The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-11-10

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Upon the north table, is:
lie Was Born
Al Drunisnagh. ireland
Came 10 America
10 1890;
Settled On Sans Creek, Frederick CO., Nd,
Aud Began TO Preach Christ
In His Own Housr.
Upon the south tablet Is
lie Built
The Log MEETING House
In Frederick County, Maryland
1864,
Tue fIivr N AMERICA.
lie Died in Peace
in 1881,
At Mr John wheclcr's. baltimore County,
Whittier lie Had Gone 10 Preach.
The east tablet is blank.
The exercises were opened With brief prayer
by Rev. Wm. u Holiday. A short opening
siaicmrn, was then made by Rev. lsaae T.. Cook
10 the effect that short time since, rs Es hopai
the Local Preachers Association OF Baltimore. he
was Informed that this monument had been do.
mated 10 pcrpctuate the memory Of Sirawbridge,
who was the first preacher. either local or travel
ling, and the founder OF Methodism in Maryland
The ashes Of Roberi S,rawbridgc repose at point
within eight miles Of Baltimore but he doubted
whether any thing VI them could be found ii AN
Rev g I. N Roberts. u. n. then read brief
history Of the lite aud services Of S,raWbriigc.
from the Ccn,enar, Album published by him.
Rev. v. Hamilton. ID. D., was next intruduc-
cd. and delivered brief and interesting address
lie said
There Is no harm In celebrating departed worth;
indeed the act may be viriuous and useful We
honor the gratitude Of Maryland in rearing a
monument 20 the memory Of the Father OF his
Country. and We esteem that act a. a virtrr wor-
thy Of al praise. God has 30 constituted the
human soul that IL is ever ready 10 do homage 10
great aud good mrn--is ever seeking TO give ut
ierAuce 90 this Inform sentiment Of the heart. 20
emhoiy i, in some tangible form; 20 chiscl 1t on
marble 20 write IL IN hook. or 70 publish /, on
the platform and ia the pulpit, Westminster
Ahtey hasi's monuments Co statesmen warriors
Poets and historians Bunker Hill has It's inonu.
ment Of the Revolutionary struggle. even Baliiy'
norv has It's Battle Monument ard shall Jacob
have no Ebentzer?
We are nov in good position To estimate In
. measure the blessing which the pioneers 81
Meihodisn have conferred upon posieriiy The
good which holy men accomplished i scarcely
visible in their own day
The good effects Of a long lie Of useful and
'ei-sacrifciug labor but partially seen during
the laborcr's brief life Just few blades appear
rom one or two Of those seeds OF truth which
lad ueen scattered during his long life. The
MYRIAD seeds which, as q sowcr. he scattered u,
hid beneath the soil when be returns TO the dust:
llvhd for the suns ani showers 10 quicken into
lie and develop 10 perfection. Thus the world
requires ages 20 form anything like m estimate
Of wha, it, besi men have wrought for its good
One ncg sirentn after another Of national hess.
ngs comes down 10 our age; il difuscs its bene-
hceut influence throughout the land men begin
20 trace II TO iis fountain, and then they find tina,
II sprung from some old statesman, reformer -
~ \ - a
turtles in the almost forgotten past Thus men
have better opportunity for asccrtaining the
value of the services which departed men have
rendered the world. than they have TO discover
what good the living are doing now.
The speaker concluded with some good sug-
gesions 10 those around him, ana the exercises
we're closed hy singing the DoNologv. when Rev
Elw li.iiner pronounced the henediciion
Oa last Ihursdas week, the remains ~ Mr.
Sifawhriice mere removed from the farm o. Mr.
Lee 20 VI. Oliyei Ccneiry. They had rrposrd
Their. since 1881. A poplar tree had grown up
over bis gravr. and has now grown 20 mammoth
prop rlions. Under this few Of th. homes Of
the DEPARTED good msn were found We were
kindly ~ owl them As they passed through here
on their way 70 the city. The skull was entire,
and when fret taken up the teeth adhered To the
jtw-bone but they soon shook of H. The thigh
bones we're perfect, but evidently greatly shrank
up. These, with a few bones Of the arm were
all that could he secured.
We are sorry TO say, however, that there is q
doub, whether these are really the remains Of
Mr.. SirAwbridge. Reports have always indiea.
ted that they reposcd directly beneath the large
poplar tree from which these were dug but there
are numbers Of old persons 10 the neighborhood
who positively assert that the old patriarch was
buried some distance from this tree. No one
seems TO know exactly where he was buried, and
probably never will. =
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\ DfsoKDER AT rHE PoLIs "A serious TOW occur
red o, The polls Of the Third District on Tueslay
last. All the information We have on the sub.
/ jet comes from eopperhsad sources, and from
these II seems that party came out from town,
hurrahing for Congress, and attempted 10 take
possession OF the polls. The citizens without
distinction OF party, rallied aud drove the intru.
ders from the ground. 10 the melee about on,
hundred pistol shots were fired. Two or three
Of the BaltimoreAns were seriously injured and a
Citizen OF the county, a man named Rice was
shot In the foot
In the Twelfth District, also, a difficulty &C.
/ CURED. Al an early hour three omnibus loads
Of Copperheads went out from town and took
possession Of the polls, and II IL said that the
Union party did not poll vote after their arri-
val. These ttsiiors were all residents Of the ciiy
were armed With guns and revolvers, aud wers
headed by notorious rebel named Howard, now
an attaches Of The Custom House.
A PioHs ASp An ovEacoAr sroLEx On Wed.
nesday last, n party OF Conservatives from Bal.
,iInore, dined st the Smedley House, Ia this
town, aud while At dinner took occasion to abuss
the Police Commissioners Of Baltimore and eve.
~ body who supported them. Mr Elias
Walker, Of this county, was nj the table AZ the
time, and made some reply 20 the Insulting re-.
marks Of the Baltimore rowdy. when an attack
was immediately made upon him. Mr. Walker,
Lid - a. LII.
and the result was that the Conservative got de.
ccnuy whipped. Later 10 the evening the party
returned, armed with revolvers, &c, aud tried
hard 10 raise another row, but did not succeed
They Then lefs for Baltimore, but one of them.
IN Ssisiake ef eougss, stole overcoAt belonging
10 n Mr.. Eberly. OF Mcchancsbuvg, Penna The
coat was hanging In the hall of the smedley, and
their u proof positive that one % the Baltimore
party appropriated u.
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NARROW EscAPE.-Mr. Michael Of baltimore
County. and three other gentlemen, made mar.
row escape Of their lives on Tuesday, the Goth Of
October, by being carried down the stream while
crossing the big Gunpowder In an ox-cart, al
| the county road crossing near Phmnix Station
Doctor Thompson, aiso made q narrow escape
the same morning, whilst crossing q, the sam,
| Wording. young man attempted 10 cross In Z
boat, when he too, came near losing his life.-
The brdge At this important point was washed
away Last June, and psrsons compelled 10 cross
TO aud from PhDnlx Station and other points
have been subjected to the great risk Of Iosine
life, stock. &c, ever since. Whose fault u this
The County Commissioners should look 10 Il and
have the bridge replaced 81 once, ere q seriou,
accident occurs involving the county for damages
| @os
PApsa NM DrsrnoyrD ~ FinE.-Ths Iarg,
paper Mil known es "whlts Hall" situated near
the Parkton Station Of the Northern Contra
Railroad. IN this county, belonging TO Mr.. Thos
z. Ensor, took Gre In lhe boiler house on Phi.
day night, I'd Instant, about eight o'clock, and