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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
Treason in The Maryland Legislature An
Act of Amnesty Proposed.

The traitors in the Maryland Legislature
have prepared and will, no doubt, pass the
following act Of amnesty, to screen the ruff
ans who fred upon and killed the Massachu-
setts troops on the 10th of April. Under
such an act the suspension Of the writ of
habsaS corpus and the declaration Of martial
law will be imperatively necessary:
WHEREAS: On the 10th of April last
number of boys and other persons got up
an affray with some soldiers passing through
Baltimore, and those soldiers fred into
the crowd of persons who happened to
be assembled in the street, killing some
innocent and unoffending people, which so
exasperated the persons present as to lead
TO conflict between the troops and the
people.
And, whereas, none of the purposes of
public Justice would be attained by the prose-
cution of any one concerned in said dis
turbance, but on the contrary, their prose-
cution would subject the city and county OF
Baltimore to great and unnecessary expense
therefore,
Section l. Be it enacted 5y the General As
sem6ly Of Maryland: That all the courts,
public officers and Grand Jury are hereby
forbidden to prosecute orpunish any person con
cernedn the aforesaid g6rGy with the soldiers
in the city of Baltimore on the 10th of April
last; or for any offenses arising from OF
growing out of said affray, or in any way
connected Herewith.
Section 2. And be IL further enacted: THAI
| all laws of this State, whether statute Law
or common law, which prescribe punish
ment for any of the offenses mentioned il
! the preceding section, be and the same are
| hereby repealed.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

THE CoTToE QUEsTIoN-W. F. Stearns, of
the firm of Stearns, Hobart 4 Co., Bombay,
and son of President Stearns, of Amherst
College, in a recent letter to his friends,
dated April IL, says;
81 went into the interior few weeks since,
as far as Sholapore, and found that the ma
tives throughout the country had heard of
the troubles in America, and that the amount
of land which had been laid out and planted
by them, with cotton, was something as
founding. My word for it, founded on per-
sonal observation, if the Secession movement
continues, in five years India viii export
four million bales. The quality is constantly
improving, and the means of transportation
are becoming SO easy that the South will not
be able to command the monopoly of the
staple out of the Union
England is building railroads rapidly into
the interior, SO that the cotton crop, very
soon, can be moved as fast as 1t is produced
to the sea shore and the ship canal across
the lsthmus of Suez, from the Red Sea to
the Mediterranean, shortening the distance
six thousand miles, will be finished in twelve
months. When this is done, Great Britain
will be delivered from temptation, at least in
part, to those acts of injustice and meanpsss,
for the sake of American cotton, which now
peril her oWn honor and the liberties Of mAn-
kind.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

SUNDAY A DAY OF BATTLEs.-The great
battle of Barnet was fought on Easter Sun.
day, April IA, l471. The battle of Val, or
Laffeld, near Masstricht, was fought on Sun
day, the I'd of July, 1857, The Peninsula
was fruitful in Sunday fighting. The second
battle in Portugal, that in Fimiera, was
fought on Sunday, 3lst of August, 1903. The
battle of Fuentus donor was gained on Sun
day, 9th of May, 1911. On Sunday evening,
l6lh Of January, 1912, Lord Wellington
issued the brief but determined order that
"Cuidan Roderigo must be carried by assault
this evening at seven o'clock" The battle
of Orthes was fought on Sunday, the 27th of
February, 1914, and that of Toulouse, the
best general action of the Peninsula war,
occurred on Easter Sunday, the 10th of
April following. The battle of Waterloo
was also decided on Sunday, the 18th of
June, 1915. The second Burmese war af-
foIded two examples. Easter Sunday, the
llth of April, 1855, the attack on the lines Of
defense at RangooD, and the attack and cap
ture Of Pegu, on Sunday, the 2lst Of Novem-
Der, 1852. The victory of Inkermann was
achieved on Sunday, the 5th Of November,
1854. And to crown the whole, it was on
bundAy, the 10th Of May, 1857, that the ter
rible Indian mutiny broke out at MeeTut.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
What the SecessiOnists are Fighting For,
and What They Have Lost.

