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294 HISTORY OF MARYLAND
The Upper House, on the 12th, answered that the bill was an attainder
only in name; that they never would consent "to inflict a pecuniary punishment upon a person accused of murder by one house and condemned by the
other; and that it was against their privileges for the bill to be pressed on
them any further. The Lower House unanimously decided that Trueman,,
though guilty of the charge, was not deserving of death; and the Upper
House remaining firm, he escaped his deserved punishment. He was, however, dismissed from the council.
It has been said that the Indians left in the fort after the massacre of the
chiefs, defended themselves until their provisions gave out, and then escaped
by night. They went with the fires of rage and revenge burning in their hearts,,
and marked their southward march by a track of devastation and slaughter. At
least sixty settlers paid the penalty of that deed of treachery and cruelty. One-
of them was a servant of Nathaniel Bacon; and this aroused Bacon, a man of
bold and adventurous spirit, to apply for a commission to raise and command a
force against the Susquehannoughs, the consequences of which were the utter
crushing of the tribe, and the revolt which bears Bacon's name in Virginian
history. Col. Henry Coursey, one of the council, was appointed in April, 1677r
a commissioner to conclude a peace on behalf of Maryland with the Susquehannoughs and other frontier tribes; and in June, of the same year, the Governor
of Maryland invited Governor Berkeley to join with Maryland and New York
in making a treaty of peace with the Five Nations, for which purpose a.
congress was to be held at Albany. Berkeley consented; and until commissioners could attend on the part of Virginia, Colonel Coursey was empowered
to represent that province at the congress. The Lords of the Committee on
Trade and Plantations, sent out in 1677 a series of queries to the various provinces, respecting their internal government, resources, means of defence, &c.
From the answers returned, we learn some interesting particulars as to the-
size and appearance of the capital of the province in that year.
" The principal place or town is called St. Mary's, where the General Assembly and
Provincial Court are kept, and whither all ships trading there do in the first place resort-
But it can hardly be called a town, it being in length by the water about five miles, and
in breadth upwards, toward the land, not above a mile, in all which space, excepting only
my own home and buildings wherein the said courts and public offices are kept, there are •
not above thirty houses, and those at considerable distance from each other; and the
buildings (as in all other parts of the province) very mean and little, and generally after
the manner of the meanest farm houses in England. Other places we have none that are
called, or can be called towns, the people there not affecting to build near each other, but
so as to have their houses near the waters, for convenience of trade, and their land on.
each side of and behind their houses, by which it happens that in most places there are
not 50 houses in the space of 30 miles; and for this reason it is they have been hitherto-
only able to divide this province into counties, without being able to make any subdivisions into parishes or precincts, which is a work not to be effected until it shall please
God to increase the number of the people, and so to alter their trade as to make it necessary to build more close and to lie in towns." 1
1 Report of Virginia Commissioners of the Maryland and Virginia Boundary Line, p. 217.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000321 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 294 HISTORY OF MARYLAND The Upper House, on the 12th, answered that the bill was an attainder only in name; that they never would consent "to inflict a pecuniary punishment upon a person accused of murder by one house and condemned by the other; and that it was against their privileges for the bill to be pressed on them any further. The Lower House unanimously decided that Trueman,, though guilty of the charge, was not deserving of death; and the Upper House remaining firm, he escaped his deserved punishment. He was, however, dismissed from the council. It has been said that the Indians left in the fort after the massacre of the chiefs, defended themselves until their provisions gave out, and then escaped by night. They went with the fires of rage and revenge burning in their hearts,, and marked their southward march by a track of devastation and slaughter. At least sixty settlers paid the penalty of that deed of treachery and cruelty. One- of them was a servant of Nathaniel Bacon; and this aroused Bacon, a man of bold and adventurous spirit, to apply for a commission to raise and command a force against the Susquehannoughs, the consequences of which were the utter crushing of the tribe, and the revolt which bears Bacon's name in Virginian history. Col. Henry Coursey, one of the council, was appointed in April, 1677r a commissioner to conclude a peace on behalf of Maryland with the Susquehannoughs and other frontier tribes; and in June, of the same year, the Governor of Maryland invited Governor Berkeley to join with Maryland and New York in making a treaty of peace with the Five Nations, for which purpose a. congress was to be held at Albany. Berkeley consented; and until commissioners could attend on the part of Virginia, Colonel Coursey was empowered to represent that province at the congress. The Lords of the Committee on Trade and Plantations, sent out in 1677 a series of queries to the various provinces, respecting their internal government, resources, means of defence, &c. From the answers returned, we learn some interesting particulars as to the- size and appearance of the capital of the province in that year. " The principal place or town is called St. Mary's, where the General Assembly and Provincial Court are kept, and whither all ships trading there do in the first place resort- But it can hardly be called a town, it being in length by the water about five miles, and in breadth upwards, toward the land, not above a mile, in all which space, excepting only my own home and buildings wherein the said courts and public offices are kept, there are • not above thirty houses, and those at considerable distance from each other; and the buildings (as in all other parts of the province) very mean and little, and generally after the manner of the meanest farm houses in England. Other places we have none that are called, or can be called towns, the people there not affecting to build near each other, but so as to have their houses near the waters, for convenience of trade, and their land on. each side of and behind their houses, by which it happens that in most places there are not 50 houses in the space of 30 miles; and for this reason it is they have been hitherto- only able to divide this province into counties, without being able to make any subdivisions into parishes or precincts, which is a work not to be effected until it shall please God to increase the number of the people, and so to alter their trade as to make it necessary to build more close and to lie in towns." 1 1 Report of Virginia Commissioners of the Maryland and Virginia Boundary Line, p. 217. |
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