We went on Brigade business, Capt. W. H. Abel A. A. G. Lieut. We waited quite a while for the Lieut. To secure transportation. It is built almost entirely of brick.
Streets are narrow and badly kept.
The crookedness of its streets remind one of Boston. A great deal of business entirely foreign to anything warlike is transacted here. Portsmouth on the other hand reminds one of Salem. The streets are cleaner and more regular. The houses are built mainly of wood and it seems to be a quiet old fashioned sort of a place.