Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1849-07-14


will come again twenty weeks our latitude is 25
deg 10 min. longitude 80 deg q min; to-day, 13th
We are moving slowly lat. rs dec. 10 min, long.
27 deg. i9 min, made no latue and very little lon
gitude. l6tll--On the 18th we went due East all
day, which gives us by chronometer, at o'clock.
A. NJ. lat. rs deg. 10 min. long. "a deg. 81 min. 45
sec. West; and by lunar observation lat 25 deg.
min, long 81 deg "a min; wind South at O'Clock,
T. NJ. lhe Board OF Managers held court martial at
half past two TO try several members for different Of
fences three of whom were fined. viz: -
and -, $40 each for PLAYING cards by an open
light, and - rs, for not working the pump;
so you can see, by the foregoing, that made Ss35
IN one night only by looking out little, and keep
ing things straight. AT sunrise the same morning,
the sailors caught the black cook round at the fore
castle, and soon had him in ropes, and gave him
Jesso. Soyou see that we keep all hands straight.
The complaint was, that he would not cook them
anything to eat. don't think that they hit him a
mex amls5, unless they made one at him and missed
him. 18th, (Sunday)-It was quite clear, but we
made very little headway; the captain was quite
sick, but managed to get up and 90 between decks,
and found four young men playing cards, Zone or
two OF whom were from Richmond.) He scoded
them little and told them if they did not desist,
he should desert the ship at Rio de Jar ero and
not have anything to do with any such crowd ::
upon which the cards were hid and all kept straight
the balance OF the day. We had prayer and the
Scriptures read, by Bro. A s. Boyd To-day q 9th,
at A. NJ, we had good breeze, and went on very
well for about ten minutes, after which it Stacked
OIL and at II O'Clock we had dead calm Lat. %
deg. % min, long. 80 deg As mn, being $500
miles IRON Cape Henry: there was hardly swell in
the sea that could be perceived. Many of the mem
bers got overheard, that they might enjoy salt
water bath, and seemed to enjoy themselves very
much One of them took "a Portuguese man-of-
war, (Which was the most beautiful sight that could
possibly be dreamed of, ON small scale,) to see him
hosting his sails, and change them in various drec-
tons, IN order to catch the breeze; but we had him
IN bucket, where he could not catch any at all
He was much larger than the largest sized butterfly
The life-boat was let down, and went round and
examined leak in the bow, which was a very
bad one, but was soon stopped, which caused great
JOY In the camp as we should all not have so mnch
pumping 10 do. The rudder was also out of repair
down at the waters edge, which was repaired At
T. NJ. we struck the trade Winds but ran out
again, and we were soon going at the rate of five
knots an hour. | might have said, when | was
speaking OF our passage across the Gulf Stream of
Florida. that many who We're very profane were
heard to call upon the name of the Lord, and the
card-players We're seen to heave their cards over
board. Enthusiastically morning we pot into the
trade-wlnds, or rather the invariables we went on
very well, b or knots, lat % deg. 81 mn long.
80 deg. min. We had meeting of the company,
and made few more good laws, one of which i'm
posed fines upon any who played cards after o'clock
at night, or on Sundays, and few more of the same
sort. There were several that complained verv
much about the laws, and seemed to think that we
wanted TO make religious beings of them. In that
they are not much mistaken; at all events we would
like to make them moral. 1t is bad enough for us
TO be cut off from home friends and everything that
IS near and dear to us, without being thrown into
the company OF those that disregard the Sabbath or
the feelings OF those around them. [ know YOU
will agree with us in thinking that we should not sui.
Ter ourselves to be run over by few rowdes when
we have threefourths of the company in our favour
At best, too often feel home-sck, and fear that
have acted the part of fool, in running off from a
good situation, or, at least, where had 'food and
ralmen,' ard coming out here. And have I seen
the worst of it? God only knows; ] shall hone
for the best.
To-day we are sailing South slowly, averaging knots
lat q deg. IA min, long 10 deg We have had three
sails IN sight, one OF which passed about dark and
sequeny could not find out anything about her. ex-
cept that she was very large American ship and had on
all the sails that she could stick on Soon after we passed
her she cut across our stern and went weswardy
Verd f apa waald ne would run ashore on The Cape
GOTH O'Clock, A. MI have been up an hour and a
quarter Mr.. West, (super cargo) who succeeded me
IN office as steward, is very fond of delcaces so last
night instead OF putting the pork on the table cold
did, he had it fried, and had some cold baked beans
(Which were beautiful and for me to stand such
temptation; so partook, and usual they made me
quite sick slept but little, if any, in the first part of the
night, and at the above named time, got up and took
good deal of exercise, and feel BETTER though my head
aches yet but all asleep around except the watch
on deck, and few Others, and things seem to be little
still for once, which reminds me OF home have coneIu-
ded to write these few lines When Ieommenced writing.
we were going very slowly, but the second mate has s
come ill., and informs me that he has hoisted the flying ib
and we are going three knots
2lst Saturday Yesterday we had three sails in sioh
and ran alongside of one, which was the barque Ann
Smith. Of New Haven, Connecticut, which had been
chartered by the New Haven Mining Companv bonnd for
San Francisco California She is $50 tons, With % nas
senges members; 3d. all to and had been out 90 DAYS
andudgngtrom an demonstration we had Yesterday
morning. would say they were aohskeg drinkers There
was Que other thing in which her members differed from
ours, (which was rather Recommendations they shaved
themselves but don't know whether they did SO because
they found that we were going to together their be-
ing ankees, 1t was their custom to shave themselves as
well as every body else. Last night alongside of
another which was the John Mayo, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire She was also barque OF about the same
SIZE, and bound tor the port She was going upon
her own hook and had but few passengers she sad that
se would MOI stop at any port until she got to San Fran
esco Our SHIP as well as the Ann Smith, will stop at
Mo, and probably at Valparaiso. The J. M spoke the
other o. the three, and said that she whale ship
bound Tor the same port and probably for the same pu
pose as ourselves but gave us no particulars respecting her
GU can see by the above that getting pretty thick
In these "diggngs, and when the Atlantic enlpes her
mighty host into the Pacific, and it into the Bay Of San
francisco, there will hardly be for out doors But
am in hopes that the will be amply sufficient in the
gold diggngs-enough for each, enough for ALL enough
for every body Our latitude yesterday was Is deg GA
mn longitude % deg 3 MIN Last night our Longitude
Smith q both of which were accounted for satisfac-
toiiy
26th-The 22d was Sunday, and one of the greatest
days that we have witnessed since we left the Old Don-
on IN several respects In the first place, we in
our clean shTts with our boards off, with fair weather
and six knots breeze all olerabe il not quite WE'LL and
every table seemed to be decorated with something rich
which would remind OF home either duff dundafunk or
some other deleacy, that is all except one mess which
their dundaunk divide their pt,s and eat them raw
they had upon The division Is pums each As for ours
NO g. we had the salt junk with the rest and in addi-
ton to that fresh roast beef boiled shad and mackerel all
puup IN the best manner best in the Old Dominon) after
which came on the dundafunk in abundance We had
service by G L. Lownes, (or Blusterl The two sails
spoken oil above is yet in sight The 23d was about as
was on Sunday far the weather was concerned the
two sails bad disappeared on our lea quarter; had
meeting OF the company elected directors ones term hav
ing expired, and created the Offices of commssary and
assistant commssay. 24th-Far and pleasant, sailed
81 knots sail sioht our yVaa+bar ouarter