New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-03

We did not drown fortunately; and there was no OP-
portunty of rsking life for the ladies' Perhaps Ike
the heroine in Paul and Virginia. they would have
refused TIE assistance Of any man, who offered H. With
cut trousers or least drawers Bat that excessyey
seruuulous heroine was French doubt Il the English
ladies' would have stood much on hgh-stTained Ell
quette rather than an they would have taken on
nscHlofes and whatever risk % escape drowning
The storm continued the fourth day with I'M
abated vehemenee and With the wind as before dead
against Us
Awake all night BY the noise on deck and the NOISE
below had Que or two tfsl slumbers during the day
Which however Ike Msufred's were not sleep but a
continuance Of enduring thought" Toward the evening
WAS fully awakened a. the reality OF nav suferings oy
violent trembling Of the vessel which seemed 10 nave
IT of fever and Ggue accompanied by the Poly got cries
OF women the fun chorus Of infane screams. and the
crash Of broken crockery. Everything IN my room
Joined in St NtUs dance, sometimes chaSse m, some
times dos-a-dos hut always in motion. Han awake, a.
most frantic from the noise, and fearing some certain
ard fatal calamity, rsshy yentured on the noor Was
first thrown against lamp and with my head demolished
the glass shade into unnumhered fragments, then BY
some knd of ricochet movement came in contact Win
the washbOwl and drove that out OF eXiseRce-then
was passed from my trunk 10 table from the table To
chair and broke my final fall by breaking an article OF
furniture more easily to De imagined than described
BY crying aloud and sparing not voice nor bell sue
ceeded N arrestng the attention of passing steward,
who brought light aud reaSsured me as 30 the con
dition of the ship and-wOmen He also brought me
sbed me TO get through the night On the morning Of
the fifth dav the storm seemed to abate and breathed
freer and deeper, when Juan came into my cabu and
informed me going into the Isle of Wight within
sight Of which had been tossed about for i've days
But took good "a receive the news With seeming
Indifference had borne adversely without too much
repning; was to bear prosperity with equanmlty.
the most difficult task of the two Like Pant, when he
came in eight of the Three Taverns took courage AM
thanked God too approached atayern-and said TO be
-g,I IN, no Icla gf
TO break my four days fast with mutton chops and
tomatoes. The bare imagination OF such feast in
spired ne with the energy had otherwise wanted to
dress ard make my toilet
But ascending to the deck learnt TO INV dsmay that
We were not to enter harbor after all The wind It
seemed had round TO the right quarter and blew
fair for Madeira. Farewell, eternal farewell to my
hopes of dinner But bore the disappointment much
better than could have anticipated was on my feet
and the very exertion had dssipated, IN great de-
gree. the gloom Of my seclusion
Two DAYS longer. nevertheless, We remained IN the
British Channel, making scarcely Pcrceptlbe progress
Nor till the morning OF the 9Th, more than week rom
our departure from southampton did we stand fairly out
TO
We escaped the storms Of the Bay Of Bscay and over
the broad Atlantic made three days of fair sailing linen
We encountered Gains, or adverse winds and Tor Tour
days gained but little upon our journey
The sailors told OF course. that the delay ana as
asers of our VOYAGE were be attributed "a our sailing
on Frday-a superstition that seems 10 bf as universal
rs it is time honored To do them Justice however
they did all in their power to overcome the adverse
omen But lady on board insisted that an our il,Sior
tunes were owing TO our having murderer with u.s.
Good God e. said |, d" is il possible Where Is ne
She mentioned the name of a fellow passenger " And
whom has he killed p Oh she said, he has not aOsO-
utely killed any body. But he Intends It Ihls made
the cast worse 10 nv mind, for how did know but the
blow was medtated against IL was true had pro-
voked no one but was American and there was no
telling what the bloody Britishers might do. 30 EN-
treated her Ia inform against whom the neiarous IN
tent was contemplated She demurred hut referred me
for satisfaction tO gentleman on board with whom
was ACQUAINTED and whom lost no time IN accostlng
He lauchnry replied that many of the ladies were very
much excited because Mr.. - had brought his wife on
board in way that women wish to be- aud they CHAR
iaby concluded it with the secret purpose OF SUD
iectng her 10 greater danger by accouchmeu &C sea
In spite of FRIDAYS and murderers even, whether in
deed or intent the evening Of the third Sunday from
our sailing, made the little island OF Porto Santo
about 40 miles from Madeira and doubt ii Columbus
ard his companions hailed the first land on the western
continent With satisfaction; and this Introduction
of Columbus gives opportunity TO state, not NAL
GpropOs il daughter of the Governor OF this island
that Columbus married; and was chiefly the discovery
OF this island that induced him 20 perseyere In ms pur
suit of another hemisphere SO, Porto SantO deserves
a world. wide reputation
We had the evening of this day most magnificent
speace-the process of sun settng knew not, when
ever noticed more glorious sky The orb of day went
Of clouds among whose many fantastic shapes, the eye
of fancy recognized wedefned dOmes and towers and
battlements, their SUBMITS blazing with gold
The scene, ike everything brilliant, transtOry.
With the setting these coud-yisons all disappeared
They died in the rich sky they faded on ocean, and
soon though last the mind aud Left no wreck be-
hind
But the beautiful twilight and the hope of reaching Ma
dera the coming sent us "a bed conen-to be- again
disappointed.
For next day arose another tempest Every wind in
deed, bnt the wanted, seemed cOnyOked against
US Eurus and NOtus, and the Ainc frequent in TEN
pests rushed against PROV and fought against
coming Our patience exhausted so, indeed were
our provisions, or threatened 10 become The
mntton gone the poultry had all vanished the last
goose spared hitherto from respect 10 It's age had APP
peared the previous day the table The fresh water
had given out the soda had been enpted and stOm
achs refused the ale. calamity than seasick-
ness than tempests or even shipwreck seemed to be
imminent
The old remained, il is true, and the solitary off
spring who had divided her milk with But in their
condition, they only better than Starvation and
that, they might only avail postpone not pre-
vent! This, indeed was not the entertainment
invited to-
Beating about, and lacking and wareing" ship. by
sunset reached the Dsertas three sets which rise
fifteen hundred perpendicular feet from the water,
directly opposite the northeastern extremties Of Ma
deirs and about tWentyOne miles from Funehal They
unnhabted uninhabtabe save By goats who browse
upon the grass OF the rocks We Rugged these islands
all night long and by their protecting arms we're in part
sheltered from the violence Of the storm The storm
continued throughout the succeeding day and all We
accomplished 70 turn the tanks OF the Disertas 80
10 be- between them and Funehal towards which place
We would advance some fifteen miles and then fall back
upon cur former position. These hours Of alternate
hope and depression we're some Of the most nOerabe
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