The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-24

soil which holds the graves of our glorious dead.
onLted action in defence of the sovereignty of
comes now the duty of all W
UiVen under my hand, and attested bv the eraat
sea OF the state Done at the city of Raleigh the
NTH year of our independence
JOHN w. ELLIS.
THE ADJUrANT's GENERAL ORDER.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE
RALEIGH, April 20,
| General Order, No. 3.-The Volunteer fopceSS of
the State not already ordered into active service
are hereby commanded to hold themselves in read.
mess to march at an hours notice. The officers
are required to send to the Adiutant Generals Of
nee roll OF the members of the companies 7 am
directed by the Governor to call for the enromant
oL t tnlrtY thousand volunteers. Organize-send in
the rolls. Commissions and arms will be furnished
be IN readiness to march at davis notice. drill hv
DAY and by night; let the citizens euuip their men.
some OF your brothers now in the field The
state has reason to be proud of the promntnass
with which they rallied at the call of your Gov
ernor. The decree for subiugation has zone
forth; the time of our trial has come; the blow will
! soon ta we must meet it with the whole energies
OIL the State; we must show to the world that North
Carolina will maintain her rights at all hazards.
by order of the Commander-in- Chief,
j. F. HoKE, Adjutant General.
WAR DISPATCHES.
The following are fair specimens of the des.
patches from the South published in the New York
Herald of Monday:
! IMPORTANT FROM FORT M'HENRY-ARRIyAL OF THE
MASsACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 81, lS6l.-The Massachu
settS regiment that left here Friday nipht (tba
Eghth), have reached Annapolis Junction bv wav
OF the Susquehanna river and Chesapeake Bay
ihey are stationed there, and hold the junction of
the road communicating with WASHINGTON CWa
were informed last night that Governor MORGAN
had received telegraphic despatch that the EIGHTH
regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers under Brig
adler General Benjamin F. Butler, had arrived
n Iandp cd Fort NoIIn
on Saturday afternoon. There are said to he 5O0
troops at the fort.-Ed. Herald
PREPARATIONS TO CAPTURE FORT M'HENRY
WILMINGTON, DEL, April 2l.-All was quiet in
| Baltimore at six o'clock last evening The nassan
gers, however, report that active preparations
| were gong on to capture Fort McHenry. The
garrison was prepared to resist any attack and the
! guns were pointed against the city.
! THE SMELLING OF BALTIMORE PARTIALLY CONFIRMED
WILMINGToN, DEL, April 2l.-There is nothing
new from Baltimore, but tits generally believed
that rencOntre between the fort and the city has
taken place. but to what extent is not known
message has been received here to the effect
that prominent men OF the border States have
asked for a cessation of hostiities with view to
| plan OF compromise.
NEWS FROM HARPER's FERRY
CHAMBERsBURG, Pa, April 2l.-On the night of
the destruction of the buildings at Harper's Ferry
! four men were left on guard and could not leave
| with Lieutenant Jones. They were, as supposed
| taken prisoners by the Virginians and held tin
Yesterday afternoon, when two escaped by crossing
| 'he olluSeJ anu One ny swimming the and
canal
The other remains at the Ferry The three ar
rived here this morning. They report that the
obstruction OF the buildings and arms was complete
! Six or seven thousand Virginians were there and
! hve thousand more were expected last night from
Il Richmond under Col. Lee.
They design invading MARYLAND, and making
Mason and Dixon's line the line of warfare.
THE POSITION OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
w ell advised parties here express the conviction
that MARYLAND and Virginia have both been boldly
committed to secession from the beginning, and
their apparent hesitation has only been worn as a
mask, to throw the North off its guard The
events OF the last twenty yfour hours strongly con-
urn thls and II the report be true that Southern
forces are now marching upon Washington no.
thing can that city from surprise and CAPTURE
but the instantaneous concentration there of the
aValtaole men and arms within reach. At present
| their forces but few. Reinforcements ,rust
| night their way through Maryland, if necessary
and that quickly, the federal capital will be lost
| Every hour is important.
! FACTS ABOUT FAMILY NAMES IN EyGtAvp ANN
WALEs.-The following facts are from an interest
ing article on the family nomenclature of ENGLAND
and wales, in the sixth annual report of the Regis
ter-General of England:-
The indexes Of births, marriages and deaths for
~ years contain than 81 900 900 names
In England, Smith is bv far the most common name
Whlle IN w Waes the name of Jones predominat tes
during the period above named the records of both
England and Wales show $500 persons named
Smith, and 1929 named Jones.
Of the whole population of England and Wales
IN 1853, one person in 73 was named Smith one in
10 was Jones, one in lis was a Williams and
one In l48 Taylor, one in l62 Davies, and one in
ia Brown.
