Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-12-06
DR.. Dunn Browns Experience in
Foreign Travel.

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nS CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN,
li Atlantic Ocean, (Top of II, and pretty ,celt
\ along tocards he East side,) on board clip.
d per ship Quickstep.
X September 18th, 1855.
n After several days Of delay beyond the
appointed time of sailing, owing partly to
man (want of men) and partly to Prov-
! dence, (want of wind) we did finally sue
coed in sailing from the quarantine station
in New York harbnr on Monday, August
', 9th. The pilot, appearing on board early
IN the morning, in spite Of rather un.avor-
leable wind and an amount of swearing, U
could hardly tell which was the greater OBJ
s,,stacle TO the execution of his orders,) was
successful in taking US out of the beautiful
dabay into the sea. Since | O'Clock the
~ same day we have seen no land except that
ouportion OF our native soil which still re-
mains on the faces of some of the sailors;
s,but we hope, if our favorable wind holds,
alto make Lands End tomorrow and London
,nearly next week. However, this is all guess
y work with us, (passengers) for the officers
Hof the ship take particular pains to tell us
S'the most ridiculous AMI conflicting stories
as to our whereabouts and progress. This,
land frightening the women with fearful
U ltnles OF the dangers of the sea, consti ute
their idea of wit in its highest development.
FTStday out. Strong no. theast wind,
which, as that was precisely the direction
. we wished to GO, was not on the whole
,lfavorable to our progress. The ship per-
visited in leaning over at an angle OF forty
'htive degrees, so tina. you could walk with
Irequal ease on the floor and on the lecwa d
u side of the cabin. Passengers were to be
r seen leaning over the bulwarks con
a templating the ocean waves with signs Of
\ deep emotion, and occasional outpourings
1 OF feeling very touching to the beholder.
\ Second d1y Precisely similar to the frst
Y Third day. If any thing a little more
so: the wind little stronger, the ship q
little sleeper, and the passengers little
vated. The evening was delightful Sat
several hours al the stern in the moonlight
watching the bubbles of fire in the waves
y and musng upon home and friends. "Sai
on the lee bow" shouted the lookout, and
gradually dark shadow became visible in
the dim distance, glided ike spectre
slowly past, and vanished. Waxing Gecid-
edly pCetical under the combined influence
of the moon, the waves, and the phantom
; ship, | was recalled to the realms OF the
real by huge wave leaPing over the
taffrai and depoiitng at least barrel of
the "brny" in my lap, Thus picked re-
tired dripping to my state room, "a wiser
and a Uetter man."
Fourth day. A urch of the ship sent
three cups OF coffee two men, Zone Of whom
was not your humble servant,) one bowl Of
sugar, a woman and baby, three plates of
ham, one hair brush, six roasted potatoes, a
Jar Of pickles. and wash-basin OF water
with soapy boy in it, all into corner
OF the cabin together Selecting ourselves
out of that heap of miscellaneous articles,
and leaving the rest TO be picked up by
the ste ward, resumed our break asst as if
nothing had happened. Smart ship is the
old Quickstep. only rather playful.
The first few days are a fair sample of
the whole passage hitherto--lair, beautiful,
dull, and stupid in the extreme Life at
sea is very poetcal one hour perhaps out
OF he twenty-four, but prssaic enough the
other twentythree; may answer very well
one day in the week, but deliver me from
the other six. We are but a dozen of us
passengers, mostly cockneys,, returning in
disgust from brci sojourn hi Yankee land
to blessed HoC Hengland, the 'ome of their
hiniancy. Every one Of US dsagreeing with
every other one OH all possible subjects,we
yet live together in great harmony, per-
forming mutual Offices OF kindness and good
fellowship; little bulet-headed Dutchman
offeri z snare OF his CHERISHED Schiedam
Schnapps to the sick wife of {. Hungarian
refugee; a Kentuckian and a Londoner
ending a wrangle of an hour and half
aoout the merits Of their respective coun-
tries in couple of friendly brandy punches;
free-lhinkng London bookseller and your
humble servant, after spending the whole
afternoon in the main.top-mast-cross s-trees
in discussing, ,netaphysically, theologicaily,
and scripturally, the Noashian deluge, after
wards discussing bottle of porter together
(thsroughly exhausting both subjects. y
Though the Mime law be an admirable
Institution on land, yet if any body argues
in favor of it here we silence him directly
by presenting to his mouth and nose glass
of the diluted emetic which goes under the
name of water on board ship. One dose is
!, sufficient. The patient RECEIVERS imrnedialy
from his delusion, ,s.and pronteunces the Maine