PUBLIC MEETINGS.

FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.A meeting of the delegates appointed by

the Whigs of each of the election districtsof Charles county, was held at the CourtHouse, in Port Tobacco, on Tuesday last,the 29th instant, in pursuance of their ap-pointment, when the meeting was called to

order by George Brent, Esq., a delegatefrom Allen's Fresh District, after which themeeting was organized by appointing Col.Hugh Cox, President; Col. Walter M.Millar and Henry H. Hawkins, Esq., VicePresidents, and James McCormick, Secre-tary.

A list of the delegates was then called

over* when the following gentlemen answer-

ed to their names :

From the Hill Top. —Walter M. Millar,Joseph Young, William Fergusson, JamesBrawner, sen’r., Francis E. Dunnington,Robert Gray, John D. Freeman, James F.Gray.

From Allen's Fresh. —Robert S. feeder,Dr. Robert Fergusson, Peter Williams, Jas.McCormick, John Ware, Charles Robey,sen’r., George Brent, Elijah W. Day, Thos.A. Amery, William Nevitt, John R. Robert-son, Samuel Cox, Henry A. Neale, BagonMaddox.

From Coomes.—* Hugh Cox, Geo.kins, Francis ifobey, Richard Gardiner,Geo. H. Gardiner, Henry A. Moore*JTrmicigMontgomery, Basil D. Spalding, ftpler DjStil,Samuel H. Beall, Thomas R. Halley.

From Bryanlown. —Dr. Walter F. 80/ar-man, Aquiila Turner, Henry H. Hawkins,John Hamilton, Josias Hawkins, EdwardW. Gardiner, Thomas I. Gardiner, FrancisD. Gaudiner, Edward D. Boone, Alfred W.Gardiner, George H. Gardiner of J. W., K.S jit.

On motion of Geo. Brent, Esq., it wasResolved , That the President of this meet-

ing appoint a committee to consist of twogentlemen from each district, to nominatefour delegates to represent this county inthe Convention which is to be held at Bla-densburg oil the 9lh of August next, tonominate a candidate to represent this con-gressional district in the next Congress ofthe United Slates.

The following committee was appointedin pursuance of the above resolution :

From HillTop Hist.—Robert Gray,Wm. Fergusson.

Alien's Fresh. Rob’t. S. Reeder,Dr. R. Fergusson.

44 Coomes. Samuel H. Beall, ,

Francis Robey. ’^l44 Bryantown. Josias Hawkins,

Dr. W.F. Boarman.

The committee then retired for the pur-

pose of performing the duty assigned them,

and after a short absence returned to thecourt room, when Josias Hawkins, Esq.,

reported to the meeting the following namedgentlemen to compose said delegation ;

Hill Top District. — John D. Freeman.Alleii’s Fresh. George Brent.Coomes. Francis C. Green.Bryantown. Josias Hawkins.

Which report was adopted.It was then ordered that the delegation

hereby appointed have Tull power and au-

thority to fill any vacancy or vacancies thatmay occur.

Samuel Cox, Esq., presented the follow-ing resolutions, which were unanimouslyadopted :

Resolved , That this meeting have everyconfidence in the ability and purity of Gen.John G. Chapman, their late delegate to

the Legislature of the Stale.

Resolved , That they urgently recothmendhis nomination by the Convention to meet

at Bladensburg on the 9th of August next,as a most suitable candidate to represent thiscongressional district in the next Congressof the United Slates.

Resolved , That the delegates appointedby this meeting are requested to use allhonorable means to secure his nomination.

John D. Freeman, Esq., presented thefollowing respjulion, which was adopted :

Resolved , That it be recommended to theWhigs of Charles county to hold a Con-vention in Port Tobacco on Wednesday,the 20th of August next, to nominate threepersons to be recommended to the voters ofCharles county, to represent them in thenext House of Delegates, and that the votersbe requested to hold meetings, at the seve-ral places of holding elections, on Satur-day, the 16lh of August, to send twentydelegates from each election district to saidConvention.

On motion of George Brent, Esq., itwas ordered that the proceedings of this

meeting be signed by the President and Se-

cretary, and published in the Port TobaccoTimes.

The meeting then adjourned.HUGH COX, President

James McCormick, Secretary.

