of the steam tug Yankee
piaoe, captain Baker, was summarily brought to
oy shots from Fort Monroe, and both the schooner
and tug detained. Whether tbev will he reIaosod
rs n1t known; the detention may have been caused
| W damage said to have been done to the schooner
by one of the .hots
| VIRGINIA OFFICERS AT FORT MONROE
tbat consequence OF rumors, prevalent in the city,
tnat several officers stationed at Fort Nonroe no
tiVes OF Virginia, detained at that most contro
Iy 10 tnelr wishes, and under torcibIe restraint =
ueegation OF our citizens accompanied by the May
y. meHt uo"n on tuesday afternoon under flag of
Tuce' TO inquire into the matter. Their mission
We are informed, resulted in being assured tbo; y;
sucn IS not me tact, but that every officer is in the
enjoyment OF as unres trained freedom of action as
'he requirements OF the service will allow,
THE NAVY YARD.
Operations at this establishment have bean ra
commenced, and seem to be going on with the same
order and regularity as before the stampede of the
| deoauched incendiary crew who so racantlr %
| tempted to destroy it. Laborers are engaGsd IN
clearing away the ruins; workmen empoyed in
several of the shops, finishing up work preyionsiy
commenced; the cllnk OF hammers and buzz of ma
| chlnery heard in all parts of the ward and hoaIs
rowed by jolly jack tars plying back and forth as
formerly. '@ '0' I'll "S
FINANCIAL RELIEF
Inc Oity councils, at meeting of both bodies
on tuesday afternoon, passed an ordinance for the
issue OF scrip for fifty thousand dollars in sums of
9o cents, 81, and 81, redeemable in i've wears,
ppeailhg interest at six per cent, and receivable
LOT taxes ana other money obligations due the city,
Inc pills Tor 81 and 81 are already prepared and
rs ha
SLooP-OF-wAR PLYMOUTH.
!!ePaT auons We're commenced yesterday for
raising THIS ship, which was scuttled and sunk at
| the wharf near the Dry Dock IL will take bnt
| snort time to get her up and pumped ont. when
| ages P"''4''H VAIL
The Plymouth is a fine ship of handsome model
| pierced for twenty-five guns and has been hut ra
| Gently thoroughly overhauled She conld he MT
IN commission in very short time, if necessary.
~ ANOTHER STEAMER SEIZED,
me steamship City of Richmond, of the Rich
| mona and Philadelphia line, is now moored to her
wharf at Rockets, in custody of the Virginia an
| thorities. 70 1-' O."
LOAN THE STATE.
| me BOARD OF Directors of the Traders Bank, of
hlchmond, have unanimously resolved To loan
9oO'UOO to the State of Virginia, taking her bonds
at par. What bank will make the next offer?
lNHUMAN MURDER.
John w ilkins, late a seaman on hoard or in
CONS ship Cumberland asserts with the ability to
prove 1t, that Lieut.. Selfridge who visited our
city under flag of truce on Saturday last. doIib
eLateIy cut down. and instantly killed man nam
ed Nathaniel +. WOlle of MARYLAND a seaman on
board said ship, for refusing to set fire to the shin
United States, at GospOrt.
REFORMED CONYICTS.
PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THE IRISH CONVICT svsrr,,
AN interesting article in the last number of
the CornhW Magazine describes the practical
operation OF the Irish convict system. Mr.,
writer, Mr. Thornton Hunt, has made a close
study OF the effects of the reformaory discipline
OF the government prisons in Ireland, Where the
tlcket-of-icense system has worked wonders in
encouraging convicts to adopt better mode of
life We copy from Mr.. Hunts interesting narra-
tive the following passage descriptive of the life
OF these convicts after their discharge:
DISCHARGED C0YvICrs AT WORK.
81 made tour Of Dublin, q la Haroun AIras
child, for the express purpose of SEEING the dis
charged convlctS actually busy at their daily work
lound them in a great variety of occupations
some were busy in the most public thoroughfares
OF Duolln as laoorers They recognized my com
| panions at a glance, but no notice was taken of
| them openly, and they went on working without
any stop or recognition. There was nothing to dis
ungulsh them from the ordinary laborer excent
| undoubtedly, in most instances more tbouyhtiui
aspect aud countenauce that might be described
| as more awakened Other wOrkmen we found busv
as aoorers in some of the less finished parts OF
Duohn; ana at certain spots they were stationed in
| no incOnsderable numbers. Others were vorkirn
within doors, at the manufactory of busy trades.
man, in one of the busiest streets of Dublin
HIGHWAY not mike Nawgate street nr Rishnnsg, ta
! general consumption. Others were in a sort NJ
| mandatory, homelv in appearance but on an ey-
| tenslve scale, and situated in one Of the lowest
neighborhoods of old Dublin In all the renort
was the same; the discharged convcts prove to be
sleauy iao"rers and good workmen; their employ
ers were quite satisfied, and were ready to emplov
similar labor again. This evidence was general
lts character Will come out more distinctly in few
| particular instances. Nv
| "ln one of the humber streets an ind,str;o,,,
| woman has opened small shop, and her business
Is prospering. With tears in her ewes, she bore
testimony to the regular conduct of her husband
ana TO the peaceful state of her home. That hrs-
| band was discharged convict who had been an
haoltual thief; and, as drunkard, he had gone tn
such extremes that he still bore signs Of the de
llrlum tremens with which he was threatened. He
now earns twel We shlllings week builders la
borer, and assists his wife in paving for their child
whom they have put to school.
Among the very first persons who YentureG
upoa employing man with prison character il
an extensive builder. Some OF the men whom
he thus consented to take have formerly borne tn,
worst OF characters. Their conduct with him
however, had been in every respect satisfactory
lie has, at present, four in his employment; one
joined his works in 1856, and that mans wage
nave risen from ten shings week to twenty -tOul
snlliings; the Others have been in the place fol
about two years.
| MEN EMPLOYED by TRADEsMEN
| Ihe tradesman in the street which have likan
ed to Newgate street, has i'll his employment fou
men, and he made his report on their conduct wifi
the utmost directness and unreserve. He had nr
complaint to make; in some respects the 'laborer,
obtained through Mr.. Organ are more tractablt
than the ordinary class of Dublin workmen-les,
inclined to cavil, less ready to take advantage o
their employer in periods of pressure, more eager
to persevere in winning his approval. One of the
men who bad been with this gentleman had led a
life OF crime for many years; another had beer
known to the Dublin police for the last ten wears
and though still young, had been convicted sever
times. These men surrounded by property
which malice or negligence might injure to The
amount of even hundred pounds. Two Of them
including the man who convicted seven times
are entrusted with the collection of bills to tn,
amount of forty or fifty pounds at a time, anC
there is not single instance of inaccuracy 1t i
to be remarked that, in this instance as we'll as il
Others, the employer has had several men in hi
service at different times, so that he spoke from
varied and heightened experience"
Il Correspondence Of the New York Rsrqzd1
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
MEXICO CITY, March 10, lSGl.-You of cours
do not hope to hear of this country ever becomin
perfectly quieted and set to rights. If YOU do yo