The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-18

them in motion being well oiled. never gave out
Wag his tail indeed Why, his tail was kept
steady by the cable, which was all the time Is
stiff Is an iron bar. He could not wag il an inch
IL stuck out straight behind him ike tie hind
leg u a loon.
And II must have been curious sizht tu hav.
seen us ~'ssmperInS and ScUddiHg across tire At
%lautic' First came Don WhiskeraudJ. pulling
and tugging away - IL Tor dear life. like "a noble.
EASILY managed, strong fellow that lie was, with
has head and part Of hs body most Of the time
out Ot water, putting and snDTtiu- like ! whole
legion Of p~JrpOIses and carryin. a bone in his
mouth - white - ivory and looking ike a row
Of breakers on Charleston bar after an e~lsterlv
gale. Next came the old POc0h0nt1S under easy
sail. with the yards square. the wind being near
" AFT. driving madiy through tie water. - IF
urged on by some hidden power never dreamed Of
by mortal man, with q volume Of foam under her
bluff bows which would have astJuished the mael-
strom on the coast Of Finmark.
We fell in with several vessels on the uassage.
which tried u speak us they hDist-d their cg!Ors.
and fired guns. But it was of no Use We could
not stop, and only showed our bunting, being in
tJD great a hurry 70 hold much Of a c1nfab.
although Captain WellingiOri would have been
glad % get a correct report Of his longitude. for
we Travelled - fast We could nJ- helve a log. and
II was hard To keep the reckoning. One ship,
the KALEIDOSCOPE, belonging u New York. and
bound home from Liverpool. fell in with u about
nall seas over. and on her arrival reported. 70 the
surprise and anger Of our owners. that the brig
POcdhOHtGS-the name was painted ON the starn,
you know, shipmateS-was sen on q certain day
under whole tOpsails in full chase after a whale,
and kept up the chase until the whale was out Of
sight
Another stupid boot-jack Of u fellow, who COM
manded a brig bound from st. Ubes 10 Salem. re-
ported having fallen in with a sea-serpeut two hun
bred feet long and as big round a. a Westinghouse
which was continually spouting fire and smoke,
and running off with i Boston brig, Padding
away = III for q VgAu-r- while rh. uufrrruu9ra
crew Of the brig could De- seen running about the
deck, wringing their hands, firing muskets. and
implOring help To get out Of the clutches of the
sea-mOnster?
Capt. WellingfOrd kept the ships way all
things considered, with wonderful accuracy. lie
got u meridian observation Of the sun every day,
which gave him the exact latitude and we knew
pretty well when we struck sOundings the other
side Of the big pond, by the color of the water
and the feel Of the atmosphere. We lodged the
Scilly Isles handsomely during the night, after i
boat manned by 4 couple OF half-starved ragamuf-
fins from 81. Mary's had made desperate but inef-
fcctual attempts TO board Us; and We made the
Lizard Lights just before daylight, only 4 couple
Of points on the larbOard bow. one of the best
landfalls | ever met with in all my long experience
at sea.
Old Whiskerando was beginning to get tired
and show leg-wearinesS and the Captain was
afraid to trust to his guidance in the British
Channel, for he might at any time take it into
his head u rais- a mutiny, sheer broad of. and
run the brig hard and fast ashore before we knew
it, III which case the underwriters would refuse TO
paw the Insurance, there being TO provision for
such kind of tOw-bOat in the policy. Besides, the
wind continued TO blow fresh from tie westward.
for We carried it along with US ali the way across
the Atlantic and We Were tolerably sure of reach
ing our port IN Il couple OF DAYS at iarthest. even
without the aid Of Don Whiskerando. So the
Captain, in consideration of the service which the
Don had rendered, generously concluded 10 for
give him the damage his tail had inflicted on the
bows of the PocGhoHfas, and give him his free
dom cut him loose, and let him 20 ON his way
rejoicing, with material enough in his NOODLE to
furnish yarns of adventure for his children and
grandchildren to his dying day.
Sail was now made on the brig. The courses
were set, also the tOp-gallant sails, royals and
studding sails. The axe was got ready. The
was 10th to part with the cable aud
anchor, but here was no alternative-it must Ice
done. Mr. Griffin stood by. The captain gave
the word . Cut away - and two heavy and well
blows severed the connection which,
during five days. bad bound tie good brig Pooa-
and Don Whiskerando together within
hailing distance.
- Goodbye. old fellow - exclaimed the cap
tain. A pleasant cruise TO yei" But the.
men, with generous and grateful feelings which
did them honor, jumped into the main rigging,
took off their caps and hats, and waving them
above their heads, gave him three lusty cheers.
Our old companion seemed dreadCully bothered
when he found he had got rid of the brig. He
took a wild sheer TO starb0ard, and then went
round on his heel and shook himself. as If To get
clear of the cable and anchor be was CARRYING
away, but which was still firmly fastened to his
hind quarters by something stronger than a tim
Der hitch, and must have made him feel rather
uncomfortable. He then tried 10 20 down. but
At first 1t was no 20, with such a heavy weight
fastened TO his starn. After three unsuccessful
lttem pts. he got his head under water, threw up
tail and whisked it in defiance. Men GISqpDeGT-
n beHeGLh the surface, and IRE Sqlr him no more
We We're really sorry to part with the old Don,
and soon began 10 realize the value Of his labOrs.
The captain. when too late, wished he had held
on 10 him - few hours longer: for soon after he
u, although we were Jogging along with a
wind and carrying as much canvass rs we
could stagger under, the log was hove. and the
hull sailing craft was only going seven knots
And We had more than two hundred miles 70 20
before we should reach the end of our passage.
We did not get into port until the afternoon Of
next day, having made the whole passage in
,sven days, and only five days from land to land
from Cape Cod to the Lizard
What do you think of that, boys? 1t was the
passage ever made. and although we car
out newspapers and letters dated on the day
IF sailing, the stupid Frcnchmen doubted the cap
word. backed by the oaths Of the crew
md in spite Of protests, and newspaper dates, and
the broken bows of the brig. they have never be-
ieved even to his day that the old clump crossed
Atlantic. making the passage from Boston 10
ILdrTe IN screen days!