St. Mary's beacon., 1858-07-08
SELECTED MISCELLANY.


The niaee owners ut Neat county, Md,
have wSshin wear os two, SUI: red heavy los
SEES hy the running ulR Of slaves, not less than
sixsy h67llig eseApea ID 1866, and . large
nansbsS sneesg Thse ss:~sctiouS e@capcs crea-
tsd no litiis excitement. Some Eve years ago
O slave belonging % DR.. Davidson, Of Queen
Anne'e county, ran away, but was appFehend-
el in Delaware and rctsiFneh tO his master. 4
forged pass or certificate Of fTeeinn, il 10 stat
ID, Was fvsnd supan him, evidently disguised,
which he stated was furnished him by . man
named James L. Bowers, Of Kent county, and
who was well known % entertain strong anti
slavery eentisnents Bowers was subsequently,
arrcxasa and tried, but for want of suficient
evidence was acquitted. Sincs thrn suspicion
has been directed against him, from the fact
that his immediate neighborhood suffered to a
considerable extent fruIA the hN& Of this kind
Of property, and on "Wednesday night Of last
Seeck q number Of citizens, setting all formS nf
Law nc defiance, proceeded to his residence and
saTged and feaehcred him. The particulars
are given in the Kent News, a. follows:
From ten b, thirty persons were engaged in
IL. Sss uf whom succeeded In decoying Mr..
Bowers from Its holsse between the hours Of 10
ard u S'cluck, BY pretending to have broken
his carriage. which required assistance to nscnd
it Upon My. B's Arrival a the rdad, (which
b adissatIt atAst cue h1ndrfd ysrtls from bis
lso.lse.l he was seised and sccascd by the party
~ - 4sisests fiecsH.i = AlsSe ld!fs IN . car
riage to " conveyed toa pgarc previously select
cd :tr the aurp. .se. His screams were sl'pg 1,
heard hy his wife. who imnureti;atciy ,'"r'e1
t3thouiscr irUm whence they P.,(ceeIe", "'''
came tiu with. Else party bSsHre ancy nau car
"a "a b.r Husband. Aif"r fears for his safety
-. ,.rt;ai;x rraasvcil on beihg told that be-
,.',,,lj r.rr;vs no personal violence, hut they
s.s.--as,s 80 take him % fail for SolnO offence
=" Iad committed. Mrs. Bowers returned
1ss,ae whilst the posse carried him to woods
ucuae half q mile distant where he Eas stripped,
tarrcd ard fsafherc6. snd ate: promising to
leave siie State within twenty-fuur houFs ne
wss permitted 70 depart. -
They then went "a the haasc OF nee negro
named Butler, and inquired IL certain negro
woman named TillisQn was there. To this
question he Fr IMPLY responded no: The
hoass was tken entered and the individual
found, whereupon they administered to him .
severe logging. The woman, who has strong
infusion of the Anglo-Saxon. was taken some
distance from the house, and the upper por-
tion Of her person subjected to q similar appli-
cation Of tal and,feathcra. This woman, It is
alleged lives in Cecil, and for several years has
freofensly visited almost every section of the
country without any ostensible business, exert
lag wherever she goes her wonderful powers Of
coniurafian and fortune-telling. She Is repre-
sented 70 be atsuut Fifty years Of age, dwarfish
In appearance, scarcely weighing 6fty pounds,
end Is calculated 60 excite great influence
upCn the more superstitious PORTIONS Of blacks.
Sic leads q migratory life, and is usually found
Ia she houses Of free negroes. Her advent in
Chs country has been followed BY tho escape
cfslAvea. on more than one occasion. ..a al.
The common report and statement in justi6-
cation, are, that nothing but o sense Of wrong
and of danger sa the security Of this property,
euuld have inducslmany Of the most substantial
and respectable yeOmen of our county 70 adopt
the course pursued. Tha. the frequent loss Of
slave property Cor o series Of years. and the
apprehension in the minds Of owners, call for
ssscmg and decided measures, and that the ne
eesziliss q che case. growing cut Of the secrecy
in.wlich schemes of ahsconding ere cUnCocted
sndexecated, hare 'Eaade it imperative that
vigorous and stringent means shauld Be used
against those who hnld and openly avcw ultra
abclition ssntimsnts, aud upon whom strong
chromosomes and developments have forced
conviction on the pubic mind 0f an impE0pcT
a.