The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-19


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! :, BRITIsH SAMons IN THE AMERICAN WAn.-T5e
| GoFernhent at Washington would, we aDpre1aT5
De very indignant at any proposal on tI,, narf ,p
| the neutral States to be allowed to 90 on heard
| American ships-oi-war and pick out eacb i,s Own
SUBJECTS, and to carry them home and pupi4h III m
GnqeF It's foreign enlistment laws; would the
GoFernment OF Montgomery be tolerant of any
claim on our part to stop its cruisers and insise
upon being satisfied that every sailor yyas rnnn
WhP owed no allegiance to Queen Victoria Our
chlef difficulty, the efOre, in this matter viii h.,
to preserve our neutrality in spite of the hel.irnr
| entf. 1t it be broken it will not be by reason of
any partiality in the British Government bul by
reason of the Vaccinations of one or both or,n,
Wafrlng factions. 1t is we ourselves who have tAa
strongest possible interest in preventing cIr sao
Inep from engaging in this terrible war To
americans thus Is an interpretive and traricilal
connict II we were to take part in Il by l. Tir..
yourselves to the detestabe trade of priz-o fs,i,-
At would be to US nothing less than q civil var H.
.wnuid be Portsmouth against PvmGrth and ti.,
PAID of sailors of English ship-6Cvar at.eret
me pad oil sailors of another English shiu-o,-2er
We should be Englishmen lighting each other m
the seas for quarrel in which we have no interest
Hothing could be 80 discreditable and disastyors.
II lQ should turn out that, notwithstanding tho
Aord ChancelIOr's opinion that such an act ,v,;Id
be murder, EngIishmen caught in American mi
,Vateers are hanged as pirates, there will b.
strong inclination in England to hold thlt they
deserved their fate. Whether they be plunGerIur
IN the name of Mr. Jefferson Davir, or ti,htior ~
high wages under Mr.. Lincoln, they will be cartlIv
mere meTcenary cut-thrOsts, and will be UJfr.lr
-disarowed by their countrvmeu, We bnIirrr ;F
lt should unfortunately happen that prirlf-c94
should steal forth in this American Quarrel from
English ports that the public would see, with erras
satisfaction, the merchant who furnished the tr-
IKE stores, the shipbuider who furnished The shin
and the captain who commanded her all put#-h-i
tngether as centederates. This, however, ia con-
trary to the law of nations, aud lord Elenbnrornh
oilers to all such offenders the consolation .h ?
! some time alter they have been caught and hanged
there will be strong diplomatic protect delivered
on their behalf.-Londoa Times.
The PREsIDENr'g MEssAgF--Tbe- vV,sbi-,,o.,
! 10. says: ~
The President is making good progress r,:... ~,
message 1t vii! take the highest ground in favor
! OF prosecuting the with the utmost vror, and
! OF finishing it by winter If that be possible 10
MAKE 1t possible, he will recommend call Gar 500
VOO men, and an appropriation sufficient % cov.r.l
necessary expenditure at cost of 5000 GOO eco
| The Governors of all the Free States have been
written to on this subject and have with only two
exceptions responded heartily, go that the pras{
dent, IN making these recommendations feels fh7t
ne IS backed by the people, speaking through iarir
constituted authorities. There can be no dogb.
that Congress will pass bills in conformity with
theSe suggestions, both to increase the army and
to supply funds for all needrul purposes
| DISSATISFACTION AMONG OFPIcEns or THE Rrerr.r
ARAY.-lt Is said in New York there is uetiffo0
In private circulation among the officers Of ~, or
! three regiments of the regular army prsvino tf,t
the practice of exalting uneducatcd military nm
| above old officers be discontinued. Orer furty-qiy
! names are now attached to it. The sigrersask
whether 1t is right to ignore promotions in war
| time. that civilians may be made distinguished --
Annexed is paragraph from the dlcum.uts
! There are one hundred and sixty uen known "a
eight subscribers of this petition who have grown
grey as Lleutenants, nnG-tenths Of lh,m having
averaged seven years in the field. Can the faeIinrs
0t these men be STILL when citizen last aoo,intad
| demands from them the salute of 4 subordiDsts
which be knows not how to return 2" Nine CEN
tIemen have resigned since the 2Sth of Nav because
they were ordered to serve under persons Of no
| military skill
| . REGENT APPLICATION OF COMPRESSED AIs.-We
have occasionally binted at the possibility of sma!
