The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-27
IMPORTANT FROM BERMUDA.-We have files of the
Bermuda Gazettc, with dates to the Il1h inst

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IMPORTANT FROM BrnmUDA.-We have files of the
Bermuda Gaseuc, with dates to the Ilrh inst.
Great activity prevailed at the Islands, in con
sequence OF the additions made and to be made to
the strength OF the North American .ugad~oa-in
Vle",lt Is supposed, Of the a the United States
The Admiralty has chartered the sailing tran
sports GGndola, Queen, Wanderer, Elizabeth, PEN
inSula, Sumaria, Hero of the Hill, Black EaoIe
fatriclan Eva, Rambler, Duchess of Sutherland
Northumberland, Britannia, Wyo, to take military
stores from Woolwch to the West Indian station
aud the British possessions in America A LARGO
number OF Armstrong guns for the different f,rtifi
cations VIII be sent bY.these vessels and the whole
ot the magazines and srsenals will be placed on a
war footing.
The Gazette, in another article, has the follow
ing:
Her Majesty's Government have decided on add
ing largely to the number of ships on this com
mand' The Mersey, 40, SC, Capt. Caldwell G. B.
which splendid frigate recently here on her
way home from Jamaica left Portsmouth on the
II under steam for this station. Four other ves-
sells have also been cOmmissioned-we have the
names, however, OF only three, viz: the Driver the
RiDado, and the Challenger.
The Driver, 6, paddle heel steam sl0op, Com
mander Horatio Nelson, has received, in addition
! to her other armament, l00-pounder Armstrong
| pivot gun. The ID. is said to be exceedingly well
manned both in officers and men. The kinaldo,
| II, Sc, Commander Aewett, V. c. is lust commits
! stoned. The Challenger, %, SC, corvette CAPTAIN
John j. Kennedy, G. b., has nDliment ot $50
officers and men. Another first-cIass steamer and
six gunbnats will soon be ordered to ioin the feet
under the command of Sir Alexander Miln who
has has reeeiyed SPECIAL instrnctin3s far hi. guidance
| the u'ihcuIC ana tcKllsh work before him.
! The correspondent of the Nashville Gazette, wri.
ting from Fort Smith, Ark, under date of lima
! Is, SAYS:
! Gen. Ben. Mccullough "the brave fpbter,, and
IaVoflte OF this frontier, arrived here few DAYS
| ago. He is appointed Brigadier General and
takes command Of the forces of this Western from
! tier. - ''i-
! The Chickasqws, Choctaws, Cherokoes Craaks
oemlnoies, and probably some more of the Indian
tribes, as all are invited to attend will hold 81
grand council on the oath inst. for the purpose of
iorhhg treaty with each other, and also to enter
INTO treaty with the Hon. Albert Pike. Commits
sloher on the part OF the Confederate States ybn
passed through here the other week m viit tbo
different tribes. He is authorized to pledge to
them the same privileges, rights and annuitias
| when linked to the Southern Confederacv as tbo,,
| enjoyed under the old contederacy. They say that
! they Will never permit this country to be invaded
| oy an abolition army. They, together with our
| troops, will be sufficient to send jim. Lane with
ms abolition cohorts, ''tO the happy land of Ca-
| naan."
DEATH OF JUpGE CLAwsoN.-We were panied to
| hear OF the death of Hon. William :. CIawsou
| which took place on Monday night, the l7th inst
at his residence in Woodstown. Judge CIawson
! had long been an invalid, having been victim of
| the mysterious poisoning that occurred at the Ma
uOual Hotel, in Nashingtou, about the time of the
| Inauguration Of President Buchanan in 1851 Pre-
| vious to that time, all his acquaintancrs will re-
member his robust health. A voyage to Cuba. and
| a trip through the western States was beneficial
but 1t only retarded little the progress of his dis
! ease, and now he has succumbed to its power
21uuge Clawson was appointed to the Supreme
bench by Gov. Newell and during the little time
he was permitted to fulfil his duties gave evidence
OF the possession of high qualifications for the Office
| and won an honorable reputation for uDrightnasg
| and Integrity in his judicial acts. In his private
| and social relations ha haII 10
! lie was in the 49th year of his age Woodbary A.
