From Reefer to Rear-admiral: Reminiscences and Journal Jottings of Nearly Half a Century of Naval LifeFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1899 - 308 pagine |
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Pagina 21 - If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O...
Pagina 217 - I never will fight under that banner. I owe a paramount allegiance to the whole Union — a subordinate one to my own State.
Pagina 3 - SIR:— You are hereby appointed an ACTING MIDSHIPMAN IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES ; and if your commanding officer shall, after six months of actual service at sea, report favorably of your character, talents and qualifications, a warrant will be given to you, bearing the date of this letter. I have enclosed a description of the uniform, and the requisite oath ; the latter when taken and subscribed you will transmit to this department, with your letter of acceptance, in which you will state...
Pagina 217 - Mr. President, I have heard with pain and regret a confirmation of the remark I made, that the sentiment of disunion is becoming familiar. I hope it is confined to South Carolina. I do not regard as my duty what the honorable Senator seems to regard as his. If Kentucky to-morrow unfurls the banner of resistance unjustly, I never will fight under that banner. I owe a paramount allegiance to the whole Union — a subordinate one to my own State.
Pagina 3 - Blue cloth, lining of the same, lapels to be short, with six buttons, standing collar, with a diamond formed of gold lace on each side, not exceeding two inches square; no buttons on cuffs or pockets.
Pagina 269 - Brazos, to preserve the status which at present exists, until the termination.of the present negotiations, or until you have received other instructions from the US authorities, and I enclose you copies of orders to the commanding officers at Sabine Pass and at the mouth of the Brazos, which I beg leave to request that you will send by steamer under flag of truce as addressed. They are left open for your perusal. The delivery of these two orders will, I think, insure the continuance of the present...
Pagina 268 - CAPTAIN : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 25th instant, with which I am satisfied. It may be desirable to remove some troops from Galveston Island and substitute others, but I have to assure you that there will be no increase or diminution of the garrison at that place, and I have given the order to Colonel...
Pagina 98 - ... told me of his grappling a bag of money with his tongs whilst fishing for oysters off the inlet ; that feeling something heavy and knowing that shell-fish could not be so weighty, he became excited as it was hauled near to the surface, and, finding its weight diminishing, he quickened his movement, and giving a vigorous jerk into the boat, found remaining in the teeth of his tongs only the tied end of an old canvas bag and two or three Spanish dollars. "He concluded that he had first gotten hold...
Pagina 192 - factory' full of slaves. "I went on board and examined her papers and hold, but found nothing to excite suspicion except the fact, which the captain admitted, that he was to take Canot as a passenger and drop him at Gallinas en route to Sierra Leone. He explained he had no right to question his passenger as to his business. "Captain Gordon said that he would watch him, and if he landed that old slave-trader at Gallinas he would seize the vessel as a prize and send her to the States. So off we went...
Pagina 36 - Jackson), who announced that while he was determined to stop duelling between officers and citizens, he " would not interfere between officers, whose profession was fighting and who were trained to arms.
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