The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-02


travellers, and Mr.. Kennedy gave this branch of
lhe matter, as usual his special attention. Al
though Freeman had ostensibly come for one ma
chne, he had the order for two besides orders for
leather and other al ticles
the Gath of Allegiance I'm Chicago.
AT the session of the Common Council of Chca.
90, tuesday evening, the following ordinance was
passed, by which all suspected persons are re-
qured to take the oath of allegiance or leave the
city,
| AN oRDTNANCE CONCERNING DIsLoYAL CITIZENS.
BE Il Ordained By the Common Council Of the City
| of Chicago;
/. That any citizen Of the United States who is
| now or may hereafter become an inhabtant of this
city, who is not ready to take the oath of aegi.
ance to the Government of the United States be
! and is hereby requested to leave the city immedi-
| ateiY, and that the Citizens Union Defence Com
! nittee be requested to investigate and ascertain
| with regard to the views of any suspected ndvi-
| DUAL and request that they shall take such oath,
and In case of REFUSAL to publish the of such
persons in the daily papers Of the city, and repor
the same to this Council at its first meeting after
! such fact is ascertained
| 2. That said committee be reduested to make the
necessary arrangements for the administration of
such oaths with some qualified officer so that there
shall be no expense incurred by the person 30 re-
| qured to prove his loyalty. !:
Apropos of the above, the Chicago Tribune says
"There are more Secessionists in Chicago than
| people generally suspect. 1t is we'll ascerteined
| that lodge of the Knights of the Golden Circle
| holding stated secret meetings
lhe virtual suppression of the New York Ne,os
Vioieht'Y reasonable sheet, brought to light the
fact that 500 copies per day were sent to this ctv
About half of the number found subscribers in CHI
cago, and the remainder in the towns and yiilages
ot the surrounding country. Those who patroniz.
ed this sheet in preference to the other daes Of
New ork, did so because its Secession sentiments
reflected their own.
From the ". 7. Herald, august 81.
"A Ne" YORK Programme for the Comfed-
Under the whip and spur of necessity to do
something, the Confederates are pushing forward
erecting defensive works Immediately in front
banging away with their artillery at all the bouses
within our lines that in reach of their rnjsses
merely for the purpose of distracting attention
from the movement of heavy column towards the
Upper Potomac, with view of crossing over into
Maryland at some point just below the Point Of
ROCKS. Iney expect to find fewer of troops in
that direction than at any other location to be
enabled to throw into Maryland sufficient force
TO form nucleus for its Secessionists and ipaupu-
rate a civil war there
1t Is estimated, by entitled to knew, that
there are seye1tY-hve thousand of the Confederate
army between Harper's Ferry and Edwards Ferry
a"aluog an opportunity to forCs a crossing into
maryland, and willing to take the chances there of
an insurrection o the maContents, that will enable
them to transfer the conflict to that State and TO
place Washington between two Confederate ar
mics.
Ia the meantime hundreds of Maryland secession.
lists are gathering upon the Eastern shore for the
purpose "t carrying cut the programme indicated
several days ago, of cutting off direct commnnjca
tion between Philadelphia and Baltimore simuIia-
neousIy with the passage of the C0nfederates across
the Potomac Under various excuses numbers of
men nave procursd transportation across the bay
IN stnaii boat6 or the purpose of Joining this ex-
pedltoa. AT the li.tIe town of Eagtun in Talhnt
county, these arrivals have amounted to as many |
as fifty per day.
The CoDfederates are in such condition thet |
they are Compelled either to attempt to advance or
to retire from the Potomac The resources of this
region are exhausted and they cannot much longer
suoslst their Immense force the Virginia side of
the Potomac. They must either avail themselves |
OF the riches Of the splendid agricultural district of
Western Maryland fall back nj last upon the |
Rappahannock. Their desperation will make live
y times along the Potomac in few days, and per.
maps IN few hours.
From Special Despatch TO NerD FORK Tyib,vs ina Fl
Firing at n Balloon
MT. Lowe, the Aeronaut, yesterday made re-
connoissance with his balloon He about one /
thousand OF the enemy at work at the place men
toned, 213 miles beyond Balls Cross Roads Tho
Confedera.es fired at the balloon with shslIs and
ride cannon shots, but without doing any harm To
the machine or its occupant.
From the NcD York Herald
Army COuriers.
