Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-18
Ctrcrrr Cor.- Tie March Term OF o,

10 II ! -, y "Ob . o4'' P''t-.
soud the c,lliug ii the diEsreSt dockets.
little business was transacted Up to Wed
r,sday. JEFF Justice Brent Is e1-
,ectsd to be in attendance. but had
not arrived Ut this writing. His Hon
or, Judge Magruder. vas presiding yes
erdsy. In the charge Q. Judge Ford
to tie Grsn- Jury on Monday. emphatic
reference ras made, re noticed, TO the
recent '.isil dclIvery." il our town. and
the crime Of The rsr.ies assisting tie es-
cape eli the prisoners Vas referred TO in
v,ry torcible terms
IAxr, 7, SOUTHERN MAxrLASD.-We
notice in t.. last issue Of the Maryland
Farmer a very interesting reply 70 inauir-
les ,ha, lad teen propoundcd in previ-
Gus Lumber in refcrtuce 10 lands fer sale
in Southern Mary land, oil. climate. etc.
The writer Understood to be Hon h.
o. s Key IS sufficiently full upon all
points embraced in the inquiries ard very
correct in his estimates and statcments.-
lie is wiling mere particu lslly of the
tide water portion down the Potomac riv-
or to Chesapeake Esy. To the 1t inqu!l-
r., he rfFlies;
"TLc country from Washington to
Point Lookout, lying between the Patux-
.ut HDd Potomac rivers, is about seven
ty- Eve miles long and an average width
Of about twentr-hre nlts, constituting a
nnrt Of Prince Georges. Charles. ard the
1hole Of St. Mary's cou1ty.
I'd The portion of Prince Georges
spd Charles ns it approaches tho Patux-
fni, apd pinch of the Potomac lands are
serT productive and easily improved. when
they are under the tender care Of improv-
ing fnrmcrs TIE width of territory is
greater ip this upper portion. and while
It has it's full share of fine meadow and
rplsnd, it bag its share Of poor neglected
Isr ds, mostly clay, and much light soils,
improved portions Of which show great
Susceptibility of Improvement. The same
character attaches from Washington to
S.. Mary ; county, except that ip the IN
tc,ior, there are belts Of land cqucl to tie
contiguous river lands. whom the soil i.
deep, but though occasionally cxh bitinc
email and medium cohble stones, i, is free
from stones. abundantly wattred. The
Same remarks may apply to ST Mays
county, which, being Peninsula not
averaging more then forty five miles long
aud ten miles wide, the forest or centre is
lrostly light land and clay subsoil Lands
On the river are rich, in good hands, but
reduced under improvidencc This land
has deal Of the Test soil for agriculture
and abcuIds in every variety Of timber.
though generally poor. light. and unim-
proved. It is bl ssed with soft spring
water and toS chalybeste springs
81, Answered in ID. except that
there arc but iittle building stones beyond
foundations fer chiuneys aud undtrpin-
ipgs.
18th. Tie prices vary from $40 to
SO per sore. except very productive
forms. and they vary according to domes-
tic apd farm buildings When commod-
ion", for farm purposes, to maximum Of
$50 per acre. and such az are on the riv-
er and crccks Astounding with timber,
oysters. terrapins, kc. and within few
hpur. or days passage of Baltimore,
Alexandria and Washington by steamer
or sail vessels, many Of which convenien-
cies belong also to unimproyed lands -
As to wild lands. there is no. much that
would come under that head A body
Of that kind in wood and timber. nearly
l 800 acres. below Ieonnrdtown. The
county seat Of St Mary's, wa. sold last
year for $40 per acrc-not more than
Two and half miles from the Potomac.
9th. These l.nds, when off, stiff o.
compact soil, arc naturally gras, lands -
Very little attention is given to hay, as q
'ror. but when ii is, good crops Of hay,
etc. give good cattle. and would equal
'he best If our mild climate had not en-
failed on us careessncss If stock The
crops are corn. tobacco, wheat. fruit and
potatoes, and prices are dependent on the
shore mentioned cities, freight TO either
y cents per buskci. and 81 so per hogs
head Of tobacco
9th Answered above.
d" ii. Average wages for our unreiia-
tie free negro labor, SO to IS cents per
day-Slo to y per month. 800 to
$3.50 per year. and board Our Mary
land Bureau is beginning to better the
labor by foreign immigration
"Sth. Mechanics Of all kinds work for
less money than in cite. ; board is saved
10 them.
"9sh. The cLcsl ness Of living. ard
readiness for sale of all that can be spar
ed, mike, IT = good place for men otsmaN
or large mcapsi if sustained by sobriety
aud dustry, We are mostly Of the cid
stock that settled Maryland
10th. This region ha. no towns or VII
lagos beyond the county seats o: Charles
and ST Mays counties No canals want
ed Baltimore aud Potomac Eoalrcad,
Low under constructions, call At Washiug-
ION. bu, main stem will ntInue through
Chsrles county TO opposite Aqua Creek.
Virgins The Southern Railro cad through
hli. region. irrw Point Lookout to Wash
iuston. IT 10 in,rr>tcs the B-ltimere anu
potpri IHlroad Ia. been surveyed. es-
Inmates i - r. in preparation, AID
c nmissiaf. }. u, > ,Akihg stock"
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