The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-28


slams for their faith and liberty-Deliver u.s. oh
Lord
''By the wounds, the tears and su9erings of all
the slaves, the slain and exies of Poland-Deliver
US, oh Lord
"Grant a universal war for the liberty of all
natons-We beseech thee, oh Lord
"Grant US our arms, and the emblem of our ma
tionality-We beseech thee, oh Lord
"Grant us happy death upon the field of battle
We beseech thee, oh Lord!
"Grant us to lay our mortal remains in our ma
tive SOLVE beseech thee, oh Lord
"Finally, grant us the independence, unity and
liberty of our beloved country-We beseecb thee
in the name Of the Father, and the Son, and the
Holy Ghost. Amen
Yours, truly,
Z. +. SECCHG De CAsALI,
Editor of L'Eco d'Latia.
New York, March %, 1861.
The WESTERN HOTEL New YORK, PARTIALLY
BURNED.-The New York Post says:-''A fire broke
out in the Western Hotel, on Courtandt street, at
a quarter past seven this morning, which destroy
ed the back building, containing the dining room
kitchen, laundry and about one hundred and TWEEN
tY five lodging rooms. The origin of the fire is I'M
known, but probably proceeded from the large
stove in the laundry. The burnt part of the hotel
was an addition erected in lS47, sixty-fve feet by
sixty, and five stories high.
The fire was discovered at breakfast time and
many of the guests in the house had already risen.
There was panic among the servant girls, ten of
whom occupied rooms In that part of the building.
Some of them ran to the roof, and more or less of
them made their appearance in limited costumes
The loss to the girls In clothing is considerable
The rooms were generally occupied, some two hun
dred guests having been in the house at the time.
The hremen were promptly on the ground and pre-
vented the spread of the fire to the main building
Messrs d. ID. Winchester Son are proprietors
OF the hotel, and estimate their loss by fire and
water at $4,000 They insured.
The damage to the building, which is owned by
Messrs Dryer Barber, the former proprietors
n nh oil is or far fro n
is insured.
The main building, fronting on Courtlandt street,
is uninured, and the hotel business of Messrs Win
chester will continue uninterrupted.
Since noon there has been an opportunity to es-
innate the actual damage resulting from the fire,
and the loss is not serious as was at first antci
patGd The building in which the fire occurred is
detached from the main building, the upper part
OF 1T only is destroyed, and Messrs. Dwyer & Bar
Der estimate their loss at $4,000. They have an
insurance of $4,000 on the building. The loss of
Messrs. D. d. Winchester & Son, in damage to
their furniture, &C., by fire and water, will not
probably exceed $4,000.
ONE-sIDED GovERNMENT.-T far, in the pro-
mlnent as well as the second class Of appointments
the Southern border States have not even been re-
cognized as belonging to the Union.
1t is true the name of the Hon. George w. Sum
mers has been suggested for the Supreme Court but
the grace of the affair is lost in the delay. No
man OF nate seems to have been thought of in other
cases.
Nor has North Carolina or Tennessee been recog-
nized.
If, instead of Henry Winter Davis, for a first
class mission, the offer made to such staunch
Union man as John s. Millson, of Virginia, the
Union men of the South would come to the conclu-
sion that their prominent statesmen were not to be
overlooked.
In the formation of the Cabinet, MARYLAND has
been set down as having member, whereas, in
TACT, the gentleman charged to her has never had
residence IN that State beyond that ofa casual sum
mer so ourn.
The Attorney General, it is true, is from border
slave State which fails at any election to put
the broad mark of reputation upon the machina-
tlons OF Repubicanism; vet he comes from CITY of
that State which has political sympathy or
affinity with the rest of the State and as we have
heard it jocularly remarked he comes from the
city OF st. Louis and not from the State of Mis-
souri, Washington States.
WASHINGTON MoNUMENr-P ost-o6tce Contributions.
Washington National Monument Office, Wash
ington, March rs, l86l-An Appeal to the People
and Postmasters.-ln consequence OF the great
falling off in Post-0iiice Contributions ascrbabIe
chiefly to the troubles of the times and the usual
changes on the advent of a new Administration the
Undersigned deems it proper to appeal again to the
liberality and patriotism of the people and the
postmasters
Believing that veneration for the memory of
Washington sleeps only, he trusts that the people
Will not wholly ignore the cause and object Let
each one but spare mite, the loss of which he will
not feel and the sum total of so many millions re-
ceived through the thousand offices will 90 far
towards enabling the Society to resume the sus-
pended work and to complete the imposing struc-
ture.
