The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-04

under his command about 5000 troops-a larger
number, | belive, than Gen. Scott commanded III
the Valley of Mexico They all in fine health
and anxious for that hour that decides the destiny
OF self and country
The crisis approaches nearer and nearer. An
other day ofsoldiertoil has added to the great pre-
paraton. The chairs, gun-carrisges, or whatever
the technical term, for several murtars and big
guns, came on this mornings traiu-the guns, uu
derstand, will be here in day or two.
The commander of Fort Pickers is unceasiug in
his military abors. Like Bragg's, his men work
day and night. They have thrown up a battery
outside but near the walls of heavy guns, obtained
from their ships, while on the rampars they are
piling bag upon bag of sand to protect their men
and guns And all this visible to the naked eye
their muskets, stacked on the beach.
The Governor has accepted the tender of the two
military companies Of Pensacola, as well as that of
the gallant Captain Miller, of Santa Rosa county.
Little Florida is behind her sister States in
military ardnr and enthusiasm.
There have been no additions to the L. 81 squad
ron this week. A British vessel. ship, | believe
from the West Indies, arrived this morning. She
came in ballast. There is no United States vessel
in port.
Is Mobile to be drained entirely of her citizen
aoldery? We learn four companies have left for
Virginia with full ranks. Heaven favor them on
their march. feel like going, tOo-and will, if
they don't hurry up things here.
4 NEWSPAPER DEsP0TIsM.-The Greed IN of the
Press is said to be tie Palladium of Liberty
and doubtless is, in general sense; but like all
other rnaxms dealing with generaities, it is quite
possible that it may be perverted ut times into a
palladium Of tyranny" And it would seem that
just now in the utmost danger of this very
extraordinary result.
miserable delusion, founded on popular igno-
rance and miScOnceptiOn, has been worked up by
the newspaper press into a frght;ul engine of mis-
chlet, which threatens not alone the liberties of
Northern States, but to destroy the Union, and
bring incnlculable miseries on the whole American
people. Some thirty years ago some English en-
missaries commenced in Boston VIII al its benighted
dupes term the "snti-save euteries." Starting out
Win the absurd assumption that the negro was
dtdch-Whlte man, and therefore Tas in a condition
OF slavery at the South, they formed societies, dis
tr.outed tracts, gave lectures, &c, until the whole
North was appropriated with their pestilent VIC
lence; and now great political party has sprung
up in our midst that sezes the gogeEument and at
tempts to force their absurd and nonsrous notions
down the Threats OF the American people, noIeas
rotcns, by the bayonet if need be.
The old Federal politicians of the North, men
like Seward Lincoln and others, with merely party
and political objects to accomplish, have taken adj
vantage OF this ridiculous and widespread deiusion
about negroes; but now they are themselves the
helpless slaves of the hdeous monster, evoked to a
great extent, by their own efforts. W. have not
The least doubt in the world that Lincoln and
Seward desired to avoid the employment of force
for carrying out their party views but the many
headed monster in their rear the vast anUi-slavery
press of the North beloved so fiercely for blood
shed that they shrank from it in hopeless imhe-
ciitY.
Millions upon millions of these sheets are scattered
broadcast before the peop -clamOring for blood
nothing but blood the blood of our fathers, our
brothers and sisters, scattered all over the land of
| W ashington and jackson; and not content with
even this banquet of death, they would if they
could, suppress tie voice Of every Democratic and
Union paper in the North that COuDselled modera-
ton, compromise and peace. The Democratic
press, with a few base exceptions, however stand
J ,Ill,, . IL A.. IL, It
always defended, indicated ard illustrated on
every battlefield in our history, and when the
present excitement passes from mems minds, the
paper despoism that now sweeps all before it V
only De remembered as men remember some mon
strons dreams.-N. Y. Day Book.
ToUCHTNG AFFECTION OF A WIFE.-A touching,
though thoroughly FreHchy case of crime and al
fiction is recorded in the French papers:-A Young
man named Victor, aged 70, was tried at the AssiZe
Court OF Paris, for attempting to murder his wife
Nictorine, aged Is. He stabbed her in nine places
The defence was that the prisoner was drunk AZ
| the time. 1t appeared that he was much attached
to Ills wife, but got on badly with her mother-a
very common case. The wife, who had sufficient
ly recovered to appear in court as q Witness said
everything that she could for her husband and
some letters, written to him while he was in pris-
on, so moved the hearts If the jury that they pro-
nounced verdict of acquitJa. In one of these
letters, referring to the TACT of her having child
eight months and being again cnceinte, she thus
eloquentiy expresses herself
Ten times over would wish myself dead, were
it not for three voices which hear and which saw:
'Gourage!-you shall be happYr Which is the
first OF these voices? Oh! it is the voice of nv hus-
band, whom have never ceased to love. The sec.
ond voice is that of my little Marie, who says:-
Courage, m0ther!-I will love you both, and you
shall both be happyp And what is the third
voice? OH that is a very little one, indeed-one
| that scarcely breatheS as yet we that Vic
toriDe, by the use of the word breathe is not an
adept in physiology! but still it gently heaves in
my bosom, and whispers that am again to become
a mother!'
PRoTEsT.-Senator johnson, of the Paducah
Senatorial District, has forwarded the following
protest against the occupation, by Federal troops
OF any portion of Kentucky, or any interference
by such troops or others with tie commerce of the
Ohio River in any way:
TO Abraham Lincoln, President United States:
The undersigned, one of the Senators of Ken
tGckv in view of the pending troubles now distract.
ing the public mind, does most s0lemnly protest
against the policy of placing an armed military
force at Cairo Illinois, with batteries pOiuting their
guns toward Acknowledgements employing a mill
tary force on the Ohio River, and interrupting
commerce and trade said river, and firing into
pnats, ard overhauling their cargoes and confsca-
ting such property as mere mercenaries may de-
clare aband-against the contemplated sci
Zure of positions in Kentucky for military pur-
poses, and the interruption of our business and for
the intimidation of our people-aganst all this does
the undersigned protest, as UDwarrantable us
urpation, without any public necessity, as an I'M
heard of assumption of power.
Kentucky has by public act shown her want
OF loyalty to the Constitution, and until she does
the undersigned protests against the awless usur-
patton of the National Executive in levying war
contrary to the Constitution anu laws of the United
States.
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON,
One of the Senators of Kentucky.
Paducah, KY, April u, 1861.
No MoRE PRovisoNs SoUTH.-The following no.
tice has been sent the Presidents of the railroads
runoing south from Philadelphia:
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States
Marshal's Office, Phiadelp hia April 27.-In com
pance with the advice of the United States At
torney for this district, hereby notify you that
VIII take into my custody all flour and other pro-
visions, and also all munitions of war and military
stores. directly indirectly to be sent to MARY
land, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and all
other States OF the Union that are making war on
the federal government, and that ! will hold such
property so seized subj to legal process or the
ordsr of said government.
WIN. MIwARD, Marshal.
On the Seth Of April by the Rev. John IT. Hos!l, John
W. ANDERSON to BETTE A. SWAMI, all Of this city :
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DIED.
On the 81 instant ELEANOR c., wife of G. r. Chesel-
On the 10Th uimo, after long and proracted Illness
borne with Christian ortt de and resignation Mrs ELIZA
aG,A y. I'll u ELE: aged % y..r. and months
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