The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-21


"rk city from Quebec, at an eary hour ON We'd |
hesaaY' Every thing of importance has been al I
Feaoy received by telegraph from Farther Point. |
oouie " Tue ~ adrid journals of the LIST of June |
state that tue olssenslops between Snsin and Meyi
co, which at one time assumed certain degree of |
gravity, are no" almost certain to be satisfactorily
arranged, and that NJ. Gue!Iy Rente, who married
extraordinary embassy.
EUROPEAN PIRATE AT SEA-The Norimeuto Of
Turin mentions daring act of piracy committed
by the crew of the big immaculate If Ganoa
on the evening OF the 18th ut She was nm her
way rom Newcastle to Nicewith a cargo of coal. |
and having on board a SUN of 900 dncsts i, sns
Gle. Being oft Toulon the evening in n,astipn
the captain (SiVerio) landed, and durine his oh
sence the men left on board made sail on the yas
e. winch mas not since oeen heard ot.-Galigaon,'s
Messenger 3
Tie LEATHER AND HIDE TRADE AND THE WAR
The mt st remarkable feature in Connection with
the hide trade for a monthly is the great reduc,inn
10 the vane of hides in the North American mar
kets This fact will doubtless occasion considerable
expectation thence to Europe, aud will also divert
many shipments, usually made to America to the
European markets.-London Circular.
FREE TRADE IN FRANCE.-We notice without sur
prise, though with very great pleasure, that the
government of France is about to abandon that last
and perhaps worst form of shnrt-sighted presump-
tlon and interference, the sliding scale of duties
on the importation of corn. We are happy to see
that the French government is getting c0urag eous
and can no longer be frightened bg bugbaars of
which the spirit of protection has so ample a stock
and actually deems it possible to rid Of the slid
Ing scale at once instead of going through the pro-
cess OF mtigated aburdity by hch Sir Robert Peel
bridged over the interval between his sliding scale
and the duty of a shilling quarter. 50 far from
attaining that hxity of price which is the object
OF its trainers, the sliding scale has greatly agra
waited unavoidable inequalities by adding artificial
risks to the prosecution of trade already sufficient
ly hazardous. The government of France has at
length discovered al he hora tha n,lC
to possess country richly endowed above all
nations in the world, with the blessings of soil
climate, and internal communication. The South
can exchange its wine and its olives against the
corn OF Eastern Europe, and the North can give
its grain for the iron and coal of England New
| prospects seem to be opening day by day, and
France Is gradually becoming conscious to herself
OF all the advantages which antiquated prejudices
| a"d m'sconcelved interests have made her for a
| Ung time ranOunCe.
The manufacturers of Rouen and Mulhausen
laugh at the terrors with which they regard En-
g'loh manufactures. They have discovered that by
| the reduced price of cotton thread and bv the in
| PRODUCTION OF faXen thread thew can copna,a
with English articles, which, though of low price
are, they hnd, of inferior quality to their own -
| we no longer see people confident against tho
world in arms trembling at the imDortatinn or an
| nels and caicoes That noble rivalry which n,ats
nations contend with each other in race tho re-
NJ OF winch is sure to be reaped by the world At
| large, has for the first time in eioht bnpdrad
| simultaneously reached England and Franca w
nave at last found an industrial rival calcua,.d ~
| draw out, perhaps to excel, our utmost endaavnrs
alter excellence: and France has also found tba
amount of injustice " hich she did hersaIf j.; 49,,
posing that the excellent taste unweareina 49,
try, and admirable powers of arrangements and =,
ganlzation possessed by her people would not ena.
Die her to compete with the first manufacturing ma
ton in the world without the aid of the ridicnIous
jugglerv aud futile devices of a semi-barbarons
tribe Times va gus
| EXECUTIONS IN JAPAN.-A letter from Ieddo
(Japan,) in he AbeiUe du Nord contains the fnl'
lowing passage -"Executi0ns are very frequent
IA Japan ana at Jeddo scarcely day passes with
out one. Beheading and ripping open the abdomen
are tue most usual punishments inflicted Not lone
since the murderers of prince were boiled to death
IN large kettles. The other modes of execution by
"Hlcn 'ne japanese tribunals attempt to terrifv
criminals are 'crucifxion, cutting open the chest
breaking the limbs with an iron bar exposino nj
The criminal to the attacks of in hot weather
| after stripping him naked and smearing his bod =
with money, DC. These cruel puni>bments hoy
ever, do not diminish the number of crimes. IN tho
| contrary, they seem to have prodpcpd tho rroo,
| reckless contempt OF death. The following remark
aoe incident occurred not long since A japanese
p"noeHla t was waking along the middle of the
street, When European on rseback told him Ia
stand aside, and the order was not obevsd struo
MIN with whip. The Japanese rushed on the az.
