Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-05-02

by Mr.. Seward, visited our quarters, and we
would have cheered him but, on second
thought the sacredness Of the day forbade.
Our men then went up in turn, and shook
hands with the president, and thought they
would shake his arm off, but could not myself
resist the impulse to shake his hand, and also
Mr.. Stewards. The president is not the hide
GUS looking man l imagined from the descrip-
ton had heard and read OF him. He wears
a very pleasant smile, somewhat saddened to
be sure, but it proposes me- in his favor at
once. He does not possess the ease or grace
OF Mr., Seward neither has he the rather willy
look of the secretary of state.
Up to Thursday we literally "slept on our
arms" being woke up regularly at l O'Clock
in the morning, to be readiness for any attack
made on us; and each man received twenty
rounds of ball cartridges, and what we could
not stow away in our cartridge boxes we put
in every pocket in our clothes. Thursday,
however, the Seventh New York and Massa-
chusetts Regiments arrived, and took their
quarters in the representatives hall and rooms
adjoining. They looked tired and travel
stained, besides being hungry, but made a
hearty supper that evening. Saturday the
rich New York Seventh itasted the Massachu-
sets Eighth in the rotunda OF the capitol, and
many OF the sons Of ST. Crispin, from Lynn,
in the Eighth, made short speeches, most of
them being intelligent, creditabe compost.
tons Friday the Seventh Regiment was
sworn in for the term Of one month, a per-
Torrance which we went through ON Monday,
to serve for three months.
We are all in excellent spirits, and donot ex-
pect any immediate attack on the capital
Drilling is going on finely, and the new recruits
do not cause so much profanity in the old
members of the company, from raw heels and
trcading on tender eorns, as they did at first.
When we left Worcester of course you ought
not 10 expect such handsome line, where there
were aboat forty five ipen who had never
handled Il musket nor marched step in unison
before, and who would be as likely to shoot
their file leaders as the enemy. The company
now musters ninety.tive men, ali told, four
having joined us here on Friday, who walked
all the way from Annapolis, Md. Our regi-
ment attracts a great deal Of interest, and lie
citizens say our boys look eight" Last
night the regiment marched in splendid order
to the White House, and gave three rousing
cheers for the Bunker Hill boys" which
were as heartily returned, with Tiger"
for interest
Friday thO Rhode Island troops, with Gov
Sprague, arrived and fine looking body Of
me-. they are. Since then troops have been
pouring in from every quarter, and in every
conceivable rig from the handsome uniform
and regular tread OF the New York Seventh,
to ae "raglag, and bob ta'' semi-military,
semi poughman dress Of a few of the Penn
sylvania militia companies-and "still they
come"
Icannot give decent guess at anything
that is going on around the city, as we have
not been allowed outside our barracks hereto,
fore, except for an occasional march or drill
and then we could not leave the ranks but
now we will be allowed, in small squads of
ten OF dozen, to go around the city for few
hours at time. J.F.M.