This morning we find that some of our boys had been on the steamer in the night and brought us some pickles, pork and a box of champagne. We purchases several bottles and drank them very speedily you might suppose. Today everybody is planning to get on the steamer. At night crowds were seen making toward the steamer which seemed as if the whole brigade had turned out, but sentinels had been posted and they were all stopped and informed they could not pass. For a while the boys were raging and swore they would pass anyhow, and some did. The crowd was very large and much excited. At length Col. Keithe was brought out and he addressed the crowd, and appeased them by promising to divide the cargo of the shops equally, and they were all satisfied and dispersed.