gressar, endorsed him, and drew his sword IN ii
nm thn' %hen nelgho"ring shopkeeper exclaimed
that 1t was the English Consul. The Japanese
beSltated on hearing this and the FOREIGNER mean
while got away. With his drawn sword in his
hahn' the policeman Immediately went to the
triouhnl ana stated bis to the presid-
| lng 'tCge. on drew your sword to ayenoe the
aHFont, SAID the magistrate, that was riohf hnt
you qua not XIII your enemy, and you know that an
insult II not avenged by the blood of the offender,
must De avenged by the blood Of the offended
Inc Judg had hardly finished speaking when The
pohceihan ripped up his abdomen with his own
hand, and died on the spot" mo >" 4
, lhE GoRTLLA.-At the annual meeting of the
a a.oyai Geographical Society in London, on Nav
Zfh, the members Of the Society and . oon;dnc'
bic body of invited guests, to the number in all y,
ABOUT 1UO, dlned together at the Freemasons' Tav.
ern. Sir Robert Murchison acted as chairman
ne interest OF the occasion centered in a spsech
6F Professor Owen, ia proposing the health If N
~ Ch"'iiu. ihough we previously had, he said
IN England the skin Of a yaung male gorilla N
Du thaillu had for the first time brought skins Of
| iual-groWn male and tuli-growu female animals nj
different ages, with skulls and skeletons-tba am
p'tst, rarest, and most interesting illustrations nj
the lower creation that had ever reached Enron
| thear, near. Besides that he had brought illus.
tratons OF at least two we-marked VARIETIES nj
tne chimpanzee The condition of those skins show,
Gu ina. they had been preserved by means of arsen
zeal preparations, such as an able practised col
izctor OF rare animals would know how to use and
c'uerng In that respect from skins that were dried
ana brought from the interior by negroes Thay
Indicated, IN TACT, that they had been prepared Al
the places where the animals were stated To hava
peeh KILLED. Whether one judged OF NJ. Du Chailu
| ny personal intercourse, by his material evidences
ny what ne appeared To have seen of the liying
haolts OF the animals he Observation-Disclosures the se
acc unts bF what we know OF their structure-or
ny the incidents and style of bis narrative he i'm
pressed one with the conviction that he was truth.
fnl and spirited man of honor and a oentianan
Inc toast was drunk with acclamat
CHINESE TEA Tricks All the "tricks of trade
are not confined to this country, nor to "outside
barbarians." We lately a chest of tea Oh ned
under circumstances that preclude the possibility
OF its having been tempered with since it left China.
yet II had not a pound of inside and we wpra
told ny the merchant that it was by no means tho
1rst case that be had of the kind In one c,ea
tue contents were mixture of rough rice and cIav
90 PF"Porloned as to give the exact weigh hit of the
Tea the package originally contained He statas
That the trick is the work of the tea carriers who
must nave facilities to recose the package after
aostractng the contents, with such skillful pieatv
that the theft cannot be discovered until the ches1
i opened DIV the merchant at its final destination
| Formerly the most common trick as the substitu
ti"n OF an interior tea for a high-prced one which
Tue 'hie disposed OF for his own profit, buying the
cheap sort with part OF the money; but of late
they have found that dirt will pass as we'll as nnre
tea and so the whole conteuts OF tie plundered
packages. This trick of substituting one sort for
another Is SO common, that the tea merchant is no
longer certain OF what he is buying, unless he O.
amlnes every package before shipping it. which is
SIMPLY an lmposslbiiity. Exchange.
Palmer, 'our own sculptor" is at present on
gagged On new subject in marble which will M
DOUBT see the light. when the public eve is ready +,
MUS. "a se
The Weilknown Murilo, formerly the property