The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-26
Correspondence of the Dispatch.
AMERICAN HOTEL, N. Y.}
JnIy 03d 1880


4 Capt. Parish's live cargo arrived and was
landed safely, yesterday, at two o'clock, or, id
may be, little after. We had delightful
passage. The sea was smooth, and the air|
Rclear, all the way from Norfolk. The rapidityI
with which the steamer passed through theI
Ewater, of course kept up considerable breeze,
4 and as there was an awning on deck, it would
I have been impossible, in this hot weather, to-
4 have selected cooler spot. So smooth was
sthe sea, that there was scarcely any sickness
on board. Even |, though peculiarly liable to-
THAT affection, was not affected in the slig htes
degree. know it has become so common to
/ lavish ncomiums upon the line on which you
stravel, that they are hardly of any value
Yet cannon forbear saying something in favor
4 of this line. That it is safe, rapid, and con-
venient mode of getting from Richmond to this
point, is well enough known already. You
Eget on board at o'clock on Tuesday, and
without putting yourself to the slightest trou
7 BILE or inconvenience of any kind, you find
yourself safely landed here, in about forty. five
! hours thereafter. You stop FIVE or six hours
Hwonderfully in this respect, as you can find
gout, if you do not know it already, by reference
ITO the last 4th of July grafton. 1t makes no
Hodds where it may have been delivered, or by
8whom. twill be certain to comprise lecture
upon the steam engine, and the wonders it hal
6achieved. You may have heard it before, but
|inever mind, it will bear repeating. As write,
\ however, by mail, and wish to compress as
smuch as possible, you must be contented with
Sthis mere reference. 1t would be unconsciona-
Rble, to give il TO your readers in e1teaso. Il
6could not help recollecting, however, that
6when the British fleet aad army left New York,
lin 1777, for the purpose OF attacking Philadel-
fphla, they were several weeks at sea, before
they made Chesapeake Bay. Washington
heard of their course, only by accident, as ID
were, some man, somewhere on the coast, hav-
ling seen them steering South. We thought
how fine thing il would have been, had Wash
|ington had the Roanoke 10 send out, and
keep watch on them. She would Just have
kept out of gun.shot, you see, and sailed
around, and around them, sometimes coming
near enough to provoke them to race, andI
then darling off again, leaving them sgh,Iessl
distance in the rear. had she had two or threeA
aiAnan guns aboard, she might have sunk theE
"noie squadron, without having received az
scratch. But suppose this, were to suppose
taat the Americans could have secret. which
should remain such to their aava,..,;..
Washington, however, knew nothing Of En-,
ton or his invention.
ltwould be ungrateful in me no, 10 exnrs..
my high sense of the politeness, which. in eo,n.
mon with all the passengers, l received from,
all the officers OF the Roanoke. A better set
Of men could not have been selected. Capt.
Parrish, besides that he is one Of the most
amiable and kind hearted men in the world, Isl
athorough seaman, and is so well acquainted,
with the peculiarities of our river navigation,
that he could pass from Richmond 70 Norfolk
10 the darkest night, with less embarrassment
than you can pass from your Office, TO your
house, without the aid of gas. Every passen-.
ger feels perfectly safe, when he has them in'