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VOL. 1.
Professional Cards.
B. N. PAYNE,
* REAL ESTATE AGENT &
CONVEYANCER.
OFFICE —Smedley Row, opposite the Courl
House, Towsontown. April'29.—ly
John T. Ensor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
i. CHANCERY,
Towsoif tow n, Md.
Will attend promptly and persevtringly to all
business entrusted to liis care.
Jan. , IB6o.—tf.
R.W. DOUGHERTY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TOWSOXTOWN.MD.
April I.— Bm.
j PIPER,
Office—Residence of the late Dr. E. R. Tidings.
Office hours from 7 A. M., to 9 o’clock A. M.
From 1 o’clock P. M., to 3 o’cl'k I*. M.,
and 6 o’clock P. M.
Feb. 25.—tf.
ISAAC McCURLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
3 8 ST. PAUL STREET,
BALTIMORE.
May 6. —ly
DR. SaSuEL KEPLER.
Office and Residence —NEAR EPSOM CHURCH.
Towaontown, Dec. 31, 1864.—1 y
R. M. PRICE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office—No. 1 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
“IfT"£LLgive prompt attention to all law and
W chancery business entrusted to his care.
Sep. 17, 1864.—1 y
C.BOHIY SLIHfGLUFF,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ah. 37 IF. LEXINGTON STREET,
(Basement,\Baltimore, Md.
April 15, 1865.—1 y. •
• Atiitfs P.'Musselmah,
ATTORNEY.
Offioe No. 21 Lexington st., Baltimore city.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore
oounty.
July 9,1864.—1 y
WILLIAM M. RUSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 71 Fayette Street,‘Near Charles,
Baltimore, Md.
April 1, 1865.—1 y.
Theodore Glocker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
„ No. 44 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md.
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
of Baltimore city and county.
All communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D. BEDFORD, Conveyancer,Towson
town, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1864. tf.
O. C. Warfield,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Towsontown.
applications for
Bounty,
. BACK PAY and
* PENSIONS.
Feb. 20.-4f >,tw * l - >Hi ‘ -'•
Jpfr P- ferryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West'Tayette street, Balt.
Jan- 9, 1864/—ly
DR. ISAAC McCURLEY,
DENTIST,
S. W. COR. LIBERTY and LEXINGTON, Sts.
BALTIMORE.
May 6. —tf
H. IfIRRYIfAX. E. P. KEECH, D. I). S
MERRYMAN & KEECH,
DENTISTS,
No. 50 North Calvert street, Baltimore.
March 26, 1864.—1 y
R. R. Boarman,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
' - SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Smedley Row, opposite Court House,
TOWSOXTOWX.
WIRL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to his care.
Jan. 18.—tf _____
LEWIS H. WHEELER. WILLIAM 8. KEECH
Wheeler & Keech, •
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AXD
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
HAYING formed a PARTNERSHIP for the
practice of Law, will give piompt atten
tion to the collection of claims and business in
general in the Orphans’Court and Circuit Court
for Baltimore county.
Aug. 27, 1859—tf
R. W. Trmplemax. Ciias. J. Pennington
Wm. H. Shipley.
Agents for sale of Maryland Lands,
Office (up stairs) No. 48 Lexington st., Baltimore.
R. W. Templeman, & Co.,
OFFER their services to the public for the
Sale of Farms, and Real Estate generally.
They have, as Surveyors, a general knowledge
tif the lands of parts of the State, and unusual
facilities otherwise for the transaction of such
business. Plats and descriptions of all prop
erties they may have for sale, will be kept in
book form. Parties wishing to sell or purchase
will please communicate by letter as above.
Qct. 31.—1 y
TO FARMERS AND OTHERS?
Reduction,in the Price of the
MD. CO S. POUDRETTE
rpiilS very desirable Crop Producer which
JL gave such general satisfaction during the
last season, can now be had in quantities to
suit. Also, constantly for sale,
bqxe dust, mono philips,
and all other Fertilizers. Also, LIME, BRICKS,
CEMENT, PLASTERS, Ac.
LESTER & CO.,
No. 140'Howard St., cor. of Franklin, Balto.
G. W. A Hoffman. Esq., will act as Agent
for the sale of the above Poudrette, at his Store
at Oakland, Baltimore county, Md., where farm
ers and others can be supplied.
April 22.—2m*
~ C atousville Railway.
Spring and Summer Arrangement.
QN fUr, Monday, May Ist, 1865, cars
FROM 7 A. M. TO 7 PM., and at 9 P. M. daily
SUNDAY’S excepted. On Sunday's
HOURLY FROM 7 A. M„ to 9 P. M.
PASSENGERS TO AND FROM ELLICOTT S
MILLS will leave daily, Sundays included, at
7, 9 and 11 A. M., and 2, 4 and 6 P. M.
Office west end of Baltimore street.
WM. W. ORNDORFF, Secretary.
April 29.—tf -
BURNS & SLOAN.
LUMBER DEALERS,
Light St., Baltimore,
XT AVE on hand a large assortment of LUM
ri BBftf SHINHIJES; THAMES, LATHS,
DOORS and SASH. Which they offer for sale
t the lowest Market rates, for CASH.
Feb. 11,1885.—1 y.
County Advertisements.
