St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-05-02
Baltimore.

Baltimore has been kept constantly in a
would throng the streets who appeared to have
! lost all control Of themselves, and were more
! like hcnds than human beings. At latest
dates the military and police had not, appar-
emily, established any authority over the city.
The road from Philadelphia to Baltimore is
completely interrupted, no trains passing over
it at all. The long bridge over Gunpowder
Crcck-a mile long is burnt and the smaller
bridges on each side arc also destroyed
| 1t was reported ut Baltimore and generally
believed, that hundred men had gone to
Havrc de Grace to scuttlc the ferry boats by
which railroad passengers cross the Susque-
hannah.
The Union men Of Baltimore are subjected
to all manner of indignitics. Three citizens
of Baltimore, who fed the city, stated at Per
ryvilo that they had been waited on by a
squad of Trimblc's troops and ordered to leave
at once. They all seemed to have been in COM
Portable circumstances onc, who said he was
worth $40, 900, left with only 70 cents in his
pocket. lie walked from baltimore to Havre
de Grace. Money in large amounts was raised
and large bodies of military are drilling in
Baltimore. Rifles are distributed among the
citizens and will be fired from private houses
if the troops attempt to go through. Men,
women and children, many Of them of the
first families, were fleeing for their lives.
Gov. Hicks has issued n proclamation, coun.
selling the people to refrain from all heated
controversy on the subject of the troubles
which exist declaring that all powers vested
in the Governor of the State will be strenu-
ously eXcrted to preserve the peace and main
tain invioatc the honor and the integrity of
Maryland. He adds:
81 call upon the people to obey the laws,
and to aid the constituted authorities in their
endcavors to preserve the fair fame of our
State untarnished.
| assure the people that no troops will be
sent from Maryland, unless it may be for the
defence of the national capital.
1t is my intention in the future as IL has
been my cndcavor in the past, to preserve the
citizens of Maryland from civil war and in
woke the assistance of every true and loyal cit
izcn to aid me to this end.
Inc people uf TINS State Will in q short time
have the opportunity afforded them, i'm a
special election for members of Congress of the
United States, to express their devotion to the
Union, or their desire to see it broken up
The Mayor of Baltimore also issued his proc
lamation enforcing and endorsing the views of
the Governor.
The Baltimore American remarks:
% If the militia are called out in MARYLAND
it will be under the written pledge of the Gov
eriment at Washington that they are to be
held for the special preservation OF the peace
and quiet of the State of Maryland, and are
not, in any event, to be employed beyond its
borders, except in defense of the National Cap
ital, which is part and parcel of the original
territory of the State. If they are taken into
the service under this agreement. they will re-
main on duty in Baltimore, and not be re-
moved hence unless their services arc impera-
tivly required at Washington
1t is stated that an engagement had been
entered into between the authorities of Balti-
more and the Government, for the re. building
of bridges at the expense of Baltimore and
the road would be in running order in ten
days.
a merchant who arrived at Harrisburg from
Baltimore, thinks the federal troops can now
pass through the city unobstructed. He saws
there won't be a solvent merchant in Balti.
more in a week.