Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-26
FROM BALTIMORE.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette, from
resident OF Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, April 20

I
resident of Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, April 20.
! Intense excitement continues. This
morning the whole city was in arms,
but nc further outbreak occurred Mar
! tial law co':iuneS in force. The entire
population are united in one sentiment,
and that is FOR lie defense of the State,
the City, anI the suuth The minute
men have taken down their flag, and
Join in IL. d -unsc - ire City The
! bridges IN the H.nl thern. Central and
Philadelphia Railroads base been burnt.I
1t is reported tI;..t tie New York.
! Seventh Regiment, and the Volunteers
are at Havre de Grace. 1t is supposed
they will impress boats there, to take
them to Annapolis, whence they Will
endeavor to 20 to Washington. Many
scouting parties Of Baltimoreans are in
the outskirts Of the city, moving in vai
rious directions. Col. Brush, Of the
fifty third regiment of Baltimore voluu-
teers, was accidentally wounded last
night, and Col. Hugcr, native of South
Carolina, who recently resigned from
the U. S. Army, is now commanding
Col Is. S force.
Business is wholly suspended. The
people are securing their valuables -
The run On the savings banks has di-
minished.
We do not expect any serious results
to day.
ONE O'CLOCK, p. Mall is quiet
| Exciting rumors aboat the seventh reg
iment, New York, and other Northern
troops, marching upon Baltimore trom
Havre de Grace, have been contra
dicted
The City Council has appropriated
half a million dollars to sustain the in
ternal police.
The following dispatch was received
here this morning by Major Brown,
from the Baltimoreans delegated to
Washington to obtain explanations:
WASHINGTON, April 10.
lIayor B5o1rn, Baltimore:
| We have seen the President and Gen.
Scott. We bear from the former let
ter TO the Mayor and Governor, declar-
ing that no troops should be brought
| through Baltimore, if in military point
of view and without opposition they can
be marched around Baltimore.
[Signed H. l.. BOND,
j. G. BRUNCE,
GEO. W. DoBBIN.
There is great excitement ut Norfolk.
The volunteer6on the steamer iSpaliing
to re-enforce the Government works,
were compelled to put back to sea-
The Mayors Of Norfolk and Portsmouth
have issued procla amations, asking the
| citizens to maintain order until regu-
larry organized under leaders. Nearly
all the Southern officers at the Govern
ment fortresses at Norfolk, Old Point
and Portsmouth, have resigned.
Three thousand stand of arms were
seized in Baltimore to day, and appro-
priated by the militia and volunteers.
The Washington telegraph is under
command Of tbs Government.
1t is rum ored that both the Gunpow-
der and Bush river bridges, on the
Philadelphia road, have been destroyed
Most of the bridges On the Northern
Centrasroad have been burned.
No serious collision has transpircd
today. The ferryboats at Havre de
Grace were scuttied and sunk to- day
All Northern communications have
been suspended.
Norfolk harbor is blockaded, also the
mouth Of CEesapeake Bay. Several Bal
t1more and Southern beats have been
seized at Washington by the Govern
ment authorities.
There are fifty thousand men in Bal
tlmore, armed with various weapons.
Coleman Mott, Il member of the
Maryland Senate, has t.....ei! the rcspons-
ibllity Of convenirg the Legislature in
Baltimore, on the 18th Of April, indie
pendent Of Gov. Hicks. Mott is wildly
excited, and his call will not be respected
1t is believed that the Governor viii!
convene the Legislature in extra ses-
sion.
Troops are pouring in from all parts
Of the State.
No Northern soldiers have attempted
to paas through the city to day, and it
is not expected that they will.
The Board of Brokers has adjourned
for week. Hence business is wholly
suspended. Our banks are uneasy
about expected large remittances Of
specie from the North.
Twenty five Of the wounded Massa-
chusetts volunteers are in the hospital
at Washington.
The bodies of the two killed are in
Baltimore The minute meu. for the
sake Of domestic peace, have taken
down tbs stars and stripes and1 run up
the Maryland Colonial flag. No indig-
mites are offered the civilians of any of
the Northern States. All feel as broth
crs. The only feeling is against Lin
coin ordering armed troops through
Maryland for the seeming purpose Of
coercing the South Southern troops
are pouring into the city from all quar-
ters