WARREN STORE,
z j In the Thriving Little Village of
W^IRREIST.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
THE proprietors of the “Warren Store” are
offering great inducements to.the citizens
i of this neighborhood, that is worthy of their
j attention. We offer to the public the best sc
■ lection of goods that can be fouud in any store
[1 ! in the country, and will guarantee to sell them
lat less than city retail prices. All goods sold
\ here warranted as represented or the money
- refunded. Our stock consists in part of
| DR Y GOODS,
GROCERIES,
- HARDWARE,
CHINA WARE,
CROCKERYWARE, ,
EARTHENWARE,
STONEWARE, i
; GLASSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
i DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND PAINTS,
MEDICINES, GLASS, PUTTY, WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED A NEATS FOOT
OIL, PARAPIIINE OIL. KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
OIL, MACKEREL,
HERRINGS, BA
CON, HAMS,
BREAST PIECES, SHOULDERS, G. A. SALT,
Fine Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Horn
onv Buck Wheat., ‘
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoe Findings,
Wrot Nails, Cut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry article that may bo found in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at
I citv prices.
1 H. P. THOMAS,
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Feb. 18.—ly.
Auctioneer.
THE undersigned having taken out a Gov
ernment License for sth as well as the 2d
Congressional District, is prepared to attend
sales in any part of Baltimore or Harford coun
ties, or any other portion of said Districts, ex
cept Baltimore city.
Having removed from Sweet Air’ to
Towsontown, persons having business with me
will please address me at Towsontown, or ap
ply to Mr, Church, Advocate Office, Mr. Long
necker & Sons, American Office, or Mr. Nelson
Cooper, at his store.
SAMUEL G. WILSON,
Dec. s.—tAlo Towsontown, Md.
NOTICE.
THE firm of Longneoker A Sons having been
dissolved, all persons having claims
against the above firm, of any kind, will please
present them to the undersigned, and all per
sons being in any way indebted either for sub
scription to the Baltimore County American, or
for advertising, are requested to make immedi
ate payment to the above. All persons indebt
ed to John H. Longneckcr for subscription to,
or advertising in the above paper, previous to
, November 15th. 1863, are earnestly requested
3 to make payment as above,. Bills will be sent
to all so indebted.
H. C, LONGNECKER,
J. B. LONGNECKER,
' S J. 11, LONGNECKER,
j Jan. 7.—tf.
TOWSQNTOWN ,
FEMALE SEMINARY.
Boarding and day school for youug
Ladies. ul<-
Mrs. MARGARET R. SCHENC’K,
Principal.
(Late Principal of the Columbus Female Sem
inary, Ohio.) r
The next term will commence on Wednesday,
February, Bth. Fob. 11.—41*
U. S. CLAIR,
BACK PAY, BOUNTY,
Pension & Prize Collecting Agency.
THE undersigned, for more than three years
past Colonels in. the U. S. Army, attend to
all Claims against the U. 5. Government, make
up Quartermasters’ and Ordnance Accounts for
Discharged Officers, procure Ration Money for
Released Prisoners of War. Compensation to
Loyal Owners of Slaves enlisted in the U. S.
Army or Navy secured. Monthly Pay for
Wives and Mothers of Prisoners of War pro
cured. Soldiers’ Check Books Cashed, and
Cash Advances made on Claims.
post paid, or apply in person
to SCHLEY & EMERY,
Attorneys at Law,
122 Baltimore st., (up stairs) Balto. Md.
March 25.—3 m.
CHINA STORE.
WM. S. WONDERLY & CO.,
JJAVE on hand a complete 1 stock of
CHINA, GLASS,
QUEENSWARE,
i Fine and common, at the Warehouse,
75 Baltimore street, 8 doors west of Gay street.
COAL OIL, of the very best quality, by the
barrel or gallon, and a complete assortment of
LAMPS and WICK for burning .it.
The manufacture of STONE and EARTHEN
. WARE still continued, s
, All goods for the country packed in a scien
' tific manner, and will be sold wholesale and
retail, at very low prices, to suit the times.
[ Nov. 5, 1864.—tf
LEATHER,
LEATHER,
' HIDES, &C.
P. H. GRUPY & CO.,
s 42 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.,
HAVE always a full assortment of LEATH
ER of all kinds, at lowest rates. Call and
i eee before purchasing,
i HIDES A PRIME TAN BARK
• Wanted, for which the outside Cash Price will
be paid. F. H. GRUPY A CO.,
i 42 South Calvert Street, Baltimore.
April B. —3m.
~ JOHN D. HAMMOND,
SADDLE, HARNESS, TRUNK,
! AND COLLAR MANUFACTURER,
WHOLESALE <i RETAIL,
No. 348 Baltimore st. gfS
©ji 3 doors below Eutaw
/X HI w House, Baltimore,
MANUFACTURES and keeps constantlyon
hand every description of SADDLES,
. | HARNESS, TRUNKS. VALISES, CARPET
BAGS, COLLARS, and every other article in
his line. All orders executed with neatness
and dispatch. July 9,1864.—1 y
PLOUGH CASTINGS !
PLOUGH CASTINGS 1!
THE attention of Farmers and Merchants is
invited to my full and complete stock, em
-1 bracing all the various 6izes of the Wiley,
i Woodcock, Smith, Atwood, Minor A Horton,
Wisconsin, and other kinds, all of which will
■ be sold low by the single piece or ton.
Also, a good assortment of Ploughs, at Mss
than regular prices, at No. 142 N. Gay street,
l Baltimore. HENRY WILCOX.
; Feb. 6.— tf ~, ~|Ui>-| _
TAKE NOTICE.
FALL STYLES OF HATS, 1f64.
WE are now prepaid t&ftr
niah our friends and
public with the FALL STYLES
OF HATS, for Gentlemen's wear; IHK
which will compare favorably with aiiy sold
in the city of Baltimore.
