The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-23
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II IL w ~ OEN IS,
ARE THE ENGLISH Coal MINES EXHAUSTED :?
During the recent debates in the British Parli
ment on the commercial treaty with France,
question was raised about the coal supplies
| England. Some persons took very gloomy vie
OF the subject, and succeeded in frightening IL
weak nerved portion of the British public into
! belief that at no very distant period they W ou
| have to seek some substitute for coal. Other
more sanguine, took the opposite view, and affirm
| ed that there would be bOuntiful supply of tn
precious mineral for least five thousand years
come.
This discussion was not without its results a
Mr.. Hull, a competent authority, has investigates
the facts and published for the general enighten
ment work on "The Coal Fields of Great Britain.
Mr. HulFs conclusions are of an encouraging ma
lure. lie does not aver that the coal mines ar
quite lneXhaustible but he allays immediate appre
tensions by showing 'Fthat for many generations tr
come the mineral resources of England are capablt
otbearing any drain to which they can possibly bt
SUBJECTED, either Tor home or foreign CONSUMPTION
Meanwhile John Bull can keen himsaf warm onl
meet the difficulty half way. Before two hundred
years have passed over his head he will probably
have solved many new problems, among others tbs
OF ep-mining. The miners cannot now work os
low IN the earth as the coal lies, account of the
temperature, which increases progressively from
the surface downwards. The limit to deep-mininp o
is conventionally fixed at four thousand feet and
some of the coal strata are ten thousand feet in
thickness, and thus measure less store of fuel lies
beyond present reach. But the aid of science NAV
help to accomplish what at this date, looks i'm
practicable, and it must not be forgotten that the
LL??imohest appliances of to-day were the mpossi-
glllties or the past Mr.. Hull is entitled to the
SeeP gratitude of the English public for his COM
fortlng assurance that tneir apprebnnsiono ore NOT
only oaseess, but that their cold fields ara deener
anu more lasting than they had imagined.
SNOW STORM AT THE SoUTH.-A snow storm of
unusual violence especially for the spring of the
year, set in on Sunday night in various portions of
the South. At Wilmington, N. c., and in South
western Virginia, fell to the depth of four inch
eS' ana the merry jingle of sleigh bells startled
the oldest inhabitant," while at Norfolk and Ports
mouth, Va, at noon on Tuesday, it had been snow
ing thlrty-two hours. The ground was then cover
ca 10 the depth OF twelve inches. Not few peo-
PIC tnere look upon the storm as an extraordinary
ana unexpected northern invasion" The snow
however, under the genial influences of bright
sun, rapidly s"evacuated." Sleighs were out in
both Richmond and Petersburg on Tuesday The
Sno" at wilmington, N G., was preceded by vio-
lent storm of thunder and lightning. Early yege-
tables and fruits in that region, it is feared are all
killed.
AMERICAN MILITARY PRorECroy-Th Paris
Chdrtcdri is trying to hit the. representative OF
power in our military. 1t thinks each American
soldier must have high numerical value, and saws
the force requisite for an important city undermined
oy secession ideas is fifteen and one sergeant;
to render lmpregDable fortress Of the first class
thlrty-two men and one officer. 1t imagines Cen
w alker at the head of seventeen American free
oooters invading England, and having taken pos
session OF London Bridge, crying out, "Ho! you
tarnal English nation. surrender - 1t winds up
Its pasqulnade with the exclamation: Good of
natlonallties, protect the soil Of France forever
from the lnnumerabIc hordes Of transatlantic At
tias we should die with shame if our million
OF soldiers and armed citizens should be CONQUERED
and su6lugated by quarter of hundred derious
Americans"
QUICKER STILL FROM EURoPE.-What is known as
the Galway line Of mail steamers will commence
operations, running vessel across the Atlantic
every fortnight on the 26th Of this month. They
have four stcamers-the latest addition heinz the
Adriatic, of New York. 1t is doubtful whether
Galway, which is difficult of access will cont1nua
to be the port of despatch and arrival The idea
OF substituting Limerick on the Shannon, (the
nneSt river in the United Kingdom has received
mucn CONSIDERATION If the antcipations of
the Company be realized, the Ne1g York Times
thinks 'by this route we shall probably be in Dos
session of telegraphic news from London and Paris
less than SIX days old" By such means, we shall
nave am inished reasons for regretting the failure
Of the Atlantic Telegraph.
USEFUL APPLICATION OF INDIA RUBBER.-One of
the recent to which India rubber is put is that
OF furnishing the material for business cards The
material makes light and 'prettily moulded business
cards, one advantage of which is that they cannot
De defaced easily, and are almost indestructible.
1t would be very economical for passenger railroad
tickets, for the tickets would last for months:
another great advantage would be that they could
not be initiated. To the companies which sell
packages of tickets, good for any day, these tick
cts would be saving and protection. PhHadel-
phia Ledger.
