, 1863-11-26

r. Tho plan ,hen adopted va substantially
tic ssxne which waa necessarily followed ever
after. Perhaps It vas suggested by tbs No
Sd.as sna o.sss I'm H. ss.f9 a9 Il fG,s e.
N.rx-it must hAyo been the first UEownin-
ehitfA, though ha Il man do not reuem-
tef--was requested TO put Nolan on kboard Il
dofernnenl ve6sA bound ON . long cruise, :,
ID . rect that he thould b only 30 fsr con
tined there ~ to make It certsIR thAthe nov
or Jaw or heard Of the country. We had few
long cruisee then, aud tho navy WIS very
uch ont Of favor; and as a1noat all Of this
storJ ID traditional, ~ have explained, do
not know certainly what his first crnise was
ed-perhaps 1t VIA 1ipgoy or Bhaw, though
think It was one Of tho younger 1nen.-Ve
aie all old enough now-rteutAted the ei-
qnette and the precautions Of the affair, and
according to his scheme they were carried
out, suppose, till Nolan died =
some thirty years after. I saw tho erigtHAl pa
Per Of Instructions I hare been sorry over
since that J. did not copy thu whole Of It. It
ran, however, mnch In this Way.
"Wisu1xo4ox," :" fwtth, the date, which
must have been l1te IN 1871
"s1a.-Iou will reeeiva from Il Nesla the pe.-
son ot Pail.p Nolan, lAte Lieutenant IN the 0ni:
"This peFsoa On hls. trial br eosrt.u.rsil ex.
p1eased Nith a osta ths wish tAat he might 'nev-
THE coost sente1eed him to have his wish :al-
nl.ea: G...h ..-..,.,. - A.. =
intrssted s. tbe Pssadens e e III % IN
'you Will takn the prisoner On board Jous ship.
sId keep lin these with such preeautsons "a shali
'."Xos win psovide him With such qu.rtera, ra-
tlons sre clothing n Wonld be proper for m OH
ceEof hih late Isnk, II he were i psssen9es on
"Tho xeatlemen on board !lll mlka any ar-
arguments agreeable to themselves regarding his
society. 'Hefe to be exposed to no !ndignitJ Of
But under no circumstances il 10 esor to hetr
1lh,s sousty Sr 70 ses ny tnfosttG1 Esgs5aiag
pnder your command TO tske cara that, IN the ~
riou1 indulge which 1nsy be granted this rule,
~ which his punishment ID Involved, shall not 30
Il ts the Intention OF tho Government thst he
shall never again zee the country which he has d.
iss IcG
tton. Reev.y Jonrs. 4.
sec'Y Of the NavJ."
III had only preserved tho whole !of this
pspeE, there would be NO break In the begin
ming Of my sketch Of this 1tory. For Captain
Shaw, II 1t was he, handed It to his successor
in the charge, and he to his, and suppose
the commander Of the Levant has It to day -
5s Ella dteteS,ity eastoayy for keeping this nau in this
The rule adopted On board the ships on
which have met ''tha man without = copn-
try" was, / think, transmitted from the be.
ginning: No mesa liked to have him perma.
nently, because hia presence cut off all talk OF
Or letters, Ct peace or Of war,-cut of moro
than half The falk men Ike to haye at sea. But
1t was always thought too hard that he should
never meet the rest Of rs, except to touch
hats, and We finally sank info one system. He
was not permitted to talk With the men, TN.
less an office. was by. With officers be had
nnrestTatred Intercourse, as far - they and he
chose. But he grew shy, though he had favor
lies; WAS one Then the Captain always
asked him to dinner on Monday. Every mess
N succession took up the invitation In It's turn.
According to -1he size Of the ship, you had
him at yonr mess more pr less often at dinnez.
Ais breakfast he ate In his OWN state. .rnom.-
he always hada atate1oom-wh!ch wat where
a,ten,inel or somebody on tho watch could
see the do9r. And Whatever. else he ate or
Sometimes, when .the marines, o.: sailors,
had any. special tolliacation, they. were
Permitted to invite :" Plain. Buttons" Us
they called him. Then; Nolan WAS seat with
some officer, and the men we're forbidden to
speak of home while he was there ] believe
eS5{ aa sa edo aod FL Ths9 9f aPS III Pqn h
"Plain. But tone," because, rhile he alraya
to wear regulation asmJ. J.uniform, he
| was not permitted 10 wear tho army button,
! for the reason that It bore either the Initial
u thy ins.ghia Of the country he had dis.
