Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-03-04

Bill FOR THE Relief OF MARCUS A. MOORE
The following Bill was reported by Mr.. Bur-
CESS in the House Of Delegates on the 18th of
February, and we publish it by request.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That the Treasurer of the
| school fund of Charles county, be and he is
hereby authorized and required to examine and
adjust the claim of Marcus A. Moore, against
said county, for services rendered by him as
teacher in primary schools No. 8, in Sd, and No.
is, in list election DISTRICTS in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty-six.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the county
commissioners of said county, be and they are
hereby authorized and required, to levy upon
the assessable propertyof said county, such sum
as the said Treasurer may determine to be due
and owing to said Moore, for and in considera-
ton of the services as aforesaid, which said sum
when levied shall be collected as other taxes in
said county are collected, and paid over to the
said Marcus A. Moore
p9 The Secretary of War and the General
in Chief are diligently engaged in arranging the
spring campaign against the Mormons. It has
upon the various propositions for increasing the
military force, but to withdraw troops from the
| frontier posts and concentrate them upon Utah.
Orders in accordance with this design have been
already issued. The call upon the President
| for information as to whether the people of
Utah are in rebellion against the federal authr-
tiles has been responded to- The documents,
however, contain nothing of importance on
the subject that is not familiar to the public
pW Peterson's Counterfeit Detector and Bend,
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Peterson & Brothers, 3O6 Chestnut Street, Phil
adelphia. i
DIVISION OF THE DIOCESE OF MARYLAND.-
We notice that convention to be composed Of
the Episcopal clergy and lay delegate from
each parish and organized congregation on the
Eastern Shore, has been called to convene at
Cambridge, on the 18th of April, to ascertain the
sense Of the church as to the propriety of a di-
vision of the diocese of Maryland.
RAvAGEs OF SCARLET .FEvER.-The scarlet
fever appears to be quite fatal in some sections
of Worcester county, Md. The Snow Hill
Shield states that in Sandy Hill and vicinity
Mr.. James Fl. Collins has lost two children, Mr..
| VIM Jones one, and Mr.. James Holster one,
besides several others, white and colored. The
work of death still goes on. The disease is also
very prevalent and fatal in Adkinson's district.
COUNTERFEIT NorEs.-Some person, suppos-
ed to be a stranger, has visited Alexandria, Va.
within few days past, and succeeded in pass
ing off upon some of the merchants several
counterfeit FIVE dollar notes on the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Baltimore. These notes
are said to be well executed, with the name o.
Farmers and Merchants Bank" in one line
resembling altogether the Merchants and Me
chanics' Bank of Wheeling.
R@ We have accounts from the Utah expe
dition to the 9th Of January, at which time thu
troops under Colonel Johnston were in excel
lent condition, in good health, and blessed with