Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-04-20

!. regular, double-decked, nautical fur
but it was after long, weary three
hours waiting for it.
The bell had just ding-donged off si1
eleven o'clock-the lohg-drawn out
sOnorous cry 'A-l.rs Wze-ll was dying
out family in distant echoes away of
among the ready channels dozen OF
so of US quarterback idlers were dream
ing drowsily- diagonally, against bull
warks, gun carriages, and fife-rails.
Suddenly, we we're ali started wide
awake to perpendicular.
Rebel boats in the channel : shouted
the quarter-master on duty. Click !
Bang ? went the mariners musket at the
gangway Launch barge, and cutters
away y called Commander n. of the cor
vette. Give US good account of the
secesh rascals, my souls !'quiehy pui in
the admiral fizz-i.z-ish-zit darted up
from the forecastle, yellow. green, and
red signal rockets-out flashed two
binding blue lights from our gangways
off went the boats with dash and
cheer; up streamed rockets, and blazed
out answering signals from batteries,
forts, monitors, iron clads, gunboats, and
big side-wheelers, in every direction,
across the broad bay and away out over
the bar; Boo-oo-Bang-Crash = in
rapid order. went three big guns from
some queer, con-descript thing that the
strong food tide was cutting right square
down towards the ship.
"A floating battery--by all that's salt,
admiralp exclaimed Commander N.
Shall spring the ship brOadside to, sir,
and open onthe thing with our rifed
Dahlgrens9' .
No, think not, commander; very
quietly replied the admiral, who had
been intently reading the floating unae.
countable with his powerful night glass.
That odd.loooking craft is only a great
awkward, clumsy scow, freighted with
three field pieces. and / think, lot of
ammunition, in command Oe that paddy
foretop-man of yours, that ,umbled over
board so lubberly this eveng. The fell
low has been practising his battery on
three rebel boats that have given chase,
and attempt to capture him. Upon my
soul, sir! our boats have Gu; off and cap
tured the other two. beg you will not
punish the topman, commander. Just
leave him to me, and l'll reprimand
him.
In fifteen minutes more, we had the
queer-looking secesh scow, freighted
with three beautiful brass guns, and
about four tons of ammunition, and the
two captured rebel boats, safely secured
alongside the slOop-of-war.
Jack climed in on deck, and walking
square up to Commander N, paid the
salute nautical, and as cool as Decem-
Der icicle, reported himself.
Come aboard, sir
'Ah, l see you have, my man; but
what the devil put it into your head to
leave the ship without leave quired |
Commander NJ, half of his pocket hand
kerchief crammed into his mouth toPre-
vent a regular ha ha explosion.
why, ye see surr, up on the ore-yard |
there I'd been watchin the bloody RIB
bles tuggin the big scOw along through |
the little channels up ther in the grass
and whin | seen the odmahoun tie her
fast after sunset, and lave her alone.
goin off 10 their small boat up ill the |
big foort on the island beyart, says | till
myself, "I,ll be afther goin up in the !
night. and sthalin that same bathery
shure What iVer ilse might be dOin,
I'll jlst be dion that, any way
SO as / was knowing surr, yez would |
not be afther litin me go ashooner, | ac-
fell ooyerboard an navigated |
one ov the Iife-buoys up till the ribbils
ould floatin bathery, and be jabers, surr,
I've captiyated the craft, entirely
You have done well, my brave fellow
said our great-hearted admiaal, vainly |
endeavoring look severely at Jack. You
have done well, my lad /; bu. as you have
disObeyed orders by leaving your ship
without, lib 'tyI must punish you. My SEN
tence is, that you, Jack Lannahan, sea-
man, will serve hereafter as Signal quar-
ter-master, on board my flagship; and
harkee, my man, whenever you shall in
future take fancy to steal rebel bat
terry, come to me for permissiOd to do so.
'Ay, aye, honor; I'll be after dOin
that same, shure = replied Jack, as he
backed and bowed himself out Of the
presence and went down offer his
traps to tranfer them TO the flagship. |
= Yankee Blade.