The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-30


yesterday, and landed them
We had vers heavy Of rain yesterday aetern or
M We were practising with tbs h1wlrzess vur puts
,tHp ~ the ~ oceedbgs Ne sovancing rapidly In
discipline The aacity Add precisi "a 9ith ghch
rodeTs execute the oraers given by their officers
THE TRIP OF THE scvENTY-FIRST REGI.
MsNr.
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1881.
We arrived at Washington half past six this morn
ing You have all The particulars Of emba ka,ion AMI
arrival At annapolis aud w, repeat them. We left
Annapolis, Nd ~ three O'Clock thursday moru e,
march for polls Junction. distant, near
calculate, about thirty miles II hard march.ns
the roads beng very rough and muddy; but N
gave out We arrived at Anna Jos Junctin FRI
Gay NJ three A NJ When there, we momen,sriy ex-
woods around the We hs our first camping
OUT the only bedding ~e had beng bla ,kets and
they were we, with the heavy rain at Annapolis We
built thirty tive camp hres 10 dry ourselves. give you
our
ood yo.s. beef nine days I'D 'AAA
Two pilot biscuit hard . BOARD.
And this had 70 keep on hunger during twenty four
hou q march.
Juft before our arrival at the junction the bage
sounded ITO arms Tho line halted formed square,
we loaded our pieces and prepared 10 meet the enemy
They did not come, however
Friday night had just got In the cars for washing
ton 1.-THE whistle had blown and We were about starting
wbeb the guard fred . gun ss signal for help. We
tnmbed out OF the cars and to the Tho guard
challenged horseback, who said "the enemy ID
At han prepare" We got every thing ready In OF
attack the road; but IL did not We arrived,
have said at Washington At half past six morn
ing. The WAshingtonans gave us grand reception.
STEAMSHIP CuyIrR, April %, 1851.
At fifteen minutes six p NJ we weighed aachor, aud
in company with the steamship Columbia with the Sixth
regiment and the Harriet Lane we started on our way
Three cheers gvenfor the Union three tho h
yfou Stars and 3) Stripes and another the city
Of York. the boys following with the national anthem
i" Tho ar Spar ged Banner" At ?. NJ the order
given for the sergean TO show The their bunks
they looked ike ihreestory sheeppen-each bunk
urpg five feet SIX BY three feet accommodating three
these frsoass quarters being for the boys Of res
ment, the recruits sleeping deck. our rations
bread cut In quarter pouni chunks, and meat, part
fresh and the rest salt The have TO form In single
he march around and get their ratons from very dirty
cooks. Whatever you purchase must be we'll paid for
for instance, lemon cents apples cents
for pie seventynve.
At eight N the doctor had his hands full. About
nfsy sick, and number Of the recruits have
piece Of pork going the rounds in the usual way consons
Nine NJ ANS well. The sergeant Of tho guard
s going his round Twelve One might a.
well be ia company with the gentleman In black hero
the boat s rocking and no chance 70 sleep. After some
too hours Of card play ing the boys are having trial
Jury on the sleepy heads The verdict returnei the
criminals convicted and the penalty (sctted by the
jury tha. they must make love 70 the cook and get
some good food.
TO breakfast which, by the way consists OF two pieces
Of bread or pilot biscuit, cup Orwell, they call IL
sugar The Lane ana the Columbia are ahead schooner
sauted here (o Cape 1enry) by dpping her colors
the stars and stripes They call the roll At nine ~
weather very pleasant The Baltic and Coatzacoalcos
are sight What you tn NIX Of ten cents for glass
OF water That's what II coe.s here And that s not
Init ten emit moi 4 n,
Fifty cents for SOFA water Al quarter past nine N.
en,e cd The mouth OF the Chesapeake bay and are Two
hundred miles from Washington.
The steamers have all stopped that the squadron
MAY get together The Ha riet Lane takes the lead Tho
rcpmept, Baltic (rwelftn regment), Columbia (slxth
regmsntj Costzsooacns (Rbode Islaniers) The steam
ers are all In line ana are now stesming no the bay
az hot comf OF table for the people Of this world
Eight r. M-Arrived of annapolis.
r. Shave been compelled ~ pay the very moderate
price % cents per %ea Of ss ~ 90 ss
the boys with their pants out 1T the knees Nine are
So ! want another pair.
THE RETURN TRANSPORTS.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, AND VINO THEY HAVE
BROUGHT BACK--TBE SICK Jisr-GEsERAL NEWS,
ETC,
The steamship James Adger, Captain Phillips, arrived
from Annapolis yesterday having landed the sixty ninth
regiment numbering ,487 men. She brings home seve
raj nvalids OF the regiment.
Captain Phillips says Of the gallant Sixty ninth, he
deems his duty express his high gratdcat,n Of the
manner In which they conducted themselves
during the passage. Although there we're nearly
800 Of them board, there was the
same order and discipline when making voyage nth
the ordinary number Of passengers and when il Ia re-
msmbered that this vessel is calculated accommodate
but 900 men u speaks more for the SIXTY ninth than
many days OF parade DUTY.
We regret 10 say that two Of the number drowned
IN tho Cheeapeske.
ON the 2sth, At eleven A. NJ passed tho STEAMERS Ala
bama and Parkersburg, for Neg York rhe Marion ~as
10 sa on the 2sth for New York with the United states
brig Perry In TOW.
Mrs Captain inch, OF the sixty ninth,
y Wyatt, Of the United States brig pcry,
Captain Joseph sprAaue. OF rhirteccsh Regiments,
!, Robert J IAne-bearers Of dispatches
The following persons return home sick =
John o. Mahony,
Thomas Bolbert,
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