The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-13
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into Southern Kentucky for the purpose of taking
, command of whatever Confederate forces car
be raised there to aid the Confedera;es in an nva
sion OF their native State which they presumed t.
represent in the last Congress. The open annupcia
tion OF their contemplated treason is withheld only
for fear it would weaken the Of secession il
the kentucky Legislature, which is now in session
Correspond ence Of the Chicago Times
! Near Approacii OF the Confederate Troops--
BeaureSard H;editates Il Coup-de-Maia.
"AsHtNGIoN, Sept 1.-The past week has been
the II 0st exciting period during the last four mont
| Last Sunday morning, during Divine service aids
de-camp rode furiously around to ali the churches
! IN the city, called out all the officers, and sent
! them IN hot haste to their respective regiments
! over the river. The cause soon transpred. The
| enemy were approaching, and had already attacked
one OF cur outposts. Since that time, their columns
| have been pushed steadily forward toward our
lines. There is reason to believe that instead OF
attacking Washington on three sides at once, they
have resolved to concentrate all their strength on
one side, and to make the attack, if they make it at
all, by conp-de man against our defensive works
! on the right bank of the Potomac.
Martial Music at NIunsOn's Hill
The Confederate band on Munsons Hill on Sun
day night played Dixie and the Star-Spargled
Banner.
contract has been made in Cincinnati to fur
nish General Fremont, by the lst of October, five
complete batteries of steel and brass guns with all
their equipments, including horses, harness. wa
gons aud ammunition. There will be thirty can
noa in all, sixty wagons and two hundred and forty
horses.
Condition the Troops at Fortress Monroe.
An officer of the United States frgate Roanoke,
writing to the New Y ork Tribune, describes the
run OF that ship in chase of Confederate vessel,
In which the supposed privateer got off. He then
says:
"Owing to head-winds we not able to max e
Fortress Monroe till yesterday evening. went in
side the Fort, and found halt the troops drunk
thought it rather hard, but | shall not complain
any more, for did not the least signs of clean
illness all round the Fort. The soldiers tents are
nearly black, and their blankets of the same
color. There is scarcely bit of dirt anywhere
about our ship. | wish | could say as much for
the troops have seen here"
From the ". 7. Tribune Sept. L.
From Western Virginia and Missouri.
Considerable anxiety is felt for news from Wes
tern Virginia, es battle between Gems Rosecranz
and Lee has been expected for time. On Sa-
turday night Rosecranz with his entire command
numbering, as it is supposed, about l7000 went
from Sutton TO Camp Smith, which is situated On
GauleY River, SGmerville. On Sunday he
was to move on the enemy, Lees force being about
10000. battle expected on Monday, bay ond
doubt, but up to this time no news of an engage
me1t has been received.
The report of q battle between Montgomery and
Rains, near Springfield, Mo, appears to be un-
founded Ben. McCuiioch is en- route for Fort
Walker, in Arkansas, intending probably 20 act in
conjunction with the Missouri Confederates. Gen.
Price has gone to renfOrce Rains, and their Joint
numbers were supposed to reach 600 Price was,
at the latest accounts, within fifteen miles of Fort
Kansas, and it even expected that battle
would take place on Tuesday Of last week.
Soidier-Gho8ts.
A court-martial is sitting at w ashingtOn for the
trial Of several officers of the 37th regiment,
cused of receiving pay for soldiers who had exist
ence except on the payroll.
ARRESTS, SEIZURES. sc.
Arrest OF Suspected Secession Agent.
A Virgnian named Miner has been arrested in
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upon suspicion OF b.ing agent for the seeded
States. lie is reported to have made several trips
between Richmond and New York, and has lately
sold to Davis 4 Co., it is said valuable invention
Tor making rifed cannon. Miner is reported to be
man OF wealth, and, among other stories told Of
him, is said to ba the owner of a vessel living
in this port ready to sail for New Brunswick under
the British flag, to clear thence for some West
India port, in expectation of slipping into some
one of the inlets the North Carolina coast. The
vessel was TO take out twenty thirty mechanics,
who are engaged 20 manufacture the riied cannon.
