Ing reports a revolving cannon* in William Wilkens & Co's. warehouse. But Colonel Huger and Ross Winans do not approve of soch batteries.

Application made for permission to repair telegraph lines to Havre de Grace. Granted; it being understood that the board shall have cognizance of all communications made by the American Telegraph Company. (Letter Book, folio 97.) Certain directors of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore railroad [O'Donnell, Pratt, Cohen, and T. Donelson] ask for the privilege of reconstructing the bridges and repairing the rails upon their road, [destroyed by Marshal Kane.] They assumed that a promise could be had by them from the General Government not to ask for the passage of troops over the road. Answer given that they should first learn what t me would be required for repairing the road, and what as urance they could get from the Government that troops shall not seek that means of transportation, and then that the application for permission to rebuild the road shall be renewed o the board.

Prohibition to remove flour and breadstuffs re-enacted.† April 27 1861-Full Board and Mayor. Resignation of David Daneker and William T. Butler, of the police force, received.

DANEKER'S LETTER.

TO THE BOARD OF POLICE:

GENTS I hereby tender my resignation as a member of the police force of Baltimore. As an American citizen I

cannot condescend to pull down the American flag.

DAVID DANEKER, 26th April.

Colonel Trimble instructed to allow shipments of breadstuffs, &c., in limited quantities, within the State; must use his liscretion: "Keep a list of parties shipping the articles, and quantities, and make daily reports."

Gene. al Stewart appeared and stated that he had information of 2,000 stand of arms having arrived at Camden Station, (Baltimore and Ohio railroad,) which he claimed as officer of the State.

Reply, (Letter Book, page 111:)

"A gentleman representing the house of W. T. Walters & Co., has just called. Their house has bill of lading for the arms, and desires to hand them over to the police depot solely for safe-keeping."

April 28th-General Stewart notifies the Board that 2,000 guns were yesterday morning at Harper's Ferry, awaiting his orders, and that he had given directions for them to be forwarded to his orders.

LETTER FROM GENERAL STEWART TO THE BOARD.

HEADQUARTERS, 1st LIGHT DIVISION, M. V.
BALTIMORE, 2d May, 1861.

To the BOARD OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE:
GENTS: I have the pleasure to lay before you the official
dispatches of Governor Letcher, of 24th April, addressed to
me, and several other communications between myself and
Major General Kenton Harper, commanding at Harper's
Ferry, as well as Brigadier General Cocke, commanding at
Alexandria, all showing that the 5,000 flint-lock guns fur-
nished by the State of Virginia are for the use of Maryland,
and are destined to be delivered to my order.

Understanding that 2,000 of these arms, which arrived two or three days ago from Harper's Ferry, consigned to Mr. W. T. Walters, (but contrary to the instructions of Major General Harper, as he assures me in a dispatch,) are now in a warehouse at the corner of Second and Gay streets, occnped by your Board or by the city authorities, I, as the officer of the State of Maryland, commanding here, and agent of the State, to whom the arms were destined, require that the whole be delivered to my order, it being understood that I assume the responsibility of receiving those arms on account of the State of Maryland. You are aware that upon special application to me on behalf of the companies of Calvert county, I agreed to delivery of 120 of those arms." Extract from the reply of the Commissioners (C. Howard) to

General Stewart-same date.

"And you having also understood that a gentleman now in Frederick has full power to control or alter the destination of them, we were unwilling to exercise any authority over them. I showed you a copy of my letter to that gentleman from whom I have yet no reply."

Letter referred to, Letter Book, page 116, to Senator Mason, dated April 30, 1861.

MY DEAR SIR: Since I had the pleasure of seeing you I have had a good deal of annoyance in consequence of the irregular manner in which some of our townsmen obtained in your State some arms. I do not question their motives, but it was unfortunate that we had no information of what had been done by them until we learned it from you. Can you inform me whether these arms mentioned by General Harper are a part of the original quantity mentioned by you, and of which I understand you have full power to con trol the destination?

If so, do you desire General Stewart, as a military officer of the State, to receive them for its use?

(Signed)

CHARLES HOWARD.

GOVERNOR LETCHER'S LETTER TO GENERAL STEWART. DEAR SIR: I called this morning to see you, having received a dispatch from J. S. Barbour, Esq., Alexandria, giving information respecting matters in Baltimore. I have issued an order to General Harper to send 1,000 stand of arms to General Stewart. Stirring times in your State. Truly, JOHN LETCHER.

