Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-12-06

..---r of ffa vessel. d ARE rralf t1 t-A-A az
-.-. z4tir-- End duiHgs while slcN-
"a -.r. 500 some idea ri .le feeling VI 2 sea-
.- -.--.-. - rsr' y r-E-e ore 90 iW1 met
s.--. ,.-. occurred 4~..a- .-r Lt,T do I5- aetf
-....-...- re-. l.e..s Nalrs al sI.i ilay 0.s-e-
,... u.re "a t---t t-e.z, a-. 1-a 90 iaa uarf'rI
I'D nee 1ar'y res.st..-i 60 mh $3.50 err 4
...-es-ress. be was d pge. I'd 81. &c leaving
-. sic aug rai il-9, il rra,s lie ocean snaN-
IL sa uau3 l= &c 4rLiy SICK; It The LoTd ,pt,ed
an. lie was certain re never would leave home
AIN. Another gentleman 0. the party came
,rgge nornas on deck 10 breathe the ifesa ar
.rsrteiaa :u-narsl fr several DAYS Ia his berth,
s7l in Its peculiar way said he Won 10 JUST ..s
.,.f-r, one lorg God d-n Tor relief sake. tie
t.s hardly uttered tie words when hrs eyes
,...r4 on Two ReeA eud gentlemen. one ct whom
...f him be had as We'll lake that hack--vhere-
,..-, .a,- firud commenced making a.! sorts If
- ,o,i.. saving rea " he did not know he was
rsar. Or he would have been more euaIded; hu:
IN truth be really fet just that way Ca the
,hirt dsy after our departure we found Il Disagree
ably cold, and as The stoves were eh IN New
York for a summer voyage, We were Competed
either to take exercise on deck or keep ourselves
warm hy rolling up into cor bunk, winch iound
anything bl, agreebe. Fortunately Tor our con-
a., We reached the Cuff stream en- the fourth
l,y where very pleasant temperature greeted
mr. trembling limbs, being some eight or ten de-
,ra.s werner than any other part OF the ocean.
There /, something very curious about this stream,
If which 50 much has been sad and written
Many theories have been advanced, aud with
some degree Of plausbuy, relative to the causes
Of this remarkable phenomena Of nature. Some
saw il is occa-ionsd by an under curreut flowing
,6n the Pacific (Which is considerably higher
than the Gulf of Mexico) through The l,lhmus OF
Daren: while others have conteuded il is pro.
dgced by the trade winds from the coast of AMI
On. meeting the waters Of the mighty Mississippi
and forcing It northWard by way o, the Island Of
Cuba along or coasts to the banks Of Newt ugd
land. where lis force i broken aud its waters
disseminated and lost in immansiiy. The
stream is forty or fifty miles wide, running at the
rate of fur miles per hour, with tempe,a-
mre ten degrees warmer than other parts OF the
ocean.
We were driven by adverse winds considcra-
BY ou' Of our way, having gone to the southwark
abou six points, which Will make oar voyage
longer than was anticipated. Nothing occurred
from he time Ne set OF u1ui the seventeenth,
except the sporting Of whales, floating Of sea-,
weed and pisa-s Of some wreck, which The Cap
tlja said might have been floating for SIX mont ;,
hls which appeared to me 10 he 81 recent hap
pcnjog
Ga the afternoon of the seventeenth While We
were al on deck, passing oar time varousIy as
suited our ipeja4jn0s, some playing ot back
f.. f,
were alarmed by sudden ~qnai which rame
u1ou Us while we were under 'a.l sail, without
moments warning. Before the Captain could
giye orders for reehng the sails. Our mlia sail
was rent in twain, The tlln2Jh and Ilb boom
carried oG. aud he ship thrown on her beams
ends, much 10 the alarm and CONSERVATION Of The
passengers. was not at all Disconnected, be-
cause had seen vessels in much greater straits,
and knew there was 20 real danger, bot was con
slderably amused at some of the passengers. who
were probably never at sea before. One OF the
clergy said he trusted in the saving power of the
Almighty another gentleman SAID he was pre-
pared for the event, 50 let her rip and be d ID
while a certain old gentleman bid good bye TO
BIS wife aud dau2hlet--lhe ladies almost gave
u1 the ghosl--and the servants rolled into their
buDks, covered up their heads nigger.lii.e, until
the wind subsidized.
On the night Of the l9h, being Saturday, we
assembled around the table in the geitemen's
cabin to drink the usual toast OK wives aud
$ yeelheafis," which all seemed to enter into
vita a hearty zest AZ late hour we retired,
expecting 10 pass the night in undislurbed rerose
we we not exactly right in this matter, while
We were all sleeping away the still watches OF
the night, with naughl 10 disturb Us, save the &C.
casIonal tread Of the officer on deck--we were
aroused by the awful cry OF mnrder--murder--
unr5er-accompan by terrible scuhlng on
deck as ii seaIe one was being stabbed. The
cry Of murder is at all times alarming but when
one is awakened from sweet sleep by such
cry j, becomes suli more terrible. Thinking it
might be ma inv, (alihough mutinies are out of
vague now hurried on deck and found, much to
my relief, it was nothing more than The cry OF a
spetage passenger, who was laborlng under a
4, Of mania go'u. He had crawIcd without
observation during the night under one Of the
benches; the noise ms'ook for wrestling, was
Ai3 gndeayor to diseugage himself from tle legs
o, The beuch--mag nng them to be sailors at.
tempting to cast hun overheard. The officers
with their ueual dispatch had him Immediately
conducted 10 his quarters, and all was quiet
again.
The next morning the passengers all Assem-
bed in the cabin. 10 hear service by the Il. Rev.
Bishop Otey, Of Tennessee, assisted by Parson
'lcD ugal OF England The morning service
being over, the sermon having begun, we were
again alarmed by the cry Of man over board
All rose instantly from their seats and hurrie on
deck, to learn the truth of the matter. Sure
enough a mrn was over board, and who should
i be, hu the mania a potu man, who alarmed u
SO much during the previous night. Fortunately
''r him, the vessel was standing almost still,
'aeie being little or no wind. When he rose he
swan like duck, and caught the rome thrown
oul ~ The sailors, by which he drew him NJ in.
to he ship. All of the steerage passengers AZ
sembled around the poor fellow, who looked uer-
itc'l frantic. and began questioning him as 10
The why's and whereiores. He said he knew the
captain wished him to jump over board, for the
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