The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-26
CORRESPONDENCE of the Associated Press.
ERHlI EDRuR E,SS NIONHnE.

FoRrREss MONROE, Aug. 29.-General Wool and
General Butler have spent part OF the day at the
Rip Raps, experimenting with Sawyer's gun. The
second she'll fired from it burst in the Confederate
camp at SewelPs Point, broke down the flagstaff
there and scattered the Contederates like chaff A
propeller about landing troops at the Point put
back towards Norfolk. The whole affair wit
messed from the Newport News steamer.
Grand reviews have been held to day at Newport
News and Camp Hamilton.
Colonel Wardrop has taken command 'of the Ma
val Brigade
The gunboat Seminole has arrived from the
blockade Of Charleston. She brought up prize,
the schooner Albion, from Cardenas, formerly a
Wilmington pilot boat. She has cargo of sugar,
coffee, fruits and cigars, When taken she was un-
der English cOlors, and the Captain and nearly all
hands were drunk. She had run the blockade
off Wilmington. The Seminole has also overhaul
ed several vessels showing English colors. She
spoke the sloop-ot war Dale last night. She will
coal and undergo some small repairs at Old Point
The blockading squadron off Charleston consists
of the Roanoke and Vandalia.
The recent gale on the coast was terribly severe.
The Confederate prisoners who arrived here this
morning from Baltimore will be sent to Norto TX in
few dayS..
The propeller CITY of New York, which sailed
to-day, took nine Confederate prisoners to New
York.
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. 24.-The steamer Quaker
City has been purchas ed by the Government, and
after undergoing repairs at Od Point, Will resume
her position off the Cape.
The steamer Pawnee arrived this morning, and
will participate in An important expedition with
the steamers Minnesota, Wabash, and other vessels
The United States slOop-ot-war Savannah is at
Newport News, blockading the James river
The steamer Pembroke has arrived from Boston,
and will at once take part in the blockade.
The twenty-th ee Confederate prisoners will moi
be sent to Norfolk before Tuesday.
Suspension OF an Anti-LincOlH Paper.
TRENTON, n. J Aug. 24.-Thc True America,
suspended this morning, alleging that the govern
ment had literally interdicted the publication o
papers except those supporting the administration
The Jeffersonian Newspaper Seized by U. 5
Authorities.
WEST CHESTER, Pa, August 23.-Deputy U. )
Marshals jenkins and Schuyler, by order Of th'
u. S. Marshal, took possession of the JefersOntat
6vspaper building, with all its contents ihs after
noon, to await further orders from Wash ington.
Destruction of n Secession Paper i'm Ohio.
CLEVELAND, August 23.-The office of the STARK
County Democrat, a secession sheet at Canton
Ohio, was entirely destroyed last night by the vol
unteeTs of that place.
Another Paper Threatened, in Delaware.
WILMINGToN, DEL, Aug. 24.-Great eXcitemen
was occasioned here this evening. The Gazette
secession paper, having made unjust structures o
the 1st Delav are regiment, was threatened wit
violence. The Mayor and police came upon tn
ground and endeavored to quiet the Disturbance
The Mayor addressed the people but with littl
effect seemingly.