New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-29
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
The u. =. Mail steamer "asbington-A PAS.
sase Across the Atlantic Cure Of sea-
sickness, &c.

BarrisH CHAvxEL- Dec ?. Isl7.

Correspondence Of TIE Tribune.
BRITISH CHANNEL Dec 2. l547.
We are now on the fourteenth day from New York,
entering the British Channel II we are not hiu-
dorcd by iogs we shall b. al Southampton tomor.
row morning We have mad p good deal Of bad
weather the wind dead against US about half Of
tns time, aud yet our passage must. on the whole,
be reckoned a remarkably good ore, when
pared with those Of the English steamers-the dis
tsnce from Boston 10 Liverpool being nearly day
shorter at each end than this from New York to
Southampton We had the second aud third days
out very heavy weather somuch 50 that consider
able portions Of the wheel houses were torn away
but the noble ship bore her way onward. notwith-
standing the violence Of tie wind and waves
The Washington is thus far the largest steam
,hip proper that has ever nayieatcd the ocean
The Great Britain was something larger but she
was merely sailing propeller The other ships
Of this line now being built the Hermann, Hum.
boldt aud Franklin, each to be larger than the
WASHINGTON These vessels are all built under
the sanction and with the patronage Of the Gov
eminent and are constructed of such strength and
durability that IN case OF necessity they are t. he
..ed as vessels Of war. But God grant that such
a necessity may never come upon US " have
had already By far too much OF that dare calamity
Tie dimensions Of the Washington are as fol
io,ys. length 24O feet beam or v ldth 80 feet
tod,r depth 90 feet Imagining the ship to be-
house IL Is four stories high The trst that IS the
l,sermost story Is used exclusively for coal the
second fCr freight the third partly Tor freight ana
partly for passengers state rooms tie last aud up
pernost tor state-rOoms. an immense dinins saloon
saicent for about 200 persons for state rooms par
nj ar fUT
about 80 passengers not including officers stew
ards cooks sc. SC. Above all It should be femem-
bered Is the great promenade deck
some idea OF the expense of running ship oil
this Kind may be gained from the following partic
ulais There are consumed daily for her TWO en-
eines VI 900 horsepower each f0Jty sLc to""
Of coal Remember ton Is sufficient 10 beat
quite a room Tor months with a good stove. The
number OF men required 10 sail aud manage the
ship Is as follows the captain and officers, VIZ
the first second third aud fourth mates 50 sailors
5 engineers Il iiremen, Is coal turner's lmeD
~hO move the coal To the place AT which the hre-
men take u j 2 oilers Den whose business II IS 10
keen the machinery constantly oiled } stewards
oools 5 walters chambermalds also puf-
ser 1 clerk aud store keepcrs-ln all 90 persons
The Warrington is capable OF sailing 10y steam
alone a miles per hour. She Will without doubt
with toleraby fair weather, make the passage
from New.York to Southampton about 8, 400 miles
North sea to Bremerhaven. near Bremen, Germany
the distance is about 800 miles, requiring about two
DAYS more
To .ail across the Atlantic will now doubtless
be- considered by many trtng thing but suoh Is
not the fact. Do what We will, there are always
dangers connected with the ocean. II is no small
thing to cross the great decp-and however often a
person may have passed safely across II, who can
ie as he bids adieu to home and friends, but that
this may be the time in which his mortal par VIII
be consigned 20 the watery grave
But Notwithstanding all the sea sickness and dan
gers OF the ocean, there are yet many pleasures
connected herewith. There is a majesty III II
which the thoughtful soul can never forget. The
ocean is the great type OF Power Infinite and leads
the devOut mind ever upward TO the Author OF al
good A child understand this Late one
night as we Were sailing midway between the
two continents little German girl scarce past
four wears OF age, was walking the deck with her
aged parent a Moravisn preacher aud missionary
the night was very pleasant and the Northern
Lights shone forth with peculiar beauty and bril'
Gancv The little girl looked th0Ughtiully awhile,
and then commenced sobbing as II her heart would
break On being asked why she wept, she SAID
she irdRted 10 see her mother IN he0reR Her moth'
or had died three years before
Ii is surprising how soon strangers become &C
customed and even strongly attached to each other
nj sea We come together Tor the most part
strangers feeling no doubt, a reluctance 10 inc
forming OF new attachments, and yet alter oniy
the bret space of two weeks we shall leave each
others society with regret. On the bosom OF tne
great waters We have been q little banda world
bv sharing, from day 10 day, the same
hopes and fears the same beauties and delights
some of us at east will long remember the bless
ings OF this wintry passage across the ocean
Sea sickness or to use technical term, nausea
nsnrina, which nearly all must to greater or less
extent experience is greatly dreaded 10y many
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strongest possible expressions are made IN refer
ence 10 this Illness II such II may be called. The
sufferers sigh for their quiet homes and still beds
The constant. never ceasiug motion is the great
thing dreaded a place on drcRry rock. or oven
icebers of Greenland, w0uld be paradise com
pored with the loathed state room OF the ship But
once on land again these suhcunes are forgotten,
rs with women the pains and agony oil childbirth
when they have passed
But Notwithstanding all the suherlne OF sea SICK
ness IL seems seldom or never 20 DO any permanent
harm. Indeed the common bclioils that the elect
IL ssl.te~v On the whole no douht the system IS
the better thcr, ior--not however because OF The
rctninp and vomiting ns Is generally supposed DD.
Ol the fasting that Is necessarily precuce' Inc
hungercurchas hccu practcedior ages Ia ",tui"'.
and " in marked success although out &c" persons
are found 10 have the moral courage 10 so throgu
whit Many persons by the abstinence they are
compelled 20 practice IA sea siciUcss are wonder
tu, benefited The system OF every one seems
o. bc parfcd and lnyigorated. and IN some cases
old snd inVetcratc symptoms OF long standing and
that have withstood almost every Kind Of medical
treatment are found IN very short time 10 give
~ay But the l-ddlness and aching OF the head.
,be,etcbine irritation aud reversal action Of the
stomach. and the most obstinate constipation which
seasickness produces, are evidently not the causes
oil the benefit that is derived thercirom.
According TO my experience and obsef' atoms.
now three t,mcs ma crossing the Atlantic, am lei
10 believe that sca-sickness can be IA at case 5
greatly modified God in some cases entuey pre-
vented. by proper management mus u u ''"'
sailors when first going upon me ocean arc -
dom troubled more thsu a few hours win tht SIC"
ness They are Kept mostly IA the "Pe" ar
oecA. at light work. pulling the ropes &c, o'n'.
vcrseycre. and even go Soit while YET ugy az
vomiting. By being thus IN the open AR INC AZ
teuliou Is diverted the BRAIN aud blood are heP-
more cool the syst M is lnylgorated anu toe Spi's
DO not become SO depressed their food TOO D,
comparatively PLAIN ana thus the seeslchness o.
this hardy. useful and yet much neglected class o.
men. is cot short in It's very beginning % 700
those persons who will take upon themselves a
neid and selfdenying course Wal be but n't
troubled Until the symptoms pass very Mite
alnost no iOo0 at ali, should be taken. Tea c"hee
and tobacco. those hatclai-alway worse than use
less-Mtclcs which also are 50 mucn used al SEES