The elegant cabin before lied time I
presented a lively scene, with groups i
playing cards, telling -lories of old I
times and joking generally. Quite a
cheer was raised when it was whis
pered around that Captain .1. T. West,
tiie captain of the boat, had consider
ately given up his handsome and
commodious stateroom, away up on
• lock, above the reach of any expect
ed noise and confuison. to General
Atwood, whose feeble condition ren
dered the feeling courtesy a boon
that both lie and his friends apprecia
ted then as they will ever do. Short
ly after this, the mat trasses were
laid in rows on the cabin floor, beds
were made upon improvised stands,
and the tired and sleepy rapidly and
eagerly picked out the best places.—
They sunk to their repose like a flock
of rooks, at first with a desperate ef
fort to court slumber, apparent in
many an anxious twist and resolute
AWAKE UPON ALL SUBJECTS: NEUTRAL UPON NONE.
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, JULY !». 1867.
