Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
HAxTps FIERCE NAVY.
Hooking on the Dessalines' Deck as
She Lay at the Shipyard.


From, the PhiL,delpAja Press.
Scan see the naYyi'
The bland young man smiled as he spoke
and twirled his umbrella.
The head clerk looked up from his desk
ia Cramp & sons little brick office on
the Richmond water front and took the
young man in with hssty glance.
'sYou're mistaken" he said, 1.-The
uavy's down at Roach's-Chester, on
know"
IL don't mean the American navy" eX-
planned the bland young man, still smiling
and twirling.
IL mean the Haytian navy"
The head clerk touched bell.
Jimmy" he said, when an office boy
answered it, ''haye you got the Haytian
naYy?'
II amt seen it," promptly negatived
the Office bow. You blame me for takln'
everything"
perhaps it's IN Mr.. Charles ROOM"
eaId the head clerk, ruminatiVely scratch
ing his head with his pennolder. Jimmy,
go and see: or no, stay; I'll give you
card, sir, to the yard and you can go and
look tor ii yourself"
The guard at The gaze of the yard tore
the ticket IN two when the young man
presented it, and gave smaller piece for
q seat check.
"N0w, see here, young fellow" he said,
''mebbe it's in there aud mebbe it amt
Look at all them vessels. How can
tell?"
LOOKING FOR TIE NAVY.
There were three large iron vessels on
The stocks. Two other big iron steamers
the Masc0tte and the Elmonte--lay at the
further end OF the busy yard. There was
in al 10 Of fry
steam launch to a Savannah linen. The
task seemed hopeless. Before long the
Young man saw an active old gentleman
approaching him with book and pencil
III mis- hand.
You see that tar kettle smoking there.
Well, just look behind il and you'll find
it. We brought it up from the dry dock
yesterday"
Tue tar kettle stood at the edge OF the
lower wharf, and when the young man
looked over 1t aud gave vent to an eXcla-
mati0n OF surprise:
"Why, it's the pirate" he said.
Three weeks before the young man had
been a passenger on the Republic, from
Cane May. when a craft, which was not
particu arly long but exceedingly low,
bad been sighted of Bombay Hook. IT..
carried flag that the skipper could not
make out and showed a row of teeth from
/
been manned in Currant Alley. The
decks swarmed with whitewash artists
and 5cent BARRIERS out of a Job. The
merchant skipper signaed the Seventh
Ward craft to keep off, and when she
came nearer threatened to ram. He then
armed the crew with empty beer bottles,
sent his compliment of Wilmington sun
Gay school teachers below and ordered a
North Third street German singing So
.IatNr
10 sing a lied. The effect was complete
though boOmerangIsh The strange junk
sneered off as soon as the first tenor
reached for high c, but the lied continued
until the Republic passed Chester.
The same vessel now Law under the lee OF
the tar kettle. A little man with weak
eyes and fair whsEers said that she was
6O0-tonner, but when he said that he
thought that the young man was an
emissary from the Insurgents and
smashed the multiplication table over the
Dessaines' deck. Dessalines was the
name of the Haytian navy. though the
only words on the stern were "HUnion
Fait La Force" under the Haytian coat
CHARMS. The navy used to be known as
the Ethel, ard was built to freight ba-
nanas for Warner & Merritt before that
sensational Eopartnership slipped upon
that elusive ait. The chief trouble with
young man asked the little man If the in
surgents hs: put mustard plasters on the
navy. He sGd no; that the equatorial sun
was responsible for the blisters.
The Curraut Ally complement was
washiDg itself at the end of the pier.
The navy had met acaYy weather in its
passage from the dry dock four squares
nelow and the crew mad promised to do
heavy penance il it ever cot to the dock.
PETTY OFFICERS CRUISE.
tbs or CIV. which is forty strong and all
blao*. hes had some varied experiences
Since the navy got bore. 4 putty officer
cruiaed down town on Tuesday ntght. and
when b. GOT To l. mbard street thought
he was il Port an Prince. lie waS gwen
Che f. eedTm of Gil Balrs in Il gold collar
box and got chummy with the membe of
me Matthew Stanley Quay Club. He was
'OId that he could make more money in
sne municipal campaign in the ward than
lie c0did in six in the navy. He seriously
considered settling, and went so far as to
look over complete set Of uaturaliZa-
tiop PAPERS which were offered him below
cost ~ Bay street. Then ne strayed from
the circles of good cOlored society, end
half an hour later was "brussed" IN Mid
die Alley. One of the brussers held his
arms behiad his back while another
stripped nlm down to his socks. Then
his arms were loosoned long enough to
take his coat, and the Havtian tar depart
ed for the navy with an oyerfloWing con-
Vlction OF the monstrous inhumaniiv of
Middle Alley man to man.
The loss OF the coat is likely to create
an international dispute. II had good
deal OF gold lace o. it. and gold lace does
hot grow on Haytian bushes. Commodore
Cooper, the ranking officer Of the navy.
cruised out To Devon yesterday to see il
Controller Dechert would pass bill for
the coat II Councilman Purnell could yet
an appropriation, through the city's leg
1slature, for the relief OF the seventh
Wards sister republic. In case of
= refusal the Bsytian government will
make a formsl demand for an order on
South street misflt store.
The other uniforms are varied. The
secretary OF tho Haytian navy got iob
Ut OF shiny hats from stranded "Oli-
Vitte" company at Atlantic City. but
these have turned out TO lie part Of the
properties Of Black-eyed Susan troupe.
which went transforming in Jamaica IN
GOV. Evre's time, and a levy for an un-
satisfied board bill awaits their return TO
West Indian waters. The steward has a
coat like the one which was stolen. II
looks Ike the raiment OF Jacksonian De.
mocracy which Richardson l.. Wright
wears 10 conventions, only IL has brass
buttons and no tails. Commodore Cooper
will return from Devon and 20 on board
the navy, which is nearly rehtted, to-