The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-01-04

utst tctwccr the active lie oi the Emwrc Cuv
aus the entire ah.crcc %. .. iu Nrnip l.. g.. yo-,
striking. lulccd mi, ch1rac'ciilc ,hr feel.
iny produced H., q walk th'push the streets A.
Oppressive. Not oven The presence ui Gov
C.uiucut fleet Of sumc uity ,os,oi- nsI the
collection in and around it g.! an army of some
1000 men, cab stir It's regular inhabitants into
th, least show Of cutcrptizo.
4 stranger, kiuVirs no moro Of Annapolis
th,u that II wa tho s.tU ot the L. ). y I,al
Academy, ard h,s l'rn made since the r, bcl.
ON comm rcod, the theatre ,i extensive naval
and military prcpnauons, would loo likely to
a,k himself, as hIs iir-t qu, ~'ou or out ,ung
III, city, "liow cam G1Ncrmcn' to select thi,
place Tor such diyitctiurs2' There ara two
government whltNrs, rt which, however, only
Nv'sols drawing hight dr,it Of water can load
~ unload. TfCop, hr,u ylt hero by wator arc
la .od by means ui ha 20 and a ltilo a. am
tug, and tlcV must hr .p embarked In the n tna
way. This litl' Tug, the only one m port, pl,s
tuuut day snd nisht, q noDg hc trin-pors ear
wing utdcre from the General, communicating
with the officers ot the government yo.4cli, AMI
wing directions 20 inc ming yosscls as TO an
chomgc, sc. H. also docs duty in towing along
siu the schooner and coal loits from which
She tNpvdIt luhry ilc't ard now daily receiving
th, complement OF thoirsupply Of water ani al.
Ard here | may remark that even If the or
'ct TO embark the troops were piyon tomorrow,
/ would | believe, with the means at hand
require two or three days to complete the om-
h,rk.ton. There may, hoaeyor bo RESOURCES
vhi have not ,c, discovered Tn Con
.. l-r'p,H gfo.' u.iitiy, gpl.E irouui ilr-
u.'N tu ,I,,'t q d la ton upc attic ~, dui ht,
..r.ur, hu-ir,s -hko manner uliul TO hi,
ter OuM appearance. make lin 4 Otuerui
l,uitc have hcati soldiors -omtrL -" IT,
iu.. tie hind q. miG ~ wJd Like 80 h,ht
ut,,r.'
o. yoa leave the ship in row holt to 20
.. 'urc, ypur liist appointment IL mot q. q
'.s per. tunulul. pu from th' iitlh p'nl. %.
# io.t, a. the south end uf tho ActIunv
.' ruU., " irn 0. .upp tn have hoon crogt-
.pt lprhOr '.,a" ,tt in which a rih - otg.
-hn' would e..ily oprn q new pnrt hla.
You think YOU can land at the pier, but upon
pulling up o. t,you lnl 1t Ia such a stlto u do
lepidatiun %, was the Treasury of tho United
= ate, when Cobb o. lloyd had completed
" plunda-' ...uorous ctrcor In Wash
o., 80, ..,,c Sam1 't".,uh6ttc' '6ut it nhout as use.
ruI to him now a. somc other of his southern
ov ,,enduures. Finding landing some dis
tlrce above it, you pass into the spa
cous and well grvlcl Academy grounds,
th,ir beauty however, being much spoil
'd hy the trend Of horses and armod men
ihl academy bull ling, being cuny yer,cd into bar
10, X, for syldicig and quuttUfs Tor the officers
iloro again the thought arises that Uncle Sam
has spcnt great dohl ui money among an un-
deserving and ungrntolu lul p,ope--al tho features
Of Soccssia are very d,tiGctly marked horo,
Whcrc rebel Legislature attempted 10 Co2rco
the loyal Governor and Union men Of MARYLAND
into admission 10 their treason. Now Union
Legislature meois in the Sato House, and
Mar land still enjoys, so Ear Gs her secret and
urcn traitors will lot hor the benefits AMI bless
uss Of borg within the Union. When tho
war ce,sos aud the Naval Academy building,
are tonantloss when Annap lis Is loft 20 itself,
the decay which has already seized upon tho
city will be rapid and dcs'ruc iyo unless now
element of FREQ enterprise be introduced. |
have not vet seen "A full specimen of "the po-
cular insltu.ion and Il the big glting effects OF
Secession, but ] can form some idea Of II from
what / have sscn and have not seen in Annapo.