ALSO, SOFT F*LT HATS,
[ Latest patterns, for Gentlemen, Youths and
Children, some very beautiful.
jti. HINDUS A SON,
Oct. 15. —tf No. 198 Gay street,
TOWSONTOWN, MD., SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865.
1 ■ Ji—LU--J LI L
BAUCH’S
RAW-BONE PHOSPHATE,
. UNSURPASSED FOR PRODUCING A
Heavy Growth of orn, Oats, Potatoes,
AND ALL SPRING CROPS,
And Permanently Enriching the Soil.
It contains the Fertelizing Properties of
! Guano, Bone, Stable Manure and
Lime.
PRODUCING in many cases larger crops by
fifty per cent, than either of the above ar
ticles, when used separately.
It is a highly concentrated manure, being
made from Bones containing all their original
animal mutter. No Burnt Bones are used.
It used by thousands of farmers in
this State, with the highest satisfaction. It has
proved a perfectly reliable substitute for “Pe
ruvian Guano,” being sufficiently quick in its
action on the crops, and in all cases enriching
the soil, and it is permanent in its effects.
It would be well for farmers to send in their
Orders early, either to the subscriber or to any
of his agents, from whom circulars can be ob
tained, giving a list of many persons who have
used it, and certificates.
GEORGE DUGDALE,
Sole Agent,
No. 105 Smith’s Wharf,
Feb. 18.—3 m. BALTIMORE.
WHEELER AND WILSON
HIGHEST PREMIUM
® E W H iNI © M A © s=o 8 IN'S.
rpilE Lock Stitch made by this Machine
JL cannot be ravelled, and presents the same
appearance upon each side of the seam, a sin
gle line of thread extending from stitch to
stitch. It is formed with two threads, one up
on each side of the fabric, and interlocked in
the centre of it. The beauty and regularity
of tho stitch will bo observed, also the firm
ness of the seam, in which respects it excels
hand sewing.
The Machine is recommended for the follow
ing Qualities:
1. Beauty and excellence of stitch upon
each side of the fabric sewed.
2. Strength, firmness, and durability of
seam that will not rip nor ravel, and made with
3. Economy of thread.
4. Its attachments and range of application
to purposes and materials.
5. Compactness and elegance of model and
finish.
6. Simplicity and thoroughness of construc
tion.
7. Speed, ease of operation and manage
ment, and quietness of movement.
OFFICE 214 WEST BALTIMORE STREET,
, BALTIMORE, MD.
April 1,1865. —1 y.
Geo. H. Carman. Joshua M. Bosley.
MARYLAND LAND AGENCY.
WE SELL AND PURCHASE on commis
sion, REAL ESTATE of every descrip
tion, in the city of Baltimore, the Counties of
Maryland and other States, —BORROW AND
LOAN MONEY ON MORTGAGE,—and attend
tp Collections of all kinds promptly.
OUR OFFICE is centrally and conveniently
located, with itll the appliances for a thorough
and energetic dispatch of business: and we
propose to use all proper and available means
to present to the purchasing public and capi
talists, such property as may De in our hands
for sale.
IF you want to Sell a Farm, Houseor.Ground
Rent, inform us of the fact, and put it on our
Books..
IF you want to Purchase REAL ESTATE of
any kind, or Invest in GROUND RENTS OR
MORTGAGES examine our Books before you
do so.
Persons having business in our line, are res
ctfully solicited to give us a call, or commu
cate with us by letter or otherwise.
CARMAN & BOSLEY,
Office No. 5 Carroll Hall (up stairs,) S. E.
Corner of Baltimore and Calvert Sts.,
Feb. 18.—tf. Baltimore, Md.
BALTIMORE & TOWSONTOWN
RAILWAY.
ON an after Monday, October 10th, 1864, cars
will
LEAVE BALTIMORE EVERY HOUR,
In the Charles Street Cars, corner of Baltimore
and North streets,
FROM 7 A. M. TO 6 P. M., except 12 M.
And will leave
CORNER EAST AND ENSOR STS., Old Town,
EVERY HOUR,
FROM 7.15 A. M. TO 6.15 P. M.,
Except at 12.15 noon.
The cars connect at North Boundary Avenue.
LEAVE TOWSONTOWN EVERY HOUR,
FROM 7 A. M, TO 7 P. M., except at 12 M.
A car will leave the corner of EAST AND
ENSOR STREETS at 11 P. M.
Oct. 15.—tf A. D. SANKS, Agent.
GILMOUR’S HOTEL.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,
No. 121 W. BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE.
J. D. GILMOUR, Proprietor.
A LARGE variety of Meats and Vegetables,
including all the delicacies of the season,
served up in the best style.
Particular pains taken to keep WINES AND
LIQUORS of the choicest quality.
ROOMS FURNISHED BY THE DAY OR
WEEK.
Dining Rooms for Private Parties.
Novi 18. —ly.
WILLIAM L. MILLER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
TOBACCO AND SEGARS,
SO. 6 GEEENMOUNT AVENUE.
SUPPLIED by M. 11. MILLER’S extensive
Segar Factory, in the State Prison.
Office for business—
No. 6 Greenmount Avenue.
Goods at prices that cannot fail olease.
Call and see. June 18.—t.
MARYLAND BAG FACTORY.
■ ;f m
GAMBRILL, HOOPER & CO.,
S. w. COR. SOUTH A PRATT STREETS,
BALTIMORE,
SHIP Chandlers, and dealers in Sail Cloth,
Netting, Seine and Sail Twine, heavy cot
tony Flax and Hemp goods generally. Also,
manufacturers of Cotton and Burlap BAGS,
Tarpaulins, Wagon Covers, Ac.
Jan. 14, 1865.—tf.