SECOND DISTRICT.Pursuant to notice, the people'of the Se-

cond Election District met at Allen’s Fresh,on Saturday, the 261 h July instant, to re-spond to recommendations contained in re-solutions passed ala meeting of the citizensof Charles county, held in Port Tobaccoon the 15th instant.

The meeting being called to order by ap-pointing Francis H. Digges, Esq., Chair-man, and John R. Robertson, Secretary.

On motion, it was—Resolved , That a committee of twenty

gentlemen be appointed to meet at Allen’sFresh on Saturday, the 9th day of August

next, for the purpose of appointing a police,and to adopt such other measures as theyin their judgment may deem expedient.

In pursuance of the above the followinggentlemen were appointed as said commit-tee :

Messrs. Robert Digges, F. R. Wills, Jas.F. Neale, George Dent, William Nevitt,John W. Smoot, William D. Merrick, Benj.H. Jameson, Wilson Compton, William H.Smoot, Thomas O. Beane, Sam’l I. Briscoe,Benjamin Penn, John T. Stoddert, W. F.Lancaster, Peter W. Crain, Henry R. Harris,William Matthews, J. D. Starke, PhilipMarshall.•On motion, it was ordered that the pro-

ceedings of this meeting be signed by theof the meeting and published in the

Port Tobacco Times.• The meeting then adjourned.

F. H. DIGGES, Chairman.J. R. Robertson, Secretary.

At a meeting of the citizens of Charlescounty, held at Bensville the 26th instant,the following resolutions were*passed :

Whereas, the State of Maryland is burthen-ed with a grevious and oppressive tax.which has been imposed upon her by theunwise conduct and folly of her Legisla-ture, for purposes not contemplated bythe Constitution of the State, therefore,Resolved , That we disapprove of the

whole course of legislation by which, andfor the purposes for which the unjust, un-equal and oppressive lax under which thepeople of this Slate now groan was imposed.

Resolved , That the law passed for thepayment of the debt of the State, and the as-sessment under that law, whereby no uni-form valuation was laid upon personal pro-perty, is unequal, unjust and oppressive up-on the people of this State, and especiallyupon the people of this county, inasmuchas in some instances the same species ofProperly is valued almost, if not quite, todouble the valuation in this county as inothers.

Resolved , That we feel that in no eventcould the works of internal improvementcontemplated in this Stale be of any advan-tage or benefit to the people of this county.

Resolved , That inasmuch as the peopleof this county are now taxed beyond themeans of payment, that the individuals com-posing this meeting pledge themselves to

vote for no candidate to represent them inthe Legislature who willnot solemnly pro-mise to vote against the enactment of alllaws for an increase of taxation, and whowill not pledge himself to have an equaland uniform valuation laid upon the proper-ly of this Stale; and we go further, andpledge ourselves that should the next Legis-lature of our Stale lake no steps towardsbringing about an equality of taxation, thatwe will refuse to pay one dollar towards theliquidation of this direct tax.

Resolved , That we consider it as an un-wise and unfair legislation for our Stalebonds lb be sold for so much less than parvaluation, as our State bonds have been soldand sale accepted by the concurrence ofsaid legislative body, bearing directly anunjust and unequal a part in this portion ofour Stale.

Resolved further, That inasmuch as thecollectors of this county have, in some in-stances, served a process of coercive meansto force some of our citizens to pay thistax or have their properly exposed to pub-lic sale at a lime the people are oppressed,and if forced to public sale it must be sa-crificed at least half its value for cash topay those unjust and unfair demands—thatwe cannot forbear from denouncing all orany such course, emanating from so unjusta cause.

Resolved further , That as citizens ofCharles county we will not agree to paythose burthensome and unjust amounts oftaxation until our legislative body adoptsome means by which the delinquent coun-ties of the State of Maryland shall havepaid an equivalent to what we, the citizensof Charles and other counties, have alrea-dy paid in discharge of the immense debtof our Stale.