The undersigned, therefore, respectfully requests
outgoing postmasters to commend the system to
their successors, and the incoming to initiate the
laudable example of their predecessors who have
made collections, and in cases where the latter have
not responded and put up boxes, to have them
erected, and to forward such contributions, how
ever small, to the Superintendent.
10 people and postmaSters would pray that they
let not this earnest appeal go UNDECIDED but prove
by their generosity and liberality that they are
worthy children of the "Pater Patrie" whom the
world loves to honor.
JOHN CARROLL BRENT,
Secretary and Superintendent of Post-olice Con-
tributions.
FEFoGGED-The Commercial Advertiser is con-
sideraby exercised in behalf of merchant of this
city, who bonded cargo of goods at New Orleans
and now finds himself "in very perplexinp and en-
barrassing circumstances" He writes to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury at Washington, offering to
pay the 5000 duties, and asking for the surren-
der of the bond and permit for the delivery of the
goods. "The Federal Government. however. has
possession neither of the bond the cargo and is
powerless to fulfil its obligations to him. He then
writes TO his correspondent at New Orleans, "and
the reply is, that on his renting the SIS O0O his
bond will be returned to. him with the required
permit" All this is Ineligible enough; he paws
his money, receives his goods, and cancels his bond:
put the Advertiser goes on to say, that she is
therefore compelled to pay the money to the reyo-
iutlonary government under protest, and must pay
1t also to his own government when demandedI''
We do not see why he is compelled to paw the
money twice. If the Federal Government held the
bond, the case would be more complicated; but if
the merchant gets both his goods and his bond for
the required payment, he is clear in the premises;
and the Secretary at Washington, without either
the goods or the bond, would find it difficult mat
ter to collect the duties a second tme.-N Y.
Journal Of Commerce.
day says:
The large amounts paid into the City Treasury
by those indebted for taxes and water rents do not
1t seems, benefit much those who lave been hold
ing warrants for several months as but few of them
have as yet been paid, nor is there much probable
lty OF their being redeemed until Councils create
loan for the purpose. The interest due on the lst
OF January, amounting to nearly 5000 900, was met
by temporary loan, and other sums were borrow
ed to pay salaries due on the LIST Of February and
all the money coming into the City Treasury for
some time will be required to meet these liabilities,
so that the 100000 worth of outstanding war
rants will have still to be held. 1t is said that none
OF these warrants will be paid out of the money
now being received, it is the intention of those
in authority to it for debts contracted the pres
ent year. By this means Councils will be forced to
create a loan of nearly a million of dollars to meet
the deficiencies of 1860. Under this state of things
it is scarcely prudent, to say the least of it. for the
to constitute Building Commissioners
with authority to increase the debt of the CITY to
an unlimited amount, while hundreds of our cit.
zens who have labored for the city cannot get their
pay, but compelled to hold warrants which
sell in the market at from two to six cents on the
dollar discount.
The BURCH DIVORCE CAsE.-A correspondent
writing from Chicago to the Milwaukee Democrat
says:
''The Burch divorce case is still before the Court
on a motion for trial. Whatever the effect
of the first trial may have been upon the public, it
has either failed to convince Mr.. Burch of the in
Justice OF his demand, has failed 10 overcome his
obstinacy. 1t is not true, as has been reported
that the trial cost him $1,000 or that it has used
up large portion of his fortune. | have the most
reliable information that he is worth more to-day
than ne was at the time the suit was commenced.
The cost OF the suit was large, though somewhat
less than SIS, 900, while in one speculation alone
Mr.. Burch is said to have realized a much LARGER
sum OF money. The report that the parties are ne
gotating to live together again. is also unfounded
am reliably informed that they are negotiating
for permanent and peaceabe separation, with |
prospects of success. Neither party are will
ling to endure another trial if it can be avoided
Let us hope that the details of another trial NAV
never be spread before the public
A FIGHTING MINIsTER.-The Milwaukee Sentinel |
relates that the pastor in one of the churches in
that city recently became aware that young man |
IF his congregation forming bad habits |
Meeting the stray lamb night in the streets |
With some dssolute companions, the Reverend gen.
eman attempted to dissuade him from going fur |
hur, but the rowdes in company objected, and one
If them struck the parson. The fellow had reck- |
med without his host. In moment the clergy
mad had thrown off his coat and ''sailed in" A |
yery brief space of time sufficed for him to "wax