The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-05
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
- PeS.'' c"rresponde"rs IF The Daily Ercaangc.
"" ''ic fem"ie Prisoners in Washington
'Erea


N'ith no longer running from Richmond, is nov
"H'''ns against women, and the public appe
tite which must be fed accepts this food. con
slant reader Of your paper | notice vour roodero,,
notice Of these "fcmale rebels" and for the sako .
truth send you the enclosed; leaving to vour die
cretion to do with it what your Judgment suopes,,
-ior mime, awed by the aurrounding Jayonets dare
not venture beyond the truth, and even trembles a
this; but to facts. Imagine listener rather thar
an actor, relating her experience. On Saurda,
| at IL A. M, Mrs. -- entertaining her visitor a
! lady friend, was surprised to see two men enter
and announce to her that she was under arrest Is
well as her family. Immediately armed men station
ed themselves in her parIors at all the doors. and
round the house; hie four proceeded up stairs,
throwing open the sacred doors of her apartments,
forcing open desk, wardrobcs, drawers, boxes,
tearing the bedding from the beds, searching the
pockets Of dresses with an activity which lhraa,on-
ed obstruction to everything. Remonstrance was
IN vain, for they told to hush else they shonld
nave guards placed over each of them Their hands
were violently seized because pocket book was
detained, and the unfortunate female pusbpd into
room with soldier over her Their soiIed cIotJcy
were nsulted bringing the tears into their women-s
eyes. Every insult in act and spec ch was shown tn
them, and when their desks and pockets had been
i"Doed OF thelr contents, they were ali huddled
!
The regulars Of the United States army have
oeen gentIemany in their department. l have
long wished for some term to define mass Of vnI-
garlty, ruiianiy conduct, insults to unprotected
women, and have found it it in Mem York dator
tive policeman The prisoners have four over them
they nave turned them out of their parlorS; sieen
shohe on ther sofas; answer the bell when their
mlebus call their cards and notes are all examined
they lum nate the house. seated Mt the front win
dow with their legs over the chairs; thrust them
selves wherever the ladies meet together (the
Z tlm m u hnI1 l.,
ahmed and threatened the servaLts if they did not
tel. The prisoners cannot get pitcher of water
without guard being sent with their servants.
tneir msi Is taken possession Of and their privacy
lhTuded upon IN every way. Now as there ia n
Goo IN Heaven have stated exactly what this I9.I1
century has allowed. Isolated from all their friends,
thus are they left to the vengeance of this Govern
ment.
The charge of reasonable correspondence c,ppot
DC sustained NJ letter has ever been written to any
Confederate leader; can proof be found TO sus-
tam this arrest They are entirely ignorant into
whose hands they have fallen, and are as much
cord. VI" -
They cannot consistently ask any iavors Of this
Government neither do they wish to. Their bones
would rather rot in prison-l0rrive this stropc ev
presslon-but my blood boils with an indignant
strength No one knows of my having written this
letter, do so on my own responsibility.
how long these prosecutions to bc continued
we cannot imagine; but the public shall know what
Lincoln has inauEurateG Yours, Il.
Rrporicd for The DAILY Frchanac1
Grand Peace Meeting i'm Hartford Countv--
Her Citizens Opposed to Civil yYar--Ts,c
Shcondtttonais Alarmeti-- -EnthusiaSt:cn De
mnnstraticn in Primary Mcetings--Thc ;,,-
Periai Standard Of Peace and Ste,c Hirbts
Unfurlcd.
Pursuant to published call for the assembling
oil the people in primary meetings in the several
election districts OF Hartford county, to elect ten
pl, f..
county convention to elect delegates TO represent
the county in State convention to be held in
Baltimore, to make our State nominations rarIv
in the afternoon the voters of the second rIection
district came out in mass; men who, for years had
oeen pltter political enemies met in perfect unity
having but one purpose and one object
On motion, DR.. John X. Sappngton was elected
to the chai-, b. f. Heath and Daniel Martin, Vice
Presidents, W. Ewing, Jr., Secretary, and B. +.
Coale, Assistant
Immediately upon the organization of the meet.
ing, and its object being read by the Secretarv
John NJ. Cooley called for, who addressed the
meeting in an able and eloquent speech of about
twenty minutes He condemned the policy of the
Administration; spoke of the many constitutional
violations and usurpatious of the Presidents did not
look upon our Government a consolidated one
but as a Government of limited powers deriving
its powers from the people. He thought the Union
or the Constitution did not impair our State rights
his views being the same as those of Madison Jav
aud Hamilton. His speech was we'll received
throughout, and he took his seat amid great ap-
plause.
