Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-04
From Our Own correspondent.l
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON CRY, May LIST, 1861.

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
wAsmSaToN CRY, May lst, 1861.
THE ROUTE THROUGH BALTIMORE.
The opening Of the route throug Balti-
more is JUS. now a matter Of grave consider
alton with the Cabinet The people Of the
cities of Philadelphia, New York and Boston
are especially excited upon this matter, and
feel that the necessity which comPels the
Government TO choose a circuitous and unu-
sual route for communication with the North,
has no existence ia fact but that the mob
which thus holds tie "key" of the Capital,
simply dsfes the Government, and wantonly
humiliates it, The Impotence Of the people
that Baltimore no logger imposes itself be-
tween the Union States and the Capital man
ifests itself in scores OF ways; but the most
import mt demonstration yet made is that OF
the New York COMMITTEES, consisting Of
Messrs. Evarts, Pierpont and VsndeTpoel, rep
r .sentiag the monied and commercial inter-
ests of the Great Metropolis, who yesterday
presented themselves TO the President and
authoritatively rendered to the Government
$4,000 men and OHs hundred millions of dol
lars for the purpose of reducing the Baltimore
Disunion Mobocrats. The fact is that the
Union element is greatly in the ascendant
even in Baltimore; but it is overawed and
outraged by the d~isunionists, who, having
possession of the arms of the State, use them
remOi selessly, But all opposition will be
overcome within the next ten or fifteen Days,
unless, indeed, the mob attempts to interpOse
ITSELF in which event it will be e6ectually
4" wiped out"
In this connection I may say that there
are thirty thousand troops, entirely indie.
pendent of those in Washington, within 20
hours march of Baltimore; and most f them
are chafrg and restless under the defiance
which that city tenders to the Government
Be assured that the entire Baltimore tim
brOgliO" rapidly approaches its dssOusmsnt.
HAVE ARRIVED.
The 2Bth New York regiment, the End
Rhode Island regiment, and a second Penn.
sylvania regiment a total Of 2, 500 men, ar
rived here yesterday. The Rhode islanders
attract especial attention as splendid looking
and thoroughly drilled soldiers. 1t is said
that they are all uniformed at the private ex-
pense OF Gov. sprague. Their dress consists
Of " KOssuth" hats turned up on the left side,
with eagle and ~rosette, a blue ~hunting-shirt
and dark gray trowsers. Another regiment
has been ordered from Rhode Island by the
President at the special request of Gov.
Sprague.
DRILLING.
Drilling is the order of the day every
where. Twenty. FIVE thousand men on drill
duty will give you a slight idea of the APP
p~earanee Of our city just now. The spec
tOcle is not at all assuring to the disunion-
istsi they begin to have an idea that the
North can "show a good hand after all
Swagger and bravado are no longer their
capital they are beginning to think. A good
symptom, by the way.
REFUGEES.
The city is full OF refugees from Virginia
many OF them driven away rom their homes
and property at FIVE minutes notice. So I'M
portaut has become the influx of these refu-
gees, that q number of kind. hearted and pa
trioiic citizens have established a depot for
their especial benefit, where they are cared
for and comfortably housed and fed until
they can make provision for themselves.
Z IN TOWN.
Senator Colonel Jonn SHERMAN OF OGIo,
Abide Camp to MAJOR General Patterson,
arrived in this city day before yesterday
He is on business connected With the militia
ry movements Of that division.
MARYLAND.
The news from this State indicates that the
Union is still cherished by a large majority
Of the people, Notwithstanding the buster OF
the Disunionists.
GOLD ABE
Mr.. Lincoln spent several hours in the
Treasury building yesterday, accompanied by
Secretary Seward, reviewing the troops
quartered there. He was enthusiastically re-
ceiVedi but may truly say that lis vanity
has not been in the least increased by the \
cares of State which have lately pressed so
strongly upon him.
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