The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-13

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THE AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH.
ne tnects o, the war IN America are beginning
70 react on thia country. Hitherto we have
been mere spectators OF the sanguipary struo-
GLE hoping that the course Of eyauts worId hriECs
At t" speedy and satisfactory close but recent
events show that we only ut the beginninc of
."e emu, ana thaf, great a the suiferings Of the
itnlle date combatans are, these suifarings must
Ge ieit more or less b. the whole Of Europe and
more especially by the great producing countries-
France and England. One o! the first consequences
OF this unfortunate civil strife is serious dimnu
ton in the amount OF English railway Dividends
Almost every great artery of Communication
which pierces England from one extremity to the
other acknow lodges a decrease of business, and
this is reelected in the reduced division of pruGts-
8 condition of things which is painfully fell by
those whose property is embarked in such under
takiugs, and the worst feature is that bad as the
present prospect is, the future holds out little en-
couTagement Every week the stock of cotton
for the manufacture Of that article il the stable
produce Of England becomes t'smaII by degrees
and beautifully less the question arises where
shall we LOOK for a fresh supply when the present
one IS exhausted? The East Indies NAV send us
300, eco 400 900 extra bales; bat this is a mere
"s0p to Cerberus," when measured by cur actual
necessities. What supplies may we hope for from
| Australia, from the West Indies, from the West
Coast of Africa, the other portions of the earth
! to which we were told to direct our eyes Ulli-
mateIy we may perhaps receive from these and
| other sources enough to keep the mills Of Ian
cashire and Lanarkshire going; bat 'whe the
|
| is how to manage during the painful interval
This difficulty must have been present to the minds
OF the Southern planters when they raised the
standard of revolt. They argued that the first law
OF nature, selipreservation, would compel England
and France to force the blockade of the Southern
ports to supply themselves with article the pos
session Of which is essential to keep down starva-
| ton and instruction at home, and in this sense
| they reasoned wisely. We may rub on with com
| parative until the fall OF the year. but to-
| wards November and December next, when cotton
| laden vessels from New Orleans, Mobile and
Charleston, and other ports in possession Of the
Southern Confederacy, usually make their ap-
| pearance in British and French waters The uues-
| ton will atise-a serious for all partes-what
| is to be done? There those amongst US who
contend that unless peace between the North and
South has been secured in the interval we must in
seli-defence violate the blockade to secure that
great essential OF hfe-cOtton. Better, these
persons argue, to risk war with America than to
see millions OF our operatives turned into the streets
| to die Of want-better to provide ourselves with
what we cannot do without, at whatever cost, than
| to bring worse than war-famine, disease and pes.
ti!ence-to our own doors. These, we admit, arc
| extreme views; but it was the belief that they
would be realised that induced Mr.. jefferson Davis
and his abestors to defy the power of the President
and attempt to dismember the Union.
The ARMSTRONG GUN.-A highly important tria
oil the effect OF shot from lO0-pOunder Armsrorq
gun on Mr.. Jones' improved sy stem of iron ati,c
for vessels, recently took place at Portsmouth, En-
land. The target was fixed on the deck of an ole
Arctic vessel the Griper, and Represented as nearly
as practicable the actual side of an ronpated shin
1t consisted of plates, two AZ inches and tygf
5f2 inches, laid in II inches of pine backing wbicl
again is bnlted to Is inch plate. and present.
angles to the assaant guns of about so degrees -
The plates are not t0ngued rroCred at the ed res
as in the Warrior aud other IRON clad ships but ar,
laid together square with each other, as Mr., Ione
considers the effect Of the former plan to be inuri
Gus to their strength. The whole is so hung that
even if the plates themselves were destroyed, tn
real hull OF the ship would be injured in NJ W.
| whatever.
The practice was made by The StOrk gunUoat
| with an ATmsti ong gun carrying a cast iron bolt
inches long by u in diameter, weighing 10 pounds
| propelled by charge Of IA pounds Of powder, at
distance OF 200 yards, and the resisting power o
the target was unprecedented Gut of g shots III
majority merely made indentations of a depth vary
ing from l to inches, without seriously startiDt
any OF the bolts and only shot, which hit a spo
| previously damaged by several Others usssa,
through the plates, but even then did not tOunh q
inIure the hull of the vessel in the slightest degree
1t must be borne in mind that all the shots wrr
concentrated on very small area, and also tba
the target had never been in any wav ranairet
since its trial against an Armstrong GS FOUNDER il
August, 1850 two circumstances which make !,
power OF resistance appear perfectly wonderful.
! THE ORLEAEs PRNcEs.-The Paris corresnnpden
OF the New York EUeniHg Post learns OF rood eu
thOritY that we are to have the honor al = yisi
from two no less distinguished peraoDaces than tn.
Duke de Charities and the Count de Paris of tb.
Orleans family. Would it not be a little awkward
he says, if they should meet his Iiighness Prime,
Napoleon? 1t is said, also, that the Prince de Join
vile intends placing his son, Il youth OF sixteen il
the American navy.
AT CRISIS late farewell performance in the Crvq
tai falace, there were present II ia people.