WASHINGTON, May 19. – The Circuit Court to-day appointed three commissioners for the adjudication of the cases arising under the fugitive slave law in Arizona. There seems to be considerable jurisdiction claimed by the military authorities, regarding the fugitives under their protection, therefore it cannot be said the law has free course.
This afternoon about fifty of the citizens of the adjoining counties in Maryland proceeded to the White House, accompanied by Messrs. Crisfield, Culvert, Webster and Leary, Representatives in Congress from that State who held a convention with the President regarding their interests as involved in the fugitive slave law. They say the President promised a response on some other occasion.
The United States military telegraph has an office open and working in a saw mill at fourteen mile post from Richmond. The line to the various camps and stations between headquarters and Fortress Monroe are in good condition and working admirably under the personal superintendence of Mr. T. P. Eckert.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 4
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