The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-11-07

II lies.
Warned Of the lateness Of the hour
10y the damp chilly atmosphere, retire d
To my berth about eleven o'clock, and af
ter turning over about "A dozen times AS
II to hud soft place on my rough plank
bank, | had become partially quiet, and
had settled myself for as comfortab ble p
snoozc as the nature Of the case would
admi' OF, and had just fallen into a gen.
tie sIulnber, when WAS suddenly aroused
toy the doIetul ana pileOus cries Of sicl,
man, who cried for mercy aud the doctor
IN the same breath. When asked what
was the matter, he answered that he had
bran new pain i'll his left SIDE about the
region Of where his heart ought to be,
bat recently it had fallen muck lowor.-
lie died | believe, at Puebia. After dis
tufbjng all on board for about an hour,
his cries settled down into gentle Crunts.
aud then To heavy breathing. then fell
asleep again. and dreamed that was w.
iug on the brink Of the crater Of some
huge volcano with al! its muttering thun
ders below, while five hundred fierce
hyenss Whispered patent thunder in my
.Sot"rdoy, Ian. 30.--I am inclined to
think that would like seaarng life,
with the exception Of sharks and thunder
squalls. saw IA shoal of porposes to.
day they were quite curiosity, and re
minded me Of a drove Of hogs jumping
out Of pc&cN orchard. They follow each
other in single file, sometimes in straight
and sometime. III curved lines. am quite
disappointed in what have seen of the
sailors. hnl been taught to believe they
w"rc rough uuCouth, ignorant set OF
fellows. But in this found myself much
III mStakcn. find them quite liberia! and
g"uucmauiy IN their department, and up
ON the mHp.e, altogether communicative,
intelligent and wei! Informed. | have of
ten cunvcrseI with them for hours, and
learned more from them about the NAVY,
the sea, and Of dittereut cities and coun.
Tries they had visited, than from any 9TH
cr c,a-- on board.
Mr. Wilson, the first mate is quite a
,'ciH and Intelligent man, and has
rare krack OF telling what he knows in
very short time, in that particular he df
!"rs from Captain York, who stui:ers
badly. The conduct and address of the
Mate towards ;he volunteers were not al,
ways ns polite and gentemanly as it
might have been. Bat as it was reuer
ally understood that he was proud Of his
little brief authority, and conceived him.
,ai hnru ." ",,u,'n"rd wa m~-e -."
dHp"S"" TO humor than oppose his vanI
~, ANA Pald very little attention to his
p"mfous and uncou,h bearing. After
tim"'uG out he could manage the privates
"u harness with tight reins," he began
to .amlcr With the officers, bat Captain
DumEovant Of the Chester COmpanv soon
>et hlm right on thnt subject, and gave
him 10 understand that he hal 0cst ex
erci,e most Of his authority among the
sailors, aud those under his immediate
orders. lie WAS a man OF some sense and
tact, but unfortunately for him, he vastly
Uvcrat"d himself, which frequently got
I'm into difficulties. He came to our camp
"ntr Vera Cruz some two weeks after we
had landed, and spoke Of joining our
Regiment, as he had had difficulty
with Capt ork and had been dismissed.
But no one gave him any encouragement
20 tuIn soldier, so lie eft to seek glory on
~cme o,hr- field.
tap,. York aecmei 10 be verv kind
man .rr one dressed in lite Grei au.
lhrr..y' and treated us very well. He
>tammcrs baG,y, and on that account
perhaps is a little lacilurn. am told bv
'hos" "ho ara better acquainted with
BIN lhri he Is rather pctuient, and arbi
rary, and loves to make one feel his su.
p"uorly occasionally. lie seems to be
influenced 20 some extent at least, bv re-
,ig:ous sentiments, AS noticed he en-.
dcavorcd to use bis influence in inducing
those on board to observe the Sabbath,
and forbid gambling.
.Smduy, ian. 3I.-liad fair breeze
to day made about five knots aD hour,
with clear sky, and a smooth calm sea.
i set out on deck and read the Fire
Wor>hlppers' from small voiumn pre-.
seu,ed 10 me on the top Of Caesar 5
Head" 10y lady friend. read it a
dozen times through, and lost it on the
banks Of lake Chalco, where | lost my
knHpsack containing my notes and every
thing had. also read, Campbell, which
was present from my friend Mrs.
Duboc, of GreenVIIIe.
was on deck this evening when the
sum set, | saw his last lingering rsy, az
he diPt his fiery wing, and hid his burn
ing face behind the western wave. The
sight was grand and sublime. Sun set
on the Golf, with the calm, quiet beau
ties Of y winters sky, is sight on which
the sensitive student Of nature could gaze
forever with increasing delight. Kings
and prophets have waited for it, but died
without the sight"
The soft twilight had scarcely ceased
TO light MP the western paradise Of clouds,
aud pale her Intellectual fires before the
gathering darkness VIXEN the moon arose
from her watery couch and tinged the
silver wave, with flood Of mild and mel
low light. was so delighted with the
view that forgot WAS soldier, and
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