, 1861-04-24

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;. The Philadelphia Press gives the fol1owtag
account Of the return Of the Pennsylvs;nla
Regiment Of volunteers from:th battle grc11nd
ut Baltimore :: -. Il
At late hour, % We are going to press, we
have intelligence OF the arrival OF General
8mal's broken regiment, which returnsd to
this city at eleven O'clock, with a number Of
wounded, battered volunteers, snd, we fear 3
number q dis1gnred and pa1lId coEpses. ~
tailed description. p : y '.
The train on which the Pennsyl ylyanians were
tTaE sported reached Canton, . osuhurban depot 1
In Baltimore, at IL o'clock. Here the track
,was found torn up. The Massachusetts, troops
occupied the four first cars. The track tn
front Was filled with anchors, stone, masts.
rocks, &c, While the Massachusetts troops
marched On, the Pennsylvania troops, amid
great mob Of rioters, attempted TO cleaf away
the obstacles- Tho mob pursued the Masea-
.chusetts men IS far ~ the Washington depot,
and four of the latter were killed. -
The mob then returned to the cars where the
PennsylvanIaus still remained. General Small
ordered the troops to remain in the cars, and
placed sentinels at the doors. But many per
Sons leaped from the windows. greatly excited
and engaged with the mob. All Of these vera
more or 1eas injured, and three fatally.
The mob were commanded by 9 party Of
young men, wel1.dressed, apparently gentle
mans eons. They fired pistols, and dfschalg-
ed bricks, etc, into the cars. The PennsglVac
MANS, who made fight, drove hack the crowd
and wounded or killed many Of them.
Gen. smal maintained his courage during
this exigency. The railroad officers were par
alyzed, and refused to attach locomotive to
the train Gen. Small himself Left the train
and ordered an engineer tu- attach q loccmo
tive, which WAS doneL
At. At this izi tine Gsn sngll xas esl4sa By the
rioters, with Corporal Petit and Sergeant 4.
The superintendent Of the railroad then ad-
dressed the crowd He rode horse, and, BY
| an ingenious fpse, made the rioters believe
th&t the troops were prisoners ofWar.
+, Fhe train moved at LAX O'Clock to the freight
moving bags, DC. This deqefved the mob,
who took the volunteers to be workmen,
| MArshal Kane had the troops finally hast
ened to special train, and they came up to
the city.
General Small, with the remnant Of troops,
at Baltimore at flYs O'clock, and were brought
t9 this ciiy: Both trains, Oh 'theit way up,
picked up fifty OF more stssgglens. 4 5neeial
tain viii be sept down to-day to take up
the stragglers. -.
Morettan oae hundred men are missing.
One Of the Massachusetts men Was Killed by
| great piece Of iron striking him On the head,
/ tnr..~.n from house top. The troops then
tnrned and fifse.aa upop the mob by command,
killing large number o. c:.:: c:s...e Ct Raltimnre
The hob fhen dispeFsed in great alright,
and returned to the Feppsy1fahiaas In: the
cars.
The behavior. Of the troops throughout Was
signalled By great coolness and courage. Al
are anxious to 60 back with arms and drive the
assassfns through the streets Of their OVID city.
They were cheering repeatedly for the Union
"A number Of the Massachusetts, men are In
town, having been detached from their regi.
ment. The appeaxanee Of Gen. Small and
men il hightful In the extreme, being bat
tered and gashed from head to foot Many
are stabbed
Lieutenant Colonel sehenab1e, Of Gen.
Smalls regiment, has had his right eye cut
ont. a man living at Fourth and Brown
streets was stabbed In the groin.
A man with q Secession flag, In Baltimore,
was set upon BY the Germarts, and beaten with
lis own flag staff .
Many Of the men had not eaten prior to
thelr arrival in tovn, 2 period Of tEenty- foul
| Areport prevailed In town last evening that
A. G. Rowland, Eaq., Was dead. It was moi
true.
The event above narrated seems to have
stirred the Quaker blood The Press says j
The excitement in this matter reached s
point Of intensity yesterday on receipt Of in.
telligenee from Baltimore that rebelliouf
! mob had insultcd the defenders Of the Repub
| lie, violated the laws Of hospitality and hu
manity,' and slain the patriotic soldiery o1
Massachusetts, while peacefully marching te
the relief Of the capita1.
| On the previous evening (Thursday) mors
! thAn seventeen hundred nnarmed volunteers
| residents Of Philadelphia, had gone from the
I depot at Broad and Pine streets upon tht
same mission, under command Of an hoEoret
and braye public servant one who had fough
long and well upQn foreign 1oil- The ru
mors at first IN circulation confounded th,
FeRuBylyania with the Massachusetts regi
:. ment, and thousanls of citizens, whose friend
! had embarked for Baltimore, were raging ant
wildly ges gesss.tteu!ating IN the atreets:
When after -despatcn... Sgna!led the satet.
of the PennsylganiarB, and attrtbu1ee11 n :. los
ofllfe seltIy to the Bay State volunteers, tndig
nafion Was not a whit 3hated. Any he7esis
or zealotries, on the part Of Afass+e4Qse$ta
were forgotten or wiped away. As In th
struggle Of 1778, the blood Of her sons b.!
been The aEst shed, and that BY massacre. Al
: wished that the sacrifice had Arft fallen npo
J | Pennsylvania; for bIoodshed at this time IN
| wolves neither regret nor dishqnoT, and tha
State is renowned which enlisted the arst 4na1
: tyt.
> The feeling abroad In this city, on receipt {
this news, was feverish, intense, intQlerabl'
The ni1dest became fierce, the Law loving gre
intraatable. Men walked the highways Wit
II pale faces and white iias, and others passed th
? hours in cursing. Hundreds. Hn4er the e1
| thusiasm and passion Of ths moment, fell l
. the wake: Of the frst reeruitlng party thz
l passed, and hulri ID themselves into the host
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