THE ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $500,000. This ordinance (No. 22) was approved April 20, 1861, and a portion of the money expended. The following report, made April 4th, 1862,

shows how:

The Joint Select Committee, to whom was referred the resolution for the appointment of a committee "to examine and dispose of all papers and vouchers relating to the expenditure of money under the provisions of the ordinance for the preservation of the peace of the city, approved April 20th, 1861, to inquire and report what has become of the articles then purchased and in whose possession they now are, and also what disposition shall be made of the balance of the funds now in the city treasury," have discharged the duty imposed upon them, and submit to the Councils the following report, with accompanying resolutions:

The duties imposed upon the committee were three-fold; first, to examine and dispose of all papers and vouchers relating to the expenditure of money, under the provisions of the ordinance specified; secondly, to inquire and report what has become of the articles thus purchased, and in whose possession they now are; and thirdly, to decide what disposition shall be made of the balance of the funds now in the city treasury.

On the first head, your committee have to report that no 'papers" have come under their cognizance, except a note addressed by Col. Henry A. Thompson to the Mayor, which accompanied a statement of his agency, in the capacity of Quartermaster General, in the disbursement of $58,000 of the money in question, and in which he claims to have saved a considerable sum for the city treasury, by efforts to prevent lavish expenditure, and by annulling numerous contracts and returning many articles already delivered. Your committee regard it as a cause of profound regret, that such an agency had not been earlier in action; but it is due to the gentleman referred to, to say, that he appears to have performed the difficult duties confided to him, with fidelity and discretion. Acknowledgments are also due to Col. Thompson, for a courteous note, tendering any assistance in his power, in the examination of the "voucEers," so far as his agency was concerned; but no occasion has arisen for making use of the proffered aid.

The "vouchers," as placed in the hands of your committee by the city Register, have been carefully examined, and found to be in due form, authenticated by the parties having control of affairs at that period, and accounting for the expenditure of the gross amount reported, allowing for interest and the balance on hand. Each account has been singly inspected, the objects of expenditure have been classified, and present the results stated below.

Having served the purposes of your committee in affording the points of information it was necessary to obtain, no other disposition of them seems necessary than to restore them to the custody of the city officer, in whose charge they properly belong, as vouchers for disbursements under the ordinance.

The labors of your committee under the second head of instructions, "to inquire and report what has become of now are," have resulted in the following classified summary of expenditures for different objects:

The argument of the rebels then was that otherwise Government would suddenly buy up and remove all the supplies.

It had been determined to suppress the American flag, and the military had been put in array to put this through; vide erg om Stewart to Howard, 26th April, and the rep of the Board in Letter Book.

Total........................................... $99,096 00 From the above summary it will be seen that the expenditures for "Arms and ammunition" reached the large amount of nearly $25,000. The articles purchased include fixtures for cannon, carbines, rifles, muskets, pistols, swords, spears, drums, canister and grape shot, bullets, lead, powder, cartridges, caps and other kindred materials, the precise number and quantities of which, as nearly as could be ascertained, are given in the two following schedules:

1,217 carbines, from F. W. Bennett.

407 Hall's patent rifles, from Denson & Buck.
80 carbines, from Denson & Buck.

6 cutlasses, from Denson & Buck.

12 gun carriages, from A. & W. Denmead & Son. 8,286 iron spears, from A. & W. Denmead & Son. 2 muskets, from Levi Cromwell.

16 pistols, from Wm. Harris.

802 pikes, from Hayward, Bartlett & Co.
23 guns, from T. Foy.

9 pistols, from Merrill, Thomas & Co.
12 flasks, from Merrill, Thomas & Co.
4 ship pistols, from Levi Cromwell.
1 sword, from Canfield, Bro. & Co.
414 pikes, from George Page & Co.
7 revolvers, from C. Schumaker.
3 drums, from - Eisenbrandt.

AMMUNITION.

--lbs. powder, (value $4,526) from Foley & Bro. 8,194 lbs. canister shot, from A. W. Denmead & Son. 119" musket balls, 66 Levi Cromwell.

21,000 caps, from Cugle & Co.

1 keg rifle powder, from F. Devlin.
2 bags balls, from F. Devlin.

2,000 caps, from F. Devlin.

4,958 lbs. lead, from Baltimore Water Board.
200 blank cartridges, from Green & Yoe.
2 boxes caps, from Green & Yoe.

1 bag shot, from Green & Yoe.
113 yards flannel, for cartridges, from
10,000 ball cartridges, from Wm. Harris.
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do Hoffman.

do Poultney & Trimble. 429 cylinders for 6-pound guns, from 0. H. Cromwell. 86 lbs. antimony, for balls, from Regester & Webb. 102 lbs. tin, for balls, do

102,000 caps, from Merrill, Thomas & Co.