lil
You ask me to describe the city, ani frank
" tell YOU my pOwors Of description arc not
cuual to tho task. Why because there il
nothing in It, whom you take tho sol lidrs out
If sight TO indicate that IL IL HUing city
though state capital Of an old state You on
tor the CITY from tho Academy grounds, AMI at
ouca YOU bNgin 10 wonder where the pepte are.
II is halt past light o'clOck in the morning and
until YOU reach the head of tho street leading
10 the State House, you meet only soldiers, or
dol lies on foot or horseback, and army wagons
Iassng to and from the camps. Not native
isto be seen, except an occasional "contTaband'
Who seems 10 be out Of doors by acct
cent. The doors are all closed, you
l,. nt the windows. but see no
'ra cufouslv peo'ing through them. Fol-
p,, the train ofsodier- until you have renched
10 liui,t ui tie city, and tho appearance 10 the
f.IIo. exc II that at O'hcr tlmos Of the day YOU
u,HE goo a group Of throe or four young men
AIDING nj the COor oi one or other Of tho few
r''r stores on the line, with their hands stuck
! ~ way into their pnntloons pockets, and their
3 cos wearing something like a concealed OK.
I rr ion Of hate az soldiers or strangers pass
i,. The spirit Ol "Scc0sSla' speaks through
iu,ir couutenauces. You turn back and wandor
iuruu,h other stro,'s-Nnd you wonder IA you
loDI - the house If they are inhahtad and ii
Tho doors are shut, even most of tho stores
snd such s,Ore!-hAve their doors shut. No one
at the windOws; no eager eyes upon you from
partially ihdrawn curtains; no one IN the
ftroots but tha occasional negro, or an OCCASION
"a couple-they generally go in pairs--Ot white
Iltives Ofthe male Sex, with their hands In their
pockets, looking as il they had no busi-
ncps to loo out and felt most uncomfortable all
over. Why this habit Of keeping just the iin-
gers o. the hands in the pockets, cannot ex-
plaln-parhnps II is because they know no bet
len way of using them or it may indicate that
"a they dare not now put them 20 Uncle Sans
throat they keep them but hal confined to
show their raa illness to uso them If a chance
frret. Your Yankee, when he does plant his
bands In his pockets, puts them down with
loving freedom that plainly says, " have use
for you'-bOlh hands and pockols Tho
only civil porfOrs you meet in your
walk are tho slaves. They salute you
politely, and by their salute you know
q em from the free negroes, who, however,
while they omit the s,lutation meet you with
pleasant Countenanco. You wish TO pur-
chase certain articles, and you look Tor
stores in which they may bo obtained. II is
a chance If you find tLom without inquiripg,
ami when you have found Them it is chance
il they have the article you want. One Of
| tho doctors OF tho llth Connecticut Regiment
| exhausted the stock OF three apothecary shops
in procuring throo-quarters OF pound of a
( very common article used in medical prepara-
| tons.
You inquire for the Post Office, and having
found it ia a narrow room of an old two story
brick building, you find the door closed. IL it he
| earlier than 9 Am. You wait until half past,
aud thsn you can buy sam ps-none being pre-
| durable elsewhere. You ask for letters or pa
pars, and as the clerk has not timo TO look him
tslf. you arc allowed to go inddp and mako
search among pile thTown aside a. mot called