The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-20

lpon the road, by which 20 miles of the so necessa-
y to be finished before the company could avail
tsef OF the guaranteed assistance of Texas, had
been CT AIDED and only required the iron work to be
inished, when the company would have paying |
inc of SO miles and 800 900 acres of land as basis
Of credit. He closed by appealing to the stock
holders to come forward and subscribe the 81 per |
share-half cash. half six months hence-and save |
the company from being crushed and destroyed |
He appealed to them to do this to their pres
ent investment and brilliant prospects for the fu-
ture. Unless the debts of the company were paid |
the road must be sold LOUISVILLE Journal of FRI
day.
STATISTICS OF THE BURTON BREWING TRADE-The
quantity of malt brewed in Burton in the year end
ing with last June, was about 81, 900 quarters,
which cost more than fl,2O0,000; which paid
f340, 900 duty; which required more than 900
acres of land to produce it. The quantity OF hops
brewed in the town about 40, 600 cwt, at cost
of about f240000; this quantity is equal to nearly
half the estimated produce o England in 1885, and
at the prices of the 1st November 1860, taking the
consumption to be half new and half old hops,
would cost more by f45, 900 than the same quantity
cost last season; the additional value of the malt
would exceed ESQ 000 Bass Co. employ l $50
men, of whom 100 are coopers and 200 MASTERS
The coopers, at new steamwork, can get 6Ss. per
week. The largest earnings, at steam work, for
man and boy FIG, "a per week. The
wages earned by jobbing coopers f3 per week.
The steam cooperage turns out 400 hogsheads per
week. They employ at Burton 100 dray HORSES
to 1-horse power, of which last there two
They consume over 10000 tons of coal per year
Their premises and Messrs. Allsop's each occupy
about 40 acres The foregoing statistics afford
general view of the extent of the operations at Bur-
ton, which, it will be seen, are very Important
The small breweres in Burton managed with
the same attention to detail the larger Ones and,
generally speaking, produce article equal in
quality to their more popular rivals
FRIGHrFuL CASE OF HYDRopHoBIA.-W have Just
haa rA frnD pf raiti uhn IL
from Arrarat, Pa, about twelve miles south of
Susquehanna depot, of singular and distressing
case of hydrophobia. The facts of the case are as
follows: About two years ago, Miss Sarah Low,
the daughter of Lewis Low. respectable farmer,
started to visit neighbor the fields, short
distance and after going little distance furi-
ously attacked by large dog, afterwards ascer-
tanned to be mad, who tore nearly all the clothes
OFF her; but reaching a stone fence, Miss Low sue
ceeded in getting over, and the dog, in attempting
to follow, pulled down large stone, which, falling
on his foot, held him fast and Miss l.. escaped, as
she supposed at the time, without being bitten
A few months ago Miss Low was married to Mr..
Townsend, and on Sunday, the Sd inst, while her.
self and husband were riding in carriage to her
fathers house, Mrs. 4. exhibited signs of hydro
phobia. Mr.. T. hurried to their destination,
and during the night Mrs. Il. was attacked with
spasms, and was violent that it required several
men to restrain her-she attempting, during the
spasms, to bite any one within her reach. She
continued in the same way up to the time our in
formant left, FRIDAY morning, 9th inst.,) and it
was supposed that she could not survive much
longer 1t is believed by her friends that when
attacked by the mad dog, two years ago there
must have been some abrasion of the skin, not OBJ
served at the time, through which some virus from
the mad dog penetrated the system Bin champion
(N. ~ Republican.
SHORT Crops IN ENGLAND.--In the British Parlia-
ment on the 18th ult, Mr.. Card called attention to
the serious deficiency of last harvest, and the con-
sequent necessity for increased economy in the pub
lie expenditure. He described the failure as having
extended to potatoes well as the cereal crops,
and the prospects of the future harvest as not
much better. With the best weather, not more
than an average crop could be expected. He
said
"He found that whilst last year, in the six
months ending February, we imported from the
United States 100000 quarters of corn, amounting
to t3le,ooo, In the corresponding months last
season, we imported 2,l95, 900 quarters, at a cost
OF E. $50, 600, or nearly twenty times as much.
