The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-03
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Retirement of the Editor the Courier dcs
Etats Unis.
NJ. T. Masseras publishes in the Courier des Etats
Unis card addressed to the proprietor, in which
he alludes to the change of proprietorship in the
Journal of Commerce, and the rumors in regard to
the DaIy Ne,cs, the Day Book and the Brooklyn
Eade. "This quadruple abdcation," he says,
con the part of our American contemporaries,
leaves the Courier completely isolated in the ati
tude which it had taken in common with them"
He proposes that for the present the paper shOuld
confne itself simply to the of the day, that
is all that is permitted, and says that he himself
will seek retirement until the moment arrives
when he will be permitted to speak his sentiments.
He concludes as follows-"To-day as in April-still
more than then-l am convinced that war will not
save the Union, and that On the other hand, 1t
will destroy the Republic. l am satisfied that
the majority of the nation submits to a
believing in the happy termination about which
it seeks to delude the people. am satisfied
that the is the work OF party, who Will push
it the last extremity, without hesitating at any
means to maintain its supremacy. In all this see
nothing but oppression, ruin, then es last con
ISOLATION, inevitable, revolution. And as the stua-
tiou in which the press is placed only leaves me
the choice between blandy praising every thing
or holding my tongue, l decide upon silence"
The New YorI. Daily News.
The following card from Mr.. Benjamin Wood,
fatty cOntradlcts the report alluded 10 ABOVE:
To the Editor of the Nelc York. Times:
OFFICE OF THE DAILY AND WEELY NEWS,
New York, Sept. l. 1861.
Please oblige me by contradicuug the statement
publicly made that the editorshp of the -DGty
Ne,rs has undergone anv change. There has not
been the slightest cause for any such report.
Respectfully yours, BENJAMIN WOOD.
From the ". 7. World.
| Speaking of the new proprietorship of the Jour
nal, the Wort says:
| Mr. Stone gained some notoriety, last December,
| by wearing publicly on change a secession cock
ade; and his efforts to embarrass the negotiation Of
| the late loan effected by Mr.. Chase well known
in financial circles. 1t is understood that the pa
| per will be reduced in size.
The Tribune, we understand, is about to reduce
the size of its sheet, as the Times bad previously
| done-we presume for the same stringent reasons
1t has already raised its subscription price to ST.
| From, the Nelv York Times
| The Carbon Democrat Office Entered.
| MAUCH CHUNK, Pa, Sept. l.-Some persons en-
| tered the Carbon Democrat office here last ngh
and destroyed the type, upset the stands, &c. Iht
press was L OF disturbed.
From the " Y. Times, September 2d
The Fire ZOuaves--A Specih HNei"es''
| On Saturday night five or six compositors EN-
nIoved in the ofice of the Times entered eating
| house on Chatham street Tor refreshments. vi
| canning out one by one they were set upon by
| gang Of rowdies who had followed and waited fol-
| them and were knocked down and beaten. Thei
assailants claimed to be members of the lst regi
ment of Fire Zouaves, and declared that they tool
| this mode of revenging themselves in part for thu
remarks that have been made in the columns of thu
Times on their conduct at and after the battle o
| Bull Run.
| From, Washington Sunday Morning Chronicle
| Especially 1.-The other"
The confiscaiion bill passed at the late session o
| Congress goes into effect after to-day. This bill
provides that vessels and other property belonging
to the Confederates may be seized by the Govern
| ment.
From the Cecil Democrat.
Nominations.
The Union party of Howard county have nomins
ted Thomas Donaldson and Edward Hammond
Esqs., for the House Of Delegates.