Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-06-20

! iHg Tue Iihe' new lie and energy was sudden
! y infused INTO the crew, and preparations were
made to give Neptune welcome on board befit-
| ing his Godship. Now the Lieutenant of ma.
rines was Paltroon, q saw him once. in hear.
ing of the cnemyS gun, and his cheek bIanched
and his lip quivered) and among the filings
was "a plan to give him ducking at length the
day arrived, or rather we arrived at it. we eros
sed the line, and his Godship was expected to hail
us before the first watch was out Keep a good
look out there forward, sung out the captain.
aye, aye, r, replied a seamen at the bows. In
few minutes hoarse voice apparently from
the depths of the sea, hailed Ship ahov. And
this being reported to the captain he walked for
wardto answer. Ship ahoy was repeated.
"What ship is that p
eliza, Captain Groves"
'Where from ?"
"POrtsmouth direct"
"Where bound %
'Nandieman's Land. and Sirapore.'
Very happy TO see you this way again Cap
tain, hope you've had good voyage and sup
pose you have few ofmy children on board who
have not been here before 2"
"Oh yes We have a few"
"WeIll'l call on board tomorrow at nine A.
VI. to receive toll"
And giving his sea horses touch with his tr-
dent off they went, with his torch bearers around
his chariot of she'll
Some one was wicked enough to say that it
was only an old tar barrel on fire, floating bv but
you know there are Intidels to be found There
was hope among the crew, that the marine Of
ilcer would be attracted by the fun, and 90 for
ward to hear Mr.. Nep., in which case hc would
have received a shower bath from the main top :
but the doctor might have given him a hint, for
he could not be entccd out of the cabin At
t,vp balie mi A y
Jestlc car containing Neptune and his wife, and
drawn by four horses, attended by sea nvmphs,
large bear, barber and his man, and several
officers, (vulgo constables) enter forward and
proceeded aft to salute the captain. The nfdel
mentioned above, had. the audacity to say that the
car instead of being nautilus shell was only
wash deck tub, that his trident was an old spear
and five dolphins which he took from the tines
and presented to the captain, was made of tin
that the beautiful long chain of Mrs Ncp.. was
only a swab and that if the said Mrs. Ncp., was
not Tom Blunt, why, she wore a beard under her
chin, just like him that the bear grows lust
like the captain of marines servant, and other
remarks OF Il similar nature, which went to show
that he was full OF unbclict. The green hands
were now sent below and an officer of Neptune's
was placed by the hatch, to prevent any one from
coming on deck until called up. The wash deck
tub was placed in the waist, and filed with salt
water; by lis side stood the barber brandishinr
razor foot long, made of the best hoop iron the
ship could afford, second stuck in his belt made
OF the same material, but notch in the blade so
that II could grub up the roots, should occasion
require. The lathcr consisted of a ''villainons
substance and the chief object was to get the
victim about 10 be shaved, 10 open his mouth,
when the brush was popped in; every thing be-
ing ready, green hand was binfolded. ard led
on deck, where he was sautcd with dozen pals
of water, just to keep him cool. he was then led
to the tub, on which was placed a board, on
which he was made to sit down. Mr.. Neptune
then began to interrogate him. as to where he was
from, and how long he had been at sea-how old
he was, &C.. and at length administered the fol-
lowing oath; ''1ou shall truly swear, never to
drink small beer when YOU can get strong: new
cr to kiss the maid, when YOU can kiss the mis-
tresS; never tc allow any one to pass the line,
without paying due Difference to Neptune, so
help you Jack" To all this the shayee, if not too
green, would nod in the affirmative, for if he
spoke dab went the brush, well filled with lath-
cr into his mouth. lie was next lathercd and
shaved and at a given signal, the bandage was
removed from his eyes, and he was shipped in
to the tab, and on emerging from his BATH be was
washed off with dozen pals of water, and was
then considered initiated, and allowed 10 assist
IN washing down the rest, who had to be shaved
For a few days, the incidents connected with
this absurd ceremony. served to keep up our
spirits, but soon the Jokes became stale, and we
again became dull, nothing to rest the mind on.
"AU around us one wide water" we almost
ionged for storm, any thing to vary the scene
VIC all seemed too good tempered to qUarrel-the
prisoners were too honest to plot against the
guard our very blood seemed on the point 0.
staguating for want of life; when a shark was
seen swimming IN our wake, hook was baitcd
with four pounds of pork and yeered aStern, but
he rather doubted our intentions, and rejected our
pressing invitation TO come on board he follow
ed us three days, and on Sunday. whilst the doc
tor (who generally kept half sober on that dav)
was reading passages below to the seamen, and
marines, the fish was hooked, word was pas
passed below, and a move was made by the
crew towards the deck. The doctor who wished
TO do what was right, turned over the leaves to
find the bencdiction, but it not coming to hand.
he found glory be to the fathers as it was in the
beginning, &c, thought it would do as well, toS-
sed away the book-shoved over the pulpit, aud
made rush for the deck, where oar visitor was
showing fight with his tail. But we were too
much for him, like Drawer things. he had TO
yield; we cut him up, and acted on Lex Tai
onis, or, the sailor argues, 'f the shark catch
IS Jack, he eats him, turn about is fair play. so
if Jack catches the shark. he eats him" On
Thursdays and Sundays each prisoner was al
lowed pint of wine, and as the pumping this.
and the water, (of which they were more careful
than they were of the Nine) gave the third mate
a deal OF work-he was allowed to have six prs-
oners % help him. Being one day busy pump
ing of wine, he was called mp BY the captain to
assist in taking observation. The tub was full
Of wine, and TO one left in charge, "a sailor does
not consider the taking wine or spirits from gov
err ment as thett;) 50 here was a rare chance for
a drink. Capt. Moores servant sat by the hatch
and handing down half gallon canteen, asked
one of the prisoners to hand up a drop Of wine
for Mrs. Buckly: the canteen was handed mp
full, and as time was precious, canteens. coffee
pots, and mess tins. went down in quick success
sion, and came up full.
You'd better pump aisy. and keep the tub
full, :" said son Of Erin, accordingly the pump
was worked ''aisy," so that it could not be heard
on deck bur mistortunes Is always az N heels.
Gannymede had become rather giddy By looking
up the hatch way 50 often. THE mate swore
be was drunk and the ship was rolling little,
and he pitched bead lormost into the tub OF wine
/ Just think of that tee-to-taIers: swimming in
wine, one Of the bystanders, assayed to pull him
| out, but finding him too heavy he fell in too,