Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-07-25
...-,l. ..... Correspondence Of the Gazette.
LETTER FROM THE NAVY.
Y. 8. Frigate Minnesota, |
on Fortress Monroe. I

morning with gun and spar deck bat.
teries. One division now at small arms un.
der -- who knows exactly nothing about
it. OF course after a few such drills they
will be qualified to appear before Yorktown
That kind Of drill is what the sailors cali
humbugging. Bateman growing as
usual. He keeps nicknacks in his pan at his
station. Some one overhauled it last night
and eat his ham-about one square inch &C.
cording to mathematical calculation l made
He came to me about it. Said somebody had
garroted'' his pan. = Wehave an cd
dity on board in the shape Of very little
boy eleven years Of age, dressed like any old
salt. He is the oldest fashioned customer
ever fell in with. He is powder.boy or mes
scnger-boy. Has been in the army and
knows everything. 85yI 5.-. l.... BIZ. ..
The ancient mariner (Kelly) gets along
quietly. Spun me long yarn the other
night, all about brig he was in when a
young man. One day the tyrannical captain
struck boy and promised to fog him the
next morning and actually made cats" for
the operation (man-of-war style in those
days.. Morning came. Crew called aft.
Captain began by giving boy q cut with the
cat-o-nine- tails. Another cut, wherenpon
Kelly snatched the cat-o.nine-tails from the
captain and threw it overheard. The cap
tain in tremendous passion sprang at Kelly
and tried for nearly an hour to hit him,
Kelly Tending off till the captain desisted,
worn out and aggravated to tears This was
at anchor before Wilmington, N. G. Cap
tain sworc ne would put Kelly in prison for
mutiny. Kelly politely informed him that
he knew about that cask Of rum that he
had smuggled last night and that if he put
him in prison he would inform on him. Cap
tain gave in. The voyage being up the
men were discharged at Wilmington. The
captain tried to hold back their wages ten
days (Which is allowed by law though have
never seen it donc.) Kelly meeting the cap
tain ashore told him if he did not pay him
then and there on the spot he would take it
out OF his hide. He was paid and that ended
his cruise with the tyrannical captain.
23d.-**Sullivan, one of us, lately of tho
Cumberland, about thirty six years Of age,
is a regular old fish, He can spin yarn
that would make you laugh from the begin
ming to the end. Once he was paid off in
Philadelphia and took passage on n boat for
New York. A lot Of ladies got around him
on the hurricane deck and all admired very
much beautiful clothes brush he had bro't
from Spain. ~ a af ID una
First lady.-My what will you take for
that brushs 1 aI r' sa.#5l .a
(Gruffly.) "Oh! don't want to sell IT,"
Second lady.-O, yes. What will you
take for it? u .n q. -. "tl '."a.
81 don't want to sell it," H... o
81 will give you five dollars for it." n,
oh! no marm. don't want to sell IT,"
Third LADY, will give you seven dol.
lars for it. 49,. e' .....aT.
al am obliged to you, Miss, but don't
care about selling it," a# ai
Fourth lady.-O, Come will give you
ten dollars for it. a ."a
"I'll tell you, ladies. what I'll do. I'll
give it to the prettiest lady of the lot" r.f-
"Well, who is the prettiest ladys"
a, Sullivan had his eye on a slashing pretty
girl" and pointing to her said, 9 That one. "
AH the ladies.-Ohl that is only cast Of
the eye" es aaa. p. .g.. ..,r.
I'll prove it, said Sullivan. So three gen.
tlemen were called and the matter explained.
They agreed that Sullivan was right. He
gave the lady the brush. She thanked him
and repeated the wish to pay for it. Oh,
no! don't want pay for it. gave it to
you.' The ladies' then Withdrew, highly
pleased with Jack. Shortly after gentle.
man came up and said: "Do you know the
lads to whom you gave that brush ~ a
"Ncver saw her before in my lfe." al g3a.
Didn't you give a brush to u lady p
"Well, what's that to your - -laa3a
. She il my niece" b lHu n8s 4aI
What Of thatg' J ..u
i" Why, she wishes to see you" saa
See me! What the deuce does she wan,
to see me for?" au a.t.. @s .sg
" She wishes to see you down at her room.'
" If she wants to sec me, she can tell yol
what it's for and you can tell me-" ii
+" Oh, that won't do. You must 60 down.
Well, said Sullivan, followed him dowr
into the saloon. An old lady met ne and
stood surveying me from head to foot Thinks
I, what the deuce is all this for She looked
over her spectaclcs at my head, then at my
feet. then at my head again. I never felt Sc
abashcd in all my life. There were all The
ladies and gentlemen looking at me. had
great notion Of making run for it. Al
last she said: " You can go with my daugh
ter.' The young lady opened door and
invited me in. Oh! no, Miss, don't wan,
to go in.' 80, yes! Come in!'' SO 1 wen,
part way in and kept my elbows in the door.
way, SO that she couldn't close the door
Come inl Come r. " Oh! no, Miss. What
do you wanty' She took down bottle
which she said was brandy and poured out a
glass and told me to drink it, saying It was
good brandy. Just then the gentleman came
in and said: Z" Yes, that is frst-rate liquor.'
drank it. !" Why that's nothing. You've
watercd it," 3" No. no water has ever been
put into it that ! know Of" Then wanted
to 60. 20. no! stop" "Oh! no. This
is no place for me-" Then the gentleman
opened trunk and took out some splendid
cigars. My gracious you could smell them
all through the room. He gave me about
two Dozen He asked me il I didn't wish to
take the bottle. As about dozen of my
shpmatcs were passengers with me took
the bottle up on deck and we had drink all
round. You ought to have seen me walking