The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-19
FROM THE SOUTH.

THAT JUDGE LYON" LETTER-
The Abbevie Banner, speaking Of the letter
from pretended AbbevilIe planter, over which
the Abolition papers have lately been exulting,
says:
1t is unnecessary to contradict any of its state
mens, it bears fa,sehood and absurdity upon its
very face. 1t was doubtless written for the pur-
pose OF prejGdcing the of secession in Texas
and, although the writer speaks familiarity of
"b0ttom laud on Long Cane" and other matters
concerning US, We doubt that he (whCever he NAV
beg was ever in the District.
The DEPARTMENTS.
The M0ntgOmercry Confederation says: The
several departments of the Government are organ
lied, or preparing tn complete their organiza
ton. The Presidents fortunate in having sur
rounded himself with body of statesmen, distin-
guishcd not only for their ability, but for their
purity of character; and they seem to be working
men, The activity which we observe in the de
partmentS promises well for the advancement of
public business.
We learn that the gallant Captain Duncan N.
Ingraham, G. s. N, yesterday received orders to
proceed Immediately to Pensacola.
AN IMPORTANT INvENrIoY G. NJ. Penning-
ton, Of Rome, Ga, has made some very important
inventions, if what he claims is true. The Courier
says he has planned
"a new style of warship, whch--if in its prac
teal workings 1t veriiies the theory of its form
and c0nstructon-will speedily supplant all others
especially those intended for taking forts heseginr
| cities, &c. Its form is such as to make it fast
sailer, and it is equally well adapted to sails or
steam power. 1t is made both ball-prn0f and she'll
proof, and this is accomplished by its peculiar form
and an outside covering Of iron of only one inch
thickness, this being made sufficient BY the peculiar
material underneath it, and the shape of the vessel
!! The great advantage claimed for this invention is
| Its simplicity and consequent cheapDeSs re aiming
all the advantages of the late style of iron war
ships, which cost about ten times as much and
possessing the additional excellencies of being com
paralveiy light and fast sailer. If the COnieder
ate States had few Of these vessels now atiOat il
| would be an easy task to take Forts Sumter and
| Pickens. Col Pennington vii! go to Montgomery
in a few days for the purpose OF laying the claims
OF his invention before Congress and the Navy De
| partment Col. u. also showed a model for a can
non ball, which he believes viii accomplish all The
| advantages sought from the rife cannon, and en-
tirely remove the difficulties growing out of i'm
properly loading that species of ordnance This
invention can be used in any ordinary cannon.
A NOVEL CHECK BETTER THAN LAw.-The Phila
delphia Ledger of n onday tells the following story
-"Among the amount on deposit with the Sprn!
Garden Saving Fund was the of $50, whic
had been thus invested to the credit of crippled
child, of some six years of age. This t
be the foundation for competency at such tim
as the child should come to mans estate. Great
therefore, the CONSERVATION when the new
began to circulate that the "Sprng Garden wa
lettering, or had actually fallen. The news wa
followed with the information that payment ha
stopped. The parents of the child did not relis
the loss of the only fifty dollars they possessed
the world, and accordingly they adopted an or
ginal mode of collecting the money. The cripple
child taken to the office, and after seating hir
on the counter, the father made formal deman
. for the return of his deposit. OF course none
was forthcoming, and the cashier stated the ute
inability of the institution to meet its liabilities
every WELL" was the reply. "lf that is the case
can no longer support the child, and | now leav
him with YOU" and, suitug the action to the wore
the mother ard father left the premises, while th
child, astonished spectator, sat the counter
quietly, until after his father and mother had di
appeared. then he started such yell was calcr
! lated to the sleepers, and before til
parents had got square from the office, messel
ger came running after them with the informatio
that if they would return and take the child ava,
. the $50 should be paid. The two returned, and I'll
f officer was as as good as his word and the part
, left fifty dollars richer.
5 Lord Campbell said he himself heard Judge :
Stafford thus sentence prisoner to death for fo
, gery:-"And trust, through the merits and med
alton of our blessed Redeemer, you NAV experient
c that mercy in another world which due regard
the credit of the paper currency fthc country 70
bids tO hone for hare -