The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-06
From he " J. Herald. Sept. 5tb.
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Inc Contederates at Mun50n's Hill have beer
ooid and tantalizing. They placed band upol
the plrapet OF their works. and entertained gu
outpostS with "Away Down South in Dixie" AM
"W ashington March," alternately all day long
Atone time they psraded about one hundred ant
h!ty men before their works, as if il was thei
| whole force, when we have accurate information
mat they have about 1000 men there, under Gen
| Longstreet.
During the day parties and squads and Companie
| OF the Concentrates came down the road to within
musket range OF our picketF, and fired upon them
upon several occasions; but the fire not return
ed as strict orders had been iEsued for our picket
| not to fire. The order has probably been given by
General Mcclellan to put stop, ii possible, the
nrin& net"een pickets practice that he condemns
| as murdernua.
1t is evident that the Confederatrs are preparing
! Tor an immediate attack. They are swarming at
| ALI points along our lines. large force ap-
| pFosched last night to within short distance of
the tha!n Bridge, but our troops ready at a
moments warming, and, in fact, arc anxious for
the onset so that they NAV have an opportunity to
treat Monsieur Beauregard to a Bull Run affair Gu
Mr.. Ulrich Dahlgren, son of the distinguished
| commander of the Washington Navy Yard, is in
command OF one OF our batteries in front of Nun
sons Hill.
From the " T. Tribune
Maryland Military
"A delegate from the Maryland UnOnists is in
Washington, endeavnrng to have that State made
aseparafe military department, and put under
State pride.
From t,G he,o york Times, slt 5m,
This afternoon Professor Lowe made another
ascension from near Fort Corcoran. He was ac-
companicd by General Mcdowell, General Fiz
Jonn Porter and DR.. Magruder. They ascended
I? an altitude of eight hundred feet, and hada fine
view "l inc confederate camps in the vicinity.
From The Nc,o York Tri5ulc
Wax Balloons.
Inc use OF balloons which has been made in re-
tnrIn
seems not to have been continued ut Bull Run.
Had balloon been sent up from Centreville in the
morning, and kept floating above the centre of our
army during the day, 1t is very probable that the
hre OF the three or four batteries which was wasted
on our lett IN a icint to which the enemy paid no
attention, would have been directed to points
where it would have told on the fate of the dav
Everybody remembers the which the French
Emperor made of GODDARD and his balloon in recon-
noissancn in the Italian campaign The only bat
tie in which balloon floating over the field was
USED to give information to the commanding Gem
eral is that OF tieurus, which fought in June,
1874. 10 that battle, which secured all Belgium to
the Republican armies of France, 10000 French,
under Jourdin, were opposed to ITO 900 Allies un-
der the Prince OF COburg. The French were scat
tered along semi circular line, fifteen or eighteen
miles IN length, both wings resting on the Sambre
VI the ten divisions OF French engaged, six were
already retreating, and the Imperiasts we're slid
Ing their rear troops from the centre to the left to
cut on the retreat across the river. This move
reported 1t by telegranbic signals to Gen. Jourdan
enabling him to send a sufficient force to the sup
port OF the retreang right wing of the French ar
my to turn the tide of battle. At this time Jour !
dan was in the cenre-front of the field six miles
away at least, whittier he had gone in consequence
OF other reports Of the aerasas, and where the de-
clslve blow was struck which gained the victory |
ine information which the aerostats gained was |
conveyed by telegraphc signals to the earth The |
balloon was sent up twice during the day. and con- |
tnued up about four hours each time, at the alti-
tude OF about 300 feet. On the second ascension
the enemy opened battery against it, bat it soon |
gained an elevation beyond the reach of cannon.
New England and the War.
, The six New England States have now in the
held, in aid Of the Government, seventeen regi-
msnts OF infantry and four batteries artillery. They
have received back, az three months volunteers,
sixteen regiments of infantry and two batteries Of
artillery, which have been disbanded, aud the at
temptto reOrganizs them for the war practically
gwen mp. Commenting upon this fact, the Chica.
60 Tribune (Republican) says:
"New England has done far less than her wealth
aud population entite her to, or would lead us to
expect. Illinois alone has done better than that
while New York, with about the same population
as the New England States combined, has furnish
cd three or four times as many"