The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-15
room.


Tho management of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad ''patronized" the city press pretty ex-
tensively yesterday morning and afternoon, and
naturally, perhaps, the city press ip the morning
and afternoon aforesaid, was quite amiable to the
s'management." At fair rates, such as would be
accountable to an economical administration the
advertising bills of the Company incurred in the
private and personal defence of its President must
have amounted to near a thousand dollars.
1t is a very lamentabe circumstance, how
ever that in this particular instance the ap-
preparation does not seem to have been quite
so productive as it might have been. Our
brethren of the Press have, it is true, NANTES
ted great zeal, but a zeal which is not of knowl-
edge. The Sun shutting an advertisement, far off,
proclaimed day in advance of its appearance,
t'that document was presented to the board by
''Mr GARRETT, reviewing in detail, frankly, dis.
"passionatey, and in a digniied manner, thu
whole extra-dividend question and certain
Charges and imputations, &c, &C." 9TH
communication as ordered for publication, and viii
"tend to disabuse the public mind, to what extent
'tsoever it may have been prejudiced &C., &C. -
What a prophet was The Sun. 1t knew
what had happened and what was going
to happen. On the day of the publication of the
document The San was SILENT but the rest of the
fpatronized'' took up the wondrous tale and all
sang to the same tune. The american, indeed,
seized the opportunity, publicly, to recant
its former errors the Extra Dividend
question and made more than the usual haste t.
Cage depends.
The clipper, The Republican and The Patriot al
came forward most handsomely, and did theil
prettiest, but all five unfortunately missed thu
point. Mr.. GARRETT had so befogged the bust
ness that they did not see what he was driving
at. The question at issue between that gentle
man and The DAILY EXCHANGE was not the
old story of the Extra Dividend. On that
matter mems minds have long been made up. The
true issue the discrimination question, especially
that recently developed phase of it, involved in the
discovery lately made by us that the President
and some of the other confidential officers of the
Company, unknown to the scripholders and the
rest of mankind, had helped themselves TO the "bill;
payable of the corporaton-a very severe
'tdiscriminaton" in their own behalf. Now
neghbors, do you not perceive that Mr.. GAR.
lish it, in order that yon might say that he had
cleared his skirts of the disgrace of that trans.
action; and yet, not one Of you has done so
And when you try again, as in gratitude you
should, just let us hear what you think Of
ROBERT GARRETT & Sous taking a title note
for $3.50, while the Shepherd asylum, one of the
noblest charities of the age, was denied one for
$3.50, though its agent sought it sorrowing.
Was the agent timely informed of his rights? Ifnot
why not? We have now before US the names O
some fifteen or twenty of our shrewdest citizens
men never known to decline ''bills payable O
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, if they coulG
be honestly had, who went up to the Treasurer and
got their checks. Were these gentlemen apprisei
of the Treasures instructions to issue note
to those who might ''prefer' to have them?
not why not? Let us know what you think o
offering preference TO gentlemen, without
stating the alternative. You may all speak a
once, if you prefer it.