The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-15

COnteQerdcV.
head of the Ordnance Department is at present
gagged in making out an estimate of what Virginia
wants, in order to enable her to take the field with
corps of $4,000 men, with view to systematic
| the necessary arrangements, and have everything
ready for use when wanted. In a few months the
| Armory will be ready for the manufacturing of
| thousands of death-dealing muskets.-R Richmond
Dispatch.
| From CENTRAL AND South AMERICA.-ArriUaI of
the North Star-Sl ITO, 900 in Spccic.-NEw YoRK
April l2.-1he steamer North Star arrived this
afternoon from Aspinwa with 81, 1lO, 600 in specie.
She brings the Panama papers of the I'd inst.
The figate Saranac arrived ct Panama OF March
3lst
The sloop-of-war ST. Mary's sailed on the lst for
San Francisco
The North Star passed the steamer Champion,
bound for Aspinwall, on the 7th instant, in lat Is
43, lon. IA IS.
The town of Buenaventura in New Granada had
been captured by the Liberals. The barracks were
burned, and twenty men perished in the flames, ten
were killed IN the Streets and fftyfour taken pris
oners, of whom thirty-two were wounded. The
Liberals lost ten or twelve killed, and thirty
wounded.
The Liberals had been defeated before Paste by
the Government forces.
How TO MITIGATE HARD TmES.-The Newbury-
port, Mass, Herald has issued the following pro-
| clamation:
"TO the farms-tO the cultivation of the soil, the
| people must GO, when manufacturing and CONNER
| cial business declines. Never was better advice
than that of the Bible-'When ye hear of wars and
rumors of wars, flee ye to the mountains These
| are words of wisdom for these times Shoemakers
out of work, factory operatives out of work.
| tradesmen are out of work; many of them were
| brought up on the farm and to the farm they can
return with advantage to themselves. We have
| crowded too much into the cities and towns, and
| every depression of business leaves too many per-
sons dependent If such have not farms, any patch
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they have nothing else to do, may prove to be very
| profitable for coming winter. There ought to be
far more land under cultivation in Massachusetts
and New England this year than ever before"
| EFFECT OF THE STORM IN VRGINIA-The Rich
| mond Vhig, of Friday, says the recent protracted
rain, continuing three four days, has produced
extraordinary rise in all the streams in that pOr
tion of tie State. James river is higher now than
| at any other time since lS47, when Mayo's bridge
| was swept away. All the wharves submerged,
and, as a matter of course, the water has entered
| the cellars and Easements of many houses situated
near the river and below the level of the flood
| The reports from the upper country represent an
| almost unprecedented condition of affairs On the
! Fredericksburg Railroad, 35 miles from Rich
mOnd, the whole country is said to be under water,
rendering the passage of trains impossible This
visitation has occasioned heavy losses,
Two MEN SHoT.-In Hartford county, on Thurs
day night last, two fishermen were shot by COM
rade, on Osborne's Fishing Battery, which is stua-
ted in the bay, and is about three miles from this
place. The three men, it appear were playing
| cards, and after playing short time one OF them
| said that the other two were trying to cheat him.
One word brought on another, which led to blows,
| and during the melee two of them were shot, one
it is feared, dangerously. The would-be murderer
was brought to this town and given into the hands
| of Mr.. j. Hopkins, constable, who took him before
| Justice Bradberry, who deeming the evidence sui
icient committed him to Jail to await the action Of
the Grand Jury.-Hagord Despatch
| SHARP OPERATION WITH ILLINOIS BILLs.-Some
oil Ipfr r1,ar,N anfIa IN
ton with the recent throwing out of Illinois banks.
| A Chicago banker, who was in the secret, on Sat
urday morning gave some sixty thousand dollars
| to grain speculator with which to Operate" He
| bought wheat to the amount and told the sellers
to call at his office for their pay, where he detained
| them various excuses until after bank hours,
and then paid them in interior Illinois banks On
| Monday morning the currency was "shut down
on" leaving the wheat sellers out from fifteen to
| twenty cents on the dollar.
CHILD KILLED 8Y CoCKRoACHes.-A few nights
ago a child about two years and halt old, the
| daughter of Mr.. Banks, residing IN st. Philip
| street Montreal, had her stomach filled with cock
| reaches which crept in at her mouth while sleep
ing. The poor little girl became suddenly i'll, and
in spite of every remedy used for the destruction
Of the vermin they continued to live and gnaw her
vitals until death ended her terrible suferings
A Mouse SWALLOWED FOR WAGER.-A gentle
man Ferry Point, some time back bet twenty
! five dollar overcoat that he could swallow whole
! mouse. The bet was accepted, the mouse produced
and down it went, in a style that would have
| shamed a Chinaman and done credit to a Chinese
| iugger The looser then offered to bet 500 that
| the mouse-swallower could not swallow cat, but
| the bet was declined. The swallowing of the mouse
| is as true as it is strange.-Nortolk Day Book.
Mr.. James Robb, Master in Chancery, advertises
in the Illinois State Register that lie will SELL under
a decree entered in the Macoupin Circuit Court;
the st. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad, and all
| appurtenances, fixtures, &c. Sale to take Piace
| Nav % 1851. in the city of Springfield.
In Portland, Maine. on Mon lay, horse put his
boot through ladys hoop-skirt ana 10 eA.rica.s
it three men were required to hold the morse ana
| two the lady. -
.hort ,vontv nailers we're discharged from the
ranIou Of tba Pemberton Iron Company, at Penn
| broke last Monday, in consequence OF tnere pelng
| no sale for nails.
Hon William Barksdale, late Representative in
.ba tinted States Congress from Mississippi, has
| haen APPOINTED Brigadier General of the army of
Mississippi, in place of Earl Van Dorm, resigned.
The great European chess-player, Koliscn, has
| thrown down the auntlet to Morphy, and stands
ready to play him for five thousand dollars in Eng
land or in New York.
| Col. Fred. W. Lander is preparing for journey
| oss the plains. He expects to leave in apou'
| two weeks, and will be accompanied by MIS- Aan-
der-formerly Miss Davenport
Mr.. E. c. Stedman, one of the editorial stan .! oi
| the World, is appointed to deputy sup
| at the custom house.
The Richmond Enquirer, OF Inursuay' says
| - nf roinnteers for the service of the Con-
Saapata States is being formed in that State.
T,o D. Mr. Hunting, of Manchester, N. H. :,
Sa wonld rather "let ten thousand Unions 90 to
Ssnn than adopt Mr.. Crittenden's resolutions