The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-01

III ,,ot ,uFFsr the interest on their portion
SF tbe nnblic debt to fall on the Treasury
The lanai is not only unfinished, but the com
r,nv are without tho means OF contihuns thelr
operations. The debt contracted lor men .r "se'
y Ssad weight on the State, and so 1t Will re-
-, ill tbe whole line Of canal is opened to
Cnmherlapd. While every one perceives the
nocassitv of doing something, it is dlhcuit TO de
20 nv practicable scheme for continuing tne
.1orl The State is without the means OF rals-
inc money for that purpose, and 1t woulo appear
to be desperate experiment, to senu nc" SCI
of bonds into the European markets: - .
u have received two letters from the Governor
Of VIRGINIA. with copy of the proceedings Oh
tbe Iegislature of that State, In reiahoh TO the
saFr.oIe of tbe Governor of New YORK 10 denver
nm certain fugitives from justice Ihese COM
mpn;cations relateto subject OF deeP ihIeIss' 70
tbe people of Maryland, and are lht e,Iu 70
Ill tbe attention of the slave-holdlns STATES, 10
a. acesstv of some concert of action, II rev
Yorir or other States should unfortunately per
set in disregarding their constitutional
T. -, to tbis subject the serious eonsldeTa-
t;o5 70 Which it is entitled, you will no DOUBT
percsive the advantage OF PostPomng o
action upon it, till the decision OF the SuPrene
Court shall have been given IN the cast NJ
than Bemis and others. 1t Will pc reeolleot 9:
tbot tbis case involves hearly every questl1
that can arise, respecting the constlUuslohIi
r;gbts of slave holders, and the validity OF such
Sfste laws as have the effect OF obstrueung the
| exercise of those rights. The southern states
are Indebted to the Justice and hberalty oil fehh
sylvania, for an opportunity OF prlnslhS ne.
Questions to a decision in the Supreme Court
Mr. Meredith and Mr.. Nelson, who have Deeh
smnloved as counsel to represent this State, nave
informed me that the case is now ready for Iriai;
and there is very little doubt that 1t Will Dc
brought ts a termination before the adJournmeh'
of the Legislature. :, -...,,.;o,, 10
consider it nay duty to call your atteII ~! "
an ordinance OF the city of Baltimore, Whlch Is
.I;o,,s ~ ornr.ssiye to a numerous and merlto-
rious class of our citizens; mean the ordinance
approyed the 18th of last March, and entiVieu'
ga further supplement to an ordinance TO pre-,
serve the navigation of the harbor OF
Under the provisions of this ordnance auti1 Ii
are levied, under the title OF wharfage -. ~,
hoard anv vessels lying at said wharVes' Oh
placed thereon br the purpose OF shipment OF eA
pposure for sale" Goods or produce, delivered
from vessels at the public wharves, are taken on
board, are taxed with wharfage, "to be PSld Dy
the owner or consignee, or in the event Oh tnefe
being none, bv the master OF the vessel. II inc
articles are not landed on the wharves, but mere
lv transferred from one vessel to another, the
wharfage is half price. i have been informed
that the same kind of wharfage IS collected Dy
the owners of private wharves, that no VeSsel
can escape from it, unless she can ma room, 10
land or take in her cargo at some wharf oelohg-
ing to the State No one complains OF the rsgu-
lar wharfage, which has always been charged
upon every vessel in proportion to her tonnage;
The grievance is that vessels, lying at a WAR
and paying wharfage, can make no use Oh II,
without paying duty on every thing that is
landed or taken on board. The articles, carried
by the boatmen of the Chesapeake Bay, never
have an owner when this tax is to be paid; ana
the whole burden of it falls on the master or
owner of the vessel
Within few days past, my attention has been
directed to the proceedings of the Convention oil
Tobacco Planters, lately held in Washington
CITY; and particularly to the resolution request
ing the governors of ''the several States, engag-
sed in the cultivation of tobacco, to call the at
stention of the legislatures oftheir several states
esto the subject fthe American tobacco trade In
esforeign countries" Ii.
Having had no time to examine this subject,
or to consider the tendency 'of the measures re-
commended, 1 can only comply with the request
of the Convention by calling your attention to
their proceedings. VIM. GRASON'