Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-05-10

Beaenactcd, That the sum of - dollars at
q contingent fund, be and il il hereby appoint
ed to carry out the proyisionsof this law, and
that ali orders drawn. by the Board Of Public
q Safety on the treasurer OF Maryland shall be
a paid out of said appropriation, such orders so
Il drawn to be attested BY the signatures of at
least two members Of said board and
BE IL enacted, That this law shall take effect
from and after the date of its passage.
1nd be IL enacted, That sections i, 3. 10 and
ID of article AZ relating to the Governor, Of
the code of public general laws, and sections
Ia, 81, 80, "a, SO, SO, 81, 80, 80, 40 43, So 81,
II, SO, 81, 90, l03, l07, Ill, ard liz OF arti-
Gle 60, relating TO the militia, Of the code of
general laws, in so far as the same are in any
manner Inconsistent with the provisions of
this act, be and the same are hereby repealed
The bill was strenuously opposed by Messrs
Smith and Kimmell, but was finally ordered
to a second reading by yeas IA, nays g.; as
Yeas. --Messrs Brooke, Blaekiston Duvall,
Franklin, Dashiell Graham, Gardner, Heck
ert, Lynch, McKaig, Townsend, Watkins,
| Whitaker and Yellott.
i Nays Messrs. Bradley, Goldsborough of
Talbot, Goldsborough Of Dorchester, Miles,
Nuttle, Smith, Stone, Kimmell.
The Senate then adjourned till o'clock,
when the bill, as indicated by the above vote,
will probably pass the Senate
NIGHT SEssIoN.-The Senate met at eight
o'clock. Mr.. GolGsborough, OF Talbot, is
speaking in opposition to the bill toiappoint
committee of safety.
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs.--The Speaker pre-
i scented a number of communications of an ap-
parently trifiing character, which were re-
ferred, without being read, to the committee
on federal relations.
A message was received from the Governor,
i enclosing the following communication, dated
April 30th:
/" The undersigned, citizens of Washington
and Frederick counties, Maryland, pray that
/ your Excellency will not be influenced to of
fetal action by a memorial that will be pre-
scented to your Excclency bya committee APP
| pointed at an informal meeting held at We
verton, April 10th, 1861. Your petitioners
assure you that it was meeting swayed by
passion and prejudice led by a republican,
I who, to further excite the element he had be-
fore him, used against Virginians such exple-
tiFes as ,rinnderers, rapscallions, cowardly
rebels, thieves, &c. The memorial did not
receive more than twenty votes, many of the
undersigned refusing to vote, and opposing it
from disgust of the proceedings. We assure
your Excellency that as far as our experience
goes, and most Of us hayefarms near Harper S
Ferry, and would have every knowledge OF
depredations committed by troops, that their
. demeanor towards Marylanders has been ge-
/ morally very courteous. The grievances COM
!, planned ofin the memorial were not authorized
RI by the commanding officers Of the forces al
, Iiarper's Ferry, and formal assurance was
I sent by the commander-in-chief at Harper's
Ferry to the citizens Of Weverton, assuring
them that no authority had been given IL
E troops to search houses in Maryland, and that
r no such authority would be given to them
4 The evidence before the meeting proved that
. o1ly one house was entered by them, and that
pcaceably and that they returned to Ear-
q per,s Ferry as soon as requested by our citi-
: zens to discontinue the search
I Signed by James Il. Egin and eighteen
! others.
The paper was referred
q Mr.. Brining offered a resolution that a COM
: mittee, to consist Of one from each county OF
: the State, and two from the city of Baltimore,
: be elected as delegates to the convention to be
held in Frankfort, Kentucky, in response to
her call, to consider the present crisis in our
9 country, and, IN connection with Kentucky
i and the other slaveholding States in conven-
I tion, endeavor TO work out an adjustment OF
! our national troubles; referred to the commit
tee on federal relations.
, Mr.. Gordon, chairman OF the Judiciary COM
: mittee, reported the bill to exempt from exc
i sttsn the st-ssey ccptUr amount
I of $500, with an amendment exempting S. 90,
instead of $500, which was adopted by yeas
30, nays n.
4 | iStAo--aANooAc. IAitDOhIii, spedhcTs MuCCnD-
, bin, Briscoe, Jones of Talbot, Chaplain, Long,
Lawson, Holland, Miller, Jabobs, Landing,
/ kessler, Clagett Routzahn Salmon Nall,
Bruno, Winans, Pitts, Harrison, Thomas.
Wallis, Sangston, Morft, Scott, Bayless, Cor
don, Barnard, Roop, Gorsuch-3O.
Nays-Mcssrs. Morgan, Rasin, Medders,
WEIGH Parran, Compton, Burgess, Dennison,
Qninlan, Eenshaw, Bryan, Wootton, Jones Of
Prince Georges, Legg, Starkey, Dennis of
Worcester, Straughn, Goldsborongh. Mccoy,
Coudy, Eakle, Brining, Griffith, Harding,
MeCleary, Turner Brown-27.
The bill was then passed-yeas 30.
Nays-Messrs. Durant, Burgess, Renshaw,
Lawson, Jacobs, Landing, Dennis of Worces-
ter and Goldsborough.
The bill, if passed by the Senate, will take
effect on the LIST Of June.
Mr.. Wallis offered the following
Resoleed By The House Of Delegates of Nary
tand, (the Senate concurring) That Ohio
Scott Robert NJ. McI.anean William j Ross
be, and they are hereby appointed commits
f sioners on the part of the State Of Maryland
+ to communicate Immediately, in person, with
/ the President of the United States in regard to
/ the present and proposed military use or oc-
cupation of the soil and property of the State
! by the general government; and they are di-
reeted TO ascertain and report to the General
+ Assembly forthwith, for its consideration,
/ whether any becoming arrangements with the
general government are practicable in that
connection with the maintenance of the peace
and honor of the State and the security of its
: inhabitants.
The resolution was adopted, and message
sent to the Senate asking its concurrence in
the resolution
EVENING SEssIoN.-Mr. Wallis, from the
committee on federal relations, to whom was
referred the communication of the Governor
, enclosing report Of the proceedings of
meeting OF the citizens of Weverton, complain
ing OF the action of Virginia troops in search
: ing house for arms, reported that they had
inquired into the fact of the case to which the
said proceedings had reference and find that n
} small number of troops of Virginia having
reason TO believe that considerable quantities
Of arms taken from the Armory at Harper's
Ferry on the night of its destruction by fire
were secrcted in the vicinity on the Mary land
side Of the line, took upon themselves, with
out authority, to cross into Maryland in Or
der to search for and recover the same
/ So far as the committee can ascertain their
search was confined to n single house, and
upon being warned by respectable citizens of
the illcgitimacy Of their course, they proceed
ed no farther and retired without infiicting
any damage onpersons or property.
+ On the representation being made TO the
commanding officer at Harpers Ferry, this act
was Immediately disavowed, and strict orders
were given to prevent the recurrence of SINH
lar disorders in the future. A duplicate of
this order was sent to Weyerton without de-
lay, by the hands of a prominent citizen of
the county, and your committee have reason
to believe that all anxiety or excitement on
the subject has entirely ceased here
They are further informed that the troops