The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-15
THE FoLnCY OF THE SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS.


states. They will remain quiet pending the neg
tatonS now going on in reference to the evacuatiC
OF the Southern forts. They were assured to-da
from high source, that the administration wou
IN lew days take all the troops out of the secedt
this policy
/ As the evacuation of the Southern forts was tt
main ground of the demands of the commission
erS, they Will not leopard this result, the peac
OF the country, by standing on unessential form
and technicalities. SO for the present we NAV p,
f pect repose.
| COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE.
IL Is SAID that the Attorney General, Mr. Bate
mas gwen the opinion to President Lincoln that th
revenue cannot be collected except under the Iar
OF li99, which renders it necessary for collector
! | 10 reside within their respective districts an
therefore 1t will be impossible to execute the Law
vessels '
MESSENGER FOR CHARLESTON
despatch from Richmond that is req arded a
thy mhnoiiy renaole, states that messenger passe
through that city last night, on his way to Charles
Ton, with orders to Major Anderson.
FORT SUMTER TO BE EVACUATED.
uenerat Scott said this afternoon that Fort Sum
. t5r WI De evacuated next Monday. 1t is probable
Chat MAJOR Anderson will come BY land to Norfolk
ana possibly to Washington.
| MINISTER TO ENGLAND.
! resident Lincoln does not hesitate to express hi
I preferences for Mr.. William l.. Dayton, of New
Jersey, as Minister to the Court of ST. James; but
mr. Seward is thought to favor the appointment ol
hF' oharles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts,.
CHARLESTON AFFAIRS.
| The Mercury of Tuesday, in editorially introdu.
cling the first of series of communications upon
'ne subject of the export duty on cotton, adds:
For ourselves, we have regarded this measure
! auopted by the Southern Provisional Government
as revolutionary in its character, and iustifable
soIeiy on the ground of the public emergencies for
.ne tine peing AS species of legislation adapted
wa IL i
| UNJUST and indefensble. Never having been of
tnose who have expected "civil war; "invasion -
ee!c:' etc, or anything here in the shape of con.
Iict, 10 result from secession, except, perhaps a
y. s usl at OFT Sumter, we should very much have
Pieieir reu at once revenue tariff on imports with
low duties OF 10 or Is per cent. ud paL Yielding
however, to the apprehensions of those who fear a
Doouy war, and wish to see the South put imme-
this provisional argument.
Inc following is from Tuesdays Courier:
DEFENcEs OF THE SHIP CHANNEL.
we are gratified in being able to state that the
patterles on the ship channel, which are of the
heaviest kind, in a high state of prepara-
ton, and ready for almost any force that NAV at
tempt to enter our harbor We believe the rein
W 13rcemeht OF Fort Sumter by the Government at
" aShingt Ton now to be an impossbity. Our troops
on MOTIFS Island and Sullivan's Island are in very
nne spirits, and in thorough drill 1t is estimated
mat there are in all about 5000 men at the differ
eht iortihcatons, ready for any emergency.
EVACUATION DAY.
When the palmetto flag waves over Fort Surn+or
whence 1t will only be removed for the Confederate
nag, snail we not have grand evacuation Jubilee
anu ceieoratlon! Let US have also an Illumination
", MORE HEAVY ORDNANCE AND AMMUNITION.
we near that Gov. Pickens has $50 kegs of pow-
der en- route, which was shipped from Wilmington
on Monday morning for this city, having lust ar
rived there from the North. A bill of fading for
= wv other Kegs OF powder from the North, per or
der OF Gov. Pickens, was also received at Whining
ton on Monday morning-making in all 8. $50 kegs
OF OF powder Two heavy ten-inch mortars from
Richmond, ordered by Gov. Pickens in addition to
tnose already arrived, were shipped from Whining
ton on Monday morning, on the Northeastern Rail
road Also, 400 nine-inch shells and a large amount
OF shot, &c.
AFFAIRS AT PENSACOLA.
Inc Geographic correspondent of the Courier
sends that journal the following from Pensacola.
on the 1lth instant
r;m Vur n preparations are progressing rapidly. We
WIN oe soon enabled to resist any attempt at coer-
clon. General Braxton Bragg, of the Confederate
army, Is IN command day, and will have thinps
placed IN readiness for action. The troops are in
good spirits and ready for fight
mere are now almost completed three sand bat
terles, large and secure; in the first one hearing
on the front OF Pickens, is mounted two large co.
lumbads on the second, four sea coast howifzers.
and on the third also four guns-making in all ten
guns on the batteries, each one in different posi-.
ton OF attack to Pickens and independent of Forts
Barrancas and McRea and the navy ward Iieut
Slemmer, of Pickens, fearing his fort was not of
Suihcent avail, is also building a sand battery to
pear immediately on the navy yard. 1t is thought
Dy some that he is being assisted in his prepara-
tons by men from the Brooklyn. Our troops are
IN good health and work with will and in a short
time VIII doubtless be ready for almost any emer-
gency. There are now stationed at the barracks at
Barrancas about 500 Alabama troops.-Hont.
