A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634, to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line; the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present timeFor the use of schools . city, filled with violent articles in opposition to thewar. The indignation of the people was aroused ;—theygathered around the office of publication, for the purposeof destr
A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634, to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line; the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present timeFor the use of schools . city, filled with violent articles in opposition to thewar. The indignation of the people was aroused ;—theygathered around the office of publication, for the purposeof destroying it, while the friends of the editors prepared* Annals of Baltimore; Votes and Proceedings. ?i^ ViiXj^.i HISTORY OF MARYLAND. 333 for its defence against the illegal violence of the a spirited resistance, in which one person was killedand several wounded, they surrendered to the authorities,and were conducted to the jail for their protection. In theensuing night, the jail was broken open by the excitedmob, who practised the greatest barbarity on the personsof their victims. One was killed; the rest were cruellybeaten, and only escaped by passing for dead. They nowthreatened the post office, in which several of the obnoxiouspapers were said to be deposited, but the civil and militaryauthorities at length obtained the mastery, and the disturb-ance was quelled.* * Perkins Late War ; Annals, & CHAPTER XVII. THE WAR OF 1812. Jo OR a time, the war was principally waged upon theocean and the northern frontier, and Maryland only borepart in its deeds through its fearless privateers, and itssoldiers and its sailors, distributed throughout the nationalarmy and navy, and no longer distinguished in a separatecorps, as under the old confederacy. But the horrors ofinvasion were soon brought into its borders. The Chesa-peake presented too favorable an opening for the Britishfleet, to escape their depredations; and in March, 1813,Admiral Cockburn made his appearance in its
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