SCHUCHMANN & HEIM,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Traveling Trunks,
Valises and Ladies Bonnet lioxes,
No. 6 W. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE.
TRUNKS MADE TO ORDER.
. Jan. 14, 1865.—1 y.
James Beatty. George R. Skillman.
JAMES BEATTY & CO.,
SHIF BISCUIT, CRACKER,
AND CAKE BAKERS,
Nos. 92, 94 and 96 Dugan’s Wharf,
i Near Pratt street, Balt,
March IS, 1865,—1y.
looal
Published by Authority.
A Bill entitled, AN ACT to repeal section sixty
five, Article three of the Code of Public Lo
cal Laws for Baltimore county, entitled
“ County Commissioners,” and to re-enact the
same with amendments, and also to amend
Article three of Public Local Laws for Balti
more county, Entitled “Collectors.”
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section sixty-five, Article
three of tho Code of Public Laws* for Baltimore
county, be and is hereby repealed and re-en
acted so as to read as follows :
Sec. 65. They shall levy the State and coun
ty taxes for said county, on or before the first
day of May in each year.
Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That section three, of
the Code of Public Local Laws for Baltimore
county entitled, “Collected.” be and is hereby
amended, so as to read as follows: The County
Commissioners for Baltimore county, are here
by authorized and required to appoint eleven
Collectors upon the first Tuesday in March
next, and hi-annnally thereafter, who shall hold
their office for two years, for the collection of
State and county taxes, one for each of the col
lection districts, as composed in thesecond sec
tion of said act of eighteen hundred and sixty
two, chapter one hundred and fifty-nine; and
said Collectors shall each give abond annually
to the State of Maryland, in the full sum of
State tajscs placed in their hands respectively
for collection, and also a bond to the State of
Maryland, for the use of the County Commis
sioners in the full sum of county taxes placed
in their hands respectively for collection, said
bond i to be approved by the County Commis
sioners" for said county, and to be given within
ten days from the date of appointment, and
upon failure to do so, the County Commission
rs to appoint a successor.
See. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
County Commissioners for said county, be and
are authorized and empowered to remove from
the office of Collector in any-of the districts
aforesaid, any Collector, who in their judgment
hlas failed to perform the duties of said office
faithfully and efficiently, and to appointanoth
cr in his stead, who shall be required to give
bond in the same manner as the other Collec
tors.
See. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
AN ACT to repeal section three of Article three
of the Code of Public Local Laws for Balti
more County entitled, “ Collectors,” and to
rc-cnact with an amendment.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section three of Article three
of the Code of Public Local Laws for Baltimore
county, entitled, “Collectors,” be and is hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
The County Commissioners for Baltimore
county are hereby authorized and required to
appoint eleven Collectors on or before the first
Tuesday of May next, and bi-annually there
after, who shall hold their office for two years
for the collection of State and county taxes, one
for each of the collection districts as composed
in the second section of said act of eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, chapter one hundred
and fifty-nine, and said Collectors shall each
give a bond, annually to the State of Maryland
in the full sum of State, taxes placed in their
hands respectively for collection, and also a
bond to the State of Maryland, for the use of
the County Commissioners, in the full sum of
county taxes placed in their hands respectively
for collection, said bonds to be approved by the
County Commissioners for said county, and to
be given within ten days from the date of ap
pointment, and upon failure to do soJ.be County
Commissioners to appoint a successor.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That-this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to anact entitled
an act to incorporate companies to make sev
eral Turnpike roads through Baltimorecoun
ty, and for other puposes.
Whereas, by previous supplement to the
above entitled act, chapter two hundred and
fifty-seven, passed March ninth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty, the President, Managers and
Company of the Baltimore and Yorktown Turn
pike road were authorized and empowered to
lay down and equip a railway in Baltimore ci
ty, and on the Baltimore and Yorktown Turn
pike road, between Baltimore city and Towson
town, and to extend the same into the city, to
demand and receive from each passengers in any
car or otfyer vehicle on said railway, not more
than tweftty-five cents fare or toil for the whole
distance between the city boundary and Tow
sontown, and not more than five cents for each
mile or fraction thereof, for each way-passen
fer; and whereas, -it has been shown by the
’resident, Managers and Company of the Bal
timore and Yorktown road, that owing to the
unprecedented advance in the cost of labor and
materials, the rate of fare which they are at
firesent empowered to charge is entirely insuf
icient, with the utmost economy they have
been enabled to bring into their management,
to pay the cost of working their railway, and
of properly maintaining their tracks and equip
ments thereof:
Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the President, Managers and
Company of the Baltimore and Yorktown Turn
pike road be and they are hereby authorized
and empowered to charge and collect from each
passenger in any car or vehicle on said railway
not more than thirty cents fare, as toll from the
whole distance between the citpr limits and Tow
sontown, and not more than six cents local fare
for each mile or fraction thereof each ,way-pas
senger may travel on any portion of tlie rail
way of the said company.
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much
of the original and supplemental acts herein re
ferred to, as are inconsistent with the provi
sions of this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. And he i,t enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the day of its passage.
AN ACT to repeal section one hundred and for
ty-six of the third Article of the Code of Pub
lic Local Laws relating to the office of the
Register of Wills for Baltimore county, and
to re-enact the same with amendments.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section onehundred and for
ty-six of Article three of the Code of Public
Local Laws relating to the office of the Regis
ter of Wills for Baltimore county, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as
to read as follows :
Sec. 146. The Register of Wills for Baltimore
county, shall keep a general alphabet or index
to the records of the wills, ana of such other
matters recorded in said office, as the public
convenience may require, and shall be en
titled to demand and receive from the par
ty from whom the service is performed, ten
cents foreach will or other matter entered there
in ; and itshallbe his duty to enter in said gen
eral alphabet or index, all such wills or other
matters as have not been entered in said index
up to the beginning of the term of the present
incumbent of said office, and shall be entitled
to receive therefor the said sum of ten cents for
each entry on said index.
