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for, Major Este is directed to take possession of the 

 buildins: known formerly as the Maryland Club 

 House, but now named "Freedman's Rest," to se- 

 lect some excellent lady to take charge of the same 

 as matron, and to suitably prepare and furnish as 

 many rooms as may be required for the purpose 

 prop'osed. And that this may be speedily accom- 

 plished, donations are respectfully solicited from all 

 philanthropic and Christian persons, wherever resi- 

 dent. All fines hereafter assessed and collected by 

 the Provost Marshal of the department will be ap- 

 propriated to the support of the Freedman's Rest. 

 To supply immediate wants, Major Este is directed 

 to draw on Colonel Woolley. 



6. Lest the moneys derived from donations and 

 from fines collected should prove insufficient to sup- 

 port the institution in a manner corresponding to its 

 importance, Major Este will proceed to make a list 

 of all the avowed rebel sympathizers resident in the 

 city of Baltimore, with a" view to levying such con- 

 tributions upon them in aid of the Freedman's Rest 

 as may be from time to time required. 



7. Major Este will enter upon the execution of this 

 order without delay. 



By command of" Maj.-G?n. TV ALL ACE. 



OLIVER MATTHEWS, Assistant Adj't-Gen. 



The following estimate of the amount in 

 value of the destruction by the enemy on their 

 invasion of Maryland in 1864, was carefully 

 prepared upon information gathered from re- 

 sponsible persons : 



Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Eail- 

 road > 



Korthern Central Railroad 100,000 



Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, this road being long- 

 est occupied, say '. 400,000 



Telegraph lines..' 4,000 



ake and Oh:o Canal 



Harford County 



Baltimore County 



Carroll County. ." 



Frederick County 



Waskinston County 



Estimated value of "supplies consumed and v,-a- 1 



Food for horses 



Dainasre to fences and farms (small) 



Four thousand cattle, at -*30 each 



Sheep and hogs 50,000 



Miscellaneous plunder. 200,000 



given retroactively when the sitnation of the 

 family may require it. He urged the establish- 

 ment of a military academy under the super- 

 vision of the Commonwealth, and argued at 

 length in favor of recruiting the wasted regi- 

 ments in the field from the population of the 

 rebellious States. Previous to the adjournment 

 of the Legislature in May, a series of resolutions 

 on national affairs, reported by the Committee 

 on Federal Relations, was adopted by a large 

 vote. They favored the prosecution of the \var 

 and pledged the resources of the State in its sup- 

 port ; recommended an amendment to the Con- 

 stitution abolishing slavery, and declared that 

 the President had discharged the duties of his 

 office with fidelity, sagacity, and courage, and 

 that his administration" deserved the confidence 

 of the people. 



The receipts into the State treasury for the 

 year ending January 1, 1864, were $7J229,823, 

 and the disbursements in the same period 

 si ;.7:2 8. 5 ','7. showing a surplus of $501.226 

 The liabilities and resources of the Common- 

 wealth, on January 1, 1865, were as follows: 



Liabilities. 



Scrip loaned railroad corpora- 

 tions $6,574,435 50 



Scrip issued in '61, '6-2, '63. and 

 '64. on account of war ex- 

 penses. 6,1SS,500 00 



Scrip issued for all other pur- 

 poses 1,610,000 00 



Unfunded debt, including 

 monthly pay due volunteers. S.5'21,037 00 



Total -*2,030,000 



The new Constitution provides for the adop- 

 tion of a uniform system of public schools, and 

 the levying a tax of ten cents on the hundred 

 dollars for their support, and five cents on the 

 same amount to provide a permanent fund. 

 The charitable institutions of the State were 

 in a favorable condition. 



MASSACHUSETTS. The Legislature of 

 Massachusetts convened at Boston on January 

 6, 1864, and was organized by the Republi- 

 can party, which had a large majority hi each 

 house. John A. Andrew was inaugurated Gov- 

 ernor for the fourth time, and on the 8th de- 

 livered his annual address. Among other sug- 

 gestions he recommended that the various acts 

 providing for bounties, and also those in aid of 

 the families of volunteers, be extended to meet 

 the cases of persons enlisting as soldiers in the 

 regular army, and credited to the Common- 

 wealth, in the same manner as the State volun- 

 teers; also, a modification of the laws relating 

 to the State relief to the families of soldiers, so 

 as to include ah 1 such families irrespective of 

 then- residence, and to authorize relief to be 



Resources. 



$2-2,593,972 56 



Productive property, cod- 

 ing of sinking funds, &o.. , 

 (and exclusive of school 

 and other trust funds, 

 12,131.826) -* U.GC9.293 07 



Unproductive property 3.157,917 33 



$17,557,211 30 



Excess of liabilities over resources, $5.036,- 

 761.26. The ordinary revenue and ordinary 

 disbursements during the year 1864, for other 

 purposes than those provided for by loan, were : 



Revenue. 



From all sources, including the corporation 

 tax not yet distributed, "and exclusive of 



loans $5,540,337 61 



Disbursements. 



For other purposes than those provided (< 

 loans. . . 5,10-:/257 >5 



Leaving cash on hand > 733,059 66 



The public debt on January 1, 1861, was 

 $8,103,039, and the increase during the four 

 succeeding years, amounting to $14,372,935, 

 of which the greater part is held by citizens of 

 the Commonwealth, was caused by expenses 

 and obligations arising out of the war. 



The Legislature of 1864 authorized the crea- 

 tion of a "Bounty Fund," by the issue of ten 

 million dollars of scrip, at interest not exceed- 

 ing five per cent, per annum payable in gold, 

 u to be sold or disposed of at public auction, or 

 in such other mode, and at such times, and in 

 such pieces and amounts as the Governor and 

 Council shall deem for the best interests of the 

 Commonwealth :; Owing to the violent fluctn 



