The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-27


n circle, and inside that circle the commission
er has plac d lOur small red stars, forming the fou
/ extrcnties of passion cross for the four nations
! the Chock laws, Chicksa VS. Creek ard Seminoles-
In token that these Christian tribes Of red men ar
encircladby our protection, aud are with us and &
Us hen, II ever, we deem it fit to treat with tb
Cherokees, fifth red star will form the centre G
the cross. The commissioner will not again seek t
treat with Mr. Ross nor with the Cherokees Will
he remains in power; but the government will no
desert or leave unprotected the friends of tb
south among the CherGkees.
Indian Warriors-Eager for the Fray.
From the Hon. g. w. Adams, of this county
who arrived at home few days since from the
northern part of this State, we learn that on las
Monday week thirteen hundred Indian warriors
Southern allies-crossed the Arkansas river neal
Fort Smith en- route for McCulIoch's camp ThesC
Indians were armed with rife, butcher knife anG
tomshawk, and had their faces painted one hall
red and the other black.
we also learn that a regiment Of mounted
Texans likewise crossed the Arkansas at or near
Fort Smith for the same destination Hetana
Shield, 10th.
The Right Spirit
The Directors of the Richmond (Baptist) College
recently held meeting, and passed resolution
giving the College during the war to a committee
OF Louisiana gentlemen, to be used bv them as a
hospital for the sick and wounded soldiers of the
Confederate States Army. The committee pro-
ceeded mmed lately to have the College buildings
htted up for the use intended and the work is now
going on. 1t will be remembered that for several
months past the grounds and College buildings
have been in useby the soldiers of our army thew
having been relinquished on the first intimation
that they might be made useful in furthering the
great cause IN which we are all engaged.
Off for the Seat of War.
The l4tb regiment North Carolina State troOps
LETT this city Thursday, for the seat of war
rr'or 10 thelr embarking, the men were addressed
at the request of their officers, by Hons A. w.
Nenab!e and W. s. Ashe, who pledged themselves
that the wives and little of the soldiers should
De tenderiy cared for in their absence.
Sugar Prospects.
The New Orleans True Delta saws the prosnacts
are unusually favorable for heavy crop of sugar
this season. From every portion OF the sugar
growing region the same welcome reports are daily
received; and should no tempest or premature and
npplng frost intervene it is safe to predict larger
harvest than has ever heretofore been gathered in
Louisiana.
Hon. p. c. j. Weston, of Georgetown, S. c.. has
raised and equipped, at his own expense n rife
company of ll3 men, to serve during the war.
The Enquirer of the oath copies the following
from the Warrenton (Fauquer) "Flog Of '9s:"
The Fauquier Black Horse.
ms troop has not been removed from their
camp, near Manassas, as we reported last week
we were misintoTmed as to their movements They
are still stationed about three quarters Of mile
from Manassas, and the peaks of their snowy tents
may be seen from the Junction.
Too much cannot be said in praise of this gal
liant company. In the late Bull Run battle thew
took most active part in pursuing the enemy.
and abored from the evening of the Dist until
sunrise the Dext morning in breaking the block
ade OF Cub Run, that was formed by the retreat
ing teamsters and artilerymen, besides makipp
several charges on the enemy and taking MANY
'
Led by their valiant Captain, the Ioaahoe of '6l,
TINS brave company are winning laurels to graca
thelr brows through all coming time. ENDURING
hardships cheerfully, and battling unhinchipgIy
LOT their dearest rights of home and country, Old
lrglnla may well be proud of such sous-true sons
10 true mOther!-Alany a maiden's heart throbs
with pride, and tears of Joy bedew their ewes when
hearing OF the exploits of this little band and tbev
may rest assured their prayers ascend for special
blessings and protection over the "Back Horse"
Running the Blockade
The Savannah Republican saya:
The schooner Adaline, Capt Smith. from Nassau
n. T., successfully ran the block ade at Fernandina
1n Thursday last. The schooner was chased and
1red at several times BY the vessel bockadinc the
port. The cruiser also lowered her boats and went
IN pursuit of the schooner, which they thought had
'un on shOal; but sudden squali coming M.
compelled them to return to their vessel to better
,ecure @ their own safety. The Adaline, however,
continued on her course and arrived safely in Fer
1andina on Thursday. The cargo of the Adaine
consists OF coffee, cigars, fruit &c, and is worth
between forty and fifty thousand dollars The
iualine also brought as passengers, J. A. G. Gerry
IND several other officers who had resigned from
he United States Navy. They arrived here Sat
lrday by the Gulf Road and left the same day for
richmond, to tender their services to the Conteder
tie Government. This is the second time the Ada
ine mas encountered the blockading squadron,
,assing it successfully both times We set CAPTAIN
smith down as a trump.