Inc LOUISVILLE journal says;
The Secessionists of the seeding States
say that they are fighting for every thing
dear to freemen. We don't see that they
have gained any thing, but it is very eqsy to
see what they have lost. Among their
losses a cotemporary enumerates these:
l. They have lost the liberty of free speech,
the dearest right Of freeman. They dare
not speak except in one way. The tyranny
and cruelties Of Caligula and Nero were
tender mercies compared with the reign of
terror now pervading the seeding States.
2. They have lost the right of voting upon
the Constitution under which they live. The
voice Of the people is hushed, and they are
bound hand and foot, and are at the mercy
of the few purse-proud aristocrats.
3. They have lost at least fifty per cent. of
the value OF their property, and receive in
its stead an increased taxation.
4. They have lost their titles TO their prop
eIty, it being subject to confiscation for the
support Of those whose feet are upon their
necBs.
5. They have lost their trade and COM
merce, all kinds of business being com
pletely prostrated.
G. And last, though not least they have
lost their self respect and civilization. They
repudiate their debts, and appropriate other
peoples property and make a virtue of it.
For opinions sake, they commit barbara
ties upon citizens of the United States which
the most untutored and inhuman savage
would blush to be guilty Of
These are a few of the CELEBRITIES" they have
lost. What liberties are they now fighting
for? And how many rights" have they
gained through the agency of Secession
Let some Secessionist answer-J he can.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
Later from KurOps-ArrIvaI Of the Bre-
men.

New YORK, June 23.-The Bremen has
arrived from Southampton 18th. The Brit
ish Government has determined to send addi-
tional troops to Canada, 1t is thought desi-
rable to be in position to command the re-
spect of any irregular bodies which, in q
moment of excitement might assail them.
tion that Napoleon intends the strictest nsu-
trality in American affairs. Ricasoli takes
Cavourls position. The Pope's health is re-
established.
The English and French ambassadors are
established al Pekin. TRe EnghsR school
will be opened at Pekin.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

THE GENTLEMEN SOLDIERS OF THE SoUrH.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes from Montgomery, Ala, June 8:
Our city, generally so quiet on Sunday,
was very lively that day. The streets were
filled with soldiers, who discussed freely the
state of affairs, some of them Jolly and sings
ing, others uttering their dissatisfaction, and
threatening to help themselves if necessary,
and some entering the'churches and disturb
ing the service, thinking, apparently, that
they were past praying for. In the after
noon the Central Bank was opened, and
$4,000 distributed among the men to quiet
them, but the largess had little good effect.
Some visited houses of prostitution, and COM
mitted the most horrible Outrages others
continued rowing the city, hallowing sing
ing and threatening, to the great alarm of
the citizens until other soldiers in camp
were ordered to subdue the tumult. They
were busy all the evening and night. Five
Of the Zouayes were killed, and more than
one hundred were dispersed in the woods,
most OF whom were atterward caught, and
sent to Virginia by the express train,
The newspapers were ordered not to make
these disgraceful proceedings public, and, of
course they obeyed instructions.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
LEGAL REPORTING.

II OUIs FREsRR, VERBATIM PHONO-
h GRAPHIC REPoBTER.-The above has now
permanently located in this city and is prepared u
attend promptly TO orders of every description, In
this city, State or any other State.
PhOnoRrapbio Reporting taught, II desired. Of
fce in the Queen City Commercial College, opposite
the PostofCe. Refers to Aphonso TAFT, Esq, Attor.
Cincinnati 0OmmerciRli Il. Reed, proprietor Daily
Press. fel0-t
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
Railroad Bulletin.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE or TRAINS.

