The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-16
THIN AND NOW

I pTTNCTDTEs
the immortal Declaration of Independence
| trary to the fundamental ideas on which human
| liberty is based-N Y. Tribune Nov 1850.
We repeatedly asked those who dissent from our
view OF this matter to tell frankly whether they
| do or do not, assent to Mr.. Jeffeson's statement
| in the Declaration of Independence, that govern
ments derive their just powers from the of
| the governed; and that whenever any form Of
| government becomes destructive to these ends it is
the right of the people alter abolish it, and to
! institute a new government &c, &c. We do
heartily accept this doctrine believing it intrinsi-
caliY sound, benehcient and that, universally
accepted, is calculated to prcrent the shed{ing Of
seas Of human Liood And. if il justified the seces-
sion from the british Empire of three millions of
colonists in lI76 we do not see why it would not
Justify the secession of five millions of Southrrnere
from the Federal Union in lS6l-N Y Tribune
NOW.
The best news received yesterday imports that
understanding has been had between President
Lincoln and the Governors of the loyal States that
there shall be no let-up in the for the MON
until the National flag shall float un-
challenged over all the Forts, ArSenals, ArmOries
Custom Houses and Sub Treasures that have been
wrested by the traitors from their rightful pos
! SCISSOR. This will thrill every true American
| heart Remember. henceforth, that if you hear
that the Government either proposes consents to
| any truce or compromise short OF the unqualified
submission of the rebels, the story is Secession
| lie and to be treated accordingly. The American
| Republic viii live or die nobly-it will not sneak
| into pine coffin while still half ave-N Y
| Tribune, May Is.
| ATRocroUs SENTiMENTS-The Boston AHas aid
! Bee of the oath ult, makes the following sugces-
tious to the National Administration. The Atlas
and Bee is edited by the Adjutant General of Mas.
| sachusetts:
Let the government send strong force at once
| into Eastern Virginia, accompanied bv such chan
| lainS Stella Martin, Fred. Douglass and Box
| Brown, with as many blac volunteers as can be
raised IN Canada and the free States; declare
tia law, that shall override the law OF slavery
as it Oyerrides all other law and declare freedom
to every slave that will join the federal army fur
! nlzhing arms and ammunition at the same time
| by prompt action of this sort army OF 40, 900
men may be raised from the slaves and Tree negroes
east of the Blue Ridge, that would take care of
| Norfolk and Richmond before the return of the
| sickly season. 1t is healthy even in the counties
| near the Chesapeake, until July, and Immediately
| below the Blue Ridge it is healthy all the year
| round.
Put Stella Martin, and such missionaries as he
may select ashore, each under the protection of a
battalion, on either bank Of the Rappahaunock,
| oTk and James rivers-et them St,tap 1t at the
nearest courthouse, and Eastern Virginia will b., Il
| Tree communlty-a strong power, with us and of
US, before the emascuIated whites Of that region
| iariy learn that they out OF the Union. Do
| thus, and away with thp nonsense about abolition
| We want deeds, not offensive and useless words;
and we want deeds that Will save life and lead to
| freedom. The meaning of this fight is the doom of
| slavery, and the sooner the government act upon
| tins idea the less the carnage We must buy into
freedom the slaves Of the loyal States, il any such
| rema in at the close Of the war.
MoPs AT THE NoRrH.-We find the following in
| the Reading (Pa.) G"zc'te
We scarce open an exchange nowadays, but
that recorded the details of invasion Of pr-
vate rights or individual property, at the hands Of
some irresponsible mob, who are Taught to believe
they are doing God service under pretended
suspicion of want of loyalty on the part of their
victims. The lawleSS spirit, we are sorry to saw
has been, in too many Instances, encouraged by
| men who, when the excitement Of the hour passes
| Of, will be heartily ashamed of their conduct 1t
Is time stop be put to the uurages. That the
| country is involved in is caamitous enough
without adding to its evils reign Of lawless an
| archv.
We in an Easton paper the other dav the
statement that two three boxes of the Congress-
ioldi Globe had come to that place directed to Hon
| K. Brodhead, late u. :. Senator. Some rowdies
seeing the boxes pretended they smelt treason and
| taking them into their custody, for Mr..
| Il. to come and explain the mystery" That gem
tIeman sent them word that when they got through
| reading the Union speeches made bv him in Con
greSs which they would find in the volumes they
were so carefully guarding, they should please
turn his property. Their discovery that they were
Simply books, of course, caused them chagrin,
! ii it did not learn them better manners.
The fact is, all good citizens their faces
against this of procedure il they would restore
| anything like good order in the government.
