The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-07

it with milk. We work, and they reap the fruit of
our toll. We invented the means of their prosper
ity. Whitney made the cotton gin that has done
so much for the South, and he died poor man, as
they cheated bin out of the reward of his toll
Chivalry! Chivalryl
They think down South that Garrison is a great
agitator. He has done some thing in that way, to
be sure. And there is Wendell Phillips-he has
been at work-and some ministers were reported
to be travelling about the country talking to people
ON slavery. There will be another kind of agitation
before long. Northern fax will soon be at work
we'll lombard their cotton with that product which
our people are now growing successfully.
CORRESPONDENCE.
TowsoNrowN, March 6, 1861.
On visiting lake Roland yesterday we discovered
the lake about one half filled with water spreading
over that large body of land condemned for the
purpose OF retaining water for your city. As vet
the work is not completed, and particularly at the
breast of the dam, where an elevation of some four
ieet Will be added to the stone work. The surplus
water breaks over with great force and the spray
rises some fifty feet The water in the lake is any
thing but clear, and around the shore is partcu-
larly muddy, owing to the breeze washing it
against the new-made earth banks. This cannot
be remedied, and your citizens will be compelled to
Swallow it, until those banks become hardened
and baked by the sun or washed smooth; this will
take some months. Wild ducks have already
made 1t their stopping place, and the narrowness of
the sheet, with the forest on either side, will afford
gunners an excellent opportunity for sport.
We learn from reliable source that the EN-
ployees attached to the United States arsenal To-
Gated on the Reisterstown road, eight miles from
the city, are at present busiy engaged in putting
the arms in order for use, and making thousands
of ball cartridges.
A day or two since, the body of colored infant
was seen floating on the dam attached to Mr..
Stephen Gorsuch's grist mill in this county, Sus-
plclon rests on coored woman living in the neigh
borhood.
The county commissioners yesterday appointed
Mr.; John 5. Hays tax collector for the eleventh
resigned.
The work on the much needed railway from the
city to this place, has not yet been resumed.
The deputy wardens of the city Jail arrived here
To-Day having in custody George alias Rudy
Ntlne, Thomas johnson alias Tom Tit, ohm But
ton, Charles Green, John Drawer and Lewis c..
ard, whose cases have been removed to the
County Court, for trial.
LATER FROM MEXICO
TIE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY STILL UNSETTLED.
Dispatches were received at the Department of
state, with dates from the city of Mexico to Feb
49, Peace has not been restored throughout the
country, the reactionsts being still in arms in some
quarters, particularly in the South. Large bands
OF troops have been sent against them by Juarez's
government, and some unimportant battles have
been fought. Since Miramon had left the country
the reactionists have been under the command Of
Auloa a and Vicario. The decree had been passed
annullng all sales of every kind of property made
oE tne clergy without the authority Of government
The Minister of the United States had protested
against it. The Presidential question was not de-
elded, cut the impression that the present in.
cumoent had received a larger number of votes
than any OF his competitors. If there is no seec-
ton by the people the selection would devoIva mo,
Congress. General Uraga had been appointed by
j uareZ Minister to Washington. He is well known
IN this country as an able military man and has
considerable diplomatic experience, having been
munster Ior some time to one of the European
IvnA h,rn No. l. l. L
settled for with the British Minister. 1t is to be
paid to the British merchants in four months The
money seized by Miramon from the British lepa
ton has also been settled for, and is to be paid out
OF the property Of those who authorized the
seizure.
EXTRAORDINARILY French have paid great at
tentlon to hydrophobia, and their Investigations
concernlng 1t have lately been published in the
Annates d'Hygiene Publique, of two hundred and
elgnty cases; one hundred and lightweight were
sad to have been produced by the bite of dog
twenty six by wolf, thirteen by that of a cat, and
one by the bite of fox. In two cases, in. which
the bite OF cat produced the disease, one animal
Is reported to have become rabid in consequence of
an extensive burn; another owing to its having
been robbed Of its young. These cases are regard
ed as of considerable interest, as thew tend to
throw light upon the long-doubtfu question of the
spontaneous development of hydrophobia in other
species OF animals than the canine
Nearly two-thirds of the whole number of cases
occurred during hot weather, and only about sixty
persons out of one hundred who were bitten were
subsequently seized with hydrophoba, and the re.
naming forty experienced no i'll effects. DR.. Tar
deu, the author of the official report on this sub
lec observes that the fact cannot be too STRONGLY
insisted upon that the only hopes of security from
the fatal effects of this dreadful disease lie in i'm.
mediate cauterization with the red-hot iron and
that every other method only compromises the fu
ture safety of the patient by the irreparsble loss of
the only moments during which the preventive
treatment is applicable.
