The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-11

asd bsastiful kttls str~Ans, which 70 jumpiss ana
hsund.g along ths round bright resis asd I.saas
naAs just nusic sposgh for these quiet Valleys CIVIL
ised has business here, and only the basu
~ Of the scene with his modern improvements It was
intended for the Wild children Of nature Who have only
emerged from what We call tho savage state 70 imbibe
AL the vices which generally follow the march Of ciy
saticn.
The object Of this letter Is only to give you brief ont
line If voyag~ and not to moralss Suce II cay
that every euj"ysd themselves, and sorry when
bred Of coal per day they made up the time by sd
dtiona baths In the cool rvules and longer walks In
the soft twshts with the beautiful Otahean girls who
ere kind and sfectonate - whom The island
nrst dco,ered Queen Pomars visited the ship hour
before left the hsrbor, and much pleased With
s.sSSors. from Aussrsis, Who seemed to sSins her
savage and OF course not entitled to any Of the cour
sizes Of Me; but she Is pleasant dgninsd lady, who
bred person can Inos w WIN. in ESt tie American
Consul Mr. Kelley gave tho passengers = the Golden
stream Of pure fresh water, when We bsthsd and ~
end drank alternately Whole hogs we're rsastsd and
eatsn and every product Of the island set forth BE-
titles after hours ride TO the very top Of the
tehsn Too much cannot b said Of Ar. Kelly for his
70 he Re. ~. before ;.1 q,
the departure Of the seamshp and for his genemAnly
Experiment 70 al with whom he eAms In contact ouly
(Aough II Ia Of pscuniary value to him. but the
goverpmsn OF the United States Seldom have gen.
temAn OF this kind to the In ~ out Of the
way place Tahiti, that hope they win allow him
TO keep the appointment He win always DO honor to
the country.
On the morning Of the slst the steam whistle was
tves assembled by hundreds to witness the depax
ture Of the IT snerthe ropes cast OF the wharf,
and of went the steamer amid the deafening shouts Of
all the Oatves the beach-who had rsApsd roh har
vest from the passengers the Of traffic. They
dersana the value Of gold piece better than bds
which formerly the currency We ali regretted TO
leave Tahiti soon hut consoed ourselves that
going to better lace. The last Of voyage has been
Ike min pond sailing with pleasant set Of passengers
(which had no The whols thing would have
Ike . dream There distrust, (which all feel In
Austraks,) at mingling together We bring, however,
some pleasant gentlemen and sdes most Of whom 60 by
way Of New York, II they can catch steamer, Among
whom 10 Governor LahrObe Of Victoria, who returns
home from the colony and whose pleasant gentemanly
experiment has won the regards Of oil tho-e whose re-
g rds are worth anything he not in Aus
trial as public man, but much esteemed privately.
] need not speak OF the Golden Ago and her com-
Portable quarters She Ia we'll known IN New York and
her Of twenty four thousand miles In ninety three
days. without stopping her engine At SEQ, and wthon.
accident Of any Kind speaks louder than any praise
give her She has very strong
the Pacific 768 miles aogether which has added
nearly three days to her run. The following extract
from her log book may be interesting It 70 the dis
tances run by the Golden age since shs left New York