FREiGHrlNG AT MOBILE. Capt Lindsay, of the
bark Aura, Of Mobile, from Boston, wrote from
there on the 10th inst, as follows:
II was obliged to enter at the custOm-hOuse from
a foreign port; and it cost SS.9l But they still
collect hospital money. believe it costs SIS to
clear. saw Mr.. - yesterday, and he says he
has not got bale of cotton and does not expect to
have one, and thinks of coming home. The South
ern flag is flying here in all directions, and | see
Alabama troops all around the streets"
BALTIMORE FRUIT VESSEL AsHoRE.-The bark
Ida, Capt. johnson, from Messina, bound to Balti-
more with cargo of fruit, went ashore at Cape
Henry Monday night in the storm. A portion of
the cargo will be saved in damaged state. As
sStance has been sent to her and it is expected that
she will be gotten off. The late storm has been
very destructive to the shipping, and thus far some
half dozen disasters, that occurred in this immed
ate neighbOrhood, have come to our notce.-N Y.
Day Book, March 81.
GRAND SHoorIEG ToURNAMENT.-The Buffalo Err
press states that preparations have commenced for
a grand shooting tournament to take place in Utica
In the coming June, when clubs from Buffalo, RO-
chester, Geneva, Havana, Syracuse, Utica and
OtneL pldcesy VIII participate. Inc tournament
will last three days, and three thousand birds will
be used. Matches will be made, ard the losers are
to pay the expense Of a grand sportmen's supper
Rochester, it says, proposes to match herself
against any other city.
Mr.; BATES on THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE
The st. Louis Democrat of Monday gives currency
to TumOr that the Attorney-Genera Mr. Rates
has given the opinion to President Lincoln that the
revenue cannot be collected, except under the law
OF lS09 which renders it necessary for collectors to
reside within their respective districts and there
fore 1t will be impossible to execute the laws with
propriety, even were it otherwise feasible in YES
sells.
BLOWING UP FoRr SUMrER.-Among the many
rumorS which stal tied the city yesterday was one
to the effect that Fort Sumter had been blown up.
This may be accomplished for ought we know but
il so, shall read the account with some interest
to see how the garrison is Withdrawn. If Major
Anderson and his men get out of Charleston harbor
after such feat our opinion of the South Carolin-
lans will change materially.-Bostoa Adrertiser,
March q.
The SHocK OF AN EARrHQUAKE FELT NEAR QUE
BEc.-Ihe Quebec Mercury says that numerous par
ties resident in the vicinity OF Lake BEAUFORT were
reused from their sleep by the shock of an earth
quake about II o'clock on Monday night last
Advices received on Wednesday from st. Jean Port
Joli, on the opposite side of the ST Lawrence and
distant about sixty miles from the Lake, announce
that similar shock experienced at that place
at 90 minutes past eleven, which lasted seconds
The RorUNDA OF THE CApIToL.-Workmen are
engaged in putting up the scafolding necessary to
enable them to finish the space between the cornice
from which the old dome Of the rotunda of the
capitol spraug a1d the series of columns belong
ing to the new structure. This space is intended
Tor sculpture, forming continuous friese, nine feet
in height and three hundred feet in length, of fig
ures in alto reieVo.-National hrteligencer,
PLEASANT FOR CHAMPAGNE DRINKERs.--A witness
hafo fh,( gF
last week, disclosed the fact that the wine which
had been sold by him while in the employ of the
defendant, was made Of what called "turnip
juice" This was "made to sparkle by gas from
UttriOi and marble dUSt, and then labelled cham
pagne." No wonder that incorporate persons so
often die prematurely.
REDUCTION OF WAGgs.-A correspondent Of the
New York Herald says that one of the largest man
uiactOries in the country, situated at Phoonixvie
in this State, will reduce wages from ten to twenty
five per centum, after the first of April, when the
new tariff act is to 20 into effect. This prospective
reduction is said to have been announced to about
twelve hundred workmen. If So it is not the effect
of the operation Of the tariff.
Nor TO MEET TINS YEAR.-The American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science was to meet
at Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th of April, but we
understand that the meeting is to be postponed for
one year, owing to the disturbed state of the
try. Science should 90 forward, unfettered by
political considerations.
In the New York Legislature on Thursday, the
special comtte to investigate the charges against
Jay Gibbons, brought in a report adverse to him,
and a resolution to expe him from his seat in the
House for being guilty of official misconduct He
is from the first district, Albany county.
At Chelsea, near Boston, Mass, there is an in
spector of milk. His annual report declares that
sixty-four analyses showed pure milk, and thirty
two of adulteration. Sugar, salt and water were
the substances used for deceiying Gus stomers Make
a note of it.
Governor Pickens has orderded national flag to
be made for the State of South Carolina. 1t will