Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1860-01-21
sArLons nv sunRn.

The sailors Of q British icet, six line-oG
battls-sAips and many smaller vessel, have al,
ready been ashore Rt Malta, with plenty OF
money in their pockets, ina search Of fan. A
writer from halts thus describes them;
They aret5 be seen in all directions, in all
sorts Of grotosque costume as if il wac 5arui-
val tme-mauy ia "long toys" Jim Crow
hats, Others in Bell toppers, with holes cut iu
them, or wreaths around them, ia short, any
thing different to other people. Many have
been driven about in the very beat carriages
that could be hired, Gpiog the ladies in their
carriages 60 caUose from, driving to the gar
den Of the Cafe dc Ia Rome. having ice cream
and waters scat 90 their carriages, making
the waters taFe one himself and polling him
with the change, drives or flaming themselves
in the most l0okadaisiCul way. At the opera it
was their acting, not that Of the performers,
that the audience bad 10 attend to. Most
had sons extraordinary pets, young PiEs WITH
spoctacles on, lit,io dogs dressed up, rabbits,
monkeys, and 30 forth, these coca i9N4lly es-
capped, and Jack very unoetimOni usly gave
chase, climbing in the most extraordinary
manner into what appeared to be impossible
places. Pigeons fowls, and cat that escaped
were comparatively harmless, il was the con
cert arising from the pigs and dogs-7aried
occasionally with the growing Jfs0mo of the
cocks that had escaped into the upper boxes
that prevented the possibility of attending to
The music. The sGilOrs do not understand
Italian nor are they restrained by any false
modesty IN lctuag that fact be known. The
demand for on English song was loud and Yo-
c~iferous, many Of the Russelps were nGmod
and slaves from Dibdiu's we're volunteered 10y
the sailors tLemsolyes. IL Was possibly for
tunate shat the prima donna did not under
stand English, for some OF the remarks and
criticisms were not very complimentary An
oil Italian gentleman in the pit took some
trouble to translate one Of the songs as IL WAS
sung.
To show the sailors gratitude, half a dozen
bottles ofrum we're passed TO him TO arlnS
from. He thought to escape by saying ne
could NOT drink out OF q bottle. In an instant
a dozen shoes wore of, and ho had, Wllly-nllly
to drink out Of the heel, raw spirits, which
nearly took his br ath away, and, by way OF
restoring him. thu sailors gave him some hear
" alapa, with their brswDy hands on his back
which shook him feaFfully. The old gentle
mau at last made his escape from his friends,
who, as ho left pressed upon him o. bottle OF
rum fu- mir old woman 81 home. These scenes
are pleasingly varied, in theater, with battles
between the sailors and their natural foes, the
police, who have a long and standing hatred
to aaoA nthor. IL Jack gets the upper hand.
the main guard is called in, the result Of
which is generally that those who have been
fighting escape, and some do2eu sailors, NO
cennot move, and are totally uGconclous from
the efsc of drink, are pounced upon by the
police, who carry them uuresisting to tue pO-
lice office. The next morning, the sailors,
with empty pockets, are brought before d
Maltege magistrate, who has about the same
feeling for Jack that est has for o mouse
The ceremony before tho magistrate Us very
short, neither party understands "a word the
other says, and il saves much trouble % nc
once condemn tho sailor Jack accordingly
gets a number Of days imprisonment or
is taken 10 his ship by the police, who
receive a pound from Jacks forthcoming
phy.