The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-10

llOn ana peace
THE PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AssoclATIoN.-A
stated meeting of this Assocat ion was held yester-
day evening, in their room, the Rev. j. W. Kra-
mer, President, in the chair.
The Corresponding Secretary was not present,
but lie ter was received from him suggesting the
propriety and practical usefulness of a reading
room and library, and that a committee be ap-
pointed to take the subject into consideration.
The following gentlemen were named as the COM
mittee DIR. j. ID. Knight, Messrs. Sloan, Cohen,
Stanton and Granger.
1t was moved by Mr.. Naylor that the nature and
objects of the Association, to which all Maryland
ersare invited, and the and residences of the
Executive Committee, be advertised three times
(once a month) in each of three paper-the North
american, Inquirer and Ledger.
The constitution examined by nearly every
member, and it certainly gave general satisfaction
An impression had gone abroad to the effect that
the Association was of political nature. Nothing
could be erroneousf for article VIII. says that
no political religious subjects shall at any time
10 vduoed into the meetings." The Association
is social, friendly and charitable, and whenever a
reading-room and library shall be established, it
will, no doubt partake OF a literary character On
the subject OF charity we copy article ".
Sec. l. ANY native of Maryland in the city of
Philadelphia or vicinity who may be suffering for
want of friends, may make application to the Exc
cutiVe Committee, assured that his brother Mary
landers will be found ready to extend whatever as
sstance may be advisable.
After two or three other new members had been
received, the meeting adjourned
We subjoin list of the officers:
President-Rev. j. ". Kramer
Vice-PresdeEt-M Hall Stanton.
Corresponding Secretary-Dr. j. ID. Knight.
Recording Secretary-H. liyday, Jr.
Treasurer-James NJ. Stevens.
Executive Committee-Thomas Watson, Chair
man, John D. Watson, w. B. McAtte, G. j. Nay
lor, Harrison Dixon.-North American, Aprit 8.
KINGS OF IrALY-Victor Emmanuel II. is by no
means the first monarch who has borne the title of
King of Italy. He has had no less than seventy
two predecessors in this respect Among the most
illustrious of those soveregns were TheodOric the
Goth; Charemagne; the Italian Arduln, and Ma
poleon. Five only belong to the Italian nation ::
Berenger l., Duke de Frioul (SSS); Guido, Duke
de Spoeto and Camerino (8S9); Berenger H., Mar
auis d'Ivrea {950); Adalbert, his (950) and
Arduin Marquis d'Ivrea (l002); Berenger ii. is
one of the ancestors of Victor Emmanuel The de-
scendants of his son Adalbert, after having long
wandered in exile, came to Savoy. Amedeus Ill
in ll0S, took the title of Count, which Amedeus
WILL, in ll9l, changed into that of Duke. 1t was
in 1875 that Victor Amedeus ii. took the name of
the King of Sardinia, borne by eight sovereigns
including the last, Victor Emmanuel H., on whom
the Parla ment has just conferred the crown of Ita-
y This title has not been taken from the time oi
Charles ", in 1880, to Napoleon l.. in 1905.
Discovery OF ANCIENT Coins IN New ORLEANS -
Ihe New Orleans papers report the discovery of a
collection of old coins in ancient Spanish house
in the Second District of that city. The story runs
! to the effect that an old negro woman had com,
| planned frequently to her mistress about an evli
| spirit which haunted the place, floor, walls ana
ceiling of the kitchen, to her great terror ana Tue
destruction of her rest at night. On SUNDAY nlgn',
| March oath, this woman locked herseii III tue
| kitchen with her little grandson, and began q
search for money, which she naturally associated
with the spirit. She dug under the hearth and dis
covered heap of old silver coin the vaue oil walcf
! has been estimated by a broker at Sl,6TO. WHIT
buried the money mU It remain mystery. Tht
money, of course, cAlls to the lady living in th,
| house.
The Savannah NeWs bestows fitting g'notice upol
the "6rst cannon ever cast in Georgia" 1t is
twenty-four pound howitzer, and weighs l,7OI
pounds, beautifully modelled and highly finished