The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-29
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th' 'or 'he hnhsihVy Pleasures we merely
hope 10 enjoy.
CHArrER n.
Oh a wot sheet and a flowing Sea.
Oh for wiud thai follows fast
And oils the white aud ruslltng sal,
And BENDS the gallant mast
Nov fairly "a, sra, the Wind increases,
the color Of the wafer changes from deep
green, 10 a beautiful blue color, and my
feelings sympalhize with the changes which
arc gong on around me. The sea COM
mences TO b. rough. the ship rolls aud Ia
bours heavily aud It's met lou, added to con.
siderable glJdihcss, u the occasion Of my
continually hlhos on The deck, which pro
dUces among the more sturdy, most IN.
aecouptablwaadtrAe cruel mtlh. 1t Is
not long before Fin compelled 10 sound a re.
treat 10 my b2flh, and being confined ,hcre
several days, sudenns all the horrors OF
sea sickness.
will pass over the uuiutercstiug and mo
uo.onous routine Of duties aboard tieship
suffice II to SAL, TINT having recovered, and
after consuml L lust aud equitable por.
ton Of salt junk on hard biscuit, for which
by the bye, bad an amazing relish, | was
gwen a place, quong tho " star bovine -
OF stafboard sdich commanded rs the Sc.
cond mate Of The ship, who acts 10 this in.
stance as the Captains deputy, whose
watch tins IS considered TO be and 10 few
days ! became Initiated 10 all the mysteries
Foi the du,y Of a ships boy. | soon learn
a hanr nth tpsls II. Al. 4
uocieilny ofthe sailor, {who fancics Il vau
are the son Of gentleman, he has on in.
dlspuiable night 10 do 10 YOU as he thinks
pfopora and tho hlfshness and curses~oi
the officer, vha does The same for the same
reason-but wishing how vain'y 10 return
10 that home, which bat few weeks be
fore had Ieit hardly with regret. A state
Of mopish, dicon,euled, dlsgustcd feeling,
strongly ,inciured, must confess, with dis.
appointment, had succeeded the Joyous and
! eShleraled feelings with which | had lett
Charleston; and ,hnss will il, ever be with
those, who think to End on board Of a ship
the EIysun ! expected 70 meet Blesscdy
however, with fair winds and pleasant
weather, a gonilcmaniy Captain, and goner.
ally, agreeable crew, my natural gaiety
soon returned, and begaafo look around
me 10 search for pleasure and enjoyment.
! Hero, far away ftom land, surrounded
+ by vast sheet Of water apparently bound
+ less, may We mark the rise aud tho advance
of the tempest or terrific tornado from the
1 time when a small black speck scarcely
dslinguishablc even by the most experienc.
ed eye, from the mass Of clouds that sur.
round il, rising gradually, TIL sweled into
an inviuc,ble mass, It sweeps uncontrolled,
the broad surface Of tho deep % such
occasions, the roaring Of tho waves as they
madly rush over the side, the whistliug Of
the winds, the confusion of orders, and the
cheers and halloos OF the men encouraging
one another 10 the performance OF their du,
", form a scene easily imagined but diff
cult to describe.
Here too, may We behold and speculate
upon the mass Of light which springlng W
from either bow appears to originate tar
beneath the ,ide--dazzling tho eye with OF
effulgenco broken by the playful gambols o
a dolphin or pospoise, the quantities o
sea weed which tom by some rude commo
ton, from the neither FIELDS of Old Neptune
rise to the surface and are continually wan
dering $50 goes the fable) inSscarch of ,hel
old habia,ious. Tho magnificent appear
ances which attend the rising and settin!
Of the sun and moon, and other phenomena
which however they canno, destroy, alepi