The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-17
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WAR ITEMS,
The Montgomery (Ala.) MAIL the official oroan
| Nav 9th: unuef ua'e OF
we learn that there are now quite number of
prlVateers in the service of the Cnnfederata CO..
ernment, cruising off the Gulf and the Atlantic
coast, all well armed and manned
dispatches received in this city state that bun
ureds oi others are fitting at various points for
the same purpose. In three weeks from this time
our PriVateermen Will ''swarm the seas B." and then
woe betide the merchant ship that sails under
the once beloved but detested, because de-
graded oy Constitution-defving fanaticism,) stars
and strines, a flag which now ONLY means "sfars
Tor the Northern, and stripes for the Southern
States.''
Inc Rlchmoud Eruminer learns from an autben
tic source that some Federal troops have landed
near, ana are now encamped upon the farms of
Joseph Segar and John TYLER Esus not far from
hampton; and that the cOmmandant of Fortress
Monroe has taken possession oe private bridge
oeionglng to farmers in the neighborhood upon
Uhe plea that 1t Is necessary in order to send water
ana PROVISIONS to the troops at the fortress The
Eram'ner Indignantly calls upon the Southern army
at Norfolk to sweep the invaders from off the soil
of Virginia. 1' sun
flne company of Infantry, numbering IS mem
oers, under the command OF Capt CLAYTON G.
Coleman, Jr., came doH from Louisa county ves
terday, on the Central cars and proceeded to the
Camp of Instruction, Central Fair Grounds In
TINS corps, old Louisa sends forth some of her bra
hundred BAltimoreans arrived. The patriotic sons
OF That unhappy State now under the iron heel of
despotsm-anything but MERRY land--are Bving
from Its borders by undreds.-Richmond Dispatch
Of yesterday F''''''
company has been formed in Visa corrtr
called the "Wise Yankee. Catchers." who baye
asheo permission to enter the service with their
own rifles, if the States cannot furnish them with
arms: They are all splendid marksmen, and we
would give but little for Yankees chance if he
in nCn IL.
rlnes OF the Wise mountaineers. Bayopets will
never get within stabbing distance of them even if
tne attempt should be made by twice their number
oil ankee regulars.-LynchbHrg Republican
MAJOR DANIEL BELTzuoovER-Tbis accumulated
choar and soldier is the Major of the regiment of
LOUISIANA artillery, aud is now acting Assistant hd-
Jutant General of the State. In view of his &C
compilShmentS, no one better qualified could be
,ound TO MI the post of superintendent of the State
MlltaFy Seminary at Alexandria which is now va
can't MaJ. BeltZhoOver was Professor Of N athemat-
les and Civil Engineer at Mount st. Mary's College
Maryland, for five years, and for two wears Pro-
lessor OF chemistry and Natural Philosophy.-N
q. PicGyune.
There are two full nephews of Gen. Scott the
commander Of the Northern army, in the I'd Mis-
slsslppl Regiment, stationed near this place They
are hne looking gentlemen and declare their will
dhgness 10 meet their illustriOus kinsman in the
heiu' ihey are truer to their section than the
great Captain. We have heard also that there was
IN another Southern company gentleman who has
two brothers in the New York Seventh Regiment.
-Aynch6"rg VirJinian.
we learn from the Memphis Appeal that on the
night of the 5th instant the leyee was ont balo,,
Friar's P0int. The water rushed over and washed
away the ievee for a long distance from the point
originally cut and the water was inundating the
crops carrying destruction around. Three white
men were detected day or two previously at
tempting the tendish work, and fired at, but they
escaped.
Col. Haupt, the engineer and Contractor for
building the HOosac Tunnel has made uronosals IN
the war Department for raising the sunken vessels
at the Gosport Navy Yard. He proposes to furnish
competent men to perform the task at a reasonable
compensation, and to superintend and give direc-
uon TO the engineering department in person, free
of charge ~
=, We learn, says the Dahlonega Sentinel that the
Superintendent of the Branch Mint of the Confad
crate States, in this town, has received orders TO
strike no more United States coin, but to reserve
tue bullion until dies for the new coin for the Com
1ederate States are received, which are now in
course OF preparation.
The notorious E. c. Judson (Ned Buntline)
came across the Long Bridge on Monday last and
upon endeavoring to engage the Virginia Pickets
IN conversation, was arrested and brought to this
city. Col. Terrett ordered the discharge of Jud.
son upon learning the circumstances of the arrest,
who was accordingly carried back to the bridge
Ater. Gazette.
