New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-07
BAYARD TAYLOR'S LETTERS.
From the Falcon.

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NaII OFF CHAAIEsroN. sunday July
M,sr-s G-s.ly r MEi-r''
Tte-ei.s heavy swell and mary a. .ues IS ny
.ea-sick slipmstes knoT,l are more easily done
than the Whiting Of letter bat perhaps csa
get enough Of steady surface "a the Intervals TO
pep voua few Ines from this first stage OF our
voyage.
Thus far the tine has passed very pleasantly
We LETT New-Yors in tie gath sr.ug Of rain,
which visited IS heavily on Thlrstay night. but
since then. with the exception OF e few violent
thunder showers. the weather has been clear and
warm The Falcon s capital sea-boat, aai
rolls less than any vessel 20 which have ever
sailed Her comms1ier. Lieut. Hs-t.rein, il a
thorough seaman. wiki Tat elist. -entlemariy
3ea-i..y = hica distinguish oar naval Ulcers.
Among the passenge-s We have = great variety
Of character aud one has an opportunity Il noting
may interesting contrasts. which nothing short
%. this Ca.i1rnia phelom-aJn c7ld ever bring in-
- joxtapos.,iou. Capt. schenck, Of tie Nav.
who T. take command # tue new steamer Ohio.
s ou board. aaa helps Us get over Gle fos sea
time with lis "reminiscences Of military lie 10 Cal
l,ornia. We have ais1 a company of tRe.ye Bs.;i
moreans among whom is NJ. Wethered, bearer
Of dispatches and Capt Goldman. who, IN his feet
vessel the Argyle, sailed 10000 miles on various
VOYAGES Then there are D)~u-Easters-men Of
the genuine stamp who w0ud be sure 20 fall on
their feet wherever they might be thrown quiet
and sedate spanisris hilarious Germans and
.ew others whose precise character IS more dir
cult TO determine.
We lost one OF ourpassengers oil sandy Hook
DOT by sea-sickncss or falling overheard; but he
had come off leaving at his hotel vaiise contain
ing about 81 600 in god aud was obliged to put
abou, tn the pilot. He will take the Crescent
City and meet IS ut Panama.
The msil taken By the Falcon rom New-l ork
alone amounts to nearly 1000 Letters. Tn- new
Postmaster for san Francisco, jacob b Moore,
Es1. who Is on board viii nave sahi emit occupa-
zion ou hs arriss. Among the freight on board,
Intended for the same destination are 900 boxes
OF boots and shoes golddiggiag, especially IN the
we, localities. being very severe upon shoe-leaIher
On Friday, Que day out. We exchanged signal.
with the Cherokee, of the savannah line, which
,s.seI US about TWO niesto the s,arboart Larry
SATURDAY morning W. rounded Cape Hattera,.
taou.n without the usual rough weather The
same day. about noon Capt Hntstein saw
through his glass a vessel to the west Of Us, ap-
parenty in distress The Falcons head was III
stantly turned in the direction, and IN an hours
time We came up with her. The sea for some
distance around her was strewed with barrels
fragments of buI warks, stanclious and broken
s9ars she was a schooner # perhaps hundred
tons living on her beam ends and water-logged.-
AT every swell she sank 10 her upper bulwarss
aud would evidently siak 10 short time. Her
maiumast was gone, the foremost broken AZ the
ward, and the boWsput snapped oh aud lying
across her bows The mass of spars and rigging
drited by her SIDE sursng dreasy GA the heavy
sea Not soul was ab,asd, aud " male many
concctures az = their fate. As ! could see, by
the all of a glass the low coast Of North Carolina
west of Us there was reason TO hope they had
made their way thlther
We have had strong head v uds since leaving
New-York This morning the Southerner passed
ne On the night, aud We are now p p NJ bat a
short distance lfom Charleston Bar What with
the incident a the wrecs the shoals Of doiphins
and porpoises We saw ~ the Gulf streams, the
ary gambols Of the flying fish. the floating Of the
purple nautil the visit of hungry shark aud the
wkward padding OF green turtles scared by our
steamers wheels the time does not hang on our
hands
The temperature varies from so b - bat this
is always made besrab.e by the soft, DELICIOUS,
Sprng-hkc breeze. Tonight It is cooler, aad rib
bon-.ike stresks OF lightning darling all around
the horizon. You will hear from me again al New
Orleans. B.r.