The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-11
IUTIN Y!
AM CIDENT OF THE SEA,
By W. W. LOSING.

"Good bye, my sob, good bye We shall a
miss yon sadly, and dare say you
homesck for while; but keep up sto'
heart, aud never do nything you wou!d
ashamed to tell your mother. God bles
you. good bye"
"Yo heave yo." droned the sailors, rs thu
rugged at the rigging.
"AlI aboard" shouted Captain Russell
a stentorian voice; call aboard 80
There was a hurrying toward the side OF Il
vessel, and the few friends who had come
see me off, crossed the narrow plank whic
was the last link between me and the home
had never LETT before. Ny eyes were blurre
by something or other, and / could only Sc
kind faces and waving handkerchiefs thr0ug
kind of mist, as the gallant ship was owe
slowly from the wharf. The narrow strip {
water between the green piles and the stou
ribs of oar brave craft gradually wideneti, an
before long the little knot of spec
tators on the wharf dwinded into
mere black speck. and presently was los
10 sight altogether. The countless isle
OF Boston harbor, fort Independence, Pom
Shirley, and all, gllded past on either hand
and the long, ground well of the Atlanta
Ocean began 10 destroy the horizon tai position
of The deck. We had parted conn any will
our tow boat sometime before, and now III,
fresh breeze carried us along swiftly through
the waters. After while the last low lin,
upon the horizon had vanished and we wer,
fairly out at sea. leaned over the stern. anc
listlessiy gaZed at the long wake behind
tried TO fancy it bridge for my thoughts tc
travel over, back to the kind hearth had left
many years ; and / was lost in idle reverie
when heavy hand was laid on my shoulder
and rough voice said to me cheeriiy:
well Mr.. Osborne, are you thinking of
the sweetheart you have left behind Y''
Hardly, Captain" l answered, rousing
myself from the lazy attitude had previous
~ assumed. THAT is a luxury l do not in.
dGige III 1T costs more than smoking"
You are strange fish" said he, laughing,
edo you expect to buy & wife ~
''NottIll they come cheap, and that won I
be- TO -morroW, Captain" said Hthere's no
hurry about the matter am going TO marry
my business for some three years TO come -
Ey the way, who is that tall sailor sitting
near the maiumast? lie is sulky-lookinp
dog, and looks as if he might bite now aud
then"
ale calls himself Rob Eichborn; guess he
answers to the name of Red Rob. picked
him up on the wharf, loafing; he's a smart
hand, aud I'll take the suiks out of him. If he
tries 'em on me-" With these words, Cant
Russell went To give some orders and left me
on the quarter deck atone.
Several hours had elapsed since we left The
haTbor, and the sun was about half an hour
high. / sat quietly watching the clouds as
they mrrored their bright faces in the wafer
until had again nearly lost myself in reye-
RE, when suddenly heard loud voices on The
deck below. hastily turned my head.
INT him again, hit MIN again. cried half
q d0z1n sailors. smash his mug for him
Rob -
The tail sailor had spoken of was standing
IN the MIDST OF Il little crowd and looking saw
agely at another before him, whose bleeding
cheek bore witness TO some severe blow The
latter shrunk back when he saw all against
II I'm, ami SAID, looking at his antagonist
II ben aieiFed on We, big RS We be- but
Its mean 10 hit Ii Teller when he didn't ex.
pect it."
Course you 80 growled Rob, drawing a step
nearer, with al! the hate of Il fiend in his dark
eyes; III Kill you il you speak another
word"
''Stop" roared the Captain, rushing m
from the cabin and thrusting his huriy form
through the group, 'who struck him.? Yon?
hash AIM 10 the mainmast, boys, and give
him round dozen! Quick -
''Twau't my fault, cap'en, he"
'Silence ~ Numbered the other; what do
/ care whose fault il was? You struck him
and yon shall smart for it. Ii he struck Won
II give him Il dozen afterward OF with
your jacket, or I'll rip it Off your back -
hop stepped back few steps and laid his
hand on the knife which every sailor wears
In his girdle. The Captain promptly drew n
pistol from his breast-pocket and vyaIlkad
straight up to the exas peratat tar IeveIIed il
at has head, and said IN a low, deliberate
tone:
Throw that knife overheard, or L will
shoot you in five seconds ;"
hob hesitated but he saw something he
ana not like IN his of1icer's face, and sullenly
complied with the command.
