Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-12-11

hgnt, we move IN slght OF sotaeli iu'lu,
the first land that we have seen for75
days. We run along ittall daywith.i
In iiye ihiles of it-ils peaks were all
Ecoveredwith SHOW. We got good
breeze off the land that night, and we
run within 40 milss Of Cape Horn.
July 2o.-This morning we could
see some Of the peaks Of Cape Horn.
Tho Captain said that he thought We
would nuke Valparaiso in aboht fifteen
days. But to our misfortune, the
weather got rough again, and weg got
beat 10 the southwark as far as IS, 80.
II showed, rained and hailed all the
time that we were in that Latitude
We beat around here for. several days,
at last we got a slantofwind and we
beat up as far as Sc deg therew got
foul wind again, and we were beaten
about between glatitudes So and 90,
for fifteen days. We were put on
an allowance of one pint of drinking
water. per day. 1t looks very doubt-
fhl about getting away from this place.
Some Of the passengers and four of
the sailors were sick. When they
take in sail, we passengers have to
help TO dois. sj,3 til q ss.4
August l.-All the sail taken in
and the wind blowing as hard as it
can blow, and right in the mids. Of
the storm the alarm Of fire was given,
the sea running mountain high and
the ship rolling, SO that we could not
stand on deck without taking hold of
the ropes. Luckily for US il was not
'fire,-it was carboy ofyitriol burst
ed in the carpenter shop on the main
deck. It made a great smoke, and
we all thought it was fire, for shop
and galley we're Joined together. y
was some twenty minutes before wo
found out ,what.it was, and we found
twelve more Of the carboys slowed
away, but we soon took them out and
hove them overheard. Inever want
to witness such q scene again, for if
it had been fire we never could have
got it out, and the way the sea was
running, there would not have been
one Of US left to tell the tale. At last
we got agood slant of wind, and the
captain made good use oft.
August 2O.-We hove in sight of
land II was the coast Of Chill, and
peaks of the Andes mountains all
covered with snow. Itwas a .beauti-
fal sight from where we were. To-
day we got up in sight Of the light
house. The captain had never been
in at this port, and we lay to that
night. ! i .-... :. s,,.Gi. .f.'..i
21.-We got under way this morn.
ing at 4 o'clock, and got. around the
point at 9 o'clock. Then tho natives
began to come out to usin their row.
boats. None Of the passengers could
understand anything that was said
The captain could speak their Ian
guage, and they wanted to take the
passengers ashore, but none of them
went al ore until we came to anchor,
and that was abont 10 o'clock. ! was
very much deceived in this place, for
i, expected to find a nicely laid out
city. Instead Of that Ifound a very
Indifferent one. It is stuck in among
the hills and rsyines. There are but
three level streets in the place, and
they are not more than twenty-five
feet wide. The rest of the roads are
dug out on the side Of the hills, and
are very narrow and crooked, with d
grade ofabout7 degrees. They have
no wagons. They do all.their busi:
ness with pack mules. Even the wa.
ter that is used in the city is carried
OF, mules. The natives can carry the
heaviest loads Of any men thatI ever
saw. They are a lazy, sleepy look;
ing set of men. All the principal
business that is done hereis done by
foreigners and they are mostly Amer.
leans and Europeans, and you got to
keep Jour eyes open forithem.
l975S odt Yours, &C.,
5,slIi,ls sita9 9BLANEY & HASTINGS.