The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-03

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sick, and, indeed, enjoyed some hearty laughs.
Colonel n. and d. had been Boosting Of their
power OF observation-disclosures 10 be old salts"
sea dogs" and other expressive names. The
FIRST waves brought ID. down. He said be was
"a miserable man, and nary salt TO speak Of
| wished he was dead &c and in tho midst
of his miseries Colonel H. rushed up, with hi
| handkerchief instead of his dinner in his
mouth aud for the space of fifteen minutes was
speeches. His first utterance was a gasping
remark that he had no idea he was 50 bilious
Both wandered about, looking like star. candles.
| heard d. proposing 10 the Colonel that he
should step out and make affidavit TO the effect
that he was "sea dog, and rather admired
the briny deep than otherwise"
One can never be on familiar terms with old
ocean. ! am satisfied the last night at sea will
be strange rs the frat. The sailors, who ali
their lives have been tossed upon it, restless
waves, until their birth-marks of character are
washed out and they become a people unto
| Themselves, | am convinced, never look upon
their habitation as We do on the dells, bills.
and meadows, of our homes IT'S flynn in
the face Of heaven, for men TO be goin' up in
smoke bags" said an old counuyman to me,
once, while witnessing balloon ascension If
the Lord had intended US to fly he'd given
US wings" And so | think Of going down to
sea in great ships We have not been provided
with stomachs nor fms looked around the
little room in which we we're to live twelve
days, and wondered whether should get used
to and love it at last Your thousands of read
ers out West, who never saw such n thing, must
imagine al exaggerated store box set on the
top Of tee-totem, With two shelves for berths
and port-hoe for IA window, through which
when open, the sea roared, making you feel as
If two huge shells were clasped over your ears
Ut the berthe from first to last ! could make
nothing; the mystery of getting in and cut
puzzled my weary brain the last night. felt
80 like being cothned the first evening, aud
feared so positively that the upper shelf would
break down, that pulled my mattress on to
the floor and in the morning walked with my
feet higher than my head-ieeling 80 miserably
ridiculous that did not know whether to laugh
or cry. did the first; for | saw d balancing
himself on the upper shelf, in evident doubt
whether to climb or tumble down and on ask
ing how he felt he responded with a most rue
full countensnce, that he was "an ancient
mariner, whose home was on the mountain
wave"
We had q motley collection of passengers
| Captain Noah, when commander Of his high
water craft, had not a more singular collection
of creatures. Next to me, at table, sat Ger.
man Baron, with an immense quantity of hair
on his countenance, and a castle on the Rhine.
He is gentleman, however and like Cardi-
nal Wolsey, possesses an unbounded stomach.
He can eat anything, almost-almost, | say ;
for pineapple dipped in beer, with sea biscuit
and cheese did prove too much, and for some
days the Baron was not seen by men,
ln the way of eating and discoursing there
on, however, the fashionable author of the
"Upper Two Dozen" and an English officer,
who had places not far from us, carried things
to go high pitch OF perfection" | had not
until enlightened by these learned gentlemen
the remotest idea of the art culinary. What
superb dinners these savans had partaken of (;
what peculiar, delicate dishes it had been their
fortune to be ravished over how often they
had been poisoned, cruelty poisoned, and sui
iered extreme penalty, from vile compounds
prepared by villains disguised cooks, can
not pretend to remember To such al extent
has the art been cultivated that many things
which would disgust an unsophisticated stom-
ach are TO be considered prime luxnries Foi
, instance, one day at dinner, when our vessel
was rolling in that easy sweep over the long
swells that keeps one in such a state of dis
! tressing uncertainty between hunger and sea
sickness, our author began
"The prejudices, my dear sir, against some
delicious articles of food is really astonishing
remnants of barbarism, | assure you. Now,
for Instance, some species of snake are quite as
good in the hands of an artistic as your eel IL
has only been of late that frogs are put 10 their
proper use, and now science has been able to
get over the hind legs only. | tell you, nothing
has been made in vain, and the day is not far
distant when buzzard. fricassee will be esteemed
a famous delicacy. Permit me to give you an
illustration | had a cook, once a capital fell
low-ndeed, man Of infinite genius-had he
stopped to books, have little question but that
he would have nc once been recognised. got
him at a great bargain He cooked once as an
experiment. impelled by his wonderful genius
tue Empress Marie's favorite monkey, and had
to fly for his life; and this proves how nearly
the affections are allied to our digestive organs
The Empress was SO delighted with the dish
that she never rested until she discovered of
what it was composed The Bible, you know,
speaks of men without bowels Well, as was
saying, was surprised at my house one day by
IA party Of distinguished diners who came pur
posely to try my cuisine There was not an
article to speak Of IN the house BarbettI look
cd puzzled for a second but only second.
Hang me if knew BALI the time what wa
eating We had dinner-supeIb wonderful
dinner-and, in the mIdst of our raptures at
it's conclusion, we begged Barbetti to give us
the real bill of fare. My dear SIR, little wine,
| if you please. IL consisted OF II Cincinnati ham,
my isvorlte pointer, poll-parrot Blk kittens,
| and four rats--the last done up IN sugared
pastry us a dessert"
"What became of him %
"Ded True to bis character, died trying
| = n. & rI,
dinner died in horrible agony"
A party of young gentleiaen from the South
and West-some proposing to be students 10
| Paris, others on pleasure bent-messed togelh.
| or, and consumed great quantities OF wine in
very merry way. Their dinner began at half
past four, and ended ut midnight or therea-
bouts. We we're generally notified Of the break.
ing up as one Of the company always made an
attempt 10 climb into the machinery, and was
repulsed with loud outcries; while another, de-
scending into the cabin, invariably turned 10
the right instead of the lett, which brought
him ~ the state room Of u dyspeptic old gen.
tlcman, and pitched battle was the conse-
Quenoe, which disturbed the entire community
before peace could be proclaimed These gentle
mcn--sll bearers Of dispatches, by the by--by
their great good nature and fine flow Of spirits,
did moro to enliven the passage than ali the
others together. There was no resisting their
continual jokes, and lively, rafting conversa-
ton.
Mrs. T., the celebrated Notwithstanding as
you know girdlod the earth, and alone; Ger
man ssvan, who had an entire state-room to
himself-the boat WAS not crowded-witb the
upper berth, and every corner, indeed, full Of
geological specimens, who kept diving down
and bringing up startling rocks, whenever he
could get one TO listen to his theory, that the
earth was originally nothing but iog-a theory
we were much inclined to accept, tor we saw
nothing but this article, and Of the the densest
kind, twothirds Of our way believe the
lar gest GLASS world could be made several times