| owned -
Iremembes. soon after Joined the nsry, I
Mss on shore With somo Of tho older officers
frs.m our ship and from the Brandy mino,
| which We had met at Ale1andEla. Nc lad
| leaye to make d party and 60 up to Cairo and
the Pyranlds A. NC logged along, {you
went on donke5s then,l some Of the gentle
men 1--WE boys called them HDons," but the
| 1nntF hfnNa NhAnhaAA-{s11 ft. fa1E
about Nolan, and some one told the system
Which Was adopted from the frat about hls
books and other resding. A. he was almost
nsrer permitted 10 60 on shore, even though
tbs geAsel lay in port for months, his time
permitted to lend him books, II they rets
not publishod In America and made no allu
einn to It. These were common enauEh in
tbs old days, when people in the other hen.
ispht1e talked Of the United state4 as little
foreign papers that came into the ship, soon
er or Later; ohly somebody muat 60 ovel
them first, and cut auY advertisement o.
stray paragraph that alluded to America
back Of what Was cut ont might be a. inuo
cent as Hesiad. Right In the midst Of out
Of kapole1n's battles, or one Of Canning,
speeches, peor Nolan would find grea. hole
b. cause on the back Of the page Of that pa
pr there bad been IN advertisement Of
rletident's messsge. say this Was the frs
ti1ue I ever heard Of this plan, which after
wurds had enough, and more than enough
to DO with. 1emember 1t, because poo
Phillips, Who Has ct the party, as soon d
the allusscn TO reading WAS 1nsde, told
the Cape Of Good Hope on Nolan's hrs
yossge; and 1t Is the only thing eve
k1,eW Of that voyage. they had touche
at the Cape, and had done The civil thin
with the EnglIeh Admiral and the feet, a.
then, leaving fo5 long cruise up the 1nd!
English books from an officer, which,
.. tlosa daJs, rs indeed In these, was quito
winofal1. Among them, as the Devil wou1
order, was the .'Iay Of the Last Minstrel,
. which they had ali Of them heard Of, hi
which most Of them had never eeen- / th:n
i could not have been published lont
Vel, 1obody. thought there could be Al
; risk cf anything national in that, thong
: Phillips, eHore old shaw had cut out tn
renpe't'' from Shakespeare before he Il
. dAs ought 70 be ours, and, by Jove, shou!
be one day.. SO Nolan was permitted
Join the circle one .afeaTnoon when a lot
: them sat on deck smoking aud reading a1out
= People do not do such things 30 oftan no.
e"s e1 e seuPs vii IL 81 nsppeat I'D
= that In bis turn Nolan took the book al
! read to the others; and he read very We
! - know. Nobody In the circle know = II,
=, Of the poem, only 1t MAS al magic and Be
der ch1vAlry. and Wns~ ten thousand Yea
: ago. Poor Nolan read steadily through t
!, f1th canto, stopped 4 minute and dr1z
= something, and then began, Without a thong
= q ct What was comlug-
j. "B1eathes there the nsn with eoul 20 dad
Who Eeycr to hiu1eclf hath said, -
n It teens Impossible to us that anybody ey
! hard this for the tizst time but all the
b felio~s did then ard poor Nolsu himself ne
) on, htill nnconsetouhly OF Mechanically -
: "Taib 10 my own. my natiTe 1aad!"
. THIN they all saw. something Haa to pa
: hut be expected to &c. through, I suppo;
y turned little pale, but plunged on.-
= "Nhose heart hath ne'er within him burned
q As home his footsteps hath turned
q From wandering on : foreign strand:
d II such there breathe, 50, marx him well"
'e By this time the men mere all beside the
selves, Wishing there was any WAY to ma
/ him turn over two paEce: bnt be had Z
- quite presence Of mind for that; he gang
little, coiored crimson and staggesed on,
e "For him no minstrel zaptules svet1;
ID High though hia titles, proud his name.
ir Bou1dleas MS wealth Us wish can claim,
al Despite these titles, power and pe1f,
ii Tho wretch conceutrrd ali IN se1f,"-
u md hero the poor fellow choked, could I
pf 50 on, but started up, swung tho book IL
10 The sta, vanished Into h1s a.ate room, *s =
q. by Jove," said Phillips, I'VE did not SEQ b
for TWO months again. And had to ms
IA 10 hIm.h -.
81 That story ehows about tho time when ,
ar lAn'e braggsdoclu must hATe been hros
Ia down. Al h1st, they eaid, ha took "
e high tone, considered hi. impr5soumeo, J,