The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-08

shell. breadstufis, pickles, army equipments, oi
water,tuel, muskets, &c, were all rregulary grou
ed together.
1t was pleasing fact, however, that the war mi
terlals intended for the destruction of ie did M
0ut-numoer those destined for its preservation
boxes bearing, however, the following labels, weT
very plentiful:
Ten rounds of IL FOUNDER SHE'LL fxedn
| fourteen rounds of 6-pounder strap shot, fixed"
I,OOo b. cartridges, rife and NJ rife cabre S. I,5C
"l2 FOUNDER howitzers shells, fxedn
!ZpoundeI spherical case shot, fixed
i2pounder gun canister, fxedn
"o'pounder strap shot"
Boxes of this description covered one-fourtb q
!ne pier, and were accompanied by others contain
ing officers equipments
SCENES ON THE OUTER PIER.
a crowd OF about two hundred persons gathere
On tne outer pier during the morning, but the en-
trance to the dock shed being guarded thew di
not OBTAIN admitance. Every dodge and excus
were valnly resorted 10 in order to effect al
entrance. "
Such was the curiosity of portion of the obser
vers, that they entered the house of the ferry +,
aoooken, from the end of which they obtained
| iair view OF the movements on board the steamer
me usual speculations and rumors were set afoa
uy y tne disappointed concourse respecting the des
unatlon OF the vessel, and the which her cargt
Vi ammunition seemed intended to inauguratc.
| m SCENES ON BOARD THE SHIP.
| Inc scene on board the steamer was remarkab,
lor Its activity. The lighters were drawn up OF
| either side or the steamer, on which men wer,
busiiy engaged in removing their cargoes through
| the ports.
| , ohe OF those lighters was loaded with coal an(
Tue entlIe deck OF the other was covered with 6S
| pound shells. The shells were carefully slowed il
| the lower deck, and numbered about fifteen hun
| dred. "
| on either side of the forward deck were erected
seventy-two horse stalls for the use of the animal
| belonging to the mounted artillery The hold wa,
iuii OF breadstuffs and ammunition and the berth,
IN Tue lower sleeping deck fitted up with bed
/ IHnInn 30
| men.
Inc monster tanks of the ship together with
fourteen large casks, were filed with water sufi.
Gent TO last the voyagers at least six weeks On
,ue taoie OF the cabin were the charts of Charles
| toh naroor, and some points on the Florida coast
"hcn were delivered at the Quartermaster's office
| on friday, as noticed in the Express
| mere were also lying by about fifty copies
OF "Vlele's Handbook for Active Service" The
| charts and handbook were Immediately removed
10 Captain Gray's room. No troops up to O'Clock
| were on board the vessel.
COAL FOR STEAMERS.
me Army and Navy officers making no pre-
paratlons Tor a prolonged stay of their steamers
| wherever they are to CO. The coal taken in for
'the round trip" is enough to bring them back
NO coal transports have been engaged-but or
the contrary, both the War and Navy Department:
| nave declined transport ships to-day
The infer ence from this is that the steamers are
10 make no long stays anywhere. There is an i'm
preston in the street that the troops are for Texas
WAR MOVEMENTS IN THE SOUTH
Our intelligence from Pensacola dates up to the
10Th ult, at which time new levies of troops were
arriving, which swelled the available force to six
teen hundred men. The numerous sand batteries
commanding Fort Pickens were in an advanced
state towards completion. Gen. Bragg h i'd ordered
the removal OF sixty heavy guns, to be taken from
Fort Mckea and distributed among the new sand
batteries Five thousand stand of arms and tN q
hundred thousand ball cartridges, for the use Of
the Confederate troops, arrived at Pensacola on the
z6th ult. Commodore lngraham assumed command
of the Warrington Navy Yard on the date of oul
dispatches supersedng Commodore Brent who re-
mains second in command. Surgeon w. A. W
Spotswood and Paymastar w. J. W. Kelly are
also on duty at that port.
The steamer Fulton, at the Warrington Yard, i.
to be repaired as soon as the work can be prudent
~ done; an appropriation for that purpose has
been already made.
Captain OdalOwski advertises for thirty Iaborars
| we suppose to assist in placing the unmounted
guns IN position in the sand batteries about to be
| erected between Forts McRae and Pickens
President Davis called for fifteen hundred troop:
from mississippi, and more than two thousand have
| responded to the call. One-fourth of the youn.
teers that offered to serve the Confederacy cannot
| be accepted.
The Governor of Georgia has, it is said, ordered
|
| themselves in readiness to march to Pensacola
The Confederate States Government are adopt
| ing active measures to complete the Gulf Railwa,
from Montgomery to Pensacola, to facilitate tn
transportation of troops to the Gulf 1t will b.
| completed in. a few days.
| The garrison of Fort Morgan, at Mobile Point
now under the command of Col. VIM j. Hardee
| we understand, Is to be raised to a thousand men
| at present we suppose there are at least seven O
eight hundred men already there, and we lear
that they are rapidly being instructed in all tn
| garrison duties.
