about us all the time, and it is as much as a sailor's
liberty is worth to show himself in a red shirt.
These policemen follow the executive officer's boat
from shore to ship and from ship to shore, and
watch his dark manœuvers with a vigilant eye. They
will arrest him yet unless he assumes an expression
of countenance that shall have less of carnage, insur-
rection, and sedition in it. A visit paid in a friendly
way to General Garibaldi yesterday (by cordial in-
vitation) by some of our passengers, has gone far to
confirm the dread suspicions the government harbors
toward us. It is thought the friendly visit was only
the cloak of a bloody conspiracy. These people
draw near and watch us when we bathe in the sea
from the ship's side. Do they think we are commun-
ing with a reserve force of rascals at the bottom?

It is said that we shall probably be quarantined
at Naples. Two or three of us prefer not to run this
risk. Therefore, when we are rested, we propose
to go in a French steamer to Civita Vecchia, and
from thence to Rome, and by rail to Naples. They
do not quarantine the cars, no matter where they
got their passengers from.

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