The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-02

The louisville C'o'Wler-Jonrnai tells
this z ,ud story Of Capt. J"ueit, com.
mander Of the "Metacomet" u first
class double ender ironclad, at the
seiye Of Mobile, and Capt. Murphy,
in command Of the Confederate iron
clad "Selma:" The two officers had
been old messmates and intimate
friends in the navy prior to the war.
Now, the greatest weakness of the
flesh known to Capt. Murphy was o
fondness for deyiled crabs and Ken
lucky whiskey-the latter as an artis-
tic accompaniment Of the former.
Capt. Jouett by some rare chance had
come into possession of u demijOhn Of
the most generous Bourbon, some Il
or $50 years old, and it was announced
by Jouett the day before the grand as-
sanlt that he intended to have the
company of Capt. Murphy, of the
Selma, in dispOsing Of the same. The
day came when the business of clash
ing Commodore Farragut to the mast"
aud the taking of Mobile were accom-
plshed. Farragut selected the Meta
comet IA his yoke-fellow in the en-
gayement, having for her commander,
as was we'll known in naval circles,
the highest confidence and admira-
ton. The two vessels were dashed to-
gether with 6-inch cables, which the
Commodore had just obtained from
New York at great pains. The fight
finally passed the decisive point, and
all that remained was to complete
the details. At this junction Capt.
Jouett got permission to sheer Off from
the flagship and pursue the Morgan,
Gaines, and Selma gunboats. Instead
of wasting time to loosen up the Com
modore's new cables, he had them
quickly cut asunder in five or six
places, and was off like n shot. He
Overhauled the Morgan and Gaines
successfully and sunk them. Pursn-
ing the Selma, he met more stub
born resistance; but, after losing 30 or
40 of her crew, the Selma surrendered.
On mounting her deck Capt. .IOnett
met his old comrade Murphy, who,
with his right arm disabled, held out
his sword to Jouett with his left with
great dignity. "Put away your frog
sticker, Murphy" exclaimed the vic
torious Jouett, "and let's dispense
with that nonsense. came on board
to invite you to join me in my cabin
tomorrow night, when I will offer
yor the finest spread Of deviled crabs
aud Kentucky whiskcy that ever
tickled your palate" "Why, Jouett,"
was Murphy's pathetic response, "if
you had siynalled me to the effect that
you had that kind " merchandise on
your Old tub, I'll have lowered my
colors two hours ago"
james O'Neil, the farmer Of the
CHur TAlene reservation, reports q
marked change among the Indians
under his charge. They opened up so
new farm, last year. Some OF them
were quite large, ranging upwards
from 10 tn 100 acres. Ia all the farms
taken by the Indians there number
100. most of them fenced and in IA fair
condition of cultivation. They grow
wheat and oats, which they sell at the
military garrison and to whites near
by. 1t il intended to raise more grain
and vegetables this year, which the
Indian, are preparing to transport to
market over the lake by the lashing
Of two or three canoes abreast and the
building over them of a platform. In
this way they will he enabled to take
several tons Ut produce at time to
Camp Occur d'Aiene. Thirty new
houses We're erected on the reserva-
ton last year, some of square logs
c!arhoardV,i Oh the the outside ana
ceiled inside, and others exclusively
of sawed lumber. \ portable steam
saw-nill and II >hingie mil are owned
and run. sixty good, strong and
heavy wagons, that cost the indians
over STOOD, are in daily use, besides
which Saitise and Stallam, the two
chiefs, have each also "A fine buggy, rs
we'll as Il reaper and threshing ma
l,t Al
last fall by the eating of timber for
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany oi, the reservation, but this was
quickly stopped by Gen. Wheaton and
Agent Simms.