Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-01
STEAM Boar PASSAGE FROM NEwJYoRK.


! al would, yoa did hut see how Il ehsfe', bow Il msss, how
t.ks' up the shore but that. moi 70 The po'si, .. ne most
pAsSy.'er Of 'bs p1pr soul. sometimes mt me-. 20 y. ZEE ' r.;, .rs ~ na ,u 70
anon swallowed with vest and ifosh, as you'd iha,st . cork into
a ~hogshesd. And then for the land ser'ice,-To see bow Y
bear tore ont his shoulder-bone; how he cried to me Tor helps
and sA, his name wa. Antisonu,, a nObleman; But to make
an end Of the slip ito see how the sea haP-draee ned ni--bu,
drss,how the pool souls rOaIed, and the sea Knocked ,hem t,,snd
Shakspeere, Tempest.
"Tis now the very whehing time Of night;
When ehurch,sr d' yawn, and he'll itself bresihes out
Contagion 10 ti, world; Shak,Psors's Hanist.
On Monday evening last, We entered on
board the Steamboat Long Branch, COM
handed by that skllfuI master, Captain Ma
Their, and having been some two or three weeks
absent from our home, we INDUCED in the
pleasing anticipation Of soon viewing the head
lands of 2hodc-Island, and Of once more tread
ing the lands Of the Greens, and the Olneys.
and the Pcrrys." At half past seven. the bell
Of the steamboat announced the moment OF
departure. and the companions Of her little
voyage, were well pleased to behold her
breasting the current that opposed her, and
vending over the bosom Of the deep, and hid
ding defiance, even to the almost ~.ovcrwhelm-
ing forces of Hurlgato, and molly breasting
the pillows that rose their crested breasts TO
repel her action over the surfac CO Of old
oceans tributary streams"
A goodly company Of passengers Of both
sexes, were on board Of The FLOATING palace
and whilst she gIided gracefully over the deep,
the smile Of dimpled- checked beauty, and the
cheerful loquacity Of the sterner part Of the
"living cargo" kept tune to the music Of the
waters; and onward we bent our way, to the
shores Of Connecticut-the land Of pocsy,
piety, and scholastic lore.
The spacious festive board, was now re.
moved, and each and all INDUCED in colloqual
wit and good humor- laughed at the babbling
waters, and gazed with admiration on the
scene that presented itself, and saw in the
rays of the half-filled moon, as they glowed
upon the pillows, the image of the God-head
imprinted on their bosom, and the presence OF
the Almighty, exemplified in the wonders Of
the rolling torrents.
We know not how it is with others. but to
US, there is no scene more imposing none
more happily blended with majesty and ave-
with the beautiful and the sublime than that
which is afforded by a moonlight view Of tho
mighty b llows Of the deep = in beholding at a
distance the surgcs lashlng the rocky strand
the gallant barque nodding to the wave, now
tapping her canvas in the wind and now shad-
owing the deep with her wide spreading top
sails, whilst the cries of the sea-b,rd, float upon
che air, and the porpoise and the dolphin. fit
through the waves, and exhibit that which
man cannot imitate--the wonders of the Ever
lasting Creator. To US, one Of ;bese scenes,
present charms, which all the efforts and mas
terry Of the artist cannot delineate;- 1T gives to
us a rich intellectual banquet, which can only
be conceived and appreciated, by those who
believe in the existence Of the Almighty Crca-
tor of the Universe, and acknowledge his at
tributes
The night was already far spent;--and hearts
that were light, began to grow dull, and eyes
that once beamed with pleasure, and spoke of
raptures, grew weary with gazing; and, having
babe the glorious scene farewell, wo betook
ourselves to our births, and gave ourselves up
20 the protection of the Ruler of the Heavens
and the ocean, and like Richard, strovc "once
more to sleep her into morning.
1t was already pas, the gloomy hour of
twelve; the faithful sentinel Of the night had
cried all's well, and tho inmates of the vessel,
absorbed by baImy sleep, dreamt not of the
dangers that surrounded them, and unnoticing
and minimizing, reclincd on their pillows, and
dreamt of t.er homes, of their companions,
and their loves. The deck watch had scarce
done their duty, and summoned the sluggish
mariner, TO relieve his companion at the helm,
when the rude and rough notes Of the Pilot
awakened US with the cry Of helm q Ice,
down your helm, hard down, hard down, hard
down I say,or we are lost" But tho mandate
was communicated too late, and at the instant,
a horrible crash was heard, accompanied by a
tremendous shock which was succeeded, by
the general confusion Of all OH ship board
Springing from our beds, or as Dimond would
say. =" from our hammoeks,'' we crushed to
the deck" when q scene. directly the reverse
Of that which had delighted US but a little Pc
Rod anterior, was presented, and flied each
bosom with terror and dismay.
A packet vessel, large enough to engulph
US, was almost across our little barge her
bowsprit extending from cardboard to star
board side"-her bow beating against our
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