Sea. 2. Be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners for Baltimore county, be and
arc hereby authorized and directed to levy far
and pay over said amount to the Register of
Wills of Baltimore county, upon the certificate
of the Judges of the Orphans’ Court that said
servjpes have been properly performed.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shalj
take effect from the date of its passage.
AN ACT to provide for the completion of the
restoration of the Records ana Papers des
troyed or injured by fire in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland, That Oliver C. Warfield, be
and he is hereby appointed Commissioner of
records, for the purpose of restoring and re-es
tablishing such of the records and papers,
dockets and indexes, in the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, as
have been either wholly or partially destroyed
by fire; who before he enters upon the duties
required and authorized by this act, shall take
and subscribe the following oath or affirmation,
before some Judge of a court of record In said
county, which oath or affirmation certified by
the said Judge, shall be recorded among the
proceedings of the paid Commissioner; “I
do make oath uponthe holy* Evangely of Al
mighty God (or affirm as the ease may be) that
I will well and truly, execute and perform the
duties prescribed and required to be performed
by me as Commissioner, under the act entitled,
‘anactto provide for the completion of the res
toration of the records and papers destroyed
br injured by fire in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, so help
me God.”
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Baid Com
missioner shall keep an actwM* aQ( t detailed
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record of his proceedings, which record shall
upon the close of this commission, be certified
by said Commissioner under his hand and seal,
and be by him delivered to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county, to le by him
kept and preserved as all’other records in his
. office.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
L missioners shall have and excercise all the
> powers which are now possessed by the Judges
1 of the Circuit Courts of the several counties of
. the State, to issue and compel process for the
attendance of witnesses, as well as parties who
' appear upon the records, papers, dockets and
indexes, or other instruments of writing to be
i interested in property lying in said county, or
who may ha,ye been connected with any deed,
suit, bond, hill of sale, mortgage or other instru
ments of writing, or cause depending in said
, Circuit Court for Baltimore county, the record
of which ha 3 been either wholly or partial
ly destroyed by the fire which occurred in the
office of theQjerk of the said Circuit Court for
Baltimore county, to serve such process, for
which service he shall be entitled to receive
the same fees as are now allowed by law for
like services, to be paid cither by the parties
interested or by the county, as the said Com
missioner may prescribe.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That after the Com
missioner shall have notified, by circular or
otherwise, all persons having original deeds or
other instruments of writing or papers which
have been recorded in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of said county, as well as those
who appear in anywise connected with the re
cords, dockets, papers, indexes or other instru
ments of writing, or causes of action the record
of which has been wholly or partially destroy
ed by fire, to file said originals with the Clerk
of the said Circuit Court after having prescrib
ed the time and place of the sitting of the
Commissioner, which shall he at the court
house in said Baltimore county, and after hav
ing issued summons to those interested in any
manner according to the records, dockets, pa
pers, indexes or other instruments of writing,
in the office of said Clerk, when the summons
process issued to the Sheriff’ of said county
shall be by him returned summoned, and the
party so returned summoned shall Jfail to ap
pear or give such excuse for his failure to ap
pear as shall seem reasonable in the discretion
of the said Commissioner, that then the said
Commissioner is hereby authorized, empowered
and directed, to impose a fine upon each and
every person notified and summoned, from five
to fifty dollars in the discretion of the Com
missioner, including all costs.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That every fine im
posed according to the, provisions of this act,
including costs, upon any person or persons,
shall be regarded as a judgment in law, and
it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner
to collect each and every judgment entered by
him against any person or persons by execu
tion or attachment, or other process authorized
by the laws of this State, lor the collection and
enforcement of judgments, and pay The same
over to the Treasurer of the said county, who
shall receipt to the said Commissioner, and it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the said
county, to place the sum or sums so authorized
to be paid to him, to the credit of the fund ap
propriated for the restoration of the records, in
dexes, dockets, or other instruments of writing
in the office of the said Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore county.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That in all cases
where, in the judgment of the Commissioner
appointed by this act, any record in the office
of the Clerk of said county, shall have been so
burnt or defaced, as to be wholly destroyed by
fire, and the indexes to such record, or the gen
eral index may supply the titling to such re
cord, he shall take and accept such index as
auxiliary evidence, and shall, if the original
papers, or a certified copy thereof, properly ev
idenced as of record, he producra, order and
direct such original paper, or copy, as the case
may be, to be recorded anew, and shall endorse
such order on said paper, and then record the
same, which endorsement and new record of
such paper shall be prima facie evidence of the
verity of the record so made, and available for
all purposes for which the original record, if it
had not been destroyed by lire, would have
been available in evidence.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That in all cases
where any record or paper shall be wholly de
stroyed by fire, and the original or certified
qopy thereof cannot be procured, it shall be the
duty of the Commissioner, if the said record
be found indexed, to hear and receive such oth
er evidence, if any their be within the record
office, either to be derived from the remains of
the burnt record or otherwise, and such extrin
sic evidence as the parties interested may sup
ply, and shall determine and adjudge in the
f (remises, whether the said record or paper be
ully established, and if satisfied by such evi
dence, it shall be his duty, if the party or par
ties grantor shall supply a new instrument,
