The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-29
WAR ITEMS.
The Reported Defeat ofTyIcr.

The New York Times, on the strength of intelli
gence received by way of Cincinnati, accepts, as
highly probable, the report already given of the
surprise and defeat of the Federal forces under Col
Tyler in the kanawha Valley. The Times fears
that that important district of Western Virginia
will shortly revert to the Confederates. "Salt,"
says the Times, sis selling in Richmond and Peters
burg at Sc a sack. The Confederates must have
this necessary article, and it that they know
where and how to get what they want-lcad in
Missouri and salt in the Kanawha." The Times
regards the destruction of Tyler's command pos
sibly but the beginning of onset that shall sweep
every vestge of the Union army from that part of
Virginia.
The following despatch to the New Y ork Tribune
of Yesterday seems to confirm the reports received
here of battle, and Confederate success, at Ed
wards Ferry.
Important from Point of Rocks.
REBEL ATTACK ON COL. STONES BRIGADE.
PoINr OF Rocks, Nd, Aug. 27.-We have just re-
ceived important Information here, stating that an
attack was made on the Tammany regiment of Col.
Stones brigade ten miles below this point, at Ed.
wards Ferry, early on Saturday morning.
We have not received full particulars up to this
time W. distinctly heard aud counted eighty. four
reports of shot and she'll. On Sunday morning we
| heard the report of about twenty shots, which
| came from the same place, and yesterday morning
the hrlng was still going on; apparently TWO miles
| Company A, of Col. Geary's 2Sth regiment, un-
| der the command of Lieuten Colonel De kOr-
ponay, had skirmish last evening. ltcommenced
bv firing across the river, between the Confederate
| and Federal pickets.
| Surrender of Mai. Lynde's Force In Arizona
The St. Louis Republicans correspondent writes
from Santa Fe on the 4th instant, that later dates
from Mesila confirm the reported surrender of Maj
| Lynde's command at Fort Fillmore to Southern
trooDs The garrison is reported to have number
ed fourteen companies, none of which had its com
pement of men, and it is somewhat doubtful wheth
er the prisoners-all told-exceeded eight hundre
and fifty men, ii that many. The Major is accuse
of having betrayed his trust. 1t is evident he di
not make much of defence. Nine companies 70
the lst regiment have been raised in New Mexico
and another is being formed. 1t was considers
probable that the Governor would call upon th
militia to take the field.
From the Charleston Nsrcury
Success of the Cotton Loan
The Confederate Government, IL Is peleNeu, WI
have in its possession by the hrst Oh oepteoea &c
titcates of transfer to the amount OF l,ooo,oVo
r bales of cotton of the growing crops, Tor whlc
/ Confederate bonds are to be exchanged. The pric
i regulating the exchange is to be the minimum
i value of cotton during the last three years. o
these certificates of transfer it is said offers hav
been made by British capitalists to advance so pc
cent. in sterling exchange, taking basis of tt
o purchase the average price of cotton during I'll
d past few years.
t From the NeD Orleans Picayune.
e The Free Market.
/. To give our readers an idea IF the work done
d the indefatgable committee of gentlemen who a
b officiating in the distribution of provisions to Il
families of the absent volunteers, at the Free Ma
J. ket we would remark that up to l o'clock 2.
l. yesterday there had been distributions made to
1t families, which included LIPS children, making
10 all, up to that hour, 1854 persons supplied.
(. number afterwards provided, before the doc
:. closed, would bring 1t fully up to 1000; and no