Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1862-04-10
Licenses to 11a,vhers and pedlarr.

Licenses to Havvkers and Pedlarf.
The following act to amend the twenty-frst
and twenty-second sections of the ffty-sixth
article of the Code Of Public General Laws, re-
lating to the licenses Of Hawkers and Pedlars,
was passed at the late session Of our Legislature:
Sec. 1. And be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland That Che twenty-frst and
twenty sections Of the ffty-sixth article
of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to
the licenses Of hawkers and pedars he and the
same are hereby repealed, and the following
sections enacted in lieu thereof:
"Irenty-one" For every such license, not
to extend beyond the county in which the same
may be issued, there shall be paid the following
rates, to wit for every license to travel on foot.
the sum Of forty dollars to travel with horse
or other beast of burden and wagon or other
vehicle, the sum of Fifty dollars; with two horses
or other beasts of burden and wagon or other
vehicle, the sum of seventy dollars. For every
such license to extend over the whole Eastern
Shore or the whole Western Shore. there shall
be paid the following rates, to wit: for every
license to travel on foot, the snrn Of sixty dol
lars; to travel with horse or other beast Of
brr ZEN, or one horse and other beast of burden
and wagon or other vehicle, the sum Of one hun
dred dollars with two horses or other beasts of
burden and wagon or other vehicle, the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars.
"Ttcenty-tuo." no such license shall be
granted to any oth.r than white person, or to
any hawker Or pedlar in the name or style Of
partnership or company; and but one person
shall act under any such LICENSE:
Sec. g. And be 1t enacted, That this act shall
take effect Oh the day of its passage.
Erpr At \VASu1ScToy An eytensiye FIRE
occurred there on Monday the 18th inst. at five
o'clock, A. ~, destroying completely three large
buildings, two of them with costly iron fronts,
located on Pennsylvania avenue. They were
respectively occupied by William Tucker, a
dealer in suffers goods, William Egan, dry goods
merchant, and j. B. Wilson, grocer. The adj
joining stores of Messrs. Cohen and Hover, deal
ers in shoes, but in different establishments, and
Mr.. Gregory, hardware dealer, were also serious.
ly damaged Messrs Tucker, Egan and Will
son were the principal losers in stock. The fire
extended to the rear of the buildings on Soutl
7th street, several Of them occupied as taverns
or restaurants.
g6-The Richmond Examiner explains why
Mr. Davis recently transmitted a message to thu
Confederate Congress, IN secret session, recon-
mending that the Southern prisoners who were
sent home on their parole by the Federal Gov
eminent should be released from that obligation
and permitted again to bear arms in defence o
the South. 1t appears that an agreement wa
entered into between the Confederate and Fede
raj authorities for an exchange of prisoners, mar
for man, according to the rank which they helt
Il hut 1,rIv
men were to be regarded also as prisoners o
war, and that all prisoners subsequently taker
were to be Immediately set free on their parole
until exchanged. In carrying out this agree
ment, the Confederate authorities released SOM
three hundred prisoners, more than were set a
liberty by the Federal Government. Since then
the latter, in contravention, it is said, of tn
terms of the compact, has not only refused t.
release the prvateersmen, but has also retained
, the Fort Douelson prisoners, instead of putin
them upen their parole, in accordance with tn
agreement entered inio previously between tn
! Confederate and Federal Commissioners, Gen
Howell. Cobb and Gen. Wool, both of whor