The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-21
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ADJOURNMENT OVER TO VISIT THE AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE-PosTPooEMENT THE BALTIMORE BILLS
MEETING OF THE BAR IN HONOR OF THE DEATH OF
THE HON. JOHN NELsoN-ANNAPoLIs AND E. R. RAIL
RoAp-A PLEA FOR BETTER HOUR OF DEPARTURE.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. goth, 1860.
Both Houses adjourned to-day over till Monday
next having accepted an invitation to visit the Ag.
ricultural College, near Bladensburg. If gentle
men can spare the time, of which they, of course,
should be the best judges, they cannot perhaps
spend it more pleasantly and profitably than in
making the proposed trip. They will behold the
germ of what may well be- if duly fostered by pub
lie and private support, educational institution
more in accordance with the wants of the age than
most of those which now take charge of the intel
lectual development of our youth. Quid facial
segetes loas is still the mighty problem, almost as
Tar from solution when first proposed to the de-
monstration of which the promoters of this enter
prise have devoted themselves, with an ardor and
singeness of purpose worthy of all commendation
and support 1t is to be regretted that the painful
accident which has confined the treasurer to his
bed, will deprive the visitors of the society of that
hospitable and popular gentleman, though in the
hands of the master of Riversdale the legislative
guests will find themselves well cared for.
The five bills having reference to the police and
the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
according to the programme, and it was moved
to make them the order OF the day Tor
Wednesday next On motion OF one OF the
to postpone them till Monday week. MIR. Long, of
Somerset, supported this proposition which after
some debate prevailed This course was induced
by disposition on the part of a majority not to
seem unduly and uncourteously precptate in mea-
sures of such Importance, but in my humble iudg-
ment it was mistake which may yet cause trou-
BILE. The State is prepared for and expects vigor-
GUS and decisive action. Delay will not reconciea
single opponent within the Legislature or out of
it, and will only afford encouragement to efforts to
turn aside the majority of the Legislature from its
righteous purpose. | am requested to explain that
Mr.. Yellott, of the Senate, does not propose to
port more than one bank charter, although he has
asked leave for two. This arose from change of
purpose among the applicants about the name
"Monumental Bank" having been dropped and
estate Bank" adopted the title of the new In
stitution. There a very large meeting last
night, in the of the Court OF Appeals, of the
Bar of the State and the citizens of Annapolis, to
take appropriate notice of the death of the Hon.
John Nelson. Judge Legrand was called to the
Chair, and Mr. Dennis, of Somerset, appointed
Secretary. committee of five distinguished law
yers was charged with the duty Of reporting reso
utions, expressive of the estimation of the meeting
for the memory OF the deceased, which was done
by COL McKaig, of Allegany, the Chairman, who
accompanied them with an effective speech They
were seconded by Mr.. Wallis, of Baltimore, in
short and simple but it is needless to
say most eloquent address, and passed. 1t will
not be questioned that the tribute thus paid to de-
parted eminence was in this instance most fit and
deserved. This great lawyer had few peers, and
perhaps no superior at any bar in the Union, and
Maryland in his death, has added the name of Mel
son to that approved list of unsurpassed legal ab
ity which already includes the names of Dulany,
Pinkney, Martin and Writ.
1t gives me pleasure to say that the Annapolis
and Elk Ridge Railroad makes its connections with
commendabe regularity and safety. No one IA
miliar with this mode of travelling can fail to re-
cognize in the motion of the cars the fact that
the track is in good order, and its one
train yibrates between the station house and
junction with all the truth and steadiness of a
pendulum. l could wish that it was not com
PEELED by the running of the Washington
trains to leave at such an inconvenient hour in
the afternoon. Cannot Messrs. Garrett and Wells
lay their heads together and devise conve-
nient timetable for the benefit of the public and
their humble servant, your correspondent, and the
reporters generally, during the session? Many an
unfortunate has to run to the whistle without his
dinner, and this interesting correspondence is fire.
quently curtailed by the consciousness of the un-
timely departure of the train becoming imminent.
What will become of us when the sessions begin to
he