The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-24


THE wounded men sent down to the Naval AGA
deny must have been such as had been shot while
on picket guard and in skrmishes They could not
have been brought from the battlefield This fact
is further indication of the serious losses which
the Government has sustained.--EDs Ext
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THE REPORT OF THE JOINT SPECIAL CON-
MITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON TIE
MAYORS COMMUNICATION.
The Joint Special Committee to whom was re-
ferred the Mayors late message in relation to re-
cent events in this city, respectfully submit their
report
While there remained hope that the late action
OF the Federal authorities would be reconside-ed
your attention was not formally called to Tho sinh
| isct by the Mayor. The recent proclamation of
Major General Banks does not permit Us to doubt
the deliberate purpose Of that officer. acting under
! instructions from Washington 70 subject 0ur citr
| to the government OF the present Federal ro,ica :
That this decision is received with profound reores
viii! excite no surprise. After suffering for Years
| under great disorders, the citizens of R8Itimore
have, since the winter Of 1861 enioYed that sense
of security which results from the proeciinn of or
eflicient police system faithfully administered
From the day when the police law became oper
alive, in spite of the difficulties incident 10 nov
| experiment, there has been marked imnroynra,t
in the condition of our city-in no RESPECT mora
marked than in the substi tuition Of quiet for 6isor
der at our elections. Whatever differences Of
thn
public mind ali candid men have borne grateful
testimony to the zeal and efficiency of the Board
of Police and their Marshal. and to the perfect i'm
Partially with which they have executed the laws
Amid the vague charges OF hostility to the Federal
| government, urged against the police authorities
of the city, has the hardihOOd to affirm that
any friend Of the government has by their act or
| by their omission been injured in person or in
| property.
| La their present confinement, thev can have The
satisfaction OF knowing that those of citizens
who have been active in procuring their arrest and
that portion of the press which has most m aliG-
| nanty assaied them, received complete protection
at their hands, during period of great public ex-
| element. Were they hut private citizens, their
illegal arrest and imprisonment wOu! be an injury
| to the whole commGDity. But when we reflect ~, at
the suspension Of their official functions leaves Rar
timore without lawful police government. VIC can
not but feel the gravest approximations for the order
| and peace of the city
| The several Troclamati0ns of NaiorGancroI
Banks make it apparent that his action has been in
measure influenced by the representations Of oil;
Zccs OF Baltimore. Who and what thew are We
90 not care to enquire. They have brougb dis
tress into the families Of their ellow-ciiizere thew
have deprived the city Of it's Only legal rolcl gov
eminent, and have been aiding ia settiDr m an N,
thority expry ssly forbidden BY the laws OF their
state ana oil OF whose officers and servants are to-
| dav subject to the infiiction of penalties
| The rev authority established in cur midst has
| not confined itself to assuming the powers of the
Board OF Police The city property, it's officers, IFS
station: houses, its telegraph have been seized.
ihe officers appointed operators Of the TELEGRAPH
| and who derive their authority from the Mavor
and CITY Council, have been elected and other Der-
sons appointed in their stead
1t Is evident that the present police toFco. ap-
pointed by military authority, forms no part of
the civil government OF this city. The laws OF
Mary land for the police government of the CITY of
Baltimore. require the City Council to assess and
leVy ponce tax sufficient to deiraY the expense Of
the maintenance of police force, according to the
| estimates Of the Board ni Police. This dutv Won
| have performed, and the amount thus leyied and
appropriated by ordraIce, remains subject 10 the
requistion of the Board of Police and is in no re-
spect under your control.
Ii no other reasons existed the distinct prohiS;-
tons OF the police law prevent the assessment or
appropriation OF any other for the supnGrt Of
poi &c force which does not derive its authority
from our local laws, the only acting authority
lett to represent a part of the civil government Of
baltimore, we cannot think that the Naror and
CIty Council would Go their duty by The city, either
by the implied acquiescence of silence or by ne
giecting any effort which NAV restore to opr cit
zsns the protection of their laws. Resort to the
Courts is useless.
Unable to protect the property of the city, uu-
apie to secure to citizens the p7otsctGn Of their
lawful lawful police government, unable to retain
in Office those officers whom they have lawfully ap-
pointed, the Mayor and City Council can only ap-
peal to the Federal authorities to relieve this CITY
from the pressure OF the force which has dGTGnged
its government
The committee recommend that the accompany
lug memorial, addressed to the Senate ard House
OF Representatives. be adopted, and presented to
| Congress-
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WM. DEAN,
The accompanying memorial recites in q tenn
peTate manner the many indirnities vbjch have
been offered by the General Government to the
civil authorities of Baltimore to the many acts
committed in violation of law, and to the embar-
rassH1ents into which the city has thereby neces-
s&ri!y been thrown. Against these manifold vronos
the memoriai!sts most solemnly protest. The me-
mortal closes follows:
But your memoria!ists respectfully, vet most ear
nesty demand, as matter of right, that their citv
may be governed according to the Constitution and
| LAWS OF inc United States, and of the State Of
| Maryland They demand, as matter of right that
| citzens may be secure in their persons houses
| papers and effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures and that they be not deprived of life
iiDsftY, or property, without due process of law
1hey demand, as matter of right, that the mill
tary render obedience to the civil authority that
our municipal laws be respected, that officers be
released from Imprisonment, and restored to the
lawful exercise OF their functions that the police
| government established by law be no Ionger i'm,
| order f ~
These, their rightfu demands, your memorialists
| ~ NV SSueiucihlIou Oh your honorable
| bodies.
| - From he Cincinati Enquirer Il
| ENTHUSIASM IN NEW ORLEANs-CANNoy-E AKTxc
| &c.-Ihe most unbOGnded enthusiasm prevails nj
| We" orleans and the whole country thereab,uts
| Their machine shops and boundaries are producing
| an abundance OF arms and cannon. Some Of the
finest rlied brass pieces he has yet seen be saw at
| these New Orleans works, and had 20 idea thew
| could produce such.
IheT are building several eun-boas, one OF which
the largest--was nearly finished when he left
| II Is made out OF the tow beat Whitney, B,Iti
| hore-oui!t sea vessel, drawing twelve feet and
| having two propei!ers The sides of this boat have
been cased with six-inch plate iron, and the bal
warAs guarded By Handicapped railroad iron bars
| 1t mas several water-light buikheaGs SO that the
piercing OF one will not Cause the vessel TO sink
us Prov Is projection Of solid iron. Its prOrel-
| ing power is two powerful engines and the ob-
Ject OF the vesse! Is tn down the BROOKLYN noy
| osocSadInE the mouth of the Mississippi GuD.
boats, constructed after the same STYLE but of
ilghter draught, being built operate az far IN
as Memphis. ~
-Four thousand troops had left New Orleans
| short time before cur informant, for Arkansas. IA
| Join Ben McCu0cd's division of the Con fedarata
| army. la New Orleans every body seemed 10 he
| long to military company, and the companies tn
be constantly drilling. AS for provisions tbereis
| an abundance of them. The crops of Texas II "a
estimated will be sufficient Of themselves to feed
| the whole Confederate States for two wears Sncb
| crops were never before known in that region
All along the railroad, from New Orleans 10
memphis the same enthusiasm and activity pre-
walls. There large bodies troons A.,