After Miner was taken to the MarShals office he
admitted that he had attempted to negotiate with
the secession authorities for the manufacture of
breech-loading rifles, but says that he was unsuc.
cessful.
Arrest on Charge of TreasonabIe Correspon-
dence.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l2.-William Ii. Winder,
brother Of the Confederate General of that name,
has been taken into custody here, charged with
reasonable communications with the enemy. A
brother, resident at Washington, is the owner of
the Winder Building in ashington, in the occu-
pancy of the Pension Bureau. The party arrested
here has been the Philadelphia correspondent of
the New York Daily Ne,cs. Ali his papers have
been taken and are now being investigated by the
authorities.
British Schooner Taken as a Prize.
The British schooner Aigburth Gage, from Ma
tanzas, August 18th, with molasses, arrived at
New York yesterday. She was bound to st. John,
\. B.. and captured August 3lst., off Florida, by
the United States s0Op-0t-war jamestown, in con-
sequence of her being on the coast and some in
fnrmaities in her papers. her cargo consists of
81 hhds. 81 terces and II bbs. molasses.
Seizure of Arms.
man by the name of Cartright, huckster be-
tween Charlestown, Indiana, aud Louisville, EN-
lucky, was caught in Cincinnati the other day with
500 worth of pistols and ammunition. When ar
rested he said he a Union man, and the pistols
were for a company at Cbarlestown. A policeman
OF Cincinnati was sent 20 CharestGwn, where he
ascertained that all the statements of Cartright
were false. The New Albany Ledger says it seems
this man has carried Oa extensive trade in arms,
his good character up to this time having protected
him frsm examination on the ferr7-boat at Jefl4r-
sonville. He was to receive 81 400 for the lot of
pistols upon their delivery in Louisville.
From the PhiladsLpLia Inquirer, Sept Il.
1t will be remembered that the last intelligence
we had of the privateer Sumter, left her at Trini
dad, Port Spain, seeking a supply of coal, which
the Governor refused to let her have, but which
she obtained, nevertheless from of the mer-
chants of the place, with the approval of the Attor
ney General. We learn now, via Bermuda, that
the Sumter roceedad to sea, and after cap
tured four American ships, fully laden, which had
just quilted Trinidad and were bound to the North
States. The authority for this important state
ment is Captain Newman, of the brigantine Ocean
Bird, arrived at Hamilton (Bermuda) the I'd
instant, from st. Bartholomew, where the news
brought the 18th ult., by schooner from Trini-
dad.
Reported Wreck of the Sumter.
New YORK. September I2.-Captain Atkinson, of
the bark Venus, reports that the Venezuelan Consul
at Curacao bad received advices from Curacao, un-
der date of August 22d, that the privateer Sumter
had gone ashore the Island of Trinidad, near
Port of Spain, about the Goth ult., and was totally
wrecked. This report, however, is doubtful.
The Privateers and Insurance Risks
4 letter from Batavia to Elwood Walter, Secre-
tary of the Board of Underwriters of New York,
saws:
"BArAv1A, July 12.-The ship Surprise has gone
to Singapore to discharge her cargo, and will be
followed, upon the arrival of the mails, by the
Homer. The last named vessel has been unable to
find employment here, owing to her flag; the in
surance offices declining at the moment to accept
risks upon property shipped in American bottoms
account of the action of the seeding States in
regard to letters Of marque."
An ordinance has been ntrod uced in the Board
of Council of Memphis, Tenn, authorizing the po-
lice force of that city to impress women into the
service of hospital duty. The motion, after con.
siderable debate, was finally rejected.
The will of the late General Lyon, United States
army, gives all his property, worth $4,000, to the
Government of the United States.
A wag says the way President Lincoln reconnoi-
tres the enemy is through Cameron Obscurus.-
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