New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-15

w hiie lying TO during these protlacIed ana unpar'
alleled tempests, the matches of the Romer were
obliged to be kept constantly closed-she crew and
passengers were confined in the little cabin, and the
wild seas leaping and lashing themselves on deck
like infuriated anmals-while the hurricane roared
and shrieked and howled among the cordage and
over the raging sea, like the prophetic voice OF
dire destiny, which came al once 10 warn and de-
s,roy For three days and three nights at one time
all were thus confined below not knowing, al every
sharp dip of the lille boat into the tremendous quit
between the mountain seas whether she was to
struggle up again the air sink farther and tar
Their down until sue reached, with her living freight,
those dreary depths CT mid ocean where float sus-
pended so many ghastly and imperishabe wrecks
of things passed away forever from the knowledge
and the memory Of man.
Along the dark and rutted waters lied
The straining boat. whrlwind swcptit on
With fierce gusts and prcciptatinc force.
Through the white ridges OF the chaiad sea,
The waves Higher and higher still lscourse,
Their fierce necks writhed beneath The tempests
Like serpents struggling in ayuure'S grasp
And fearful and long protracted was the struggle
between that little boat and the cool and determined
skill OF those who directed it, and the mighty Ocean
lashed into its most magnificent grandeur by the tor
turing tempest Often did hope quite abandon them
vet no cheek blanched with fear. Sometimes the
Captain or the Mate would creep TO the companion
way cautiously open the hatch little way, and look
out to see the Notwithstanding the coming seas
a. they tumbled their shapeless mountain masses to-
ward the little vessel, and instantly closing the
hatch as she buried her bows in the wave, which
passed over her deck with furious trampe, max
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great fear that if she escaped being swamped
her deck would be broken in by these tremendous
seas; and in that case she would have filed and
gone down ere the luckless voyagers had got last
glance at the sky.
But the glorious little Clipper lived through all,
ard on the afternoon Of the 9th resumed her course
to the Eastward-skimming the dark waters like q
bird. On the lst of March she passed and spoke
the ship ST. Patrick, from Liverpool for New York,
and on the 4th-ior the first time during the voyage
"A dry spot tcas risible on tie main deck. Al half
past P NJ on the 9th she made the Shelley Rocks,
with two lights bearing North East by East, dis
tant eighteen miles. At half past II P. M. made
Cape Clear light bearing Norih.North-East, dis
tant sixteen miles
AT O'Clock the next morning Pilot boat came
along side and Pilot bargained for TO take the
Romer into Cork. line thrown from the
irish boat TO the Romer, in the center Of which, in
tight moose, was securely fastened the Pilot, who
was then thrown into the seq, bis friends keeping
fast hold OF the other end OF the line He was now
hauled on board the Rome.i and jumping on deck
with the water dripping from him in streams, he
made single dash for the helm, singing out in the
most indifferent manner imaginable Port your
helm! I On being asked by the Captain il he would
take something TO prevent his catching cold, he
pulled out a Father Mathew Temperance Medal,
which he said, with a smile, was sure preventive
against taking cold.
Arrived at Cork, the Man in the Glazed Cap
started directly for liverpool whence he returned on
the 9th, and noon the next day the Clipper got
under way and started for home. In the meanwhile,
however, an incident occurred on board the Clip
per which must not be omitted. On the 9Th. while
lying al Cork waiting the return of the messenger
from Liverpool, the LIST officer Of II. N. ship the
Crocodile was sent on board by the Admiral, with
request to Capt Mcclure to haul dorH the AHier-
ican Flag Suffice it to say that this strange re-
quest was peremp.orily refused by Capt Mcclure
and the Officer took his departure. About three
quarters of en- hour afterward he returned with
very polite apologys,ating tha, the Admiral, from
the smallness of his vessel, had taken capt Nc
Cures Clipper TO be "a English Pi!ot-ooas lhis
ex PLANTATION of course sufficient nnd we are
happy 10 state that the gun on Admiral Mcclure
vessel was not required 10 be used, and his starry
Penuant remained unrutfed as his temper
On leaving Cork Harbor, the Romer had the
Measure Of outsaiing the Irish Pilot.boa which
started with her, as well Of leaving several other
vessels fl. behind her She arrived home, as Is al
ready known, on the morning of the 18th inst
with Eve days ater foreign intelligence and with all
on board in capital spirits and much improved IN ap-
pearance By the voyage Il must be remembered that
the Clipper in returning home ran TO the Southwark
in search of srlooth water, and thus made e thou
sand miles more OF way than the packets which
sailed a, the same time. The fact about the rela-
i've speed of the Pilot-boa; and our best packets
| seems TO be this: With e smooth sea and good
breeze the Pilotboat show any thing that sails
! clean pair of heels; %, in rough weather and
heavy seas the boa. must lie 70, while the ship
! cracks on in satety. On the voyage out the time
consumed by the Roner in lying TO was equal TO
nine days and nights; and when this Is deducted
from her running time, we find that the Roner, In
favorable weather can make the uip either way in
/ fifteen days Capt Mcclure is an experienced and
skilfuI navigator He is of opinion that he
the Atlantic with he Roner, in all ordinary sea
sons even in the winter in less time than Is re-
I CURED BY any OF The packet ships
lis proper 10 add in conclusion, that the ulterior
objects Of this mysterious voyage have never been
made public
An article appeared in The Tribune of Saturday
morning April llth, which TO some extent connect
ed the voyage with Newspaper Enterprise, bu, the
objects appeared 10, 70 be fully disclosed.
TIE following is list of the Passengers, Officers
and Crew of this noble little craft or her late
voyage: Passengers
/ MONROE +. GALE. WILLIAM BRoGAS.
OFFICES, &c
I CGps1sa- --JAAES Ae1StKs.
/ Frs Hass. lone ef The oTneIs).--JA4Es J. WlLhh'
| SOD n1ts JAMES CONNER
S,s-,,-yi nd Csox AARSEALL GREEN.
JANIS 3 JoENSoS GEoEGE COLToS,
JAMES AcLEISLIE, EDWARD tEfEa-