Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
Humors Of

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Commend us to the man who can be jolly
nnder adverse circumstances and extract fun
from the hueat kiud Of a time. For instance,
a l~stIerto the n 4. Tribune describes a land
ing at AnaapoIis, as follows;
AT eight o'clt ok, evening, we made the
dock OF { e Naval Academy, and landed
Here military sway became practical. Step
ping ashore [ CROPPED my way in utter ig-
noranee OF ali topography. After a few
PAGES a sentry blockeded the way. Down
came the musket, with its bristiing glitter,
with the "You can I go this way" Of the
~vigilant seneschal. The soul, In the era Of
the Roman Caco, and the days Of the Eng
lishaAddia0n, may have smiled-at the drawn
dagger, but the modern stomach, with q bay
onet pointed at the locality where breathing
ceases, and digestion begins, does not incline
to complauency nor mirthfulness. | changed
my direction, and again, and yet again, a
fiery son of Mars stayed my progress. Wig
orous travel will exhaust even the resources
of the extensive demesnes Of the Naval
School Enclosure, and I finally reached the
gravel outlet. Here not one, but many, took
their stand, and squad with deadly weapons
forbade my egress. "Have you q passTi-
"No; | did not know that I needed one"
''You can't 20 out2"
"But what shall I do2 l am a loyal citi-
zen of the United States, incluiing South
Cafolnal and Florida Heaven pardon me
AR this last implication was born OF honest
and respectable parents, AN a clansmRn of
Abraham Lincoln, was shipped in good or
der on the transport William Willden,
and abandoned by the Underwriters at
the pier, and now sm seeking the warmest
welcome at the WRrmest inn in Annapolis,
under difficulties manifold, with DELAYS and
vexations." "You can't 90 through the gate
without a pass" This, If not ciViL, was mil
itsry, and l felt myself approaching a crisis.
Dripping with sea-water, sick, wearied,
aud hungry, ] opened the valve of my accu-
INFLATED wrath. Secession, Jefferson Davis,
Maryland, Baltimore, bullets, and bloody
murder were the heads Of an impromptu adj
dress, which made up in terseness and rhe-
toriral energy for the lack of the softer
graces or OratorY. It was an effective
speech, If may Judge from the subdued mar
tial chnekle which followed my retiring foot
steps. l was in 8 dilemma. l did not know
where Gen. Buffers quarters were, and with
out his sign manual, or signet ring, ! was in
the condition OF Sternes eiged starling.-
But did pass the b%arrieri a moments ie-
Election suggesting a stratagem venial in war,
Failing in with an old negro, who looked as
ifEe might have polished Gen. Washington
. boots when be resigned his commission, Oh
held the horse of Charles Carroll of Carroll.
ton, al the time the Continental Congress de-
. liberated in its Capitol, care there many
: Union men here" inquired my friend, or
l the way, /" ALL Massa," said be, with a
sly cock of his oc~togenarian eye, "there is 9
heap more than before your folks came h re.
, Annapolis possesses old buildings, whose
! bricks were minted in Liverpool, matched
> with green moss, plentiful, and very pool
whisky, %taverns, where they serve badly
: parodized coffee, with b~eefsteak cut from The
: region of the horns, with lassitude and lazi
ness enough TO leaven q whole slave common
! wealth. But enough. A run of an houl
i and a halt placed us in the Federal Capital
where an outstretched palm, waiting thu
: compelsating quarter, assured me tina
= Washington was unchanged, and that herr
! the military did not usurp the civil power.