The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-04

subdue and utterly "wipe out" from their own
soil
Perhaps they will do it, and perhaps they won't!
We incline with considerable confidence to the lat
ter opinion.
They will search history in vain to find anv in
stance in which such a people, inhabitiur such an
extent OF territory, with such means OF self-de-
fence, and animated by uncomfortable deter
mlnaton never to surrender up their rights, were
ever finally subdued. No such instance can be
found.
Special Correspondence cft1 N. z HERALD
THE BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN PORTS.
On application just made by some of the
Diplomatic Corps at the State Department, the
following points were ascertGned:
First, vessels in blockaded ports when the block
ade took effect will be allowed a reasonable time to
depart. Second, vessels bringing emgrauts, though
they had no notice of the blockade at the time Of
their departure, will not be allowed to enter the
blockaded ports. The class of persons come TO the
United States chiefly to settle in the upper States
OF the Mississippi, and it will be better for them to
enter open port, and make their way thence to
their destination, than to encounter the dangers
and casualties incident to the insurrectonary con-
dition of the Gulf States
despatch from Raleigh says the Legislature
met yesterday. The Assembly speedily organized
bill calling Convention was passed unani-
mousy, to assemble on the Goth. There was no re-
ference of its action to the people. The Southern
Contederacy flag is flying over the Capitol
North Carolina is virtually out of the Union
The Governor has organized a camp of instruction
at haielgh. lie recommends the raising and or
ganlZlng OF ten regiments to serve during the war
The events of the last ten day have proved that
the programme of the military operations of the
government, telegraphed to the Herald by this cor
respondent some two weeks ago, is being strictly
carried ont. An army of forty thousand men will
be concentrated at and about this point, to check
the aggressive demonstrations of the secession
forces upon the capital, and secure the control of
the Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay. corps
OF from ten to fifteen thousand will be stationed at
and another q r
TO protect the Mississippi river and repel attacks
that may be possibly made upon exposed points in
southern Illinois, and suppress secession move
ments in Missouri and Arkansas A body of twen-
ty thousand will be embarked upon steam trans.
ports, under the convoy of men -o-war, at the ear
hest possible moment to harass the rebels of the
UuIt states, exhaust their energies by compelling
them to hurry their forces from point to point and
effect landings for the recapture of military posts
The relief of Fort Pickens will doubtless be the first
demonstration Of the floating army
The precipitation of Virginia, North Carolina
ana tennessee into the secession movement was the
immediate occasion of the second call for an addi-
tlonal force of sixty-tive thousand Volunteers
Generai Scott was confident of being able to mt
down the rebellion in the cotton and sugar States
with the seventy-five thousand first called out
Shou!d the rebellion spread still further in the
border slave States, third call will unGuestiona-
bly, be made As it is, the placing of large reserves
upon war footing in all the free States will ena-
Die the Government to use the whole of the one
hundred and sixty thousand men summoned into
service Tor offensive operations, the reserve forces
being more tnau sufficient for home defence
The Navy Department expects to have at least
1itteen men-os-war put to for the blockade of
the principal Southern ports in a few DAYS. Some
forty odd more vessels will be got in readiness in
the course OF the next four weeks, and in less than
sixty DAYS every inlet on the Southern coast from
the mouth of James river to that of the Rio Granda
Will be efecually closed.
OUR HOMES.
Home presents a noble field for the exercise OF
our graces. We should be ambitious of shining
there If we cannot shine anywhere else The in,
mates of our houses have the strongest claim upon
our capacity for contribution to the hapDness of
| others. And these claims, grounded on natural
affection, are made the more potent by considera-
| tlonS mat affect ourselves. BY making cur homes
| pleasant, We administer largely to our own bsnni.
| ness; Tor what delights are comparable to those
enjoyed in the bosom OF ones own family?
There are persons who carry two faces-one for
ther families, and the other for their friends The
lace they wear abroad is smooth and SUNNY The
one tney wear at home is rough and dark The
ioroiddlng aspect is dsagreeaole as the PLEASING
one Is laiF to look upon Abroad they the pink
OF courtesy, at home they are habituaIIv rud4.
aDro they are amiable, at home they are churI-
ism; abroad they are mild and tolerant at home
their word is law, and the law is given in no gen.
te tone. They change their faces the threshold
Oh thelr homes, and there all their mean and obi
Gus traits are called into play. They are prepared
TO make the most Of the slightest cause for angry
complaint and spiteful censure
tie has just saluted lady with his bandest express
sion OF countenance; his wife is gruf1ly questioned
concerning something that has gone wrong in
her domestic arrangement. He met some friends
little child on the way home, and stopped to nat
i's cDeeks and send kindly message to its PARENTS
his own offspring are hurried away to the nursery
the moment his football is heard The unpleasant
occurrences of the morning the topic of con-
Versatlon at the dinner-table. The evening if
spent at home, is passed in suen silence inter
upted occasionally by some directions for the IN or
row, lnterspersed with cutting reflections upon
some piece of household extravaganza What a
god-send to the mother and daughters is call es-
pecially if the visitor be person whose good opin
Ion 1t Is important the mean churl should retain
instantly the oat door face is put on, the manner
Is changed, the voice becomes pleasant and a
more genial and delightful companion we would not
desire to meet.
