Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-12-06
From the Linn Rides"
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Annapolis, Md, Dec. | !


them from joining US Our fate will be a.!
one now.
OF the Union County Companies, ! will
recapi,ulste, as it may be Of interest to
many Capt Thomas CbamteriIn's Com.
i. 10 the 5th Rig Peun'a Reserves, (Cul.
Srmmons) Capt. Rou,h's is 10 the 9Th
Reg (Col Rcker's) Capt HAssenplug,
Capt Titus Csi,h whom ere l.ieut.'s Kelly
and Beaie. and Capt Linn, are il the
jls', lCIl Hlr:rnuf:'s) Capt. james
Cbamberin i, 10 the 52i (CoI. Dodge J
Capt Cturch il 10 the SD (CoI BrooksD
ns j.. also Crp,. Tate. Company which j.
mostly recruited in tie north part Of our
couuty-
1t has rained much during the week,
Interfering considerably with our drill. II
made the camp very muddy, aud patad.
ground uuf, for drilling.
Thursday came TO Us vih Welcome
it vas the Thanksgiving Cay Of M@rylaud
also, aud was observed in Annapolis. We
bad bu, the ordinary Company inspection
as on Sunday aud in addition Regimen
tai Inspection By our own III ,ers, sermon
by our Chaplain. aud sroII.
Ou THURSDAY night, Col. Coulter's Che
llth peuu'a) R,g. arrived By steamboat,
and were qaarrered iu the College buid-
ing They had cue man drowned by f'!l.
ing ogerbjard, and auo'her rolled out the
third storey window after they got here,
and died mex; day.
Friday, there being no drill, We wen,
out to see this city cf but 5000 inhabi;-
ants. It is Indeed az ancient p'aco-the
moss covered roofs, the strange way it is
laid out, at,es, that it is OF Of the present.
day. Ii received its name, in LOS, from
Q leen Anne, who presented bell to the
Episcopal Church, which was burned, and
pieces Of the he'll, composed Of gold, silver
and brass, are here preserved as relies. TIE
city is situated on the south branch Of the
Severn river, on peninsula formed By
Acton and Covey creekS-3O miles south
Of Baltimore, and 80 east Of " ashipgtoa.
We went TO visit tie Capitol, which is on
elevated ground, and 200 feet high to tie
spire. The view from the dome is remar-
kablg beau.ilul-tbe rolling country, the
Chesapeake bay, bounding the vision by
the Eastern Shore, the winding Severn,
the creeks, all 60 to make up scene of
lively beauty. The town, a. you look over
it. reminds you of fantastcaily lsd-ous
garden, the houses built along the wslks
mauy @: them were 'manoriaP residences,
but the mud sills' have built all around
them. The room in the Capitol il which
Washington resigned bis commission as
commander,in in-chlcf of the American for
ees, is now used for the Senate Chamber,
and they have been working light and day
reG,ting it for the special session Of the
Legislature convened for Tuesday next.
All Americans are familiar with the pic
ture of the Resignation, Of which there is
a copy in the room, exactly as the room
is. Portraits Of Carroll, Chase, Paca and
Stone. adorn the walls. There is also in
the Senate mmittee-room q portrait Of
the elder Pitt, Lord Chatham, painted by
Charles Wilson Peale "a native Of Auunp-
oli.) while in England, and presented to
the State of Maryland; 10 l19i. In the
Hall i. an old rusty cannon, Irregular
long Tom," which was taken out Of the
river, aud it is supposed was brought over
By the first settlers.
| meurioued, before, that We were en-
camped behind ST. Johns College. 1t is
the same place where the American and
French troops we're encsmped during the
War, and by the former
in the War Of 1872. There are stone head
aud foo,-marks on our drill-grouDd, aud
slight hilocks, which are the faint memen-
toes Of the soldiers buried here-unnamed,
but not unhouored Perhaps, in future
wears, those unborn nov will encamp here,
and will linger about those faint billows
over there BY that secluded cemetery, and .
point to them as the places where rest
many of those who died here during the
Wa, Of the Great Rebellion for every
day we see squads with pick aud spade pass
by US, followed by band playing sol
emu dirge, an ambulance, aud a few sol.
iiers; they enter the rugged gep,we hear
a volley of muske,ry-and that is the last.
Yesterday, We turned out for driil-sud-
lenly, came an order to prepare Tor inspec-
iiou. knapsacks and overcoais we're tum-
5led on in hot haste, and every one was
.uxiously nervous abou, bis musket-fOr
Brig Gen. Foster was to inspect US. we
passed it finely, and received complim-
.nt, but it was as trying as school
Sunday, we have but Com
,any inspection, a sermon and dress par
de, added to which the articles Of war are
.ead by each compapy-commander to his
JML.