ARREST OF a BALTIMORE RroTEn.-Aaron Sites
well known politician and surveyor in this city,
was defeated in an attempt to secure the n1mna-
tion for certain Office at the hands of the Peoples
Party, and left for the South locating himself in
| Baltimore. He there purcha-ed of Mr.. Edw ard
Wood the patent-right for bullet machine aud
80 into the manufacture of those articles quite
az 'ely. He deniee, however, that he ever sold
nut streets, and, having uttered some reasonable
| sentiments, threats made to lynch him. He
| was rescued from the hands Of the people at the
instance of MIR. Colson officer of the Court Of
Quarter Sessions, who locked him up in the Sher-
IFS Office, in default of the payment of $50, due
| from Sites to the Court.
A mob gathered round the door of the Office and
it was feared that Sites would be taken ont and
| abused. He removed to the Mayors Office by
| the back door. Mr. Alfred G.. Rowland, who was
wounded in Baltimore during the attack OF Smal|'s
| Brigade, says he Sites there with the mob.
and that Sites said: you have come here with
bad leader, and with a bad party" lie will be held
till the bill of costs is paid; meanwhile the author
tiles will satisfy themselves his conduct in Bal
tmore.- hUddeLphia Inquirer May Il.
The Great Eastern completed her second trip
from England to this country in nine davs and thir-
teen hours. The passage would have been quick
er by about half a day, but for a severe gale n
countered on Monday, the 9th inst which com
peed her to abandon her direct course for while.
But the average speed during the voyage appears,
nevertheless, to have been very nearly what she
was originally intended to accomplish, and what
has always been expected of her bv the builders
The following table gives the distances made each
day. The reckoning is made up from the noon of
the preceding day to that to which the number is
assigned:
To Thursday noon 2l inst.......................2u
To Friday noon, Sd inst. '''',' 336
To Saturday noon, 4th nst............. go. $40
To Sunday noon, 5th inst nst................,....33
To Monday noon, 9th inst...................... 81
TO Tuesday noon, 7th
To Wednesday noon. Sh inst. ..,.......,.320
To Thursday 9th inst......................3I
10 FRIDAY noou, 10Th INST .............'. ....2H'
To Saturday noon, llth inst
The consumption of coal during the passage of
the GREAT Eosern was from l59 to 295 tons OF coal
per day.
The vessel is to be thrown open to visitors on
Thursday. Admission twenty-five cents.
ANOTHER PHILADELPHIA FRIGHr.-On Monday
a genteel looking called at the Mayors Office,
in Philadelphia and asked to make statement.
He said that during the night barre ,trych-
nine would be emptied into FairmUuut basin by
secession emissaries. He declared few moments
afterwards that he possessed the secret of bullet
that would aLnihilate entire regiment at sin
gle discharge of gun As soon as he received
assurance that guard would be sent to Fairmount
basin he went away perfectly satisfied. Although
the man was evidently crazy, vet the story soon
got out, and the papers say, created great sensa
tiOn.
Mas. LINCoLN-Mrs. LncGla was busily engaged
| in ''ShOpping" on Monday. In the morning she
inspected number of carriages at BrewsteG's
manufactory, and later in'the day visited Stewards
and other dry-g0ods stores, purchasing quite eX
tensvely. An intimate friend took possession Of
her in the afternoon and conveyed her to his resi-
dence in the upper part of the city to dine In the
evening she was sat home' at the Metropolitan,
and received numerous visitors. She will remain
in the city few days longer, when she contem-
| plates visit to her son at Cambridge.-N Y Ec-
| press.
IMMENSE CoNrKAcr FOR PosrAGg STAMPS The
American Bank Note Company Of New Iork have
succeeded in obtaining the contract for the print
ing OF postage stamps, for which work there
| six responsible bidders. Some idea of the work to
be done be gathered from the fact that last
year 2G6, 900 600 stamps were issued by the con-
tractors, exclusive of stamped envelopes, which
were prepared by other parties 1t is the belief OF
the Department that the falling of of the demand
for stamps, in consequence of secession, will be
about third OF the number issued. The contract
is to last six wears.
SIGNIFICANT FACr-One day last week fash
i0nable lady in the city of Boston gave out invita-
tinns for large dinner for bride. Some nine or ten
of the guests invited hearing that Charles Sumner
was of the number, sent in regrets on the morning
of the dinner, and the lady obliged tn ask him
to take in of her young daughters, she did
rot dare to give him to any one else. 1t would thus
\ seem the rabid Abotionists who have done so
much to bring the country noi its present distract
ed state, held in much detestation in Boston
as anywhere in the South.
GREEN CoRN AND New FLoUR.-The Galveston
Ciriiia of the Sd instant, says:W ell filed roast
ing ears of Indian corn among the deiicacies
, of the season; and we have now before us a
moderate feed from the garden OF Col. Rose OF the
e 4th ward. We have already mentioned a receipt
of -four from new wheat, and now reinice in the
midst of the of aboriginal grain, with sense
of Independence, that the Cairo blockade cannot
disturb