Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-10
FROM THE TwENrY-FIRsr REGIMENT
ANNAroLIs. MD, Sept. 6. ISL.

ANNAPOLIS, MD, Sept G, 1861.
Editors Of The SPy:-Another opportunity
presents itself 10 furnish the readers of your
paper wits few items of .news in regard to
the doings and whereabouts of the twenty
first. We still continue here at this military
post, performing the daily routine of a sol
der's life, although we enjoy rather better
quartera and possess more facilities Of obtain.
lug the luxures Of life than the majority OF SOL
diers in the United States service; yet here
we lind some hardships and privatious, COM
mon to those whose lots are cast like
ours. Annapolis is by no means what
one may call Union place, though it
may be ruled by men who love and cherish
the Union and the constitution. When Mary
land was rocking to and fro, amid the waves
Of secessonism, and its wreck was almost
certain, not SO many men as would have saved
Sodom could be found in Annapolis, to stay
the hands aud encourage the heart OF the noble,
patriotic, and seli-sacrificng Governor Hicks,
in that hour OF trial that hour is past. If
Annapolis is specimen Of the thrift aud en-
terprise of other southern cities and towns we
say Deliver US for in our wanderings over
the place land nearly every street we have
traversed) every thing that nlicatcd life and
business was the erection OF a shed, the un
loading Of two sloops containing wood and
coal, and now and then the arrival of boat
laden with oysters and, by the way, these
blvalves are found in great quantities along
the coast.
The public buildings of Annapolis are not
very numerous, nor imposing; the capital
which stands upon elevated ground nearly
in the centre OF the town, has rather an
antiquated appearance, is constructed of brick,
with cupoas one upon another towering to a
considerable height. Some of the churhes,
outwardly present good appearance, looking
as though the construction of them occurred
IN more modern days. Most of the dwellings
are of wood, meanly built and in point of
comfort and finish will not compare with those
OF East Worcester; but among them we find
exceptions as we do in ever, thing. The
! house Of Gov. Hicks and others, though an.
cient are very fine and elegant mansions. The
streets present the worst appearance of all,
very uneven, crooked and irregularly laid
out, with the grass covering some of them
completely, and all of them the great part 1t
must be taken in account that this is the
strongest slave congressional district in the
state
Yesterday, quite an amusing as well as prot
liable occurrence took place in our camp 1t
seems that for sometime, one Of the most ill.,
huential citizens OF the town has often been
in the habit of using language rather offensive
to Unon.l2ving men, and had been the means
OF getting into our camp one OF the most vio
lent "secesh women"-so the next time he
visited our camp, it was understood that he
should be dealt with,-this occurred as we
stated yesterday. The gentleman was ques.
TONED in regard to his sympathetic feelings
on which side he stood not receiving salts.
factory answer, he was weighed in the balance
and found wanting. He then was put under
strict military discipline, going through the
muSket exercise, the march, quick and double