correspondent to the one destroyed by fire and
confirmatory of the same, to accept such instru
ment, and to order and direct the same to be
recorded, with an endorsement thereon of said
order, which record and endorsement shall se
cure to tho party or parties concerned, all the
rights, title and interest which was designed
and intended to be vested by the original paper
or instrument of writing, as fully as if the re
cord thereof had not been destroyed by lire,
but if for any reason, the grantor or grantors
should not supply a row or confirmatory deed
or other instrumentof writing, may
be, corresponding with the one destroyed by
fire, then the said Commissioner shall execute
and deliver in his capacity of Commissioner, a
new and confirmatory deed or instrument of
writing, under his hand and seal, properly ac
knowledged, to take the place of the record
destroyed by fire, and shall order and direct
the same to be recorded, after endorsement,
which shall secure to the parties interested, the
same rights title, and interest which was de
signed and intended to be vested by the origi
nal paper or instrument of writing and record
thereof, as fully and effectually as if the record
had not been dcstroyed-by fire.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That in all cases
where the records have been only partially de
stroyed or injured by fire, so that they may be
restored by their own intrinsic evidence or by
the aid of other evidence accessible to the said
Commissioner, it shall be the duty of the said
Commissioner to cause the said records to bo
restored to their original condition, and to be
recorded anew and for the purpose of preserv
ing the said records as continuously together
as they were before being burnt, the said Com
missioner is hereby authorized, if he see fit, to
cause the binding of any of the record books
to be removed, so that the folios may be sepa
rated, the burnt portions detached and the new
record thereof and corresponding thereto, be
substituted in the place of said burnt part, and
to have the said record book thus restored to
its original condition, re-bound, and a certifi
cate to that effect recorded therein.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted. That in all cases
wherein process may be issued to summons
parties before the said Commissioner, which
shall be returned non cst, no final order shall
be passed in the premises until public notice
shall have been first given in some newspaper
{mblished in said county once a week lor at
east three weeks, and no order shall be passed
upon any record or paper alleged to have been
destroyed or injured by fire, which shall in
anywise have the effect to impair or interfere
with the rights of third parties not appearing
to or contesting any issue before the said Com
missioner, and any party to any issue or ex
amination had before said Commissioner, shall
have the right at any time within thirty days
to appeal from any order passed by him to the
circuit Judge for said county, and the said
Commissioner shall be and he is hereby requir
ed to carry into effect the order of the said
Judge in the premises.
Sec. 10. And he it enacted, That when any
docket shall have been wholly or partially de
stroyed by fire, the said Commissioner shall
cause tho Bame to be made anew from tho trial
papers, auxiliary doekets or any evidence in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
said county,-which may be accessible from the
burnt remains of any docket or papery, or oth
wise, and when such dockets shall have been
made up the Commissioner shall certify the
same under his hand and seal to the Judge of
the Circuit Court, and it shall be the duty of
the said Judge to examine such renewed dock
et or dockets as the case may be, and if found
correct, to adopt the same as the docket of the
court, and the said Judge shall signfiy such
adoption by a certificate in writing upon each
of such dockets, and such renewned dockets
shall be as valid and effectual in law as the
original dockets would have been had they not
been destroyed or in any way injured by fire.
Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That when any
cause of action or trial paper in any case,
whether pending or settled, at law or in equity,
may have been wholly or partially destroyed
by fire, the said Commissioner is hereby author
ized to cause the same to be restored or re-es
tablished by consent of parties, if so proposed,
6r by such evidence as may be supplied from
the remains of burnt papers or dockets or oth
er papers in the office, and if such evidence
shall b? sufficient in his judgement. h$ shall
1 refile such paper or papers and cause tb
I proper docket entry or entries to be made
, thereof, and such refiled paper and docket en
i try shall have the same validity and effect, as
i if the original paper had not been destroyed
i or injured by lire, and in case any cause of ac
tion or trial paper cannot be sufficiently estab
lished in the manner herein above prescribed,
i it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner
i to here extrinsic evidence touching the re-es
tablishment of such paper, and if satisfied up
on such evidence that such paper is fully re-es
i tablished, refile such paper, and make the
corresponding docket entries thereto, in con
formity to tho order passed in the premises,
and such reliled paper and docket entries ther
of shall have the same validity and force in
law or equity as if the original thereof had not
been destroyed or injured by fire; provided
however, that in all proceedings for the restora
tion of causesof action or trial papers, which
cannot be established to the satisfaction of the
said Commissioner from the intrinsic evidence
within the office of the said Clerk or from cer
tified ofTiee copies, or by consent of parties, no
ex-parte action shall be had by the said Com
missioner until after such notice shall have
been served upon the opposite party, or his or
their counsel or attorney on the record accor
ding to such rules as the Commissioner may
prescribe, and from any judgement or ordeV
passed by said Commissioner under the author
ity conferred by this act, either party may ap
peal to the Circuit Judge for the county, with
in thirty days after the passage of such order
or judgment, and in all cases of.appeal it shall
be the duty of the said Commissioner to certi
fy to said the record of all proceedings,
and evidence had before him in the matter, ami
appeal may be considered and determined by
said Judge in or out of court at his election,
and according to such rule or practice as he
may prescribe.
Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That the judicial
records which may have been wholly or par
tially destroyed by fire, shall be enquired into
and restored* by the said Commissioner upon
proper evidence in the same manner as pre
scribed in relation to the restoration of other
records and papers, and the finding and re
establishing of such record or papers, shall be
certified by the said Commissioner who shall
refile or re-reeord the same as the case may be.
