The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-06-01

lis. The air was full Of doubs, snd We wer.
eager to be let loose. All this, while the
Maryland stuck fast on the bar. We could
see them, half mile oG, makipr eyery ef.
fort to tighten her. The sold,ers tramped
forward and aft, danced on her decke. sho,
overheard heavy baggsge-truek. We saw
them start the truck for the s,ern with a
cheer. Ii crashed down. One end stuck IN
the mud. The other fell back and rested on
the boat. They wen. az it with axes, and
presently i; was clear.
As the tide rese. We gave our grounded
friends lift with hawser. No roi The
s' Boston . tugged in vain. We got near
enough to see the whites of the Massacbu-
sest mems eyes, and their unlucky faces ard
uniforms all grimy with their lodgings 10
the coal dust. They could not have been
blacker, if they had been breathing battle
smoke and dust all day. That experience
was clear gain to them.
By-and-by, greatly to the delight Of the
impatient Seventh, the "Bostonn was
headed for shore. Never speak i'll OF the
beast you bestraddle. Therefore, reouies-
cat "Bos.on; 7" may her ribs lie light on
soft sand when she goes to pieces! may her
engines be Gu, up into bracelets for the arm.
Of the patriotic fair! good bye to her, dear
old, close, dirty, slow coach! She served
her country we'll in moment Of trial. Who
knows but she saved it? II was race to
see who should frst get to Washington
and we and the Virginia mob, in alliance
with the District mob, were perhaps nip and
tuck for the goal.
ANNAPOLIS. -...-.
So the Seventh Regiment landed and took
Annapolis. We were the srst troops ashore.
The midiies OF the Naval Academy no
doubt believe tha, they had their quarter,
secure. The Massachusetts boy. are salts.
fed ,ha. they frs, took the town in charge.
And so they did. ... ..-.l.-
But the Seventh took i, little MORE
Not, Of course. from i,s loval men. but Eor
its loyal men,-for loyal MaryIand. ard for
the Union.
Has ANYBODY seen Annapolis? It is n
picturesone old plaee. sleeny enough. and
astonished to fnd itself wids-awaked by a
war and obliged to take responsibili,y and
share for good and III in the movement of
its time. The building. Of the Naval Acaa.
envy stand parallel with the river Severn.
with a green plateau toward the water and
a lovely green lawn toward the town. An
the scene was fresh and fair with ApriI. and
fancied, as the Boston touched the wharf.
that disceraed the sweet fragrance of apple.
bloss oms coming with the spring time airs.
hope that the companies Of the Seventh.
should the day arrive, will charge upon bor.
rid batteries or serried ranks with as much
alacrity as they marched ashore on the
greensward Of the Naval Academy. We
disembarked, and were halted in line be-
tween the buildings and the river.
Presently, while we stood at ease, people
began - arrive,-some with smallsh frui,
to sell, some with smaller news to give.
Nobody knew whether Washington was
taken. Nobody knew whether JEFF. Davis
was now splitting in the Presidetial spittoon
and scribbling his dissiches with the nib Of
the Presidential goose-qui!l. We were ab-
solutely in doubt whether seemingly in
offensive knot Of rustics, on mound with
out the inclosure, might not, at tap Of drum
unmask battery of giant columbiads, and
belch blazes at US, raking our line.
Nothing so entertaining happened. 1t
was a parade, not battle. At sunset our
band played strains sweet enough to pacify
all Secession, il Secession had music 10 its
soul. Coffee, hot from the coppers of the
School, and biscuit were served out to us
and while we supped, we talked with our
visitors, such as were allowed to approach.
First the boys of the School-fne little
blue jack their story to tell.
"Do you see that white farmhouse,
across the river ?" says brave pigmy OF a
chap in navy uniform. "That is head
quarters for Secession. They were going
to take the School from us, Sir. and the
frigate. but we've got ahead Of 'em. now
you and the Massachusetts, boys have come
down"-and he twinkled all over with de.
light. ave can't study any more. We are
on guard all the time. We've got howitzersr
too, and we'd like you to see, to morrow.
on drill, how We can handle 'em. One OF
their boats csme by our sentry last night p
a sentry probably i've feet high, sand he
blazed away, Sir. So they thought they
wouldn't try US that time.
II was plain that these young soul. bat
been we'll tried by the treachery about them
They, too, had ieis the pang OF the nisioy
atty of comrades. Nearly hundred OF tht
boys had been spoilt by the base example
of their elders in the repudiating States
and had resigned.
After the midiies came anxious citisen
of the town. scared all OF them. Now tha
We were come. and assured them that per
sons and property we're to be protected
they ven,ured to speak of the disgusting
tyranny to which they, American ci'issn'
had been subjected. We came IN eon'ac
here with utter social anarchy. No man
unless he was willing to risk as.aul'. los
of property, exile, dared to talk like free
man. :. This great wrong must be righted,
think the Seventh Regiment, as one man
So We tried to reassurs the Annapoi''an
that We meant to do cur duty as the ma
,ion's armed police, and OBJ law was to D
put down, so far as We could DO 1t.
Here, too, voices OF war met US. Tn
ceu1try was stirred up u tne ruia poPu
la,ion did not give Us bastard lmI.a.'o
OF Lexington ana toasSia, He'
gain wsshineson, nll Pluguglydom woul
treat US a Ia Piuguglv sone.here near 70
junction OF the Annapolis and Baltimore 20
Washington railroad. The Seventh nu'