The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-20

/ CAPTURE OF A SUBMARINE BoAT.-Q Quite an ex-
citement created in Phil deIphia on Fri ay
morning by the seizure of submarine boat, The
| invention of De VilIeroi, a Frenchman. 1t was
! going down the river and struck island.
| Four nen were found on board. pillerOi says he
| was about taking it to the Navy Yard to tss; but
! the officers OF the yard disclam any knowl ,e of
/ him. The boat was constructed time
! for raising wrecks and other submarine work, but
! was never put in active use. II is sagar- hap,
and made OF IRON thirty feet long. 1t supJ Ii its
own air, and will be useful in running under fleet.
A NEGRos IDEA OF THE NuRrH.-Th. Of a
friend "t ours remar ked at the br eAkfast This
morning, " Mother, il the North comes down here
| !" nSn' twlll be Americans fighting Americans,
Nm Nm i'' negro servant here gave an irrepres-
sioae' yan, yah, yah p being asked what she
was ,aughinF at, replied, " Little massa tinIs Yam
KEGS ,Merrlcans. He always do l'b told him Yam
KEGS is ankees. Dem Mort people amt no moe
'Merrcans dan is abotioniss 'Merricaus down here
OBJ COURSE" The nigger loveth truth-NemDhis
Argus.
The New Orleans Picoynne Of Tuesday last,
says: "Aready capital privateerng vessel has
been fitted out in this city, and is now ready fully
armed and ably Gficered. waiting for the letters of
marque and reprisal which are d"ilv expected from
Montgomery. We have the names of the vessel
and officers, which will publish in due time
The work of fitting out another prirateer is going
on, something over one-fOurth of the stock of
100000 having been subscribed up to the hour
OF the meeting at noon yesterday.
Con-. MAUWY.-lt is said that Commander Maury,
soon after the election of Lincoln a>certained,
wrote to influential persons abroad that the Gov
ernment would soon be broken up. and that the
sooner European Governments recognZed the
Southern Conederacy, about to be established, the
better. Being better known in Europe, through
his contributions to nautical science, than must
other Americans, there is apprehension that his
advice will not be without weight.-N. Y Erpress.
The United States sloop-of-war Levant is now
blotted off the naval registers at nearly every
Navy-I ard and naval station in the country. She
is given up by all as lost The paw of her officers
and crew still runs ou and will be handed over to
their next of kin when Congress authorizes the
proceeding. The limit of the time within which
the accounts will be posted, is not known. But a
years wages will probably be paid the friends of
the unfortunate.
The Lynchbnrg Frginian OF the 18th inst, says
Anyquantity of troops arrived here yes erdav from
the State # Arkansas and louisiana and some
from this county and the adjacent counties of Roa-
noke and Floyd, in this State. Ali of them did not
encamp here.
The Mobile Adrertiser of the 18th states that
400 soldiers were then encamped at Montgomery,
fully prepared for action.
Gen. Harvey has written a letter, in reply to a
gentleman of st. Louis, stating that, in his knowl-
edge, the Government has more intention OF
interfering with the peaceful possession of slaves
by their owners, than with that of any other
species of property He ins several cases in
which United States officers have carefully re-
turned to their owners their ruoawav chattels.
| The Times Tribune, Heraid Woria, Courier and
| Enqairer Ereninq Post and Commercial Adrerfispr
| OF New York, need never be at a loss for editorial
! themes or materials. Each has only to and
! deny the iasehoods of the others. They have for
some time exercised themselves in this way, each
| charging lie on all some Of the Others and
proving the charge -Choriesfon Courier.
The project of organizing company of Flying
Artillery for service in the Southern army is being
vigorously pressed in Charleston. 1t is composed
of one hundred and twenty men. and has been pri-
| ha4fa 1,F HalI I,1sna nd
hundred aud ten horses. The Charleston Courier
thinks tue corps will be found superior to any other
similar battery upon the American continent.
| EPISCOPAL SECEssIoN--The Texas Episcopal Com
vention has been in session at Austin for days.
