The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-16


lectual treat. This may have a tendency to in
crease American reissues, and there being no in
tsrnanonal copyright, piracy on foreign authors
ana puolishers will grow still more common.
Under the present tariff, the revenue derived
from the duty on books, paid at the rate of eight
per cent. I'D valorem on all kinds The total value
of English books imported under the present low
duty, does not probably average more than $780,
600 or SS00,000 per annum.
In the proposed tariff there are four clauses af-
fecting English books, viz
Sec. 18.-A duty of Is cents per lb. weight on
all "New English Books, bound unbond."
Sec ia duty of 10 per cent. ad UaLorem on
Magazines Printed Pamphlets, Periodicals, and
Illustrated Newspapers, bound or unbound"
SEC. 2O.-A duty of 20 per cent. al valorem on
"Perodisals and other works in course of printing
and publication in the United States" y Who can
know this?)
Sec. 22.-All Books printed more than Thirty
Y ears from the date of Importation to be free.
Why ga book, bound unbound" should be
charged 10 cents per pound, and ga pamphlet,
bound or unbound" 10 per cent. aa valorens, is a
problem in stupidity which we cannot solve. One
bad effect of these clauses is, that it will not pay
here to reprint the classical, theological and scien
tifc works of the first class-the great bulk of i'm
ported books being of this class, and demanding
additional rares.-N Y. Journal Of Commerce.
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.-A bottle containing
the following has been picked up on South Shields
Sands
NORTH SEA- Feb. 2, ISG0-Dear Friends When
you find this. the of the ill-fated ship Hora-
10, IN Capt. Jackson, of Norwich, is no more
We left Archangel on the Sh of January, all well;
on the I'd February we hove too under close reeled
tOpSails, after scudding before the gale for ten
days; we have not been below for six DAYS A
Norwegian brig hove too for our assistance Four
men got into the jolly. boat, but after leaving, a
sea struck her and sunk her, and the four men
were lost. Our crew consisted of eight men,
master and mate, second mate, and two boys
w hen am writing this, have just left the pumps
We are not able to keep her up; eight feet of
water in the bold, and the making breach clear
over her. Our matches are all stove in and we are
worn out. Our master made an observation to-
day. We are in 60 north latitude; wind N. E. |
write these few lines and commit them to the foam
Tag deep, IN hopes that they may reach some kind
hearted friend who will be so good as to find out
the friends of these poor suffering mortas | am
a native of London, from the Orphan School-John
Lalng, apprentice. We are called aft to PRAYERS
to make our peace with that great God, before we
commit our living bodies to that foam and surf
Dear friends, you may think me very cool, but,
thank God, death is welcome We are so be-
numbed and fatigued that we care not whether we
live or die. John Ross, John Thompson j James
Lee, Joseph Brig, took the boat on the 2lst Janu-
ary. William Ham, Peter Young, Sam Jones,
Jas. Bruce, William Ham, chief mate; Thos.
Wilson. second mate; John Laing and Frederic
Mat, apprentices.
BREAKING UP THE EPISCOPAL CHUECH-The with
drawal Of Bishop Polk, of the Episcopal Church in
Louisiana, and his assertion of the independence of
his diocese will not only excite comment, but lead
to certain serious difficulties. BY the canons and
forms OF that church the conservation of future
bishop in Louisiana will be quite impracticable,
unless other dioceses secede at the same time, for
it is provided that at this ceremony one bishop
shall read the Collect, another the Gospel and an
other the EPistle, three being necessary for this
act; the candidate must be presented by two bish-
ops, so that Bishop Polk will have to wait until
other bishops secede, one essential part of
mis- authority is gone.
But this is the smallest part of the difficulty. A
ole hn
emnly promises, Sin the name of God,' "confor-
nifty and obedience to the doctrine, discipline and
worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States of America" How is a seeding
candidate for the bshopric to take this obligation
in Louisiana or any other revoted State? Bishop
Polk has himself taken this oath. At the time he
was consecrated he also promised something more
he solemnly promised to maintain and set
forward" "quietness, love and peace among all
men," Is secession an act Of peace and quetness?
Are the seizure of forts and the robbery of the
United States Mint acts that Bishop Polk calls
brdtherly love? And finally, is this insubordina-
tion canonical, rubrical, Scrptural ofleral? We
expect he will soon hear from some of his brethren
on this maLteT.-N. Y. Post.
DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS AND BOoKs.-The distri-
button of seeds from the Patent Office will be far
more extensive, and of larger variety than any
previous year, Those of your readers who reside
in the rural districts should make early application,
as the distribution for the North and Northwest
will commence next week, when each member of
Congress will be supplied with nearly many
seeds as he may feel like calling for. The Patent
Office reports for distribution this year, said to
be the most interesting of all the numbers thus far
issued. They consist of three volumes, me-
chanica and two agricultural these also sub
iect to the orders of NJ. C.'s- Washington Cores
pondent ". Y Express.
MORE "REFoRM"-We have received copy of
Mrs. DR.. Lydia Sayers Hasbroueck's paper-the
SybH 1t is the organ of the Bloomer fraternity.
There are some spicy things in it, According to
article with the caption, women on Horse
back" we are to have a new ''reform'' mo0ted In
this article we find eleven disadvantages of the
present mode of riding" set forth with view of
showing that man should not be allowed any long
to monopolize the easiest and best mode of sit
ting on horseback.
THE LATE Posr OFFICE DEFALcArGoSs.-The jury
in the Law and Conover case have returned n YER
dict fully exOnerating Fower's securities from any
responsibility on their bonds to the Government.
This finding duplicates the post-office authorities
in full knowledge of his defalcations at the time
these bonds were executed They are, therefore,
chargeable with the double offence of conceang
these frauds and of seeking to saddle the loss upon
third parties, in order to shield themselves from
censure.-N Y. Herald FEB. Is.
The 10 cases of muskets intended for Georgia, and
seized by the police at New York, have been re-
plevined by IL. b. Cromwell & Co. The gunpow-
der seized by the police on Wednesday, and also in
tended for Georgia, will not, it is sad be replevin
ed as the legal proceedings would probably cost as
much as the articles are worth. Proceedings,
however, may be taken, in order to strengt the
admitted illegaity of such seizures. SO says the
Herald.
POSTAGE TO JERUSALEM, VIA ENGLAED.-We are
requested to state that letters for Jerusalem, Pal
estine, cannot be forwarded from England to their
destination unless the full postage Omitted States
and Brtish) of thirty three cents the single rate
of half an ounce or under is prepaid at the office Of
mailing in the United States. Postmasters will
therefore, in future levy and collect postage ac-
cordingly.-Notjon@ htelligencer.
The Board of Aldermen of Boston, at a meeting
the llth instant, passed a resolution inviting
Senator Crttenden to visit Boston at such time as
may be convenient to him after the close of the
present session of Congress, Gin order that the
citizens may have an opportunity personally to ex-
press their veneratOn for his integrity as a man,
and their gratitude for his eminently useful and
tional public services"
A COMPLIMENT TO fancy FERN FROM A. T. SrEw-
ARr.-We learn from the Rev. Mr.. Field, editor of
the Evangelist, that 4. 7. Stewart, the great
chant prince, recently so delighted with one
of Fanny FERNS articles, that he inquired where
she resided in order that he mi light send her one of
the best silk dresses in his store This is certainly
a compliment that the autboress may we'll be proud
of-N Y Paper.
The Nashville Patriot of Tuesday last states that
a difficulty occurred at Gaatn, Tennessee, on the
10th, between Hon. r. \. Bennett, member of the
Tennessee Legislature, and DR.. Kennedy, in which
the former was shot in the breast with a shot gun,
very dangerously wounding him. 1t is said there.
are hopes of his recovery. The difficulty out
of political differences.
dearth of provisions of the vegetable kind is
beginning to be felt in England and ireland. Pota
toes in the latter country are rising in price and
taken up largely for expectation to Eng at six
teen cents per fourteen pounds nearly double what
they should be. Indian corn and oatmeal will soon
be the chief reliance for the poor. In England the
seed wheat is said to b. turning out'badly.
Considerable talk was created among the guests
of the Astor House, New York, on Thursday, on
observing that several gentlemen, hailing from the
State of Georgia. annexed the initials s. g. to the
name of the State which initials were, after some
discussion, decided to signify Southern Confede
racy.
An important case against the Metropolitan In
surance Company of New York decided on
Thursday, in the Supreme Court, in favor of the
New York Betting and Packing Company. The
amount involved, in twenty-five insurance compa-
nies, amounts to over 100000.
Two brothers named Zack and Calhoun Ellerbe
had an alteration at Casts depot near Charleston,
S. c., on Sunday last, and while Calhoun was ap-
preaching his brother, Zack drew pistol and shot
him dead
Accurate photographs of large number of old
manuscripts of the seventh and ninth centuries, in
the converts Of Mount Athos, being copies of the
Old and New Testaments, have been recently taken
by General Sebastianof, and will shortly be made
known to the literary and religious world
The London merchants are complaining of the
exposure they subjected to in their meetings in
the Exchange, from the want of sufficient protec
tion from the weather, and glass roof of the ro-
tunda is talked of.