The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-22

93e',i iHfai' y ino5 Nnl Anselsc ~ NE year
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The Invisible Iceberg.
1nst ai'sf aayteht, on ine mpfnsng Of fhe frsf Of
Apiii--two years ago. was awakened rom
f,.,'s F'.s sasep, ~ man ana lanterg, wlo lad
se w. III wy wy ,ht tfou'h " tle altef
h,, .s'I sessi "asi
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| 1Iial,slt sIisanrsased. '4'''san i'1'iS'
Al ieebsfe W. ,yere H, ! Iati,,,,,s ,.sl,sxs III,
monster lu,,,fs We h f e
had been oIs hi Iook a MT tyy ~ ,by dss
needed no second summons ID l.st, ~ ~
was quickly nobed. silll tie exses,iia sf % li
LEE biol, which was 40 where 70 be found, but az
| sfgambled up lie companion way and stood IN
4 deck It was eoId. fcsgY irizzir mogninr 4tite
decks vet aud slippery, and the wind III lsd lnourn.
folly through the RIGGING a shs,adsr ran through
me ns emerged from tfle cabin and nnf nv fool
8he bopfleaa one-d0wn iniea pool II water. Ii
Ns he least could d., when ihe surgeon appeared
Al niiorried me siiaf The iceberg could only be
| seen from llie boSs Of ihe ship. lmpelled 5y cnfs-
! easiy which was stronger than my sense pt com
tef lust AZ inAt time, started forward IN search of
the looked tDr mountain Of lee. AS hasfensd
along the lee aAie Of tlie steamers deck tfs rain
bsga % fall ii large quansiles, as II ali enormous
lesfr Foir over lead was being s0re over ard lie
water whFlsd here and lhsse BY the gale. ~ i
eane down ~ splashes. apparently, and doilsed
me from head y foot 4hs loss oftha boot Mas hp
mole telt tRi,en reached the iJrsmasi, found
an cd var Nfapped up 10 taspsun and slof weser;
and q Inn inquired vlleFe could see he Iceberg
Foo laiey1 said hes giving hirsseIf d vigorous
shake which seatieEed de his drops Of vesef ia
every cfpn y Too lase--it Went down about
tsSo minutes ago. 7 -
\ iaced aft and 1Qufne9ed fhitAetWafi iii iI0ihle-
qpief time a ben entered fhe cabin fpl,ai -
surgeon and FIRST Hale IN close essiqssD was insl
N time % hear the fp'sls' -
y, yes-sye oiten iail y WITH ieebeIgas ~ these
lailtkl9es put io'day Is ile hrst DAY of April.
a y, no slioors qay land was about saying
some1ning more emphatic, when
Hush, here comes the Yankee, put IN the
mate.-and the prospect OF getting him forward to
see the iceberg tended to make me forget that
had Just returned from voyage thither.
Dptell, nowyou don say that the critter Is
right in sight. du yu?'
4 es, go forward and you can seejit from the
bowspritn
Jee-hosiphat !" roared the Yankee AZ ibel ,,,af
the storm face face--and he pus he'd on probably
as much surprised II the severity of the weather AZ
he would be to see an iceberg looming IN
! high. He was genuine Yankee. Not such 4
Yankee as we sometimes read of=-oftentirne see
represented on the mimic staDe.-notbino n that
kind, but real live specimen and no r,r;,a fre
Full of curiosityand in the exercise or fbat 5l
iy, he knew the personal history station and .sl
ing, Of every cabin passenger IN two hours after
he came on board al Southau1nton Good named
with an eve and Understandable for The nractice 81
| facetia Up to snuff, and in every bodv's mess
with mo- mean esnabil;t,, for b;s n
eieent en,pL ana 6onsa " s;,
where the peculiar Yankee ty,ang of diaiect t
febudiateda dealer - cl l
the pursuit Of the profits ~ b;s s ;,,s
completed tour through motbeT.land and ~,