BALTIMORE, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Baltimore co., Maryland, U. S., in lat. 39° 17' n., and long. 76' 36' w. It stands round a small bay which runs back from the left side of the Patapsco, about 12 in. from its entrance into Chesapeake bay, and about 200 tn., by a ship's course, from the open Atlantic. The city was founded so late as 1729. The surest test of its prosperity is to be found in the rapid increase of its population. In 1800, there were 26,514 inhabitants; in 1810, 46,455; in 1830. 80,620; in 1840, 102,513; in 1850, 169,054; and in 1870 there were 267.354. Besides its safe and convenient communication with the sea, B. is connected by railway with Philadelphia, Washington, Winchester, Annapolis, Cumberland, York, Lancaster, Har risburg, etc. From e. to w. the city is about 4? fn. long; and from n, to s., about 34 broad. and covers about 10,000 acres. It is divided into two nearly equal parts by "Jones's Falls," a rapid stream which, though troublesome from its floods, and expen sive from its bridges, supplies immense water-power, and an abundance of pure water for domestic use.
In 1874, imports were $26,578,554; and exports, V8.617,590, B. has a very extensive
grain trade, and is one of the largest flour depots in the It is the chief market for tobacco in the count, and its manufactures are very important.. In the year ended June 30. 1874, 2143 vesse s, of 1,103,446 tons, entered and cleared the port in the foreign 3.
trade. There are 25 newspapers. ? Among the commemorative structures which have gained for B. the name of the "Monumental City," the most interesting is an elegant obelisk, erected in 1815 to the memory of those who had fallen in defendIng the town against the British. The Roman Catholic cathedral takes the lead among the ecclesiastical edifices of B. It is a massive building of granite, being. 190 ft. long, 177 broad, and 127 high; and besides one of the largest organs in the United States, it contains two beautiful paintings, presented by Louis X% L and Charles X. of France. In B., however, the Roman Catholics have now only 23 churches out of 189. The new city hall is one of the finest buildings of the kind in the United States, and there are numerous handsome educational and charitable institutions.