The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-11
MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMERS
LETTER OF GOVERNOR HICKS IN RFp1y
TO MAYOR BROWN.

orate uocument addressed to the people of Mary.
""u' III reference TO the orders given by him on
tne night OF the burning of the railroad BRIDGES.
we think our readers will be fully satisfied with
the following extracts
""Vernor Hicks argument is eminentlv WORTHY,
o. Its author, its pitru subterruges and its
Die preVarcations being altogether up to the stand
ara to which, in all his productions. he usn.IIr
manages to attain
a. AZ Is aue 10 the Mayor to say, unequvocalIv tn At
40 mt believe he had any KNOWLEDGE of - ''
OF which the destruction of the br,dos 'ne Piot
| = hau niue acquaintance with him at the lima ~
,1ireu 10, put had formed high estimate of bis
InaLacter as faithful public servant. and a. n
| hish.toned gentleman; and | believe that Tho 80 80 a
ceeuings which he countenanced and in which h
ted hr 20 nave been participant, were Inaugural
M ~ Is alleged by the Mayor and his witnesses that
| gave my consent verbally | am sure tba ,rtI;
VIII agree with me in thinking it STRANGE nndar al
.ne circumstances, that an act of so great imnort
nnIe, requiring as is alleged, my authority to
make 1t valid, should have been conspmmated ~,
Der pretended verbal assent admired ~ : IN IN
oeen uh"lingly given by person who "exprassed
some uonot as to his authority to give such an ar
oead Nohe Dut hold conspirators would have pro-
oeeueu 10 perpetrate such an unlawful act without
authority IN Criting from whomsoevar tho, hai;
:u e"-HPetent to give the necessary order Accord
ing 10 their showing, a written order from nv
s. M"ulu nave aosolved the Mayor and his associates
thar
confess @ they had no snch authority and attemnt ~
assent by me, Certified as e by bSy Mtness ead
very materially in sustaining the position assumed
by the Mayor. 1t seems to that in this respect
my accusers find themselves in difficulty from
which they cannot extrcate themselves.
do not deny that the proposed act, unlawful
though it was, seemed to be the only means of
avertng threatened bIoodshed. But it would have
little become me, Governor of the State, to in
Ra
more to prevent riot Still less did it become
me to forget my oath of Office and consent to an in
traction of the laws which | had sworn to enforce.
l am sure no unprejudiced man can conclude it to
! be within the range of probability that | could
| nave acted In the manner ascribed to me-
AS a matter of course, it is not easy to adduce
| proof of my position. Those who were near me
! throughout that trying day bear but little ac-
| curate testimony as to what said or done by
| me. Every one was full of excitement, and men
| whose judgment had ALWAYS challenged INV respect
| urged Inc to do many things which they now re-
| gret to remember. was, perhaps no cooler than
those who surrounded me, but it was not possible
Tor me to forget what was due to nv position and
to my oath of office. ] did not do either | stren-
uously resisted all propositions which deemed in
consistent with law and order, and | did nothing
on that eventful day which l have any reason to
regret.
The WAY RECRUITS ARE TO BE OBTAINED IN New
1oRK.-The following is from the New York Daily
Ne,cs:
An attempt made in the Board of Aldermen
| on Thursday night last to direct the stoppage OF
all the city street openings, avowedly for the pur-
| pose OF turning out OF employment the workingmer
| and laborers now engaged in work for the CITY, in
| order that these may be driven by want to enlist
In the war. Cold-blooded and cruel as this propo-
Sitlon was 1t found an advocate two among the
extreme war members of the Board though abb v
resisted by the leading Democratic Aldermen -
Most of these men have dependent families and tC
throw them out OF work would be to render many
helpless women and children charge upon the
community, while their unfortunate husbands and
fathers are forced to 'vounteer," and unwillingl
incur the periis and sufferings of a campaign
Moreover, the Corporation Relief Fund for the fam
llles OF those who have already joined is about ex
hausted, and there will soon be misery and want
enough among the families of the soldiers who are
already wearing uniforms to satisfy, one would
think, the ferocity of the advocates.
We protest against taking the bread from tn,
mouths of the poor people employed in the city
works. Volunteers enough can be found anon.
the idle and lazy, without forcing into camp tn
industrious and laborious men of family who ar
receiving their pittance from the corporation
We trust the Aldermanic Committee on Roads will
put summary and efectua stop upon this heart
less project at the next meeting of the Board.
THE WAR LoAN.-Considerable has been said il
the Northern papers about the coaxing necessary
to obtain money in the South. 1t appears tn at
the same means are employed north of Mason an,
: Dixon's line.
, The Philadelphia Inquirer pleads in the follow
ing manners:
What has become of the hundreds of thousand
ana millions OF dollars that were withdrawn from
the failing Savings Funds during the panic of th
: last six months? Are they boarded away in oil
stockings, in chiuks and chimney corners or bu
ried in the ground, like the talents of the unfaith
full servant of the Scriptures? Doubtless such ar
If the whereabouts of much of this vast amount q
money.
. Why not bring out this large aggregate of idl
capital, and devote it the sci vice of tn
country, and to the best interest of the owners
; Possibly many of them not aware that they ca
loan their small savings to the State.
Farmers, mechanics, lab0rers, porters dravmen
clerks, housemaids, all frugal people who stand i
Just dread OF Saving Funds, the State loan is ius
the thing for you. With your spare money in tn
}; custody of the Commonwealth, you will be fire
from all your anxieties about failures, and escap
all the perils of those who enrust their savings t
e hnanciers given to sharp practice. Invest in tn
State loan and you at once do the country a sci
vice and place your hard earnings beyond the reac
| of harm.
e. fuGirivEs FROM LABOR "a number of "fugitive
rom % laoor are coming into the camp. On SatuI
uay' save oil John A. W sshington came p an
Just as he reached the picket man roda mn an
demanded that the volunteers shonld catch hi,
- anu ue MN. they told him thev were not tber
= TO aet as dogs Tor him, and requested him to di
II mount lie was identified as HAVING been the mo
- who was carrying letters to and fr9m aI ne 4.
l. His horse was seized, and, after some narlov;na
was released, but the horse retained ArtSy si - - =
S. been gone short time, they recnnsidered thaiu
ct ton, and sent company after him, but thev ba
0S not yet caught him.-Spectal Alerandria Desnn, @
to Phil. Enquirer, June 9. f'''
PHILADELPHIA REcRUIrs.-U. s. District Court
o. Judge Cad,oaLader-James Toole, who was copyi
ted of charge of assault and battery, with inte
y to pick apocket, was permitted to 90 and enlist
- the army.
The Philadelphia North American says: Strang
ly enough, the only criminal cases now reported a
those of boys. The haunts of adult crimes are ,
empty. Pine alley is quiet as any alley
the city, while the stamping ground of the Schu,
kill Rangers is wholly deserted. The exciteme
It, OF the war has depopuated all these places, and d
: men who were terror to their brethren are now
~ terror to the enemies of the country.
n RAILWAY TRAvELING.-From official returns ma
70 to the English, French, and Prussian Goyernme en-
oh relative to the movement of passengers on RAJ
r ways. and the accidents which take pIace II
~ found that there is death out of every 50O n,
passengers, and one wounded out of eyerv 3s1 0O
rt These calculations are made, as regards Enolan,
k, on the passenger traffic from 1913 to lS5S. f.
France, from 1885 to 1856; and for Prussia, fro
ee 1851 to 1885, Similar calculations made for ~
g traffic by the diligences, from ls46 to 1886 o;,
s. one death for every 355,463 passengers. and On
KS wounded for everv 29,872. There is. therefor
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