Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-11

at the Russian sailors, calling them CFrll-
lapptkin. kOmerOiiski, GObhleOffaYitchskl
and other names.- Asnew English sailors
came up TO the rail of their ship the Rus
slams called out:
"Hello, Brown. Good morning Jones.
How de do. Thompson?" A Russian
sailor shouted at the top of his lungs,
"Smth!" whereupon nine QUIT f twelve OF
Her Majesty's sailors at the rail shook
their fists at him. The English said but
one word in reply: Observation-Disclosures
skill"
An English marine now joined in the
quarrel and said that the Russians dldn
light candles aboard their ship because
they were afraid of burning up their ra-
tiOus, and added that the reason the Sire
lOk skipped out Of Norfolk without any
lights was that the starbOard watch drank
up the cOal-Oil. This was denied by the
Russians, who claimed that at eight bells
on the evening they sailed double rations
Of coaI-oil had been dealt out to every
man on board, including even the appren-
tees and the powder monkeys. The Eng
lish then said that it the Russians called
them Smith any more they would fire,
though they were in neutral waters.
At O'Clock the English crew were
piped below to keep them from deserving,
and the Russians were called together on
the forecastle and each was presented
wi h a box OF hair-oil sent TO the ship by
Russian gentleman of this city. At 3
O'Clock both crews were at rest in their
hammOcbs, and the guards in each ship
We're fast asleep on the starb0ard and lar
beard watch. while the snores Of those on
the dog watch We're distinctly audible on
the United States ship Minnesota.
1t was 9:45 by the anchor watch when
one OF the Russian sentinels, who was be-
the mosquito off with his gun, and looked
around him. TO his SUNRISE he saw the
Garnet moving around his ship, now fOrg-
ing ahead here and now retiring there. as
If manmuvreing tor position. He believed
that she intended to attack the Strelok
but he was so excited that he was unable
to fire of his gun and he rushed below
and gave the alarm. Drums were beaten.
sailors and marines scrambled pell- nell
upon the deck and all was eXcit ment and
wild confusion. AS soon as the crew GOT
on deck they made a mad rush for the
w SITS and climbed up as high as they
could 20 and chung to the yards and the
t0urOyals.
The Garnet had dragged her anchor and
was drifting wildly about. The crew
heard the drums on board the Russian
corvette, imagined that they were ahOuttO
be attacked and rushed into the bottom Of
the hold and hid I'm the coal and under the
ammunition. Several in their extremity
concealed themselves in the power maga-
zine. Two or three, Drawer than the rest,
with rare presence of mind, went up the
stairway and battened down the hatch
ways 30 that the Russians could not get
in.
The Russians in the topmasts declared
that they would all die together and the
English, who were all in the hold, said the
same thing.
After all mad been unexpectedly quiet
on both ships for an hour one Of the Rus
slams crept half way down the mast and
called out:
81 am mskinOkivitcbskiw
An Englishman, drawer than the rest,
put his head ont of the hold and said:
II am Smith,"
Each asked the other what the matter
was, aud mutual ex plantations were made.
The Russians came out of the shrouds
aud the English came out OF the hold. The
Garnet WAS made last. Capt. Hand will
dine with Capt. Skrydlott to-day and Capt.
Skrydlof will breakfast with Capt. Hand
tomorrow.