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g written placard, presenting a broadside of staring capitals, was found tacked against the main-mast on the gun-deck. It was as if a Drury-Lane bill had been posted upon the London Monument. CAPE HORN THEATRE. * * * * * * * * _Grand Celebration of the Fourth of July_. DAY PERFORMANCE. UNCOMMON ATTRACTION. THE OLD WAGON PAID OFF! JACK CHASE. . . . PERCY ROYAL-MAST. STARS OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE. _For this time only_. THE TRUE YANKEE SAILOR. The managers of the Cape Horn Theatre beg leave to inform the inhabitants of the Pacific and Southern Oceans that, on the afternoon of the Fourth of July, 184--, they will have the honour to present the admired drama of THE OLD WAGON PAID OFF! Commodore Bougee . . . . _Tom Brown, of the Fore-top_. Captain Spy-glass . . . . _Ned Brace, of the After-Guard_. Commodore's Cockswain. . . _Joe Bunk, of the Launch_. Old Luff . . . . . . . _Quarter-master Coffin._ Mayor . . . . . . . . _Seafull, of the Forecastle_. PERCY ROYAL-MAST . . . . JACK CHASE. Mrs. Lovelorn . . . . . _Long-locks, of the After-Guard_. Toddy Moll . . . . . . _Frank Jones_. Gin and Sugar Sall. . . . _Dick Dash_. Sailors, Mariners, Bar-keepers, Crimps, Aldermen, Police-officer's, Soldiers, Landsmen generally. * * * * * * * * Long live the Commodore! :: Admission Free. * * * * * * * * To conclude with the much-admired song by Dibdin, altered to suit all American Tars, entitled THE TRUE YANKEE SAILOR. True Yankee Sailor (in costume), Patrick Flinegan, Captain of the Head. Performance to commence with "Hail Columbia," by the Brass Band. Ensign rises at three bells, P.M. No sailor permitted to enter in his shirt-sleeves. Good order is expected to be maintained. The Master-at-arms and Ship's Corporals to be in attendance to keep the peace. At the earnest entreaties of the seamen, Lemsford, the gun-deck poet, had been prevailed upon to draw up this bill. And upon this one occasion his literary abilities were far from being underrated, even by the least intellectual person on board. Nor must it be omitted that, befo
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