, 1873-11-30
ADMIRAL WtNSL0W.
Th6 Hero OF tho KcnrnAr6o and Ain.
bama Elght.-spmo Personal Ikcmtla.

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: AsconUes.
On The 10th day Of September, A. y. 1873.
Rear-Admirn John A.. Winslow departed this
.Ne, At bis residence on Koarsargo avenuo,
Boston, aged o. yoars. a..
Thinking that f6w peraonal roninlsoencen OF
the late Admiral, from ono who had tho pleasure
Of serving under him for quito period Of time
during thu late War, might provo Of interest,
have mado bold to tot down sucb oyonts ~ mont
readily rccall themaelvon to my memory. Tho
writer feols tho more oompotont to drop kindly
word for tho gallant old officer from the fact
that ho served under him in capacity that
brought u5 for tho time being into tho moat intt-
mate relations. Tho Admiral (then Uaptain)
WAS In slmoak every respect frst-class officer
end gentleman, but SO full Of eccontrictfes, and
that, too, Of 30 marked oharaoser, that wrong
impression was apt to be conveyed to those who
Here not no fortunate as the writer III knowing
him wall. <. ..,.
Capt. Winalow WAS past tho primo Of life
when, In the fall Of 1869, ho waa ordered, by the
Navy Department to tho Misaiaaippi Squadron
and tho command of tho gunbokt Cincinnati. In
common with all regulhr naval officers who had
passcd their ltves on the broad soaa, he found
Tho greatest difficulty In accustoming himself to
our narrow and tortnous Western rivera and
the climax was capped when tho Cincinnati was
, ordeled up the Wh,te River, lin Arkansas, -
stream In many places not over 100 foot
wide, while tho Cincinnati measured evory
lnoh Of 80 feet beam, and was. withnl, about
as olumsy and unEainly' d craft to handle a.
could bo wofl imagined. It was with the utmost
difficulty that Bho was forced around the ahafp
beuds Of this river, and tho Captain .well-nIgh
droso tho Pilots crazy with his well-meant but
absurd ordors as to tho manner In which tho
boat should DO handled. Ofton 1t was necessary
to disobey bis instructions, whom ho would fairly
dance with fronzy, and order tho Pilots under
Arrest; but, u moment after. seeing that thoy
. wore night, no would thrust hts hands into hlB
ordor Ills Steward to bring him a,pipe with q live
coal, and vent bis oyeroharged feelings on 81 tho
blasted plpo" bccauao It wouldn't draw. !.
On Qua occasion, during the return down tho
White River from the trip above alluded to, the
estiug as well as oxo1ting question Whethor no
would be able to reach tho mouth Of tho rivor at
ali. The Captain Was In . fever ct anxiety over
one olse rest. on bright afternoon. he was
seated In front Of tho pflue-house, whtlo tho old
Cincinnati wus turning, and twisting. and fairly
g7oRning In the effort to get out OF tho river be-
short sharp bend. Now, these bends always
stirred tho Captain from tho foundation up, and
he immediately commenced ordering Mr.. Atten.
borough, tho Pilot, to "Btarboara the helm
i' yo ~hs hs m. nsnt Mat aon dons Sr wat
lie knew was for the best, without paying tho
slightest regard to tho Captains orders. A
lnrye oypross tree had fallen into or rather over,
tse water !pat ,% opposite ot the shnsp angle
STARTLED when the boat was headod directly for 1t
With full head Of steam. Tho Captain, always
ezcitablo was just wild, '"Daok herl" be
shouted Back her, you informal scoundroll !
nrI.1 araH$ ferf
Stop herI Stop bert" But on surged tho old
Cincinnati, gathoriDg momentum with every
second, and finally striking the uassiyo trunk
Of tho tree full on her starboard bow with craah
sprawling on the deck, full three feet from his
chair. Jumping to his feet, in towering rage, lie
about to visit the full extent authority
Mr. Atteuborough'a devoted head, whom, notic-
ing tile peculiar swinging sonBstion OF the boat,
he observed, in common with the rest Of us, that
the forco of the blow against tho hcayY oak
bow OF the steamer had shot her completely
around the sharp angle Of the bend, aud thus
that might have taken 10 two hours to aecuro.
Turning around to Mr.. A., he vainly ondeav-
ored to suppreBs tho genial smile that was rap
Idly gaining the mastery over his flushed oheokH,
and remarked, ~ shall report you to the Do
partment, eir;" which he did, eharactoriZing
tho worthy Pilot as the most efficient man that
ever handled wheel on Western waters.
II would be hard to toll how Capt. Winslow
IL
Cobb WAS rather undersi2ed, blonde "Down-
Castor" the very easence Of good nature, and
posaeaaed Of most wonderful stook ct patienoo.
When anything went wrong, about tile boat, the
suitable and worthy object upon whom to open
the yials Of hla wrath; Cobb always appro aohed
tho Captain with a kind Of deprocatng snile,
aud, tic more tho old gentleman funlcd aud
havo died for. tho Captain, II necessary, and
smiled when ho did It. Mover were servant and
master mora continually In bot water, and at tho
samo time more devoted. Cobb, as Steward,
4y, and was probably called on twenty tlmes a
day for some missing article, and berated be-
cause 1t was not at hand.
But nothing gave the. poor follow 30 much
trouble as the Captains pipes. There were bali
color; but there never was moro than one OF
them that enjoyed the Captains proferonce ut
tho same time. Tho yellow Pipe would be the
:" sine qua non" for day Or two, but would
for some real or fanciod oauss. Often tho
Captain, whilo pacing tho quartor-deuk, would
sing out for Cobb to bring him Pipe and q live
coal. Cobb would depart, and eoon return With,
say the blue pipe nicely allied with and
topped on with q live coal, bright red under the
vigorous blowing that he was 6estowing upon It.
Cobb was ono Of tue few favored mortals that
could blow and smila at tho same t1ne. Drawing
would be fairly lifted OF his feet with a You
miserable aconndreli What are you doing With
that blue pipe I aald tho rcd oue,-the red
pipe, you grinning kangarool Go back and
sSoud s fe9pn RsasS TSpo ppo
of desired color, probably to find that It wouldn't
draw. and 10 Obliged to go for third. -
- Capt. Winslow never mado companion OF
somehow or othor tho Captain felt moro than
ordinary interest IN him. His nature was ossen-