Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-29

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ward. Shall i clear it away and send
him our compliments" put in the
executive, who had just made his ap-
pearance.
Yes, sir; but you need not hit
him. Just let him know that we
want him to shorten SAIL"
The executive went forward to
the operation of sighting
and firing the big gun on the fore
castle.
At that time our navy did not carry
the effective and accurate Parrot
guns that afterwards became noted for
their long range and fighting quail
tiles. Eight and eleven-inch Dahl
gren guns were then the most for
midable weapons on our ships Of
war. They were clumsy things, and
on q light vessel like the Harriet
Lane were unserviceable. She car
ried at that time o battery of four
thirty-twos forward and abaft her
wheel-house, q long thirty-two on.
her forecastle, and two brass twelve
ponnders on her quarter-deck, works
ing on carronsde slides. It was
called heavy battery in those days,
and it was, as far as weight went;
but vessel with q thirty.pound Par
rott gun could keep out Of her range
and sink her with ease.
Meanwhile the chase hoisted the
Spanish flag and ran out fore and
main top-mast studding-sails. With
the glass we could see her crew sway
ing at the halliards and checking the
yards. The enormous pressure on
her masts canted them over her bows,
and in the smooth water close in
shore she was going through the wa
ter faster than an average steamer.
Presently the long thirty-two
blazed away and the round shot
went humming away towards the
ship. Rising higher and higher it
at last reached its highest speed and
then began to descend in q graceful
curve. It was a good line shot but
it fell short, taking the water half a
mile from the chase. The chase
lowered his Spanish ensign and in
its place the " meteor flag" was run
up and =" dipped" three times as an
acknowledgement for the honor, but
he did not mean to stop by the way,
for presently we saw something
white 90 tlutering aloft and in
twinkling a tiny top-gallant stud
ding sail was set. A round shot or
two was not going to scare this Brit
ish seaman with the nimble legs,
and so a blue cartridge was slipped
into the forecastle gun and a round
shot, carefully grummeted, was ram
med Oh top of it. Then the gun
was elevated trifie, carefully train
ed and tine lock-string pulled. The
gun recoiled the whole length of tie
slide, and the shot went roaring up
ia the air. and presently took the
water hitle to tie right q; the ship
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