The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-24

~ Csi. harvey Brown, now commanding at Fort
PIckens, will be Immediately relieve to superin
tend the organization of the Fifth Artillery to the
Command OF which he has been appointed by gen
eral order 80. hN"
TIE COAST SURVEY OF THE LAKES Tho offoars
OF the United States coast survey have effected
their arrangements preparatory to commanding
operations up the lakes. The steamer Search l.fI
on Monday Urn Typographical party, in charge
Of assistant W. H. Harding and W. T. Casgraip.
The steamer Planet also took up on Tuesday a par
tv in charge Of assistant II. L. Penny. The schoon
err Surveyor left on Wednesday with party upder
tue command Of assistant j +. Potter The
schooner Coquette Will probably leave in few da VS.
With party of Typographical engineers in charge
OF ID. f. Henry. The shore parties under command
respectively, of Messrs. Harding, Penny and Henry
VIII commence operations on the west end OF Lake
superior; and assistant j +. Potter's partv will
complete the work left undnne last season on Lake
Michigan They will probably be gone Till Octo-
Der.
The CAPTURED PEIvATEEa.--A question is likely
to be raised of no little Importance in the case of
thp pirates who managed the Savannah, Where
and how shall they be tried? Our law of piracy
provides that the pirate shall be taken before a
CIRCUIT Court of the United States in the district
where he shall be brought found. This must
mean The district within which he shall be- brnught
h's'' AFTER ms cipture. Now, the crew Of the Sa-
vahiiah were taken in the Minnesota tn Harnpton
h9adS, and there transferred to the U3rriet Iapo
Is TINS to be considered as bringing them within
the district. and If so, Circuit Court be cren
tea there by the President there being none there
az present zen. Bnter, has in his dispatches ia
Ken TINS point and suggested that a Court be in
sti!uted at Fort Monroe to meet this and simiI,r
exjseucies,-N. Y. Times.
TIE Presidents FoRTHcoM1YG ,Irss.cr Flo
correspondent of the New York Herald saws:
The Presideat continues to deny himself rigidly
10 al! visitors. Even members of Congress are re-
FUSED admittance at the White House The MESSAGE
Is expected to be ready for the printer early next
Mesk; ne SECRETARIES OF State, War, the NAVY
"u" treasury, have all furnished the information
feiatve to their respective departments required
Tor Its preparation. 1t will be eng thy document
no"uS'hR ,he details OF the various Legislative e
measures 10 De recommended to Congress Secre-
'afy OhaSe mas furnished full estimate of the
amount OF money likely to be wanted for the nros-
ecution OF the war. Notifications of the tariff will
be strongly urged.
hAvAGEs OF THE Army WoRM.-The rayapes of
'ne army worm in Illinois truly friehtful The
r'd"ae Farmer says their SAD work is being pros-
ecuted 10 greater or less extent over the fooinp
territories: With slight C imperative DAMAGE in
mcpoh"uSh county, commencing with Adams
county on the west, they are traced eastward
through Cass, Sangamon, Plat, Champaign and
,I part OF Fermllion counties. South FROM
adams, down the Mississippi, thew take Pike Cal
noun, Madison, st. Clair and Jackson. Eastward
OF TINS line, and south from the other their number
seems to be innumerable in Coles, Clark bingham
Ouuioeriand ana Christian counties.
The Chinese Imperial Almanac for 1861 annsarod
as uSuai at fekn about the first of March last If
comprises twelve large volumes, affording besidas
the names of all the government empIovees thromnbo
cut inc Empire, compendium month by month
OF all the events transpirng during the wear Far
eiSners are no longer considered as "outsde barba
rams because, for the first time they are srnkon
OF with respect in this publication which gives tba
text OF the different treaties concluded with them
heceht military occurrences not passed over in
silence, but they are explained in wav entirely
satisfactory to every Celestial"
TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS TO THE Seeding STATES.
- he Adams Express Company will forward let
ters 10 all Northern points, covered by a plsn en-
Veiope, and enclosed with % cents in another en-
VeInpe prepaid by stamps, at the rate of three
cents per ounces the letter envelope to be addressed
adams d 20, Louisville, Ky" These letters
Will be delivered by them at all Southern points
where the Southern Express Company, late Ad-
ans, have offices, and otherwise be mailed at the
nearest office to the point of destination.
APPOINTMENT OF DR.. ELDGn.-The correspondent
of the New York Herald says:
DIR. Elder, of Philadelphia, has been appointed to
a position in the Treasury Department, which has
special reference to the revenue and tariff depart
ment The Doctors speciality is Pennsy ania iron.
lie must take more comprehensive view of things
before he can advise for the general good 1t is
said that he and John A. Dix were the principal
persons consulted in arranging the instructions to
collectors under the Dew tariff.
IMPORTANT TO EUROPEAN TRAvELLERs.-A case
has been decided in the English Court of Common
Pleas, in full bench, where one Wilton, passen-
ger, brought as action to recover damages against
the Galway Steamship Company for loss of his
baggage in the Arago. He had no bill of ladino.
and as the company, in their advertisements and
receipts announced their refus al to be held liable
In any manner if no bills of ladng were signed the
court decided they were not
NEW YORK lioTELs The LEADING botaIs :, N
OK are doing slim business. A correspondent
Oh the buffalo Commercial AdneTtiser who is anna
rehtly well posted, says that the immense first
CLASS houses are sinking at least $500 duriur this
month. The st. Nicholas only a few days AGO
GOT reduction OF $4,000 on the rent, and Other
houses are Begging for reductions which thev
must get, or lose considerable money
The French rined cannon, invented bv I,,uis
Napoleon (who is practical artiilerist and author
treat'se on practical artillery by the way) are
the best weapons for field use ever m ad. combinino
strength, ightness, safety and great precision and
length OF range. No English gun eau hold candl.