Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-16
From THE SHIP GLENMORE.

| EROM lHE St1IF GLENMohEh
The following very interesting extracts are
taken from leller from a young friend to his
father, uho resides in Ibis city. 1t is dated:
| Snip GLENMosE, Soulh la'. l4o 80,
I OF the coast vi Peru, Aug. l, 1649.
We are now within days sail, or one hum
dred and fifty miles OF Callao, and have deler-
mined 10 lake the same precaulion DID wnen we
ran into Rio, and write before arriving al Caao,
for lear that something may transpire 10 prevent
me from writing as fully as desire.
When we eh Rio We felt that we had very
periluus and hazardous voyage before US, and all
looked with awe and dread 10 rounding cape
Horn. on account oil The many reports and rumors
circulated in Rio in regard 10 It's dangers In tact
TWO or three vessels had been compelled 10 return
10 Rio, owing 10 he damage and injury which
they had sustained in attempting 10 round it,
They of course gave the most exaggerated &C.
| counts OF lis dangers and difficulties, and you
will no doubt be- asreeably surprised and gratis
| fed when inform you thai we rounded this iar-
| lam, d poiu the dread OF all mariners, on the Sd
Of July lS49, under sudding sails, in twenty
| tour hours: making distance oil more Than 2Oo
miles in III short space OF time. But know maj
you will be sill more sgfeeably surprised when
| tell YOU, that your humble servant my dear Ia.
Their, performed ieat which is almost sremark.
able as that Of our gallant shiri feat which
venture 10 affirm, no other living or dead Amer
lean ever did, hich was TO deliver 4Ib OF July
| Grafton on The Pacific Ocean, off Cape Horn, 10
| South lai, 81 deg amid intense cold, snow and
| hail Verify we do not know what The future
and the fates will bring Iorh and decree; for II
any man had told me This on The 4th OF
July. ls43, / wouli have laughed al him as an
IDIOT or a madman. This was an undertaking
which al FIRST declined, bu' was SO pressed by
many OF my friends, and when TOOK into consl>
| deration The pleasure which knew il would al
{, YOU, determined to accept it, and 10 cndeav-
, or 10 acouil myself as HANDS ,mey as the circum-
stances under which il was written would permit.
had only two weeks TO write il TO- and what The
| sailors termed "exlremely nasty weather" For
below the River La Plate The sun scarcely ever
shines, and when il Is, is with that pale, lee
! bic and sickly light hat is more dl>aereeahle and
| decreasing than cloudy weather. But wrote IL in
TWO DAYS. comm,ed il TO memory, and delivered
! il in halt an hour-rece7iog, undeseiyedly, the
raulaions OF all. But all knew the disad-
vanIsses under which il was written ard most
| generously made allowances lot us many iiiiPet
| iecliuus
The proceedings Of the celebration will be
sent 10 the Richmond and Petersburg papers for
publication; you will then SEQ the toasts, which
70 re drunk in cod pater, and you will also see
how the anniversary of our national birth day
| is commemoraled on the bosom oil the Pacific
By body Of Virginia adventures.
| If nv letters ate rather too egollstical in
their character, you must mako charitable all
lowances and excuse it. for one can sea cely
write on shipboard withou, egotism; for he IS
either directly or indirectly connected with ev-
cry thing that lranspires.
| The weather from Rio TO the Horn was cold
| and disagreeable without being really stormy
although we had some stif gales-but we had
only one severe blow and that was OF from The
River La Platte. thought that | had heard
frequently the wind blow, bu; il seems that
had not the faintesl conception of its power
until that night. We ran for twelve hours be.
fore the wind under bare poles, with not rag
of canvass but small sail called The spencer
| and which is attached TO The m.inmast, and mai
was sci 10 give Storage 10 the vessel,
! went on the poop deck, and The WIND was
| blowing perfect hurricane, creating roar as
| i, rushed through the shrouds, IN fesemolea lne
| tramp and believing OF herd oil caltie the
ocean a, times was literally levelled by lis yIo'
lence, and presented the appearance OF an I'M
manse sheet OF ioam al other times waves would
roll, not "mountains high" but some appeared
| alike and as large as "French Garden Hill"
| they would strike The ship with great violence
1 and make her culver in every timber, sending
the water from bow TO stern. II was emphasIcai-
| ~ III. most magnificent and awiully grand sishl
| that ever wilnesset and, instead IT feeling that
| dread which anticipated such spectacle would
| produce experienced feeling OF awe, SEN
salion similar 10 that felt in reading description
| of a desperate charge made by Two conleLdins
l armes-mosl oil our men we're extremely an1-
ious TO have a blow; they vere all grained, Tor
this was Truly the largest kind u blow. Our
ship brayed the tempest most gaany-lhere
| was nc tear manifested by single man, Tor all
knew we had plenty OF sea room and great
confidence in our ship and her officers.
In latitude 40 deg. The weather became cool,
| and gradually increased as we approached The
Horn; but we all managed 10 keep ourselves
comfortable by puuing on plenty OF clothing,
and BY keeping ourselves between decks. was
agreeably disappointed in the intensity oil The
cold, for have freqnenlly experienced equally
! as cold weather in The month OF November IN
| Richmond. Some OF our members suffered
liule from chill blains. which were produced
more, expect, from The dampness and moisture
in The atmosphere, than from The cold; but hey
got rii OF them as soon as The mid weather APP
preached. They are all now in enjoyment OF
excellent health; 10 fact | believe there never
was body Of men who have enjoyed such an
uninterrupted slate OF good health as our compa-
ny have been blessed with, since we left the Capes
Of Virginia. The greatest harmony and friend.
ship prevails.
We will arrive at San Francisco Two weeks
before the Mariana, and am firmly convinced
we will make the passage quicker than most Of
The ships that have left the ports of the United
States Those which we have met on The two
Oceans hays been beaten badly BY US, all hay-
ing lef; weeks before u.s. Among those that
arc now fresh in ing memory are, the Swan
from New York-,he Yeoman from Roston-the
| n, and ha
which we got five days start of from Rio.
We all feel great anxiety and interest about
the info, nalion which we expec. TO obtain on
our arrival al Callao in relation 10 the gold in
California, for we are sanguine Of con6rma-
ton of The reports which induced US TO leave
our native State. Our company are all in iue
spirits, and il there is gold 10 California TO The
extent represented you may rely upon their
willing dispositions and complete organization
10 ensure success.
EXPEDITION OF SIX JOHN FRANK
LIN.-The Cleveland Plaindealer OF the 5th
instant. has a letter dated Este Marie River
S. p,ember 18th, announcing tho arrival Of Sir
John Richardson, from the frui,less search
after the lost Polar expedition of Sir John
Franklin, Of whose dreadful fate among The ices
of the Arctic Ocean there is left little or no
room 10 uouDt. Slr Jonu hiCuatusou, ua'pe
| tailed to find even the remolest clue to The
Franklin Expedition, is now OH bis way back to
England. lie left there in April, 1913; and
| from the Sault Sic Marie has made the voyage
in canoes and boats and overland, distance
I, Of three thousand aud FIVE hundred miles and
back, By way OF Lake Of the Woods, Macken>
zie's River, &c After reaching The Arctic
Ocean, they travelled ere hundred miles along
The coast. He speaks confidently Of The exis-
tence Of a northern passage; practicsbility, be
says is another question, The summers being
only from 80 TO GO days long. He goesby way
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