The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-14
CUR SOUTHERN KsTAFETTE,
THE BLOCKADE Az NEW ORLEANS.
Hinnnces-COtton and Tohncco-Eloyc Of tn.
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not recent, but it contains facts Of which we hav
| oeeh heretofore ignorant. Tie few rough bull
I dings, reporttd BY the Federals as being on Sbi,
island' turn out TO he Confederate batteries. Th
| iet'eF was written from point nearly oppasit
! 9hiP Island, and i7 therefore accurate. The ex
| petition Of ths McRa" already alluded 10 in tl,,
Aect;"2e, was Of a later date.
-, LOUISIANA, July 23. 1861.
We came over here on the 22d Of Jnna o,, ior
before the hi1clading steamer Massachusetts ni
3aS'de OF : up ! land and established tha blockade
o. l.e ;o@Rhd An expedition IRON the Con ;ederare
S'a'es war steamer AcRle, filling out a. View Or
'',s,'"' coupie oi lake StcIuars in rhtjnr trim,
~" csme out in quest Cf the Maszach chIerF,e b,,,
sac was informed OF their proximity duhtIas, br
HPatlSh fishermen, and left The steamers ,,r -.
expedition re..i-ei 90 her archo~agc nd G .i;,,
h'f "oSent, took possession Of Ship leland, yhpIc
We haa M uHuish d fort Just ready for he Il 81
tier o! guns. In = tev hours the stasrals : ynaS
we're IN battery at the fort, and the steamers Oft far
'e" vritans Tor men to replace the marines AZ the
i"i T. Inc hasSachuSett5 returned next mnrninr
and engaged the fort forthwith She frcd som,
"a Gr1s to our 49, but ours being longer and veil
directed, 1t is thought she wa sfucl At least
- - th'eh tioes, wien she retired, and has never
oeeh within striking distance since Our little
steamers have been out firing at her several times
:" persuade her 10 nader the Guns of the fort
oHt she Is prudent. Thus the blockade ia RAISED
t hIu u = steamers pass TO and iTun Mobile. We
nave regiment OF men al t;.e fur watering,Iac.s
on th2 lake shore, besides about IjO Home Gusrd.
:" each. Acre We shall nave two additional rer
mems hy The 18th "f August. iadeed bv fall IL ia
expected tEa5 this coast will b., prot.ctsd t,, a
i"'ge tafc%, 10 prevent the lgnding OF any large
p@CF Gi mr3 from liHcJu'S vessa.s They 70, in
terFupt peaceEble cJmhaFca, it is true until We
can get together SOM. thing Of "a navy: but as to
their coming shore, this IS not Thought o. ior
th@v know TOO we'll What their racrnlinu pouid h,
The glorious victo Of tha 2ls. (>unday) reached
US on Monday morning, and was hsilcd with de-
H%ht Dy ln"n, "onlan and children, aHd rs far IS
could observe, by the negroes 100 Waau pr,v
at the villains to be sent to destroy US may thus
% dealt with in every attack Indeed il Is beauti
tul t see the calm reliance our peopIs have in
b'Vls, Beaufega-d, Lee. &c; anu If, az was the
case at Laurel Hill, we suffer defeat every o1a
says: "Frry sorry tor it. Poor Garae- we have
90 doubt he did his best, aud we sh all surely vhip
them next time" trust that Davis .ril! maintain
a defensive war until they get whipped and wor-
red lew times more, aad get largely 10 debt and
clsc edited, tor we shalt surely send more and bet
ter men, and have them in better trim for fgLt
as the war progresses. When say better ,nrr.
DO not mean that those we have are not good Lus
tneTe are good many foreigners and neopie picg-
co up here add there mix ed among our men while
thuse WHo are lett were busy then, but in the d
cline o business, have leisure now: thus we shall
nave capable and Intelligent snldie7s Abort
money t" support all thsi feel sure there is suIi
cl.n1 patriotism and confidence in our Government
20 induce the great mass to take the nsner i7sues
Tor any thing they have; thus the cation subSc in
tion and vii - cash 40, c,, oat g., a. -: -
banks will doob,In.s cs2r NJ Ibra' , iIu7
ton; besides eyrrv srnrs..Cni hail, i' "I "'a-
borrow money abraad B.siaes on napo,, a. 80 70
raise large aGl0uats en- their c2tton from j2,r,
peans What prevents Mr j I'm Bull from adysr.c-
tpg our planter N Ne" Orleans, through his agan5
Iess a,d l'eS G ,' Yfo IA WaTehou'a n N" Or
ship it? Ever .incs the biockSJe H., E,rorosns 1 o,,'s
hav. bought tobacco in New Orleans largely, and
-. 80, ace - snip 1t. In Tie ci5g, know the
- sni n,, W sui naS encouraged all his carntrymsn
,bt ~ 20. 'i'I' usnt' ol agFS' ahc ne tells them
rsaI 100 Ii Ho""' 'neJ VIII receive them IN the
To, iue .,r c.,
W WIS Wi q" nale 6ecomlng lnte0ser IN Ba'ti-
-nr, ; ~ I M ne tu',pLeh ,'i T!eVGh States are
ave, - I,'"'1'e' 10 h&t4 the @DkeoS' as see
,.bo "a, p{ nv He titHe o9cs. For example, NJ,
na-n ' ~ 81" snt S'oIS o. 7"mpS'n some time ago,
Sa-nsn ~ &c niItneF lyteiy ana sald: ma, was
oarlsa r' :s d 'oot t'htrhsr. NJ! SAID She "be.
r,ons NJ ~ w, ne c"uia help us agreat dea!
has l,. ne wv ,ot, hErS nave bsen lnculcatlng
harr;n ''3oN' ''' '"eh'J-"'e years; now we are to
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