The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-20
PRICE TWO CENTS
NEWS VIA WASHINGTON.
F'0TH the " ashington Star Of last evenino.

"i"r'NH sur Oh last evening.
v..., NAVY YARD.
| es'eCuay, the steamer Mount Yernon ran
| G IlNer ana turned about nipht renort
II 81 Ia;gt along the shore and with the fleet
-. : ia 'u1 y.one of the New York I3tI
regiment who had refused to do duty waro |Ioo' l,
on noaTd the P"whatan with the siyfv si r. ~
I'd Maine, thereby swelling the nnmher 20 u, .u'
seven; which, for the small saloon is r.,tn ~. ~
ma meHy r!r comfort or health Some are ALREADY
suffering from diarrhm Land contagiop isnrnbohI
| from the crowded condition of the steamer
CANDIDATES FOR SERVICE ON THE ToRTuGAs
we hear that number of Colonel Bakers Cali
2Tnla regiment arc doing their best to get sent +,
tne DRY Tortugas." where there is demand lo,
military labor. Some very of1icious mischief
makers-it may be lawyers-are said TO be tryipo
to Induce them to insubordnation.
49, ANOTHER AID FOR GEN. MCCLELLAN.
C"i ihomas M. keyes, IF Connecticut W no cam.
manded the Connecticut brigad. in the bat,Io -,
Pun .t kun, has been appointed an aid to General
Mcclellan. ''''' a.
BRUSHES UP THE RIVER.
a. eStefoay morning, and on the morning before,
're were brushes between the pickets of the First
minnesota regiment, on the Union side. about JO0
strong, ara as many, apparently, of the disuninn
lsts' at Edwards Ferry. Nobody hurt.
c NOT DEAD. BUT A PRISONER.
p CdPtn'n Junus De Lagnel, of the disuDion army
Gate OF the Sd artillery t. : A rennrtnd - ~ -
missing since the battle of Rich Mountsin ar Lii
"a ~ 10 That engagement is n prisoner to GanaraI
hoSencrans forces in Western Virginia. and is rn.
THE PENSACOLA
ms steamer will have steam nm in 4 sbor, t;
ava her machinery will be tried at the wharves for
several days prior to leaving this station, So,no
entertain fears that she may be sunk bv tba Cnn0
Ieaerate batteries along the river but tbis urn,id
prove not only desperate but unguccassfnI r,a,,,
a' sue VIII nave heavy guns to protect hr~ on3
WIN the other vessels would be able to verv srn,
destroy the batteries on shore
me Baltimore has not vet returnod r u,,
NlhI, dnp IL Is believed she has bneD
fo'uess Monroe. Her capture is hardly nrnbabin
as "lth her 81 FOUNDER she could sink. win "as.
ahY vessel or boat which the Confaderates cnmld
cohi'dna IN the Potomac. Besides this, her crew,
ScutIasses, etc, and a boarding party would ind
hot "oTK IN taking possession of her decks.
STEAMER PURCHASED
le s'eamer focahontas, formerly of the Balti-
more more ana i'lchmond line, which has been employed
i"r some time IN transporting army stores between
baltimore and Washington. has benn nnrcbsI ISI ga
government. She has strong hull of live oak
TIMBER with capacious holds and covered decks
ana hne state-rooms for officers
,,,rnt rme re" ofk steam,tug Jacob Bell has been
Purchdsed oy the United States Government. and
Is on ler % way to the Washington Navy-Yard, who're
she VIII be fitted out as a gunbost
m APPOINTED.
II rue rue FTeSidgnt has appointed Major General
ne; Iie"iy w, naiieck, Of San Francisco, Califor
ma, to be Major General in the regular armv or
the United States. Gen Halleck is aroJrata ot
West Point. s'"uua'e o'
D Also; Coz; George II. Thomas, U. S. A., to be
Brigadier General of Volunteers ="
Also, Egbert i. VielIe, ESQ civil enginaar of
New York city, to be Brigadier tieneraio of Vouo.
teeTS. lie is graduate of West Point, and tho
author OF work on camp instruction.
zen. James Shields, oc California, late f dis
unguished General of the Mexican war and ev San
ator ircm Illinois, has been again called to tbH ld
eral of Volunteers. " ~ "oler Uen-