Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-15

This skipping over the ocean rs mot worth MENTION
'ag" TO bust an The reader iron The middle Of some
Co; ,inent.
The Mary Phillips. . beautiful Mobile Packet.
with a nobie commander. spread her sails for Genos
Nth only one cabin passenger beside her own cir
Gle. consisting Of a friend and his family and my
elf. A long voyage was before AS. aud we prepa-
red eycry thing We conld suggest 10 relieve lis tedi-
am. ! ~expec;ed "a feel the 6si grand sensation as
l saw tho blue h,li- oi my faiherland sink into the
western sky. Nothing ever seemed To me mure
poeiic or pathetic lhas Byron's farewell 10 the land
4 hs birth.
"Adieu. adieu-my naiive land
Fades DER The waters blue" &c.
As I saw the dim shores die away in the distance.
| expected The rhoosand find rrco leciIons Of hume
and its quiet jpys. pehsAIsti he mine mo- more for
ever-ihe deep yesrnins hear toward The land 1
had trod fruin my infancy. and now leh an invalid
with the uncertainty and soliinde OF the sea would
quite unman me.-But nothing could be iurihs Z
from The truth. The sadness | had oiien felt m
Imagination was absent in the reality. The slow.
heavy rolling Of the vessel. soon after we cleared
The harbor. brought on that strange sensation IN
ones head and stomach which entirely upseis his
poetry-and by the time Reversing btgsa To sink
beyond The waiers. I cared Sr aeiiher hume nor
country. Yet AZ the setting sun iei his farewell on
the waters and me blue sky began 20 bend 20 love-
ingly over the vessel as il Roated me away frum
Inc land l loved. thought il was on to loo Pagan
10 feel no sadness. Sol began IN repeat 10 myself
hose sweet lines Of Byron. hui ! made more ryme.
han the i~llusiriSus poet hrmself. 1f uttered aloud
they would have run:
"Adieu, adieu-my native land. tueh, ugh,)
Fades Ger the waters blue" (ugh)
could get no further. and even when The broad
round moon rode mp the gorgeous night heavens,
making the vessels wake q path Of molten silver
to the eye. the efnrt was no mOro successful. Not
the sweet moon and sweier stars, nor The broad
heaving sea. nor fading Neveuing itself could whip
up my sentiment l agreed with Plato for the time,
that the soul was located in The siomach-ai least
they s~ympdhtsed like two brothers. Fur a whole
week we were a dolOrOus group. The ladies' below
sat around the cabin pale and lsnguid-the two
gentlemen above lay rolled uplike caierpiilen 10 die.
Sometimes stretched out in the jolly boat. some.
lines on the rail ] would watch by the hour the
passing clouds 10 escape the dizziness created by
the rolling Of the ship. But the captain said we
mnsf eat and Il was amusing 10 witness the despe-
rate attempts to swallow q little broth. One noon
as lay on the forward deck. too sick to 60 into the
cabin, | happened 10 cast my eye through the open
door, aud saw my companions around the dinner Ia
BILE. They sat pale aRd languid, the whole counie.
nance expressing unuierable Ioaihing-One hand
grasping The table that stood al an angle OF about
fory-6ve degrees, the other feeling about -lisilessly
for he'd. Near by stood the short chubby steward,
like the leaning tower Of Pisa-his neck outstretch-
ed and looking as earnest and solemn as If Me and
death were depending on the scene before him.-,
For a moment ! forgot my own wretchedness in the
ludicrousness Of the picture. just thea I heard a
groan. and turning round saw storage passenaer-~l
an ltaliaR-(a perfect Bonaparis ia form, by the
way9 stretched his foil length on a bale Of cotton
and has counteRance expressing even more disgust
ihan my American fiiends. ssAh ,hagp said I,@come
slaoa benef' You should have seen the mimi Ia.
bic face he ma . up. as placing his hand on his am
ME fnrn~~k 4 IL al
ilie on The ocean wave" il a pleasant thing to sing
eoouLesPeeially if you are in a snug worm room and
have Rossel 10 sing il. but those who Try il fluid the
chorus has never yet been written.
The sleeping, or rather not sleeping, in a misera.
ole berth sx feet by Two. holding on 10 the one A.
Dove you to prevent being lhrown oui-lhe eating
like an Eastern devofee bowl z over his sacrifice
the pitching and tossing Of The ship against a head
wind on The hsaVy brsaksrs-fhe long, moaotoaous
days and often restless ~nigh;s-Ibe Nearisome caImsI
and fearful storms, and more than ali the yearninR
ailer the green quiet earth, make a sea voyage irk-
some and sickening. II IS true there is some relief
10 this. There il a beauty al times on the ocean.
IN IT'S Changes and caprices, that break The iedium
enc would otherwise feel. 1 n rink l never enjoyed
mere tge more keenly than when sitting in q clear
day far out on the aying jib boom have eareered
with The eareering vessel. and looked back down
the keel, watched The waters part and foam away
from The cieaviEg bows. Mex 20 this it is pleasant
- - - NAtA toaHu " ~ On ANE A0n-
mast yard and look abroad on the great solemn
ocean. and catching the vessels dhat are lowering
dim and distant in the horizon, and send Sail ho,o
70 the dreaming group on deck. IL Is also pleasant
70 lean over the tafTaIl and watch the rainbow DOB
phins slowly swimming after the vessel. o. the por.
Poi'e houHdeung ahead. while perhaps Tho black
M Of a shark Is coming the wafer In The distance.
A clear evening on the quarter deck, when The soa
soath wind jusl fills the sails thai are gently swell
ling IN the light Of The moon. and the bright apar
kle here and there on the water seems the twink.
ling OF fairy feet abroad on their nightly reyels.-l
There ~ a sense Of freedom too Al sea. The i~ostlina
jar Of wheels, and the cInmon oH
men, are not around. There are fims
and room enough 10 think. Every hing seems AL
loisure-sveu The waves when mOst exered have
q stately motion. But these pleasures are ell trans
tent, and then cOnss The long Pining ahsr the fresh
earth. II
The pleasure Of our passage was much marred by
the losa of man overheard. When within a few
hundred miles Of the Azores. We were snken hY al
succession O~fsqualls. Forming almost inslaniane.
ously on the horizon. they moved down like phan
toms on the ship. For q few moments we would
be buried in foam and spray, and then heavily roL /
on a heavy see. We. however. prepared our |,
selves and got every hing snug The light sails
we're ell in-Ihe jibs. top gaianls and spsnker hur
led close-the main sail clawed up. and were crash. (,
ing along under close rsefed top-ssils, when man. /,
YVES coming down The last reef slipped a. he :
stepped on Inc bulwarks and went over hack v ,
INTO he waves IT, Q m0meni that most terrific oil .
VI cries ai soa, "A man overheard q ran over /;
'oardF' lev like lightning over The ship. Isprusql /.
ipon he quarter deck just as The poor fellow. with \
be Fearful human lscs,s riding Inc top Of a biIlow =
led past. ~ en- instant Ell was cOmm0iiou planks \
NeFe cast over hr him 30 eeizs and sustain himself y
N pniil me chip conld be pa, abVui and Inc boai !
lowered. ,
The 6ut msis. a bold fsry fellow. lsupsd Into