The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-08
FIR LETTER.
Correspondence Of the Daily E1change.
FREDERICK, June 9th, is

But little business of general interest trans
acted in the Assembly to-day. The most import,
ant measure under consideration in the House was
the bill for the repeal of the act authorizing the
sale of the State Tobacco Warehouses, introduced
by Mr.. Briscoe, of Calvert.
In the course of lengthy colloquy upon the sub
ject, it was stated that the act had been rushed
through the forms of legislation at the last session
with a speed which permitted no examinat ion into
its merits; and the fact that its repeal now
pressed with quite much earnesness was its
original passage, and that the sole effect of the law
up to this time, had been to involve the State in
perhaps expensive litigation, made the grounds
by MessrS. Bruno and Gordon for recommending
greater caution in any renewed legislation upon
the subject.
Mr.. Wallis, in explanation of the causes which
led to the litigation referred to- stated that under
existing law three Commissioners were appointed
to dispose of the warehouses, two of whom only
bonded in compliance with the terms of the law
the third declining to do SO. The two Commits
sioners entered upon the discharge of their duties
and had duly given public advertisement of the
sale, when certain private parties-who had pre-
viously obtained from Governor Hicks the loan of
the name of the State of Mary land, in order to give
them footing in court they would not have other
wise possessed-apped for an injunction few
hours before the period fixed fer the SALE and stop
ped proceedings for the disposal of the pro-
perty. The only essential question involved in the
legally perform that for which three were appoint
ed; and the only effect of the repeal of the law
would be to throw the out of the courts and to
put an end to further litigation The State would
be put to expense by the proceeding, for it had
been expressly stipulated by Governor Hicks in
allowing the use of the name of the State to the
litigans, that the expense Of counsel empioyed to
represent the State of Maryland should be borne
by them.
The repeal of the bill was finally agreed to by a
OH IF ucix IN NJ, M
constituting the "glorious minority Messrs
Wallis and Bruno, of Baltimore, were excused
from voting; the former because of his connection
with the case as counsel for the Commissioners
and the latter because OF pecuniary interests in the
matter.
In the absence of the Clerk of the House. Milton
Y. Kidd, ESQ., who is quite i'll, the responsible du-
ties of Chief Clerk have, by the unanimous vote of
the House, been assigned to Thomas Ii. Moore,
Esq.
The curt replies of Governor Hicks to certain in
quiries propOunded to him by the House, though
good-humoredly received, have evidently provoked
feeling of positive resentment
The retort of Mr.. Wallis to the statement of the
Governor, that he had received no official intima-
tion or complaint from any source, of outrages
committed upon citizens of Maryland by off GERS
OF the General Government, was severely sarcas-
tic lie called for a second reading of the Execu-
tive communication assigning as his reason for the
request that he "could scarcely believe bis ears"
when first he heard the document read. He could
HOL comprehend the reason the motive whiel
prompted such an assertion, when it was notorious
to the people of the State that the Governor had
been present, had seen with his own eyes and heard
with his own ears, all the proceedings connected
with the outrageous arbitrary and illegal arrest of
member of this House by soldiers in the service
of the United States.
A motion to lay the second dcommunication-that
referred to by MIR. Wallis-upon the table, was
briefly discussed, but finally abandoned, and the
two messages were referred to the Committee on
Federal Relations. of which WoI; i, a;r
man.
The Message of the Governor to the Senate in
relation to the disarming of the State military also
created an excitement in that Chamber, and has
since led to much angry comment.
L. Parkin Scott, of Baltimore, obtained leave to
introduce bill to pay to William Ellinger for the
Of the First Light Division of MARYLAND Voluu-
teers, sum of money to compensate the members
of the Division for services rendered subsequent to
the 10Th of April.
Mr.. Ii. NJ. Wartieid reported bill authorizing
the city OF Baltimore to increase its funded debt
81 100000 beyond the sum now authorized by law ,
and a bill authorizing the Mayor and City Council
to make and enforce with nss, not exceeding 500
rules and regulations necessary for the good gov
ernment of Druid Hill and Patterson Parks, and
investing the Park Commissioners with the powers
of conservators of the peace within the limits of
those places.
Messrs. Miles, of st. Mary's, and Townsend, of
Worcester, arrived to night. The Senators
vet absent are Messrs. 0ashiell, of Somerset, and
1ellott, of Baltimore. In the absence of the lat
ter, the report of the Committee appointed to wait
upon the Montgomery Government with certain
resolutions passed by the Assembly will be made
by Gen. Mckaig, OF Allegany, one of the Commit
tee.
OCCUPATION OF MARYLAND SOIL.
The following is portion of the report presented
in the House to-day by o. Horsey in relation to
the occupation of Mary land soil.
motion of Mr.. Godsborough, of Caroline, to
print two thousand copies of it, reduced to one
fhou nd mot Of Mr. Millar n.
"The undersigned made thorough an exami-
nation of the condition of things on the MARYLAND
mountain opposite Harper's Ferry as the pressure
of circumstances, and the almost inaccessible ma
ture of the mountain and its approaches, would ad-
nit Of The top of the mountain be found occu-
pied by four or five hundred Virginia troops who
had cut down four five acres of the small and
Indifferent timber which clothes the summit of the
mountain, for the apparent purpose of constructing
huts for their temporary shelter and about the
same space of land had been burnt bver by acci-
dental contact of the dried leaves with the camp
| fires, your Commissioner supposed That as
soon as be had investigated all the complaints, he
| returned to Richmond and reached there on
| Wednesday, the 10Th ut., when the authorities
were engrossed with the pressing duties arising
| from the reception OF the President and Govern
ment of the Confederate States of America; that
| on the evening of the 30th he had short inter-
view with Governor Letcher, and brought to his
notice the object of his mission, and the specific
acts of aggression complained of in the entrance
| upon our soil by the troops of Virginia.
! ''The Governor understood to say that be
would apply to the commanding officer at Harper's
Ferry for information on the subject, and would be
prepared to reply more fully when the report OF
that officer was received, but he begged me tc
convey to your honorable body the distinct and
earnest assurance that il at any time the military
| forces of Virginia should trespass upon and TEN.
porarily occupy the soil of Maryland it could only
be justified by the pressing exgency of military
necessity in defence and protection of her owl
| soil from threatened actual invasion, and GER
tainly with no hostile intent towards the citizens
the State of Maryland, and that any and all dam
ages to person or property consequent upon sucf
alleged trespass or occupation should be fully ant
literally compensated for" o. z.
| CHARLESTON BLoCKADE.-0n Thursday last, Mr.
C. o. White, Consul at this port for Sweden ant
| Norway, visited the Minnesota to inquire if th
| Norwegian bark Admiral Peter Tordenskfold, nov
in this harbor, (Which vessel arrived here after th
steamship Niagara had been off this port, and Will
the entrance to the harbor was unobsructed,
| could load for place in Europe, and the permls
| s;on rafused and he was informed that tn