The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-08
The Blockade of the Mississippi.

Spanish and Bremen C0nsuls at New Orleans ant
NJ. BarSucbe, French agent, had interview
with the Commander of the Brooklyn respecting
| the blockade.
Troops Arriving ut the Capital.
| WAsHINGroN, June THE New y ork 10Th Reg
iment arrived here this afternoon and quartered il
the CITY.
The Sd Maine Regiment arrived here this eve
ming.
Scarcity OF Provisions at Memphis.
| LOUISVILLE, June THE Memphis papers are
cal ing the attention of the Vigilance Committee tC
the high prices of provisions charged by dealer!
there.
Home Guard in Missouri.
| ST. Louis, June 7.-General Lvon has authorized
the formation of Home Guard in Benton county
| tor the protection Of Union men there. Three hun
! dred stand of arms and ammunition arrived at Han
niba from st. Louis Wednesday for the o
| the Union Home Guard. Col. Boernstein denies
! having resigned.
Affairs at PhiIlippi.
| CINCINSATI, June 7.-Coonel Kelly is better and
| hopes continue to be INDUCED of his recovery The
Federal force now at Phillippi is 5000 strong.
Several dead bodies of the Confederate troops
| have been found in a thicket their camp. A
party had hid there and the Indanians fired in
| to the thicket to dislodge them.
The Captured WhaIers.
| LOUISVILLE, June G.-The captains of the brigS
John Adams and Panama, and the schooner Mer-
maid, captured off the M nth of the Mississippi by
| privateers, passed through here, bound eastward,
| to-day. They represent that they knew nothing OF
letters of marqre having been issued and when the
prlvateers approached, supposed them to be pilots
Resignation of a Volunteer Colonel.
| Sr. Louis, June G.-Colonel Boernstein, of the
| Second Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, has re-
| signed his command.
| Capt. Mcdonald to he Produced.
| ST. LOUIS, June G.-The Republican Of this city
| learns that Capt. Mcdonald is to be produced be-
fore the United States District Court this morning,
under writ of hoJeds corpus issued by the Judge
| of that Court on Monday last.
Federal Troops for New Mexico.
ST. LoUIs, June Ga battalion OF Federal troops
arrived here yesterday, and proceeded Westward
| by the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad.
designations of Navy Officers.
BosToN, June 6.-Captain George n. Hollins,
| (Greytown Holins,) Lieut.. Joseph N. Barney,
Gunner; S. A. Lovett, Carpenter; L. Balm, Sail
maker; VIM. NJ. Mahoney, Midshipman; Hodge,
| and two other midshipmen, just arrived from the
| Mediterranean on the war steamer Susquehanna,
have rendered their designations, which will not be
accepted.
| The Expenses of the War.
A Washington correspondent states that at a
| Cabinet meeting Thursday it decided that
| all the expenses of the war should be paid by the
| Government, except such as may be expend
! ed by the States in the equipment and maintenance
of men previous to their being sworn into the ser
| vice.
| Message of Gov. Berry, of New Hampshire
| CoNCoRD, N. H., June G.-Governor Berry deliv.
| cred his message to the Legislature to day. He
| calls immediate attention to measures that sha
| aid the General Government in resisting the rebel
lion waged against institutions, and truSts tha
| New Hampshire will be behind none of her sister
States in the appropriation of men and money for
the purpose. He recommends the organization o
at least regiment for every county in the STATE
to be thoroughly drilled and equipped for service
at the call Of the Legislature.
| Advance to Ha.,ersfoyTn.
| CHAMBERsBURG Pa, June 6.-Col. Thomas of tht
| regular cavalry, has been appointed a Brigader
| General, and is to make the advance tomorrow
morning. His force will consist of his four
companies of cavalry, the Philadelphia City Troop
| Captain Doubleday's Artillery, the Twenty-Five
| Regiment, Colonel Dare, and the Sixth Regiment
| Colonel Nagle. The first movement will be made
| to Greencastle, ten miles the way to Hagers
town; thence to Hagerstown, and wherever els
| service may be required; say to Williamsport anC
on the Southern force of Col. Allen, at Failing
| Waters.
A Secession Camp Dispersed by Federal
Troops in Kentucky.
| CAIRO, Illinois, June IA secession camp a
Ellicott's Mills, in Kentucky, ten miles distan
from this place, has been dispersed by two com
panies sent thither by Gen. Prentiss
Col. Wckliffe protested against the act as ar
invasion of the soil of Kentucky, to which General
Prentiss said in reply that the act had beer
prompted by letter claiming protection for the
Union men there. He declared his intention alst
to send troops wherever needed for the protection
| Secession Treated as a NulIity.
