The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-04-27
The Mob in Baltimore.

From the Baltimore papers we gather tn,
following particulars of the mob iii that city
on Friday. the l9:h inst:
At the President Street Depot of the Phila
Will & Bait Railroad, large crowd was
assembled in anticipation of the arrival of o
large number Of troops from New York ard
Massachusetts, Shortly after ! | o'clock The
train from Philadelphia, comprising 90 cars
arrival at the depot. Without olsen bar XII ing
the soldiers from The train the several cars
had horses attached and about nine were
drawn along Pratt street to the Camden
Station. the first six being permitted to pass
along without creating any marked violence,
except hootine and yelling.
For some reason the horses attached to the
seventh car became FESTIVE and were tax en-
out from the Car at Pratt street bridge. and
the car moved without their aid to within a
short distance of Gay street. Between Gay
aud Frederick streets number Of laborers
were engaged IN repairing the bed of the
street, and just at the moment when the car
reached Gsy street they were engaged in
removing the cohble stones from the principal
portion of the street. Some thirty or forty
men assembled at this point. having followed
the car from the depot, and, with cheers for
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bitter taunts at the Northern Black Repubi-
cans. as they termed them. The troops
remained in perfect silence.
| This continued for several minutes, when,
as the horses were again attached and the
car moved off, it was proposed to stone it,
Bs fore the car had gone twenty yards almost
every window therein was broken to pieces,
and a portion Of the crowd followed n con-
siderable distance hurting paving stones -
Those persons not in uniform who were stand.
ing on the platform hastily jumped off to
avoid the shower OF stones. The eighth car
was treated IN the same manner but the
ninth car apparently being empty. or at least
no person being visible, except the driver of
the team. escaped with only one stone thrown
| The crowd exultcf in their work. exclaimine
that the Black Republicans should not pass
through Maryland. A lapse Of five minutes
succeeded. number of respectable persons
urging the crowd to tear up the track
The excitement Of the crowd was increased
| by the addition Of others from all parts swell.
ing the number of those present to about two
hundred. The tenth car was observed ap-
rroachlng from Pratt street bridge, when a
number OF persons, Selling the picks in the
hands Of the laborers, made an Intellectual
effort to tear up the track. Finding that
they could not succeed. as last resort they
took up the paving stones and threw them
on the track, almost covering it from obserya-
ton. They also dumped a cart load on the
bed of the track. placing also i or large
anchors thereon, they having bodily removed
them from the sidewalk. This being accom-
pllslled, they, with loud hurrahs. dared the
troops to come on. hut the latter. observing
the posture OF affairs. deemed it more prudent
to turn back 10 the President Street Depot.
| After the cars had been thus CHECKED, and
returned to the depot. the military formed
and prepared to march through the city.
From the President street depot to Pratt
street bridge they were pursued by the
excited crowd, who continued to hail stones,
and, it is stated, fired at them with muskets,
&c. Mayor Brown had put himself at the
head of the column, with strong body of
police. The soldiers continued on up Pratt
street over the bridge, whcie several others
were badly injured by the ston.s thrown at
the rear ranks. They came along at brisk
pace, and when they reached Market Space
an immense concourse of people closed in
behind them and commenced stonirg them
When they reached Gay street, where the
track had been torn up, large crowd Of
men armed with paving stones showcrtd them
on their heads with such force that several
Of them were knocked down in the ranks
After laying few moments, they crawled
on thei, hands and knees into some of the
stores on Pratt street.
After they fell there was no further attack
made on them, and those thus wounded were
taken to apo,hccary stores for medical
attendance.
At the corner OF South and Pratt streets a
man fired pistol into the ranks of the mill.
tary, when those in the rear ranks imme-
diatcly wheeled and fired upon their assailanls
and several were wounded
| The guns of the soldiers that had fallen
wounded were seized. and fired upon the
ranks with fatal effect in two or three
instances.
After they reached Calvert street they
succeeded i'll checking their pursucrS by a
rapid fire, which brought down two or three
and were not much molcsted until they
reached Howard street, where another large
crowd was assembled. some stones were
thrown at them. but their guns were not
loaded, and they passed on through the dense
crowd down Howard street towards the depot
| The scene on Pratt street was of the most
startling character. The wounded soldiers,
three in number, were taken up carefully,
and carried to places Of safety by the citizens
along the street.
Information of the disturbance was con-
veyed to the City Hall and to the Marshal
office when Sergeant McComas, with Police
man Bggs and Mclaughlin. FASTENED to the
spot. The Sergeant demonstrated with the
party who had torn up the wooden bridge
over the gutter on Gay street, but in vain.-
They expressed their determination to prevent
the passage of the troops, cost what it would.
Mayor Brown FASTENED to the President street
Depot and endeayored to prevent any dis.
turbance.
AT this point there still remained upwards
of twenty cars filled with the troops, and
five or six cars which had been used for the
reception of ammunition, baggage. &C.
After the lapse Of quarter of an hour. the
command was given for the troops to disem.
bark and form on the outside. While form.
ing they were surrounded by dense mass Of
people, who impeded their march up Presi.
dent street by every possible means, stones
being thrown in grea: numbers. At Fawn
street two Of the soldiers were knocked down
by stones and greatly injured.
They stood the assault with stones without
resistance the entire distance from the Presi.
dent street Depot until they reached the
vicinity of South street. and then fired
obliqucly on to the pavements, rather than
turning on their assailants.
The police did their best to protect the
troops from assault and partially succeeded
until they reached Gay street, where tn.
crowd, armed with having stones vere col.