The time on the following roads is seven minutes
faster than city time with the exception of the
Ohio and Mississippi and indianapolis and 0incn.
natl, which IS twelve minutes slower.
CINCINNATI, HAMILTON AND DAYTON.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
by TELEGRAPH.
subjugation of the Rebels,

Senator johnson in Waskngton-Tbs Ten
nssses Eleotion--English Fitting out Pripa-
teers-Jim Lane TO Command Brigade
The Virginia Convention Intends to Repu-
didte the Public Debt-The Expected Attack
on Wdshington-From Baltimore Ertra-
ordinary Session Of the Cabiaet-The Mill
tdry officers TO Attend-Bank Riot at
Mlraukie-Nilitary Called OHt-Sevsral
Persons UTo,nded.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

% A FRENCH VIEW OF PRIvATEERING.-An
elaborate discussion on the subject of priva.
teering recently took place in the French
Academy. Among the speakers was Michael
Chevalier, who thus concluded his remarks:
At the outset l spoke OF the general har-
mony of earthly things. will again invoke
it to say that in virtue ofthis very harmony,
priyateeripg has in our day become impossi.
bic. While the moral sense of the civilized
world condemns it, the perfection of instru-
ments of naval warfare renders it impracti-
cable. Formerly these corsairs sailed fast
sailing crafts, which defied pursuit by war
vessels and even by frigates. They had thus
every chance to escape the cruisers sent out
TO take them.
With steam navigation this is no longer
possible. A privateer, in a condition to
escape our new cruisers, would certainly be
a ruinous speculation. This accursed trade
is thus cut up by the roots by the progress of
the industrial arts. To put an end to it com
pletely, but one thing is necessary-let the
two or three Great Powers declare that they
are resolved no longer TO tolerate it, and that
they will treat as pirates all found practcng
it. When those who are minded to enter on
this kind of business understand that they
run the risk of being hung, their enthusiasm
for this strange profession will no doubt
quickly cool. Let US hope, then, that one
OF these days the Institution of privateering
will be looked upon as thing of the past.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

Qua RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.-Lord
Lyons, accompanied oy Secretary Seward,
visited the President, a few days since. Lord
Lyons, says correspondent presented dis
patches from his Government, conveying
strong assurances Of its desire to preserve
and berpetuate friendly relations with this
domestic affairs. He also stated that his
Government had determined not TO admit
any prizes taken by Southern privateers into
any Of the ports Of England or the British
Possessions.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
MUSICAL.

6 A URA LEA .,-JUsT PUBLISHED, A
N beautiful Song and Chorus, ,,s,... ,,;.,,s,1.t
ntitled g Aura Lea" Poetry by w. KhtN MuSlti
W. FOsdick, Esq. Price 25 cts. JOHN fszaeeEssl
CHURCH, JR., Importer of Music aud
Musical Instruments, SO West Fourth-st. apis
VUNBE TUNERS GUIDE. "A TREATISE
II on Tuning the Piano fortei Organ, Nlelodeon
and SeTaphine, comprising ample instructions and
specification Of Defects and their Remedies. Price
40 cents, receipt of which it will be sent, post
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

THE SEcEssIoEIsTs OF TENNEssEE.-Not-
withstanding the triumph of the Secession
lists at the recent election in Nashville, Tenn,
they feel little disposition to rejoice over their
success. A private letter from that city,
dated June l3, says:
told you in my last that it was reported
the names of the Union voters would be pub
lished. They haze not been, nor will they be.
So much private opposition was expressed
by the friends of these men, even by the
strongest Secessionists, that the papers dared
not DO it. 1t would have caused bloodshed,
it is thought. There has not been the slight.
est celebration Of the great "victory" of the
Secessionists, nor any prospect of any. No
body seems glad, but all look gloomy. What a
comment is this. -tf tst t-I
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25
Law CARDS.

