Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-13
nAsaasers. Tuesday, March u, 1855.
a Storm on tAa Calf.


We make the following extracts from a
private letter dated al the Blise. Mouth Of
the Mississippi, Feb. Goth, and post-marAei
Pensaoola, Flor. We have seen no seeoos'
in our exchanges Of the storm here men-
TONED. bat :, this season .. the year they
are % common on the guilt As 70 elicit little
attention.
ave LETT New Orleans last Saturday
shouts O'clock P. NJ. We have been lying
here two days, awaiting tfem sndons gale,
which is now raging on the gulf, to snbside,
And truly it is an awful gale. The huge,
green waves come rolling, with awful
grandeur, upon the white sand, and break
ing into vast body OF foam, roar Ike
Thousand hons. But, to add beauty 70 ter
rife grandeur, and to redeemit Vi It's naJeS-
sy, fcan discern as write, thousands oil
snowy sca-gnlls lowering over The giant
waves, and with wild screams ever ana
anon planging into the foam to catca up
acme unfortunate 1la1usa, or stray dwarf
crah'which may be thrown outoa the sand.
Heaven, how the wind blows, The men
are now busy with heavy tread on deck
taking down part of the chimneys tor tear
the wind will blow them down. Between
the hoarse voice OF the captain, the deep
roar OF the waves. the loud, unearthly wall
of the wind among the rigging, and the
scream Of the gulls, there is wild terror Of
noise which entirely battles description
but il il ias. suah 4 sound as loye, and
such sound 5 can never tire Of That
which is ali grandeur, force and subl!mity,
which alone combines and embodies the
great power Of God, and his awful in:inity,
can never pail upon the senses. Hence
nv proeliyity for the ocean, and The great
peace and happiness experience when on
is restless bosom"
Feb. 2lst.-This morning awhile after
saylight--the gale having gone down--we
got up steam aud pushed out into the gplf.
bu, soon put in again. The Big waves
struck Us right and l4tt--our vessel was
pitched hither and thither-anI ii soon be-
came evident to al, that she could not
stand the waves, So considering discretion
me better part Of valor, We pu. About AMI
ran hack into calm water. Our vessel was
MT built for SEA boat, but vas only in
tended for placid water, and Is sent 70 Flor
ida by Government p run il Tampa Bay
whittier the sea never, or seldom rises high
The wind is now due east, AM IS We have
to run east, the waves are directly against
US. We shall. therefore have 70 tie here
until the wiad yeers around to the west.
Staying here viii not be irksome. There
are plenty Of excellent oysters On every
side Of us--any quantity OF fish and plenty
Of strange sights 10 look at"
FEB. call write nov from the broad
bosom Of the gulf OF Mexico-out OF sight
of land This morning we left our moor
ings and ventured upon the ueacharoas
waters. The little vessel dances about
awiully. she pitched - dr1adlliy that
every moment expected to see the cabin
come loose and % into the sea. Soon we
came 10 hundreds OF barrels Of pork and
flour and boxes Of dry goods floating upon
the agitated waves. TIey had doubtless
been thrown overheard By some vessel
during the late gale, or else the vessel
which contained them sunk - rise no more
and all on her persisted PROPOSES are
around Us in sehyals They present a
strange appearance, rising up and down in
the green water, and putting with each
risen
FEB. 23d.-'ship Island Is 4 light, two
men-ofwar are lying there, with their grin
nirg cannons pointing It Us as # they in
tended to challenge our passage on the
score of being Oh a Fl'bu-tegiae ezne-
dition."