The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

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upon his heel, passed down the stairway
through the long passage into toe a,.e,-
cabin, and went to bed. The men on uech
resolved they would kill him In baltimore;
On the following morning we reached
Baltimore about IL o'clock. the passen-
GERS, along with Buchanan, istwo or thrce
naval friends, and the seamen, aii went
ashore together; but heard no threat ana
there was no attempt at disturbance.
In continuation OF my journey, ] LETT
Baltimore the following morning by a
steamer that took us 10 some unnameable
nlacc at that time, but, looking at the later
mats. Is now called Bohemia, on the
eastern shore OF Chesapeake bay. At
that point we debarked to 20 on
hoard canal-boat that carried us
across the Istbmus 10 point called
Delaware City. on the western shore
Of Delaware bay. We had In our some
what limited accommodations about thirty
passengers, including Lieutenant Buchan.
an and his two or three naval friends. and
about twenty OF the Constellation seamen.
IL was growing late and the bitter cold
drove almost every one under deck. Inc
presence Of Buchanan and his approXima-
ton again stirred up the wrath OF The sea-
men. They growled and grumbled andi,
b,y, using good deal OF threatening ana
profaue language. One big, black-whis-
kered fellow went so far as TO pull out
AVERY FORMIDABLE KNIFE,
felt the keenness Of its edge, boosted OF his
being the son OF butcher, ana knowing
where to strike. The passengers had SUP
mitted TO a good deal OF annoyance, Du,
had now become alarmed, ana delDahueu
OF the captain OF the boat that tne most
turbulent OF these men should he put
ashore. No sooner said than done, ior liie
captain was resolute fellow. lie stopper
the boat and hustled some fiye or SIX OF Tue
ringleaders out upon the bank. AZ in,s
moment Buchanan came to the front. lie
rave the captain his name, said he was the
object Of their hate, and that il these men,
who were returning to their homes, ther
families, and friends after tbree-years' ab-
sence in the Mediterranean, should De leil
out upon the bank, they were like little
children, would not know where TO go, ana
would most probably perish with the cold.
Take them back, and he would guarantee
their good behavior. / call to mind
wildly the fixedness OF the captains
eve. He paused few moments. and
then told the men to go on board. AS they
passed in | overheard Buchanan muttering
to them something about behaving like men,
the honor of the service, &c, DC. And
thew did behave well, for / heard one OF the
men say Buchanan was not such mean -
fellow after all. We finally reached Della
ware CITY, as il is called, and went on board
oi a noble steamer. ss we'll as l recolect
called the William Penn. We found a
number OF passengers on board Whicn
was afterwards increased by stoppage at
New Castle.
WE SOON GOT UNDER WEIGH
again, and had proceeded possibly some
fifteen or twenty miles when the passengers
below were startled by terrible concus-
sion that almost threw them from their
seats. The cry was the boiler had burst,
md everybody, myself among the number,
who were curious 20 know, hurried out on
deck. The crowd took fol ward direction.
and on reaching there | found we had
run a-foul OF sloop, that her mast YVES
then living across our bow, along
which one OF the sailors had come
on board and who informed us that
the captain, his daughter, and a sailor
we're vet on the sloop. Orders were gwen
for the steamer TO back, a boat TO be gotten
out. when heard Buchanan calling at the
top of his voice, Where are the men OF the
constellation In less than minute, 1t
seemed. Buchanan. the captain, and half
dozen sailors were in the boat. They row.
ed for the sloop. which they found had
keeled over, the captain and the sailor on
the outside. but the captains daughter, II
was said at the time of the accident, was IN
her berth. The boat was
SENT BACK FOR AN AXE AND SAW.
We heard the noise OF both as they were
vigorously piled, for the wind was blow
ing strongly from the north, and the spray
of the waves as it dashed over the bows OF
the steamer, such was the severity OF the
cold, seemed almost Immediately to con-
zeal. A few minutes later the boat came
with the young girl i'm the arms
of Buchanan, a raving maniac. Startled by
the lights and the number OF persons lean
ing over the side of the steamer, she mace
a desperate, and very nearly successful,
effort to throw herself overheard. she
was soon raised to the deck, however, and
Immediately carried into the cabin, where
several doctors, who were present. tender
ed their services, and the kind mlnistra-
tions of the ladies were freely offered in
the way of restoratiyes and dry clothing.
But on arriving at Philadelphia an hour or
two later was sorry to learn that her rea-
son had not been restored.
The last saw of Buchanan on this occa-
sion was when drying his clothing by the
stove in the cabin. A tall, dark-compleXion-
ed man came towards him, said something
to him in an undertone, TO which he made
n quick reply, {" I'll be there directly" \
few minutes later saw him enter Il state
room, put on heavy Overcoat, and pass out.
In the spring OF thirty years
iater-I was about leaving my house Tor an
evenings walk, and bad gone but Il short
distance when met couple OF gentlemen,
one Of whom | knew, who stopped me and
to me his friend Commodore
Franklin Buchanan. After few minutes
suggested il they would re-
turn with me TO my house il would give
me great pleasure to give them nice glass
OF wine. The invitation was accepted, and
they did so. After taking our seats nj the
table the conversation naturally turned
upon the great war in which we
then were engaged and its probable re-
suits. Taking advantage OF pause, |
said to the Commodore that though of his
own knowledge he had never seen me be-
fore, yet we were not wholly unacquainted.
lie asked when, where, and in what way,
and i narrated what j have already done
for my reader. He laughed heartily as |
progressed, and then said to me, " But you
did not see the finale" / tod him no.
when be went on to say that the darkroom
plexioned man 10 whom | have alluded
came up TO him and said the men OF the
Constellation would be pleased TO see him
In the forward cabin. AS this man said he
had been punished at my instigation during
our cruise
FELT HIS PRESENCE
whenever he came near me, for he rarely
spoke, never drank, and go where would
/ always found. whenever | looked to-
wards him, his eyes were upon me. 30
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