The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-01
Nashville, April Is, 1861
FROM RICHMOND.


FROM RICHMOND.
FROM the Richmond Wing Of Tuesdqu1
A CITY OF SOLDIERS
hlchmond has been practically converted into q
military environment Nearly every young man in
the city has enrolled himself for service The old
companies nave suddenly sweled into battalions,
and so many new ones have been formed that there
Is now material enough to form several efficient
regiments.
RELIEF FUND
W nope that an association will be promptly form
ed here to receive and distribute the means of srh
slsence to the families of volunteers who bova re-,
called into service. Good people, attend to this at
onee Four of our citizens have signitjed Their mr.
pose to subscribe $500 each to the proposed fund
In furtherance of the object a meeting oF c;tian.
will be held at the Mechanics Insurance ofina -.
morrow at IL O'Clock.
SEND SUPPLIES
W e learn that the Governor has issued proola
nation, prohibiting the expectation of four GRAIN
and provisions from Virginia. This is ripbt W.
nope now that our friends in the interior will send
forward Tor sale ample supplies Of flour bsttar ha
COD oeei, eggs, and other Indispensable articles
The prices of provisions and groceries bare a
vanced here from fifty to one hundred nor cant
PLANT CORN.
1t Is not yet too late, we believe to urpa tho far
mers OF virginia to plant much corn as II isnos
slble for their hands to attend Tobacco c,n h.
dispensed with to great extent Init nnlas sn .b he
precautlOn IS now taken to provide against n
scarcity OF subsistence in the future there NAV he
much suffering in some portions of the Common
wealth.
LOAN TO THE STATE
We have omitted to mention heretofora that tho
BOARD iof Directors of the Traders Bank of This
Guy nave unanimously resolved to loan $50 900 to
the state OF virginia, taking her bonds at mar
- ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS
Lieut.. Rogers, of the Navy of the late TTnited
states, ana Lieut.. Wright, of the Engineer D.nart
meht, OF the same service, arrived here from Nor
iolk last evening, in custody.
MONETARY RELIEF
me city authorities of Richmond have nassnd an
ordnance, directing the issue, in the name of the
city, OF three hundred thousand dollars in small
notes, for the redemption of which the faith of the
city is pledged. The law provides for the issro -
two hundred thousand dollars in notes of the do.
nomination of one dollar; fifty thousand dollars in
notes OF the denomination of fifty cents; and 6fty
thousand dollars in notes of the demon nation of
twenty-five cents.
TRAGEDY AT PARIS, TENN.-One Man Killed and
Another Fatally Wounded.-We understand that
Emerson Etheridge visited Paris Tennessee the
other day, for the purpose of making a speech =
He was met at the edge of the town BY committee
of gentlemen, who told him he could not sneak in
Paris. Etheridge entered the place, however. and
difficulty ensued, during which one of his friends
was instantly killed, and another fatally wounded
and has since died. We have not learned tina
names of the parties killed. The speaking was
indefinitely postponed. Memphis Argus, april "a.
The WAR SPIRIT IN VIRGINIA.-The Richmond
Dispatch of Friday, says:
We have the most cheering accounts from every
section Of the State, with the exception of the
North west, and it is confidently believed that The
disatection there is confined to a comparatively
small district. The proper authorities are doubt
less fully advised of any movement in that quarter,
which may be contemplated or in progress.