Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1862-04-10
sICKLES VA. HOOKER.

sICKLEs W.. HOOKER.
The following extract from the proceedings
of the House of Representatives, April lst will
speak for itself.
Mr.. Hutchins. Of Ohio, submitted the follow
ing, which was read:
Whereas, Brgadier General Hooker, command
ing division of the army of the United States,
Lower Potomac, Md, on the 26th day of March,
1862 issued an ORDER of which the following is a
copy:
"HEADoUARTERs HooKER's DIVISION,
Camp Baker, Lo,cer Potomac, March 26, 1862.
TO Brigade and Regimental Commanders Of this
Mcssrs. Nally, Gray, Huntington, Dent, Adams.
Speake, Price, Poscy and Cobey citizens of Mary
land, have negroes supposed to be with some OF the
commanding directs that they be permitted to visit
all the camps of his command in search Of their
property; and if found, that they be allowed to
take possession of the same, without any interior
ence whatever. Should any obstacle be thrown in
their way by any officer soldier in the division,
they will be at once reported by the regimental
commanders to these headquarters
BY command of Brgadier Gen. Hooker,
Jos. Dickinson, A. Adj. Gen."
And whereas, by direction of Brigadier General
Daniel E. Sicklcs, report was made in relation to
said order of General Hooker of which the follow
ing is a copy:
headquarters End Regt. Excelsior Brigade,
Camp Hall, March 81, 1862.
| LIEUTENANT:-Inc compliance with verbal direc-
tons from Brigadier General D. E. Sickles to re-
port as the occurrence at this Camp on the after
noon of the 26th inst, beg leave to submit the
following
At about $3.50 O'Clock, P. NJ, March 26, 1863 ad-
mission within our lines was demanded by party
of horsemen (civilians) numbering, perhaps, fif-
teen. They presented the Lieutenant command
ing the guard with an order of entrance fom Bri-
gadier General JOS Hooker, commanding Division,
(copy, appended,) the order stating that nine men
should be admitted
t ordered that the balance of the party should
remain without the lines, which was done; upon
the appearance of the others there was visible dis
satisfaction and considerable mur muring amongst
the soldiers to so great an extent. that almost
feared for the safety of the slave-owners. At this
time Gen. Sckles opportunity arrived, and in
: structed me to order them outside the camp, which
did amidst the loud cheers ct our soldiers. 1t is
proper to add that before entering our lines, and
within about seventy five one hundred yards of
our camp, one of their number discharged two pis-
tol shots at negro, who was running past them,
, with an evident intention of taking his life. This
y justly enraged our men. All of which is respect
: fully submitted.
e Your obedient servant,
= JOHN ToLEN,
. Major Commanding, I'd Regiment E. B
s To Lieut.: J. L. Palmer. Junior A. D. Command
IS ing and A. A. General"
VI Therefore, ResoIoed, That the Joint Select Com
mittee on the Conduct of the War be requested TO
not violation of the recent article of passed
o by Congress and approved by the President, con-
3 corning the action of the army in the return of
; fugitive slaves; and to report such remedy in
the judgment of the committee will prevent the is
sue of similar orders, which. while they outrage the
T. feelings of loyal officers and men, necessarily tend
" to demon aize the army.
Mr. Calvert, of Mary land-I object to the in
r PRODUCTION of the resolution.
J. The TOBACCO TAx.-Our citizens had only
I'd Just inaugurated their movement against the
~ proposed cent tax on leaf tobacco, when the
W gratifying intelligence reached US through thu
5. papers that the House of Representatives, ii
e. committee of the whole, struck out Of the Ia!
"a bill the clause in which that impost was con
=, tanned. At the same time, other clauses wer
Va amended, so as to increase the tax upon all dc
e scriptions of manufactured tobacco. The effee
70 Of this change is that leaf tobacco or tobacco
TIL fanes Of the ps0dacer Or agent, is placed
upon the same footing with cotton, wheat, and
other great agricultural products, and is left en-
tirely free from taxation-greatly to the relief.
we need not say, of the Tobacco Planters of ills
State, whom the proposed tax would have ruin
ed. Comments that have been made in some
VI tue HoEtucIu papers WOulu Scein 10 justify
the opinion, which many hold, of the sinister
motives which inspired the suggestion of such
tax, i'll the first instance and the view we
allude to is further somewhat sustained by the
consideration of the impossibility of conceiving
| that sane men should undertake to tax any pro-
duct fully one half it's entire value, unless they
might have some indirect end to achieve But
while this may be so, we have no doubt the
measure arose in great part from the ignorance
of most of its authors as to the nature of the
tobacco crop and its market vaue-their know
ledge of the heavy duties it pays abroad, lead
ing them enormously to believe that it could
stand the same in the first hands, Whatever
was the design Of the proceeding, however, there
can be no question that it would have been ex-
tremey ruinous to our people and, as it seems
to have been definitely killed off, we sincerely
congratulate them accordngy.-Psince Geor-
gian.