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become of them, and in whose possession they now are." This investigation was attended with considerable difficulty, owing to the various changes which have taken place since the period of the purchases; the abdication of the former Police Commissioners, the absence of the Mayor, the substitution of the United States Provost Marshal and his police force, and the seizure, by way of precaution, by the United States, of arms and military materials stored in different parts of the city. Many articles and equipments have undoubtedly disappeared; but your committee are enabled to present the following list of arms and other articles, furnished by Mr. James L. McPhail, Deputy Provost Marshal, which will account for a portion of the articles. Identification of those purchased was, of course, impossible: 38 rifles, found at the old City Hall. 3 single barrel shot guns. 1 double do

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1 percussion musket.

1 ship gun.

2 six pound field pieces, mounted.

2 field pieces, complete.

20 rounds of canister shot.

Of the above articles, (your committee are informed by Mr. McPhail,) the beds and bedding were distributed to the several station-houses, they having been found, on taking possession, to be generally destitute of such articles, and those found being in bad repair and very dirty. Besides the bedding thus appropriated, a considerable number of mattresses, some tin ware, &c., were transferred, with the approbation of the mayor, to the warden of the jail, for use at that institution, where they were much needed. A portion of the arms purchased by the parties who had control of affairs during the period of the "crisis" are still at Fort McHenry, where they were placed after seizure by the United States authorities. According to a return made to the mayor on the 12th of August, 1861, by Samuel W. Bowen, Captain of the Middle District Station, the following arms, taken by order of General Butler from the corner of Gay and Second streets, were then at Fort McHenry:

58 boxes, marked "Va. muskets," 20 in each box...... 1,160 15 66 66 Armory, do. 200 40 Hall's carbines, 20 in each box and 141 loose......... 941 13 Hall's rifles, 74 66 46 Minie muskets, percussion locks......................... 38 old muskets, flint locks.......... 23 " 27 new 66

334

46

38

23

27

50

2,919

1 box accoutrements. 115 boxes pikes.

Of the above, issues to a considerable extent have been made by the United States authorities, and some have been returned to Denson & Buck. Your committee are obliged to Deputy Marshal McPail for the following statement of arms at present to be found at Fort McHenry: 60 boxes of pikes, containing 60 each. carbines.

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300 carbines.

5 guns, 7 carriages, 13 rammers.

It is understood that these articles, and such others belonging to the city as may be found in possession, will be restored by the Government of the United States as soon as their restoration is deemed compatible with a proper regard for its own protection.

A few words more are necessary, in explanation of the remaining items of the summary.

Of the amount charged to the "Marine and Navy," the principal portion is made up of sums expended on the hire and alterations of steam-tugs Hercules and Tiger, charges for use of the Potomac, George's Creek, and other steamers, amounting to $1,500 53, and $55 paid for the purchase of a boat and oars. The balance was principally expended in the payment of officers and "harbor police." The only articles known to be remaining from this department are a

sections 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, and 112, of article LXIH, of the Code of Public General Laws, and sections 741, 742, 745, of article IV, of the Code of Local Laws of this State, in relation to the uniformed and ununiformed militia and v lunteer force in the several counties of this State, and in the city of Baltimore and the reclamation, custody, control, and redelivery of arms heretofore delivered to the officers and men under them; and to add to the said article LXV of the Code of Public General Laws a section providing for the prevention and suspension of proceedings upon bonds heretofore given under the laws of this State for the return of such arms; which was agreed to-yeas 40; nays 12.

The nays were Messrs. Medders, Keene, McIntire, Routzahn, Naill, Wilson, M'Coy, Fiery, Stake, McCleary, Roop, Gorsuch-12.

IN SENATE.

| being for purposes which, in the opinion of this Legislature, are in flagrant violation of the Constitution, the General Assembly of the State, in the name of her people, does hereby protest against the same, against the arbitrary restrictions and illegalities with which it is attended, calling upon all good citizens at the same time, in the most earnest and authoritative manner, to abstain from all violent and unlawful interference of every sort, with the troops in transit through our territory or quartered among us, and patiently and peacefully to leave to time and reason the ultimate and certain re-establishment and vindication of the right.

5. That under existing circumstances it is inexpedient to call a Sovereign Convention of the State at this time, or to take any measures for the immediate organization for arm. ing of the militia.

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6. That when the Legislature adjourn, it adjourn to meet day of next.

on the

none.

PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR, AND RECOGNITION OF REBEL INDEPENDENCE DEMANDED.