! Bishop Gregg presiding. 1t has been decd, d to
send delegation to Montgomery, Ala, in July
next, to meet with delegations from the several do-
ceses of the seeded States. % to decide whether
| or not this venerable and influential religious body
| shall secede from the northern church."
| Almost every church ediice in New York CITY
and Brooklyn displays the United States flag from
the steeple, or some other prominent point The
Madison Square Presbyterian Church (Rev. DR..
| Adamsl has mounted the L. 5 coat of arms over
| the main entrance. Its dimensions about five
| feet by four and a half. The materials used are
| silk and satin.
| THE YELvERroN CAsE.-Mrs. Yelverton and her
friends feel confident that the decision by the full
court of Judges before whom tn exceptions taken
on the recent trial will be argued, will be in her
| favor. Notwithstanding the decision of the Dublin
court and the pending proceedings, Mrs. Forbes
IelvertOn still continues to live with Major Y ell
| vertOn.
The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle Of the 18th savs:-
ave advised that General Bragg mas ISSUED
positive orders, prohibiting the writing ot any
| more letters from the ne ghborho,d of Fort
| Pckens for publication in the newspapers. This
will account friends Tor not receiving
through our columnsiany news from our Georgia
| troops"
The Connecticut State Prison is the only instiu-
ton of the kind in the country which is run at
| profit. Since it was first occupied in 1877, it has
paid 81 900 to the counties of the State for the
erection of county iails, on the improved peneten-
tiary system, and 81 600 to the school districts of
! the State tor school apparatus.
1t is asserted that Napoleon hopes to reap most
important advantages from the struggle in America.
| First, by making it for sudden abate-
msnt of the war fever in Europe; and secondly, by
seizing the opportunity to further so Ne alleged
mOBarchical designs of France, Eng gland and Spain
in South America, Mexico and st. Domingo.
| In the Reformed Presbvterian SYNOD now in ses-
| sion at New York, on Thursday, the committee to
prepare address to the churches Of the slavehod
| ing States, reported through their chairman a
recommendation that the President Of the United
States proclaim the liberation of the slaves This
| proposition was not acceptable to the. Synod,
Letters from Cairo state that the report that the
| camp at that place is to be attacked BY steam
! boats is preposterous. However much the South
erners may be led into committing bluuders, they
will never be guilty of such absurCty as ap-
preaching Cairo while in its present state, by
either stern-wheel or sdewheel steamboats,.
| Mavor ! A Waqpner of Charleston = G. has
invented an imnroved riar cannon which has b.an
tested and fOund TO throw shell seven miles Pre-
| parations are on foot t. compliment the Niagara
with a few. So, at least, saws teIegraphic cor
respondent OF the Savannah Rep"b'icpH.
for, inta-e.tin,r r.Iics of RI. N.vicon war !,
the shane of the Guns captured in one of the blood
lest fights of that campaign, have been added to
! the armament of the BROOKLYN Navy Nard. They
| came here in the steamer W. Whden from Anna
polls They are 32-pnunders made of ''btll metal"
/ ,,,shou 20 ,,n,t :, o;,i,-,r, Of No,r Yorl bovo
constituted themselves a "Nationa Hymn Com
mittee,'' and have Offered prize of five hundred
dollars for National Hymn, to consist OF not less
than sixteen lines, nor more than iory exclusive OF
chorus.
The Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman has authority from
Hon. John e. Brecknridge to c"ntrasict the state
ment winch has been made TO the eHrct that that
E,r GeiI. iel, mn, " $3.50 su ''t '"J nc ; - ~, - Lt, ~ ~ @ ~
Gon'euea Innd S'e ",i INV >D"1 "
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| Some parties unknown broke into the armnry ot
the Reed Rifles at Chestertown, on Sunday night
-, , % - A IN - ~ - n a., 80 ,h , raoo,,raJ
| ~ , 49,
'''' "'A' O"S
| The Charles Ceunty Mounted Volunteers, having
| recel'eu 'ne'l camp equPtnneuVS' az ?. ~ S
| enter upon camp me anu uu,S' ,I tu De .T -:
course held, on SATURDAY next. lhsY Will contlnue
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The Indiana farmers, alter trlai oi one "eeN'
| concluded that 1t was not paying business !"
withhold the usual market supplies ron 'ne Pc ,p,g