Resolved , That as Americans and goodcitizens of our beloved State, we do not

subscribe to the doctrine of repudiation;i yet we feel it our imperative duty to repel,at all times, that which does openly appearto the world as an unfair, unjust and un-reasonable demand, and as good and lawfulcitizens of Charles county we shall treat

(this demand, trusting in the good sense,for-

titude and honor of the citizens here assem-

bled, and to the Slate at large, for the justi-fication of the course we have adopted, andto an all-wise Providence that our cause isjust—therefore, be it

Resolved , That each and every one of uscoinciding with the view's and opinions laiddown in the above resolutions, declare oneto another that they will protect and defendthe property of each other, so far as thisoppressive dire'et taxation is concerned ; andwe furthermore call upon each and everyone agreeing in the above views to affix theirnames.

The following wr as offered, as an amend-

ment, by Mr. William Plowden, which,together with the above resolutions, wasconcurred in by the meeting:

Resolved ,That we being under the im-

pression that taxation is unequal through-out the Stale of Maryland, that we, the taxpayers of Charles county in meeting assem-bled, do determine that we will pay no fur-ther tax for the purpose of paying the debtof the Stale of Maryland.

J. F. SPALDING, Ch’n.Francis Thompson, Sec’y,

PORT TOBACCO TIMES.

THURSDAY MORNING, JULY31,1845.

The Late Arrangement of the Mails—The Mail arrives here, from Washington,on Mondays and Thursdays between thehours of 3 and 4 o’clock, P. M, and leaves,lor Washington, on Wednesdays and Sat-urdays between the hours of 7 and 8 o’clockA. M.

We are informed that our friends belowhave complained in consequence of not

having received their papers for the last

week or tw’o. The fault lies not with us.From the careful manner we do up our

mails, we are convinced the papers have

been regularly sent to the office here; andas the greatest complaint seems to be at

the Fresh, they must necessarily have beensent on a wrong route from this office, or

overlooked by the po'slrnaster at the Fresh.

“Great panic of the Planters of Charlescounty. Tremendous excitement growingout of the recent wholesale demonstrationof fugitive slaves. Full particulars pub-lishediin the Visiter by request of the meet-ing.”

The foregoing paragraph is heralded forthin great display and tact, in the BaltimoreVisiter of last Saturday’s issue, as a captionto the Resolutions passed at a public meet-

ing of the citizens of this county, held in

this village on the 15th instant, and pub-lished by us. Now we would, in all can-

dor, ask this learned and skilful disciple ofjEsculapious, for such we believe him to

;be, if he intends reviewing us (our Reso-

lutions) first and annihilating us afterwards?For if such be his intention, we must cravehis mercy. This affair seems to strike himor his fancy with great and terrible force.He is puffed up and swelled out so withphilanthropy (?) that, we believe, werelie asked why or wherefore it is, he couldscarcely tell. He has heralded from theHerald a letter written by some creature ,

who, at the time he wrote it, had infamyplanted so deeply in his soul that lying was

the sole commodity he could draw upon,slating that the slaves captured by ourfriends in Rockville were wantonly andmaliciously shot with powder and ball, andthe survivors chained and driven off likebeasts to this county. Such is not the fact.They had to be fired upon before theywould surrender; not with ball, but shot;and after surrendering they were treated ina humane and becoming manner.

Our friend, the Doctor, seems much inwant of capital to spread before his read-ers, and is determined—so he says in a note

appended to the Resolutions—freely and

fully to discuss the “Black-law'” policy, andgive a specimen of one of the enactments

of the last Legislature, and a history <ff itsmost grievous application. We shall lookfor this production with anxiety, believingas we do that the whole human family—-whiles and blacks, reds and swarlhies—-

will be greatly benefitted by this to-be grandand no doubt masterly production; and we

doubt not that when our legislators assem-ble he will be more than amplv re-

warded for his purely disinterested and

philanthropic labors, by seeing such laws

enacted as will meet his entire approbation.

, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.— Thestockholders of this company met in Fred-

erick on Tuesday (the 22d inst.) and ad-journed on Wednesday. On Wednesdayan election for officers of the company was

held, and the old officers were unanimous-ly re-elected.

The guaranties, which had been providedto the full amount required by law, werehanded in, and examined and approved bythe State’s agents.

Robert W. Bowie, Esq., of Prince Genre’scounty, was appointed as a Director to fillthe vacancy occasioned by the death ofMaj. Darnes, of Montgomery county.

