The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-23

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THE ANNALS OF BALTIMORE TOWN.
A tradesman Of Baltimore, who deals
an old books and papsFs, a fs~ days
since purchased lot at the rate of a
cent per pound, which had for more
than half century been lying in 4
garret. He had the curiosity OF exam
ining some, and found some rare pub
lications, amongst which was the Bal,i-
more Directory for the years ISoo-ISoI,
published by Warncr& Hanna, printers
and booksellers, corner of Baltimore
and Gay streets, and finely engraved
plan of the Town of Baltimore and its
cnvirons, by A. Z. Folie, French gcog-
rapher. The Directory is small work
OF I55 pages, and contains the name OF
4,IIo rcsidcnters, whilst the present
Directory has .4S,ooS. 1t is quite
amusing to see from what an humble
and unprctcnding ancestry many OF the
aristocrats and first families dcccndcd.
Among the list are draymen, portcrs,
wall colorers, hog drovcrs, hair. .dresscrs,
pcddlers, wcaverS, bakers, bootblacks,
&c. Their full names, places of rcsid-
encc and business are yet indcliblc on
the pages of the work. The following
paragraphs are taken from the work:
or Churches there were 10, viz: Ro-
man Catholic !, Protestant Episcopal
:, Methodist ], one each of The German
Lutheran, German Calvinist, Sccedcrs,
Presbyterian, Quaker, Regular Baptist,
German Reformed Evangelical, Indc-
pendent Baptist, New jerusalem, Dunk
er, and African Methodist dcnomina.
tions.
The Baltimore Circulating Library,
5000 vols, well chosen" was kept by
VIM. Mundy, corner Of Baltimore and
Charles streets. The Baltimore .imfJI.
fdn, published daily on Second street,
near South the Telegraph, 50 Baltimore
street, and the Eiisyai Ga;fkit, 1 South
Gay street. Old VIM. Pechins' book
store was on the corner OF Gay and
Water streets. The Mayors Office
and Registers occupied No. 90 Balti-
more street, whilst the other city Off
cials occupied various localities. The
dignity Of the Mayoralty was conferred
upon James Calhoun, and Randall II.
Moalc, Register and Clerk Of the Coun-
cils. 1t is worthy of remark that Of 20
principal officers, including the mem.
bers Of the Council, that Mr.. X. II.
Mole, survives.
There were but three banks, viz ..
Bank OF Maryland, VIM. Patterson
President, Robert Wilson, Cashier ;
Branch Bank of the United States,
John Swan, President, David Harris,
Cashier; Bank Of Baltimore, George
Salmon, President, James Cox, Cashier.
Maryland Insurance Company, James
Carey, President Baltimore Insurance
Company, Alexander McKim, Secrc-
tary; baltimore Equitable Society,
Joseph Townsend, Secretary.
a stage left for Philadelphia every
morning, except Sunday, and coachee
every morning, except Sunday, for
Washington, and tri-weekly packets for
Frenchtown, Philadelphia, and week.
ly one to Chestertown. There were
also packets for Alexandria, Norfolk,
Petersburg and Richmond, but no reg
ular hours for starting. Such thing
rs steamboat was unknown then.
Under the head Of United States
duties, we find the tariff put on rather
heavier than Uncle Sam does at present !;
for instance on every coach SIS, every
chariot SIs, post t.chariot and post chaisc
SI,, on every coachec So, and on every
four wheeled curtaincd carriage so.-
The table of stamps was also much
heavier than at present.
The sparsely settled boundaries oi
the city extended no farther on the
north than Saratoga street, on the west
by Green, the south by Montgomery
and the east by Washington Streets
The site Of the Eutaw House was corn.
field owned by the late Colonel Howard,
of Revolutionary fame. All that popu,
lous and elegant section OF the city
north Of ST. Paul's Church was known
rs Howard's woods, and near where the
Washington Monument now stands was
small frame shanty, where the "an.
beer, mead and horse cakes.
It was considered quite an adventure
for the schoolhoys to ramblc through
Howard's woods, and a privilege sell
dom granted by parental authority
One branch Of Jones' Falls extended 4.
far west as Calvert and Lexington, and
high water was found at the intersec,
tion of Second and Frederick streets,
whilst long causeway from Gay tC
Front street. That section of the city
bounded by President, Fawn, Caroline
and Falls streets, comprizing large
sized ward, was all submerged under
water, and il was an uncommon sight
to see RATS and boats moving briskl,
about from place to place.
In those days the drama was moi
neglected, for the plan of the town
designates the "playhouse" rs situated
on Fawn, between Exeter and High,
while the Jail stood on St. Paul's .neal
Conowago or Lexington streets. Mark
ct shamblcs Of limited size occupied :
part Of the Maryland Institute lot, and
on the corner OF Fayettc and NORTH
streets stood a quaint little log-house
occupied by the oldest Presbyterian
congregation in the State. represent
site Of the Shot Tower was occupied b,
the First Baptist Meeting House,
There are many other points Of interes
about these old documents which woulC
amply repay an examination, partic
ularly on the part Of our oldest citizens
B1-A negro was scalded to deatl
from boiler explosion, and on hi
tombstone they chiseled, "sacred e