1t is as much the duty of parents to provide
suitable and wholesome amusement for their chill.
dren as 1T is to give them food and raiment And
thelr entertainment is not the Interior object that
should De aimed at in furnishing these divertse-
inents. For there is a moral influence in a cheer
Jul nome, that is only less sautary than direct
spiritual agencies. Pastimes have as much to do
with the development of child's character as
the lnculcal0u OF correct principles and the per
formanc. of allotted tasks. They should be select
ed by the parents, and without annoving surveil-
lance, enjoyed in their presence so much the
peter II they join in their SPORTS and mnge their
laughter with the ringing peals that burst from
the merry young hearts. Those children and
youths deserve our pity who have to 90 from home
to ind amusement. They are exposed to numerous
fatal evils
than the place where they eat and sleep With
ample means, and generous and affectionate they
are so Immersed in cares and plans their minds
are so absorbed in the attainment of greater aflu-
ence, that they have no time and taste for do
mestlc felcities. Their heart is dancing at the
tnought OF some splendid speculation; they are
reVoiVlng some new investment; they are
w rhhmang an answer to some application, and
al a.
their stores and counting -rooms. Their purses
are ALWAYS open to the demands of fashion and
snow. They lavish their ample means unon the
minus ana bodies of the members of their circle;
daughters and sons crafty their taste to the utmost
extent. They give sumptuous entertainments, ex-
pend vast sums on works Of art, sport rich eouipa-
ges, and live in style of dazzling sp!endor.
bat uhey exercise no control over wife and chill
aren. Ihey are not known as husbands and fathers
The duties that belong to those sacred relations
are all ignored. They stand simply for so mucb
money. They are living Golfers that fy open at a
lo1k or WORD; Is such house home in the high.
hopie, true, OILY sense of the word? Do the nnre
ana refreshing delights peculiar to home 1ow fro,
sumptuous fVlng? Is affluence the source of tbosa
eevating joys? Can wood and canvass and csrnstS
yleLu happiness! Does not the pleasure we enjoy
at nome arise from the interchange of a Thousand
nameless Offices of thong htfulness and kindnass9
DeSate consideration, patient forbearance kindly
WORDS ana sunny smiles, the habitual exercisa 81
Ply homes? s' hhaAe nap
or. oLf STREAM-As the best known and long,
ea s.uuIeu oi oceanic currents, the Gulf Stream
anords US perfect picture of the other nouh
greater, but less appreciated river of warn 20
cold water which traverse our seas He'll ; ah"
tropical furnace to about Sc degrees Farenbait
current OF hot water, with sharply defined edge
on either side, and flowing over a cushion of cnId
water running down from the arctic zone rusbas |
with force equal to that of the Gulf of Mexico |
along the shores of the Fioridas. Then curyine |
upon great arc to the northwestward it flows |
,nree thousand miles, into the 40th degree of north
.at'uue; yet such is the volume of that heated wa
or', 'naI ts temperature through long Journey
o.hy aiis to S3 degrees or 81 degrees In that LAT
itude the Gulf Stream overaows its hanks and
di;a.ing out over many thousand square leagues
om tes mncn In heat and velocity, vet reaches
on res, retaining enough of the former TO res
kaen II om the horrors of Labrador climate |
on tho seas open to Goth degree of latitude when
coptinap posi'e side of the Atlantic the American
the Ortna IL sealed up with ice $50 miles sontb of
causes the y. anu mat warm current of water
which, altbougb , laden atmosphere of Britain:
prefersbIa ~ ~, much abused ia still we bsI;ena'
"a ~, o re 10 the six months NJ e.. i we uensVe,
Such torron are subjected in simIor Iat;t,s oau
westas . Guy OF not water trayersin a''.uues.-
tha a,nnsIy occasions great nar, uue Atantic
hs caiiad p and the Gulf Stream roations OF
trader know ~ weather breeder" The Justly
nearer hon. ., ,uI "eh but it must coma gmsn
nc Wei nome 10 tue American navicaton much
On either quitting or sailing towards bio = because
nas in'arlaoiy 10 traverse the Gulf StIoies, ne |
~. e'oh across oeit OF cold water tho go, ana
M. WHICH ihtervenes between him and ~ cur
,' ana especially in the winter soa ms nome
.. ~, cyciohe, and cross-currepts raisa the
and hardibonS oesI round bark and tests tho n
the bav Of Gba a .ne seaman. From New Yorp ~