New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-26


stow their ra;i0pG in. One mild manne~d old Quaker
lady, who VAS standing near obseing shat one Of The
Bond was in a sac Of great embarrassment faF The
tack Of uine with which % secure the mouth Of his
bag of provisions, observed quietly Frei d. would
rot give ttce an implement Of war eut hco ball ta'e
s,girp 10 preserve thy food" T6eD sie turned partly
away ior Instant NJ stoned down, TO tie her shoe
apparently, AMI when she mp she banded TO tie
Dlcsu2 blower Of brass net green band that rDo-
meut btfcIe had been doing duty as !-a-a-well,
eGr's.
The regiment waited IN ard about he Baltimore ard
Oio Railroad Dero Tor about - hours, ir1m .
N. tn p IN, before they could gel definite iuior-
nation a. 70 their future movements. Al sort- Of
ruHor were perTetualy circulated, each one con'r'-
dieting ne ouc'cf tie Eiuuto before. Al Owe dHc
he story was Lat they were 20 20 through NW'uor'
and bun The CRY; then they wee 10 got Ii'Ne GO
Grace ara take steamer Then to return 10 New ON
and take steamer, &c. At Lst Col. Leilcgts, haNirS
waited j. hours without receiving the slightest IepH
10 his urgent dispatches 70 The Government Ior Ia
srrc;i1ns dcttni ,j 20 &c, ~ once on hr own feto'
s.b,lity. 2. next Two hou's WEE occupied N ,h"i'
TERM a Il. nboat, and huriedly getting On to"H nei
a. necessary stores, wafer and such provision I''
comfortably lodging she men as could be mace N 40
short a time.
At3, O'Clock D. H. OF Saturday, April2o, tie order
vaf given 10 fall in" AMI forming IN marcnnG order
by compsn.ra the rolicrs were marched on b'rd The
s,camloat Boston A|l Ire camp cquipage wa aso
en- baked and rs gs possible tie boat wac GOT
auder way, amid the cheers Of an nmerse crowd who
b. as cilLled 10 see the 1;b Cf.
Tie deslaiCn Of the boat not positively stated.
Som, sup sing that she would ccecd Immediately to
tie mont, -, Ire Potomac and sip up to Washington
ur6er 10 h. aud Others surmising hat sle
,yop,d steam IN n, CIe.., axe Pay TO Annapolis, anG
tho, tie,,,r la - -. o Washingt u. Ger
iain y is that, Whatever couTse wac
Colonel mentioned ~ p pilot On old negro,
Been % ye,rt on the outo TIA. if the boat shou'9 pc
run aground on The Virginia MaT!la Hats, there
would e one I the lees in this world amer tie next
minute. TIE sisbt Of the Colonies Formidable pistols
must have tended materially to incline the old fellow
to 90 right even If he had intended robinp wrong.
Tie men were now in the highest possible SPIRITS,
and IS they Lad received P.iePh is some recruits
who had come on from New-York, they numbered a
ful eco men. Tie crowd wac great but the boys AL
bore their manifold iucany encnyes with the greateft
roslibe god huuor. When sleeping.time came, II
xas found that not only were there not mattresses
enough for TIE men, but thar there was not room
,nouch n lie down, side by side on the floors and
3ecls without beng packed az close a heriiSs IN
cas And 50, with jokes ard scng', and scr!es' and
every possible manifestation Of OVERCOMING good
huuJr, they Jay down in their clothes, in every
500. where a uan oopd lie without rink of rolling
! overload, until they BOXED ike 70 many huge
! human sardrcs put up in shpshdle box
| Despite the iudescIbable inccnyeniences Of thr
arab emeut rot word Of grabbing or OF disc ni' nj
was heard from any body Occasionally perhaps, when
some caeleae fellow would, in bis cropping about 70
! find a spot to lie down on, take longer promenade
nan uss over the faces ard stomachs Of his sleeping
comrades hewould meet with some mild rcmonstrances
against o. oonQug biz midnight walk o. perhaps If hls
boo,.heels had unusually long nails in EN-, and e
bad stepped exactly into some fellows eye, be would
be required, in strong but genemanly language, "a
preeede the Secessionss that scorchipg bourne pre-
sided over by the gentleman popuiafly known as the
| devil.
In tie morning Of the next day, Sunday, the good
temper " as strikingly apparent. Everybody woke NJ
good nstured and every man Immediately sung out 70
come impossible delioacy, the very mention Of whie
was certain 10 provoke Of laughter.
, " Boy, bla'k my boots" waiter, my shaving
water" Water, muttonchoP, two fred eggs,
plate Of cakes and some coffee" WAITE, rar
steak and fried potatoes ard don't forget The Worces
tersbire sauce." "WATTER, chics en-ssad for two
and 90 on, every succeeding Waiter exceeding th
foregoing in volume and loodnets, until at lar
soue burly one would exhaust the capacity Of th
human voice by one tremendous howl Of "WhlIER
straw berries and cream-tvyo pne-apples and botl
of earet," when new theme would be started.
Some one would initiate newsboy, and announce
| % 49, L-,iI -.
hume and Tines" Ere's TIE Sunday Mercury an,
the Sunday Curier." In fact, all submitted to th
inconvenience of the voyage with spirit Of volnn
tar maItyrdom that could not be excelled Tor goo
humOr.
A small boy was dragged out from come hiding hot
on Saturday night and on being asked 10 give an ac
count of himself he said he a New-York boy, an'
had come along 10 rec the 7th fight" He hsdstowe'
himself away on the cara ard then the boat, aDc
had got along TINS far his hudable determination 4
sec the Tin fight having sustained him without foo
for nearly two days lie fed, and on Sunday
morning one Of the Sergears called the boy up in b'
preeencc Of crowd, delivered lin moral lecture OF
the improperly Of his conduct and concluded by giving
the youngster twenty-five cents that he himself ha,
won at Fuclre that morning before he remembered i
was Sunday.
All dsv Sunday the boat plowed along, her des'ina-
ton being as yet secret Rumors Of the erection Of
batteries on the banks of the Potomac rendered i
likely that the Colonel would not attempt 20 proceed
mp that river, but stl nothing positive could be ascer
tanned. Al 1OI o'clock morning service was read, ana
sermon preached by tie Chaplain, the Rev. hr.
| Wefion Of s.. Johns Church, Yarick street, n I
! Cgrously enough tic first words Of the morning les
| son were these, FROM Joel ID chapter, OH veTTe:
"Pr,psre War -sks rp the tty men LEI all the men o.
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