Inc business OF army couriers messengers is
a resp onsibe and dangerous one, and none but
men o! tried integrity and loyalty should be EN-
ployed in the service. They are entitled to com-
pensation accordingly. 1t is stated the ConGsde-
rates pay high sums To persons engaged in ,his
service IN their armies; bat the quality Of the
money does not accompany the statement that fur
nlShes the amount Of pay. The Confederates pay
their spies from Sl00 to 81 900, according to the
value OF the Information they procure and trans
NIT; aud there is fright smart chance of people
in the South, and no doubt in the North who would
risk their necks Tor prize of thousand dol lars
brace OF birds of this sort were caught on Sugar
Loaf Mountain to-day, taking observations of move
ments below. They were Gagged.
From the ". Y. Erening Post
A Letter from EX-GOvcr nor Thomas. of |
Ex-Governor Thomas, of Maryland, gives the
following account of the attempt of the Maryland |
secessionlsiS upon his life, previously reported:
CUMBERLAND, August "a, 1861.
"DEAR SGR:-As an incident of to-day may be
misrepresented will communicate to you the pre.
else facts of the left here this morning at
hali-paSt SIX, for my home, in the railroad train
Ten miles from this place the cow-catcher of the
engine ran against pile Of eight railroad ties
which had been carefully placed across the track |
Fortunately six of the ties we're scattered ripht and
left of the road, and the train continued to run for
about five hundred yards, when it was stopped by |
the resistance to its progress produced by the two
remaining ties which were so situated that end
rested on the engine and the Cther plOughed along
the road. AS soon as the halted, the engineer
and fireman leaped of, and removed the two |
ties while the baggage master out to see what
had occurred to arrest progress. All this hap
pened III almost instant, and before had paid |
much attention to what was occurring.
"At that moment the baggage master exclaimed, |
there Is an armed man on the road behind u.s. |
that this accident had been contrived and called |
the conductor to the platform on which stood |
and directed him to put the in motion by pull
ing the beilrope. The conductor seemed at loss
to know how to act, but obeyed my directions and |
as soon as the train began to move we were fred |
upon by crowd of more than one hundred armed |
men, who had appeared upon the road out OF the
Dushes near the spot where the ties had been placed
on the road. We all escaped unniured, although |
twenty or thirty shots were fired before we were
out OF reach. There were persons on the train |
hnt old hlaaI-
white men and myself. This whole nefarious affair
was, have no doubt, contrived against my liberty |
II not my life, by spies resident in this place who
notified their allies in Virginia that was to pass |
on the railroad this morning. And nothing saved |
me but that cooness and presence of mind which |
prompted me, under Providence, to see and guard |
against the danger prompt as electricity. X = *
"N ours respectfully,
"FRANCIs THOMAS"
Mr Arnold Harris.
We find the following in the Washington Star
Two letters from Harris are published in the New
Orleans Picay"ne of Aug. 2lst. which mark him
traitor of the first water. Writing FROM here,
April 27th he says:
"The South must strain every nerve or there is
great danger that these Northern rascas will win
their game
Writing from his present place of confnem ent
Aug, IL, be says
'My family, l believe, is still in Kentucky,
though | have not heard from them for a month |
or more. wrote Mrs. II. to go to Nashville, or
come place IN the ConfederaCv, so as to preserve
her citizenship, all interests are there ex-
cept " ashington, and | an praying that the war
will not cease until that also belongs to the South.
''Since have beer here some persons have |
charged that am beefeontractor for the United |
States. 1t is entirely false. have not one /
cents interest in any contract have re- |
fused many offers Of place and profit in the North
ern Government, so entirely do | despise it; aud |
though, while in Washington, had to act as a
neutral, yet my whole heart, all nv friends and |
many northern men know, wi h the South !
'Tis therefore queer thing that hOuld be in a
From the Neao York Times.
No more Passes.
The State Department will not issue passes to
anybody permitting them TO pass from the loyal
into the Confederate States Since the passage
through Louisville was stopped, the demand for
passes has been very large. Most of the applicants
are women who have been living at the North,
upon means furnished them from the South, and in
many cases they assign a reason for returning
South that they can no longer be furnished with
funds to defray their expenses. There three
such applicants recently. The rule was, how
ever, rigidy enforced.
From the Manchester Cor. " y. Tri5une,
Cotton for England.
Within the last week ships laden with cotton !
have reached Liverpool, having run the blockade. |
1t is positively known that men and money arrived
in tins country by late steamers to purchase light
quick sailing craft, that cross the Atlantic |
steal into creeks and rivers, get off again with