The President laid before the company a

report in regard to the guaranties, &c.We understand that he has proceeded

immediately with the guaranties to obtainthe approval of the Governor.

It is said that the guaranties are ample,representing five or six millions on the as-sessment lists.— Frederick Herald.

Latest from Texas.— Annexation Ra-tified—Heath of Vice President K. L. An-derson.—By the arrival of the brig HopeHowes, Capt. Shaw, from Galveston, at N.Orleans on the 19th inst., the Picayune isapprised of the fact, through their corres-pondent, that the question of annexationhas been finally consummated.

Austin, July 7, 1845.The Convention assembled on the morn-

ing of the 4th, and unanimously electedGen. Rusk to preside over its deliberations.On taking the chair he made a short ad-dress, which was well delivered and suita-ble to the occasion. A committee of fif-teen was soon after appointed, who report-ed by their chairman, Judge Lipscomb, anordinance assenting, on behalf of the peo-ple of Texas, to the terms of annexationproposed by the United States GovernmentIt was adopted with one dissenting voice—-but five members absent. It was engrossedand signed by all tin? members present itis not a little singular that the only dissent-ing voice was Richard Bache, the father-in-law of your Secretary of the Treasury, andbrother-in-law of the Vice President.

After the necessary resolutions were pas-sed for the transmission of the ordinance tothe United States, a resolution was offeredby Col. Love, and unanimously adopted,•‘That the members wear crape on theirleft arm for one month, as a testimony ofregret for the decease of Gen. Jackson.”The Convention then adjourned. It was anovel celebration of the Liberty Day, tosurrender the Independence of our nation,and by the act of the whole people, assent

to its incorporation with another, and offera tribute of respect to the . man throughwhose influence the measure was consum-mated.

A despatch was received from the Uni-ted Stales in the morning, and Major Don-elson arrrived on the evening of the slh,having been detained at Washington by se-rious indisposition. These despatches re-late to the occupation of our frontier byyour troops. They are now on their march—the fool by water to Corpus Christi, on(be west bank of the Nueces; the dragoonsby land to San Antonio.

The step is taken that will decide Mexi-co in her policy. Foreign troops will soonbe upon the soil she claims. Her choicemust be a declaration of war; or, if she iswise, negotiation. She may acquire moneyby the latter—defeat and disgrace by theformer. To-day a resolution was passedrequesting the President of the United States,in behalf of the people of Texas, to sendtroops forthwith to our frontier. This re-solution is a sanction, on the part of thepeople of Texas, of the movement notedabove.

Lord Aberdeen has avowed to Dr. Ash-bel Smith that her Majesty’s Governmentwill not interfere in the question, so hewrites home.

This once flourishing village is in a stateof entire dilapidation and ruin—the effectsof an arbitrary exercise of power, withoutcause and without precedent; and althoughthe author of all this ruin is elected a del-egate, he will not take his seat; he cannot—he dare not look upon hundreds whomhe has in his wantonness ruined.

The Hon K. L. Anderson, Vice Presidentof Texas, died on the 10th instant at Fan-

throp’s, Montgomery county, of fever. Thepapers are in mourning for the sad event.

Ashbel Smith has been recalled fromEngland. Speaking of this the GalvestonNews of the 12th inst. says : We shouldlike to know what he went for, what hehas done, how much money he has pock-eted, wbu he is going again, or what planwill next be fallen upon to disburse thepublic funds.

The following appointments have beenmade by the President;

Hon. Ebenezer Allen, Secretary of Slate.Hon. W. B. Ochiltree, Attorney General.Hon. J. A. Greer, Secretary of Treasury.The reports of the crops throughout the

country are highly favorable.

When a certain worthy laird had his headtaken off in the Scotch troubles, his house-keeper in a tone of commisseration remark-ed—“lt was na great thing of a head to besure, but it was a sair loss to him.”

To the Editors of the Port Tobacco Times:Messrs. Editors ; Riding one morning

bright and early somewhere between Mid-dletown and Beanlown, I saw a paper inthe road, which curiosity led me to pickup and read. Believing it might amosesome of your readers, 1 enclose it to you.It seems to have been intended for theMarlboro’ Gazette; but as it must haveslipped through a hole in the writer’s pock-et, it may never reach its first destination.I therefore send it to you, as I think itought not to be lost.

