Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-07
A Baltimore Saint.

A Baltimore Saint.
If ten righteous men would have saved
Sodom from the wrath Of Heaven, Baltimore
might be spared from the vengeance Of the
North for the sake of one true soul that in
habits that disgraced city.
The musicians who accompanied the first
detachment of Massachusetts, volunteers on
their way to Washington were stopped at
Baltimore, and after being most brutally and
cruelty assaulted by the demoniac mob, were
rescued from their perilous position in a most
remarkable manner. They arrived in this
city on Monday morning last, on their way
back to their Bay State homes, in a terribly
bruised, battered, and mangled condition.
They stopped here a few hours at the Irving
House, In Broadway, and then went forward
to Boston to exhibit their wounds and stir
up the Vengeful feelings oftheir loyal country
men by a narrative Of the outrages they had
suffered. We learned the following interesting
particulars from the musicians, while they
were at the Irving house.
The regimental band that left Boston con-
sisted of twentyNfour persons, who, together
with their musical instruments, occupied a
car by themselves from Philadelphia 10 Bal
timOre. By some accident the musicians car
got switched on at the Canton Depot, so that
instead Of being the first, 1t was left in the
rear fall the Others, and after the attack had
been made by the mob upon the soldiers, they
came upon the car in which the band was
still sitting wholly unarmed and incapable
of making any defense. The infatuated de-
mons came upon them bowling and yelling,
and poured in upon them a shower of stones,
broken iron, and other missiles; Wounding
some severely, and demolished their instru-
ments. Some ofthe miscreants jumped upon
the roof OF the car, and, with q bar of iron,
beat a hole through it while others were cali
ing for powder to blow them all up in a heap.
Finding that it would be sure distraction to
remain longer in the car, the poor fellows
Jumped to meet their fendisd assailants hand
to hand. They were saluted with q shower
of stones, but took to their heels, fighting
their SxY through the crowd and running
at random without knowing in what direc-
ton to go for assistance or shelter. As they
were hurrying along, a rough looking man
suddenly jumped in front oftheir leader, and
exclaimed, "This way, boysl this way p It
was the first friendly voice they had heard
since entering Baltimore, and they stopped
to ask no questions, but followed their guide,
who took them up in a narrow court where
they found an open floor into which they
rushed, being met inside by a powerful look
ing woman who grasfed each one by the
hand and directed them up stairs. The last
of their band was knocked s~enseless just as
he was entering the door, by a stone, which
who had welcomed them, Immediately
oo,,-IA - ILL., Ella ,,---,J - .z-..I
him in her arms up the stairs.
@You are perfectly safe here, boys" said
the Amazon, who directly proceeded TO wash
and bind up their wounds. After having
done this, she procured them food, and then
tod them to strip off their uniforms and put
on the clothes she had brought them, amot-
ley assortment Of baize jackets, ragged coats
and old trowsers. Thus equipped, they were
enabled TO go out in search of their eompan-
ions, without danger ofattack from the Plug
Uglies and Blood Tubs who had given them
50 rough reception.
They then learned the particulars of the
attack on the soldiers and Of their escape, and
aw lying at the station the two men who had
leen killed, and the. others who had been
wounded. One o ftheir own band was miss.
Jog and he has not yet been found, and it is
uncertain whether be was killed or not. On
going back to the house where they were so
humanely treated, they found that their
clothes had been carefully tied up, and with
their battered instruments had been sent to
the Depot of the Philadelphia Railroad, where
they were advised to go themselves. They
did not long hesitate, but started in the next
train, and arrived in Philadelphia justin time
~ uaaf the eth Don;,onnFa - EF,-a,oI.o4A,
Volunteers, under the command of Gen. But
ler who told them to hurry back to the Old
Bay State TO show their battered faces and
broken limbs, and that they should yet come
back and play Hail Columbia in the streets of
Baltimore, where they had been SO inhuman-
ly assaulted.
The noble-hearted woman who rescued
these men is a well-known character in Bal
timore, and according to all the usages of
Christians society, is an outcast and apolluted
being; but she is a true heroine neverthe-
less, and entitled to the grateful considera-
ton of the country. When Gov. Hicks had
put himself at the head of the rabble rout of
miscreants, and Winter Davis had fed indis-
may, and the men of wealth and official dig
nifty had hid themselves in their terror, and
the police were powerless to protect the hand
ful of unarmed strangers who were strug-
Cling with the infnr!ated mob this degraded
woman fed them at her own cost, and sent
them back in SAFETY to their homes. As she
is too notorious in Baltimore not to be per-
well known by what We have already
told Of her, it will not be exposing her to any
persecution to mention hor name. Ann Nam
ley is the name by which she is known in the
city Of Blood Tubs and the loyal men of the
North, when they march again through its
should remember her for her human
ty to their countrymen.-SatuTdgy KUening
Courier.