New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-08

rsob 1r.,o ~ Ne, rorolifan in Winter, had seru-
inv: but n travelling companion, wbo Dhd eoih'oI'ius
reenforcements Of compact provhohS ior one VI '"o
Nassarhpaetts battaOns in three OF more common ca
terror than mine Rad submit &c reid eroes exani
nation. In fact, the painted canvas covering ui'
rather suggest associations with Descendant
of lo Twelve Tribes; and induce suspicious OF we'll
,ed stock of the contraband Of trade, If not war; ID
M form of mere,ricous gauzes and manufactured gold
;o,,,lrv ef,er the manner Of Modern Jewry. The de-
,,ion was slight however and we were with short
delay shipped aboard the propeller William WHICH,
b,und for AnDapolis. She was, iii the days OF the
,,v,tle and olive. a peach transport, plying between
PHILADELPHIA and Port Deposit; but now, under me
Joint auspices Of &llona and Gen. Scott, made Gov
eminent steamer 10 convey soldiers with guns, and
citizens with fatchels to Annapolis. The craft Is
SLIGHT nine structure of narrow model high cabin, ana
large wind surface like Mississippi River line boat
The wind was fresh, with heavy sea. Qualm!Shness
of stomach came early. Stepping on: on the orecasue
Gcr q current Of air. and in thinking Of one element,
obiyious Of the other, ] was saldted, before had
fully inflated my lungs, by heavy swell
which struck her quarter, and dienched me
from ,nizzen-peak TO kelson. need not add
that NV yisit was brief one. At eight o'clock,
evening. we made the dock Of the Naval Academy.
and landed. Here military sway became practical.
Stepping ashore CROPPED my way in uttergnoTance OF
all topography. After few PAGES sentry biockadcd
The way Down came the musket with III bistllng
Glitter with The "Youcant go this way of the Vigilani
eeneschal The soul in The Of the Roman Cato, and
,be days of the English Addison, may have smiled at
the drawn dagger but the modern stomach, with
leycled bavonet pointed the locality where breath
inc ceases, and digestion begins, does not incline to
comuacencv nor mirthfulness lchanged my direction,
and again. and yet again, fiery son Of Mars stayed
NV progrepe. Vigorous travel viii exhaust even the
resources of the extensive dcmesnes Of the Naval
School incloslre, and finally reached the gravel
outlet. Here not one, but many, took their stand,
and squad with deadly weapons forbade my
egross. - Have you pass T. No did not
know that | needed one" You can't 90 out
"But what shall do am loyal citizen of these
United States including South Carolina and Florida
Heaven pardon ne for thshft implicaIicn was born
of honest and respectable parents, am clansrnan Of
Abraham Lincoln, shipped in good order on the
transport William Willdn, but abandoned to the I'M
derwriters al the pier aud now am seeking Inc warm
est welcome Of the warmeft inn in Annapolis, under
difficulties manifold with deaysand yeAations." You
cant 20 through the gate without pass This II hot
cirH was military, and ] feI. myself approaching
crisis Dripping with sea-watcr, sick, weaiied, ana
hungry, | opened the valve Of my accumulated wralh'
Secession jefferson Davis Maryland, Baltimore, bull
let's and bloody murder We're the heads OF an IN
promptu address, which made up in teseness and rhe-
orca energy for the lack OF the softer gFhees oil oi
tory. II Was an effective speech, if may Judge from
the subdued martial chuckle which followed my retf-
ing footsteps. | ras in q dilemma. did not kno"
where General Buffers quarters were, and without
his sign manual or .icuet ring was in the condition
Of Stcme Gagged startling But did pass The barrier
a moments reflection suggesting siraiagem yenal in
war. Falling in with old negro, who looked as If
he might have polished General Washingtons boots
when he resigned his commission or held tho horse oil
Charles Carroll OF Carrollton at the time the Cont
mental Congress deberaed in It's Capitol, Are therc
MANY Union men here 2" inquir,dmy friend onthe way
"Ab Massa said he with q ely cock of hs ocogeua
rian eye there is heap than before your folks
came here Annapolis possesses old buildings whore
bricks were uined in Liverpool, matched with green
moss. plentiful and very poor whisky, taverns, where
thov serve badly parodized coffee, with beeisoak cuf
from the region Of the HONS with assude and aliness
/ enouoh 10 leaven whole slave commonwealth. But
enough run Of an hour and half placed us IN the
Federal Capital where an Outsretched palm, waiting
the concentrating quarter assured me that Washing.
ton war unchanged, and that here the military did not
I usurp the civil power.
| The pain having rested with me- the moral Of NY
strain is tint if You with to make Washington through
Annapolis you should secure pass from Gen. Paiter-
son. and put money in your purse, through the kind
/ agency of your friend, the Cashier OF the Bank OF
Commerce say $780, being particular to have at least
ffty Of them in American quarters and, If You can,
Keen i'm the companionship Of acquaintance WHO has
double that sum- as your specie reserve will be well
nigh il not entirely exhausted, when you land at your
| ultimate destination.