The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-17
Humors Of Annapolis.
Commend us to the man who cal

Commend us to the man WHO can
be Jolly under adverse circumstances
and extract fun from the bluest kind
Of time. For instance a letter to
the New York Tribune describes a
landing at Annapolis as follows:
Ateight o'clock, evening, we made
the dock Of the Naval Academy and
landed. Here military sway becam,
practical Stepping ashore, | groprd
my way in utter ignorance OF all to
Biography. After a few PAGES sen
try blockaded the way. Down camc
the musket, with the "You can't go
this way" OF the way vigilant senes
chal. The soul, in the era OF the So
man Caco, and the days OF the Elg
lish Addison, may have smiled at the
drawn dagger, but the modern stom
ach, with bay yrnet pointed ut th
locality where breathing ceases, and
digestion begins, does not incline t"
complaicency mr. mirthIulness. |
changed my direction, and again,
and yet again fiery son Of Mars
stayed my progress. Vigorous travel
will exhaust even the resources OF the
extensive dcmesnes OF the Naval
School inclosure, and fin lily re .cli
cd the gravel outlet. Here not one,
but many, took their stanI, aud II
squad with deadly weapons forbade
my egrcss. "llave you II rass!' &"
|, no; did not know that needed
one" lyon can't go out?"
"But what shall | do? am Il
loyal citizen OF the United States,
including South Carolina AMI Flor
ida, (Ileaven pardon mo for this
last implicatlonD was born oi respect
able parents, atm q clansman OF
Abraham Lincoln, was shipped in
good order on the transport William
IVjlii5n, and by the Underwater Il,
the pier, AMI now am seeking the
warmest welcome at the warmest
inn in Annapolis, under difficulties
IN ,nifold, with delays AMI veXations.
"You can't go through the gate
without a pass" This, il not civil,
was military, an ! felt myself ap-
preaching crisis.
Dripping with sea water, sick,
we ri ID, and hungry, opened th4
valve of my accumulated wrath
Secession, Jefferson Davis, Mary.
land. Baltimore, bullets, and bloody
murder were tho heals OF an i'm.
prumptu address, which made up / @
terseness and rhetorical energy Tor
the lack oi the softer graceS ot ora
tory. 1t WAS an effective spu, ch, il !
may JUICE rom the euYdued marital
chuckle which followed my retiring
footsteps. was ia Il d,lc,nma. |
did not know where Gen. Butlcr'-
quarters were, and wi irLuut his slgn
manual or slgn"t r,nL. | Was ~ the
condition o Sturnc's cigc. stariln,.
But dil pass tnn barrier, "a mOmtut's
reflection sugsertinG stratrGcm We
nial in war. Falling it, wich an
old negro who locke! a. II he might
have polished Gen. Washiu!ton's
bouts when H. resigned his comms-
sion, or held tic horse OF Cnarles
Carroll ,ot CarrulltOn, at the time the
Continental Congress duGbrratrd in
its capitol. Are there many Union
men here?' inquired my friend on
the way. "AL!' massi said h. with
a sly cock OF his octugenarlan eye,
there Ia heap more than before
your folks came here, Annapolis
possesses old buildings, whose bricks
were mIntld in Liverpo thatched
with green moss, plentiful, an.
very poor whiskey, taverns, whore
they serve badly parodzcd coffee
with bee'5teak cut from the region
OF the horns, with lassitude aYd la
illness enough to leaven whole
slave commonwealth. Bnt enough.
/ \ run OF an hOur,ani half placed
us in the federal capital where all
outstretched palm, waiting the com
pensating quarter, assured mo that
! Washington WAS unchanged, and
that here the military did not usurp
the civil power.