Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-02-12

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!. command the ship.
9 Mr.. Preston was going passengs
T, with US, and about sundown he cam
: TO the wharf with great quantit
of sea stores, and he was so we
= pleased with our promptness an
n dispatch that he had provided ban
rel of old brandy and another of cir
S for our special benefit, These W
!, placed in chocks, one on each side G
the quarter deck, and thus armed an
} equipped, we cast off from tn
wharf Just at dark, and were up tn
: river before strong breeze at west
southwest.
Everything went on well, ant
J nothing worthy of notice occurret
until the morning of the third Gal
out. when just as we passed For
Gratiot, and entered upon Lake Hu
ron, the wind came out suddenly a
southeast, and blew a perfect gale
accompanied by a violent snow
storm. Then the fun commenced
with a vengeance. Our brandy and
gin barrels had been kept in constant
requisition since leaving Detroit, and
by the time the snow storm came on,
we were all hands of us particularly
rich, and each one gavehis commands
with as much dignity as a lord high
admiral of the blue, and such fun as
there was, reeling, making, and taking
in sail, never was seen before in a gale
of wind.
Our passenger was the only sober
man in the schooner, and as nobody
else seemed disposed TO obeyforders,
we all pitched on TO him, and hazed
him fore and aft, until the poor man
was nearly as crazy as we were our
selves.
Larry, the cook, drove the captain
out to stow the flying jib, and | had
just sent the mate up to lurl the fore
roval, when Lest, who at that mo-
ment was taking a long swig at tin
pot of brandy, ordered me off with
two or three others, TO take in the
foretop gallant sail, and double reef
the topsaiI.
Every one as he sprung to execute
an order, sung out for Preston to
come along; and he, perfectly bewil-
dered, scrambled about the decks
like Maltese spider, all legs and
arms. sas -
At length we got the Marengo
under snug sail, and away we went,
driven along before the furious gale,
perfectly reckless as to where we
should bring up on the other side Of
the lake, which was about $50 miles
distant.
Nearly the whole OF the north
western coast of Lake Huron is a
rocky, iron bound shore, and if we
were 10 miss the narrow entrance
of the strait, which connects the two
lakes, and upon which the town and
fort Of Mackinaw is situated, there
would have been an end to our
cruizing days forever.
But prudence was a virtue that
we make but slight pretensions to al
any time, and under the present cir
cumstances, we had forgotten the
meaning of the word altogether
But our motto was "Happy 60 lucky;
touch and go is a good pilot" and
on we dashed through the thick
snow-storm, all throughout the long
December's night until about sunrise
on the following morning, when the
snow suddenly ceased falling: the
sun came out bright; and there we
were, right in the middle Of the strait,
and not more than Ten miles from
Mackinaw.
We could see by the course that
we were steering, that we had come
in Just clear Of dangerous ledge Of
rocks, which, had we struck on them,
would have sent US all TO eternity in
an instant.
We reached Mackinaw, and dis
charged our cargo that day; and
then we gave everybody that we
could catch a benefit, as long asOur
gin and brandy held out; when we
were per force obliged TO get sober.
When we got ready 10 sail again
for Detroit, we found that there was
not a drop Of liquor TO be had in
Mackinaw, except raw corn whiskey,
and that we voted we couldn't drink,
and so we all kept sober till we got
back to Detroit.
Our voyage lasted just eight days,
and when we got home, we divided
the three thousand dollars, and spent
it in four days.
The editor of the Drawing Room
Journal says. some one, who has evil
dently passed from darkness TO light,
enumerates the woes of single blessed
ness and the joys of matrimony, as fol-
lows:
Single Blessedness.---Sheet iron
quilts--blue noses-frosty rooms-ice
in the pitcher unregenerated linen
heel-less socks-coffee sweeiened with
icicles-gutta percha biscuit-habby