Saint Mary's beacon., 1873-03-06

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sssus : publication. over he s;gpsiurs x
: '.Innocenee. /" purpostisg 10 Be % extrsse
FROM fl,e ..Crisasla Leader" " ssd sAaE-
ing that yross osisese had been eonnit-
ted. in this county. upon certain parties
Who had been arrested undsr the prov;s-
ions Of the Oyster Laws Of this State. II
sny outrage had really been committed. !
would consider myself rsspossibls Cor Il.
having been the leader Of the party Who
made The espssses rsfsrrej 10. had tssa
repeatedly called spoa By eiii,ens. vhsss
lands border % 81. Georges River. to -
siss in arressing parties vislasisg ths Oys-
ter Law; and. osr good old Csmssdsss
being absent. os the evening of The flth
Of January last. ] With. tsres white and
eight sr ten colorsd mep-sll 81 whom
were deeply iutursstsd in the presesvaiiDa
Of the 0Ssters-nilcd down the river
sbose sentioned and sueccsded in esp
turing. in Prices Cove. inside Of Corn
Geld bar. one Sloop. No. $40. ssilsd By
Cspt. VIM. Thomas. Of Somerset csunsy;
also. ono Pungy. called Two Broiners.
Capt. John Gray. Of Accomse county.
Va. ] took charge Of the 1.-Two Broth
ers myself; and. whilst getting under
weigh. Punry close BY discovered our
intention aud sailing up fred into us.-
The question was asked BY one ofmy men.
mus. We return Gre , I replied no. We
then, without further difficulty. sailed up
the river as far as my friend Adam 8 store.
where the cases were heard aud the faes
imposed. The Captain Of the Sloop 3D.
mitted he wss guilty.
The Captain Of the Two Brothers, de-
MED his guilt. but having no License and
being about half loaded With Oysters. and
thero being seven competent witnesses
agninst him, I found him guilty.
The Sloop and Pungy were stripped Of
their sails. which were placed in house
and guarded BY some Of my men tho bal
ance Of the night. I then went home,
but being sent for the next day by the
Captain Of the 1.-TWO Brothers," I return
ed. aud found him willing. as thosght,
to do what was right; and. in tho pres
ence Of one Of his friends. he asked me
to be as moderate as possible in the i'm
position Of the fine. rs it was the iirst time
he had ever violated the Oyster Laws of
the State.
The fine against the Two Brothers be-
ing paid. the same evening, I delivered
to the Captain bis sails. Capt. Thomas.
Of the Sloop. requested me to ride down
the next morning to receive his fne; but,
instead Of paying the fne, he met me with
an armed force Of Dredgers, so or 60
strong. who said if I did not give up the
Shops sails and License. they would kill
%:: ras:ss.es ass ssss%.epsl:s led . .e
qaiesee in tLeir lawlcss demands.
The following are the names Of The par
ties who assisted in releasing. by force Of
arms. the Sloop from my ess,ody:-
Capt. Wm. Thomas, Of Somerset couu.
ty. Md; Csp.s. John Evans and John
Gray. Of Pungy Two Brothers. Of Acco-
mae county. Va; Capt. John White Of
Schooner Jane and Mary Of Cria6sld,
Nd; John Pyne. Of Posssos Neck. Nd =
Capt. VIM. Shelton. Of Cris6eld, Nd;
Capt. Vim. Ford, Of Pungy "Flora Tenn
ple." =
My life was threatened BY Cspt. Evans, |
IL | did not refund the 6ne paid BY him. |
under the Judgment rendered against him. |
A few days after. our good old Gem
modors made his appearance having
heard Of repeated violations Of the Oyster
Laws in this section and sent for me to
issue warrants against parties whose names
bad been noted. He said be could not
arrest these parties. without warrant, al |
slough he might see them going through |
The cvOlutious Of dredging; but. he must
'ee the dredges in the water. with oysters
In them. before be could make an arrest, |
's they might say they we're dredging for |
,,ass bottles.
I accordingly issued % warrants. and |
gave them to him. On the evening ofths |
'th inst. lie came up the 81. Mary's Riv-
". and sent for me to come on board. / |
lid %. and in conversation With him, he |
old me he had taken Schooner Jacob 8.
Barnes. under warrant issued By me.
'gainst her, (Cspt. Leach commander, }
,at that case could not be made out
gainst her as the infcrmers we're unwil-
ing to testify. Moreover. she was not q !
Draye Boat. because her waist was not
ut away. and there we're other evidences !
o induce him 10 come to this eoueIusiou.
He. therefore. released her without any
nves,igaiiOn. thus assuming to himself
he prerogatives which seemingly should
aose properly belong 10 the legally con-
.iantcd authorities.
He volunteered TO advise me not to end