The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-03

PgEBt4EsaA ~ L4Rs MiGaG5As.--Su Sudden Ei,s
and Sdu Of the Waters OF the Loke--0ne of those
singular oscillations in the lakes, which have been
observed occasionally from the time of the explo-
raions of the Jesuit fathers, witnessed yester-
day in Lake Michigan. variety of signs such as
the mirage of the distant shore, unusual depres-
sion of the barometer, and sudden rise of the
temperature from cool, bracing air to a sultry
heat, Indicated unusual c0mmotion in the at
mnspheric elements. About. IL O'Clock A. NJ
when our attention first called to the phenome-
nom, the waters of the lake had risen about thirty
one inches above the ordinary lere and in the course
Of nay an hour they had again receded. Through
out the whole day they continued TO ebb and flow,
at intervals Of fifteen minutes and the current be.
tween the outer and inner breakwater. near the
Illinois Central Round House, was so great at times
lat a row-b0at made little or no headway against
it. The extreme variation between high and low
water was nearly three feet
BISHOP OF ALABAMA.-The Charleston lercmry
in copying the announcement that the Rev. DR..
PlnKney, of Washington city, had been elected
Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Alabama, re-
marks:
The statement is incorrect The diocese of Ala
oama met at Montgomery to elect bishop in the
early part of the month. The clergy chose Mr.
Plnkney, of Washington; but the laity rejected the
nomination by an overwhelming vote, on the
ground that any man who could now remain in
Washington not sufficiently identified with the
South to be desirable bishop of Alabama. The
diocese declared by resolution, to be indepen-
uent OF the Northern church OF the United States,
| people with whom we at war. The bishops
OF the seeded States will meet in convention in
July to arrange fer uniting the several dioceses un
| der a common church government. The diocese
| OF Alabama will meet again in November to elect
their bishop.
SENATOR BRECKINRIDGE.-The Kentucky Yeoman,
in speaking of the destinations and charges
against Senator Breckenridge, makes the follow
ing remarks about the loyalty of the late Vice
| President:
"He has been snguarly discreet in expression
and singuIarly wise in action. No man could have
abored more earnestly, first to suppress tendencies
| to disunon, and next to bring about a restoration
of the retiring States, and lastly to mitigate the
evils resulting from the disruption of the Union
The malignity and injustice of these assaults upon
his public character the more conspicuous when
we Coz slider that, of all public men. none are more
distinguished for the cand0r and justice the fair
ness, the Kindness the courtesy and decOrum which
he invariably observes in all his utterances public
! and private, toward opposing measures and men,
on which and whom he feels it his duty to remark. -
THE CHARTERED VEssELs-The New York Post,
in noticing the activity at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, remarks:
The chartered craft are like the generality OF
small and large steam propellers, and it is proba-
bly, best at present, not to anay their character
| istcS too infinitely. Outside they look well enough
anc in time of peace might make tolerable trans
ports But not having been built to stand fire. ii
is only reasonable to suppose that twenty four
pound shot at water mark would end the history OF
any one of them They will cost the government
more to keep them in order than to feed their crews
with food and their furnaces with coal.