The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-21
Niuht s.il on the Atlantic.


Having received the following well.tonod con.
munication from traveller, whose views con
frmed by our own knowledge of the famous
steamer Atlantic, now running to Norwich, il
affords us pleasure to publish it -
Nsw YoRK, Sept Is, lsas r
have experienced much pleasure in making trip
record what saw. and the treatment, which hum
bic Individual. received u was of those dreaiful'
capped thousands had crowded around the Battery old
men with gray hairs and young children with gay
spirits sitting walking to catch the light
OF evening air that came of from the bsy-carr,sgss
were rolling swiftly by bearing many fair o1e from
the cy's heated AR to some one o. the qus. ~
dwellings BY the side Of the pier lay those two aostirg
palaces Of the seattle Oregon and the Atlantis.
took passage 10 the Atlantic.
There was no rucng: the captain Of the Atairic viii
race without giving the public full notice and ttis
Is we'll for steamboat Of human life is worth than
the gratfca ion of little steamboat pride
We left the pier, and our boat coursed gracefully
round up into the East river calmly, quietly noise
mo loud yelling of masters everything waa ~
perfect order and man attached to the topt
his place. and seemed to know perfectly his dty Wo
passed HeGats that angry conflict OF contending wa
tiers and tides, and We summoned to supper. had
not dned that dav-it had been hot to est-and
wondering should be able TO make dinner at the
supper table. We knew very well that there Is gene
rally enough to eat all our public tables particularly
tunate character which deny gasronomic descriptions
They remind one of late meal a liner, whom re-
~,
all hands around the table where the three meals
OF the day are pitched jumbingly togeher-a little
supper sprnkIed over the generally and good
deal Of everything nowhere. But at our Atlantic"
supper found as Ssst my eye over the table could
at the Aston House. Near by a well bred French
lazy, who made evidently supper par egesence-such
a supper supper eaters alone would honor by that
name-and on the opposite side boarding school Miss
slipping her coffee and not far of long, lean Yam
kee, in whose face visible something that made
think of Bunker HILL pitching into the dishes
est him. He how ever had the good taste to reach
yard or two for dishes was surprised at the good
display generally by this specimen of soci
ETY. Among the motley group Of hundreds there
Who did not have the good taste 70 regard the
OF SO luxurious and elegant saloon There
%ssn al
bic. Something quite uncommon The servants wore
than half so ons R
to ones mouth without leaving dripping trail OF tea
the and sop the tea AMI coffee into the
spill GRAVES on dresses, nor run against elbows and
make one spill his tea or gravy They attentive
body, and moved about wants taught to do
around private gentlemans table We had time enough
to eat We not hurried; and this luxury
seldom tasted in America where man become immor-
tai but lightning manufacturers ] shall not speak
furnished the Deep Lace or the gold cornices and
pennellingof the ottoma,s AMI sofas the matrimo
NAL beds which seem copied from tbs couchos Of Sui
tsna i'll say, however, in wandering through those
gorgeous saloons, could scarcely believe had not been
transported by the gen to OF the superb saloons of
oriental monarch. We we're in the open sound. and
the wind blowing fresh, the rolled by angry.
But noble vessel swept gracefully and powerfully
them, and seemed hardly to feel their beat The
vast machinery played equally, and as smoothly
though it had been playing in oil In examining the ma
chnery was treated with that uniform courtesy which
seemed to characterize every Of the vessels
The chief engineer Mr. Croker, explained everything,
and seemed to be perfectly home with his play
thing" that amount OF questions disturbed him.
He Yankee-had tried shoe making, black.
smithing, and cock-making, for aught know and
during ten years had worked himself up from fireman
a little boat to chief engineer OF the noble Atlantic.
There thing about the engine that struck me
with peculsr feeling The monster leviathan marked
his movements, and he tells you when he has made
million of revolutions; he makes mistake-and when
his ager to tell his master he has turned
round those fearful paddles ten hundred thousand times
Now" said the genlemany Capt Setson second Oh
Ger, if you take bath in the evening, you choose
shower, hot, cold, salt or fresh"
need lot speak of the courteous and noble bearing Of
Capt Du'tan himself of Mr. Steson, his second on
The Only mystery was now they could dhuse them
selves completely through every part of the vessel
But Chesterfield said, good manners work miracles y"
There nothing left to be desiredthere nothing
to be regretted except that was TO any
senger spit the fine carpets Of tho saloon when there
plenty Of sptoons by. But this only like
black spot Tor few of them the lace Of
little after midnight our trip over, and we
rolling the Boston railway along the wild
banks of the beautiful Quinnebaug by moonlight, and
thinking when should make another passage in the
noble Atlantic
Yours, GEL.