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Baltimore, June 6, 1861.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Matters in Baltimore.
The paper here called The South says that Marshal Bonifant now has all the powers of Saul when he came from Damascus, hailing men and women and committing them to prison. The Marshal certainly shows great zeal and activity in ferreting out the whereabouts of warlike munitions. He seized yesterday seventy-five thousand pounds of gunpowder, stored in the warehouses of Messrs. Webb & Foley, and to-day had it taken to Fort McHenry and deposited in the magazine there. He also seized all the breech-loading rifles at the factory of Merrill, Thomas & Co., discharged fifty-three of their workmen, shut up their shop, and put the key in his pocket. He said he had orders from the Secretary of War to do this. Most of the arms, however, which he expected to seize are missing, and cannot be found. Some have been taken to Harper’s Ferry, others to Richmond, and others are secreted.
Citation: Philadelphia Inquirer. 7 June 1861. Gift of Steven and Susan Raab. AN .P5546