BALTIMORE. 87 



ty hours on the journey of 224 miles from 

 Wheelin ; and at ten o'clock the same night, 

 I set off by the railway for Baltimore, which 

 I reached at two o'clock next morning. 



Baltimore, the capital of Maryland, ranks as 

 the fourth city of the Union ; the population 

 is said to exceed 100,000, of which about one- 

 third consists of free people of colour or of 

 slaves, and of the white inhabitants, a large 

 proportion are Roman Catholics. 



In the appearance of the city there is no- 

 thing which very peculiarly distinguishes it from 

 other large and wealthy towns in the Union ; 

 the streets are good ; the houses, chiefly of 

 brick, are neat ; the shops fine ; and nume- 

 rous public buildings, and not a few conspicu- 

 ous monuments, add much to the general ef- 

 fect. 



Among the monuments here is that erected 

 in honour of the great American Liberator, 

 which bears a resemblance to the Monument 

 of London, and, including the statue of Wash- 

 ington, rises about 200 feet in height. A spi- 

 ral stair of 300 steps inside, leads to the sum- 