Harrisburg letter to the New York Herald
says: "Great disaiection exists throughout the
oI'te iei"tiVe 10 lIle tnfee years enlistment I mr.
men are anxious and eager to go for the entire pe-
Rod OF the war, be that twenty years but object
very seriously TO the requision. Many sol
ulers VINO have arrived here recently, returned
very much dissatisfied.
revolving cannon has been constructed in Pc
tersnurg, Va On the principle of the Colts pistol
oy Messrs. Tappey Il Lumsden. The weight does
not exceed 500 pounds, and carries 3-inch ball
welghlng pounds, and shoots with precision
i,zOo yards. 1t was made for the Changers -
Capt. Pate.
Mr. Edward Hamilton, of Chicago, ILL.,, has in
vented new breech loading rife cannon, pro-
hounced by those who have seen it to be of supe-
rlor advantage for ease of action and accuracy
1t is claimed that it will be able to throw four
pound shot two miles, at the rate of twenty dis
charges minute.
The Memphis Bulletin saws: We are constantly
receiving cannon. Almoat every steamboat and
railroad train which arrives adds to the number
1ne batteries up the river nearly finished and
are capable OF sinking feet { one hundred iron
steamers, should Old Abe send as many down this
way. ~
The Government has, according to reliable &C
counts, sent orders to Europe for the purchase of
steam gunboats and other steam vessels of war
sultaoie for navigating shallow waters, and great
activity prevails at the navy-yards in fitting ont
vessels for the blockade ports of seeded States
The Richmond Dispatch states as an encourage
ing tact that nearly all OF the troops arriving here
from the South armed with the deadly rife;
ana still more encouraging, that the men know
how to the weapon.
The New York bankers and money-lenders look
forward with fear and trembling to the 18TH (Sat-
urday, on which day very heavy amounts of
paper made by jobbers to the auction houses fall
due.
There are now employed BY the Government
sixty-seTen steam transports at an average ex-
pense ot $4,000 per week, exclusive of keeping
them in commission.
Mrs. James X. Polk is president of society of
nizah font tho
king clothes for the Confederate army
A report has reached keokuk, that a party of
Missourlans had gone over into Taylor county,
Iowa, and burned the town of Amity.
The Kentucky border State Commissioners re-
Gently elected, were to have assembled in Frank
tort few days snce for preliminary consultation
DR.. Charles Hughes, of Davenport, Iowa, har-
ing refused to take the oath of allegiance to the
United States, was driven from the city.
The Norfolk Banks have notified Southern SOL
diers that they will exchange their Southern bank
notes tor Virginia currency.
GEORGIA SENTIMENTAL subscriber in GEORGIA.
VINO iaoor5 under the conviction that we are NOT
| sufficiently impressed with the unanimitv of the
Seeded States in their hostility to 'the North
writes as follows:
- ATHENS, GA May 8, 1861.
To the Editors Of the National heiiigencsr.
| There is now no Union Reconstruction party in
| the South. My business brings me in intimate
|
with the masses. One unircrsdl remark is sun
| dying hate to the North" | have been for the
| Union, but now l am for eternal hate to the
| North.
| will advocate at the next Legislature a bill
| making 1t penal to purchase anything made at the
! North, except munitions of war and things taken
| In war. This is no personal feeling on nv indi-
ridHat part but the feeling of the masses, and
only write to you that you NAV honestly know how
| the people stand The whole State is in arms. and
II we iall many persons propose to desoate the
! country and retreat; and if that will not do, to
| offer the country to England as a colony. Any
| body, any thing, rather than the North. This is
the universal opinion of the people. lately met
the prominent men OF the State at the executive
| meeting OF the Agricultural Society OF the State
| We gave all our cash (S4,EG0) to the State; we
| sold some silver plate for the same purpose We
cut up our large canvass tents to make soldiers
| tents, and most of the members present said they
| belonged to military companies. An old man,
seventy-two years of age, who was sergeant at
Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, has joined company
and is now in Virginia, xith three sons all in the
| Georgia army. | mention this that you NAV know
the eternal hate which inspires our people, Nat.
| IntelligeRcer.
| THE REMAINS OF WAsHINGToN.-A correspondenI
of the Lynchburg Republican,, writing from CuI-
pepper county, May 18th, says:
| 81 was told to-day that report having reached
the Virginians that the tomb of Gen Washington
was going to be violated by the Republicans, hi
remains and those OF bis family were promptly re
| moved to more centra spot in the State, where
| they will be out of harms way. If this be true
| what commentary on the North ~
The Alexandria papers do not notice the report
but the Washington Star of last evening discredit
the story. That paper says:
| We do not believe that the story we published
yesterday as rumor) that the grave of Wash
| ington had been divested of the remains of th,