New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-31
IMPORTANT fR6M MARYLAND.
LEES DESIGNS ON BALTIMORE
From our SPECIAL corrcspspdcsg

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B0nrrxoRE, MAyHo, 1851.
CHANGED to ssr an nkling, hat evsains,' indeed :
may say, revelations, of Gen, Lees designs Ga BAL
tinsore.
His purpose IL 4, Engage Gen, Scots attention -
Manassas Gap Junction, sons 20 niles south OF Alex
sndr;a BY forn,idsbs dsuonstzausn against Wash
ington from that Quarter, ssd, while this fsint bong
made to move foryva,5E suddenly bic Harpers Ferry
column upon Baltimore ,y nj to the Monocscy June.
tion thus bringing mssk wir 40 niles Of this CITY.
Once at that point which no exPects to reach wifAoos
the knowledge of Gen. sstt by destroying the wires
in every possible direction, b will mazcs direct upce
Baltimore, BY way Of tho Old Frederick Turnpike
and, by forced march, get zfhi, 20 mlegf tho city
before the news can spseaiSof his approach This
done the rebels are TO rise In Baltimore, 80 given
signal aftsr midnight and beg the work Of daughter.
ing the uDsf,ned Union men and their ia n1ies, Ia
which wholesale murder tho Pohce authorities led %
by their pliaat Marshal ars ~ be saden and eSeoss-
The authors Of this nfarnsa' schsfns boast Of their
ability to let cse armed nab Of st least 500 des-
peradoes, who are to- show 4 yal people no quarter
whatever. While these deeds Of dsrAness are Being
enacted Ger Jshstoas forces, numbering over IL 100
undisciplined adventures, will h' descending like an
avalanche upon the town, out Of which they think n
will be impossible for Gca. Scott a. dn7s them.
When reminded Of the Federal :orces now stationed
around the city and at Washington, and q the terrible
armament at Fort McITeary, tho dool exemption b
that none Of theee obstacles egeiDst such
determined foe as Gen. Johnston comrAnds The
men in this city acting in concert with GenLes, In hh
purpose Of cut ting of Gen. Scots eas'on with
the North by this proposed coup de mai" roy greatly
upon the abiav of the Baltimore rebels to dispatch and
hold in check dhe friends of the Government n the city
until Gen. Johi ston can form junction vita them.
The Union men have military organizatiaS' and no
arma The reb els have both; and the diss nins u
them BY Gen. G. ,dwalader has gone on 90 noiNreny
that he has altered in coefth Of the arInswhich
the mob got pos ,sson Of in the reign Of terror Tho
purpose Of Gen. Lee has been self-evident for some
days. bat now that 1t is no longer concealed BY hs
friends, good das of unsasness has sprung mp the
last twenty -four hours in the breasts Of loyal people.
and bat reflect that unss.iness when say there ID
no assurance at al of their personal safety things
stand 1t the present writing.
If Gen. Butler or Gen. Cadwaader had declared mar.
tia law and abated the entire nuisance Of the Police al
possibility Of second insureeon would now be at an
end. Evsa if it were done now, people would be COM
tent, bat instead Of any prospect Of IT, Marshal Kans
is boosting about the city tina, he the guest Of Gen.
Cadwaader and that the General and he are hand in
glove OF course there sno truth in this statement,
but everybody is asking why Marshal Kane is mos
shorn Of his power to do mischief. On the other hand,
loyal people are offended a.ths Of the Dsscs
Attorney, who is shielding the rebels BY reqrArng
loyal normaHts to verify their information 40 TO the
deposits of arms tho shipment Of contraband gsods,
and ell other matters looking to the DISCONTINUE OF the
traitors on OATH and thus expose themselves TO the
persecution Of tho Secessionists. The impatenee Of
the friends of thu Governments at this state OF Dgs
is necessarily augmented by the open threas Of the
rebels that their time for vengeance is at hand Inc
absence of oil Government agents at the telegraph
Office in the city does no. tend quiet public apPrshsn-
sions.
The transit of the 9th and 10th New.York Regiments
through town. yesterday, elected the admiration Of tho
loyal people; but of the being wirboas sras
the Rebels outspoken than usual the side
walks, with insulting remarks II 10 the extreme q
ra.hness in my Judgment, for any officer to march biz
men through Baltimore without arms, for they are
almost Is much in saemys city they would bs n
Charlie ton. And here would suggest thatit would
produce far better effect upon the Rebels the police
were ignored in toto an oense In tho eyes Of the
troops because Of their completely with the 10th Of
April murders, and the men were made to march
through the streets In double patoons Of four each,
with fanlers mp surbtopcs, and advance and rear
the part of any Ldisposed psson TO throw stone or
otherwise modest The troops hope heofacen OF fu.
ture regiments passing through Baltimore will act On
this hint
The conduc. of Judge fancy, in tie matter Of the
haJtas corpus, exctes indignation Of ill good and true
mon. 1t Is net the FIRST time that hs has raised biz
hand agains. the Government He did % WHOM b
violated the laws in removing the deposits, but though
he crswled up into the high Office be still desecratss
through that act of unparalleled bssensss yet for DO
was publicly rsbuked at the time, BY Ar. Thomas
Bstzel, q prominent merchant Of Baltimore, who
turned bis back upon him when he thor ht to salute
him. He did % when be abandoned tho Anh-Slsvery
sentiments for lifetime and undertook 70 apotheosizs
SLAYER, in the bred Scott decision. And in bis anger
at the people Of the United States for not letting him
overthrow tho Government BY that Infamous decision,
be sides with the JEFF Davis rebelicz, and seeks to
smbarrass the President in his eorto 70 crush out the
tratorsl He threatens &c resign 4r Lincoln viii
not yield.
The history of all constitutional overnmeats Is full
Of examples of the suspension of the habeSs corpse
ACT in times Of public danger BY the Executive au-
thority, which, in every case record, has been
subseq ueniy indemnihed by tho Legislative power,
when the question has been raised. Bot Roger b.
Tansy cannot wal. for Congress to- sanction the
Presidents act. Oh, NO He must ppniah the Presi.
dent for presuming to exercise his poFe for the sup
preston Of the rebellion in way that dses not meet
with the approval Of the archpre.t of Secession who
happens to be presiding over the Supreme Court Ous
upon such treason the Government! I" have taken
my life in my hands, said Chatham. Gin order to savs
the Government" wi err. on occasion he suspended