". II. BALDWIN. j.. Y. BALDWIN.
baldwin a BALDWIN, ATTORNEYS
ID AT Law, No, SO West Third street, up stairs,
Cincinnati. mylT
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10
CHOCTAW RIFLEMEN

z. B. Jennings, Captain. ". W. Bsiges. lst Lieutenant. T. NJ. Jackson, 2d c. Watkins, 3d c. M. Huie, lst Sergeant. Vim. Christopher, 2d A. c. HAmett, 3d '' Wm. Harden, 4th' C. R. Rogers. 5tb I" ". B. Jones, lst Corporal Vim. D. Hunter, 2d {" Jasper ChristopheF, 3d " Newton Christopher, 4th ''
 MUSICIANS.
 l. D. Hensley. Fifer.
 w. C. Wills, Drummer.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10

A NOVEL FEATURE or THE SEQUEsrRATroH LAw.---Among other advantages the North has enjoyed over our section Is the unenviable one of furnishing nearly all the abandoned females who invest our cities, praying upon the weak minded. Many of them accumulate great deal of money, furnish their houses in extrava- gant style, and travel homeward every summer to spend or invest the earnings of their sin. At the present time there IS between two and three hundred thousand dollars worth of furniture, silver plate, etc., belonging to northern van- pires, who have left their homes here in charge of other persons. When the particulars of the sequestraton bill passed our Congress were telegraphed to this city remarkable panic seized upon the habtudes of these resorts, who looked forward with certainty to the seizure and sale ofthc outfits of their establishments, and after few of them commenced removing, a regular stampede took place day before yester. day, nearly all of their houses being deserted. Whether their expectations of the seizure were unwarrautable or not, we do not know, but we hope that these vile dens of northern importa. ton will be summaxily disposed of, according to law, as a partial eradication of great evil. One of these women has written a letter from New York, pretending that she had been sent to Fort Lafayette for avowing southern sentiments (! no doubt pitiful dodge to save her $25,- 900 worth of furniture from confiscation.-N
 Q. Bee.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10

AN ENTIRELY COSMOPOLITAN HIBERSrAN.- A son of the Emerald Isle, but not himself green, was taken up, for he was at the time down near rebel encampment, not far from Manassas Junction. In word, Pat was talk ing quiet nap iu the shade, and was reused from his lumber by scouting party. He wore no special uniform of either army, but looked more like spy than an alligator, and on this was arrested.
 "Who are you!" "What is your name?" and "Where are you from?" were the first questions put to him by the armed. a1
 Be me faith, gintlemen them IS ugly ques. tons to answer, anyhow; an before answer any O them, I'd be after axin ye, by yer lave the same thing"
 "Wel,' said the leader, i've are of Sco:t's army and belong to Washington"
 "All right, says Pat T knowed ye was gintle. men, for am that same. Long life to Gineral Scott.'' a
 "Ahal" replied the scout, "now you rascal you are my prisoner" and seized him by the shoulder.
 "How is that' inquired Pat, fare we not friends?"
 s"No," was the answer, i've belong to Gen. Beauregard's s army.p
 "Then ye told me lie, me boys and thinking it might be so, I told ye another. And now tell the truth an I'll tell the truth too."
 'Well we belong to the State of South Caro- lina."
 "So do l." promptly responded Pat "and to all the other States uv the country too, ard there I'm thinking I bate the whole of ye. Do you think would come all the way from Ireland to belong to one State, when had right to be- long to the whole uv'em?" This logic was rather a stunper; but they took him up as be- fore said, and carried him for further examina. tion. F ;s. 6as fsoqg Isr
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10
The Bull Run Rout Abroad

