The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-23
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Secret sworn Abolition Societies.


The Marion County CO., Mirror of Thursday
last contained the following communication
"SEcREr SOCIETIEs.-Mr. Editor The article of
'Sesta, In your last, has made quite hattering
among the Abolitionists in vicinity. 1t has
exposed them. They have met in secret copclaye
in this township for the past two months. know
what say when | make the charge that an Aboli-
ton Society is in operation here and that its mem
Ders are undcr oatn to make this war war Of
Abotionsm. CALEDONIA"
We believe there is no doubt of the truth of
''Caledona's" statement. These secret Abolition
Societies abound in every county in til free States
where A6oiitionists are to be found. And the mem
bers OF these secret Abolition Societies are sworn
to make this war for freeing the slaves-C Cincia-
natl Enquirer.
Brought About by the Vvar.
The Philadelphia Press, speaking of the fall
trade, says:
Trade this fall will be light. In many instances
firms, which, year ago, had a right to be con-
sidered wealthy, are to-day hopelessly insolvent;
anc, in all large Cities it is no exaggeration to
say that majority of their mercantile houses
have been compelled to yield to the storm of gene
raj suspension.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
~ Great Nuisance"
petition is in circulation among the German
Republicans of Illinois praying the President to re-
move Cameron, as ga great nuisance" The fol-
lowing is a-copy of the petition:
'1o HIS Enceltency. abraham Lincoln, President Of
the United States:
"Ine undersigned American citizens having come
to the conclusion, and sincerely believing that Mr.
Simon Cameron. your Excellency's present Secre-
tsrv OF ar, is IN every respect wholly unfit for the
high and, at the present time, doubly important
position your Excellency intrusted him with, and
further believing that he is in fact great nusanc
to the country, would most respectfully pray your
Exceency to rid the nation and yourself of the
said officer, and to replace him by nobler and an
abler man, in whom all loyal citizens may confide.
"Discharge Simon Cameron and you have won
the country dozen victories!
''We, therefore. will ever pray, &c, &C."
The Anzeiger des Westens, of Illinois, hopes the
petition may be effectual in removing the ':pubc
nuisance from the Cabinet.
We nave heard returned volunteers say that the
bellet ID the army was that Cameron was not the
only great nuisance" in the Cabinet; and that the
impression was prevalent that they would all 20
out OF office wealthy, whatever their pecuniary
condition might have been before they went in.
The German WOrl<inSmen in New York
At meeting of the German working men in
| New York, held on Wednesday last, the purport OF
the resolutions submitted was, to the effect that
| the workingmen of New York, reduced to a con.
! dition bordering upon distress by the political com
picstons OF the last eight months and the existing
war, with destltution staring them and their fam
| lies in the face, and having already contributed
largely of their labor their ready means, and even
the blood of their relatives and friends in the efor
! to preserve the Commonwealth, deem that, in re
turn, the State is bound to protect them in the
fruits of their honest toll, and all the rights anC
immunities guaranteed to them by the Declar atior
of Independence and the Constitution or Charter
OF American Liberty.