The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-06
From the N T. J0urndL + Commerce
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From gentleman, New Yorker by birth, who
has lived in New Orleans the past two years az q
machinist we gather some information respecting
matters at the South. He left New Orleans about
the lst OF July, under apprehension that his anti
secession views might bring him into trouble. He
came By way of Nashville, and travelled 4G0 miles
OF the way on foot, tor lack of money to paw rail-
F9ad fares s1d was hHf ha,! a!orded an
swsrmed with troops, armed and unarmed with
uniforms aud without, in camps, and drilling at
towns and villages. The feeling at this time is in
tensely bitter against all NOrtherners and the en-
tire community seem unanimous in their determ-
nation to effect their independence and to fg BIT to
tue last to secure it, He heard not one word in IA
of the Union.
He believes that the Confederates can easily raise
5OOOUO men, and that with such force the attempt
to subjugate the South is hopeless task. Almost
all the steamboat men and fla boat men on the Mis-
sissppi have enlisted for lack of work the river
boats being almost all laid up. OF these boatmen
there cannot be less than 20,000 Many are North
ern men. There is much more excitement at the
South than here, and war is the all-per vading
topic.
At New Orleans there were shout 1000 troors.
uudtr the command Of Maj. Duncan, formerly of
the United States army. Some 10000 men had
been recruited in that city since the LIST of February
The blockade at the mouth of the Mississippi was
we'll sustained, but European goods of various ce-
scriptiUns had been repeatedly landed at various
points along the coast, vessels watching their chance
10 run 10. One or more cargoes of arms had been
landed previously TO those brought in bv the
blockade is winked at Great faith is had in the
, speedy recognition of the Southern Confederacy
by Great Britain, and the city was filled with
English agents negotiating for cotton, all of whom
sympathized with secession There seemed to be
little doubt of their ability to get cotton to for
| eign MAJ ket.
The corn crop throughout the South is excellent
and very abundant. Wheat has suffered much
from rust 10 Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and
complaints OF scarcity in those States are already
heata' In the other States there is said to be
sufficient EuDnIV tan mon bs+ Dz,r
sionS contInue to be sent from Kentucky and also
from Southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Troops were numerous in Tennessee and in
Southern Kentucky, where the secession element
is very strong. 1t the general belief that both
Kentucky ana Missouri would join the Confederacy
as soon as its success Was made certain. The peo-
| pie were but waiting for the proper time and op-
pOrtunlty.
SUPPOSED RELIC or THE U. S. Snrp LEvAHr.-A
| correspondent at Ro writes that large ships
| mast hoated ashore, a few days since at Kan the
southern point of Hawaii This mast is said to be
seventysix feet in length, is painted white dressed
| square between decks, and has evidently belonged
| to large ship. 1t has racks for boarding pixies
around it, and had the appearance of having been
made into raft, as spikes were found driven in it.
The above is all the description US, but the
sheriff of lilo had been despatched to examine it,
further description will probably be received in
| few days. From the size of the timber and its
manner of finish, our correspondent says that it is
| believed to have belonged to the lost snip Levant,
which sailed from h lilo in September last for Aca-
| pulco and Panama, and is supposed to have been
| lost in a gale in October, about midway between
| San Francisco and HiIo This mast, ifit belonged
| to her, must have been floating over months
"a sufficient length of time for it to have ditted
| thousand miles, the prevailing wind and current
| being directly towards Hilo. 1t would doubtless
| be matter of satisfaction to the United States
Government and to the friends of those lost in the
ship if the Lancaster, which is in port would
| visit that island, and make such an examination
| would remove all doubts.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRIG KoBsHr c. WRIGHr.-The
New York Herald of the 5th says:
The brig Robert G. Wright, Captain Garland,
| arrived at this port yesterday under very peculiar
| circumstances. The vessel left this port some time
since for AspiDwall, with cargo of coal, to go
| from thence to Trinidad de Cuba in earch of a
turn cargo. The captain, fading he could obtain
ne cargo in Cuba, determined to go to Baltimore.
| The crew, composed entirely OF cOored men, pro-
tested against going to that place, as 1t was IN a
| slave State, and they light be deprived OF their
liberty The captain finding them determined, and
| fearing they would take charge OF the vessel, de-
cided to return to New York, which he reached
Yesterday and gave the crew in custody of the au-
thorties, stating that they had mutlnled and
| threatened his hte.
The Robert G. Wright is a brig, rating ~, of
198 tons register, built in Baltimore in 1854, and is
! owned by j. Bandell. She has cargo board
The prisoners will be brought before the United
| States Marshal this morning for commitment.
number of officers iu the Northern army threat
| en- to resign unless the rebels will agree to:
| l. Not to erect any masked batteries.
| 2. Not to put any batteries anywhere without
| giving three weeks notice.
3. Not to fire into regiments riding on railway
| trains in the rebel States.
4. Not to touch detached companies on the out
| posts, without liling their intentions.
| 5. And not to put bullets in their guns.
A New RIFLED CANNoY.-Mr. John Morgan,
mechanic OF Oneida, N. Y, has just finished me Do
| model OF new rfed cannon, which he ciaims VIII
| do away with all the difficulties that nave nereto-
fore been found iu breech loading guns. IL VIII nre'
he saws from thirty to sixty shots minute without
heating and can be brought to any desired range,
| or he nsed in apv desirable manner. A oall mas
oIso haen constructed for it as to explode ike
homb when it strikes any object. Mr. Morgan
| Iooves for Washington tomorrow, Tor the purpose
Fnrocnrinp a patent for his invention.
AN AxEpIcAN PAPER IN EURoPE.-lt will be re-
memb bered that Col. John entworth some ten days
ago sold out his newspaper Tor good price, upon
| the agreement that he would not publish or edit a
newspaper of any kind in this city until July 1854.
We understand that Mr.. Wentworth will leave tor
Europe in few weeks, taking with him from New
, York press and proper dress of new type, ana
that by the 18th of October, he will commence the
publication of daily paper in Berlin, the Caplta'
of Prussa.-Chicdgo Post.
1t 10 said that the London building for the ord
a Fair of next year will be the most glgantc srue
! ture of its kind ever seen.