New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-30
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
BALTIMORE.

Census-Free Negroes and siaves-Reform
Convenuon-Ciy Taxes-True Bill Tor
Murder-Gen. Chaplin.
BALTIMORE, Tuesday. Jan %.
stated some time since that the census oil
MARYLAND would show large increase In the Tree
colored population of the State, and decrease in
the number of slaves. l was not mistaken-fuH
returns show the total number Of free negroes to
be 49, l5s-in 1910 it was 6l,937-inere0se, ll'22l.
The whole number Of slaves in the State is s9,l7s
in 1870 it was s9,7l9-a decrease Of SAL. The
great proportion of the increase In free negroes
has been in Baltimore City, where they consre-
cate from every section Of the State, and now
number "a. 625 to only 2,946 slaves The census
exhibits the gratifying result that Maryland mas az
last reached the point at which her slave popula'
ton has commenced TO decrease giving glimmer
Of hope to the future-a hope that the time may
come when the curse will totally cease to exist.
The causes which have operated for the past ten
wears in decreasing the number OF slayes-their
Wholesale absconding and transportation to moro
Southern States-will act with still greater iorce
during the next ten years, and without Legislation
Inv the action of the laws of nature, 1860 will lind
,til fewer slaves in the State
The utter reputation by our Reform Conven-
ton Of the proposition for an apportionment and
representation in the House of Delegates based
upon numbers, has been received here with much
regret There were but II Ayes TO go Nays,
showing most conclusively that that most repub-
lican mode of representation cannot be hoped for
from the present Convention. The whole of it is,
no one now looks to the Convention to perform
e a. octa FIR vi assembled.
and the Convention is nothing less than an abor.
ton The Wing party have the majority and 1
hope that designing politicians will not hereafter
saddle all its sins upon them, for though tnelr
skirts are not spotess, there are Locos In the
Convention who have struggled hard 10 defeat
every object contemplated by It. In doing so
they hope to retain for Mr.. Lowe their Governor,
the aDpointmeDt Of some forty Clerks and Regis
tiers OF Courts for the next seven years. the salar-
les of which are worth from $4,000 to 500 900 per
annum each. These offices the Loco Focos have
never enioyed except here and there one to ill
vacancy caused by death, and they are naturally
very DESTROYS to see how such salaries are 20
take"
The estimate of our City Register of the prob
able levy for taxes for the present year has caused
much grumbling among property'holders Last
year the levy was only 924 cents on the SlOOi
this year the estimate is ll0 cents, notwithstand-
ing a large increase in the taxable property OF the
city. Taxes have increased with such rapidity
within few years, that many persons are 10th
to invest in property whenever they can use their
money in any other manner.
Our City Court has found true bill Of murder
in the first degree against George w. Stewart,
the party who shot Thomas Moody in Front ct.
Theater, some time since. In the other murder
cases they have not acted as yet, although In SEES.
sion several weeks The fact has given rise To
much comment out of doors.
There re some surmises as to the probability
of Gen. Chaplin being present at toe March term
ofIthe Howard District Court, to stand his trial.
He has said if bis bail was not paid he would
come and take the consequences. Knowing what
those consequences are, his friends should never
let him risk then-it would be suicide. hGo.