The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-02-17

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Biil's astonishment at seeing llim may
easily be conceived. az, .h-j ..,.
"Why, Harry, how in thunder did
you get hcre;' he inquired. -f
"'Well, travelled part way on foot,
'and steamboat captain gave me o
passage from Memphis. / could not
stay at home when ] heard you and
Ham were going together-and so, as
father and mother wouldn't hear rea-
son, set out without leave. tdirt.
"1Hepr reason indeed Why, boy,
have you thought how your poor
mother will break her heart crying for
you, land your father, too? Why, ii
anything happened to You while with
me, would rather meet death, ten
times over, than look them in the face.
Well, well, you neetlHticry--I wont
send you back. I Will write to them,
and make the best of il" Come on
hoard--there. don't cry, pooI child II II
Idqa,ttfy, Harry, q # you'll alDSeE 'aa make
/, That night We dropped quietly
down the river, and after the usual four
or five days tedious backing and fill
ing, got over TIE bar ut Passe a F0u-
ire. After we had got over the bar,
the decks were cleared, the watches
drawn and the hands called aft, while
Crtain Wainwright addressed them in
q short, but pithy and sensible speech
acQuaintins them with the object and
prospects of the voyage Then the
officers of our little craft held . con
sultation in the cabin, in which it was
determined to cruise along the coast,
from Brazos southwark, Us far rs Yer.
Cruz. !, being only second officer
had no. much 10 say, and not being
much acquainted wiih mercantile trans
factions, did not fully understand tn,
/ oNects oc the voyage; hun there were
some valuable goods aboard, and f:oW
what Ri, said, | inferred that they
.wGye consigned 20 secret agents OF oul
lOwacIS, AMI ~ he landed rs occlsin.
}oatrSt. :; certain places on the coast
( \ certain mir otmyStery that he aSsum
( al when speaking ot the matter, an,
other circumstances, made me suspeu
that there was some iyrogular,ty III on
papers. Others, | guess, thought :,
too. Nut no one cared. for the Ante
{ l0pe WAS rs Goet rs her pamosalc, IN,
/ had two howjtzcrs and y long nine, m,
twenty able tnvomast hauds on board
and il We made n successful trip, i
would bring q ltttlc fortune to each o
us, After we were fairly out at sea
the sails trimmed aNl all suug, Han
proposed to drink success to Oh,
vovasr, Biil answered that there wa
no liquor pn hoard, and that if thor,
WERE, he could not drink il, rs he ha,
taken pledge before he left New Or
leans. at tho instance OF the owner y
the vessel, who knew him well, and
w,,s aware ofhis Ealing.
"Pledgc! 0, pledge be- WELL
wont swear, said Ham. But wha
would the boys sat home, in Sprins
Valley, say, if they knew that Ri
Walts-~-lssl..,- .'.... s.-.-.t a. &h.~sh ,th.
best of them at school, had grown ;
baby, and could not take command o
a little schooner without having hi,
mouth tied up with u pledge? Won
der he didn't send n dry nurse viii
you, to measure out your coffee, anC
see you didn't hurt yourself eating mo
lasscs. I've got Il bottle of good oil,
sss!1 wers liAst Rbthass IN 5hs !, yai,}qa i4a
apiece ali round, and IN drink success;
Ito our voyage, if no one else will
"The bottle was produced, and Han
poured out L glass, and repeating
Success to our voyage drank it. Ht
rehlled the glass and handed it to hi;
BROTHER, Billwas keenly sensitive tC
Hdicule-he took the glass, changed
ce.or, turning first red and then very
! paa. drank it off, and then tur,let
fsEd and left the cabin without saying
!, g rord. The manner of the actor
w.s noticed hy all Of MS we drank in
> silace, and couldnot help thinking
= tl.as !. was an oIninous commencement
Bl. the gloom Which this inciden
; tht% over Us was soon dispelled b,
! Eae exciting occurrences Of the voyage
. We Stopped and landei goods in sev
| eral ont of-the-wsy lit-le places alon!
j, The c0asI, hoisting the mexican flag q
+ We TN in-lAnd.ng Tie goods at night
: and tains specie on board in return
Z And guess his agents gave him som
D information in some u those places
: al atL events We captured four prize
:. very neatly. and though small Graf,
! their crgoes were very valuable N
Il having any spare hands 70 man III
prizes, We we're obliged TO take every
' thing 0f7alua OUT OF tthem. ami haviE
t put the etrevs on shore. scuttle then
q We kd been no more than ten {
= twelve keks ont from New Orlean
and had earesi las Bill told me in col
tser all expenses, more tha
n..y mo. fnd dollars, without maetiu
I'LL 1 = 81 ie casualty, or ill-luek OF an
\ ea. Na one day we drew In to Il
so ~ mouth of small rive
nn.e to the southwark OF Nat.
aan.i;s u ememoer rightly, and afte
@ @a.a. st IN to reconnoisre AZ.
f9cel lSaIn % n all was riOht. ,x.a -, :,
and droppehnchor Il was . ts., ., ! !
t1e Josine piaf enough. A few miser,
p'o mus We visible near the river,
Sank' ana q better looking buiIdine
IurNef IN nong the trees. Ther1
way no sign human beings until il
Ie'i dark, and hen a little boat came
mamgAhe, " a villainons looking
m'Nicah On oard, who sculled the
Doit alone. is fellow held a long
anl earnest co1 1yersation with Captain
"phr'ght, nndwlicn 1t was concluded,
tbd hntcbcs wei opened. so,nc goods
haF''y put intt1p boat and landed
ut place pointS ont by the Mexican
nuI ihn Go,fof,v 4.