The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-09
CITY INTELLIGENCE
ADJo0RNED MEETING or THE WORK
IEG MEy-THE CITY COUNCIL APP

PEALED TO.
An ADJOURNED meeting Of the woI kingnen took
place Yesterday afternoon at three O'Clock in
hoyston Hall, corner of Baltimore street and Trim.
oett's alley. Before the hour the hall was crowd
ed, while between one hundred and two hundred
persons were compelled to remain on the outside.
). Il. Orcm, the President of the former meeting,
called the body to order The committee appoint
ed on Saturday afternoon to prepare a statement
OF the necessities of the working men for presenta-
ton to the City Council presented two reports In
matter the reports almost identical, but in
p.rSseoogy quite different. The following, which
was br far the most iwperious in its Tone was
adopted
To the Honorable The Mayor and CITY Council Of BaR3
CONFERENCE.-THE undersigned, workingmen and me
chancJ would respectfully represent to your honorable
body, that in consequence Of the political status of affairs
throughout the country and the consequent stagnaon OF
business, class of the of toll suffering
from being thrown cut Of employment and believing that
1t is the DUTY Of your body to relieve their
in this, their day of distress, call upon you gen
erons IN your hour oil POWER and here we would remind
you that although you have been generous enough to
appropriate $50 000 provide employment aborers
the parks at the paty of rs cents per day. max
ing the enormous sum of 81 30 per weeka prncely in
come from which to support, in cases. from four
eight persons, and that for single week,
After that is gone, will you virtually say be able
to do nothing for you've have done all can do;
although actually you do not take from the city
treasury is necessary that something should be done
to assist in relieving the necessities unemployed
otherwise necessity knows law and selpreserva
ton is the first law of nature they will be forced to seek
for sustenance for themselves and families any
that presents itself This is intended threat but
as sefevident and selfsustanng proposition; for al
though God declared that should his bread by
the sweat of his brow, yet He did not that
should starve, if the means to it hand
Your honorable body in some of its late ordinances
have deprived thousand workingmen of the pr
vege of earning their day bread by the sweat of their
brow for those who address you do the
beggars emporing to give them bread without
labor but they come as freemen and workingmen and
ask you to give them work. that thereby they may earn
an honorable subsistence for themselves and for those
whom God has placed in this world dependent upon them
You, in your corporate capacity, have repealed the
Almshouse ordinance thereby throwing five hun
dred men out of employment, and depriving as many
more who would have been needed at the erection that
building.
You havo repealed TIE City Hall ordnar ce which would
have given employment to several hundred workmen
You have annuled the Holiday street opening which
would likewise have employed many workmen in the
clearing away, and in building up The large space of
ground that would have been thrown into use,
in rebuilding the portions torn away.
We mention the above only benefting the workmen
engaged Immediately those works. but pursue the in
vestsaon farther, and will find that benefit to
ime and how better than this the money the city
be empoyed for it is not spent in foolish display bu in
real necessary and actual good.
An AlmShouse is needed for the city has none but is
mere tenant at will. City Hall where all the corpora.
ton officers can be found-not mere cump of petty
Offices, stuck over lot of dwelling houses, occupying
several squares.
With the above, before you and ask for labor
notchariiy but hard work that herewith may earn
bread for those dependent upon u.s. and with full assur
of right side believe that our request will
be granted. Appropriate money sufficient to give 600
or 500 steady work the Parks for 81 per day
month or So and it would look if you felt for the
cesSes Of the working classes; but the patry sum of 70
cents per day, and that for only week is mockng
insult to the Intelligence that abounds among the
Chanics of this city
We have closed mouths until the words have near
stranged us and We feel compelled to speak plainly.
By repeating the ordinances above stated you have actu
ally taken bread from the mouths many of us and our
families, for we were at work the amshouse; and
demand of you if you have true sympathy with the
~ofkng casSeS 10 start TO work at your public buildings,
for they needed almost much need employ
ment, and by doing So you will give us the means of
earning an honest livelihood.
Mr.. Seville moved n call Of the wards which
was carried, and the Secretary proceeded to the
call, and as each ward answered, the name of gen
tieman was furnished the Chair.
Mr.. Boyle moved that a committee to consist of
one from each ward, be appointed to wait upon the
City Council and present the petition. Carried
Mr.. ThOs. Jones moved that the gentlemen
named on the call of the wards be const tuted the
committee. Carried.
Mr.. Henry Seward, Of the first ward whose
name had been given on the call of the wards, said
that he could not serve on the committee. He
was not in favor Of approaching the City Council
and wanted nothing to do with that body. They
had forced men to work for the pitance of seventy
i've cents per day. and he could hold no communi-
cation with that body.
