Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-10-18
81 coRRtsroxDESCs OF THE GAZETTE.
Letter from the Navy. ...
U. 8. FRiGArE MINNESOTA, |
Orr EnRTRESs MONROE Va.

packet in which he took passage passed us
we had our rigging from the fore-royal truck
to the deck lined with men and gave him
as three hearty cheers as ever came from the
throats Of men. So with the rest of the
fleet. There were $500 men cheering to-
gether. The Commodore acknowledged it
by waving his handkerchief for some time.
Before he left the ship, the Commodore
made a few remarks to us saying that he was
about to leave. he might return sometime
did not know. Advised us to behave we'll
If we had any complaints to make them
known to the First Lieutenant and from him
to the Captain, who would undoubtedly lis
ten TO anything reasonable. ... ...,..
Our new, elephant-looking Commodore
(Goldsborough) appears to be forty-iive, but
he is sixty-fvc probably. Ifyou see an en-
craving Of the ship since Com. G. came on
board you will know her by the Commodore's
flag flying at the mizzen. mast head. When
Com. Stringham had her the flag waved from
the fore-royal-mast head This is governed
by the comparative length of service. Com.
G. is said to be Tartar We shall see. lie
is about feet S-broad dchestcd-big, red
face-big ncck-big fect-225 lbs. Officers
hard or otherwise, get on finely. Never
was better treated in my life. Lieut.. Frank
lin belonging to Boston, has left us. Splcn-
did-looking officer, flrst-ratc man, one ofyour
gentlemen. Everybody liked him. Ships
now here-Frigates Sabine, Roanoke, Con-
grcss, st. Lawrence, Minnesota sloops of
war, Dale and Cumberland; gunboats, Flag
and Stars and Stripes. This gives 800 guns.
26th.-To-day is Fast-Day. Had divine
service. + t Slack business that of Lex
ington As to Fremont don't know. Some
times think and sometimes don't. May
be he is and perhaps he is not. Some
Of our men who ran away in New York have
como back. Fools! It is the worst thing
they could do. They should have kept away.
They have forfeitcdall wages due and can be
court-martaled. Had they come back be-
fore the ship sailed it would not have been
so bad, but you know what sailor is when
ashore. On board, they were the best of
men most of them. A man was put
into the Brig" the other day for having
his trowscrs rolled up above his ankles. lie
did not know the rules having recently come
on board by draft from the receiving ship.
He is very active man and good seaman.
Our old friend Il. B. is mate of ship
partly owned South and now lying in pos
session of the U. S. authorities at Eastport,
Maine.
27th.-There is no mistake about Prentice.
He can be relied upon. 1t is hard to find a
man whom you can trust lip an emergency.
It is true that man is Hsse'l'ul. was taken
in many time before l could believe it.
Our new First Lieut.. has good name. He
talks and shakes hands with all his old ship
mates, of whom there are eight or ten here.
A First Lieut.. nc is an executive officer next
in rank to the Captain. To-day at o. A. NJ.
all hands were at muster on the quarterback.
When they muster all hands it is always on
the quarterback. The term quarters signi-
fics the stations where the officers and men
are posted in action. Mastering all hands
is not quarters though quarters is all hands.
A deserter from the rebel iron-plated boat
Yorktown has shipped with us. A fresh lot
of prisoners were brought on board yester-
day from captured merchantmen. Men en-
ployed to-day in getting up gear in case VIC
want to send down spars. This is done SO
as to be prepared for heavy gale or for an
engagement when spars may be injured by
shot. ..... ~ ... ..
2sth.-Yestcrdaay the wind increased to a
gale. had to stop writing. We let 60 an
additional anchor, the ship having begun to
drag, i. G. drift, and we housed the top gal
liant mast. QIousing is to send spar part
way DOWN. At midnight, was reused by
the voice Of Mr.. Reed, our First Lieutenant,
who happened to be near my hammock.
r. Come, turn out, my man! Wake
up your ncighbors! Who is that asleep
there .ra. .g af
H.-Man SICK. r.r.
f. L.-Ohl All right. s9
OF course don't allow First Luffie to call
me but once, so out jumped, dressed and
went on deck. Found the gale abated and
the anchor slowed, the starboard watch hav-
ing hove it up during their watch on deck.
We relieved them and hove in the slack
chain. 1t was" Heavc, men Keep it
agoing! Heave around!' y There is no
cursing or blowing by Mr.. Reed.
3Oth.-There being two bumboats along
side to-day there was competition. Orc sold
pies for ten cents, the other for five cents.
Having fifteen cents in my pocket, invested
five in pie, Government having made no
provision for furnishing us with that article.
Bumboats are boats that bring off fruit, eggs,
pipes, tobacco, and other traps. They are
sitowed alongside Of us only at mea!-times.
Men are permitted to 60 down the side-lad-
der and purchase anything but liquor. A
corporal is statimeH "a ffse boats to see that