Respectfully, &c.Among the “Ponds,” July 26, 1845.

Third Election District,Charles county , Md.

To George W. Wilson, Esq,Editor of the Marlboro ’ Gazette:

Mr. Editor :—This district borders onPiscataway district of your county for someten or fifteen miles. Piscataway is the postoffice for many of our citizens, and muchof our tobacco is inspected and sold there;for it is a great city, a heap bigger than ourMiddletown, where we hold our elections.Some of our boys, 100, marry up there—-that is, when any of your gals can fancyone of our chaps. These things make usproud and sassy, and almost as well ac-quainted with your county affairs as youyourselves are—how well that is, 1 leaveyou lojudge. We sometimes see and readyour paper when we visit the city of Pis-cataway, and that enlightens us very much.Not being so rich as your people—to en-able us to subscribe for it—we also some-times borrow it of our Prince George’sneighbors—for it is only a step across Ma-tawoman swamp, which has piecious littlewater in it now—and, after reading it, webecome tarnation smart, and our smartness,as in the present instance, oozes out at ourfingers’ ends. Therefore we know whatour great, rich neighbors say and do, andwe find you in your paper of the 18th talk-ing about “Repudiation in a new quarter;”and, after noticing a meeting in this dis-trict, you publish two of the resolutions,and say “Baa! Baa!”—to which I replyBaa! Baa! Baa-a! to you, Mr. Editor. Andain’t this spunky ?

Now, with your permission, Mr. Editor—for as lam but a plain clod-hopper Imust show manners—l beg leave to askyou if it would not be well to obey theScriptural injunction, and first pluck thebeam out of your own eye—that is, out ofthe eye of great, rich Prince George’s, 4heL_South Carolina of the Slate—before youjump upon poor, little Chailes county, andspy out and publish to all the world themote in her eye. You may find Repudia-tion and Nullification, too, nearer homethan in our 3d district—aye, even in great,rich, powerful, proud Prince George’s her-self; and you need not pop upon your De-mocratic brother Col. Francis Thompson,the reputed author of those resolutions, asbeing a Repudialor, till you have clearedyour own skirts. Prince George’s seemsto think that she, after the fashion of SouthCarolina, has a right to nullify or repudi-ate either ffie law or the constitution atpleasure, but that no other counties havethe same right, or, if they have, she won’tlet ’em have it! If 1 recollect rightly, Mr.Editor, 1 read in your paper, towards theclose of the year 1842, the proceedings ofyour Levy court, nullifying or repudiatingthe direct-tax law of iB4l in part, and agood large part, too. I also remember read-ing, in March 1844, in the same Stale paperof Maryland- Carolina, that the Legislatureof our good,old Slate had nullified the nulli-fication of your Levy Court; but that yourSenator, and three of your Delegates, asyou informed us, had opposed this nullifi-cation of nullification, and you praisedthem mightily for it. You also urged thepeople to resist the act of the Legislature,whilst the unfortunate Delegate from yourcounty who voted to repudiate repudiation,has himself been repudiated ever since, ob-taining from you, Mr. Editor, and your tax-loving countrymen, neither praise nor pud-ding.

In addition to all this, your Levy Courthas repudiated the income-tax law. Now,if you can repudiate one lax law, have notwe the same right to repudiate another ?

They were both solemnly enacted by theLegislature for the same purpose —to raisemoney to pay the debts of the Slate, andprevent repudiation ! Why is the one moresacred than the other ? And is that one tobe repudiated which falls on those mostto pay ? If either be unconstitutional, asalleged of both, there is a tribunal—jjja-dfydiciary—to decide the matter; and rjo othermode is recognized in a Government of lawand order. >

Recollect all these things, Mr. Editorand pluck the beam out of your own evebefore you complain of the mote in ours.The difference between Prince George’s and*Chailes is this: In Charles it all ends intalk and stv^er—for the meeting in thisdistrict was insignificant in point of num-bers, and the meeting called bv it at Bens-vdle was an abortion, and there the farceended. In Prince Gorge’s, after much talk,they proceeded to action, and repudiatedone tax in part, and the other entirely andthe actors in this county Repudiation navebeen caressed and supported by almost the