Mr. Welles will accept, as a part of the quota, such vessels as may
have been purchased by Mr. Forbes.
Senator Grimes of Iowa will probably give Mr. Crowninshield an order
for arms. The United States Government may do the same; but no
definite action has yet been taken.
Martial law will be proclaimed here to-morrow. Colonel Mansfield will
be appointed general, and assigned to this district. He is one of the
most efficient officers in the country.
Baltimore is to be closed in from Havre-de-Grace, from the Relay House,
from the Carlisle line, and by an efficient naval force. She will be
reduced to unconditional submission. The passage of the troops through
Maryland has had a great moral effect. The people are changing rapidly
in the country places. Many instances of a popular revolution, in
towns through which troops have passed or been stationed, have come to
my knowledge. I came to Washington with the Twelfth New York Regiment;
and from Annapolis Junction there were cheers from three fourths of the
houses by the wayside.
Everything appears well at Annapolis, where General Butler commands in
person. There is a large body of troops, the people are gradually
gaining confidence in the army and the Government, and the regulations
seem to be effective. General Butler is popular with the officers whom
I met.
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