The London Times of August 10th, the very day on which Gen. McCuloch gave the Federal forces terrible thrashing in Missouri, has the following editorial:
 The people of the northern States of America are behaving after their defeat in manner not seem at all inclined to lessen its importance. They do not affect to conceal that they have been totally and disgracefully defeated; that their opinions of their own merits and of their enemy's deficiencies were unfounded and that, instead of short and brilliant campaign, they must either prepare for a desperate war or give up the scheme of subjugating the South. And yet is national calamity and this grevi- ous shame do not seem to affect them as they would effect an European community. They even take pleasure in the sensation caused by that unparalleled defeat. Excitement IS to all classes necessary daily dram, and, if they have it. it matters not whether it is bought by suc- cess or misfortune. Then the people have so little realized the meaning of war, and they have such confidence in their own energy and fortunes, in their own faculty of what they call
  ty they are no more depressed by total rout than they would be in their individual capacities by pecuniary loss. A singular traitin human character is exhibited by their open acknowl edgment to all the world of defeat, coupled with the "enthusiastic reception" which they are giv- ing to whole regiments of volunteers who on pre- tense of their time being up, are marching home ward on the morrow of great defeat, and on the eve of an expected advance of the southern army. The more aristocratic New York volun- teers had returned home long before the battle at Bull Run, and now regiments from almost every State are hastening back to their respec- tive districts, to be received with the loudest plaudits of their friends. The l4th, Ohio, on returning to Toledo, "experienced very cor dial reception" It was mentioned that after a few weeks furlough they would be ready to re- enIis,-those few weeks for all they knew, being destined 10 decide the fate of the Union forever. Bnt the most extraordinary case is that of Gen. Patterson's army. The general, according to his own account, was in front of Gen. Johnston, who had 10000 men, "My force is less than 2O,' O0o men. Nineteen regiments, whose term of ser. vice was up or would be within week, all refused to stay an hour over their time, with the excep' ton of four. Five regiments have gone home, two more 20 to-day, and three more tomorrow. To avoid being cut off with the remainder. fell back and occupied this place" This IS we think, one of the most astounding incidents Tn the history of war. It entirely agrees with the statement given by our special correspondent, that while the cannon of Beauregard were thun- dering in their ears, regiment of volunteers passed him on their way home, their three months term of service being complete If such thing had happened toone corps, it might hsye been set down to the bad counse ls of the
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10
Eeoundrels.

We are mortified beyond expression to re. mark that there are men in the South who, in this war of independence, find the dictates of selfish interest stronger than that of patriotism, to degree which is only not criminal in the popular understanding because there IS no law that makes 1t amenable to criminal statute.- The Richmond papers state that certain persons have secured in advance the product of mum Der of mills which the government chiefly reii- ed on for furnishing the cloth for the manufac ture Of winter clothing for our soldiers at the Confederate factory ia that city. and now hold their bargains demanding an exorbitant profit on the prices of fabrics.
 If there is no law to punish such offense, it is simply because law makers never contemplated that human nature would assume so degraded a phase. The act-whether committed by native sontherners or merely men in the South, we know not-is worthy the Yankee contractors who are remorselessly sucking the life5lood of the Lincoln administration, andto sympathet- c fellowship with whom they should Dc dis. patched without delay. Their offense of prey ing On tho necessities of the government IS only more magnificent phase of that of less pre- tentious scoundrels at many points Tn the South who pocket e4utingly the vile profits accruing from preying on the necessities of the people.
 These small change plunderers and traitors to the spirit of patriotism which they affect, re- creants to morality and standing disgracers of the country of which they are oe must soon be- come citizens or leave, are every where practis ing their petty pilsge upon soldiers and abse 1t soldiers wives and children and upon all; secu ring monopolies of necessaries in local markets that they may exact exorbitant profits; playing into each others hands that they may force ne cessary articles up to iictiliops valuation which will enable them to make cent per eent de- preciatingthe credit of our patriot government by shaving it's currency; and practcing all the un- hallowed tricks of trade and finance which will enable them to wiring few more cents from the ill-prosded purses of the needy.
 We have no patience to discuss the turpitude of the creatures who coin the necessities of the people into profits for themselves; who give a dollar to volunteer aid society while they ex- tort an hundred from the people; who, in these fearful times, guage their profit on mercban- disc not by the cost, but by the necessity which compels the people to have it. who unblushingly continue their practices simply because there is no law to inhibit who dare to walk out before their fellow man and in the blessed sunlight of heaven without trembling 2 terror that bolt will fall from the just arm oi the Ruler of it's azure heights to punish their in- iauity as 1t exists before Him, their country and their fellows. Judas sold the Lord of Heaven for a price, and it is strange that there should be other Judases to sell their own worthless selves to Satan for price? Let them go to their purchaser.-Mobite Register.