The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-06-30

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dug for the use of community rather than
| single settler. Two log huts near by are
| believed by Mr. Icakin to belong 10 the
| period ofihe colonization, and he even haZ-
| ards Il conjecture that peculiar spot in the
| field which refuses cultivation, may have
been the site of the old court house. There
is II burial ground near by, but the remains
seem to have been removed. The solitary
gray" that appears to-day is covered with II
marble slab. overgrown with moss, the cpl.
| taph ON which is To the memory of James
| Philips and Martha, his wife. The Iatter
was daughter OF John and Elizabeth Paca
and was born in l144. Her husband died in
| 1903 and she survived him % years, 1t is
| scarcely necessary to add that as Old Balti
| more was abandoned in 100 the grave is in
no way associated with its history
4 LOG CHURCH.
1t appears probable that the real burying-
ground of the old Balimoreans was ut Il spot
| called "Gravely," some three miles distant,
where also there are evidence of Il log church.
Mr. Lcakin SAYS. Here are the almost
oblrruted remains of the log church, where
the first founders of the parish worshiped,
whilst the sunken graves ON every side mark
their last earthly resting place \ bridge
near this locality, called Church bridge, cor.
robnraes this evidence The date of cree
| ton Of this church would appear to have
| been about 1911, and there is record Ct its
being still in existence in 1909, 100 years after
the removal of the coloniSts and forty. one
years after the foundations Of the present
Monumental City We're laid. Mention is
made of an act of Assembly in "Bacons
Laws in 1858, directing port of trade on
| the town land near the Court house. Ii is
| clear, then, that there were both town and
Il court house on this site (Old BallimoreO
and it is also plain that the place must have
been abandoned before 1907, when the As
| sembly directed that the old courthouse Oh
ForstcrS neck should he discontinued and
new one established at Joppa This act"
SAYS Mr. Leakin, "was vetoed by Queen
Anne and did not gain her sanction until
l7l2 when Ioppa became the county town
of Baltimore county. where the courts were
| held, until, in 1iGS, Joppn surrendered to the
present Baltimore"
FRAGMENTARY RECORDS.
In its existence of forty years-viz from
1859 to about foot is manifest that this
same spot on the Bush river, then Baltimore
city, was no mere temporary location of
sQuatters TO the rntutOred eye al signs of
its existence are merged in desolatiOn and
| there is no voice from the grave to proclaim
its past But if there was such an one To be
summoned forth, as was the spirit of Samuel
by the witch of Endor Mt the call of Saul. il
woad be assurcdly William Osborne. the
builder of the first house in the present Bal.
timorr county. on "Old House point" the
site of Old Baltimore His bones are among
those which, in the old church yard already
described, have long since moldercd to dust,
and let it not be forgotten, he was the first
white man buried on Hartford county SOIL
The history of this Osborne reads like II 70.
nance There are two other chronicles of
interest in connection with Old Baltimore,
viz: The depos ton of the third Lord Balt-
more in 1888, and the appointment of Lionel
COplcy rs governor in 1852. These fragment.
airy records, bare and mcagre rs they are,
enable us to look at this group Of ccdars,
this old well and these crumbling stones on
the river brink with intelligent interest, and
to appreciate the beauty Of Thomas Moorc's
lines
ION Tough Neaghs bank us the fisherman strays.
when the clear, cold ewes declining
He sees the round towers of other days
In the wave beneath him shining.
Then shall memory often, in dreams sublime,
Catch gimpses of the days that are over.
And, signing, look through the waves of time,
For the long faded glories they cover"
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
Before proceeding to the sevenmile journey
necessary to bring us to the second Baltimore,
it will be worth while to view with the eye
of the artist and lover of nature the scene
we are leaving. Every fisherman knows the
excellence of the fishing in the Bush river,
and although, strangely enough, there is no
depot at the place, no hotel no ticket office,
not even postmaster we find quite little par
ty ofanglers here, plying their vocation, while
other visitors are culling wild flowers or
boating on the tranquil waters. The writer,
hungry, weary and athirst, learned with mix
ed feelings that there was no accommodation
for man or beast nearer than Edgewood, a
threcmilc walk on the ballast track of the
railroad. But Maryland hospitality came
to the rescue, and in the pretty cottage on
the bridge abutment he received hearty
welcome, such as lent another charm to the
music and words of "My Maryland" Sitting
under a canopy Of honeysucklc he listened to
his hostess account of the times of 1862,
when the place was made Il recruiting station,
and the First Delaware, with New York
and Connecticut regiment had II pleasant
time of it for many months. In the garden
he was shown the remains of carhwOrks,
thrown up for practice, and likewise gray
barked chestnut tree riddled with bullets, at
which the "boys" had practiced Hidden in
the trees behind was q graYe.stone, beneath
which, it was stated, slept Union soldier
No fatal bullet had sought his life. The truth
must be told: He had got very full of whisky,
and insisted on bathing in spot where the
water was out of his depth. He was drown.
cd-pointing the moral that even the dilution
Of whisky may be carried too far
In the woods above the cottage lies one of
the many homes of the great Paca family, who
still own all theland hereabouts. The tragic
fate of VIM. b. Paca and his kindred will be
fresh in the minds of readers of The Day,
though twenty years have shown the crown
ing horror of some ofits more painful details
The story is eloquently told by writer in
the Philadelphia Weekly Times of May TO-
1879 The scenery of Bush river is very
beautiful, and on the miniature beach the
artist will find many objects for his pencil.
Let him take rs an example the lone fisher
man and wild flowers in the scow wonder,
the turtle nets on the shore, the schooner
riding dreamily on the tranquil waters as if
floating on air, the masses OF Towering rush,
the jutting points and tiny c0ves-it is a spot
from which Turner or Birkct Foster would
find materials 10 fill picture gallery.
SECOND AND THIRD BALTIMORE
And now tor the pilgrimage to the second
Baltimore. A few trains stop at Bush station,
and if there be one it is well to tabei other.
wise there is nothing but seven.mile walk
along the ballast track. Passing Edgewood,
the cars cross a tiny creek and reach Magno-
la, pfeleHllous but IIelty Httlc naHlel,
deriving its name from the beautiful tree
which is plentiful in the locality. 1t is about
four miles from Magnolia 10 Joppa. Here,
although there are more distinct evidences
of the cities that have been, there is yet little
enough to satisfy the ordinary visitor of the
fact that the second and third BaltimOres had
their somewhile existence. The remains at
Forser's neck are very fragmentary, which
will not be surprising when it is recollected
that the settlers gave up the attempt to To-
cate their model city on the site after twelve
wears of fruitless toll Mr.. Leakin dates the
colony from 1900 to 1921. There is q spot
marked in Augustine Herman's map of 1870,
as Fosters Creek, which is believed to have
hnn, ihn clio of the second cnllrl -hnnsn -