The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-24
ARREST OF BALTIMOREANS IN HARRIS


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ARREST OF BALTIMOREANS IN HARRIS
BURG.
The Patriot and Union, from which we take the
| following, seems to be making great to do over
the capture of the above parties. After an exam-
nation of their baggage, in which nothing of i'm
portance was found, the statement proceeds:
twas next intimated that their persons must be
searched. For this purpose Carson was taken into
| private room and thoroughly examined A num-
Der OF passes were found in his possession signed
by rebel officers, allowing him to pass the lines of
the rebel army, but fOrbidding his visiting any of
| their camps. These, ne said, were obtained in or
| der to enable him to see after his property. Pc
gram next underwent an examination, but nuthing
was found upon him. Kelly was next called in
| his outer garments contained nothing except
| copy of Richmond paper, dated the l7tb. When
he had stripped off all but his Shirt and the Mav0r
was on the point Of closing the case, officer Kada-
| baugh discovered that there was something very
| peculiar about ii.
When ordered to pull it OF Kelly suddenly turn
ed pale, and called for water, being On the very
| point OF fainting. The discovery was made! The
shirt was filled with pockets on the inside, which
were sealed up. These were opened. and found to
contain an immense number of letters from the
| South-s0me from men in the rebel army to their
friends in Baltimore--others to men in New York
| and number for Europe In addition to this there
were various bills of sale, dated at Richmond, for
| pork and other articles, and large packages of
money, principally in notes on banks in the Con-
tederate States. All of these articles were done up
in neat packages, and looked as if they had been
| subjected to the pressure of an hydraulic press
| The weight OF this new-style mailpouch ire
mend0uS-aimost enough, one would suppose to
impede locomotion. Kelly was dumbfounded at
| the discovery, and had nothing to saw
| 1t is very evident that they left Richmond but a
lew days ago. and, with the passes they had feared
to try the Manassas and Washington route to Bati.
more Their plans were well laid, and but for the
! vigilance of Mr. Ayres they might now be Joking
tyiT
| close watching.
| The money found Kelly was deposited in the
State capital Bank, and the letters and papers were
hanoed over to the Attorney General. The seces-
slonists We're placed in jail, where they will remain
until the Federal authorities take charge of them.
THE BALTIMORE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
The case of the Baltimore Police Commissioners
was hnaliy disposed Of in New York on Thursday,
so far as the Kings county Court was concerned,
Judge Garrison dsmissing the proceedings
AT the opening OF the court Messrs, Wood and
Van Loon, counsel for the prisoners at Fort La
| layette, made formal application for an order
against the Sheriff of Kings county to show cause
| why an attachment should not issue against him.
as LOT contempt, upon the ground that his returns
| TO the attachment and precept were improper
| MT: " ood, IN making the application, said
The Sheriff says in his return that he has M
power or means within his control sufficient to ar
rest Col burke, or to take the prisoners into Gus.
tody, but he does not say that he has called ont the
posse consnritataS. The law has armed the Sheriff
with the whole force Of the county execute pro-
cess ana he has no right to say he had no control
OF power sufficient to make the arrest until he had
lrst exerted and exhausted the power the law rives
him, and it that insufficient, then the fact
should so appear in his return. The process com
manded the Sheriff to bring those bodies into Court
and no return excuses or justes his failure to do
SO unless it appears that he called out the power of
the county and it refused to respond, or that it
was inadequate to overcome the apprehended re-
sisauce.
We are not to assume that the process cannot be
executed, or that the law cannot be Yindicsted and
sttheretore, it would not be advisable to encnur-
age proceedings which might bring on collision
between the civil and military authorities, We
should assume exactly the contrary and if the
military authorities set the process of the court at
uehance, then let the responsibility rest with those
VINO resist the law, and not with those who seek to
execute it. ~
Judge Garrison notified the counsel as follows:
- decline to make order requiring the Sber
III to show cause why &C., because | believe the
nherih TO nave acted in good faith in his attempt
10 execute the two processes and consider his re-
turn, therefore, as sufficient
VISIT OF TROOPS TO PoRT ToBAcco.-Orr Wash
ington news OF yesterday contained short account
OF the visit OF the steamer Baltimore to PORT TO-
oacco on her trip ''dOwn the river" From, thu
1tntes OF that place we gather the following:
oh entering our town, which thew did in tr,o
directions, meeting on the courthouse SQUARE thev
formed IN line and despatched squads in different
directions for the search. -
No doubt they were greatly disappointed in the
size and appearance of our town. for disappo;nt |
ment was visible in every face. OF course no arms
or contrabands of war found and the battalion
returned as it came
Some of the soldiers got little drunk, which is |
no wonder-Port Tobacco whiskey will tell.
One arrest was made, but there was evidently |
some mistake in their Information, as Dr. Franklin
the person arrested, promptly discharged after
nearing his case. The charge we learn was that |
the Doctor was the 'leader of a secession gang
which met regularly at his office, and the CAPTAIN
o. secession company which was in regular drilI''
ne charge was simply absurd and it is to be hoped
Inc government will, in future, find more reliable
source OF information than that employed
SUBSTITUTE FOR TEA.-The Raleigh On Cl Stand
ard says-"ln view of the probable scarcity of tee
and coffee during the war, we see the papers are
recommending the use of the leaves and twips of
the opon, an evergreen, which grows spontane-
ously on our coast The Yopon is a common drink
on on the banks, and is highly esteemed by many.-
We have heard it said that when it is well cured.
1t is greatly improved when the milk and moIagses
are boiled with il. 1t is rather vulgar to use SMEAR
for sWeetening Yopon. Molasses is the thing !
venerable lady, who lived to considerable age on
the banks, once speaking of the healthiness Of Yo
pom as drink, said-'Bless the Lord, Yopon has
Kept me out of heaven these twenty years'''