The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-11-12

-, ,n,.. iced, as the old saying gees
- grin aud bear it,"
On the Cd ias,., we were upio the
the Calf Stream. Uete the wind hauled
ahead, aud was blowing quite fresh
In this stream, the lightnings CLEAN, =
and Doreas blows his blast, On the
morning Of the 9TH, the sky became
overcast with threatening appearances
which the experienced eye soon recog-
uized as the prelude Of an approaching
gale At eight o'clock, the wind hauled |
dead head, and the storm burst upon
US. Sail after sail was furled, and the |
ship was brought to, under close reeled |
main-top-sail-courses furled. She now |
lay in the trough Of the sea, aud so great |
was the rocking, which il accustomed, |
that the sailers on the main.yard arm, in |
aurling the main sail, we're often dipped |
in,o the sea. BY twelve o'clock, it had
increased to almost a hurricane, and |
from this hour, ill the next morning, il |
blew with a violence seldom witnessed.
even in this region OF tempesis The
sea rolled in mountains, before the storm.
The ship now poising upon the top of
mountain wave, then plungng into the
trough of the sea, where she would often
bury the lee gunwale in the waters; and
as she came rolling back, hogshead upon
hogshead of water. came rushing below
You ask how could the water get below,
Al everything was made tight, matches
barred down, Sci At the commence,
ment of the storm things ,ccrc thus bu,
the sea in breaking over, had stove the
galley doors and windows in Indeed
what could wood and iron do, although
managed by tho most consnmmaie skill.
aud stoatest hearts, against the frightful
gale, IN such fearful time as this Be
fore my berth, which was but few fee,
from TIE galley stairs, down which the
water came rushing every few moments,
there was almost water enough at times,
to float the chests. The danger we were
in, was that Of being cast on our beams.
end, or Of being swamped, which was
eefy great. The expression, She's
gone She's gone! - once escaped from
the lips of our noble Sailing Master, as
violent gust struck her, which together
with violent Hing sea under the coun
tiers, immediately sent her over with her
gunwales under water, and there for
lew seconds, she seemed to lay water
logged. $3.50. hating between two opin.
ions" whether to take US all TO the bot,
tom, or 10 rise, and bear s1ey upon
the lar distant wa.ers, the hopes IF
many. AT one Time, the orders were to
Knock the water casks in, but very for.
tunatey they were not. Two large boats.
oil about four tons each, were cut away.
ma thrown over board, which nearly cost
the life OF one Of the seamen; who was
saved only by the immediate exertions
oil one OF his fellows. Great credit is
due our Sailing Master, Capt. Street,
ana the crew. for they that night proved
themselves men, and seamen, and if ever
ships crew had hard time, ours had
duringthose twenty.four hours But with
God's help, our noble ship rode out the
storm in safety. Such nigh, as that
God grant that may never wines, a.
gain
The scene between decks, was truly
dismal and awful. The children and
babies aft, kept up continual CRYING;
and scream now and then escaped from
'he'r mothers, as sea struck the ship,
"h'ch made every timber tremble
CHESTS, stoves, and every movable thing
we're flying about, from one side to the
other, keeping motion with the shin
he occupants Of the galley, also cave
us a concert occasionally tin pans, iron
pots, copper kettles, and what were once
plates and crockcry, were hurled from
sue to side, at every roll of the ship.
The long looked-for morning at last
dawned. The gale had somewhat a.
ha'ed' and..was gradually dying away
Al daylight, we were able to make sail
aud lay our course with heavy wind,
and high, irregular sea. We made
pretty run to the Cape Verde Isles, which
we reached on the 9Th. With stiff
breeze, we soon run these down. and
were fast approaching the Equator. A.
Pr'l LIST, was passed in The manner that it
usually is in New England = passing
Jokes on the forgetful and unaware. II
being quite warm, lemonade was in great
demandl and some few, before discover,
ing their mistake, imbibed considerable
portions Of the briny deep, well sweet,
ened, aud by the workings Of their coun.
tenance, which it occasioned, told plain.
~ that IT was not very pleasing bever
ago. On the I'd, a shark was caught
about ten feet long. We had il cooked