The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-16
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mated with the universal theme of conversation and
at every corner some individual was to be seen
with his face half buried in the newspaper greedi-
~ absorbing its intelligence
NO one seemed to be satisfied with his oN n opin-
onS ABOUT the news, each one questioning his neigh
por as 10 his views, and little conrersazioncs were
eA.enporized IN localities where crowd collected
AT the Herold office during the morning the anx-
lous inqulrers for later particulars than those
| published in the paper presented themselves in
Sa'ge numbers, and the sidewalk in front of the
oiporways and cOunting-rOom of the office were
! orss ,osseu 10 degree that greatly incommoded in
! eebt?nu ana egress. Those who had been unable Tn
| U.raiJp pP1rs up town came also in search of the
estabI;btne % tne Office, and the large presses of the
! few minntes were kept running until within a
nlv tha 80; VI one O'Clock in the afternoon to sup
| pnr;,,oJ lneiise demand. The entire edtirn
printed yesterday numbered lax e0o eu''a,n
eeeuhg Dy over $4,000 the isspa on tho reoirt F
LH "s u Tue great International contest for the
championship of the 2. R-a fact nnneIr1 ,Ja 'He
the history OF daily journalism ai'''eu III
At the hotels similar scenes of evciIor,o. -
" De witnessed. AT the New York Hotel-cbaroc
teristic for Southern patronage-the Southern fol
ing and sentiment were well illustrated Gronn,
were gathered IN the vestibule, hallway and read
Ing rooms, discussing the news in a most animated
manner, while others lOunged around upon the
soids ana settees, porlng over the columns of the
paper. The action of General Beauregard was fully
sustained in all their views but they did not fail to
give the gallant Anderson due praise for his heroic
an ana intrepid conduct considering that in him their
Houthern brethren had found
"a foeman worthy of their steel"
~, THE SCENE AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.
ine news OF the fall of Fort Sumter and the sur
denIer OF MAYOR Anderson created great excitement
at al tne principal hotels yesterdaS. bnt the scena
AT me Fifth Avenue Hotel during the whole Of VS.
terday afternoon was exciting in the extreme. r.
wv %twte en- Two and three hundred gentlemen were col
iected IN the spacious vestibule of this fine bofaI
discussing with great earnestness and much gesti
GuPauon the exciting news from the seat of war
Iolluclans, lawyers, doctors drummers and alarge
NUMBER OF the do-nothing class were collected to-
gether; and though all were evidently much excl
teu, ana each one had something to saw, the con-
Eersation was more remarkable for its evident ear
hestness than-as is often the case in similar oath
erlngsCior its loudness. From the remarks of
many OF the speakers it is very evident that great
cnange mas lately taken place in he FEELINGS Of the
community, who now think that Abraham Lincoln
noud De assisted with the whole force of the North
me opinions expressed to the reliability of the
dispatches received from Charleston were as NAV
oe supposed, verysvaried. Many persons affected
70 ds6elieve the Whole, and many bets were freely
onered that not gun had yet been fred. Others.
again, thought that the main points were correct,
though even those ought to be received with eau
u0n, as the Charlestonians had the control of the
telegraph at the other end.