The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-11

washington Post: The candidacy Of
Senator Perkins for the nomination OF
Vice President on the Republican ticket
is regarded as serious and important
move on the political chess board by
many members OF Congress-, and the
Senator's friends are recalling CONF IA
teresting anecdotes OF his career " -,
sailor, FARMER, and miner, g Sreat Ht.ttsy
years before he was elected governor ~ ~
California and representative OF ,,5n.t
mans recently gave In the senators
own words the following interesting
and romantic incident in his seatarlhs
career: ,t,r
ave came into Christiana In the snip
Lima in the summer Of So, said tne
senator, land my ship mate, jazz
Rranscom, an English boy, who was
with me before the mast, set GUY
with me to see the town. We could MOI
speak word OF Norwegian natnrail W
nor read any signs. We wanted e ~
Into the kings palace, which we heulI i
was a pretty fine thing to see anu tl.a
we went for a long circuit arounu tt .e
grounds that surrounded 1t. trying 70
find a gate where they would let US
in. The soldiers stood us on ut an
points, but finally we came to a hole
in the fence. We crawled through
without Stopping 10 discuss the matter
and strolled at VIII through the magilil-
lcent parks OF the palace. We were SLl '-
toying look at the deer, and probapy
had pluclIed a flower or two Tor our gu.
shirt strings, wien we were suddenly
arrested by half dozen gendaTliles
and made TO march with them az u
good stiff pace towards the main sAt ~
THE sergeant seemed anxious W W
avoid n party of indies and gentlemen
who were stroIling near where he was
leading us, but It was, Of no avail; ana
as we were passing the party we were
halted, and for the first time since our
capture heard some English. The gen-
tlemen around whom the party center
ed asked US what we had been looking
for in the grounds. We said we were
strangers In that country, young men
seeing the world, and that we wisneu
to view the kings palace and to see IN, tne
king himself The gentleman said tR ~.
we had accomplished most OF thar, Ior
ne was the king himseif-KtnS 9SSNS
IL. And he gave us each silver coin
Ihaye mine Yet. So we didn't spend the
night in jail as we expected, but weh5
back to our ship pretty well pleased
with our adventure.
1--WE had row with the mate soon
afterwards and went ashore and stayed
nil night in the shadow Of the hills back
OF the city. The Luna tried to finu US
but had to give 1t up; and she sailed
away without US. We shipped on poar y
q Swedish brig for Guttenberg-dldht
know a word OF Swedish-but we coulu
tell when we were sworn at; and from
Gutenberg we went aboard the trim
ship Nathaniel Thompson, which saiIeo
for New Orleans, loaded with rails tor
the Alglers railroad-the first road
believe, that was ever built in that
part OF the country. AT New OrleAns
Jack BranscoHI and I parted, doR.t
remember how 1t was, for had yellow
fever there and only pulled through Dy
q hairs breadth. and my memory OF
things about that time is dim. maQe
few trips back to my home. In baLh'
Me-, and finally started around the
Horn for California. in the fast clipper
Galatea. Then left the sea. That
was in 1857.
The Same Old Jack.
"Twenty-eight years after my little
adventure with King oscar II. made
a Fourth Of July trip to Monterey on
| yacht with a party OF the leading men
of my state. l was governor OF Calllor-
mia then. One of the sailors on tIe
yacht kept looking at me intehly
whenever he thought did not see MN.
He several times seemed to want 70
speak. but the fact that was governor
seemed to awe him. He eyed me Tor
two days, and at length, when / was
alone on deck one time, he approached
very respectfully and said: rs your
name George Clement Perkins, sir l
told him It was, and that had been
senfarIng man In my day. He asked
me II ! still had that coin the royal
hand OF oscar had given me when
was arrested in the grounds OF the
ChrIstiana palace. and Inquired gpout
several other things which made II
absolutely certain that he was none
other than Jack Branscom, my org
shipmate.
ut was n strange meeting. Here 1
was governor of great state and eIn-
| ploylng several hundred men as sailors.
\ And here was Jack Branscom, a1ter
/ twenty-elght years, the same old JACK
BranscOm. still before the mast, sun
| smoking his clay pipe and sleeping IN
hammock and drawing $lb or wy !. 4
month and his keep. Ny whole ne
since the time stood before King w
/ car swept before me, and could haruly
believe II all. sat for long time TAX,
| Ing over old times with Branscom, ana
when we had finished told him TO 80
/ along out OF where he was and report
to me for duty as boatswain on BOARD
| the ship Senator. which was then run
ming up and down the coast for our
company. When Jack got there they
/ made him third mate, and was pre-
pared to promote him II he showed tne
ability TO handle his work. But me
Senator was walking-beam SIDE
wheeler, and represented to Jack the
modern innovation which he scorned as
man who has always trusted 10 the
wind. He didn't seem happy as thlrd
mate, and he took to drink to drown
his sorrow at his promotion. We CUT
him down TO n dcckhand once more,
but that didn't do him any good AND
finally he left us md shipped on a