The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-21

n mercury OF frlday has the following:
FOR two days past port has been without the
presence OF the Niagara, which vessel has left for
parts unknown. She has been reported off Ssvan-
nan, In company with the brig Perry and has been
n seen OH North Edisto; but present we have no
It certain in Information of her position The Huntrass
+ mas also been observed near this bar but she has
".so ltit our port is consequently without any OBJ
> o"uctnn at this moment; and Yesterday va h ad
u s al arrivals from foreign ports, among them
1t ,nd n win cargo of molasses from Cardenas
/, GIasnon, Sn Tn Drig with pig iron and coal from
n to tba s lne latter has been taken up to return
, T,lanl ie port, and has been engaged full of Sea
hIr ~ o"'Ioh at the enormous freight of two nencn
La; per pound. Such freight has not been
v given III 'ne memory Of the Oldest nhabtant
e g IHE BLOCKADE OF New YoRk BY THE Rpvp<,-r
b. r "a ne blockade of the port of New York
ny the Vesses In the service of the United St,.aS
revenue marine has been conducted with r,I
Die efficiency and is found to be thorouph and or
e pete. Three of the steamers which we're apranad
IN the United States Coast Survey and which hara
been Impressed into the revenue service il will be
remembered, are stationed at the different outlets
from the harbor Of New York. The object is 70
prevent vessels conveying arms, ammunition or
provisions to the dsoyal States and to arrest sucb
shlPs as might be suspected of privaeering purpo-
ses IN the interest of the Southern Confederacv-
Inc steamer Vixen, at Throgg's Neck. commands
t%e the egress from Long Island sound the Corwn
n!e entrance to the ocean at the Narrows and the
% poo at the mouth of the Kill Won KuIl-alI the ont
lets IN that vicinity.-N. Y Herald.
''To THE PoINr."-A Northern contemnoror,,
gives this heading to the subjoined statement r
Is neither more nor less than unmitigated blaspbe-
my.
At the late session of the Wvomino IN w
VI ". f. conference, the following substitute was Of
ttreu ana passed, instead of resolution to adopt
the report ol last year slavery:
wv HEREAs, Divine Providence has takan tbo
| fore S' 'here-
. "Rssolref, That we stand still and see the saliva
tion of God" W. VIC '"l'a-
CoRoNATIoN-Towards the end of the month IF
august the Emperor Francis Joseph will be- crown
eo at frague as King of Bohemia The Bohpmiar
crown, which was made by order of Charles "
IN IS40' Is OF fine gold, and contains Ill precious
| stones. For some years this crown rested on tbo
head or hgure of st. Wencesaus which il !, a
chapel at Prague. but at present it is in the safe
custody OF the Keepers of the orb and sceptre To
the bohemian regalia belongs 4 sword with which
the canonized Duke Wenceslaus, of Bohemia. ia
sad to have been slain in the year 93G.
FoRCEs AT HARPER's FERRY.-lnformation which
may De relied upon states the number of Snuth
ern troops at Harper's Ferry at eight thousand
maze up from Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina
ana virginia. They occupy all the neighborirr
ne'ghts on both sides of the Potomac and Shpnan-
| doah rivers, and claim to be impregnabIe against
d"rty thousand, so eligible the points of defrnce
lhey still expect accessions to their numhar und,r
the belief that the United States Government in.
tend to replant the national flag wherever it has
been displaced National MteHiyencer
TIE SOUTHERN CAPITAL NOT MOVED There seems
TO be no doubt here that the Congress will adiourn
within few days, to be called together at Rich
mona by the President should there be occasion
lnr summer session 1t is therefore probable that
the President will visit Virginia should his pre-
sence be needed there and the Congress may he CON
rened at that point should he deem it expedient-
The understanding is that the business of the Gov
ernment will be conducted at Montgomery as here
| totore, through the Executive Departments y
montgomery Advertiser.
WAR PRoBLEM.-A correspondent of the Mis-
souri, Repnblicmt propounds this problem:
| , III the Northern Army could not conquar BiIlv
! now'egs ana ms Indian and negro warriors of the
| T"de$ Of Ftortdd in trenty gears, how long will
the Ro"hdhedds require to coerce the gallant sons
| OF nine Sovereign States, with the war crv rising
stu they come" whose field of operation cove1s
e'9nt hundred miles in length, and thousand
miles In breadth :?
PORT OF WAsHNGroN.-The steamer Matonzas
arrived from New York several DAYS ago with
z,oOo barrel OF military provisions and a number
OF the members OF the New York Seventh Rpgi-
nent Steamship Keystone State and propeller s
Seymour have also arrived with military stores
The steamer Mount Vernon has gone to Fortress
Monroe, fully equipped to take her place in the
olockadmg squadron. The steamer Baltimore has
gone on the same rvice.-N"tionaL hteiiigemcer
No NEGRO SOLDIERS IN MASSACHUSETTS We oh
serve by the proceedings OF the Massachusetts Lee
gislature on Tuesday last that in the House of Rem
resentatives, the committee to whom were referred
the petitions for the striking out of the word ,b
from the militia laws reported in favor of disposup
OF the subject by its reference to the next General
Court; The report was adopted by vote of Il9to
81. This was considered equivalent to a rejection
OF the proposal to allow the enlistment of colored
| persons.
