MARYLAND. 



455 



mous preference of the soldiers and sailors of Mary- 

 land for General TJ. S. Grant as the nominee of the 

 Kepublican party for the next presidency. 



Resolved, That the soldiers and sailors of Mary- 

 land represented in this convention use this occasion 

 to manifest their adherence to the principles of the 

 great Eepublican party. 



Resolved. That this convention of soldiers and 

 sailors, called for the specific purpose of advocating 

 the nomination of General U. S. Grant for the next 

 presidency, will not entertain any nomination for the 

 yice-presidencv or any other position, as not belong- 

 ing to the distinct object of this convention. 



Resolved. That in the present disturbed condition 

 of national affairs we see a struggle between the 

 people representing freedom, loyalty, and free repub- 

 licanism on the one side, and on the other side, in 

 the person of A. Johnson, the representative of trea- 

 son, slavery, and oppression, and, in the course he has 

 pursued, the great and hitherto successful enemy of 

 all republics, " the one-man power." We therefore 

 insist that Congress shall in no manner whatever 

 evade the present question before them, but meet it 

 firmly, and thereby forever secure us from all future 

 attempts at a " dictatorship." 



The Democratic State Convention met on 

 the 3d of June, and, after an interesting discus- 

 sion of the political questions involved in the 

 coming presidential campaign, appointed dele- 

 gates to the New York Convention, and nomi- 

 nated a list of electors for the State. The 

 following resolution was offered by William 

 Pinckney Whyte, and adopted by a unanimous 

 vote: 



Resolved, That this convention, actuated by a desire 

 to cultivate a spirit of harmony and conciliation among 

 the members of the national Democratic party, and to 

 secure the nomination of such candidates for the pres- 

 idency and the vice-presidency as shall command the 

 largest number of the suffrages of those opposed to the 

 present ruinous radical rule, and therefore unwilling 

 to discriminate at this time, in advance, between the 

 eminent statesmen and distinguished soldiers who may 

 be presented for nomination, pledges itself to accept 

 and support the nominees of the New York Convention 

 of the 4th of July next ; and, to the end that the dele- 

 gates to be chosen by this convention to represent this 

 State in New York, looking to the interests of the 

 entire country, and to the integrity and success of the 

 Democratic party, may exercise their discretion and 

 best judgment, it is hereby declared that said dele- 

 gates are left free and uninstructed as to the candi- 

 dates for whom they shall cast the vote of this 

 State. 



William Pinckney was appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Swann to succeed Mr. Keverdy Johnson 

 in the Senate of the United States, when that 

 gentleman was sent by the Federal Govern- 

 ment to represent the country at the court of 

 St. James. 



The election in Maryland occurred on the 

 Tuesday immediately following the first Mon- 

 day in November. No State officers were 

 chosen this year. The whole vote for presi- 

 dential electors numbered 92,795, of which 

 62,357 were in favor of Seymour, and 30,438 

 in favor of Grant, giving the former candidate 

 a majority of 31,919. Five members of Con- 

 gress were chosen, all of whom were members 

 of the Democratic party. Both branches of 

 the State Legislature are unanimously Demo- 

 cratic. 



The receipts into the State Treasury from all 



sources during the fiscal year ending September 

 30, 1868, amounted to $4,135,405.75, while 

 a surplus of $156,838 was on hand at the be- 

 ginning of the year. The public expenditures 

 for the same period reached the sum of $3,809,- 

 692.74, leaving an unappropriated surplus in the 

 Treasury of $482,551.01. The receipts for the 

 next fiscal year, which ends September 30, 

 1869, are estimated at $2,000,000, while the 

 disbursements will not be less than $2,267,000. 

 The school fund, on the 30th of September, 

 amounted to $79,678. The public debt of 

 Maryland is $11,712,190.45. 



The following shows the assessed value of 

 property in the State and the amount of the 

 tax levy : 



The property belonging to the Common- 

 wealth is exhibited in the following schedule : 



Productive. 



Stock in the Farmers' National Bank of An- 

 napolis 



Stock in the Main stem of the Baltimore and 

 Ohio Railroad Co 



Stock in the Washington Branch of the Bal- 

 timore and Ohio Railroad Co 



Stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Ca- 

 nal Company 



Bonds of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 

 Co., on which they provide the interest 

 paid by the State 



Bonds of the Susquehanna and Tidewater 

 Canal Company 



Mortgage of the Northern Central Railway 

 Company 



Due from Incorporated Institutions, Collec- 

 tors of State Taxes, Sheriffs, Inspectors, 

 Registrars of Wills, Clerks of Courts, 

 Auctioneers, etc., 



$46,470.00 



500,000.00 



550,000.00 



62,500.00 



1,900,000.00 

 1,000,000.00 

 1,500,000.00 



1,513,706.36 

 $7,072,676.36 



