The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10

The comlnutaton money collected has been
Sal 568, and the sum paid to enrolling Off
GERS $30,S78Y 81 III
And recommends that provision be ilnmc.
diately made for meeting the contracts. for
arms and clothing which have been entered
into by the military department, to be reim-
bursed the State when the collections shall be
realized from year to year. ...
The Governor next commcnds the Com
missioner of immigration, Mr. Cole for the
activity he has displayed in promoting the
wax o. immigration, and in making known
both at home and abroad the great advan-
tages of Maryland, both in an agricultural
and commercial point of view, as place of
settlement for foreign immigrants in pursuit
of permanent home, as well as citizens from
other States.
The number of foreign immigrants who
arrived in Baltimore during the year 1867
was 1878, an increase of / ,454 over the pre-
/ He refers to the provision in the new Con-
stitution creating Department of .Agricul-
ture and Labor, which centemplates gener-
al supervision of all the great interests of the
! State, growing out of agriculture and our
productive resources, together with the adj
Nancement of labor in its vnrinus applications
and which will require the liberal aid of the
\ Legislature to make it effectivegn 5sar,
4ol The Commissioner, besides the general s,l-
/. peryision which he would necessarily exer-
else over the resources of the State, should
| have al 10
and clerical force to carry out the leading OBJ
jects of public utility to which his attention
would be attracted. This department would
! comprise: ,...f a..,... i....,.....i .g..+
!, Agriculture and resources of the State,
including the oyster products of the Chcsa-
peake Bay, and the best means for their pro-
lection. 9a..UG BAD rut .a sEa 4
2. Immigration, with special reference to
the introduction of white labor into tie
| State.
3. Inspection and repairs of public build
ings and their general supervisor. '''
Reference is next made to the report of the
directors of the Maryland Penitentiary, which
gives an interesting exhibit of the condition
of that institution: '-. '' .'''"" .'t'.'
Dv The expenses of the fiscal year ending on
the Both of NoVemheri 1867, have been S1O6,-
4 .50630, being an excess of $23, 19947 overthe
operations of 1865. The causes, of this in
crease will be satisfactorily explained in the
report Of the Directors. a
There appears against the institution a
4 small balance of l$6B75.25. 9a5 2maGyE
The average number of convicts for the
year has been G61 which is 1875 greater than
the preceding year.
There were but 81 more white convicts
ut the end of the past fiscal year than there
were 8 years ago, while the number of black
prisoners has been more than quadruped
within the same period, and nearly doubled
the last two years. -.'' 'f''
Additional accommodations are still urged
as indispensable to the pressing wants of the
! Institution. t..y q. .I4It. .-.f ., -,n,ri
The Governor has received an urgent ap-
. peal from the foreman of the Grand Jury for
Baltimore city, setting forth the pressing
Ilneed of some suitable place for the refoIln;l-
ton of Juvenile delinquents of the colorcd
race. The city swarms with Offenders of this
class, and while the white boy is punished by
confinement in the House of Refuge for a
term of years, or until his reformation is Sc
\ cured, the negro, after a short imprisonment
4 in Jail, is permitted to go free, only to be-
$40 UoiIiiIr,tIiIty.
- We QuOtP the NORTON IF thn mas 90 on 70
4 $50. -. - 49, ~
leiiins 70 inc ii''erh"l Improvement OF the
State entire:
I The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Gonna
i nv continues TO make LARGO and e.t;sf,ctnr,,
returns 10 the Treasury. 3 The last reno,tj Of
the operations and present condition of That
great work shows a degree of prosperity NOT
surpassed by any similar work in this coiln-
I try During the past wear. a branch Of fnt
road has been COMPLETED and and onpnrd
to Hagerstown, promising " important
advantages to that rich and valuable seetion
! of our State. A contract has been made
4 within few weeks past for perpetual lease
= of the Independent Branch Road from IJnr.
Z per's Ferry to Winchester, furnisbine Most
valuable connection with the Valley of Viz.
ginia. With the same line extended TO Stras-
burg too much Importance cannot be attach
ed to this valuable acquisition. The Central
o GilJ e oia rs alreasy pegmnng 10 snow de-
lease made with the Ralt;more .a uIe oh tIie
Railroad Company !; and the Pittsburg and
Connellsville Road, SO long retarded by adj
verse legisiatlon may De expected at no dis.
our chief eopn,erc;ol an,no,,;,,r r'o 'ne nap VI
- The line of steamers proposed to be run he.
tween the city of Baltimore and Bremen, will
pe IN operation curing the coming spring, and
~ o.: u D. "i'i .no bai.hhole