The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-20
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND NIc,p,

Inc last news from Central America indicatas ON
increase OF activity in all the branches of the CO..
ernment, desire upon the part of the artho;t; "
W 10 all IN their power to develop the wealth nf
the country, and augment the welfare of tbe non,
iatlon. President Rivas had just returned from
journey to the department of ChontaIes AtI;h
ertan city situated near the placer of San ,Juan
the French residents gave a great dinner IN ~ -
PRESIDENT, under tent raised for that purnoee ond
decorated with much taste. Many toasts were 1ivan
In his honor, and the alliance of France With tba
coh'eaerate republic OF Central America was recon-
mended by all the orators
lue Government OF Nicaragua had lust contract
cd win Joint stock company for the establish
meht OF service OF diligences between the city of
Grenada and the port of Realijo.
A concession of lands had lust been ,,odo 60 =
herman association styled the "Germap Nicars-
guenza society OF Colonization and Commerce -
ms society Is founded by stockholders, with
capital OF about four hundred thousand dollars di
Vloeo into stocks of one hundred and ffty dollars
payable oy instruments of about thirty dollars a
year Each member of the society is to receive
nndS s,a.aaGusy from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred M acres of land belonging to the State
None but Germans will be allowed to enlist in tbio
society, to which civil liberty, freedom of Worship
ana the exemption for twenty years of all contr;hn
ernment. y '-S S0'-
Much attention was paid to the cultivation of cot
ton py the authorities of the republic of Ncarapna
In order to stimulate the inhabitants tn cnlt;Hat
'nat Piane, law has Just been passed giving to all
q
duty upon all foreign goods imported into N;cara-
qua, provided the amount of these goods he eouel
10 the amount OF cotton raised. Thus a cotino
gLG"eI' "ho' IN virtue OF the existing tariff was
oohgeu 10 pay f0rty per cent duties on foreicn
merchandise, will henceforward pay only twoni
per cent AS base of the quantity of goods tn hs
imported, the Nicaraguan Government has fxed
sne value OF unglnned cotton at two and one-half
cents pound.-N Y. World A'''
hENrUCKY NoMTNATIoNs.-A special election 10 -
he tata ~
day, the 10th inst, for ten Renresentc w y"
the next Congress. The following are tba ron,na ~
OF the candidates nominated in the several district,
of the State: "i'''ie's
State Riqhts. H.:
/. II. G. Burnett l Jawronoa g r.,,
- WV nomination.. z. James s. Jackson and
. To- VIM. r. Kinney,
o. Jus: H. Lewis, 3. Henry Grider
A. A. G. Talbot, A. Aaron Hard;n
O. NJ hoLh!nation, D. Charles A. Wickliffe.
y ~ Hou,.;n tonl1nauon,) wv e. George W. Dunlap,
T. Moratlo w. Bruce, Z. Robert Mallory.
o. III. r. nmms, 8. John J. Crittenden.
o. o. VVnn .. Wllilams, 8. VIM. H. Wadswortb
lO No nomnation). 10 John w Mann; WI
FAIRFAX observation-disclosures Statio, :, os...,
coniounded with Fairfax Court house. The former
Is s,tua'eq ON the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
eighteen miles from Alexandria; and the Court,
house or county seat of Fairfax countv ;S a n;III
aoo9t fourteen miles from Alexandria on the wagon
road leading to Warrenton. And the Same mor b
said of Manassas Gap and Manassas Junction Tbe
latter place is Where the Confederate soldiers are
encamped, and Is about twentY-seven miles from
Alexandria The Gap is inthe Valley of Virginia.
running through the Blue Ridge Mountains, and
about sixty miles from the Junction
The New YORK MAJoR-G ENERAL.-Maior- -Geno-ol
John A. Dix, of this city, who has received his
commission in the U. S. Army from the War De-
Partment, dated May 18th, outranks Generals
Mcclellan, Butler and Banks, having been an Off
bef ef IN the u s. Army "a captain many years ago)
"eiore any OF them.-N. Y. Jour of Commerce
las, r'nee &c Alfred arrived at Quebec on Thursday
enthrs;a papers report that there was as much
trv W displayed as on the occasion of the an.
ter in faa ,nce Albert The resemblance to the lat
;n IN feature is remarkable He is much shorter
- s'''u'e' however, than his brother.