! CoMPLIMENTARY.-To a Montgomerian is the
credit due OF having subscribed the largest amount
! to the authorized loan of the Confederate States
In view OF this fact, the Treasury Department. de-
s1!rring 70 e9mgImept the subSc, iPeG1Jas A., Ear
| they being numbered from to twentv-hve Mr.
Farley took $4,000 worth of the bonds for his wife
! and each OF his four daughters making in the ap
gregate $50 ,oOO. No"g'mery Adrcrtiser
SENATOR DouGLAs' S,UrHEnN PLANrArIox-The
montgomery Advertiser suggests that, whereas
! there IS movement for the confiscaion or expro-
priaton or the income of the property in PhadaI-
| phla belonging to Senator Mason of Virginia Il
retallatlon be praciised on the Southern property
! OF Northern Senator; that the Confrderacy Gov
ernment take charge Of the Mississippi plantation
| of Senator Douglas
ACHARAcTEe There is an old coored drummer
| IN one OF the Roanoke companies now here who
served in the capacity during the war oC 1910
! He still looks hale and hearty and upon beinr ash
ed whether ne could 60 through the present war re-
marked, yes, massa, expect to live to git old
Linkum's skull" This is characteristic of the g4n.
era feeling amongst all the blacks who are now
serving III the ranks.-Lynchjarg Frginian
! The building erected by w. w. Corcoran, ESQ,
at the corner OF Seventeenth street aud Pennsyl-
yania avenue, Washington city, devoted to Art
Exhibitions, Is undergoing finish so far as its ex
terror is concerned. The scaffnldinp is undar ra
moval and the whole front is putting on its best
appearance The interior will continue unfinished
| as heretofore.
The Charleston Courier of Friday says:-Passen-
gers by the Savannah railroad last evening. report
hearing some heavy firing Yesterday afternoon in
the direction of Edsto. 1t is supposed that it was
salute to the flag ship of the blockading feet
whch the officers Of the Niagara reported on Mon
! day to the British Consul 5 on its way here and
/ expected to arri We in few days.
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier SUR
gests that either Chattanooga or Knoxville should
De chosen for the capital of the Confederate States
every known approach to this valley is per-
! feet Pass of Thermopylc, easily defended by few
! hundred men against thousands
great contest is going on in the French Acad-
| emy, respecting the award of a prize of 20 OO0r
! given by the Emperor to the author of the most
"remarkable work. of recent times The name
| OF George Sand was rejected by Is votes against
! 6. NJ. Henry Martin, the historian, is now the ia
| vorite for this prize.
On Wednesday night, at Cincinnati, an old man
named Grismer, but recently having taken up his
residence in the city taken from his bed in
| duced to go to open lot near his house, and was
there surrounded by some thirty or forty men who
tarred and teathered and otherwise inhumanly
| treated him.
The Alexandra Sentinel saws. The vessel con-
! tanning nails, directed to Wheat q Bro Alexan-
dria, Va, from a Pennsylvania house. we learn
will be permitted to return to Baltimore with her
| freight. Really, this is small business for once
| great Government.
The gallant Ben. McCuoch, says the Montgom-
| cry Adrertiser has, understand, received the
| appointment of Brigadier-G General in the army of
the Confederate States, and will conine his opera
tions principally to the frontier of the clone Star
| State"
The Alexandria papers say that number of the
fishing shores are closing up for the season, and the
| fishermen coming home 'Fcutting out" as it is
called Report says that in a short time travel is to
| be stopped between this place and WASHINGTON citv
| and thus all communication cut off
| The Morgen Voss Gazette announces, as public
rumor, which gaining ground, the approach
| ing abdicatiOn of the King of Denmark, Frederick
| VII, in favor OF the hereditary Prince Christian
and his early departure for Algeria.
The Vienna Gazette contains the nomination of
| NJ. Zeise, jew, professor at the university of
that capital. This is the first person of that per-
suasion whom this distinction has been con-
| ferred.
| The people of Savannah, owing to the scar citv
| of small change, have adopted twenty-five cent
| bills, issued by the Mechanics Savings and Loan
| Association. They made payable, not in cash
but in current bank bills.
On raising portions of the Atlantic telpqranb ga
BILE in Trinity Bay, the iron wires were found par
TALLY coated in many places with copper supp1sed
| to have come from veins of copper known to exist
under water off the Newfoundland coast
sewer being constructed in one of the streets
OF New ork caved in on Saturday, burying two
men beneath it. They died before they could be
rescued.
An ordinance is before the Arkansas State Com