On the recent visit of the United States steamer Vanderbilt to the port of Kingston, Jamaica, her officers were insulted by having rebel songs bawled in their ears and were hooted at in the streets. In one instance the insolence of these contemptible secession sympathizers was properly punished. On a Sunday evening, about 7 o’clock, a boat load of men and women, dressed in their finest toggery, pulled around the ship, singing “Dixie” at the top of their voices. Several of the officers were sitting in the starboard gangway, and very naturally felt insulted at this public show of bravado, and wished for a way to stop it, when one of them proposed to put the hose on the steam pump and wet them down. This proposition was at once adopted, and as the boat turned to pass the gangway a full stream of cold water was thrown on the serenaders, drenching them to the skin and tilling their boat half full. As they pulled towards the shore they vented their anger in loud curses against the Yankees.
The Independent, Oskaloosa, KS