The lNUNDATIoNs IN HoLLAYD.-Amsterdaua Feb
ll.-Thank God the frightful desolation of our in
Undated districts begins to abate, and the waters
are running to their natural channels. But what
scenes OF distress, agony and penury do they leave
oehlnd them! Some villages are entirely DESTROY
ed; not vestige of a habitation remains to show
that Il, they were the dwelling place of man. Nearly
4V,0oO acres OF cultivated land have been submerg-
their dwellings to seek shelter in schools and
churches, and to eat the bread of charity The
NUMBER OF cattle drowned or killed it is impossible
10 state with accuracy but it is said to amount to
several 1e thousand. This, however, is a slight ca
lamlty compared with the loss ofhuman life. which
Notwithstanding every effort made by the author
tues TO render assistance, has swollen to a high
figure. IS
When the dyke broke at Leodwen the waters
rushed through with such fearful violence as To
carry all before them; houses barns and trees tnm
oeo down at their approach; how then could the
!aborers ON the dyke and their families resist the
crushing strength of the food and the ice masses
The descriptions sent me from the scene of desolo
tion are really shocking. What the poor Creatures
whose homely dwellings but recently afforded them
comfortable shelter, have had to encounter in the
form OF cold, nakedness and starvation is almost
incredible Truth, indeed, in this case is stranger
much stranger than fiction.
DISTINGUISHED Ponce OFFICER.-The Phila
deiphlans have some remarkable men among their
city employees. Colonel Gabriel de Korponav. a
Polander, recently appointed on the Park Police,
received handsome education in his native coun-
try, and gained the mastery of twelve languages.
On the breaking out of the revolution he Joined
the Polish army and served with distinction He
came to this country after his countrymen were
crushed by Russia, and on the breaking out of the
mexican war Joined the American army and fought
IN several battles. Since then he served in the
Crlmea, and more recently he has pursued the
peaceful vocation of an interpreter in the United
States Courts in Philadelphia. The 'sColonep' has
also had his victories a votary of Terpsichore
and enjoys the high honor and distinction of bring
ing out the polka from Europe and of BEING the
nrst to introduce it in Philadelphia
TRAGEDY ON BOARD OF AN AMERICAN SHrp,-A
dreadful tragedy occurred at the Chincha Islands
on New Years night. The mate of the American
ship kineo, of Boston, Mr.. Bartlett, had piven q
supper to some mates who had been assisting him
in hauling the ship, and, while thus engaged. a
sailor sal from the American ship Hipogriffe came to
the cabin and asked for "more rum This was
denied, and, becoming insolent, he was ordered
forward, and pushed out or slapped in the face,
Some time after he returned to the cabin and
stabbed Mr.. Bartlett in the abdomen, causing his
death the next day. Mr.. Bartlett leaves a wife
anc children in Chelsea. subscription was i'm
medatey proposed for their relief, and upwards of
81, 600 was raised, which will be sent home to
them. The murderer had been sent to Yea for
trial, and, if condemned, will be shot on the
highest island, as warning to sailors
KENTUCKY PRoMINENT.-Kentucky seems to he
prominently on the carpet just now as it has given
birth to many of the characters figuring in the
drama OF the second American revolution Presi-
dent Davis was born in Todd county, Kentucky
in 1908. President Lincoln was born in Hardin
county, in 1909. Vice President Breckenridge
was born in Fayette county, in 1921. Senator Crit
tenden, the great COMPROMISED, was born in Wood
ford county, in 1856. James Guthrie, the Chair
man on Compromise resolutions in the Peace Con-
ference, was born in Nelson county, in 1875. Jo-
seph Holt, the warlike Secretary of War, is a na-
tive of Breckenridge county. Major Anderson was
born in Kentucky, in 1905. General Harvey, Mr..
Preston, Minister to Spain, and Senator Sebastian,
are also Kentuckians.
Mr.. Surgeons mammoth tabernacle is expected
to be opened toward the close of March, free of
debt The sum spent will have been ESQ 000 of
which f2 900 has yet to be raised. 1t is estimated
that about 100000 persons have contributed to
the building fund. Not single accident has
occurred during the building of the immense
structure.
On the lIth February, by =. r Busey, VIM. J. WYANT
q MISS ANNIE X FIELDS, third daughter of VIM H.