IN HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

May 9-Mr. WALLIS, from the Committee on Federal Relations, reported these resolutions: Whereas, in the judgment of the General Assembly of Maryland, the war now waged by the Government of the United States upon the people of the Confederate States is unconstitutional in its origin, purposes and conduct; repugnant to civilization and sound policy; subversive of the free principles upon which the Federal Union was founded, and certain to result in the hopeless and bloody overthrow of our existing institutions; and whereas, the people of Maryland, while recognizing the obligations of their State, as a member of the Union, to submit in good faith to the exercise of all the legal and constitutional powers of the General Government, and join as one man in fighting its authorized battles, do reverence nevertheless, the great American principle of self-government and sympathize deeply with their Southern brethren in the noble and manly determination to uphold and defend the same; and whereas not merely on their own account, turn away from their own Boil the calamities of civil war, but for the blessed sake of humanity, and to arrest the wanton shedding of fraternal blood, in a miserable contest which can bring nothing with it but sorrow, shame, and desolation, the people of Maryland are enlisted with their whole hearts, upon the side of reconciliation and peace; Now therefore, it is hereby

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the State of Maryland owes it to her own self-respect and her respect for the Constitution, not less than to her deepest and most honorable sympathies, to register this, her solemn protest, against the war which the Federal Government has declared upon the Confederate States of the South, and our sister and neighbor Virginia, and to announce her resolute determination to have no part or lot, directly or indirectly, in its prosecution.

2. That the State of Maryland earnestly and anxiously desires the restoration of peace between the belligerent sections of the country; and the President, authorities and people of the Confederate States having over and over officially and unofficially, declared, that they seek only peace and self-defence and to be let alone, and that they are willing to throw down the sword, the instant the sword now drawn against them shall be sheathed, the Senators and Delegates of Maryland do fervently beseech and implore the President of the United States, to accept the olive branch which is thus held out to him, and in the name of God and of humanity, to cease this unholy and most wretched and unprofitable strife, at least until the assembling of the Congress at Washington shall have given time for the prevalence of cooler and better counsels.

3. That the State of Maryland desires the peaceful and immediate recognition of the independence of the Confederate States, and hereby gives her cordial consent thereunto as a member of the Union-entertaining the profound conviction that the willing return of the Southern people to their former federal relations is a thing beyond hope, and that the attempt to coerce them will only add slaughter and hate to impossibility.

That the present military occupation of Maryland,

the exception of Maryland, have already, through their legislatures or conventions, defined their positions and course of action: Therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, The pres sent position of Maryland in the Union, is that of strict neutrality, and will remain unchanged so long as Washington continues the seat of Government: Provided, the United States affords ample protection to slaves and other property. Resolved, That when the seat of the United States Government ceases to be at Washington, and a division of the country takes place, the people shall have the free right and choice of deciding which section they will be attached to, by a free expression and decision of the popular will at the ballot-box.

Which were rejected-yeas 13, nays 43, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Medders, Lawson, Keene, Miller, Jonathan Routzahn, Salmon, Naill, Joshua Wilson of Har'd, Bayless, McCoy, Stake, David W. McCleary, Gorsuch-13.

NAYS-Messrs. Kilbourn, Sp'r., Morgan, Rasin, Briscoe, Compton, Ford, Jacobs, Landing, Dennis of Wor'r, Kessler, Claggett, Johnson, Sangston, Morfit, Scott, Coudy, Eakle, Brining, Denison, Quinlan, Renshaw, Chaplain, Holland, Bryan, Jones of P. G's, Legg, Starkey, Goldsborough, War field, Brune, Winans, Pitts, Harrison, Thomas, Wallis, Fiery, Griffith, Harding, Gordon, Barnard, Mills, Turner, Brown-43.

The blank in the resolutions reported, was then filled by "Frederick," and "Tuesday, the 4th day of June, at one o'clock, p. m."

And the resolutions were then adopted-yeas 45, nays 12, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Kilbourn, Speaker, Morgan, Rasin, Briscoe, Compton, Ford, Worthington, Denison, Quinlan, Renshaw, Jones of Talbot, Chaplain, Holland, Bryan, Wootten, Legg, Jones of Prince Georges, Starkey, Jacobs, Landing, Dennis of Worcester, Kessler, Johnson, Salmon, Goldsborough, Warfield, Brune, Winans, Pitts, Harrison, Thomas, Wallis, Sangston, Morfit, Scott, Coudy, Eakle, Brining, Griffith, Harding, Gordon, Barnard, Mills, Turner, Brown-45.

NAYS-Messrs. Medders, Lawson, Keene, Routzahn, Nail, Wilson of Harford, Bayless, McCoy, Fiery, Stake, McCleary, Gorsuch-12.

IN SENATE.

May 14-The committee recommended certain amendments; when these votes were taken : The first resolution was adopted-yeas 11, nays 3, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. John B. Brooke, President, Wash. Duvall, Thos. Franklin, J. F. Gardiner, John J. Heckart, Andrew A. Lynch, Thomas J. McKaig, Teagle Townsend, John S. Watkins, Franklin Whitaker, Coleman Yellott-11.

NAYS-Messrs. H. H. Goldsborough, Anthony Kimmel, John G. Stone-3.

The second resolution was adopted-yeas 14, (being all the above-named.)

The fifth resolution received all the above votes, and the third and fourth passed-yeas 11, nays 3, as the first.