, 1879-03-07

a Scrnc on the Dcc's of the U. 8. $. Hart
fnrtl. Flagship OF tho South Atlantic
Squadron,
Extract ,nurH Fttrafe k.utr tlsiish,a II NAp ltrk
SUn)
MoSrEvlpEd, Uruguay, Jun. 7.-Our Captain,
". n. afnyo, was scnt home by The Admiral tho
other tay because he wcns into his tho Ad.
tn!ral's) cabin o,e night und ordered him and
the executive oillrrr atsd Two ur three others to
stop gambling. The old Admiral WIS Fcry 1nntl,
aul ortlerct The CAPTAIN Oh. Of the cabin. Tho
Captain went, but told thu party Tint he was
CaItain Of tllo ship, mid TINT hu would not allow
Can1h!ug aboard her. The Admiral then
ordered him to pack up his baggage md leave
tho ship, which he ut 0ncc proceeded 10 10.
Caut. Mayo WAS Just man mud n good man
for his ehtn's company, but terror to his a!ll-
ccrs. Before lie cal,,u 10 the ship last Juue VIC
wcre Il, perfect uproar Nil the TING. Everybody
was tl!ssats0ctl and continually growing. Lar
rlngtou, tic Executive of1icur, was Executive,
Captain, anu Admiral all ut Gree. The Atl-
ns!rul is what the men call 'spare pump" for
Els nilowa Harrington to do Whatever ]ho chooses.
Hut after Aiay0 took charge there srns great
change. Harrington had no longer fs wnyi lie
reformed every department In tic stip. Tic
Officers got down OH him directly, and began to
plot to get Him out Of tho ship. They worked
around tho Admiral, hnu accomplished thclr
purpose. ..-..
All iIn1st,s were called to muster last Sunday,
,tntl Capt. Mayo rrntl Ills orders from the AL
lnrnl oruerIl.g hllA home.
When he Ind finished ho liestatcd for n mo-
,nent Md tlsen, is Il With great c!lor, tonk OF
h!s can nltl said: .'shlpmatcs. Coot-ty." lIc
thrn turned around to lilo officers, uni, with Il
cold Motl. knih: s' Gentlemen. good-by."
Just at this ttno Ineoa gear Tor supper wns
company began to cungrcguto IN t1!u starboarsi
vnngwuy, over which the Cnp!ain Ind to pass.
sas stn,nlinE near The nnst. t.enr,l Mr.. liar
rlngton tel! tie officer Of thu deck to cait ti.
illc crew. Hc also stationed nl!s'sh,pncn nnlon.s
tllc sailors. md toiA ihen in whisper to allow
no cheering OF pablIclcnoustrat!ono nny kind.
sIDcf fcck va. tspp tps axo S ' .haH X 'Ss ps sf ~
Lieut.. Hyde, l!ls only friend, ind walkod
taward thu Eungway, accompanied By Mr.. 1far-
rlngton and this otllcer Of the deck. Tile CnIt-
tain saw ihat. something was wrong. u,,a rs liz
und quietly rlarel his l.anl over bis mouth, ns
much as to tay, mo cheering, tncn.t
Just ut th!s tine son'n oIle IN deep yocc
faer!S aMsS rsa y o 5 5xsss I yoa s sve1 sss "d '
Harrington, better known as "l'lark lack"
"Stop 1t. It'd d-n You!' but no nno
stoppcd. AS soon, as tho cheering WIS over
sons uno proposed tiger, aMl the cheers were
This crowd dispersed mud went to suprcr, hut
was only seated when tho shr1lt oAtsWuln's call
sounded, calling all ha1its to nllBtcr. liatrng.
ton was on tile auartorIleck with thu Dru.IIOni
In hLs lnlrd. lle wAs tuo excited to spenk tur
a11ne time, hut. ns soon as he conlc,l lown II
little, llc demanded to know the mcannS {aa Il
lle didn't knaw) of thu cheurlng, AlHl su!ti: "s
tlrru no ono who can tell nc what you wcra
cheering for!n
Jacob smith, an old ssn,naE. spnko: ~
chrrtc1. mud ran tell yon what ctleered for"
"Sten out hcre, yuu spokesman, yon sca
lawyer" aald Harrington; ''what have you tn
say for vouraolfi"
swell, F!r, l.ayo known Capt. Mayo long
time; know hfni tU be Just 11lNn ai!d gentle.
nan. ! havc tho gFcatrst rcspect for lin, nll,i
know OF lio better way III which TO shuw 1t t!lAn
BY Yctleerl1lE, which did. as loud US ro4lld, blr.h
asr. llarrl'gt0n rta.s The Blue Book, showing
TINT cheering was positively prohibited by thu
| rules m'!ti Tcgulnli1ns ol thu nary, Mnleas nu.
was MI itIsult to Capt. Mayn or elae to tllu al.
tn,tn. WHO ha,l ordered him llomc and in Il
lesErr icgrc1 An insult to himself al command
Gr Uf iEe shlp. liz further said Tho Bhtp's CON-
pany wus In a nsi0to Of insuhordinntlpn and tnA-
tiny, n siat Eu detialillcd un APOLOGY IRON thu
| Petty o!f!ccrs, to bn handed In the next llay,
~ has been three months a!Nce WI hull liberty,
H'nt W. have hut but uNc .rllural liberty since
,se lcit AoIne, rI.htren months ago, We huyo
been llere nhout Two weeks, aud lIayu beeu work
hE l,ke Eoou fellows ClcatLig shlp. Mr. liar
tlngton promised US general liberty md plrnty
| nf money US Foon rs that work MAS done. 10.
day lie htartetl llbrrty, usl tho nctty officers
| asked for lnunty. Lieut.. Commander uurrlp,.-
| ton said something abaut thu cheering tic other
| day, Ahh refused to Give US thu money,