The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-01


him a large amount Of money belonging
10 that department; he Is also the mar
who was said 10 have sent into ~ y
city during the war. large amount o
clothing infected with the small po1.-
Before i was generally known on boaTt
who he was, il was general inquiry
who is thRt man with such an evil
fearful looking faceT' To describe him
be Is little more than medium height
weighs about two hundred pounds and
is about sixty years old his face slight
pock-pitted. largo thick rum-blossom
nose, akin course, swarthy and red like
that Of some old weather-beaten tar
his disheveled. sandy hair and whisk,
ers aud steamer dress OF soiled reddis-4
milton. all helped 10 make up savage
Of man, such as brings 10 mind some
monster Of legend. With him wai
a son OF about thirty-fve, who had al
the beauty of his father, except that he
was lank, lean, ghostly looking de.
pendent, dressed in maroon yelveteen
suit. During the war he had an Yankee
rifle ball strike him in the mouth, which
carried away some OF his front teeth and
lip, on the left side and as it healed, left
an opening in his cheek which shows his
grinders; this sweet couple Of Missipp-
ians. had only two or three Southern
ers who would speak with them, and
they spent most Of their time IN the
centre-hatch smoking room. One day
! had the curiosity to listen to some po-
litical conversation which they were en-
gagged in, when / heard him remark
president johnson 8 greatest error was,
"in recognizing the acts Of half Con-
''gress, he should have declared that
there was no Congresss firmly main
tanning this position, he would have had
enough powerful men at the North, to
"haye backed him" Speaking Of negro
suffrage, he said: Now would like to
tknow, how in hi you can turn out OF
power all the virtue and intelligence Of
"a country, and put in its place all the
"vile, ignorance and vice, and expect to
prosper ? The Niger suffrage does
"this---I hear that all the pulpits are
"now being employed in advocating 'wo-
imam suffrage, and no doubt they will
carry it. and why not? When that is
dome, not only the Niggers but the
''wenches can vote, what sort of coun-
"try have you then?" This was all l
heard connectedly-there is no ques-
ton that he is man of ability, altho
his style is that Of common loafer;
he left us at Halifax, no doubt to make
his way to Canada, to see jeff and the
rest Of his friends. There is no doubt
in my mind, that these old rebels are
still conniying plans detrimental TO our
government, or to the establishing them
selves again in power.
The second day out from Queenstown
there came up blow, which increased
to perfect gale, the most terrible ev-
er saw on the ocean; it lasted two days
and hall, and so terrible was it that
nearly all but the sailors were sick,
many very sick We had been making
about seventeen miles per hour, the
gale brought US down to about three;
some Of the passengers thought that it
must be because Jake was on board,
and suggested that we should throw
him over. We saw large whales near
the ship often, but doubt il they would
have been kind enough to carry him
ashore as they did Jonah, but no doubt
they would have vomited him up. The
old ship China rode The sea splendidly, /
had seen her do it before, and had con-
fidence in her, She is an iron ship
over three hundred feet long, and is
well manned; she has forty-one men be-
longing to her engine corps with six
practical engineers among them; she
burns eighty tons of coal per day and
uses about her machinery, thirty-five
gallons Of oil per day. There is about
forty sailors, besides the stewards, cooks
&c Capt Hinckley is fine man. agree
able and polite, very kind and watchful
Of the sick. wears pleasant smile and
has kind, encouraging word for every
one-I feel quite safe and at home with
him. Chief Officer Monrland also, is
one u Gods noblemen as well rs SUI
perior officer; his duties were perform
ed with that energy and good will
which love 10 see, his active tempera-
ment keeps him ever in motion; his
eye on the alert for everything about
the ship that could help us on or add
10 the comfort of the passengers. and
when not necessarily engaged was free
10 answer ell questions and communi-
cations; bis praise was upon every lip,
and ha has a ,,la,,s. !; !, tie GOOD ,riIi and