The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-02

| Win the prices paid:
Propeller Monticello IS coo per month
| Propeller Mount Vernon ........ 5000 u"
| PProPener Dawn. .'''....'.......,...... 1000 g 60
| Propeller Daylight. Observation-Disclosures. 5000
| Fropeller Union. Observation-Disclosures. 1000 -
| rug pembroke. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Tug Edwin Forrest. % day
rug hebart......... 10 " g
| uS uSey .'.......,,. .,......,....... 30 &C
general recspitulation shows the following
| state of facts:
| Vessels purchas Observation-Disclosures, d rs
Ne'Ses chartered .........,...... II
Steam sioops building g......................
GuhDoats building. E......r..-.. .............. .
Naval vessels on the way home 49,. !:
| Vessels on embargo duty. ............-.. s.
| Vessels on the Pacific coast ;.............
Men of bockading de et...........,.......... t.. 92I.
Prices paid for purchased vessels ....... So 572
| From the Ne,o Fork Erening Post Auq 90
For MREaInorGs n Market
Gay or two ago the EUentng Post called atten-
ton to the fact that the first applications for clear.
aDCcs to Matamoras, Mexico, made at the custom
house for three years past, have been within a
week. and also that the convenient town of Browns
vile, Texas, little distance from Mgtamoras on
the other side Of the Rie Grande Is quite as good
port as Matamoras, with the known advantage OF
being nearer the Gulf, and the probable one of
being the port tor which the shipments are in
tended
A reference to shipping list to-day will show
that the William Il. kIbbe, whose name is familiar
in connection with the recent history of the slave
trade, has lust cleared for Matamoras. She sailed
to-day under the British flag, with a cargo valued
at from twenty to thirty thousand dollars and con-
sising Of clothing, -four, provisions coffee, pota
toes, and general list of articles which NAV be
needed in Matamoras, but hich are actually want
ed in the seeded States.
The Port Surveyor and the Naval Officer have
been watching the kibbe for a week past and as
IN the case OF all suspected vessels, have refused to
clear her without special instructions from the
Treasury Department at Washington. The special
instructions have been received, allowing the Kibbe
to clear, and she has done So 1t is not improbable
that the Treasury Department has thus authorized
the Shipment 0f a valuable cargo of provisions and
clothing, which is intended to afford least $50 600
worth OF aid and comfort to the Confederates.
While the provision trade between this port and
the Britiah provinces and some of the West India
islands is usually active and larger shipmepts are
making to those places than ever were known
before the proper officers and their subordinates in
the Custom House are exercising the utmost vigi-
lance to see that these shipments are for legiti-
mate purpose. In every of suspicion the vessel
applying for clearance has been detained till
statement of the matter could be sent to Washing
ton and explicit instructions respecting her clearing
could be received,
OF course there is no such thing now as the ship-
ment ot arus and munitions from this port; but aid
and comfort to the Confederates in the way of
clothing and provisions are afforded al most daily
and cargoFs, by direction of the Treasury Depart
ment are cleared tor ports here their re-shpment
to the seeded States is easy and certain We
would suggest that the larger dealers in flour and
provisions, whose position prevents the suspicion of
their willingness to engage in an unlawful trade,
should unite with the Naval Officer and Survey or
in suppressing the shipments OF provisions by sus-
pected vessels The class OF merchants referred to
know whether or not the shipments are made in a
legitimate manner, and can supply the Treasury
Department with such evidence, in some cases, as
ought to prevent the transmission Of specia in
structi0ns to clear the vessels.
The register at the British Consulate in this CITY
shows that within fortnight large number Of
vessels have changed hands from American to Bri-
tish owners Almost all of these vessels engage at
once III the provision transportation business and
sail for st. Johns, Halifax, Nova Scota, and the
West India lslRnds. day about eighteen hun
dred barrels Of Hour, besides meal, pork and beef
cleared for New brunswick, and another large
cargo %! provisions cleared for Turks Island, all in
British vessels. Our colonial friends are in danger
Of being overfed this season.
Washington Items
About hfty soldiers aud suspicious characters are
gathered up daily at the military guard house near
Pennsylvania avenue. Among the recent captures
Is spy from Kentucky, who pretends that he is
deaf mute.
place has been discovered in the city Of George
town, kept by secessionst, where runaway SOL
deFs are afforded facilities for exchanging their
uniforms for citizens clothes. Several soldiers
have escaped III this way.
A sharp fellow in of the camps has been en-.
gagged for some time IN forging passes and selling
them at % cts. each. lie did good business be-
fore ne detected.
