The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-07-27
From the Charleston [Md.] News Of the Goth.
Lynch Law In MaryIand--A Man and Wo-
man Tarred and Feathered.


1t is well known that this county fo
some years has suffered severely from th
loss of saves, and that this number ha
been so great. that in some sections ther
is Dow an insuAlc Alciency of this kind Of Ia
Dor for agricultural purposes. Few ar
willing to invest their capital in supplyin!
this deficiency, on account OF its admitte,
insecurity. In the year 1856, not les
than sixty slaves ran away from their own
crs, in tins county, whose aggregate valu
exceed sixty thousand dollars. Since then
though escapes have been less frequent
still they have occurred occasionally, and
save in one or two instances no tidings o
their whereabouts have been obtained af
ter their departure.
The fact that negroes who had mover
been within many miles of the northern
limits of the county, making good theil
escape without leaving behind them any
evidence of their direction, has forced the
conviction upon the public mind that they
have derived assistance from some one.--
So successfully have been past attempts to
run away, that few hours start have
been ample to prevent apprehension
These circumstances have naturally excited
alarm, suspicion and conjecture on the part
OF shareholders. What led TO tho inhic-
tion of the punishment upon Mr. Jas. l..
Bowers, on Wednesday night, as far as
we can ascertain, resulted from the follow
ing circumstances and facts -
MIR. B. has, for long time, publicly
proclaimed his anti-slavery opinions, yet
avering that he would not persuade slave
to abscond, or assist him If solicited. In
the utterance of these sentiments, as far
as we know, Mr.. B. had never received
any marked rcbukc or personal injury
Some five years ago, however, slave be-
longing to Mr.. Davidson, of Queen AIMS
county, ran away, who was less fortunate
than his predecessors, as he was appro.
hended in Delaware an returned to his
master. A forged pass or certificate of
freedom was found upon him, evidently
disguised, which he uniformly stated was
furnished him by Mr.. Bowers. This led to
his arrest, and at the ensuing court bill
was found. The charge was not sustained,
from the impossibility Of identifying the
hand writing; one of the witnesses tcsti-
flying that he believed il to be his, while
other testified their belief to the contrary
the one witness also tesiifying to CON
ver-ation with Mr.. Bowers. thrco wears nn-
terror, duplicating Mr.. Bowers by his ai-
mission, in n similar transaction, but which
evidence was ruled out by the court OH the
ground of irrclcvancy to the case under
trial; tho result of the trial, MS before sta
ted, was an acqgitlal. Since then, suspi
cion has been directed against him, and
possibly it may have been confirmed from
the fact that his immediate ncighboihood
has suffered 10 a considerable extent from
the less of this Kind of property Reports
say that the proceeding cf "Wednesday
night had It's origin in recent preparatory
consultations and arrangements of sundry
slaves to abscond, their arrest, and the dc
icIopments made by them, connected with
various antccedcnts Of q similar character
The following are tho particulars and ut
ending circumstances which alc currently
'cportcd and believed, in connection with
he tar and feathers of Mr.. Il. From ten
o thirty persons were engaged in it, one
# whom succeeded in decoying Mr. Bow
rs from bis house, between the hours Of
o and 10 o'clock, by pretending to have
'rokcn his carriage. which required assi.-
ancc to mend it. Upon Mr. b. IS arrival
It the road, (Which is about 100 yards
rom his house, he was seized and secured
y the party, who quickly proceeded to
'lacc him in carriage, to ho conveyed to
place previously selected FOR the purpose.
His screams were soon heard by his wife,
Who Immediately started TO the place
thence they proceeded, and came up with
he party before they had carried off her
usband. Her fears for his safety wcro
artially relieved by being told that he
'ould receive no personal violence, but
hat they intcnlcl to take him to Jail for
'mc offence ho had committed Mrs.
'owsrs returned home, whilst the posse
ared him to a woods some half mile dis
INT, where he was stripped, tarrcd and
gathered, and, after promising to leave
10 State, within twenty four hours, he
as permitted to depart.
They then went into the house of n free
egro named Butler, { nd inquired if a Ger
I'm negro woman named Tillison was there.
o this question he promptly replied no.
he house was entered and the individual
ION found, whcroupon they administered
} him a severe fogging. The woman,
no has strong infusion of tho Anglo
,xon, was taken some distance from the
'usc, and the upper portion of her per
n subjected to similar application of tar
ID feathers. This woman, it is alleged,
res in Cecil, and for several years has !
'qucntly visited almost every section of I,
o county without any ostensibe business,
erting, wherever she goes, her wonder. I,
powers of conjuration and fortune tel
g. ;;
At this time she pretended to be colec- I
lg money, but failing to satisfy tho par =
who owed her, and for what the debts /
'ro contracted she received m applica-
IN which will take her some time to re-
Dve. She is represented to be about
ty years of age, dwarfish in appearance,
.rcely weighing fifty pounds, and is cal t
lated to excite n great influence upon the a
orc superstitious lortion of blacks. She n
Ids migratory life, and is usually found a