WAsHNGTON, June THE President has recog
nzed Miguel Zaragosa as Consul for Mexico at Sal
Antonio, Texas thus continuing the policy of treat
| ing secession as Dullity.
Thos. B. Arden of New York, has been appoint
ed Paymaster of the Army. Also, Adam d. Stew
art to fill vacancy.
| Affairs at Harpcr's Ferry.
AS we fiud it difficult, if not impossible to obta
news direct from Harnnr's Fnrry we have t
| tal-a rnb IN, ,Jol,o,,
Volunteer writes from that place, under date o
the 30th ult, to the Louisville Courier a letter
from which extract the following:
| We still remain here in rery passive state
quietly awaiting the approach of the enemy. From
| all indications the Northern troops are coming
upon us by several different approaches, hoping tc
surround US and prevent our being reinforced This
place is accessible from the north and south by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, both ends o
which are in possessions of Lincoln. The railroad
from Washington to LOudoun county comes with
in twenty miles Of us from the southwest, and that
is held by the enemy. From Chambersburg, Pa,
Hagerstown and Frederick, Md, are but shOr
distance, and at each of these points the Northern
troops are, or will be, concentrated in large mum.
bers. Our only route of Communication with the
outside world is in western direction, through
| Winchester and the Manassas Junction, and to
wards the latter place the federal troops are rapid
| ly advancing. Should they succeed in obtaining
| possession OF that important point, we shall bt
| completely hemmed ln but know better placa
| to re-enact Thermopyl:e than Harper's Ferry
Despite the rapid approach of a momentous crisis
! in our destinies, we continue to enjoy ourselves
| Ours is not a humdrum existence by any mea ms
| We have amusement in abundance, simple though
it be; but then our tastes are plain and unambitous
At night there can be heard from every section of
! the camp the gentle breath Of music-now from a
brass band that recalls us to home and home de-
| lights, "My Old Kentucky Home" floats upon
the breeze, conc uding with the inevitable "Dixie "
| that have learned to ADMIRE since it needs mus
be that we keep step to that music when the day
| of battle arrives. Then there songs, and the
plaintiff accompaniment of the guitar to 'Annie
Laurie and other blessed melodies-thrice blessed
| because they twined about innermost heart
with fond memories of the past
Major Whiting, the engineer in charge of the for.
tfcatiOns and defensive works here, has suspended
operations until Gen. Davis examines our means o
defence. In the construction of the batteries that
senced Fort Sumter, Major Whiting acted as Chief
Engineer under Gen. Beauregard.
Yesterday two ladies reached here from Balti-
more One of them attired herself in two full suits
| of uniform, which she her appropria te
female garb, while the other lady concealed beneath
her crinOline twenty-five thousand percussion caps
which are OF inestimabIe value to US Just now.
| The only sickness at the post is confined to the
| Mississippians, among whom there are over l40
cases OF measles.
4 correspondent furnishes the following to the
| New York Times.
A gentleman who has Just returned from Knox
vilIe miles from Harper's Ferry, gives me some
| particulars of the movements of the Confederates
| in that vicinity.
| They have Withdrawn all their batteries from
the Maryland side, opposite the Ferry, apparently
with view of concentrating their artillery, and
| having it in position to be moved when they re-
| treat.
At Berlin, seven miles from the Ferry, thev have
| about hundred and fifty infantry and hundred
cavalry guarding bridge which crosses the river
| at that place.
pni of tbov bav obout rod
cavalry, and five hundred fantry, and four pieces
| of artillery-six and twelve-pounders.
The main forces at Bolivar, place about a
mile south OF the Harper's Ferry railroad bridge.
| They appear to be strengthening their line from
| Bolivar to Winchester.
On Monday squad went to Williamsport and
obtained possession of thirteen locomotive engines,
which they ran down to the Ferry and switched
| off on the Winchester Railroad. They also scOur-
| ed the country, and pressed into their service
as are used in that section of the country for the
| transportation of goods.
| FROM THE SOUTH.
| We have New Orleans papers of lst inst. The
arrangements of the Confederate States of America
for carrying the mails, are, in part, set forth in
the following notification from Montgomery:
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,0
| Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
| MONTGOMERY, May Is, 1861.
| Proposals will be received at the Contract Bu-
| reau of this Department, until o'clock p NJ, of
Tuesday, June 49, 1861, for conveying the mails OF
the Confederate States, between Louisiana and
Texas, from the lst of July, 1861, or as soon there
after contracts can be executed, to Goth June,
| 1868, on the following routes, viz
| No. S50l-From New Orleans, La, to Galveston
Texas, 4l0 miles and back, three times a week, in
steamships. No. S50l-From Galveston, Texas, Sa-
| luria, Port Gavao, and La Sale, to Indanola,
| l30 miles and back, twice week, in steamships.