The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-06-07
Correspondence Of the Revsille:.
SCHOONER "CREscENT CITY," J
100 miles n. w. of Chagres,
March 3Oth. I849.

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EDrToRs OF THE REvEiLLE:-We are mt
length, with a fair wind, nearing our port of
destination, after a tedious passage thus far
of thirty days. At New Orleans, twelve
days was considered ample time in which TO
make the passage, but head winds and Gains
have protracted the passage to its present
unusual length. Our vessel is of one hum
dred and twelve tons Fundamentally feet in
length by twenty in width-wth accommo-
datIOns for fifteen passengers, and we have
stCty-tre, so OF course we are somewhat
crowded. We sleep on deck, excepting
when it rains, and then we don't sleep at
all fortunately, however, we have had,
with two days exception, uninterrupted
pleasant weather. At six o'clock we are
stirred out, and thirty three Of US, cabin
passengers, &C through an ablutionary pro-
cess, which consists Of divers motions over
Il haif-plnt basin of sea water, and we (the
entire lot) are then permitted 10 wipe on
one towel, or TO dry an the ar, As our fancy
suggests. We then have two hours to gaze
INTO the sky or sea, or to yaun or stretch,
or to perform any useful or interesting ma
Mowers that we think proper, and then
breakfast is announced; and now hold on
awhile, and I'll tell you what breakfast
means here, as ! rather IS predicate I" that
Breakfast species of hocus, or illusion,
consisting of sundry manipuations with
contortions of countenance--apparen in
dicating eating, drinking and considerable
enjoyment; the drinking of large quantities
of water TO obtain very little coffee, and the
masticatlon of indefinite cords Of salt junk
for the creation Of indigestion.
| The passengers are pleasant and refined
company, courteous inrheir manners chaste
ia their language and intellectually inclined
II should Judge so at least, from their de-
votion to books-Or | should have said a
SO book" technically called the History of
the four Kings, and that they are deeply
interested in its Developments, infer from
various little explanations and CALCULATIONS
which involuntarily escape from the deeply
absorbed unconscious stuJents-such as
"Two pair, by -" &c He's into me this
pop" "Keep your claws off them pic
ters," &C., SC.
Well, after breakfast the students collect
into little groups, or classes, called " eucre,"
6 monte, ," " vingt ct un, -" bragg" and "po-
kerr" (the last degree has the most admir-
ers,) and prosecute their studies most vigor-
ously until dinner, which is a repetition Of
W hich is ditto to dinner, and then at it again
until morning. Ii is made, in short, per-
petual motion.
We have caught few fish, killed four
sharks, and one large porpose, and within
day or two have been astonishing the pas
sengers by killing birds on the wing with
rifle
We have three lady passengers-Mexi-
eans-and they take things as they Gomez
with philosophy truly surprising. They
always breakfast in bed. A few days since
we run among school of whales, (the first
Ihad ever seen, and the spectacle was to me
most interesting. Three were of the COM
mon large species, and two were grampus.
The captain has iast finished his meridian
observation, which makes us eighty-o one
miles yet distant from Chagres, where we
will probably arrive by morning.