BALTIMORE. 



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ate States seemed to be the rallying point of 

 the disaffected people. Some of these assaulted 

 the command with stones, when a number of 

 the latter discharged their muskets. At least 

 twenty shots were fired, but it happily proved 

 that no person was injured. There seemed to 

 be but little discipline among the troops, espe- 

 cially as they rushed along pell-mell. Whilst 

 they were entering the cars a crowd of young 

 men gave them several volleys of bricks and 

 stones, some of which demolished the windows 

 of the cars, whereupon three or four of the 

 privates pointed their muskets through the car 

 windows and fired, but no one was injured. 



The baggage and munitions, in two cars, 

 were seized by the crowd, but rescued by the 

 police. Other troops were sent back to the 

 borders of the State by orders of Gov. Hicks. 

 The military of the city were called out, and 

 quiet was restored at evening. Among the 

 killed was Robert W. Davis, a member of a 

 mercantile firm, and a person held in high es- 

 teem by a large circle of friends and acquaint- 

 ances. Nine citizens of Baltimore were killed, 

 and many wounded. Twenty-five of the wound- 

 ed Massachusetts troops were sent to the Wash- 

 ington hospital. 



During the night following a report prevailed 

 that more Northern troops were approaching 

 by the Northern Central Railway. It was im- 

 mediately resolved to destroy the bridges near- 

 est the city, on both the Northern roads ending 

 in Baltimore. The bridge at Canton was thus 

 destroyed, and two bridges between Cockeysville 

 and Ashland ; also the bridges over Little Gun- 

 powder and Bush rivers. This was ordered to 

 be done by the authorities of Baltimore. Upon 

 a representation of the events to President Lin- 

 coln, he ordered that " no more troops should be 

 brought through Baltimore, if, in a military point 

 of view, and without interruption or opposition, 

 they can be inarched around Baltimore." 



The public mind continued in a feverish state 

 from the excitement of Friday, when unfound- 

 ed reports that Northern troops were approach- 

 ing the city, aroused a most indescribable tu- 

 mult, like ten thousand people bereft of reason. 

 The error of the rumors becoming finally 

 known, peace and order were restored. 



The transmission of the mails, and the removal 

 of provisions from the city, however, were sus- 

 pended by the orders of the Mayor and Board 

 of Police. Four car loads of military stores, 

 clothing, tents, and other army equipments, 

 sufficient for the accommodation of a thou- 

 sand men, and the property of the Government, 

 were thus detained. On the 24th, the city pre- 

 sented much the appearance of a military camp. 

 The number of volunteers there enlisted, was 

 put as high as 25,000. Large quantities of pro- 

 visions were seized, and its departure from the 

 city stopped. About four hundred picked men 

 left the city for the Relay House, on the Balti- 

 more and Ohio Railroad, for the purpose of 

 seizing and holding that important strategic 

 point. They were followed by a force of about. 



two hundred men, having with them four field- 

 pieces and an abundance of ammunition. It 

 was the intention of the military authorities to 

 concentrate there about 1,200 nten. The ob- 

 ject of the seizure was to cut off the commu- 

 nication of the Pennsylvanians with Washington 

 by that route. 



The troops at Cockeysville were removed to 

 York, Pennsylvania. 



Immediately upon the departure of the train, 

 the authorities of Baltimore County despatched 

 a body of armed men to follow in the rear, and 

 destroy the bridges, which they did ; burning 

 all the bridges, large and small, from Ashland 

 to the Maryland line, with one exception, the 

 "Big Gunpowder Bridge." 



The turnpike from Ashland to York was lit- 

 erally black with vehicles of every description, 

 containing whole families from Baltimore, who 

 were hurrying to the country. A great many 

 strangers were also proceeding to Pennsylva- 

 nia, for the purpose of getting into the more 

 Northern States. 



Unparalleled as was the excitement in Balti- 

 more, after one week quiet was not only re- 

 stored, but a counter-revolution took place, 

 which by its mere moral force reestablished 

 the control of reason and judgment. 



On the 5th of May, the volunteer militia 

 were dismissed by the authorities. 



On the 10th of May, thirteen hundred troops 

 landed near Fort McHenry from transports, and 

 were thence transferred by trains to Washington. 



The Board of Police Commissioners had at 

 noon detailed a large police force, who were pres- 

 ent at Locust Point, and acted with great efficien- 

 cy, under the direction of Marshal Kane. The 

 Board of Commissioners were present in person, 

 as also the Mayor. Few spectators were present 

 at Locust Point, but th wharves on the city 

 side were filled with persons, who quietly look- 

 ed on the scene of the disembarkation, which 

 was very tedious, and was not concluded until 

 between six and seven o'clock in the evening. 



The troops were Sherman's Battery, five com- 

 panies of the Third Infantry from Texas, and a 

 Pennsylvania,, Regiment. 



On the 5th of May, the United States Volun- 

 teers under the command of General Butler, 

 had taken possession of the Relay House on the 

 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and proceeded to 

 fortify their position. Subsequently, on the 

 13th, he moved a portion of his troops to Balti- 

 more. It soon became known in the city, and 

 a number of people went to the Camden sta- 

 tion to witness the arrival. 



About half-past seven o'clock a long train 

 came, containing a portion of the troops. They 

 disembarked in good order, and marched from 

 the depot down Lee street and other streets 

 to Federal Hill, and, moving to the high ground 

 surrounding the Observatory, stacked arms, and 

 made preparations for a long rest. 



The force under command of General Butler 

 was composed of a portion of the Boston Light 

 Artillery, Major Cook ; a strong detachment 



