The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-12

The following impairment document was left at
the counting-room of this paper, on yesterday
morning. by policeman JOHN ENGLISH, who
also took occasion to indplge in sundry
threats against one of the emp ses of this office,
which were not altogether consistent with his
character as q peace-officer, and whose whole
behaviour was in direct violation of the published
'Rules for the government of the Police Depart
ment" particularly Of section 49, which declares
that ''insolence or incivilty TO citizen will be
considered an offence" and by which ''profane
Language is expressly prohibited" The object
of this visit the part of officer ENGLISH, was to
obtain the name of the reporter from whom we
received the account of the late riot on board of
the steamboat Lancaster and at the village of st.
Mchael's, published in the Exchange of yesterday,
and whose signature TO the precious document in
question was imperatively demanded, under pen
atty of personal castigaton something
worse .... .T
In the local column the Exchange" of yesterday,
there appeared article purporng to give the facts con
nected with the ARRAY which occurred at st Mchaes
Monday last in which officer John English of the middle
district is made to figure conspcuousya' one OF the riot
The undersigned OF the reporters OF said pa
per is the author said article and now fully persuaded
that great injustice has been done officer English in said
has been said of him in connection with the St Mchaes
Fredericksburg he does, that Mr. English acted on
y the part of maker in when capacity he 9und
necessary draw weapon upon those VINO would nave
killed party whom he was defending. -.. .
We publish this occurrence, not because we at
tach the smallest possible consequence to it our
selves or because we deem it matter of any
interest to the public. We simply wish to call the
attention of the MARSHAL to the lax state of dis
cpline existing among his men, and to beg that
in future we may be exempted from any similar
domciliary visits on the part of the police, which,
when made, as in the present instance, for the
purpose of intimidation, we are disposed to con-
slider particularly impairment and intrusive. We
need hardly add, what we presume the public
will do us the Justice to believe, that we are not
to be deferred by any such means such men,
from the faithful discharge of our duty as public
journalists As we are not in the habit of divid-
ing our editorial responsibility with any of the sub
ordinates in employ, and as we believe the
report of the riot at st. Michaes which appeared
in our local column of yesterday to be throughout
substantially correct we, of course, have not the
slightest idea of qualifying or retractng that
report in any particular. At the same time we
are always ready to acknowledge and atone for
any mistake into which we may be led through
our reporters or otherwise, and have therefore
corrected, rs will be seen by reference TO the
proper column, error of yesterday, by which
the name of Lieutenant MUIR, a very worthy and
deserving officer, as we are told, was substituted
for that of Lieutenant MARSH in the list of police
men suspended by Marshal HERRING, for violation
of rules