The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-06
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND.
SPECIAL SESSION,
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mis- :ioner to Richmond, was concurred in
The House resolution appropriating eighteen dol
lars additional mileage to all the members excep
those from Frederick and Washington counties
was cOncurred in.
The bill from the House. legalizing the SUSPENSION
of specie payments by the Banks OF the State, wa.
passed.
The bill from the House, repeating the law estab
llshlng rule days for the Superior Court and Court
OF Common Pleas of Baltimore city, was passed
| A Joint resolution appointing John NJ. Robinso
Commissioner to the Governor of Delaware To
concert measures relative to the reported arming
OF the coored people of that State was passed
| FRIDAY NIGHT.
| The bill appointing Board of Public Safety was
further debated. Mr. GoLDsBaRoUGH of Talbot,
adT0cated his amendment providing that the Board
| SNAIL be elected by the people the day of the
| Congressional election (l3th of Juue). He declar-
ed that no Senator voting against his proposition
| would hereafter receive the confidence of the peo-
| pie. great variety of amendments we're also
| offered, and repeated motions to adjourn made
| upon al of which the ayes and noes were called,
with the avowed purpose of resisting and DELAY ing
action upon the bill. Messrs. Lynch, Godsb0-
| rough, of Dorchester KimmeIl and YeIIott sd
| dressed the Senate repeatedly. Mr.. Miles made a
torclole speech in opposition to the entire bill and
against the constitutonality of most OF its proyi.
sions After which at ii O'Clock, the second section
| OF the bill only having been reached Mr. YE1LoTT
| on the part of the friends of the BILL moved an ad-
J 'urnment till Saturday at 10 O'Clock, which was
| adopted.
FREDERIcK, May 4.-The bill appointing Board
| OF Public Safety was taken up.
| Mr. IELL0Tr moved that the bill be recommitted
| TO the Special Committee Federal Relations
which reported it, for the purpose of modifying its
provisions, which, by the vote OF the friends OF the
| Dill, and without opposition, was adopted
| HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Mr. LONG, from the Committee of Ways and
Means, reported that it was inexpedient to intro
duce bill for the reassessment of the property of
| the State, which was adopted.
| PITTS tn rail- tba No
and members of the Board of Police of the CITY of
Baltimore, and all who acted under their orders in
EFFORTS to maintain peace and good order, and pre-
vent further strife and after the occurrences of
the 18th of April, 1861 in said city, from prosecu
tlon ior acts done by the said Mayor and Board of
| Police, or under their orders
IL repeals all laws in force in this State at the
tlme OF said acts referred to, far as regards the
said persons and their acts The bill was referred
10 committee OF one from Baltimore CITY. Hartford
anu baltimore counties, consisting of Messrs Pitts
| wilson of Hartford and Denison.
Mr BRISCOE reported the bill to prohibit free ne
groes from returning to the State after leaving it,
| Laid over.
message was received from the Governor sta .
ting MS letter to the Secretary of War, called for
oy the House, was written in Baltimore of which
no copy was taken. He has applied to the Secre-
1ary OF W ar for copy, and received no response
Inc Governor states that the letter asked for con-
ealheu an inquiry II the four regiments for which
drequisltlon was made upon him by the General
government would be required to 90 beyond the
limits of Maryland. Referred.
Mr.. SCOTT presented the memorial of the Asso-
ciatlon OF Conectioners of Baltimore for authorize
TO sell on Sunday. Referred to Baltimore CITY del
egatiOn.
Mr.. PITTS, from the Baltimore CITY delegation.
reported untavorably on the bill to authorize the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to issue small
notes, and the report adopted.
The House adjourned till Monday at II o'clock
MIR. W ALLTs presented the following report from
the Board of Police Commissioners Of Baltimore
r., -, , REPORT OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
10 % NE Hon9raCte the General assembly Of Maryland
Inc Board of Police city of Baltimore created
and appointed by Honorable body by the provisions
G o. me 5g 4h article of the Code Of Public Local Laws deem
II nneir DUTY respectfully to report
That the said Board was duly organized and entered
upon te dschageo of their duties For full information
respecting all these proceedings the first January 1861
Gy respectfully ask leave to submit your Honorable
oody as part of this report the accompanying COPY of
mace by the Board in pursuance of the s2lst
sscon OF Inc article of the Code above mentioned to the
Mayor and City Council in January last 1t shoud have
pee peeh stated IN said last mentioned report that Beard
hao likewise performed the duties upon them in
reference to elections by sections 90 &C. of the same ar
@ tce ol the Code the city now being divided into cleo
ton precincts judges and clerks of elections appointed
ana all the duties of the Board with regard to holding
elections have been performed.