Three heavy columbiads reached Atlanta, Ga.
| from Richmond, The 9th ult. The ightest G
the three weighed 9,475 pounds, and the heavies
10000 pounds. large quantity of shells and bail
accompanied them. The guns will be forwarded t
the forts near Savannah
| . Late Mobile papers state that troops and mum
| uohs OF war are constantly moving forward h
every route to Pensacola. Several companies rroi
North Alabama are expected down the presen
week.
The First Company of New Orleans Zouaves
Capt. A. Coppens, left for Pensacola on the 2Stl
ult., via the Pontchartrain Railroad and Mobile
one hundred strong. late New Orleans paper
in speaking of the battalion to which this conpan
is attached says:-
This corps of the army will be quite feature E
the service 1t will be recruited in Louisiana an
many Lousianans of the best families have enlis
ed. The battalion is to number 500 men and
rapidly filling up under Capt. Coppeus, who
charged with its organization. On Monday nigh
the organization had so far progressed that tw
companies, of one hundred men each turned ou
for trot round town. The battalion will incud
quite number the veterans of the Crimean wal
familiar with the drill and practice of Napoleon
Zouaves, and by their teaching and example tn
recruits will soon be made proficient. They wi
have the uniform and equipments of the Frenc
Zouaves, and the orders are given in French Th
uniforms and equipments have been contracted foI
and it is expected that the battalion will receiv
orders to leave New Orleans very soon-probabl
for Pensacola. This battalion will be a considers
nla RnrInc thn
less prove very efficient. a majority of its materi
is native Louisiana Creole stock, and there are n
better men.
The Memphis Avalanche publishes a telegraph
despatch. received by Mr.. Coleman Of that city, o
the 26th, from Hernando, Mississippi, stating thf
six hundred troops would leave there the next da
for Memphis, on their way to Pensacola. The Auc
tanche also states that thirty young men of that
ty were to have left on the 26th with the irrepre
slbles OF Hernando having enlisted in the compan,
The New Orleans Picagune of the oath ut. sa VI
} The government of the Confederate States at Mon
gomery has issued orders for the purchase of tn
clipper steamship Habana, of this port now unde
} command of Captain Mcconnell, in the Havan
trade, to be fitted out as a war steamer The II;
bana is admirably adapted war steamer, bein
staunchly built and one of the fastest steamers no
ah0at. We understand that she has been examine
BY Commodore Rousseau, who expresses hmse
highly satisfied with her. She will leave this DO
on the 18th proximo for Havana with our Commi
sioners to Europe to meet the British mail steame
The Vicksburg Wing of the Goth ult says: "
learn that Gov. Pettus has engaged transportatiC
4 on the Southern Railroad for 300 men, who are
leave Jackson for Meridian tomorrow morning
= route for Pensacola
e The Pensacola Gazette of the Goth ult saws: TN
e 32-pounders have been obtained from St Aupu
tine, and are to be placed in battery near the po
G of st. Marks, for the protection of that harbor
call is made on the planters for laborers to assist
t erecting sand batteries.
q The New Orleans Bulletin OF April I'd says:
! hn Nat fnr1av jnht larp
: made to the forces now rendeZvOusing in this cit
Between three and four hundred men came dow
0 we are informed. There are now from fifteen
eighteen hundred soldiers here, mostly Mississippi
: ans, waiting uniforms and equipments. A canv
city of tents occupies the old Ann street can
: . ground, and drill duty is the order of the day.
u is dangerous-looking army that for though eat
: man has not yet rifle, nearly every has b
> natural weappns-bowie-kni or revOlver-gird
c on his hip.
The Mobile Register states that thirteen comp
nies, in all 1,O72 men, constitute the garrison
o Fort Morgan. 1t is much larger than necessar
and 1t is quite likely some may be sent to Florid
. There are two 10-nch and two 8-inch columbia
: now mounted and commanding the channel al
outer bar says the Register and to this battery Il
three large guns daily expected will be added
+ These new and heavy guns are additional to Il
q | regular armament of the fort Fort Morgan is no
q a most powerful post, and we doubt the ability
'. any force, land or naval, to take it. Col. W.
| Hardee is commander
4 DEPARTURE OF THE PAwNEE.
: This morning, at o'clock, the sloop-of-w
Pawnee, which has been lying at the Washingtt
> Navy Yard since the lst of March, left for Norfol
Her officers confident that they are to
4 further, but none of them knew last evening
r what place they were bound, or how long crui
they should make. Through the courtesy of Of
q OF her officers, we were, yesterday, invited
board, and took hasty glance at the busy prepar
v tions going on For several days carpenters ha
2 been at work upon her, raising her hatchway al
| ba
> were closing up with pitch the seams in her dec
. Ihn nnr,har;racz au