The national Republican., 1861-04-27
MARCHING ROUND BALTIMORE.

return of the Pennsylvania troops from Cock.
eysvile, in which il would not have indulged,
if it had duly reflected upon the position Of af
fairs. The thing pressing to be done one week
ago, was not the punishment of Baltimore for
the outrages Of April l9, but the relief Of this
| capital, and il the two things could not be done
at once, it was not the fault of the authorities
here, and probably not the present fault of any.
body. It resulted from the fact that all the
States had not kept up military system which
enabled them to fuEnish troops with the prompt.
ness which distinguished Massachusetts.
The Tribune has itself complained most bit.
terly Of the tardiness of New York.
On the day of the Baltimore riot, there we're
1900 Pennsylvania troops who had come down
to Baltimore on the road from Philadelphia,
who were obliged to 60 back because they were
not properly armed.
The Pennsylvania troops at Cockeysville,
were, half Of them, without arms, and totally
destitute of military means and appliances.
The authorities of Pennsylvania, are known to
have complained that they we're obliged to hurry
of men without preparation. We sympathize,
however, with the indignation of the Tribune
at the conduct Of the Baltimore mob, and in
its desire to see the national authority enforced
against it, cost what it may, and ruin whom it
may. If it calls for special army Of fifty
thousand men, even, and the permanent occu.
patton of Baltimore by national troops, the OBJ.
ject is worth the sacrifice. A great city like
that, in q condition of revolt, directly between
this capital and the free States, is magazine
of dangers. The liberation Of it is not to be
thought Of. ~. a.
BALr1NoRE.-The tone Of the daily papers
Of Baltimore, of yesterday and Of the day be.
fore, which we have seen, is decidedly improved
from what it was during the preceding three
days. Even the Sun, instead of demanding
immediate secession by the Legislature, or the
submission to the people Of an ordinance Of
secession, calls for State Convention. There
is yet a locus penitentie for Maryland, and we
hope she will improve it, and not bring down
upon herself that storm of instant war, which
will follow the continued resistance to Gov.
ernment, to which her citizens owe an ale.
glance which they have neither the right nor
the po wer to throw of, which has never injured
them, or theirs, and in the preservation Of
which they have an interest not inferior to that
Of the citizens of any other State.
CoTToN-Bombay dates to March Il, repre-.
sent profound excitement in India, in respect
to the probable cutting of of the capacity Of
America to furnish cotton for the wants of com.
merce. The India papers exhort everybody to
raise cotton, from the prospects of good de.
msnd and Of good prices, and tho Government
authorities, to improve the roads by which cot.
ton may be brought to the seaports. Of course,
it will take some time to get supply of cotton
elsewhere equal to the American crop, but
much less time than is generally thought The
place to look, in the first instance, is India,
which has the needful population. The mum
Der of negroes, men, women, and children, EN-.
ployed in cotton raising in the United States,
does not exceed two and half millions. India
has a laboring population of one hundred mil.
lions. The cotton monopoly OF our Southern
States was never anything but house built
upon sand, aud they have themselves let loose
the food which threatens to sweep it away.
pO- The Norfolk correspondent of the Pc
tersburg Express gives the following report,
made by Capt. Elzey, of the, condition of the
Massachusetts, troops thrown into Fortress Mon.
| roe:
"The number of reinforcements thrown into
| the fort he represents, has been greatly exag-
gerated, the whole force there, at the time Of
his leaving, not exceeding two thousand men.
They are all raw recruits, ragged, disprited,
and, for the most part, forced or entrapped
into service. There is no fight in them"
pS- A gentleman who left Charleston on
Thursday Of last week, gives the following
description of the state Of affairs there
"He had been there for two or three weeks,
and had taken pains to find out the character
Of their army and their designs. The only de.
sire they have in taking Washington is to de-
stroy it. They think that by destroying Wash
ington they will destroy all pretence for re.
construction, and they count sufficiently on
being able to do it.
"They rely entirely upon the Englishto open
their ports, and say she must do it or starve.
| Iney nave ah iuehi too, thht ANeW orh anu
Boston will furnish as many prvateers as they
want, and seem to expect that half the North
will go with them.
Their army is made up of loaters, sons Of
gentlemen, and some planters, gamblers, and
blacklegs. They have as yet made no prepa-
ration to march, but remain in camp. They
have little clothing, no commissariat, no means
of transportation, and no money. The sub.
scription to the 100000 loan in Charleston,
some $3,OOO,OOO, is entirely paper subscrip.
ton ; there is no specie in the city. They hope
to get foreign advances On their next cotton
crop.
Many of the more intelligent men talked
freely Of the dangers into which they were
plunging, especially in regard to tn ir slaves.
They say, We are going to fight this through.