The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-04-28
L H E n f. w K X A
.N.. From the New York Globe
OLD IRONSIDES RELIEVING AN EN-
GLISH FLEET AT SEA

| "hich we nave been the means, IN part. of Civ
ing 10 the world through the columns orour paper
| we hnd them coming back Ia us daily in our OK.
! changes, with marked editorial commendaIinn
So much ~ that we wonder why the author keeps
| his pen idle when the wind sits in the shoulds
ut his sail sU iavorahlv. When about ten DAYS
out from Macao on her pasSane To Manila. the
Constitution tnund herself near fleet of six
| BRUSH vessels of war; hecalh,ed A letter noy
| before us, from an lnlelligeut officer on board
continues the story thus:
a few light cat-paws famed Us along until
| we were within two miles uf them. and then the
wind left us. We were all thus brcalmpd in
sl@ht oil each other We made ihem out to be a
large line of.battle ship. Two fIigates, one brig
and two steamers; their nation is vet unknown
| as there was no wind To throw out their ensigns
! Presently unc Of the steamers began 6rinn nm.
and shortly alierward bore down for us We
were Just exercising our crew At general qua r,ers
(always Keeping up our clpline, You perceive \
when she came within hail. From her we learn
That the vessels composed the East India SQUAD
ron ot III. b. NJ, under the command uf Rear
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochran, K. c. b.. that
| lhey had been seven months down among the
| Islands. and The whole squadron were short of
| bread, grog, water, and uher necessaries. and
| they desired 10 knuw IT could furnish them
with the stores required, III last them une week
| we OF course complied. No suuner asked than
done. No sailor ever stops To count the bscuit
| ~ MS locker when he sees hungry customer
men lively scene occurred. gratifying | assur.
you, To both sides. Our guns had To he secured
and, indeed, we must have presented rather
hostile appearance To Mr.. Bull in fact, one of
me officers good hnmorrdly observed he 'ihnuubt
we were going 10 blow him oul of the water
We turned To with light hearts, and broke ont the
! provisions and sent them on board, while we
entertained The officers in very gallant slyle in
| iacl doing the clean and zen eel thing by them
d"n recollect ever Spending a more pleasant
'he man dld the Two hours they were with
us; and when they lrii II was lIke parting with
friends OF long Standing. One good fellow uaye.
as he was about leaving. The goud Old Iron
sldes-aways the jirSi To prepare for her friends
or foes; and her grnlemanIy officers the first 10
treat them accordingly Iigh breeze shortly
afterwards sprung mp-ni.ht cos,d n-the wind
ireshened-we cracked ON Sudden sails bnth
sides. allow and auil, aud The next day The hIgb
mountains at Luzon were plainly in view
nus, 1t seems, whether for battle or relief,
OId lronsldes is always on hand. Indeed il is
characteristic of American officers and American
sailors, that they viii share their last crust with
their fellows in distress and may the day be yerv
distant wien they will forget either their bravery
or Their hospitality. II the nasty and little sonled
editors and writer's OF the British press could have
forgotten their spleen in regard to Brother iona
than for single hnur. and been made practically
sensible of the fact that he is neither mean nor
grasping and their national ISLANDERS mioht prr-
haps, have lntermitrd for whole day. Bui
twenty fonrs only would have been the duration
OF their fOrbearance and we dare say. if any of
The toadying Tribe had been on board, the very
grog aud prOvrnder furnished by Old lronsiJes.
would have been guIphed down with sheer at
our willing cheeruiness in saving the feet from
starvation. 1t really appears 10 us that there
is no British writer, traveller or editor. with
mind sufficiently enlarged To permit his readers
To suppose that Americans have souls biz enough
10 be saved. We believe they have not ,Jet
set us down as towards. At any rate, we are
willing To give them annlher chance of TESTING
our quality in that way, in addition to our gene
roslty aud magnaninlly.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Atlas. writ
ing from Singapore, mentions the following pleas
ing incident:
Early IN the month Of February, 1S45. the
u. >. irigaie Constitution, CAPTAIN PcrciyaI ar
rived IN the rOadslead of Singapore. The bane-
tui breeZes of Africa aud the vertical r,vs Of =
tropical sun, had made an hospital Of the shin:
beT gun-deck, on the starbOard side was bunU
with cots and hanmOcks. as well as the forward
~N"'"' ''''b bdh bt6U SURRENDERED ny Tile captain
TO the SICK The appearance Of Tie ship. how
ever, was not as bad within as il was ylihoni
A lead color and red streak had been given TO her
outside, and, although this had been touched up
at Zanzibar, still long passage acruss the Indian
Ocean had worn enough of the lead color away
to permit the original sable to he seen, which
with the streams Of iron rust that had SWEET tbro
from her hammock rail to the waters edoe Told
her condition as plainly as words. Before the
anchor was let 60 boat with an officer from n.
b. NJ. irlgate Cambuau came alongside. to offer
compliments, &c, Of COmmodore Chads The
officers return brought the gallant Commodore
on board the Constitution. Captain Pefcival
was confined TO his couch and was unable to re.
ceive his guest on deck. The dUty was conse.
quenlly performed by the first lieutenant and Off
Ger Of the deck. The Commodore, a fne looking
man, about fifty, more than six feet in stature.
and perfectly erect, as he stepped over the gang
way. simultaneously saluted the officers who re-.
ceiyed him, and surveyed the ship fore and ,
aft, allow and alofl." The spar deck or the old
ship looked we'll comparatively and the scrutinv
of The old Commodore was not mortfyjD0. He
was shown down to tho cabin. where CANAAN
PeIcival, on clutches, received him.
@ have FASTENED on bosyd your sbip." said