The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-05-17

DA1 JuAHu DBL NoATIs hay q 1858.
EDaros JonASAE;--I avail myself Of the
opportunity, afforded BY dstentioa At this
place. to give you and your readers some -.
coum of my Trip thus far towards San Fran.
cisco and Orcgoa.
On the 99d Of April ws-lsh New Orleans
on the steamship Daniel wsbstsry Z splen.
did vssssi. worthy q ship can b, Of the il
lustsious name she besvs. oflasss sine, and
outssriPpiog the winds IN speed. it vas der
lishtful AFTER passing the Bdliss 70 behold
her careering over the pillows, bounding
over the wide waste Of waters sas well
trained courser to HE goal" To me there is
no object more Interesting than stesmship
st ssa-none which brings 90 strongly into
one vie the importance and the insigni6-
cance, the strength and the weakness Of
man. Standing on deck, while. the noble
vessel ploughs through the pillows, the voy-
ager looks out in vain for some object on
which to rest his eye-soms landmark BY
which be may know how far he has come and
in what direction he il going. In vain hs
scans the distant horizon; in vain he straiDs
bis eyes until the object on which he had FIX
ed them. and which looked "lixe come distant
mountain peak" lifted BY The wind, floats
away from his view aud leaves.. naught
above him than the clear blue Ny, and
around him, a. far a. the eye can reach, the
"wide, wide sea-" Wave after wave, in end
less succession, rolls against the bow of the
ship; the wind roars through her rigging
but her course 10 onward, still ons0ard; for
there is power invented by the genius of
man, propeIling her against the combined
force Of winds and waves; while in box
near the bow Is little pilot not larger than
q reed or straw, which, with sleepless vigil
ance and unerring accuracy. points out the
way at oil hours and in oil weather, to the
destined port. The invention Of the steam
engine and the mariners compass are Justly
regarded as among the greatest and most
glorious triumphs of mans genius. And yet
how Insignificant are these compared with
that infinite power. which wheels mighty
orbs, of which earth il among the least,
through the regions of space, with veloci-
ty of thousands Of miles in an hour, and
with precision which has not varied to the
extent of the width Of needle, since the
new born earth FIRST joined the mighty pro.
cession of moving worlds, and its new notes
6rst blended. in heavenly harmony, with the
:" music of the spheres"
That 4 person should be able to trace .
wide sea, (such a. now separates me from
the nesresIport Of the United Ststes) without
reflection, without meditation ON it, sutlimi-
y, without speculation on the wonders which
lie hidden in the unfathomed depths, without
contemplation on the triumphs Of { .6ius|
which enable illiterste mariners to traverse
with esse aud csrtains, its tzachless waters,
without thought on The wonders Of nature.
and without thoughts lifted "sbove aature to
natures God," that he should never look be-
yond the little petty avocations and amuse-
ments Of the ship, which conveys him, seems
almost incredible. What shall we say of
one who. in view Of objects grand and Gle.
vsting, indulge continually in low ribaldry
and obscene jssts and disgusting profanity!
Such seems to be the only pleasure of seve-
raj en- board this ship. Are a y men? Yes
-brutes would disown alliance or connection
with any genus which 90 far out-bruted them
creatures SO grovellng. filthy and FOUL
Most Of these are steerage passengers, who
come often on the upper deck, in violation Of
the rules Of the ship; bat some of the cabin
passengers are not much better, although
they wear better clothes. Let not ladies' who
who contemplate tripto California. be Dc.
tered from undertaking. it BY any spprehen.
sion Of coming in contact with these foul
creatures. There 10 part of the ship an.
propriated to them, which cannot be polluted
BY the presence Of such obscene wretches;
wnsre. at least. il they should intrude, thew
will be restrained with the bounds of do.
csncy.
There is considerable number. Of ladies
on board, most of them on their way to Cali
fornis; one Of them, with her husband, to
Oregon. Allof them except one, were sea-
sick, but having recovered, seemed much de-
lighted with their trip. Indeed ! see not hcw
il could be otherwise. With the bracing
sea breeze, the exhilaration produced by tie
rolling, or rather Uinding motion Of The ship,
q good table. good beds to sleep on, and (barr
ing the profanity and obscen:ty of few
good company, the voyage has thus far been
fer more agreeable than trip to New Or.
leans on one Of the finest river packets.
I intended when ! commenced to give you