Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-10-07

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panv. there wasn't of the number II
single soul who had seen his wife
since her arrival.
Without regard to rank or order,
the list in the male line read as fol-
lows: Lieut.. Harry G. Jones, U.
5. n, Col. George Marshall, -th
Ohio Infantry, Capt. Walter lIamil-
ton, -th New York, Lieut.. Col.
Fred. Orton, It'll Pennsylvania
Cavalry, George Coleman, pilot,
Major John ?. Florence, -th Con-
nccticut Artillery, Dick Marshall, U.
S. N.
There we were, of all arms and
fror: all sections Of universal Union.
dom, hustled together by accident,
aud all bound up stream by the same
steamer, and that steamer the big.
new, first class clipper Western
World of Pittsburg, Captain Henry
Norton, which we had ascertained
was going to shove off from the levee
ut six O'Clock i. NJ.
Our first duty was to cut over to
the Vcranda and introduce ourselves
to our wives, and then introduce our
companions to them all round, and
this having been accomplished, we
pitched upon Col. Ort'n rs our best
pack horse and most finished ladies'
man of the mob, to wait on the timi-
ty down aboard the steamer, secure
state-rooms, stow away luggage, and
get everything and everybody all
snug, while the, remainder Of us trot-
ted about town to finish up forty un-
finished little duties, and procure
fifty little trihes for the general COM
fort, the most important among
which were several dozen bottles in
saw dust, and divers ovcrgrown de-
canters in willow jackets.
We were as busy all day with
with our duties as Orton must have
been with his, but we got through
with all, and on hoard with our own
various wares and wives in good time,
making square calculations to have
another that night on board the
Western World. And we did, only
it was confounded queer time the
last end of it.
We were trifle near sighted, I
think, by the time we got on board,
fifteen minutes before the steamer
showed off from the levee, but we
could see we'll enough when Orton
piloted us around to our wives and
quarters abaft the wheel houses, that
there was a promise of comfort and
convenience about our accommoda.
tons. Statc-rooms fitted up like
bridal chambers. toile: fixtures. sofas.
rosewood rockers, and berths wide
enough for two-we noticed that
particularlv-and then .here was u
new kink 20 u in the de>i gnation of
our lodgings. Instead Of being num-
bcred. A. j. usual. or lettsred. n we
had sometimes seen the thing done.
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