Dr. J. T. Hays was then called for who made a
brilliant speech of fifteen minutcs-portraypd tn,
policy of the Black Republican party the mast as
well as the present; could no difference between
John Brown and Lincoln except that one represent-
ed and led on a small force the other very large
one; wished for speedy termination of our nation
al difficulties. The Doctors speech met with
sG'RbSn Rben fRe tne %qG9 m9BBEsgss
clared to be elected:
Delegates.-W. A. Patterson, Major W. B. Ste
pheuson, Samuel Sutton, George Stephenson, r. Il.
Smith, DR.. j. Il. Hays, Daniel Martin, John NJ.
Cooley, Dr.. j. A Preston, b. f. Heath.
Automatically. y. Michael, James Chpsnev, DR..
J. X. SappingtoD, John p. Dallam, Bennett Til
bert, R. Heuly, A. Osborn, Thomas Smith, Thomas
Jeffery, James Stephenson
W. Ewing, Jr., then called for, and respond
ed in speech OF twenty minutes. Spoke OF the
different branches of the geueral government; re-
garded the Supreme Court as a coordinate and
not a subordinate branch of the general govern
ment, and as such the Supreme Court had as much
right and power to set aside the functions of the
President as the President had a right or power
to set aside the functions of the Supreme Court.
Looked upon the Constitution the law of limita-
tion upon the one side, and of obedience upon the
other.
Mr.. Ewing also spoke OF our country, her bound
less resources and mighty improvements; looked
forward to amicabIe settlement OF our national
difficulties, and hoped for the future prosperity Of
our nation. Mr.. Ewing left the floor amid much
! applause.
| ResoIred, That the proceedings Of the meeting
| be published in the Baltimore Daily Erelarqe
| Baltimore Sun, and Southern, 1Egis.
w. EWING, Secretary.
Is. +. CoALE, Assistant.
| Primary Meeting mt CcntreviIIe oue,n
Anne's County.
large and enthusiastic meeting was held at
| Centrevie, Queen Anne's county, on the Sd inst
at which several spirited addresses were made, and
twenty. five delegates appointed to the Peace Con-
| vcntion to be held in Baltimore on the 10th of the
present month. The resolutions adopted charge
upon the Federal Government the most gross and
pa pable violations of the Constitution; insist that
our fellow. citizens illegally imprisoned shall be
either set at liberty surrendered for trial to the
! civil authorities; declare uncompromsing Oppos-
tion to the war; and claim that the true issues be-
! fore the people of Maryland are, not "UnOn or
DisuniOn, but, on the one hand peace with return
ing prosperity and the restoration Of the Constu-
ton and laws; and on the other civil war, endless
and oppressive taxation, and the total loss of con-
| sttutional liberty"
| Loyal Postmasters
| We have received the following from a subscri.
| Der. He ia but one Of the many who are made the
victims of this petty tyranny:
| To He Editors of the Baltimore Erchanqc:
| GENrLEMEN:-P Please do not forward any more
of my papers, at this time am not permitted to
| take them from the Office.
| "0rder truly reigns in Warsaw"
| \ ours respectfully,
| September l, 1861. Il
The New York Day Book.
The propretors of the New York Day Book have
| addressed a letter TO the Courier des Etats Jnis
denying that they have abandoned the position they
| have hitherto maintained. "The Day Cooh," they
say, "has neither interrupted its publication, nor
| by word deed taken a position different from
| what it has preserved up to this moment. As
Americans and rreemen, its editors are determined
to sustain the dignity of the press perish in its
| Defence"
| From the New York National lei uag Gsrmaa).
Our Situation.
While the South is from day to day succeeding
| in throwing of the yoke of military despotism, we
at the North have to suffer more from day to day hy
the iron grasp of the Dictator. Terrorism against al
| VINO do bear allegiance to the usurper, be
| comes more rampant every day. Systematic sup
preston is waged against opposition papers; meet
ings of citzsns, belonging t. the opposition party
| are bounded down by hired mobs; arrests and i'm
prisonments OF suspected persons carried on il
all portions of the country almost hourly, and thel
become so that it is next to impossible t
keep account of them. To this is now added th
decision of the Dictator, not to have publishe
any more of political arrests, since, by dou!
| so the objects which Government has 10 view
might be foed. To render complete the system
of Asiatic despotism, nothing is wanting now hu
| secret executions
But, go on You may hide by the veil Of dark
ness the denominations perpetrated under sarctlol
| of laws tramped under your test-dawnlng da1
| will reveal them the more terribly. You may hea
onnresson upon oppression; you NAV stop the valv
Of free speech-the more surely will an explosion
take place.
The dav of relief will come, and tho greater ou
torment has been the brighter will be our day G
jubilee.
| From tie Cincinnati Gazette.
| ind of hP NeN