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Fer the Sentinel.
Letters 10 Quentin Darward d-Numbst 8.
4 1es as& sAT SEA, Sept. 9TH, ls4o.
:esiDsAR DunwAsD:-v unexpectedly
4 have received 4 letter from, n my paternal
Uncle requesting my immediate presence,
90 he wishes to conferwith lon business
Of much importance 1t is now four DAYS
sincs | left Antiun, and know NOT when
Ishan return, Probably however, at the
expiration Of three weeks if fortune is pro.
,pi.ious. You usknow the yicissitudes of a Sea
voyage, and that one cannot depend, with
any degree Of certainty upon events, which
can be seen only through the dubious pro-
sPectise Of the future. But with all the
-solicitude, and suspense attending such q
trip, it possesses many redeeinings features.
The wildness, and grandeur Of fthe foaming
restless ocean, the, solitude. lin the midstof
the wilderness Of waters, and Fthef varied
changes which dispelt the monotosy ofthe
sbriny deep, areto me sources Of pleasara.
BE contemplation. | may be peculiarly
constituted; but | love to see the tempest
brewing n The biackening sly, ~ hear the
deep tonei thunder, as il bursts upon the
ear. md then dies away ~ fhs. .dislanee,tto
zs6flisfk kaatic Inning III s nom cloud To
cloud, shd shsn quiysrihg, sink, and retire
from ths sesnss There Is an eloquean.ce in
these which I could never resist, \ n s3Es II
Al Tho nSbie steamer which isInow bearing
mo onto Galsna, has BEEN employed dur
ing shsiast fye years III the West India
trade, md has never encountered q serious
accident, She hasl spent the most Of the
past life within the tropics; and though as
saulted, by hurricanes and whildwinds, the
terrible calamity % which that climate is
subject, she hos gallahsly kept above the
waves, and today she glides along like o
thing ofslife. During the present year,
shea&asa removed fronrthat region in con.
sequsacSEof the irresistible violence ofits
storms, The morning ons which we sailed,
.was, 1 think, as beautiful as hexers5 beheld.
.Nosa singlelbreeze rutiledathe unagitated
bosom, of The paoifc sea. Here and thefe
might be seen lesping to its tranquil sur.
face, the more active Of the fnny tribe
who appear to senjoys thsa greatest felicity
at seasons ofcalmp quiet. .Thefmor
ing had Just sBsgan u dawn, when the
sharp whistle, and, the, sudden, deep tonstt
muttering. like that Of pent up fires which
'gnaw ths volcanoes bosony gave evidence
that the power which WAS III bear us y y
our rswayslWas now speedily collecting hi
forces. vaMany of lihe passengers ahed'al
ready asisen, and were promenading tht
deck,. enjoying the scene which was jus
opening before them, All werein the high
.est spiFitsand nature well accorded thss
universal ssynph0nypwhich .pervaded oil
'hearts. We had gone several leagues
when III, s,pyfd monarch u tbe day, aros'
from his ocean bed, and she'd upon Us tn
efulgence of hi. rcoantenancesssI thaile'
I. with joy his cloudiesg entrance upon ,pu
night invested world His 6gst velcqm
beams, astiheyttipped withgold leach rip
pling waSe; seemed TO famea like thelafirs
dawnings Of my moral, md intellectdafeA
istehche aIhsl paasengers which anaidbe
about 400, ssemto hasscoliected from d
parts yf tie, slobs. we have the work, j
miniature. The warm hearted, and elce
.qssnt Isishman the. crude, and undisciplin
"a Highlander, the adventirpuss sand. .rovin
Scot, de dteuch me not Son of old Enc
land, ths mid, aahbte and unassupdihg Pol
tugese, the insasiabls bigcted, and pl ayar EaE
tjous spaniard, shs scsiye and yiyatiepu gsde
Italian, have ~ met e W snnrneror roy
others; and they ldiaplaYsipiaa considerabl
extent, thAGharadteFisticsofthe several nj
!. tons to which they belong. But ! mu