The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-10-04
WHOLE No. 1 ,O1S

Importance, aud soon afterwards many Of
the more enterprsing of them renewed to
Baltimore, which had always been he rival
of the other town. Tradition says that the
owners of many buildings in Charlestowu
pulled them down and used the materials OF
which they were composed in the ConstTuC-
ton of other buildings in Baltimore. In
1887, the old warehouse was sold at public
sale to Archibald Job, for forty pounds, and
in 1891, the Commissioners passed an order
allowing the Jail, which had somehow fallen
into their hands, to be used school
house and for public worship of religious
societies.
In 1890, a law was passed to straighten
and amend the several roads therein nen-
toned, and "Iichard Snowdon Thomas,
Thomas Matfitt ~ Jacob Holingsworth
We're appointed commissioners to lay ont x
survey, mark and bound, a road from Sus-
quehanna lower ferry 10 the ford at the Fur
mace, from thence to Chariestewn, from
thence to the bridge at the hea%of North
East & from thence through Elktown TO-
wards ChriStiana, TO the Delaware line"
This caused trouble. The people cf
CharleStown were apprchensive that When
the road was Strengthened, travel would he
diverted from that town and they no doubt
thought they had been i'll used when the
seat of Justice was removed to Eliton. For
these reasons ana probably because they
thought the projected improvement W.
made in the interest of their successful rivai,
they opposed the change The controversy
about this matter began in 1892, and proc
ably entered into the canvass for the cleo
ton OF members Of the legislature that Fall,
for at a special meeting Of the Commission
ers Of Charlestown, on October :}rd, it was
ordered that the Register, Nathan Norton,
deliver eight dollars to William Graham -
pay for u wagon and other necessary cX-
penses for the purpose Of taking the voters
to the election.
At the session Of 1892 William Linton
was sent to the legislature and authorized
to employ counsel in order TO retain the
post route where it then was. The matter
seems to have been before the legislature az
the next session, for the Town Commission
ers sent an express to Maj or Foreman, who
was Il member of the legislature in 1892, for
Z petition that was given 10 him by Linton
at Annapolis the Winter before. The eX-
prcsSman returned and reported that Major
Foreman was away from home, but there is
reason to believe that the Commissioners
thought he was lying and had not been at
Foreman's residence. They aftcruard got
a sketch of the petition from Patrick Ham
ilton, who was a man Of some note, and had
been Sheriff of the county, but he thought
it was very imperfect notwithstanding
which they appointed Alexander Hasson
AHA samuel HuSa 10 lay IL DeIoIe tOloH'l
Ramsey, who probably was a member Of
the Legislature.
The efforts of the villagers were successful
and we find no further reference to the nov
road till 1875, when IA petition, signed by
many of the citizens of South Susquehanna
Hundred, was presented to the levy court,
expressing their satisfaction with the con
dition of the old read which was then in
good repair, and protesting against the con-
StrnrtipO of another Sanr W cid. The
English traveller before referred to, speaks of
Charlestown, in 1895, viz: GA few miles
distant from Elkton is Charlcstown, con-
tanning about twenty tshermen's houses.
The adjoining county is rather mountainous
and in some parts the traveller proceeds Toy
five miles together through an uninterrupted
succession of woods GULF.