The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-23

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men have tainted while thus placed
and in many other cases the men
were obliged to go on the sick list.
Without doubt this is too horrible,
and II the country expects men to be
patriotic, and to stand by their OIL
ticers and their obligations, this is
not the way to induce them to do go
Then we have several sweat boxes
on board, the comforts OF which are
lsvishly dealt out to the crew. just
imagine what luxury it must be 10
be enclosed in a box, at this time oi
year, and in this latitude, just long
and broad CROUCH to admit Of stand.
ing erect, with a lew air holes bored
through the boards and a small
grating in the door jnst sufficient to
admit air enough to support life, and
TO be kept there for two, three or
four hours. lts effects are 80 debil
itating that a man is seldom fit 'oI
his duty again for three or four days
Then, again. the men are obliged tC
stand up at attention f,r many con
secutive houis under the eye OF a
sentry, or placed in the rigging for
time. These last two metho Ia are
comparatively simple. but the men
look upon them ss 80 degrading tina,
one or two doses thereof, properly
administered, would cure the mos,
inveterate case OF laziness, ugliness
or inattention. Our men are dis
posed to consider themselves men
and il the United States government
expect every man to do his duty, lei
them, in the name OF humanity, in
the name Of tho honor Of our flag
withdraw tho right or annul tue
power that entities the navy officers
to inilct such penalties. am o
the opinion, sir, that if properl,
treated, our men would feel it al
honor to serve the flag, and tha
service, no matter what its nature
would he rendered promptly anC
willingly. And, in such case, W,
are fit to compete, when evenly
matched, with any nation on th'
face Of the earth.
We are, as ! now write, Sunday
August 4) on our way to Hampton
Roads, having left Charleston bar q
a quarter past seven p. m. on Fri
day last. On yesterday Saturday
morning we espied a vessel directly
ahead in our course. and put on al
steam and set sail in chase; the run wa
kept up until eleven m, when w
fired u blank cartridge from on
starboard tow gun, to which sh,
paid no attention. At half pas
eleven O'clock fired a shell from on
forward pivot gun, when she hove
to without showing any colora. Or
approaching and boarding her she
proved to be the schooner Mar
Al,ce. Of New York, from Portl
Rico. laden with sugar, captured by
the privateer Dipie, on the 25th o
July, and trying to make som,
Southern port. She bad on board {
prize crew Of five rebels belonging
to tho Dirie and three of her owr
crew. The five rebels were trans
ferred to the Wabash, and are now
in irons. A crew was Immediately
selected, with a sailing Master
I (Bently,) to take the vessel to tn,
Northwnrd, when another sal. wa'
reported ahead. This was chased
and overhauled. 1t proved to b,
the Sarah Starr, supposed to belong
to Long Island. On nearing her W.
boisted the English flag and fired {
gun, whereupon she ran mp the
union jack and came along side.-
We lowered boat and sent an OF
ticer to board her, who very wisely
concluded to make prizs of her, -
| almost forgot to tell you that or
Friday night we bore down for 9
light apparently coming towards us
and on making it found it to be q
large steamer; beat to quarters ant
cleared for action. At this moment
when tine strange chip was within
musket range, all hands were order
ed aloit to shorten sail. Fortunately
for ne tie ship proved to be the
United States gunboat Seminole
Had che been an enemy, it il my
| firm belief ono hundred men from
her would have captured the va
bash. All the ports on our gur
deck were open, and the men wht
ought to- be there to man the guns
and repel boarders wers on deck oI
aloft, taking in sail. As it was. the
Seminole ran foul OF us and sustain
ed some damage. One of our Of
ficers boarded her and found Tho
damage to be slight. We ther
stood AWAY on our course. Las
night Saturday we were running
along about five knots; at sbou
twenty minutes past eleven our shiI
struck on the Fryingpan Shoal sew
eral times. The Captain came or
deck, and by proper management
got her clear, and we are now
stesming along finely for the Roads
These shoals are said to be very
dangerous, and our escape may be
accounted providential, for, had
there been a more stiff breeze o.
wind blowing. no one can tell what
the result might have been. We
are now just rounding Cape Henry
light, and will be at anchor in about
an hour.
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