! J.) Constitution.
DRAKE De KAY AND TIE PASSES OVER THs
! BRmGES.-COnsiderab comment is made here of
| the loose mannrr in which Drake De Kav is crcu-
latiLg the Posses they left at several of the
/ Hotels, signed aud the LETT blank so that
jeff. Davis or his aid-de-camps can procure and
! circulate them around the camps and through The
lines with perfect freedom at all times. The pass
! es have been sold for twenty-five cents by the
walters at more than one hotel.
We learn that nearly every secessionist that has
been arrested has had them with him as ii safe
guard.
! His name is signed to the passes issued to cross
the bridges, and if one should judge from the size
he makes it, you would think him the comm andsr
Of the United States troops ard all the rest of man
kind VASE Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer.
SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OF YoLUNrEEas.-Th Phil
adelphia Sunday Transcript makes the following
| statement:
for New York regiments, holding out great induce
ments to gee them to enlist, and after dragging
them daily through the streets of View York, they
are verv politely informed that their officers could
! not be accepted and would have to be superseded
by those of the city of New York. The men, true
to their officers, would not submit to such an i'm
position, when they were stripped OF their clothes
and shoes. and had 1t not been for the charity Of
! persons of more man y spirit would have been
obliged to return almost naked. As it was, many
had to walk from New York to Philadelphia, and
actually beg for their subsistence on the road"
RESOLUTIONS OF THE FREDEnrcK HoME GUARD.-
At regular meeting Of the Home Guard of
Frederick, held at their armory on Monday eve
ming, June 24rh, 1861, the following preamble and
resolutions were passed unanimously:
Whereas, The Legislature of Maryland now in
session in this city, have passed resolution re-
questing the Governor to return to the armories
OF the State the arms which have been ''placed in
the hands of ununi formed compSnies;'
| Resolved, by the Home Guard of Frederick, That
we will resist the enforcement of said order or re-
QUESTION, il made us, at all hazards and to the
| DEATH.
The Brazil SQUADRoN.-A letter from the Bra
zil squadron reports the health of the officers and
| crew good The steam gunboat Seminole which
everybody considered failure, is most efficient as
| messenger slOOp. The orders recalling the fleet
had not been received from the United States
| The flagship Congress had no slck-ist, which is
| rare for a ship with five hundred men in South
America.
which have been lately commissioned are supplied
with the new naval signals, imProvised ior the
emergency. They are perfect in every paru
and can be used as proftably by night as by day.
1t is stated that they are chiefly 10 ngureS
instead of letters, for their lnteIhglolllty'
Rrcoox1rIoN OF rHs SOUTHERN CoNFEDERACY.-
T. ~ rnmored here that Ben. Wood, of New York,
~ ~ Clement Yallandigham, of Ohio, will at an
All dav offer resolutions in Congress for the
oSgnition of the Southern Confederacy. They
ore the only Northern tories in Congress Wash,
cor. N. Y. Post.
The armament of the gun boats at Cincin-
natl is to consist of eleven guns each, viz: three
on each side, forward, two bow guns, two quarter
| guns and one stern chaser. Some of the guns to
! be employed are l2-inch cnlumbads.
MIR. Ten Broeck's horse, 0pumist, won the Ascot
stakes. The course was two miles and half, and
there were Al horses entered. The betting was six
to one against Optimist. 1t is understood that Mr..
| Ten Brock makes nice 'pile" on this race.
Gov. Ellis, OF North Carolina, writes that the
| coast defences of that State such as to defy
the whole power of the United States navy.
Thirty men of the Massachusetts Eighth, station
ed at the Relay House, are literally bare-footed,