MARYLAND. 



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-'IM'l.lV l;i\V, Which WOIlt intO 



1 UiO, Hv i!-i provisions, spirit- 



:,i] kin-Is, including ale, 1 



idcr, ami even mineral water, cannot be 



-k'tl of without incurring a penalty. Nci[!i.-i- 



. KtmtF, or tobacco, can DO sold, and all 



-li articles are ordinarily rctaiK-d, 



Apothecaries' establishments 



:>-d from selling medicines, or any other 



on authority of a prescription 



ilar physician. Sunday newspapers 



; erdioted ; and the law imposes a tine 



df live dollars on every man who may bo found 



working ou the Sabbath, and doing that not 



included in the category of necessity and mercy. 



This law is declared, by those upon whom it 



hs most heavily, to be unconstitutional, and 



tave appealed to the courts for relief. The 



remaining laws passed at this session of the 



aturc, were strictly local in their character 



and possess no general interest. In April, a 



Fair was held in Baltimore for the relief of the 



ite in the Southern States. The Fair was 



inaugurated under the auspices of the ladies of 



Maryland, was most liberally patronized, and 



proved a great success. The opening day was 



thus described : 



Not in a long while has Baltimore presented such 

 an animated and attractive appearance as was wit- 

 nessed yesterday, except upon some great holiday 

 occasion, when the bulk of the entire population is 

 abroad to enjoy a respite from the monotony of every- 

 dav life. The principal thoroughfare and promenade 

 Baltimore Street was throughout the day one vast 

 crowd of beauty. Immense throngs of ladies, many of 

 whom had been confined within doors by the inclem- 

 ent weather of March, were abroad in spring attire, a 

 garb that never fails to enhance the charms of nature, 

 no matter how lavishly the latter may have been 

 bestowed. Quite a number of strangers, of both 

 BCXCS many of them drawn thither by the promising 

 opening of the great Southern Relief Fair were also 

 to be seen upon the streets, and this, together with 

 the bustle attendant upon the preparations for this 

 great demonstration, in which so many ladies have 

 taken an active part, served to heighten the attract- 

 iveness of the scene. 



The total gross receipts of the Fair amounted 



to $168,177.25. The expenses were $3,607.28 ; 



leaving the net receipts at $164,569,97. The 



r portion of this sum was distributed as 



follows : 



Virginia Committee, $27,000 



North Carolina Committee 16,500 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Florida 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



Maryland 



19,750 

 17,875 

 1 , 250 

 90,698 

 7,500 



5,000 

 12,500 

 10,000 



$158,500 



New York, Pennsylvania* New Jersey, Mas- 

 Faehusetts, Delaware, Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky, 

 Rhode Island, South Carolina, Illinois, West 

 Virginia, Washington City, Havana, England, 

 France, and California, have all aided in this 



noble work, and the grateful thanks of the as- 

 sociation are tendered to all, in all parts of the 

 country, who have given it their support. 



By the munificence of George Peabody, Eq., 

 an institution has been established at Baltimore 

 which, it is believed, will prove not only an ' 

 ornament to the city, but a benefit to the coun- 

 try at large. The project was started nine years 

 ago, and is most comprehensive, including a 

 public library which is to be accumulated in 

 three sections. A scries of lectures, especially 

 on scientific topics ; an academy of music, in 

 which the highest instruction in the art shall 

 bo attainable, and a gallery of art. The gov- 

 ernment of the Institute is in the hands of trus- 

 trees named for the purpose. 



The buildings, which are spacious and impos- 

 ing, occupy one of the finest sites in the city ; 

 the endowment is ample, and many are already 

 reaping the benefit of the distinguished donor's 

 liberality. The Institute was formally inaugu- 

 rated on the 24th October, in the presence of a 

 large audience comprising the beauty, fashion, 

 and distinction of the Monumental City. Mr. 

 Pcabody was present, and was escorted by the 

 committee of reception to the platform of the 

 lecture room, on which were seated a number 

 of the leading men of the city and State. 



Governor Swann delivered a brief but felicit- 

 ous address of welcome, to which Mr. Peabody 

 replied in an earnest and impressive manner, re- 

 ferring in a few words to his former residence 

 in the city, and closing with the following sen- 

 timent : 



To you, therefore, citizens of Baltimore and of 

 Maryland, I make my appeal, probably the last that 

 I shall have ever to make to you. May not this In- 

 stitute be a common ground, where all may meet, 

 burying former differences and animosities ; forget- 

 ting past separations and estrangements ; weaving 

 the bands of new attachments to the city, to the State, 

 and to the nation ? May not Baltimore, her name 

 already honored in history as the birth-place of re- 

 ligious toleration in America, now crown her past 

 fame by becoming the daystar of political tolerance 

 and charity ; and will not Maryland, in place of a 

 battle-ground for opposing parties, become the field 

 where milder councils and calm deliberations may 



reyail ; where good men of all sections may meet to 

 evise and execute the wisest plans for repairing the 

 ravages of war, and for making the future of our 

 country alike common, prosperous, and glorious, 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from our north- 

 ern to our southern boundary? 



The financial affairs of the State are in a pros- 

 perous ana satisfactory condition. On the 80th 

 September, the close of the fiscal year, the total 

 receipts into the treasury had been $3,825,507.94, 

 which added to the previous balance made the 

 aggregate in the treasury during the fiscal year, 

 $3,758,489.94. The total disbursements during 

 the same period were $3,890,617.58, leaving a 

 balance of, $307,816.86. 



By the act of 1862, the State was authorized 

 to borrow $2,500,000, upon the issue of her 

 credit, to meet the extraordinary demands grow- 

 ing out of the impending war. In 1864, a sim- 

 ilar act was passed, authorizing an additional 

 loan of $4,OOU,000, aud in 1865, a still farther 