Sec. 13. And be it enacted. That whenever
any records or dockets which have been injur
ed by fire shall have been already made up and
restored by the Clerk of the said Circuit
Court, it shall be the duty of the Commission
er to examine sffid records or dockets and
if the same shall be approved by him, to certify
such fact by endorsement on the said records
or dockets under his hand and seal, and such
record or dockets shall be valid and effective
as if the same had not been destroyed or injur
ed by fire; provided, said docket or doekets
shall have been certified to and approved by
the Judge of the Circuit Court as provided by
the tenth section of this act.
Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That at the close
of this commission, all the partially burnt pa
pers, records and dockets, which may have been
renewed by the substitution of other papers,
records or dockets by the said Commissioner
shall be properly endorsed and filed away by
the Clerk of the said Circuit Court in his office,
and preserved as other records and papers are
now preserved in said office.
Sec. 15. And bf. it enacted, That no Com
missioner hereby appointed, is hereby author
ized, empowered and required to record all
deeds confirmatory executed by himself from
extrinsic evidence as provided in section sev
en of this act, relating to property, the record
of which has been destroyed by fire in the of
fice of the Clerk a foresaid*, and the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county, is hereby
ordered and directed to furnish the said Com
missioner with the dockets, books and papers
in his office, as well as provide others when re
quired by said Commissioner, as well a3 facili
tate the said Commissioner in the performance
of the duties required of him by this act.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the said
Commissioner, shall be allowed for his services
as Commissioner, for restoring and completing
the restoration of all the burnt records and pa
pers as indicated in this act, and recording and
indexing and filing papers relating to his office,
the sum of two thousand dollars, and it shall
be the duty of said Commissioner, monthly on
oath, to present his account for settlement to
the County Commissioners for Baltimore co.
Sec. 17. And be it exacted, That the County
Commissioners of Baltimore county are hereby
authorized, empowered, directed and required
to pay to the said Commissioner the amount
due him, monthly, when it is proved by his
own affidavit, and when said amount does not
exceed one dollar and fifty cents for each pa
per restored, and recorded according to the pro
visions of this act, and is not, in the judgment
of the County Commissioners, more than a pro-
Sortional part of the whole work agreed to be
one by said Commissioner, and for the pur
pose of carrying into operation this act, the
said County Commissioners are authorized, em
powered, directed and required to pay the ac
counts of said Commissioner, as they are pre
sented to them by him, out of any funds which
may bo on hand at the time when the said
Commissioner may present his account, and
have the same charged to the fund appropriated
by this act, and for the purpose of providing
the means of carrying out the provisions of
this act, the said County Commissioners are
hereby authorized, empowered and required to
levy upon the taxable property of Baltimore
coui)ty, to be included in the levy of eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, the sum of two thou
sand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriat
ed to that object, and when that amount is col
lected, to return it to the fund from which the
said Commissioner may have been paid for his
services from time to time.
See. 18. And be it exacted, That in the
event of the death, resignation or disability of
said Commissioner, the county Commissioners
shall fill such vacancy, at the next regular
meeting, after they have been informed of such
vacancy, but in no case shall the said vacancy
be filled except by an attorney at law who has
had over two years practice.
Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That the Com
missioner hereby appointed, shall have power
to adjourn the commission from time to time ;
provided, however, that the whole time occupied
in the execution of this commission shall not
exceed one year.
Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That whenever
any record, paper or other instrument of writ
ing. cannot be made up, by the parties inter
ested failing to supply the defective parts there
of, the Commissisner is hereby directed to ap
ply to any court where he may believe he can
procure an extract or extracts for the purpose
of completing and restoring said records, for
such extract or extracts as the necessity of the
case may require, and the clerk of any court is
hereby required to furnish the said Commis
sioner such extract or extracts in a book provi
ded by the said Commissioner for that purpose,
under the seal of the office of the court of
which he may be clerk, which seal shall cover
and be valid for all the extracts up to the date
bf the seal, and said Commissioner shall record
the same extract or extracts amongst the law
records of said county.
See. 21. And be it enacted, That the deed
or deeds, or other instruments of writing, and
the extracts aforesaid enrolled shall have the
same effect and operation in law, to all intents
and purposes, as if the records aforesaid, in
which the said deed or deeds, or other instru
ments of writing, wore heretofore enrolled had
uever been destroyed.
Sec. 22. And be it enacted, That any per
son or persons having possession of any bill of
sale, mortgage or other instrument of writing,
relating to personal property that appears to
have been heretofore recordod in the office of
the clerk of the circuit ceurt for tho said coun
ty, tmd the record thereof has been destroyed,
may have the same enrolled again, and the
clerk of the said court is hereby required to re
cord the same, together with the endorse
ment thereon, of the former enrollment at the
cos 4 and expense of the party or parties re
quiring the same, and the same when recorded
shall have the same effect and operation in law,
to all intents and purposes, as if the records
aforesaid, in which the said papers were here
tofore recorded had never been destroyed.
Sec. 23. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of ijs passage,
and all acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with
this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
JOSHUA F. COCKEY,
JAMES BUTTON,
D. J. McCAULEY,
Commissioners of Baltimore county.
May 6. —3t
HANDS WANTED,
AT the Franklinville Factory ; either fami
lies or single hands. Good houses can be
had for families at low rent, and good board
for single hands. Good wages and constant
work. Apply in person or by letter to
HUGH SIMMS,
Upper Falls P. 0., Baltimore County.
May 6, — 2m.
,
! Jflfft $ fifty.
. ‘ WIIO HTRUC K BILL Y PATTERSON !*
BT JiriH M. CROMWEU..
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i Who struck Hilly hath never been shown,
' Tho' many a placnrd, on wood and stone,
Spoke to the eye in the days gone by.