Take off yohr jacket -
He Obeyei
"rake OF your shirt %
This was done likewise
MIR. Andrews to the first mate vho had
Just appeared from the cabin, s'see this fell
low dashed to the mast at once"
The mate motioned 10 two OF the awe struck
by ISLANDERS, and the refractory sailor was
speedily confined, presenting his bare back for
his punishment, without making any resist.
anee. The Captain then took a ropes end
and inflicted two dozen severe blows, which
The culprlt received without wincing or mani
Testing the slightest sign of sensibility to the
intense suffering he must have experieuced
AS soon as he had done, he ordered the pris-
oner TO be released, and sent for the cook to
dress his wounds. Capt. Russell then turned
toward the quarter. deck and as he an
preached me, l saw Rob send a GLANCE of hi-
tired aud last for revenge after him. that alb
solute1y curdled the blood in myyeins wi n
horror.
ugly piece of business, Mr. Osborne. he
remarked, as he resumed the coat he had
thrown off in order the better to administer
the punishment. "I'm glad its through with. - |
" wish felt sure it ,oere through with ), |
was my emphatic reply.
Eh what's the deuce TO pay now Il should |
Ike To know ?" exclaimed he, pausing in his |
operation, and standing with his coat half on |
Simply this" answered, "that fellow
RoboWe You grudge, and il is easy to see |
lac VIII not be quicif 10 forget it. Just now |
he cast Satan s own love glance after won and |
am believer enough in physiognomy to pnt |
no faith III the rascars honesty or magnaui- |
NIFTY. There is dangerous blood under his |
hide, depend upon IL, Captain" |
Pooh nonsense 20 reoned he with a |
skeptical laugh, ''don,t come your land-iub- |
Der tricks over an old salt, Mr.. Osborne
on can CANNON me with your-ognomies |
and-oiogies. l have handled tougher cases
than MS, take my word for it the first act |
OF INSTRUMENTATION will put him in irons and
N that won't do an ounce of lead shall that's
all -
By this time, the sun had set and twilight |
was rapidly deepening into night. 1t was
nay FRS night IT sea- and | followed the
Captain iEto the cabin, the contrast between |
my present quarters and the snug home l
Jl rios rs.,lsx |
force on my mind To increase my uneasi. |
ness, could not divest myself of the idea
that mischief was brewing in the forecastle |
Tor knew that "a bilious temperament like
hoo's never ceased active hostlities because |
OF single rebuff
with slender prospect of escaping the
III nightmare, At an early hour / retired INTO my
,n "a ana soon fell into light sleep, leaving
tue captain busy at the table recording his
Doael atons IN the log-book. When l awoke |
s IN me cabin was dark, and the only sound |
aSsiaas w, Was Tue dull spiashing of the waves
AGAINST the side of the vessel Altbough NV |
nina was troubled and restless the eonfjnna, |
i's ~ ui oelore long iailed me again TO sleen
rnn. ny sia,noeIs We're nnhroken until was
reused py the call to breakfast A. xaa,,,3 |
across the floor, my foot struet a.,s; " aiAeo
thihg hard, and STOPPING down 10 49, - .''.
perceived a tin tobacco boy acnsat ny, |
enough 10 HI half dozen pipes and hats |
On the lid the initials .fR >, o-fing
ssrauhed with jack knife or nail |
..sy were neither The initials OF the Cantair
49, N -,',,s W. mates who slept in the cabin
, Tsa spihS wnat puzzled at first; but a suddsn
,noa a,a, nasaed across my mind which made
,v y. 40 y stang by viper. Without DELAY
The compass OH the quarter decE
''tIood morGing, Mr. Osbornen sata Ia
weather" shenoiu
1 made no answer, but handed him The
Well ~ said he, looking at me for an ax-
What's this =,
nose Initials are thosef' / answered.