Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07

Out of sight of the Junction the two
forward cars, containing a small detach-
ment, were cut off, and started for Fred
erick, where the men had orders from
General Butler to arrest Ross Winans.
wealthy Baltimore ironworker. who had
been manufacturing arms for the Confed-
eracy. A piece of ordnance known as a
steam gun, manufactured by Mr.. Winans,
had been seized by General Butler May IL.
near the Relay house, when being ship
ped to Harper's Ferry. 1t was said to
be capable of throwing 800 shots min
ute had an armor-plate shield, and was
moved on steam-driven truck.
With the remainder Of his train Gen
eral Butler literally backed into Bal
timore, as after the train was split the
rear engine backed down past the Relay
house, and kept backing until the Cam
den street station. Baltimore, was
reached
MARCHING IN A TEMPEST.
The scene on the arrival of the troops
had the setting of melodrama. The ar
rival was timed for about o'clock.
when darkness should be falling. At
that hour the city was shrouded in the
inky gloom of heavy thunder clouds,
making the streets as dark as midnight.
The railroad station was deserted, as
regular trains were not running.
Only a few persons we're in the
streets. The business warehouses in the
vicinity of the station--past which the
9Th had marched on the 18th of April
were now deserted. In private homes
shades and blinds were drawn to keep
out the glare of lightning.
Forming in the station. the troops
were ordered to march to Federal hill,
lying southeastward about half mile,
by the side of the harbor One and
three-quarter miles beyond Federal Hill
was Fort McHenry, occupied by a union
garrison.
AS the troops marched through the
deserted streets the storm broke The
crash and rumble of thunder was ter
rifle. The lightning played on the bay
onets of the marching men until each
was outlined in blue flame The rain
came suddenly, in a torrent, just as the
men had reached the base of the hill
and had begun to climb it's steep sides.
Officers and men were drenched. Gen.
eral Butler and his staff had brought
their horses. and when the general dis
mounted on the top of the hill the water
in his cavalry boots spurted up until
it struck his face
on the summit of the hill, besides a
semaphore signal tower, for dispatching
houses, there was a small house of en-
tertainment and beer garden, kept by a
German. A man more surprised than
this publican when he found his house
surrounded by a thousand soldiers prob
ably never lived.
General Butler made the house his
headquarters The other officers also
found shelter, but the men were obliged
to bivouac. There was a woodward in
the neighborhood and General Butler
requisitioned quantities of wood with
which large fires were built. and about
these the men spent the night.
GENERAL BUFFERS PROCLAMA.
TION.
Manwhiie General Butler sent word
of his arrival to the commander at
Fort McHenry ordering him, in case of
attack on Federal Hill, to open fire on
the city, in the vicinity of the tall gran
lite shaft on which stands statue of
George Washington. The fires were to
FROM a wartime sketch The hi
ton of the city.
GEN. BUTLER's CAMP AT FE
show him the location of the troops on
Federal Hill
In the morning General Butler issued a
proclamation addressed to the people of
Baltimore. He told them the troops were
there TO enforce respect and obedience
to the laws; that no loyal and we'll
disposed citizen would be disturbed In
his lawful occupation: that private prop
erty would not be interfered with: that
munitions of war would be seized; that
the government would contract for all
stores intended for the Confederacy; that
no Confederate. flag must be shown in