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The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Congressional debate, Wednesday. (search)
itories, District of Columbia, arsenals and dockyards; that it shall be the duty of Congress efficiently and adequately to protect it by legislation where it exists; that no Territorial government has power to legislate with the subject; that the right of master over a slave, while temporarily sojourning or intransitive through a non-slaveholding State, shall be guaranteed and protected; that fugitive slaves shall be delivered up or be paid for by the States in which they are rescued. Mr. Smith, of Virginia, offered a resolution instructing the Committee to inquire as to the policy of declaring out of the Federal Union any member thereof which may aim to nullify an act of Congress. Mr. Jenkins offered a resolution instructing the Committee to inquire as to the expediency of amending the Fugitive Slave Law, with a view to a prompt rendition of fugitive slaves, and a proper compensation to the owners of those not returned. Also, the propriety of providing, by a Constitutional
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Destructive fire in Baltimore (search)
and then. Drs. Hill and Triplett performed an important surgical operation on a negro man, slave to James Crawford, Esq., of this county, a short time since. Much to the surprise of every one, the old man has recovered. They relieved him of a tumor of the weight of 20 pounds growing upon his shoulder. The old man for some time after the operation could not walk right, he had been used to the weight upon his left shoulder so long. But he is getting over that. Dr. Hill graduated at the last session of Richmond Medical College, and was one of the seceding students from Philadelphia. The Deputy Marshal for this county, N. C. Smith, Esq., has completed his labors. The population of the county is 23,447, as follows: Free inhabitants, (including free negroes,) 21,059; slaves, 2,388; number of dwelling-houses, 3,763; number of families, 3,685; number of farms producing $800 and upwards, 1,851; number of establishments of the products of industry producing over $500,180. Pen.