From Russia and Prussia had also imported
much greater quantities, and from France we had
imported nearly six times much grain. The
total increase of imported grain might be estimated
at upwards of $4,000, 900, as compared with the
six months ending February, 1860. This would
plainly show the cause of the pressure which was
at present felt in mercanti lie circles, but, at any
rate, there was the satisfaction of knowing that
there would be no general deficiency, and there
was also reason to hope that this season of difficulty
would soon pass over"
CHlNA.-The Shanghai Herald, December 22d,
states that the Chinese had given offence to the
british authorities, by laying an additional duty
on opium. The Chinese had ordered the servants
of the foreign merchants to disclose the transac-
tons OF their employers for the purpose of collect
ing th is duty, and offered brides for the fulIment
of this duty and threats for its non performance
watch of disguised Chinese had also been placed
hp or of haf fare,
chants. The consul had notified the Chinese au-
thorltes that these things must cease. At Wang
chow, two Englishmen had been imprisoned, strip
ped nearly naked, and otherwise ill-treated with
manacles. chains, and the hooting of crowd being
charged with defrauding the government of the
salt tax. Two American missionaries had made a
visit to Hang Chow. They were not allowed to
enter the city, but two of their servants were and
reported it in ruins far as they went mile from
the gates, but well guarded, the Chinese saying by
10000 men. On their return by the grand canal,
they passed several towns abandoned to the crows
About forty miles from Hang Chow they suddenly
and unexpectedly came upon a rebel army which
opened on the right and LETT to capture them but
as soon as they discovered them to be foreigners
some cried, "foreign DEVILS" and others "foreign
BRETHREN" and dropping their flags and spears
burst into hearty laugh
IMPORTANT TO NORTHERN Book PUBLrsHERs.-Tbe
Marietta (Ga.) Advocate tells us that, in case Lin
coin and his Administration choose war with the
South one OF the first steps in Southern enterprise
will be the issuing of school books and other works
that have been copyrighted by Northern mem
From this source alone an immense profit has been
annually drawn from the Sou ern people. Another
measure would be the establishment of works for
the manufacture of Northern patented articles. A
sewing machine for which the Northern patentee
receives $50, can be made for $40. The Southern
maker can sell for S25, and realize an enormous
profit so with the Colts pistols or Sharp's rifles
or agricultural implements, and hundred
other things And this would be as nothing COM
tha ont an
privateers. The Southern people can stay at home
and destroy the North. They now stand on the de.
fenslve. They wait an invasion. But, when it
commences, they will strike the North in every yul-
nerable point.
PROSPECT OF RECoNsTRUcrIoN.-Th most miser
able deluslon that ever entered into the minds of
men, is that of the return of the seeded States to
the Confederacy. An intelligent Virginian, who
has thoroughly traversed these States, expresses
the opinion that there is about much prospect of
their return as there of the return of the
British Colonies to Great Britain, after the Battle
of Yorktown. What should they return for? Who
Will bring them back? The Border States, which
have deserted them in their hour OF trial? Now
that they have worked out their own salvation and
solitary and alone established their independence,
Will the Border States, who have hung all the
while as mill stone upon their necks be able to
coax them back to their own yoke of bondage?
They would better try it.-Richmond Dispatch.
The SOUTHERN LoAN.-The Atlanta (Ga.) Con.
says n uistiupuisueu pOHllclan OF the
North came on to Montgomery last week with offers
for the whole of the fifteen million loan at par, the
bid being made by English capitalists. We learn
that Mr.. Memminger declined the negotiation,
preferring to give domestic capitalists the refusal
of the bids. Since this offer was made, we have
been told that New Orleans takes ten millions, and
a Georgia house five, all at par! Indeed, at per
cent, with the hypothecation of the export duties
on our cotton, the Confederate States would not
lind the least difficulty in receiving offers for one
hundred millions in ninety days.
MOVEMENT SOUTHWARK AMONG New YonK MER-
cHANTs.-The New York papers state that the
following firms have either done SO or are about
establishing branch houses in the South in conse-
quence of the difficulties which exist at the North
and the broader field for enterprise opened in the
new confederacy: Messrs. Lewis B. Brown & Co..
(clothing,) No. 81 Chambers street, Mobile; SauIs.
bury, Henry Co., (clothng,) Allen, McClain &
Buckley, (dry goods,) Adler Newbouer, (cloth-
lng,) go to Mobile or Charleston; Bruff, Brother
d Seaver, (foreign and American hardware New
Orleans. Others are likewise preparing to avail
themselves of the double advantage of having
house in each section of the Union, and will make
a change soon.
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