The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-09
From tie NeID York Trib,rgs Sent
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| let the great State Of New York arouse, Tn
whole South is moving its available military powe
| to the line ot the Potomac From New Orleans
| from mobile, from fensac ,la from Savannah, an,
| m Tom nnarleston, from Missouri even, and from
it!ineSsee, masses OF men, raised by the dcspofi
influences so agreeable to the policy of the OH
garcaV, are tramping their way northward Tn,
PRESIDENTS recent proclamation to the free STATE,
ior more troops has been heard and obeyed nv tbf
slave States. Upon high GovernmentaI auth1ritr
we warn the treemen of the North of the hasty and
general concentration OF the military power of the
oOu'h upon the line of the Potomac and il calls
upon the men who have the spirit to fight for free
SOL Tee speech, and free men, to flock the army
ana to march to Washington.
From Missouri
fkEDERIcErowN, Mo-, August 29-The eipht
regiments assembled here (incuding that of Col.
necker) have received orders to march "to the
@ nou.n al three o'clock to-day. The Hecker regi-
lneht mas passed heavy crisis. A conspiracy of
tne oihcers OF two companies against the Colonel
was sprung some time ago, but failed
The following officers we're to day DISCHARGED
rom the regiments hy Colonel Hecker, who had
fscelVed all necessary power for this object from
General Fremont.
Company a, Captain II. Lang; First Lieutenant
a. uerhardy. Second Lieutenant j. Jovel.
company +, Captain a. W auh First Lieutenant
U. A. Busse, Second Lieutenant Il. F. C. Klokkp
Al these gentlemen are we'll known at Chicago.
ana tnelr discharge will not create much excite
ment there Also Major kune, who was rarely
seen with the regiment, was dismissed
Lieutenant. Colonel MihalOtz received permission
" R'Fc III MS resignation In ten DAYS.
~, Great Guns
Inc Union gun at Fortress Monroe is u inches
IN diameter, and, being rifed carries an elongated
SPOT weighing 423 ibs.--nearv the same weight as
tne . round pail OF Rodman's I5-pch gun, which is
40 IDS. THESE two guns, the 12-inch ri6ed and
tne lo-lDch smooth-bOre, are the most powerful
pieces OF ordnance that have ever vet been made:
enaS Is, IN mocern times, though Louis XI. bad
gun winch threw stone ball equal in weight to
l 200 pounds, and Mahomet III. preached the walls
OF Constantinople in l449 with gun and balls of
this description. The introduction of ron-plated
shlps has made 1t very desirable for coast de-
FENCES 10 nave enormous cannon, the shots from
which would break the iron plates to pieces But
until Rodmans improved mode of casting was in
Veotea' 1t was impossible to make large cannon
strohg enough to bear tho charges required to
give elective velocity to balls weighing 100 Ibs
From the Nee0 Fork Journal Of Commerce
The New Gunbont Fleet.
Inc new gunboats, thirty in number, are now
oaliding at the Government navy yards and in
within two months. The following table shows the
places where these boats are constructing, with
their tonnage and armament:
BUILDING AT NAVY YARDS.
- BOATS. Yards Tons GINS
Portsmouth, y. H 1925 Is
1Isslpee '.''.'''.'.'.,, " ..lO20 10
u E9Gsatonio' snsms. charlcsown, Mass 100 "a
Iuniata. .,..........P Philadelphia. iS
uscarora tlaunched).. " ...,,.,,lO2G IS
adirondack ...'."....New York.. ....1O2o IS
'neioa'''''.'... '.... ......... l02O Is
BUILDING By PRIVATE CONTRACT
Boats. State Boats S,1tc
lroostook. Maine, tnadilla ......,,...,N Y
Ialahdln '..'.'..'... Ottawa (launchedl... -
eiopScot' t'..'....',. " FembIna. .-.........., ="
,lhSo' '......'... Seneca tIaunched) -.
iarblehead. -. Mass Chppewa ~ "
Sycamore ........... Winopa a.,.,....
'''''''''.' ltasca Penn,
iuroh .''.'..''..S.. SCioto.,...,u.,......
lwasca. ............C Conn Wssahickon n..,,,
>ehahhatt.. Iahoma ..-........... Della. |
~, d..''.....'..,. Pnola. Md.
me armament OF the gunboats building by pri-