The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-29
CHESAPEAKE BAY-SrEAMER LOUISIANA, !

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Editors Daily Erchange-I arrived in Norfolk
city this morning at half past ten O'clock. having
left Augusta on Thursday night last. Owing to
the interruption of the mails and the impossblity
of getting regular information by express, the de-
tails of the occurrences which took place in your
city on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the week
before last have not reached the South. Enough,
however, has been learned to convince the South
of the loyalty Of Baltimore, and awaken in the
government of the Coufederated States most
anxious solcitude in behalf of the people of Mary
land, and determination, at every sacrifice, to
sustain them, should they desire to link their for
tunes with the South.
In the South the question is no longer of
mere feeling interests, but it is believed that
the result of the struggle, depends the existence of
the Southern people. There is therefore to be no
timid assertion of rghts-nO waiting for peace
no wasting, inactive negotiations. On the contra
ry the operations of the Government will be mark
ed with boldness which will carry confidence to
its friends while at the same time 1t will convince
the Northern people that to conquer the South, it
will be necessary to have greater resources than
anv nation on the earth can command
There is no doubt of the unanimtv of the South.
1t is mmaterial what opinions men maintained pre-
vious to the proclamation of Lincoln for troops.
That act of the President called forth a response
which ne little dreamed Of If it had a tendency
to concentrate Northern feeling, it has, to a much
greater extent, consolidated the sentiment of the
South There is but voice from Texas to the
sea coast OF Virginia. and that voice is for the South
and her rights, and resistance to the death to the
coercve policy of Mr. Lincoln
Before | left the far South seven regiments Of
Georgia and Alabama troops had left for Virginia,
and orders were issued on Wednesday last to the
Atlanta (Georgia) regiment and to the 2nd Ala
bama regiment, at Montgomery, to march on Fri
dav. Their headquarters will tie Lynchburg, Va.
Rnt nj iIrpn nj tha Ost
| sterling men in the communities where they were
raised, and have volunteered for the war, and not
| for anv specified number OF months or under anv
shackling conditions to where they will do SER
| vice.
| The Second Alabama Regiment was raised three
months since, and was the first regiment on duty
at Pensacola 1t was this corps OF men that erec
ted the first sand-batteries opposite Fort Pickens
and occupied them for months, anxousy awaiting
the moment for assault that fortress. In this
they were disappointed, and the time of their en-
listment having expired, they returned to their
homes. but did not disband When the President
called for troops in his second proclamation, the
| Second Regiment held meeting, and by a unaui-
nous vote, rendered their services for the Be
tween twelve thou and and fifteen thousand men in
| the States of Georgia and Alabama have received
marching orders Tor Virginia, and already large
| bodies of them have arrived.
| Along the line of the railroads in Alabama and
| Georgia, the greatest activity prevails. The
| roads are thronged with extra trains of cars
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can possibly be turned to the purpose Of transport
| tation, are brought into requisition. The troops
| are not only fully armed and equipped themselves,
| but attached to each train cars loaded with al
| the arms, habiliments, and necessaries of war.
| The fifth Georgia Regiment was resting at Au-
| gusta, awaiting facilities of transportation.
| At Florence, S. c.. | met the famous Palmetto
| regiment, which garrsoned Morris Island at the
| siege of Sumter. They had three extra trains of
cars which they had just left to parake of break
| fast This regiment was the finest body of men
| have ever seen wearing uniforms. The regiment
| will have its headquar ters at Richmond, Va. Col.
| Cabel, formerly OF the United States Army, but
now Acting Quartermaster General for the Con-
federate forces, who will rendezvous in Virginia
expressed the opinion that he had never seen such
material in the ranks, and added, that with such
| soldiers, defeat was not even possibility, much
| less probability.
, AT the different railroad stations along the road
| through South Carolina large bodies of troop:
were "atng transportation facilities, all eager tC
maTcn on " ashington. On reaching Wilmington
| N: u, most animated scene was presented. The
| wharf was tn!ohged with the appliances of war
| ihere were pies OF round shot and thousands o.
| bombs, on winch number of men we're busily en-
| gagged, preparing them for immediate use. There
| were twenty-five pieces of cannon and Thousands n
| muskets and small arms, which workmen war,
| busy in packing in boxes to be sent to RALEIGH
| Goldsborough and other points of rendezvous !,
| the State. The enthusiasm in the old North Stat,
| knows no bounds. Communities which two wesk
| since it was thought were divided are now unit
anxious to march forward to the relief of Virginia
At the depot in Wilmington, was body of tw,
hundred uniformed men, awaiting transportation
to Raleigh. They were to depart by the regula
passenger train, and their friends, In thousands