The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-22

loss, and often with decided advantage. .--
At All events, IL they are TO be exposed
10 The washings OF rain, il is better il
should be done upon the field than around
the barn.
Tho subject we have thus somewhat
hastily trcutcd,is ono Of vital import TO
all those whose interests arc connected
with the soil, and we hope that the La
bors and experiments OF the busy period
so soon to open, will be conducive 10
"pru-rcss and improvement in our sys-
TEN OF agriculture.
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Amendments Of the Acg for the
Rendition Of FuRitlvcB from
Labor.
BE q enacted By the Ssndt. and House
IQ Representatives. Qf a. United STATE,
/ IN Congress oSSc embed, That every per.
son arrested under the laws Of Congress,
/ tor the delivery Of lugtivcs from labor,
shall be produced before q Court Judge
or Commissioner mentioned in the law
approved on tho 18th of Sept, 1880, toi
the State or Territory wherein tho ar
rest may DO made; ,ni uYon such protuc-
tion ol the person, together with the
proofs mentioned in the sixth or the
/ tenta section Of said act, such Court,
Judge or Commissioner, shall proceed "
hear and consider tho same publicly: and
Iit such Court, Judge or Commissioner ID
Of opinion that the person arrested owes
/ labor CT service to the claimant accord.
ing 70 the laws Of any other State, Ter.
ritory, or the District of Columbie, and
escaped thorefrom, tho Court, judge OF
| Commissioner shall make out and deliver
| 70 the claimant or his agent q certificate
stating those facts, and &c the said fugi.
tive shall upon the decision Of tho Court,
Judge or Commissioner being made
/ known to him, aver that he is free, and
/ DOES not owe service or labor nccordinp
to the law Of the State or Territory 10
which no is to be returned, such aver.
mont shall be entered upon tho ccrti6.
cate, and the fugitive shall bo delivered
by the Court, Judge or Commissioner L
the Marshall to be by him taken and dc,
livcrcd to tho Marshal Of the Unitet
States, for tho State or District from
which the fugitive is ascertained 10 have
fled, who shall produce said fugitive be.
fore one Of the Judges Of tho Circuit
Court OF the Unitod States, for the last
mentioned State or District, whose duty
itshal be, II said alleged fugitive shall
persist in his avcrmcnt forthwith, or a
the next term Of tho Circuit Court, [,
cause jury to bo ompannclIcd ant
sworn, TO try the issue whether such fu
gtlve owes labor or service to the per
son by, or on behalf Of whom, he is
claimed, and truo verdict to give accnr,
ding to the evidence; on which trial the
fugitive shall bo entitled to tho aid e
COUNSEL and to process for procuring ey.
idcnce, at the cost Of the United States
and upon such finding the Judge phnl
Ircuder judgement, and cause said mg!
tive 70 bo delivered Ia tho claimant, or re-
turned TO the place whore he was arrest
ed, at the expense Of the United States
according to tho finding Of the jury; uHC
/ II the Judge or Court be not satisfied
with the verdict, he may cause another
jury to be ompannellod forthwith, whose
verdict shall be final. Aud il shall be
the duty Of said Msrsnal, 10 dcl,y-..n
saia alleged fus..;%,,r, 70 take from m,
hGs--,ol OF the State from which said fu
D. gitiye is alleged to have escaped, cor
j tlhcoto acknowledging that said ullege,
: fugitive had boon delivered to him, riy
, ing minute description Of said alloge
fugitive, which certificate shall DO au
. thentcated by tho United States Dis
, trict Judge, or a Commissioner Of Uni
ted States Court for said State fror
b which said fugitive was alleged to hay
, escaped, which certificate shall be filed 4
, the cffice Of the Clerk Of the Unto
States District Court, for the State O
district in which said alleged fugitive wa
p seized, within sixty days from the date q
the arrest Of said fugitive; and shou!
said Marshal fail to comply with the pro
visions Of said act, ho shall be doemo
guilty Of misdsmeanor, and shall be pun
ished by fins Of $1,000, and imprison
mcnt for six months, and until his sal,
inl is paid.
Sec. ?. And be it further enacted
. Ihat no citizen shall be compelled 10 al,
INC marshal or owner Of any fugitive il
tho capture or detention Of such fugitive
Unless when force is employed or reuson
ably unprecedented 70 prevent such cap
turo or detention, too powerful t. be 70
sisted hy the marshal or owner Hnd th.
fees ofthc commissioners appointed un-
der tho act OF eighteenth of September
eighteen hundred and fifty, shall be ton
dollars for every case heard and determ
med by such commissioner.
n Mr. Hiikman moved 10 table il
which wasdisagreed tc-73 against IOI
Mr.. Yallandingham, of Ohio, asked
Mr.. Corwin TO Withdraw his demand for
the Preyious question, to enable him e
oicr as an amendment the FIRST section o.
Mr.. Clay's proposition ia 1850, to requirg
tho claimant to give bond that tho allcg.
ed fugitive shall have a trial by Jury IN
the state from which he fled.
Mr.. Corwin declined.
Mr. Hickman moved 10 postpone tho
bin ill Monday, at II o'clock.
The Speaker ruled the motion out Of
order
The billpasscd, % against 80.
One Traitor "Spcited."
Gen, Twiggs is 70 b. triol for troauou,
This IL one good move. He deserves IL
if any man ever did, for moro outrageous
treason was never cousumatcd than that
of which he has been guilty, in surrender.
ing all tho federal property in Texas, at
the word from tho seeding authorities.
But the work must not stop with him. 49,
There arc a number Of gentlemen who
deserves the same attention. FLOYD is
said 10 hnvo onanfv bonsfod that oa Co