Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-11-08
NO. 81

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part of'Virginia il was not customary to give
slaves any supper. He said that slavss
would rather work in the field than be house
servants for the women were too hard, fault d
finding, and getting them punished. 49,,
. !, Oct. 2l.-It is now blowing heavy gale.
We have just housed top.gallant masts. The
Wabash has her men aloit about doing thu
same. = The Port Watch Ito which I z
belong) washed clothes this morning. Had
them out drying but were obliged to take /
them in on accouptfof rain. The time for /
washing is from four o'clock I'd: six in the
morning. The clothing is made fast to the
line with rope-yarn. After the pieces are all
fastened to the line it is hoistednp by means
ofa whip IA small tacklet / wash about
four pieces every week. Sometimes .wew,sA
twice week. Every other morning, II being
my watch from forro'c4ock to eight, tha apst
thing do is to get pint Of coffee from ths
cook. (This very minute, man yfsll from
the fore-top-mast cross trees of the Wabash.
She is about . quarter of mile from. IN
Several Of our men saw him fall He is un.
doubtedly dead. Death must have been IN
stantaneous. 1t is awful. Not ono man in
million could escape with life after such . o
fall. 1t has completely sobercd the whole Of
us.) drink one half oft and Pike tho otAss
half. That man must have fallen at least one one
hundred feetl ..,. ....,r. r.5.,asy, .,..,ss3..lr
Although the wind is bowling am VII.
ting on deck. Last evening went down on
the gun-deck and found collected just abaft
the mainmast with the Chaplain about one
hundred men, comprising the good, bad and /,
indifferent, singing from hymn and tune
books, and accompanied with the clarionet.
Pike was there looking very attentively at
the book he had, trying to get the hang Of
the tuno suppose. They sing two or three
times week, including Sunday, between six
and eight =. Il. They have no prayers At
these meetings They sing standing, heads
covered or not as they please. You can a. j
ways distinguish the Chaplain, his glazed
cap towering above all the rest, he being I
should say above six feet in his stockings.
He instructs them and praises them hy mS,t
ing That is pretty WE'LL" BE. ."we viii
try again. &c. do not attend these meet
ings as do not fancy singing much. ms1
take notion to perhaps. always attend
church. Have done 70 every Sabbath since
we left Boston in May. .@ y, t.iM,'
Oct. 22.--Lieut. Reed has left us, and ws
are looking for another First LieutshaliS
Well, don't care much who he is. Irhavs
got the measure Of these fellows. = There
arc men that get into the Brig when they
do not deserve it. The fact is VIC must keep
a sharp eye to the windward, l have f6t
had any trouble yet, nor have deserved Il
but sharp Is the word. Somehow
rything is in hubbub to-day---ofiicess
singing out for powder-boys, getting ths
guns run in and out, &C., &c. They are
now going to draw shell from part IL tho,
spar-deck battery to salute somebody who
is coming on board, the Secfetaft 1f .tb9
Navy, I understand. The powder boys bripi
the cartridges from the magazine 10 the g3akS
in q covered leather bucket. There arc arc Shot.
men who carry shot and shell in tims,of &C.
ton. This week we have had the Rrst.fo
have seen in the region. There was firing
ut Newport News last evening. We sent up
three gun-boats in addition to the Cumber-
land and Potomac already there. 1t is still
raining and blowing. We now have The,
biggest feet here that ever saw. 49,. '.al
Oct. 23.-The. gale and the rain have lsh
us with fresh breeze and Alin shining out
warm, Cannot get the facts frqM Newnert
News They had little fight. .tiers. LIN.
ion said to have gained IT, Seysn killed.
The gun-boats returned this thorniDe. Gun.
boat Mohegan is here. She u 4 topx. rakishs
fine e-looking boat. They are called boat3
but the NJ. must be 1000 tons. 81 '.a.
The man who fell on boa.d the Wabash
was killed by the fall. His position.*heAk
struck was that Of the swimmer, with AIMS
spread out. His body was taken ashore xssr
terday followed by two boat loads Of his ship.
mates and he now is under ground. -, =
Boats are called away by tho bugle nox.
For instance--Thc Fourth Gutter is called
The Swan and Dixie's Land played BY the
bugle is the call for that boat. Other cutters
and gigs have their names and tunes. This
saves the old and noisy manner,of the Boat.
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