The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-30
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Southern Mail Items.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-It having been rumored
that battery had been thrown up by the Virginia
troops the heights at the White House, below
Fort Washington on the Potomac river, actual
examination yesterday made of the ground
there, and for mile or two all around, and moth
ing of the kind was anywhere discoverable.
opsH., Ths GGareton o. Nsreu saSE 8Bdqtti
which urge immediate assault on Washington
and its occupation the Capital of the Confederate
States.
The Alexandria Gazette says that Gen. Lee has
ordered the release of Gen. Harney, who was stop
ped at Harper's Ferry on his way to Washington,
and mentions rumor that jefferson Davis, the
President of the Confederate States, is to come to
Richmond this week. Vice-President Step hens
has returned to Montgomery.
An Armory, in place of that destroyed at Har-
per's Ferry, is to be established at Rock Island,
Illinois.
Increase of the Army and Navy.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The troops called out by
the Army and Navy orders of to-day are all addi-
tional to the serenty.fre thousand volunteers al
ready required, so that the whole number called
for by the government thus far is:
Volunteers, by proclamation, $4,000
Volunteers for three years service, 4O,O 900
Regulars for five years service, $4,000
Seamen, le,OOo
Total, l5S .oOO
That is, IS 600 week before last and s5 900 to-day
Even this falls short of the real number, as several
States send double the number of regiments asked
for large number of additional volunteers ar
rived here from Annapolis during yesterday and
to-day.
WAsHINGroN, April 29.-There is good reason
for stating that the Naval Academy is to be re-
moved, at least temporarily, from Annapolis tc
Newport h. !.
II was ascertained at the State Department
today that no more Diplomatic and Consular ap
pointments will be made, and consideration
given the subject until all the leading to thu
Capital are opened for the passage o) citizens anC
United States troops.
Col. Mansfield, of the United States Engineers, Ii
now in command Of the troops here. His predeces
sor Col. G. J. Smith, having been ordered to ew
| York.
The Navy Department has issued an order SINH
| lar to that from the War Department, that tht
! amounts due to recent officers from States claim
| ing to have seeded, will hereafter be paid then
from the United States funds heretofore sent to b
deposited in those States, except in cases where th
Department shall otherwise direct.
Arthur II. Grimshaw has been appointed Post
master at Wilmington Delaware.
The Montgomery Nal of Thursday says:-"A
portion OF the crew Of the steamer Star of thu
West recently taken by the Confederate States a
prisoners OF war arrived at Montgomery for trial
despatch to ". T. Herald
| WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The steamers Baltimore
and Powhatau returned to the city yesterda,
| morning, from their cruise down the Potomac ant
| in the Chesapeake bay. They report everything
quiet along the river, and observed hostil
| movements whatever either shore. larg
quantity of she'll was taken down on these boats
| which was landed at Fort Washington. Tht
J Mount Vernon left on similar cruise yesterda.