The Lake Ports.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has issued cir
Ear to the Collectors of the lake ports command
ing them to discontinue the practice of granting
clearances to vessels after their departure and
sending them by mail to their masters so that they
may receive them on their arrival at their place of
destination. The collectors are to conform to the
10th and 18th sections of the Coasting Act of 1893
FIRM, he
Northern Slave Tsaders--Thc MarshaIs and
the Slave Trade.
1t will be remembered that the United States
Marshals Of Maine, New Hampshire Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut New York New
Jersey, Pennsy ylyania, Delaware and MARYLAND
being all those whose districts embrace ports OF en-
try in the loyal States-met at New York for the
purpose of consulting together to devise more eff
fectual measures for the suppression of the African
slave trade. The scheme adopted by them will
necessarily not be made public but it ia understood
to be such will, in a very short time put a COM
pete extinguisher upon this neIarious and inhuman
tratiic-at least, far tbe citizens of our own
country concerned. The most complete system
has been instituted and If it is carried out nroperly
it will not be long before some important arrests
will be made. Men worth their hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars in the Northern cities are to da7
secretly aiding and cooperating with notorious
characters engaged in the slave traffic
From the Nctc York Herald
General Bragg Oh the Health OF his Troops.
HEADQUARTERS BARRANCAs, Aug. 16, 1861
II any army in the field has ever been better sup
piled with all that Is necessary fer health and com.
fort than this one, history does not record the fact
For the sick we have hospital unsurpassed in the
world for its luxurious comforts and splendid ap-
p0intments. 1t is supplied, without regard to ex-
pense with every thing that can contribute TO the
health or comfort Of the patients, and is attended
by full corps Of the finest physicians the country
can afford Living in close proximity to this hos
pita see hourly what is going on; receive daily
a written report from the chief physician, and on
SnD Ddav mas th-pn nrh
with every patient, ascertain every want and, if
practicable, crafty them. That there NAV be
cases OF suffering unreieved am prepared to
believe; many men have prejudice against going
into hospital, and some have come into this one
too low to admit Of any benefit, 1hisis against nv
most positive orders, and is an evil | cannot cor
rect. Their own officers to blame for allow
ing it.
Ia the good work of charity have been greatly
assisted by the good people of Alabama living near
the railroad. They have supplied US largely with
poultry, eggs butter, vegetables and other hospital
stores, in great abundance.
Our greatest want has been proper attendants.
Cooks and nurses fad it almost impossible to Sc
cure in ranks, but all has been done that could
be, and even in that we are improving daily. A
number of good Sisters of Charity have obeyed my
summons, and come over from New Orleans and
Mobile to supply these deficiencies.
The charge OF sick men not being allowed to leave
to recover their health is utterly untrue. Not an
application has been refused where the medical
officers recommended it. BRAEToN BRAGG.
From, the Ne1g Haren Palladium, Auq,tst 80
Seizure OF Contraband Gunpowder.
The United States Marshal and the Collector of
this port seized, this forenoon, thrty.ive kegs OF
gunpowder, in boxes, which mad been smuggled on
board the English ship Naples, as dry goods. The
whole cargo is supposed to be liable The captain
and owners of the ship-which was chartered by
other parties in New York-are supposed to be in.
nocent.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, August Goth.
Later from Western Virginia
We lrnm fhs off nf fha Eap7
McBurne, which arrived last evening from the
Big Sandy, that fight took place between six COM
panies OF Virginia volunteers under Gen Zeple
and an equal number of Confederates who were
encamped near Wayne Court House. on Monday
after noon, in which the Confederates were com
petely dispersed with the loss of four or five killed
and fifteen taken prisoners Gen. Zeigle was still
pursuing them.
From the New York Tribune.
The Havana Steamers.
The steamship Columbia, which sails to-day ior
Havana, will take out permanent guard OF twenty
marines, supplied by the Federal Government, at
the instance of the owners, Messrs Spofford Il
Tileston, who will provide them with subsistence
and comfortable quarters, to guard against priva-
teers The armament Of the Columbia consists of
two l2-pound rihed cannon, each weighing 900
pounds, and taking in 24-pound shot, and the
patent conical shell; brass 6.pounder, rihed,
carrying Il pound shot, and two iron 3pounders.
The steamer Marion, of the Same line, is to be
armed in like manner.
From the Nenc York Eventng Post, Aug. 81
Another Arrest.
Yesterday afternoon officer Irving of the TWEEN.
tieth precinct, arrested Richard S. Freeman,
Gently from Georgia, who on his way to New
Hampshire on matter of business. He had been
observed making inquiries about machine for the
cutting of shoe.pegs.
Freeman had Just learned that the article of which
| he was in quest was to be found in Keene, New
| Hampshire, and had made his arrangements for