The national Republican., 1861-10-30

inhabitants. On the contrary, these are just
the lands for the poor farmers of New England
to purchase. Maryland Is no more than half
settled.
"The same writer quotes the following de-
scr,ption from a report, published under au-
thority of the State:.
" 1ts scenery, though deprived of the grand
eur Of mountains, is more than compensated in
beauty by Its unrivalled water prospects. The
rivers penetrate far up the country, winding
gracefully from farm to farm, which seem to
seek the embrace Of tho clear blue waters, in
whose bosom they lie. rhe fresh streams.
which are bordered by the large marshes in
some seasons OF the year present scenes Of
ravishing beauty.
"On many of the rivers, there ore large de
posits Of Indian shellbanks, capable Of afford.
ing many millions of bushels of the purest
lime. II has numerous deposits Of very rich
shell and green sand mari. In some of these
counties, the green-sand mari contains large
per centage Of gypsum. In many large dis.
tricts of country, shell mars, containing from
forty to seventy.six per cent. of air.slaked
ime can be obtained with the greatest facility
being sometimes within few feet Of the sur
face, sometimes even cropping out upon 1t
The shores of the bay, and its numerous creeks
and rivers afford large quantities of sea.weed
a most excellent and valuable manure. Where
magnesia or guano Is required, the Chesapeake
and Delaware canal. and the proximity Of Bal
timore market, afford every facility for u
cheap supply
"LippincoHs Gazetteer Qs55) says:
GO The soil of the Eastern Shore, and some
Of the counties of the Western, is a mixture Of
sand and clay, which, though not of the most
fertile character, is easily improved, and, by
| the aid OF manure, which 1t possesses at hand
in its extensive beds OF mari, well repays cul.
| tivation. The soil receives
Improvement easily, is readily cultivated, and
the farmers emigrating from the rougher soils
Of the North, find their labors here much di-
minished'"
"The southern counties of Maryland, on the
Western Shore, on the great line of travel be-
tween the North and South, and environing
the national capital, should be familarly
known to large numbers of persons In oil parts
Of the United States, but they hardly are so
with the exception of what falls under the eye
of the passenger in the rail-cars between Wash
ington and Baltimore. The carriage roads out
| of Washington are not numerous, and such ti
them as are tolerable, are blocked by toll gates
Silver Spring, the rural retreat of a distin
guished man, six miles from the city. is only
accessible, as O cloud of witnesses can attest
by submit ting twice to this sort Of tax. Credi-
BILE authorities affirm that Marlboro, the shire
town Of Prince Georges county, the county
Incorporated in 1895, and itself the age Of
the hero OF Queen Annes time, whose name II
bears is secluded, not so much by the eighteen
miles of distance which separate it from Wash.
ington, as by the twenty gates mot toll. gates,
however) which span the way, aud efiectually
check all prying curiosity. In truth, it is only
with difficulty that one could acquire such a
personal knowledge of the surrounding coun-
try, in any direction, as would contradict the
Impressions Of its character, derived from the
uncouth negroes and barbarous vehicles, by
which its products are conveyed to the mar
kets OF Washington