The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-02-17

more were in calm water, and the en- zine $
stopped ID receive the pilot on board, whose Gus
mess it was to take the ship TO the anchorsge
assigned her. omitted to state that as soon az
pessible after the sunrise signal had been hoisted
| another signal announcing that an American
| steamer was coming in was hoisted, and I'M
| nediately after the appropriate signals for two
ships, which, like Us, had been laying to outside
and were now approaching the entrance, made
full sail. Our pilot took us about three.fourths
OF mile up the bay and anchored MS nearly
hall mile from shore. In few moments an
officer came and placed several police on board,
who commenced oacing the decks in An inoffen-
siye way. At while another boat arrived
full OF Officials, - whom orr purser furnished a
list OF tire passengers and our passports, with
which he departed and we went to breakfast
with the comfortable assurance that the order
permitting US to land might arrive in two hours
or in ten, depending very much on the state of
digestion of the proud Official whose sign 4ture
must be attached to the order. Good fortune
attended u.s. Happily he was in amiable mood
that morning, and at ten o'clock the official boat
was seen approaching, followed by swarm of
wherries anxious for passengers or baggage to
carry ashore at one dollar and fifty cents each.
Here then had been at least forty officials EN-.
ployed from sunrise till ten o'clock to go through
with the forms required to land dozen or more
who had been beating about all night in the
gulf stream, in con tormity to a useless custom
observed by no other civilized ~ nation, so far as
l know. And now we must Chamber down the
eide OF the ship into those little wherries and be
rowed half mile to shore in the broiling sun,
when, had We been in country where there are
three grains of common sense to the head (ofti.
cial and the people not frightened to death at
their own shadows, the ship would have passed
directly to the dock and all nigh have been com.
fortably ashore in sixty minutes from the time we
entered the bay, without disturbing the repose
OF that corps Of officials whose services were
brought into requisition
Mr.. Turner had a letter of introduction to
Col. Joy. the proprietor Of the Hotel ST. Isabel,
aud this determined US in our choice. A span.
ish Jew, who spoke fair English, and who proved
to he about tho smartest and most knowing
M saw Oh the Is. nd, nailod me by name and
said rooms were I'll .. 'v for our party at the
St. Isabel told htm z g.gac. He was soon
on poafJ gathering QUA @, which ho soon
hustled with oursl.. tu,o his boat, and aw4v
we went TO The Ca...a House Tor inspection
Due care, and po...-... md no unnecessary
rigor, wa obs.y.- J.. the Inspection, which
Argaeho 30 called hin. ior short intimated
was all Cue to the favorable terms existing be-
tween him and the iuspec:or. and that we were
'aoat happy in having him Tor cola. The in
spoctioa over, the trunks were relocked and we
were rs@ed to permit to inspect the beauties of
CurG. The proper charge on each was two dol
lars and five cents, but the thief Turner is
responsible for the term said !, was SO l2l%, and
when i gave LIN SO, gold tor the seven be in.
sisted that lie was just the amount uor would he
under any circumstc noes Give o cont Of change
back. AngeleHo then tool, US TO the cabs in
which were conveyed to the hotel, where please
leave us till We look about Us a little, when YOU
will probably hear from Us again.
J. d. CAToN.