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to come. The most stringent precautions have been taken by the Board of Police for preserving the peace of the city. The Legislature will convene in extra session on Friday, the 26th instant. The Pennsylvania troops, whose presence near Cockeysville so excited the war spirit of our people on Sunday, started on their return towards Harrisburg yesterday afternoon. Early in the morning they moved from their original camp over toward the railroad. We have brief and vague accounts of theers prepared to dispute their passage over Maryland soil. Gov. Hicks had taken command of the Maryland troops hastily assembled, and his force was said to amount to nearly 2,000 efficient skirmishers. From the Sun Extra, Tuesday, 10½ A. M.: The Pennsylvania troops encamped near Cockeysville, moved up to the Ashland station and at half-past 1 o'clock this morning took the train for Pennsylvania. The officers of the Marshal of Police remained in the vicinity until the train moved off.
Susquehanna, and at Annapolis, has excited vigilant surveillance in those directions. Two thousand stand of approved arms reached the Camden Station at 8 o'clock this morning, from Harper's Ferry, sent by the Virginia authorities, to be used in the defence of Baltimore. The arms were received by Gen. Egerton, of the Fifty-third Regiment, who superintended their removal to the Maryland Institute, the headquarters of the regiment. Speaking of the Yankee troops who returned from Cockeysville, the Sun says: Our informant reports the condition of the troops as most deplorable. He passed freely among them as they lay sleeping in the cars and on the ground, with their muskets hanging out of the car windows, and "lying around loose." A force of two hundred men could have captured all their arms without awakening the enemy. On Sunday night there was a great alarm in the camp. A wagon came driven rapidly down the road, and rattling over the stones, was mistaken for art