Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-01


,;r.nt nautical skill exActed the con-,
Ia.rs ,f those around him, and his 'n'e".. for
so"r.,e proved equal TO any emergene!. y:
,uns For. when his daring prov was Pn,.es
- tho West and his companions ieit 'ne'i 800
on The bosom of the great deep, leaving me-
If not life, behind, and sailing tney NM IS ex.
wh;,her. il demanded arare con9inal.on c,,.
,raordinary talents for one man. an oo.. ..h,jent
e;,ner 40 retain the obedience OF "iS
hut faint. arted followers -, esw
Theiy terrors began TO be trouo!eso."e ,hs
DAYS after quitting Gomera, on precet.I"S
v,,ia,;on ef the magnetic needis. ''N,'l..e |
oeseryes t6e honour of being the mrs. 70 US
This phenomenon, which still remain. r, a"'o
! The unexplained mysteries oil nature' I ,er
i ,r;se and CONSERVATION OF his oiheer' a"a ,as
IN ,h9 occasion are sufficient PROOF '"'. ~ &C
unno,iced until then some a,;,r n
cr;bpd the credit Of making THIS ooas. r.
Cabot. in l4e7, but Las Casas, re,ul"a"n
lumbns. Herrera, and Munoz, had a,.o" c.,,or
in claiming it for the admiral, anu , e, ,o,,ooe
;no extract from the journal oil ms go, n,s.
E da5.d Sept. 18th, taken in conheAio" WV ron-
s,ge in his accoun, Of his third ooyase' 10 ,he
s;dered by Senior Nayarrete as eslso''s""s shsn.
, fact He succeeded in quieung inc 'Pp;
sions of his people by an ingenious ~ his own
: which, however, was unsatisfactory abo,
, w. WI In reading the passages we are aoou,
j. NM ;, sboud be observed, that they are no
."Lsn f,om the original journal OF columbus
% ,"A'r WARE abstract in the words OF La
. w. IA a. !, appears from Munoz,s UNI"
;.sen gstor,a del Nuevo- Mundo, that Columou
., ,an, ,,yo journals, one private and au'he.s..
~ e. .hs o,ber with false reckoning ana sPe'.ou
~ epts il would seem that both were u''
40 =, ~, ;re this abstract, the phrase 'he ~
AZ s,ys ',oGjer introducing not what ne mus
H., ,yh., he wished his companions 10 ':'' =,
m I,s Casas has given some long passages, ~ :.
60 ,,arv words of Columbus, but such are 49,
va, w.; hu notice 10 that effect, and III 'en'
-, Tay.rre,e's book are dislins uished oy ih'e''>
ish commas .r,;.a INV and nipt
' n,ino;no their course West, they sahe"
~, ,aaonss and counted or less. he e',.e'
"y '.asscon,rarv. This dav, at the commen'
8" an, of nipbt. the needles varied (norutsu
~, han\ TO the Nor,h-west,S they also 'a'le' ;,
rs ha, 10 the North,west, IN the morning
o.. VA MondovISeDt l7M-Continued tneir co u:
'oH W. and sailed in the day and hlght, !,
' anr o,gues and upwards; noted down out 49,
,,nrert favored them; they saw man! We
oh. and very frequently; it was rock weeu' :,
'sn an from towards the west; they Juogea
""' Ioud WIS near. The mates took the hoi''
p,n rnarkinp it, and found that the needles sS,
y, - 1.-THE North west Gas agnias norues'eapau
, =, whole quarter, which terrified the nis,lh'
i"'a' yho stood in suspense, without saying
u p.': mho, The Admiral perceived 1t, ana o,ue
'hoe VIZ o.. marx the North anew at dayor
aun , and thew found that the needles pointed al
49, , tho cause was, that the star which appears
"'en lion and not the needles. At daynreaK
u IN dar cav MANY more weeds, which appeare
f,aln L La r,er weeds. in which they found live
which the Admiral kept and says that these
q ,JanlE sure .siens of land. be- ause they are
icient sea water is, salt snceAr- ens ie'tts
sand the air more and more mild; they were a
ne to good spirits and the vessels commended W
Id be should go fastest, to be the first to d.
per- land, they saw many funny fish, and the
inland of the Nina killed one. Here, the Adm
which saws, those signs were from the West, W
ured hope in that high God, in whose hand i
sue victory, that he will very soon give us
ever; This morning he says he saw a white
ay of called RADIO de junco, which is not wo
., on sleep at sea- -
a sea Sunday, Sept ioh-At light the needles V;
suit quarter to the North west, and at dayh
N the they agreed exactly with the star; by wbl'
jsions appears that the star has motion like the {
month stars, and that the needles always indicate
alf an true p;oint-(Tom l,P 3,e,l5)
anarv ITO be coacluded)