The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-04
SOLOMON FooT,
JAMES A. PEARCE,
EDWARD d. BAKER,
THE TEXAs SuRnENnnn

The San Antonio Ledger of the 18th inst. has the
annexed statement:
The Commissioners the part of the State made the
demand this morning that the public property should he
transferred from the General Government to the auhor
ties of Texas. " o "u'loIA-
After several hours spent in arranging details the
transfer was made by General Twiggs whose conduct
throughout has been frank manly and honorable
WIN the corps OF Rangers undr command Major Ben
cCuiough, numbering 600 and the different mill
men under arms. W A'-Oo
MeCulloughs Ranging corps were choice men. A bodv
OF hat numerical strength has rarely been grouped
togetner with the same rapdy composed of finer
Although the streets and pazas have baan cror5d ;.,
armed men, not drunken was visible and every.
thing was peaceabe and quiet indeed everythinr nasd
on with great satisfaction except by the fall of donb
oarreed shot gun, from horse amid group of gentle
men, which was discharged, woundng seven men and
wounded " ise'o"S'J
The Ledger also publishes the following
SAN ANTONIO, Feb IS, 1861.
The undersigned, Commissioners on the mari ~ ,b
e o leAas Iully empowered to exercise the authority
undertaken by them have formally and soemnIv aoree
with Brevet Major General David E. Twirgs Tnifed
states states Army, commanding the Department of Texas,
mat the troops of the United States shall leave the soil
OF the State by the way of the coast that thew shall
take with them the of the respective corps inclnd
ing the battery of light artillery Fort Duncan and the
battery OF the same character Fort Brown and sba
DC allowed the necessary for regular and comfort
portation. ' "' anu trans
It is the desire of the commission that there shall he No
haeon OF this agreement on the part of the people of
hs state 1t is their wish the contrary that every
facility shall be afforded the troops They are our friends
Ihey have heretofore afforded to people all the nro
lection in their power. They have been our protectors
and we owe them every consideration
me public property at the various posts other than
a1 ABOVE eced for the OF the troops will be turned
over 10 agents to be appointed by the commission who
will give due and proper receipts for the whole to he
officers of the army whom they relieve their custody
u 'ne Puohc property. THOMAS j. DEvINF,
P N. LUCKETT,
s.. A. MAVERICK
Noisslohers on oeialt oil Committee of Public Safety
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF TExAs,l
rc,o SAN ANTONIO, Feb Is, 1861
The State Texas having demanded through its COM
mlssoners the delivery of the military posts and public
property within the limits of this command and the
mandng general desiring avoid even the possibility
OF collision between the Federal and State troops the
posts Will be evacuated by their garrsons and these will
take up, as soon the necessary preparations can he
made the line of march Texas by wav of tbe coot
marching out with their arms, 1.-THE light batteries with
ier euhS clothlng camp and garrison equpage quar-
ernasters stores subsistence medical hospital stores
m anu sueh means of transportation of every kind may
De necessary for an efficient and orderly of the
troops prepared for attack defence against aggresion
The troops will carry with them provisions as far az t
coast. By order Of
BREvET MAJ. GEN TwIaGs
Hon. HENRY WINTER DAvIs.-A Marylander, now
resident OF New York city, has sent the following
In reply to Mr.. Davis, who, under frank, had sent
him (D's) speech:
New York, 229 Broadway,)
Feb. 9th, 1861
SIR:-The receipt of copy of your speech on
Mr. Corwin's report, directed to me, and purport-
ing to have been franked by you, seems not only to
justify, but require to express in the most en-
phatic manner, my entire dissent from all your
Vaws In regard to the questions which have result
ea IN dissolution of the Union, and am aston
ished, as native of Maryland, that citizen of
Maryland can be found to so misrepresent what |
Of tba
State OF Maryland, but his immediate constituency.
-, can only comprehend the apparent position of
tnat State from my former knowledge and nv re-
cent Information of the division of political partes
there, and that has forced upon my conviction the
painful and mortifying conclusion that some of the
OLD time Wings, who from their political positions
should nave submitted those questions to the direct
action OF the people, have been influenced more by
their antpathy to the Democratic party than their
patriotism; or more unworthy motive STILL cor
rupt desire for place and party under a Northern
sectional administration. Respectfully
Your old, but Wing, fellow citizen,
DANIEL BowLY.
IMPORTANT DECISION AS TO TAKING FuelrIyE
SLAvEs.-ln Clark Co., Indiana, James Anopdale
VIM. Baugh, and Robt. Rector, were put on trial
recently, charged with kidnap ping fugitive slave
and taking him back to his master in Kentucky.
On motion to quash the indictment the counsel
for the defence and State both admitted the law to
be as declared in the case of Priggs Us. the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania. l. That the master
has right to pursue his slave into free State
and take him back to the State whence he escaped
without nroving his claim to him under the Fugi,
tive Slave Law. 2. That the agent of the master
had right to pursue and take back the slave with
out such trial. 3. That if stranger should take
a fugitive from slavery back to his master, and
that master adopted the act of taking him back as
his own act, then the person taking up the slave
was not liable. This seemed to be the settled law
on the subject. The motion to quash having been
overruled, the defendants were tried and acquitted
the jury not leaving the box. The testimony did
not show that any force threats used to get
the negro to go to the State of Kentucky.
Many of the Southern papers are advocating an
extension of the terms of ofice-holders under the
new Confederacy. 1t is urged that the President
be elected for eight years or more, and Representa-
tives and all other officials for much longer terms
than the Constitution of the United States pro.
yides for.