Jomcry Nail, Oh.
FEDERAL TROOPS AT PENSACOLA.
+, III was stated In the convention this morning by
non. John Cochran, of Barbour, who had proba-
biY received a despatch to trat effect that there
are now concentrated at Pensacola six United.
States war vessels, with about 1 500 trooIs oI
posrd, ready to assist Lieutenant Semmer in the
defence of Fort Pickens, should an attack be made
upon it.-Mont. Advertiser, 9th
capt. U Hara is in command of Fort McRea. He
mas oy the most untring efforts, placed it in pro-
s & ol pSience The guns are all mounted and
MS men well drilled as cannoniers. Capt. O'Hara
ana MS men have worked night and day and his
EFFORTS are worthy of the highest concentrations
among other preparations and precautions Can.
tara U Hara warned the Wyandotte to keen fur
ther from his fort in her trips to and from the
navy yard.
Col Forney, of the army of Alabama, is now in
command of the forces at Pensacola and neighbor-
mood, and his policy is to take Fort Pckens at a II
hazards He has erected several batteries and
mounted III and Sinch columbiads so as to COM
mand both Fort fickens and the entrance to the
harbor. The Brooklyn, Sabine and St. Louis are
outside; the Brooklyn arrived with twenty II-ioch
ooiumolads; the other ships have very heavy guns
YOUR CHOICE FOR One DoLLAR-THE New METAL
Lie ALLoY.-"Oriede" is new metallic ALLOW, ex.
tensiVely used in this country as a substitute Tor
gold Stores have sprung into existence all over
the country for the sale of it, and newspapers con-
tain flaming advertisements of 'ful set of iewelry
for only one dollar being the stock of large man
uiacturer, (or merchant,) who is obliged to dis
pose OF his stock account of the panic" 1t is
French discovery and is called by the French gold
orede 1t is manufactured to a large extent in
Waterbury, Connecticut. 1t bears a very close re.
semblance to gold in color, density and fneness of
gran so close hatit deceves every one but practi-
cal dealers or experts Its parts consist
pure copper, 100 parts; zinc or (preferaby) tin,
IL parts; magnesia, parts; sal ammoniac, 8 G
parts; quicklime, l.S parts; tartar of commerce,
parts; are mixed follows The copper is
| first melted, when the magnesia sal ammoniac,
| lime and tartar in powder, are added little by
little; the crucible is now briskly stirred for
| nan an hour, so as to mix thoroughly; and then
the zinc Is added in small grains by throwing
1T on the surface and stirring it till it is entirely
fused the crucible is then covered and the (usion
maintained for about thirty five minutes The sur.
| lace is then skinned and the alloy is ready for
casting. The tineness of grain in this alloy gives
| TO those OBJECTS of art composed of it a deicacy
ana purity OF detail that cannot be obtained from
bronze The alloy is essentially ducte and NAL
| leable, and can be cast, rolled, drawn, stamped
! chased, beaten into POWDER or leaves, OF treated
In any other way the artisan may desire. The dis
its use will have tendency to place within the
reach of all the useful, ornamental, and higher
products OF art. An immense number and amount
OF articles are manufactured out of this alloy anc
sold South and West, and none but excellent
judges can tell it frcm gold.-N. Y. World.
A New FIRE E8CAPE.-Makenzie's patent fir,
escape, very simple arrangement for saving life
was tested last evening in front of the Globe Hotel
Fulton street, Brooklyn under the auspices of The
| Brooklyn Common Council who time since
| ed q ha NJ
only characteristic of the apparatus worth men
toning rs its extreme simplicity. 1t consists of
sheetiron box, Of the shape of a capmaker's basket
which is elevated and dropped from below by mean
OF Of double wire rope Every house, it is proposed
1t the idea be carried into effect, shall have an irol
tube attached to lis cornice, running the who'll
length of the caves, and inside of which slides ,
ball, with a hook and pulley to it, hanging ou
through slit below, the object being to bring tn
| rope before any window desirable. This rope i
always to remain changing out" and the box is t.
be looked for in the area way, beneath the steps
or in the kitchen. Nothing is easier than to pull
up or to let it down again, and, barring the inev
table destruction of many window glasses, and al
unpleasant amount of giddy twirling for the womel
and children supposed to occupy it in descending t.
terra jrnG, the contrivance operates very well.-
| About a thousand spectators were gathered las
evening to see the experiment tried by the light o
some tar barrels, which set burning across tn
str treet.-N y Tribune, Uorch IA.
CoMpL1MENTARY-Wef e find in the Legislative pro
ceedngs of Utah Territory, (published in tn
1fountaineer, Great Salt Lake City, the followin
complimentary notice of Frank II. cotton ESQ
Secretary of State of Utah Territory Mr., Woo
ton was appointed from Prince Georges county
and his many friends in Maryland will be glad
hear OF the esteem in which he is held in his d
tant home.
"Councillor Hardy presented the following res,
lutions
BE it resoIred blythe Council and House of Repressnt
t0J