American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-12-19
Correspondence of the American Republican,
OUTRAGES BY REGULATORS. :
BEL-AIR, Dec. Is, 1874.

take up my pen to give you an account of
gross outrage that was perpetrated in our vii
lage on Saturday last. An outrage in which
the law and its officers were set at defiance by
a ruthless mob of desperadoes. To call them
men would be disgrace to humanity. have
heard of men who have been low and base
enough to set at defiance all law and order,
and trample under foot the dearest rights of our
country; but never did | expect TO see such a
sight as was witnessed in our village on Sat-
urday last Where il will end God only
knows.
You no doubt recollect that one of our col
lectors was assaulted while in the execution of
his duty last winter, by gang of dosperadoes
who call themselves Anti-tax men alias Repu-
diators, who threatened the life of any person
that would bid for the property put up for sale
by the collector; and who did, in fact, assault
and beat young man, whose only offence was,
that he bid for the property SO put up for sale.
The leaders of that mob then said that the re-
sistance was only begun; nd~they spoke the
truth.
A collector had advertised to sell the pro-
perty OF Shadrach Street, "a man who livesin
| Marshall's district, which, for the honor of our
county be it said is the only district that is dis
graced by these ruffians, for State taxes. The
collector thought it best to sell the property in
Bel-Air On Saturday last (the day of sale, }
the mob collected, using threats of violence
against any one who would bid for the proper
ty. They were about one hundred strong
The property was put up for sale, and a young
man, resident of our town, bid for it, when
the whole mob rushed upon him with cries of
I'"kill him." "klll him." 'lynch him." Sc. q
had forgotten to tell you that they had provd-
ed rail to ride the bidder on.) He was seized
by about dozen of Them who no doubt would
have put their threats into execution, but for
the timely exertions of some of his friends,
who forced him into the Clerks office, and
thereby saved his life. The collector himself
received blow with stone, and was consid-
erably injured One or two other persons were
struck, but not injured. A venerable magis-
trate of our town, who used his utmost efforts
to preserve peace, was cursed and abused by
one of these fiends in human shape, Ga cow
ardly rutfian, who would be disgrace to the
penitentiary,) and asked, with an oath, what
business he had to interfere. You will no
doubt wonder where the Sheriff was all this
time; will answer that he was on the ground
and commanded the peace, and tried to inter-
| fere, but he was small man, and of course
could do nothing in such mob as that. But
you will ask why he did not summon posse?
| will answer do not know But when state
| to you few facts, perhaps we can come at it.
In the first place. this same Sheriff is as great a
| Repudiator as the best of them. And this
same mob, on the same day, beat respectable
| man of our county very severely, whose Of
fence was, that on the day of the October cleo
ton, he got into a political controversy with
this same Sheriff, and struck him. "a fellow
nIty,r L II ind
markable coincidence the Sheriff was up at the
riot in Marshall's district, and his efforts to
quell the mob there were as Intellectual as they
were here.
| Twill state that some of the leaders of this
mob were foreigners; and by far the largest por-
ton of them were men who pay no taxes at all
Yours, A SUBSCRIBER.
THE PLACE OF HONOR. The place of ho-
nor has been accorded to the United States in
the decorations of the new Royal Exchange in
London-the armerial ensigns of Great Bril-
tain being placed over the centre of the west
portico, and the United States over the east por-
tico. The armorial bearings of other nations
are anywhere
For EUROPE. The Caledonia, Capt. E. G.
Lott, for Liverpool, left Boston on Monday af-
ternoon with the monthly mails, carrying out
"a passengers.
MAYOR OF BosToN The wings have drop
ped MIR. Quincy. and nominated Thomas Wet
more, Esq as their candidate. Mr.. Davis is
the American Republican, and Thaxter the
Democratic candidate.
OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. The sum oil
800, 900, appropriated by the last Congress fol
improving the upper part of the Ohio River
has been all expended between Pittsburg ant
Louisville, in building snag boats, removing
snags and rocks, making surveys and building