And vainly asked, from the low and high,
, I Who struck Bill ? with no reply—
| Who struck Uncle Sani ?in the days to come,
When the rat-a-tat-tat of the noisy drum
Is heard no more ; who trod on his toes f
Who scratched Ills face ? and abused his nose *
Will be asked I ween ;
Ah ! that mystical man, tho’ ever so loud
, You cry, and call, among the crowd
Will never be seen.
When scccsh is not, and some that were fast
Have chewed their cud, and et-chewed their |>ast ;
! When Uncle Sam. once more on his feet;
His starry rolic once more complete,
Holds up those plumbs, so ripe and sweet,
That his nephews think such a wonderful-treat;
O Japhet, Shem and Ham !
Of ail your sons, at home and abroad—
From Bob, the trooper, to Robert my Lord—
All will be honest, real and sound ;
Xo man will be found above the ground,
Who struck Uncle Sam.
Indications of Character.
Observing people move slow—their
hotels move alternately from side to side,
while they occasionally stop and turn
round.
Careful people lift their feet high and
place them down flat and firm. Sometimes
they stoop to pick up some obstructions,
and place it by the side of the way.
Calculating persons generally walk with
their hands in their pocket, and their heads
slightly inclined.
sfodcst persons generally step softly for
fear of being observed.
Timid persons often step off from tho
side walk on meeting another, and always
go round a stone instead of steppingover it.
Wide-awake persons “toe out” and have
a long swing with their arms, while hands
shake about miscellaneously.
Careless persons are forever stubbing
their loes.
Lazy persons scrape about with their
heels, and are first on one side of the walk
and then on the other.
Very strong-minded persons have their
toes directly in front of them, and a kind of
stamp movement.
Unstable persons walk fast and slow by
turns.
Venturous persons try all roads, fre
quently climb fences instead of going
through the gate, and uever let down a bar.
One-idea persons are very selfish, and
“toe-in.”
Cross persons are apt to hit their knees
together.
Good-natured persons snap their thumb
and fingers every few steps.
Fun-loving persons have a kind of a jig
movement.
Absent-minded persons often take the
wrong road, and sometimes find themselves
up to their knees in a mud-puddle, although
the side-walks are excellent.
Dignified men move slow and erect.
Fast persons cut across the corner, kick
every dog they meet, knock down little
children, run. against the ladies, and hit ev
ery twelfth man’s ribs with his elbows.
Very neat men occasionally stop to wipe
the dust off their boots—their hands hang "
by their sides. 11 •
Very polite men are sometimes seen bow
ing in their course to black servants and
black stumps.
A Word to Mothers.
Each mother is a historian. She write#
not the history of empires or of nations on
paper, but she writes her history on tho
imperishable mind of her child. That tab
let and that history will remain indelible
when time shall be no more. That history
each mother will meet again, and read with
eternal joy or unutterable grief in the far
comiug ages of eternity. This thought *
should weigh on the mind of every mother,
and render her deeply circumspect, and
prayerful, an faithful in her solemn work of
training her children for heaven and im
mortality.
The minds of her children are very sus
ceptible and easily impressed. A word, a
look, a frown, may engrave an impression
on the mind of a child which no lapse of
time can efface or wash out. You walk
along the sea shore when the tide is out,
and you form characters, or write words,
or names in the smooth, white sand, which
is spread out so clear and beantiful at your
feet, according as your fancy may dictate;
but the returning tide shall in a few hourst
wash out and efface forever all that you
have written. Not so the lines and char
acters of truth or error, which your con
duct imprints on the mind of your child.—
There you write impressions for the ever
lasting good or ill of your child, which nei
ther the floods nor the storms of the earth
can wash out, nor Death’s cold finger*
erase, nor the slow moving ages of eternity
obliterate. How careful, then, should
each mother be of her treatment of her
child. How prayerful, and how serious
and how earnest to write on the mind those
truths which shall be his guide and teacher
when her voice shall be silent in death,
and her lips no longer move in his behalf,
in commending her dear child to her cove
nant God.
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The Prediction of Nostradamus.
Most of our readers will recollect that
at the commencement of the present civil
war the following prediction of Nostra
damus, which it is said, can be found in the
second volume of his “Centuries,” was gen
erally published in the papers :
“About that time (1861) a preat quarrel
and controversy will arise in a country be
yond the seas (America) and many poor
devils will be killed by a punishment other
than a cord. Upon my faith you may be
lieve me, the war will not cease for four
years, at which none should be surprised
or astonished, for there will be no want ot
hatred and obstinacy in it. At the end of
that time, prostrate and almost ruined, the
people will re-embrace each other in great
joy and love.”. n
Nostradamus was a French physican, phi
losopher and prophet, born in 1533, who,
after meeting with great success in the first
named capacity, turned his attention to as
trology, and in 1555 published his “Centu
ries,” a work of predictions. In 1558 he
foretold the remarkable death of Henry 1.,
which took place at a tournament in the
spring of 1559, and is said also to have pre
dicted the death of Charles 1., of England,
Louis XVI, and the elevation of Napoleon
the Empire of France.
We are not among those who are dispos
ed to place much reliance upon the sooth
saying of pretended prophets, but as this
ancient divinator appears to have beep
right so far in his prognostications as re
gards our civil war, we hope his reputation
will not be damaged by any failure in the
fulfillment of the latter portion of his proph
ecy.
iTAn old fellow in one of the cities
“ Down East, ” recently advertised in &
morning paper for a wife, and by night
eighteen different men sent him word that
he might have theirs.
f&*lt is right to be contented with what
we have, but never with what W® *re ?
NO. 20.