The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-03
THE BALTTMORE MASSACRE.

Staten eat Of an Eye-Witness-The Riot Delibe-
rately Planned Immunity OF kioters Hom
ArrtA
BALTIMORE, September 2.-Further particulars
C 13e Sm SToGons outrage on ey by Of
the Presidents policy are rSpidly coming 10
light. gentleman who witnessed al. ~ me pro
ceedings says ''the story thai Dens1n " nVe was -
shot by coloved men is maliclSDusly laise; ~ ~ ~
could not be possible from his SoSiVlon. ne
also says,-"1t is a fact worthy OF .'ote Una.
when the blacks charged upon the Rebei> anu l.,
drove them which they did three times, tbs
always retreatod directly within the circle Of
the white peoples tents, instead of retreating
through the open space TO right and left OF
colored peoples tents, where they would not
have produced alarm among women and chil-
d1en, and would not have endangered the lives
of any of the white people tented on the ground
as the whole melee would then have been out
side of the white peoples encampment
Many of the rioters were returned Rebel SOL
diels, and spoke of commands to which they
BELONGED in the Rebel army. One of these
Rebel soldiers approached me with q slungshot
in his hand, and swore he wished he had the
little rifle he had fought with during the war;
be would fight as hard with it now as ever he
did. One large tat man, living in Anne Arun.
del county, not far from the neighborhood of
the camp, who is one OF Governor Swans regis
tiers, was heard TO declare before many persons,
and in the midst OF the rioters that be was glad
u mac occurred. He said that at the commence
ment of the a6ray he went into tent to pro-
tect some women and children, and "a l2dy told
him she did not want his protection, and asked
him TO leave the tent. He said, with crowd
OF rioters around him, that he hoped TO God she
too night be killed, which the rioters ap-
plauded This same fat Register said the
Methodists were not as good as negroes; that
the Cd id Abolition Methodist preacher
ought to be shot, and he was glad the meeting
had been broken up; that they ought not to be
allowed to have meetings, with a great deal
more language of similar import. He also said
that he was going to take his gun and 90 gun
ming through the country for negroes.
II was evident that the murder OF blacks was
only part Of the arrangement, and that
whites were not to have been spared if they
made, any resistance. Every truly loyal man
saw and felt this. noted Rebel from Bati-
more took very active part in trying TO get
tent-holders involved in the melee with the
negroes, for what purpose may be surmsed,
from the fact that all who did not turn out
were TO be treated as negro sympathizers.
The riot had been planned tor some time. from
the fact that the rioters came to the ground
armed with clubs and revolvers and for several
days previously Rebels In this city and in the
railroad cars had treqently been heard to say
that the camp would be broken up, and that
there would be fun at the camp meeting,
Arrests of colored men continue to be made at
Anne Arundel county. but none of the white
rioters are in custody. Tue riot took place in
Ben Harris district and was, beyond doubt
the work of his constituents.