The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-10
SIGNS OF THG TIME ES.
lass Meeting OF ahe Unemployed in PhiIa.

Mass Meeting OF dhr Unemployed in Phi Ia
deIphia.
A mass meeting of the unemployed citizens OF the
Fifteenth ward held Monday evening at
Twentv-second and CaH"wLill streets, having in
view the petitioDing OF City Councils tor providing
them with employment. Abou: $50 persons were
present
ine iuio"l"s r's-.-Ll~ and roS"ln'i0n, among
others, were passed:
WHEREAS, In the present crisis of national aC-
fairs, the regular channels of trade and business
have been suddenly checked, thus throwing out OF
employment those whn retofore have had to de-
pend upon daily labor for the support OF their ami-
les and whereas, it is evident that time must
elaPse before the usual business and manu'acuriug
trade OF our city will resume their accustomed pros
perity; therefore,
Resoued, That in a crisis so gres. 9s the present,
it is tn duty of Government to ex end to the me-
chanical and laboring interests Of the community
such aid and help as may be necessary or their
welfare, which cannot be otherwise obtained.
The Starving; Poor i'm New York.
In the Board OF CCuuclmtn. on Monday, Mr..
Stevenson advoca ed the adoption of Mr.. Or,on's
resolutions. Ill said there absolute want IN
the 18th ward and many Of the families Of the vol
uDteers who went TO maintain the honor of the
American flag were in a state of starvation. 1t
was notorious that the Common Couuc Gil never de.
sign, that $780, 600 should be given to rqup regi
ments, and $500 600 for families. The understands
ing was thai there was to be an equal dishurse-
ment-one half for the families and the other half
for the equipment of regiments. The Union De-
fence Committee had seen fit to take their own
course. They had been governed in their action
bv interested parties, and few army contractors
had been fed while families OF volunteers were left
to suffer.
Sentiment in Iowa.
The following resolution, among others, adopted
unanimously at Knoxville, will give some idea of
the tone of the meeting
That in the administration OF our government
during the last three month, under Abraham Liza
coin, we behold our beloved country distracted at
home aud disgraced abroad; foreign commerce
para yZed domestic trade annihilatrd; cur coasts
tin -,
seized and broken; the Consttu, ion trsmpied under
foot; the laws suspended courts and judges power
less; citizens imprisoned without warrant or re-
dress; Legislatures overa~ed by the bayonpr;
States inpaded and dismen,bered; business pros,
traied; mar kets destrOyed; banks COLA psed; debts
repudiated; credit, both public and private, Ian
gushing; and, in word, sanguiuary raging
over one-halt the Union which, il continued, must
inevitably drain the nation Of its blood and treas
ure, demOralize the American people, and sweep
away every vestge oil constitutional freedom.
Refusal TO Allow Negroes to Vote in Con-
necticut.
Last year the Connecticut Legislature voted by
large majority, to amend the State Constitution, so
a to allow negroes to vote. This amendment had
to go to the present session, and II adopted by
twothirds vote, was to go to the people Tor their
approval or rejectioD but the vote this year is as
strongly adverse as it was last year favorable to
the project-being Al yeas to 1870 nays.
New Hampshire Sentiment.
The Democracy of New Hampshire are lnvaI to
their country; but they will defend and maintain
the freedom of thought, speech, and the press, at
all hazards-at the point OF the bayonet, if need be.
They desire peace at home but they will defend
their birthright of individual llbertr at any sac l.
fice if assailed from any quarter. The soil of the
Granite State is not the land which despotIc
power whether of the mob monarch, can live
and flourish Democratic STANDARD.
Rents In Philadelphia.
We understand that reduction OF from fifteen
to twenty per cent. has been made in the rents Of
property owned by the Girard Estate.