Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-09-02

formed an association in April. 1859.
for the purpose ol overturnlng the pro-
prietaFy government. W July Sc. Na-
~ city surrendered 10 his loIces With
ont blow, but Col. Darnell and Major
Sewell moved up The Patuxent. where
they organized force. determinedto
bold Mailapany. Having decided b.
complete the overlhFow n GAe prupgie-
tary government Coode 0ofrowed some
great guns Of one Capt BuFnham nas<
ter Of q ship belonging 70 Asondnn anH
marched fDr Paluxeni. Wten h
rired Wllkin shofl dlslaaee O. afas..
) l sko44e teA
and commanded The ~. .sssss s@n
der, upon which, after slort pneley.
ihe president. VIM. Joseph, and Henry
Darnell, Nicholas Sewpll, Edward pye
and Clement Hills, or the council. CON
sented. after which the whole Province
was in the hand OF the association. An
address was issued 10 the King entreat-
ing him to take the government Of the
Province into his own hands, and in
1891 he sent cut Sir Lionel Copley as
Governor.
The sessions Of the Calvert County
Court were held first at Mattapany and
afterwards at Calvert Toune, on the
east side OF Patuxent river and the north
side of Battle creek. The court was
held at the latter place from about 1888
10 1725, when The courthouse was re-
moved BY act Of Assembly 10 It's pres
ent place at "WiIIiam's Old-6elds. -
On the 18th Of March. 1925. John
Bronze, VIM. Dawklns, Patrick Andrew.
Henry Chew, James Duke, Jr., James
Somervell, Sutton Isaac, Roger Boyce,
William Miller and James Aging, a
jury olinquisillon, by order Of Col. John
Smith, William Young. William Holland,
Jeremiah Sheredine, Gabriel Parker
and Chas. Clsgett, Justices oil his Lord
ships County Court, condemned three
acres OF land for the purpose ol building
thereon the new courthouse. The land
was purchased from Richard Johns for
5000 pounds Of tobacco. The new
courthouse was erected and opened for
business on Tuesday, July 2, 1T2S.--
The justices in attendance were Benia-
min Maekall, Walter Smith, VIM.
Young, VIM. Holland, Gabriel Parker,
Chas. Clageit, Gideon Dare aud Rich
ard Lane; Richard Smith, sheriff, and
Richard Young, clerk. An act for fin
ish,ng the courthouse aud for the re-
lief OF The builders, and The place 10 be-
called Prince Frederick, was passed by
the General Assembly in the same year.
This courthouse was desinyed ny FIRE.
and in 174S Il was ordered TO be re-
built. p-njamin Mackall, Sr., James
HeIghe, Benjamin Mackall. Jr.. Benson
Bond, BENJAMIN Hance, DR.. James
Someryell, Benjamin Johns, James Duke
and Edward CAN'T, the commissioners
appointed for the erection Of a new
building, met at Prince Frederick on
the 18th Of August. I749, and contra0-
ted with James John Mackall for the
building OF the courthouse. q was
completed in August, 1851, but was
partially destroyed by a hurricane some
| time after. A number Of persons were
in the building at the time. and several
were killed and many injured. Among
the killed were Jesse Bourne and Basil
Simmons. In July, 1914, the second
courthouse erected at Primes FredeT-
ick as destroyed, with the Jail, by
detachment Of British troops, and upon
ITS site the present dingy courthouse
was built.
Your correspondent made thorough
search in the cock-Ioft and other portions
Of this courthouse for the long-lost re-
cords, but failed to End anything earlier
than 1870, and these were deeds OF
land, Sc, in Calvert county. In fact.
he discovered that Libers A. b and G.,
being the county records prior to 1870 Of
the land records OF Calvert county, were
also among the missing. Your correspon-
dent is greatly indebted to the deputy
clerk, Mr.. Wilson, and the proprietofs
ofthe Calvert Journal for the aid rem
dered him in his researches. Frcn
present appearances the good people OF
Calvert have little need Of a courthouse.
as IL is left open day and night without
fear Of damage, and the jsil has not bad
an occupant since the May term Of
court.
This Is a striking commentary on our
boasted civilization, as neither the click
Of the telegraph instrument nor the
whistle Of the locomotive have ever
been heard in the county. The great
est subjects OF InteEest among The peo-
pie lust now relate TO tournaments. pub
lie gates and the Drum Point railroad.
Several Of the former are announced 10
come of in various sections ofihe couD-
ty. A vote will be taken this fall for
or against the abolishmeHt Of the gates
on the public roads. The Drum Point
railroad is the Moses which is 10 lead
the citizens Of Calvert TO the promised
land-Baltimore