The Enquirer has the following:
The female servants of Huntsville, Alabama, have
determined to send pair of socks to each member
)! the huntsville Guards as their offering to pro-
lde tor the comfort of their young masters
1t also informs its readers that correspopden.
lotlfles 1t of the arrival in one of the Southern
'orts (the name of which it withhods) of two
argoes of sugar, salt and molasses.
And the Savannah Republican, of the 10Th, saws:
Inc last of the cargo of sugar of the prize brig
ohn welsh, left here Saturday las t by steam
or Charleston.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Extracts from letter written by William Cob
ett to the Prince Regent, dated State Prison, New
.ate, January 80, 1912:
SIR:-In looking back to the real causes of the
nseries which aifict this country and of the great
# mlseries with which it appears to be threatened
Tour Royal HighneSs will, | am persuaded find
hat one of the most efficient has been the 1rostifu
ton Of the press. 1t is on all hands, acknow edged
nat the press Is the most powerful engine that can
De brought to operate upon public opinion and
lpon the direction of public affairs; and therefore
when used to bad end, the mischief it produces
must necessarily be great. If left free it is i'm
possible that it can, upon the whole produce harm;
because, from free press free discussion will Gow:
md where discussion is free truth will always pre-
Tail; but where the press is in that state in which
man dares not freely publish his thoughts respec
ng public men and public affairs, if those thoughts
De hostile to men in power, the press must of ne
'essity be an evil; because while is thus restrain
ID on that side, there will never be wanting slaves
to use it in behalf of those who have the distribu
ton of the public money. Thus the public mind
receives wrong bias, and measures are approved
of, which, in the end, prove destructive and which
would never have met with appreciation had erery
man been free to communicate his thoughts to the
public.
Where there is Press at all or which is the
same thing to politics, where there is a Licenser.
or person appointed by the government to sanction
writings previous to their publication, the press
does no good, to be sure, but neither does it any
harm; for the public, well knowing the source of
what they read, (and very little they will read y
suffer 1T to have no effect upon their minds They
read licensed newspaper as they would hear the
cnarge OF an accuser, who should tell them before.
hand that the accused party not to be suffered
to make any Defence But where the press is called
free, and yet where be who writes with effect
a gainst men IN power, or against public measures
is liable to be punished with greater severity than
the major part of felons, the press must be an
engine OF lncalculable mischief; because the notion
of freedom Of the Press is still entertained by the
greater part of readers, while there exists this
ierrlhc restraint on him who would write strong
ly, and, perhaps, etfectually, against public men
and public measures, if it were not for the fear
of almost certain ruin.
Thus the press becomes a deceirer of the people;
1t becomes prosttuted to the most pernicious pur-
poses. Few men of real talent will condescend to
write with bride in their mouths: the periodical
press falls, for the far greater part into the hands
OF needy adventurers, who are ever ready to sell
their columns to the highest bidder; Falseshood
stalks forth and ranges uncontrolled, while Truth
dares not show her face; and, if she appears at ALL
1t is under so thick a covering, in so crawling an
attitude' ana WITH so many apologies to power,
that she always disgraces her character, and not
untrequently Injuries her cause.
Hence we may trace all the severe blows which
our country has suffered, and which have, at last
reduced us TO state which every man contemplates
with greater or less degree of apprehension. At
the outset of the American war, Mr.. Horne Tooke
who wrote against the pro ject of taxing America
by force of arms while she was unrepresented in
Parliament, was harrassed with State prosecutions
and was pent up in Jail, while Dr. johnson, who
wrote In defence OF the project, and in wham We.
nality and pride contended for the predominance.
was caressed and pensoned. TIE nation, by the
means OF press thus managed, were made to ap-
prove OF the measures against America; they were
made to expect the contest to be of short duration
and the success to be complete They were Undue.
ed to give their appreciation TO the sending of
German troops, Bruuswickers and Hessian mey ce-
narles, to make war upon the fellow-subects, the
brethren OF EDgiishmen. If we look back to that
day, we shall see the periodical press urging the
nation on to the war, and promising a speedy and
successful termination of it. The Americans were
represented as poor, contemplate enemy; as rag
amufhns, without arms and without commanders;
destitute as one writer asserted "of money
OF arms, of ammunition, of commanders, and, if
they had all these, they had not courage to apply
them to their defence" Thus were the people of
England induced TO give their appreciation to the
measures of the ministry at the outset: and by
similar means, were they iuveigled into contin-
uation of that appreciation from one campaign to
another, and were only to be undeceived by the
capture OF whole armies of English troops by those
whom they had been taught to despise.