Over half million of the whole population were
named Smith or Jones' ~
ot the q 100000 names registered, greater
number began with the letter than with anI
other letter. being ii in every 100 names; the letter
ii was next in number o. in each 100: letter s @
in each 100; W, 81; c, 7.9, etc.
In Eng and there is great diversity of surnames
10 W Wales there are few. Probably nine tepths Of
the population of Wales could be mustered under
less than 100 different surnames. Of these the fol-
lowing are the most numerous, and in the order
glven.-Jones, Williams, ID tvies, Evans Thomas
Roberts, Lewis, Hughes, Edw ards LLOYD, etc
Ihe above facts refer to England and Wales
alone, and do not include Ireland and Scotland.
, FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AT CHICAGo.-No one yester-
day appeared surprised or alarmed at the large
average decline of nearly per since Satur-
day IN the stock market of New York. 1t was no
more than was to be expected. Tennessees closed
at oS, MISsourls at 544, and Virgnias at G5 All
seemed pleased that matters were no worse Under
l the decline uncurrent Illinois and Wisconsin sunk
to GU cts on the dollar, and brokers were not spe-
cIally anxious to buy at that They prefer to wait
ana see what course events are likely to take
, Most of our bankers have determined to take all
the banks not now in the jeced Illinois list. In
this matter they have determined to stand by each
q other, come what will. AS at present advised,
they regard this as the only course that is left
III otuel W on IDe business that
to press upon them as soon as the Straits open.-
e Under the excitement ruling in the city, the de-
o mand for money is exceedingly light Exchange
r also moved very slowly, although the price was
d firm. Buying rates 613@7; selling per cent for
e drafts drawn only for customers. One two
5 houses sold at S.-Chicago Tribune, AprH l6.
/; SEARCHING BAGGAGE, &C.-We were pleased to
learn yesterday through the courtesy of Mr.. /
= w. Sloss, of Athens, Ala, president of the Ten
nessee and Alabama Railroad, that he has Just re-
turned from Montgomery, having effected an ar
rangement with Mr.. Memminger by which goods
can be shipped from Nashville into the Confedera-
! ! cy under bills of ading and pay duty at the point
! to which the goods shipped under control of
the railroad agent and conductors without any de-
L tenJon whatever; and goods passing into and out
OF the Contederacy again, pay no duty and are not
detained at all.
:, Trucks, baggage, &C., will be under the charge
OF the conductors on the trains, with detention
= is suspicioned. There will be warehousing
!, custOm-hOUSe officers the whole being attended
to by the railroad officers
Mr. Memminger shows every disposition to facl-
: itale business and accommodate the travelling pub
ic and it is be hoped that the hue and cry late
r ly raised about stopping baggage and trunks will
o now cease.-NasbUiie American.
: "PREPARlNG TO LEAVE VIRGryIA-A letter from
e prominent citizen in Prince Edward county, Va,
n to gentleman in Richmond says large number
of shareholders in that section preparing to emf
CRATE with their negroes to Texas and other Sta les
further South, and declares that IF this state of
things continues the slavehoding portion of Vit.
n ginia will soon be Impoverished !"
r We find the above nonsense in the New York
e Post There is not a word of truth in it, Nobody
preparing to leave Virginia except the thousands
d who are going to fight the enemy. There never
was such unanlmlty amongst people. In the
: language of Lochiel to the wizard we may say
: Their swords are thousand; their bosoms are
= one. They are animated by a common, deter
mined purpose to resist aggression and exterml-
il nate the invaders This is the only direction IN
q, ian.
THE WAR BEGUN IN THE RIGHT PLACE,-The
news by telegraph from Baltimore is OF most ex-
t. citing character. Southern men VIII never sub
nit to have their soil desecrated oy the feet OF
Abolition sodi%y, and the people OF the Monumen-
,r tai City were in arresng the progress of an
raised to shoot down their Southern brethren
a. We hope they will keep up the good work and
a even strike at home for their honor and indepen
in dence. There slumbering fires, not onlv in
d. MARYLAND but in States north of her. that await
A. only opportunity to burst forth and when they
appear, we may look out for revolution that thu
lie world now little expects. Thank God the time
has arrived when these minions of Abolition car
~ never plant foot south of the Potomac Virgins
will see to it, if tried that they repent the expert
ID ment'-So1onnoh Ne'os, April 20.
sr LYNCH Law I VRGINIA.-Tat Wake, negro
n living in Princess Ann county, Va, was hung on
J. Friday by an infurated party, who assembled loi
that purpose at his residence, near the Oourtnouse
"a The offence saws the Norfolk Argus, was villain
ia Gus attempt at personal violence towards respect
able widow lady, 1t appears that this is the sec
ond charge of the kind against the guilty vctim.-
This man has been attending market for many