New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-23
From The Sex-Yo'ke'-
fetters from the meoltrrraHean.
py Az AMERICAN LADY.
No. |. .G,BRAtrAs, Feb

e dovs Not one passed without more u, ov of
yale (or gale we had aIost ince'sanuy ID once twice
or would change it, ie" Foi III, be intended TO
80 go, world delude into the beie Ion, his promise.
- b;,.. oran but the deceiver ne lzo-c brow of the
have looked more than once " mil This passage hid
Ocean in calm, and bu[ r ~ dashed in foaining
seen rGres oacn r recling barque. might without P
49, he ,ry termed lountaA piiioN ,irad
wv "a tho .tcan navigation Coipa "a 1;.confor;
sea di' lie travellers sick OF the aaH DIV -, ,b,y
together 20 Atlantic By wind They prosecuted o" W
:" Tue no,ouer the " she weaiheFcn "e aLI,
oo i NO. f.r She had cool, brave and visan, -;
AMY, -. efficient officers. If she were endowed Wa"
30 ,.,onld feel something like one VINO hao ~.
i;salf with six months fever and aSue ." I
p;,.r However, last we found the Goa % d
M'e,- T. :; bl 10 saw which most ]oyiuily srce1u
lar oaS' St ,o,rrs ne cave TO view, cleaning
- ~ ,lo hillside or waters c.gc, a. we si'ocu .!
This riinpse Of the territory of Queen ieipca was
J ,ic cf.cr was materially heightened by he appear "
,bolo Aoilla of fhing-s that lay sca''ereo
49, ,ho horc 4 little before sunset "c entered uie
ST., If Gibraltar The wind had been Pervcfsey gh' al
dav and we went slowly; the evening ''o"ce We" -
sant the blue sea smooth as lake. ana 'ne say
coryeops livery of gold, crimson and purple. we iiau %
I'LL ,o tho or,n-yexcd Atlantic and were IN the portals
of ,be gepte Mcd,erraneaa. On either SIDE, Ike giants %
held watch and ward the entrance towers correspond
ing mountain The Rock of Gibraltar on inc EuIoe "''e
,boug more celebrated being c7rttt- CT i;o o
M, seen more imposing than her twin sister OF Africa W'
t.ars the rather dcprecating name OF apes Iin' 0'
then the latter is only remarkable tor beng iayoe Ic
of the monkey tribe, perhaps tIF'v ho!u .e' mas me-
bereO while the former altar on which have been sacri
feed in the name honor and Justice tens OF thousands OF
human lives and millions Of dollars wrung IRON the hard
hands of honest toll She has been baptized GLORIOUS IN
tears and blood and instead of dsputng the title we VIII
cross some bright day Apes Hill and study moral
philosophy with It's Inhabitants for il clear our human cole
is imperfect is proof.
AT ten ir the evening anchored in the Bay about mic
from the Mole-(vcsscls do close IN here with
some forty or fifty sail riding anchor all around u.s. and be-
fore us clear ard wedc!ncd, the Rock trer her YES
lure of waers-cnctmed her base by band OF light ia
indicated the situation of the The bay n0a crcu
lar four miles perhaps five diameter, and opens toward
the South en,cng the eye first encounters on the west
side the Spanish town of Agesirs, seac. apparently on
gently Inclined plane the foot ii range OF hisa cy
deal in the grandoquen they may call them mountains mere
following the of the bay two more towns present
themselves neat n smiling in the distance while back OF
them is seen considerable town. GROWING az cnnehce
then bodcr HILL and mile two OF low lever peach com
pees the panorama On the point stands the ock
forress-tc Wanted key Of the Mediterranean with the LOWE
reclining at the and against the side OF the steep noun
1ain
At the frs, glance 1 disappointed am probably
wrong in the impressions but to mo that s cFe
view setting aside the acceson oi which 10y the way
are not striking on observation, II l. interior to many
noins on cur own Hudson West Point for ns;aace-il
ing ALL Nature and Art togetherxces II IN grandeur ana
beauty rs the Once the so-thcrc l. no
soil-rock mcan-it quite different a'air at present
are finding fault with the Bay Take two mles OF the
Highlands almost any part OF the range on the fiudson-
-N-
porholcs-run low wall along the shore, and you have an
idea of the appearance of this stronghold from inc water
II does higher ,hc actual Nights ZOO ies and
lacks the coloring of vivid that enrchcs the Acrcan
landscape The first aspect does not reveal the astonishing
lebors that Military has layished upon TINS spot lou
must penetrate the head of the mountain appreciate them
and all attempt describe them must wait inter season.
II have sayed int kcrcsy III taste on the suect OF
Gibraltar suspect | about advance Sravcr one IN
pocs-ha is rated and maxtaned at cost much above
actual value England deensit one Of the brightest gems
Of her diadem and certanly rather expensive jewel
kept $50 600 per nothing OF improvements
aade aud projected But after al. dccs H. rs she ,nccs
sanity boasts give her the command of the Mediterranean
should think not in the degree that she assumes
The Straits here at the point twelve miles
wide The fort alone command that distance In 4
clear dav they NAV see vessels the opposite side but then
guns cannot reach ihena in tho night even British 11
nnce would hna il difficult watch trim, s!y Yankee craft
stealing along the African coast brother Jonathan thought
good SPECULATION that rance and SPAN have
sufficient line oi both seas and could they did
wish the Straits, avail themselves OF their
means of internal communication. France III particular
perfectly independent But the Rock OF Gibraltar OF Itself
could not prevent their passing fifty day if they Ike.
Ships must at last be the real guardians OF the passage The
strongest navy, the mistress OF Gibraltar, vii held the
kew In case of a with the United States for instance,
the advantage England would have given her by
which the possession tins Rock adds little. All trade with
the Mediterranean converge 10 tins narrow point and
their neet knows where lie in wait commerce;
and il case disaster they find protection and
aid under the guns of the orrcsS-and at all iime II IS
convenient depot. This Is much, certainly but not the very
thing The actual question OF passage and supremacy mast
be settled on the and in OF wal England wou
send much the naval force here whether she owned
foot OF land and America in either case would take
similar measures. Either the trade here, d's
patch fleet 10 protect As poittd 0nPui, it
bic smaller vessels be mi>cicyoas than would be
employed if they did possess i-ba would thar be
imporan consideration Or. taken together the
iinsent advantages in case equivalent the
drain Of 10000 year time OF peace Nine hundred
pieces Of cannon and fur Thousand to attend them for
the purpose of commanding pass, which II does Ro' com
nand looks like high price for the honor and power ready
gained By the wav the mann strength is the
I'd front but on the bay face OF the rock kN,en-
sve additions be made the tortfcaons on
account, said, of the change that steam has wrought n
military operations Steamers may dash at ence Of they are
not sunk on the way close up the walls OF castle and
carry it by Storm in way that would have delighted the
hear, OF Napoleon, with fierce THAI would be wholly made
qa,e they depended the wind Their own success IN