The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-03-26

: but the muscular contractions still cor
tlnue.-It is the heaving chest, tn
! convulsed breath, the puIsations tia
d remain tmal after the storm Of passions ha
passed away.
, '26th. Rose, toileted, and went Oh
4 deck; what a lovely sight. The SCI
lay like a mirror, rejecting the hea
yens on smooth and polished surface
: Light clouds, far away in the horizon
!, LOOK like the snow-capped SUBMITS o
the everlasting hills, placed there t.
conilne their sea of molten glass with
: in Its own dominion, while distant YES
sells, with their spiral masts and silve
ry drapery, rise from its surface like
spirits OF the deep, come to look upor
and WOO the gentle zephyrs-sea
nymphs spreading their wings and dis
porting on their liquid meadows, after
their recent terror and alright. They
seem like ideal beings, or thoughts ira
I verslng the mind-shadows, or rather
bright transformations, perhaps, ra.
! ther than Observation-Disclosures
ltles-essences-spirits in the moon
light. Wrote journal; mended pair
OF silk stockings; hemmed a pocket
handkerchief; night-capped, and went
to bed--to dream-to idealize-to
build aerial castles-to get the hys-
tericks, and to sleep.
ss27th. Altered my petticoats; adj
ded two inches for Boston puritans
and Philadelphia quakers; took off two
tor the fashionables of New York.
three for Baltimore, and made kits of
them for New Orleans. Asked stew
ard for books; he brought me sThe
Life of Corporal Jabish Fish, a Hero
OF the American Revolution, in five
Volumes put it in my Journal good
story for Lord W, who is hero:
chatted, sung, and Germanized with
General tt, mot conversed, for no
American converses-he proses, SER
monies, or pamphleteers.) Toddy'd,
poor dear Sir A. taught me that,
and | wish he were here to sbrew' for
me now, as he used to call it. There
certainly is an inspiration in whiskey,
and when temperance opened the door
poetry took flight, and winged its,way
to Heaven. 1t is no longer an inhab-
liant Of earth; ah me. we shall hold
high converse with angel spirits no
more. 1t is all Brummagem now
all cheap and dirty, like its coaches
Bahr'
The next is from the colored stew
ard, and has some good hints for the
owners.
eve hab got too many masters
here, MIR Labender-a geat deal too
many. Now, when was been in de
line packet, sir, and want UNI pitcher.
| go Captain, and say, Captain, want
UNI pitcher, and he say, very we'll,
Mr. Mignionette, Che neber call me
steward, like de sorcy, proud man-o-
war buccras do, very well Mr. Mig
nionette, den buy UNI; and buys UNI
for one dollar, and charge him one dol
lar and half-de half dollar for de trou-
bic, and leetle enough it is, too; for
crockery he very brittle-so far, so
good. Now, when I has occasion, |
go Captain and say,I want UNI pitch
er, sir. Very well, steward, he say,
make a report in writing. Den |
goes and makes a report for pitcher in
writing for de skipper, he makes an
oder report to de great captain, he
call togeder de great big directors
plaguy rich men they is, too, / tell you
he read my report to de skipper,
and skipper report to him; and dey
all make speeches round de table, as
they does in Congress, and if dey is
in good humor, it is voted-yes, alb
him. Den captain he send for clerk,
and clerk he issue order for pitcher
to some white Teller or anoder, to
Bristol, who send me one worth dol
lar, and charge I'm boat two dollar for
him. Well, company lose half dollar,
| lose half dollar, and all lose a great
deal Of time. Very bad derange-
ment dat, sir, very bad indeed for
dare is too much chenery in it to
work well. By-and-by dey find out
too many cooks spoil de broth, or else
| knows nothing dats all.
'sDen dey holds me sponsible for
all de plate, which is not fair, by no
manner o means at all, in such mob
scaly whites as we alb on board and
where ebry man is taken what pays
passage and sometimes dem white fell
'lers is no better nor him should be, l
tell you. Toder day / sell some small
ting to de outlandish Jew, who no
speak very good English; and goes
into his cabin, and | say, come, massa,
! say, our voyage ODER now; him pilot
OH board, so you fork out, massa, if
you please. Well, ne stared like a
shy horse. What dat you say? says
he. You fork out now, massa, say.
Den he goes round and he bolt de
door and den he say give you one
sovereign, steward, if you no mention
it. 0! | say, | never mention him,
massa, neber fear, and / is very much
obliged to you, sir, very much in
deed. Den he say, Here is de forks,
and he gives me back three silver