William }. SIN tn, Of the first ward, said that he
would act on the committee. He was not ashamed
TO 40 anything which would put bread in the
mouths OF starving wives aud children
His name was put down for the first ware The
following is the committee
lst ward VIM. j. Smith, End Henry Baker, 3rd
r. A. Conway, 4th John Crate. 9TH S. r. White
lock, 9Th j. b. Orem, 9Th VIM. Garretty Sth VIM.
Quinn, 9th David Davis, 10Th Samuel BOYLE llth
VIM. Ii. Hook, 18th George Wyan, 18Th w Col
well, lith J.: 5, Lockerton, 18th j. I. Webster,
I'M | OFT ~
W. Balm, l9:h James Miller, 20:h Thos Seville
The meeting then adjourned to meet at the call
of the President.
During the deliberations there were several mo-
tions made to adjourn to Monument Square and the
Mary land Institute, but the President did not en-
terrain them.
ANNUAL MEETING THE MARYLAND TRACT So.
cihrY.-The seventeenth annual meeting of this
Society was held last evening, at St. Johns church.
Liberty street. Notwithstanding the Indictment
weather, there was quite large number of persons
present After an anthem by the choir portion
OF Scripture was read and prayer offered by Rev
Mr.: Howser, of the Presbyterian church.
Rev. j. w. Nj. Williams, of the Baptist church
President of the Society, made few remarks upon
the object and working of the Society in the course
OF which he remarked that although this had been
year of uuequalled disaster to almost every un-
dertaking, and the country had been conyused
from end to the ether, the Society had been
enabled, through the Divine aid which they had in
voked in the beginning, to meet all their liabilities
and their atfai IRIS were now in on encouraging
dition. He also spoke of the peculiar feature of
the Socety-c0lporteur age-and referred to the
many interesting and encouraging reports In ade by
the coporteurs. 1t was work that enlisted the
sympathies of every Christian and phlanthropist.
lie concluded by saying that it was proved to a de-
monstration, that the American Tract Society was
doing for the evangelzation of the world what
could not be done by any other means.
Rev. 5. Guteau then proceeded to read the annual
report of the Board of Managers They commences
thanks he hos aon
successful one-blessed beyond the most sanguine
expectations of the Board. Seventeen years have
elapsed since the formation of the Society. The
unparalleled political excitement and CONSEQUENT
commercial embarrassment have at times threaten
ed to entirely arrest the progress of the Society," but
through the blessing of God their goomiest appre-
tensions have been dispelled. Among other items,
princely donation of S. 900 from one individual |
has relieved the Tract House of debt of 81 900 up
To TINS time resting upon it, and left fund of
$4,000, now deposited with the parent Society SUBJ
Ject to draft to meet any eXgencies that NAV from
time to time arise.
Appeals for contributions have been as pener- |
ousy responded to as heretofore. The colporteur |
work has been as great as previously, but done at
less expense. In fifteen years and three months |
the amount Of colporteurage has been as follows:
Number of volumes sold 1877; given to poor and |
thoughleSs persons, 3,l70; 30, 40 religious visits
have been made, and 457 religious meetings held; |
AT families have been found destitute of the |
Bible, 100 Of whom were Papsts ,G56 families |
were found destitute of all other religious books:
2,249 families acknowledged habitual neglect of The
Sanctuary. Large cities are the most destitute as
well as the most encouraging missionary fields
The Committee Public Institutions have con-
tinued their sef-denying and benevolent labors-
The experiment with female colp0rteurs has been
eminently successful
in conclusion, the report says, whether they con-
slider the assistance rendered the parent Society,
the work accomplished in the field entrusted to
their oversight or the Divine blessing resting
upon their labors, the past year must be ranked
with the most prosperous in the history of the So
ciety. The relations of the Board with the Com
mittee at New York continue to be of the most
fraternal character.
The Treasurer, Mr.. ". 3. Garfield, read his re-
port, showing the financial condition of the So
ciety.
The President then introduced Rev. Dr.. Noah
Ii. Schenck, of the Episcopal church, who adj
dressed the audience Hon Judge Giles also de-
iivered an address. The meeting was closed with
the Benediclion.
ARREST OF RUNAwAYs- Three Negroes Daq Ow-
few days ago, three negro fugitiyes were discov-
ered IN Anne Arundel county, near the Annapolis
Junction, under the following singular circumstan-
appearance of the remains of fire in the
woods, at which there were evidences that cooking
mad been carried on pretty extensively excited sus
plclon, and the locality watched, when it was
discovered to be the resort of negroes who were
traced to cave which they had dug in a retired
spot in the woods of Mr. Jacobs. Arrangements
were at once made for their arrest, which was eff
tc cted by an armed party. One of the negroes
made violent and proracted resistance, nearly
IN wrestling gun from the hands of his
captor. Another of remarkable agility effected his
escape by Hight. Upon inspection their cave
showed comfortable provision for living. Hams
ana preserves were among the stores, and quaint
ties of feathers presented indications Of the leyies
which had been made on neighbOring hen-roosts.
One OF the men taken was the property of Mr.