. an election was held in this city the 10th day of
Octooer, 1860, for Mayor and for members of both
branches OF the City Council of Baltimore and another
tors of President and VcePresient of the United States
The Board have satisfaction in stating that on bofh
tose Gays the utmost quiet and good were pre-
IN any manner oosructed, and that not single com
plant was either then has subsequently been made
that any person desiring to at either election
impeded or hlndered in presenting himself before ha
Judges and voting with perfect freedom for whooeyer
voter. - " i'e"'
The Board continued from the date of their above re-
or @ 10 exercise their regular functions until Friday
l9'h OF April. On thai day large detachment Of il is
pennsylvania militia arrived in the forenoon in the
city via the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad No member of the Board of Police had any in
formation that these troops expected on that day
un from half an hour of the time which they were to
arrive.
The Marshal of Police Immediately notified and
called out at large portion of his to preserve
order during their transit through the CITY When the
time arrived there manifeS tations disposition
TO interfere with their passage and after had
transported by through the streets to the Washing
ton depot distinctions placed the track in the
city, which stepped the progress of the remainder
These aghed to march to the depot prevent any
difficulty the Mayor placed himself their head and
they thus proceeded on their Missiles not
withstandng thrown at the troops, and of them
were injured Their ASSISTANTS fired upon, and in
some instances with fatal effect. An intense ire
pressible feeling appeared to he aroused and
repeated conflicts between parties of citizens and the
schuses troops took place several being killed both
sides The Marshal who had been duty at the
camden street depot and did not know that these troops
were on their route expected hearing this fastened
to meet them with force the police under their
escort they reached the Washington depot
delay, the train finally started for Washington ATTEMPTS
were made to hinder it, by placing distractions on the
track of the railroad but by the interference of the police
these were removed.
The city authorities meanwhile informed that
there had been another arrival of military then
at the Philadelphia depot The Marshal Police has
tened to that point, and impossible them at
that time to be taken through the streets without gem
eral and bloody conflict he protected them with party
of his police until they sent back by the Railroad
Company in the Hayre de Grace. During the af
night large number of from some
of the above deachments of troops sought the aid and
protection of the police They were safely cared for at
the several station houses, and off in security
ny the earliest opportunity to Havre de Grace Pha
| delphla in the cars
| The night the Board held meeting, when the
opinion was unanimously expressed that was utterly
impossible, from the state of the public mind that any
more forces from other States could by any probability
| then pass through the city to Washington without
fierce and bloody conflict every step of their progress
and that whatever might be the result great loss of life
and imminent danger to the sa ETY. of the city would
necessarily come. The Board equally unanimous
in their Judgment that, good citizens, it their
duty to the city and to the State Ma yand to adopt
whatever that might be necessary at such
juncture TO prevent the immediate arrival the city
Of further bodies of from the Eastern Northern
States though the object of he latter might be solely
pass through the city 1t suggested that the most fea
sibe if not the most practicable of thus stopping
for time the approach Of such would be to obstruc
| the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore, and the
Northern Central Railroads, by disabling scme of the
bridges on both roads His Honor the Mayor stated to
the Board that his Exceency the Governor with whom
he had few minutes before been u consultation in the
presence of several citizens concurred in these vas
They likewise those of the Board instructions
were given to carry them into effect The injury done
amounted to but few thousand dollars on each and
damage done to other structures the roads by
parties in the country others, but this without
accurate information on the subject.
The absolute necessity of the thus determined
upon by the Governor, Mayor and Police Board is fully
illustrated by the fact that early Sunday morning
liable formation reached the city of the presence of
large body of Pennsylvania troops amounting to about
24OO men. had reached Ashland Cockeysville by
the way of the Northern Central Railroad, and were
stopped in their towards Baltimore by par
tal destruction of the Ashland Bridge. Every
citizen at all acquainted with the state of feeling then
istng must be satisfied that il those troops had attempt
ed to march through the city, immense loss of life
would have ensued in the conflict which would have
cessary taken place The bitter feeling already eugen-
dered would have been intensely increased by such
hict All attempts at conciliaon would have been vain
and terrible destruction would have been the
if as certain, other bodies of troops had upon
| forcing their way through the civ
The tone of the whole Northern press and of the
OF the population violent in the extreme Incursons
upon city daily threatened-no only by troops
in the service of the Federal Government but by the
vest and most reckless desperadoes acting independent
y and they threatened in despite of the Government
commission of all kinds In short every
bic effort made alarm this community In this con.
don of things the Board felt it to be their solemn duty
to continue the organization which had already been
commenced for the assuring people
timore that no effort would be spared protect all within
its borders to the full extent of their ability.
All the means employed devoted to this end and
with no view of producing collision with the General
Government which the Board particularly anxious
to avoid and arrangement happily effected by tn.
Mayor with the General Government that no troops
should be passed through the city an evidence of
the determination of the Board collision
sufficient guard sent in the neighborhood of Fort
McHenry several nights to all parties who might
be engaged in a threatened attack upon it, and a steam
tug was employed, very properly manned, to prevent
any hose demonstration upon the receiving ship ALLIE
ghany lying at anchor in the harbor. Property va
rious descriptions belong ing the Government and in
divduas was taken possession of by the police force
with view to its security The has been
OF it. Every effort has been made discover right
full owners and portion of has already been forward
to order Arrangements have been made with the Gov
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