| vehlcies being moved on common roads BY Sore
applied power, such strong springs, cor-
pressed ali, hydraulic pressure, &c. stap to-
ward such a desidersum seems to have iust bs.7
| MADE IN France, according to a contemDor9rv uho
Genneviiers, near to Paris, is erected g windmill
which works suction and forcing pump, for th5
purpose OF COMPRISING the atmosphere into strong
! Teceptacles, made of iron plates hooped rnptf
until the air is condensed eight or ten aiurs.
pheTes. When one receptacle il full it is taken
| away and replaced by another which Is filled 81.
before. Thanks, therefore, to the wind, which
costs nothing coIsiderabl bic motive power is col
lected in some twenty or thirty receptgclez This
| force Is afterwards used NAV be required. for
putting into movement the different machines
used tor polishing, planning, and turning, whole
| series of different articles generally known as
| "Articles de Paris."-BuiIdsr.
| GENERAL PIERCE AND THE BATTLE CT Rrrgrr -
Brigadier General Pierce writes to the Boston J,ur-
! nal, complaining of the rumors set afoat by his
enemies, and says:
81 gave my orders properly, and under the cir
cumstsnces, the battle could not have been msu.
| aged better
sHrhis | write that the public may not judge me
before have time to be heard.
| ,~"Capt Haggerty and Major Winthrop, of Gen.
but'erls staff were with me and advising me ~ 90
| NTAn t!ar z 1TfiF at-Tf
yet, that he blames me at ALL In haste, yours, &C.,
-. -.. "E. w. PIuRcE"
| A SbUTHERv WoWAN.-Nrs. Emily Tubman. Of
| Augusta Ga, who is we'll known for her hbaraIi-
| tv has armed entire Georgia Regiment. Mrs
! T. is native of Kentucky, and in this timely d
nation to the volunteers has proved herself wor.
thy daughter of noble State, which will yet send
delegates to the Confederate Congress in spits oP
the strenuous and Interested efforts OF such men as
| George D. Prentice who is laboring so hard to
misrepresent State which has lostered and cher
ished him, an alien by birth aud principle. -Hiet-
mond Daily Eraminer.
! DIsUEION IN CANADA.-Ehere is active dis
union movement in the Canadas. The Toronto
Leader!charges the ''Cear Grits'' with having or
ganzed a conspiracy for the dissolution OF tho
union between Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
The "Ciesr Grts," or as they now called tor
short "Grits,' are opposed to the ministerial
management By which the union is made n-
srrument for the promotion Of the selfish ends Of
ufice-holders.
I
hundred foreign letters addressed to person in the
seeded States, were received from New York gt
the Dead Letter Office this morning. Thirty-farr
hundred have been previously sent tbiihar from
Boston, New York, and Chicago. Foreign letters
| will be delivered to agents of Southern homes il
properly identified, upon payment of postage under
our postal treaties. They will not be opuupG at
the Dead Letter Office.
COLLINS STEAMSHIPS TO BE CoNvrETED rvro Gun
BoATs.-The steamships Atlantic and Baltic, living
at the foot of Canal street, are now cGalDd AID
will in day or two, proceed to the Navy Nard,
where they will be changed into gunhoais.
The steamships Florida and Savannah arc also
coaled and their fires banked and are ready at any
moment to transport troops.-N I, I'"'s''
/. loss OF THE BRITIsH MAIL STEAMER 2gLU.-IuteI-
(lirence by way Of Havana, has been received IL
i Nav V ork stating that the british West lDdia
mail steamship Zulu, bound from New Srk for
Kinc.tnn j. Jamaica, on the 2O,h ult., went ashore
an The Moraut KEYS, near Point MOrant, Jamaica,
n the evening of the Goth ult. The passenger, and
crew. as well as the mails, were saved. The Zulu
was perfectly vessel, but was entirely ZOO
small for the service in which she was engaged.
A BATTALION ACcEPrED.--We learn that
yesterday the War Department accepted, for three
years or the war, a Chicago Battalion raised bv
Capt. j. W. Wilson, consisting OF 2l2 men, rank
and hle-called the Illinois Bridge, BreastwoiE and
Fertilization Fusileers. 1t is composed of l29
penters, 20 railroad-truck men, railroad and
bridge blacksmiths, boat builders, engineers
and locomotive builders W0sh. Star.
| MINE OF OPAIs-A valuable mine OF oPaIs mas
haen d;scorara5 or tho snowy range OF mountains
in California. Some of these gems nave arrlEro
at New York There are sete'%a G 1etes VI t' .n
stone, those OF the i'''' 49,
J erto, very rare .
H. I.., Wednesdsy, a man hung himself becausc
b;s Stature was not up to the standard prescribed
for volunteers In New York.