Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-01-12

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!, tive service and though they are the mos
1, ertunate governments which never need IL
n fassistanct, we are admonshed that the bes
preventive of disaster is the being forea-me
l against its coming. ! respeo fully invite you
, attention 10 this subject, and TO the netessit
. for thorough reorganization of the Stat
militia; provision for the retaining always /
the State arsenals given number of arms {
each kind, and q recall of all arms heretofor
distributed 10 academies or companies, Il
E which they are not now in actual use hav
already taken such measures as thought tn
Executive tmpowere ed TO adopt, and have col
lected and had returned TO the care of the Ad
f ju tant- General here, considerable number 0
f arms belonging to the State.
; have observed with satisfaction, that il
some Of the counties, the permissions grant
: ed to free negroes to bear, or keep arms, ha
been revoked by the Judge of the Circui
Court and again call the attention of tn,
General Assembly to the necessity, now great
or than ever, for further legislation in regarC
to the free negroe population in many of tht
counties. In the large cities and towns and
in the counties in the Northern portion of thu
State, this evil is not felt as it is in the lower
counties, on both shores, where the commu-
nifty is taxed to support their idlencss and va
granny, and is subject To their pilfering and
the i'll effects of their evil example on the SER
| vile population. a law which shonld req uiTe
every free negroe to be engaged in some en-
pioyment or business; or he bound out. under
proper safeguards, protection and wages, just
treatment, and the liberty Of change and
choice that is theirs, is among the wants Of
the people of this State.
The people Of the counties upon the Bay
have had great reason to compl ain of the in
fringcment of their rights, and inyasions of
their property, by adventures from other
States, who openly violate the statutes, which
protect the privileges of our citizens, in the
waters and tributaries of the Chesapeake.
The fisheries have always been important !;
and rs a great portion Of the labor of secu-
ring and curing fish had to be done Oh the
shore, rights there were early settled, and are
rarely now distul led. But the trade in uvs-
tiers is one which is comparatively recent, and
which has, Since the means Of rapid convey
anCc to the West, arc perfected, grown to an
extent and Importance hardly credible to
those who have not seen the proofs Large
numbers Of families low depend upon il, and
the successful prosecution Of this traffic has
opened new source OF wealth and employ
mcut to whole communities.
passed laws prohibiting the use Of improper
instruments aud modes Of taking them, by
which us many more are destroyed IN the beds,
and Las iuhilitcd, under severe penalties, Of
colisCation Of the offending boats, tie taking
of oysters within the waters under Maryland
jurisdiction, by nul- residents and persons not
thereto licensed OF authorized The validity
of these cnactmen,s has been upheld by tie
= Ia, O
Howard Rep..j which has declared the COM
potency Of the State authority in this matter
But these cuactmcutS fail to render the pro-
lection Lceded for this interest, by reason of
the easy escape Of offending vessels, and the
difficulty of detection. The few captures
that Lave been made. have been secured by
tie Sudden appearance Of an officer on board
a steam-vessel, which cut of the hopes les
cape; and this has suggested to me that
most efficient and complete protection to our
citizens and their rights, could be given by
Tie purchase or building Of a small steamboat,
fitted for this service; which, manned by pro-
per officers, could be always on the alert, and
would soon clear our waters ofthese maraud-
Ing irtrudcrs. The expense of this would be
far more than trcbly reimbursed to the State
Immediately and directly, By the imposition
Of a trivial tax, or duty, upon the State H.
ccnsc TO take oysters within named limits
which would lie issued only 10 residents and,
without Which, any person or boat found So
engaged would lie liable to the penalties now
iIulp scd. Some small tax as for instance Of
a few mills per bushcl, would be gladly paid
in return for such exclusive privilege and
protection and there can be no just reason
Why fund thus raised, should no be dcvo-
ted, rs III the case Of the Tobacco fund, to
tie UNFOLDING 50 important an interest.
By the provisions Of the Constitution no
lottery was to be drawn in this State after
April, 1869.
It was thought that this provision, with
tie pc al enactmeu,s made against tie sale
uf ii, kctS, in Lotteries not authorized by this
State (Which tlen received q large stun an
uuaiy for the continuance of this traffic,
would suffice for its suppression. Bat it has
Ectu decided by one Of our courts, that these
enactments do not apply, and that there is
no penalty or punishment provided for the
iuiractiom Of this Constitutional prohibition.
| 1t is iur this General Assembly. with whom
the responsibility rests, to determine whether
/ tits prohibition shall be vain and the traffic
in lrttcry tickets continue among Us.
! In June last, Emanuel Myers, u citizen Of
/ this State, residing in Carroll county, duly
/ appointed agent and attorney for the owners
ut certain runaway negroes who fed into Cum
! h,liAnd county, in Pennsylvania, and were
/ rcsiuirg there, not far from Carlisle proceed
ed to that place, and finding there that the
! United States Commissioner had shortly be-
! fore resigned his place, and that there was no
( one then to issue the proper warrant, under
D II Hut,i,iyn Slaya Art, of fool. lo ~ n
grocs pcaceably, as he had right to do,
brought them into this State, and delivered
them to their owners in Frederick county
| Thcr,upon the Sheriff OF Cumberland county
in PENNSYLVANIA, with warrant issued by n
irstice Of the peace in Pennsylvania, upon
! tlcuath ola free negro. charging Myers with
kidnapping, came into this State, and At
Westminster concerted a plan with driver
Of tie mail stage from that place to Titles
town, Pa by which Myers, who resides i'm
mediatcly on the State boundary line, was de-
coycd. Is the false prctence Of letter held
up for lin, over into Pennsylvania. and there
but few rods from his house, whence his
family witnessed the ontrage, was suddenly
seized by the Shcrifi of Cumberland county,
who roughly treated, bound him and hurried
him to Jail at Carlisle. An indictment was
found against Meyers and others, for kidnap-
pingunder a certain Act of Assembly ofPenn-
sylvania, passed in 1877, and the trial contn-
ned to the November term Of their Court.
made application, detailing all the circum-
stances Of the case, 10 to the Governor of
Pennsylvania, for no'le proseqm, which
thought would be tie proper answer to a
proceeding begun for such cause. and contn-
ued through such incidents. This was no,