The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-06-27

Passage from Valparaiso to CailaO
"From Colton's Deck and Port"


Passage from Valparaiso to CailaO.
"From Colton's Deck and Port"
TUESDAY MARCH "a. What ups and
downs there are on board man.of-war
The young Englishman who left the ele-
gancies of the Astor House, and shipped
as common sailor on board our frigate,
continued to win upon the friendship Of
the crew. He was hail fellow well met
with the whole. He was always at his
post, and prompt and cheerful in duty
No weather ever sent him below. when
it was his watch on deck. He struck
out so strongly, that he soon gained a
position aloft, and had his eye on being
captain of the mantop.
But on reaching Valparaiso his nm
de guerre took fight. He was recognized
as the son of a wealthy broker in Man.
chester, England and the important
intelligence had just reached here thai
his uncle, recently deceased, had left hin
twenty thousand pounds. The correct.
ness OF this intelligence was ascertained
from sources which left no doubt; and
still he hesitated about applying for his
discharge, and declared he had never
been SO happy as since he turned sailor
He brought on board letter ofcredit on
a large clearinghouse in New York. but
had never availed himself Of it. He al
last yielded to the opportunities of hi
friends at Valparaiso, and applied fol
his discharge, which Captain Du Pont
with the sanction of our commodore, or
dered to be made out. He shook hands
with his shipmatcs, wished them stiff
breezes and snug harbors, and in his tar
pauln and roundabout, left his station
on the main.yard for London coach.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %. We have
among our crew youth who is touched
with insanity, The hallucination take.
every variety of shape, and every degree
of force. A few years since he fancie(
that he had but one friend on board, ant
wanted lantern at noon, with which t.
look him up, To-day his conviction ha'
been that he shall not see the sun ris'
again ? AS the glorious orb went down
he stationed himself on the steps of tn
accommodations ladder to take his farewell
look. There was as much poetry in hi
fine wild features as in the tragical ide'
that had brought him there. He poured
his mournful adicu to the sun in the line
of Manfred, which seemed more his owl
than the guilty misanthrope's who uttere
them
"Thou material God
And representative of the Unknown
Who chose thee for his shadow. Thou chic
star
Sire of the seasons monarch of the climes,
And those who dwell in them! for nsar or fai
Our inborn spirits have tint of thee,
Even as our outward aspects thou dost ris
And set in glory. Fare thee we'll!
ne'sr shall see thee more. At my fri
glance
Of love and wonder was for thee, then take
My latest look: thou wilt not beam
To whom the gifts of life and warmth hay
been
Of more fatal nature. He is gone
; THURSDAY, MARCH 26. We disco,
cred a sail this afternoon on our starboar
bow, and stood down for her As ou
noble ship, with her heavy batterit
frow ming death, neared her, she run u
the American ensign at her peak. "
captured her in mimic war She prove
! to be the Balana, whale-ship from Ne
: Bedford. She had been out five month
She had two men at her main, two at hi
fore, and one at her mizen top, lookin
. out for whales. Success to them.
would as soon seek tree-top in thur
der-storm- The mimic fight took plaC
l. after she had shown her colors, and W;
gone through with merely to acoustic
l. our men to some OF the evolutions of
II II real engagement.
q Our crew is composed in too great pr
/ portion of young men. They have n
= = that solidity and strength of muscle whit
$ our heavy guns require. But they a
/ very active, and would pour themselvt
! as boarders, in living tide on the EN-
a. my. Our best crews are those enlist,
lie after war has been declared. Thousan
o' who now seek our civil marine, would
e. that event rush to our armed decks.
The Balena must have been christen
by some lady of New Bedford who has
- touch of Latinity about her. The nan
it is true, signifies whale, but no vulg
vandal spoIter, but an elegant Rom
balana-such as might have danced
RI the harp-strings Of a Lucretius,
streamed in the insignia of Clecpatr
to barge, as it rocked on the amber way
ms of Cydnus, and threw back the suns ra
s' from its decks of FURNISHED gold. Gi
;. me that lady who can throw elias
charm around whale-ship. A cabba
> in her hands would soon take the coli
y and perfume of the rose.
of FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Our slumb
hit we're broken this morning by the cry
by land no from the watch in the fore.t'
Of Of We had been under shortened sail throu
'rt the night for fear Of shooting too
e. ahead. But we made an excellent lal
fall. As day glimmered, the barren
of San Lorenzo loomed into the light
ms our starboard bow. 1t was sufiicien
near to throw its jagged ontliue full