Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-30
Rides and Rambles in Father Land.
CHAPTER I.
The oce.p-voyage.-Llvcrpooi.

request and that of many other friends, proceed to write out some of my $ notes of travel" taken down during my recent trip through England and Wales. As so many tourists have preceded me and have given to the world the bench. of their obser- yations, it can hardly be supposed that shall be able to furnish your readers witt, anything strikingly new or original-yet as no two persons can see objects and events in precisely the same light, ! am induced ,c hope my narrative may not prove entirely uninteresiing.
 On Monday. the 18th day of May, pro ceeded to New York, and in accordance with previous agreement, met my travelling friend and companion. Ogden Kilbourn, Esq. of Harlford,) at Tammany Hall. We forthwith applied for passage on board the $ Baltic," which was to sail on the 3Oth, but ascertained to our regretthat every berth had been engaged for several days. A similar application on board the steamer "Arago" having been met with like result, we finally engaged ber.hs on board the packet-ship James Foster, IT," which was advertised to sail on Friday, June lst.-- Having however been subsequently, advised by the agent that though the packet would leave the wharf on Saturday morning, she would not actually put out to sea until the ith, we remained in our comfortable quarters at Tammany until Monday morning, when steamer took us on board the a Foster" :" and ,owed us some fifty miles out. With a fresh breeze and new and noble ship, we were soon fairly on our way towards the Old Worlds and long before the shadows of evening had gathered around us, the shores of our native land had gradually sunk beneath the western horizon. Far as the eye could reach, in every direction, one wide waste of waters lay spread out before, behind and around us--our little craft forming the centre of the circle. stood upon the deck and saw the sun go down in the ocean--a strange sfght to me then, though it soon became scene 50 common to my eye as scarcely to attract . moments thought or attention. To one like myself, who had never been out of sight of land, there is much in the commencement of an ocean voyage to elicit tho admiration and wonder of the voyager. An indescribable feeling of awe, united with sensation of loneliness and dependence, takes complete possession of the mind. Bat reaction soon follows { all ideas of novelty are succeeded by the dullest monotony that can well be conceived especially to those who are accustomed to active business or outdoor employment. Shut up within the narrow limits of our oakea wallis without the possibility of egress, the mind necessarily turns inward upon itself in search of occupation, or seeks for unusual pas,imes among the associates whom chance or circumstances may have thrown in it's way. Hence games, music, dancing. and festive gatherings with .oasls, speeches and songs, are fesorted to. and are ofien participated in by the most sedate and circumspect of the passengers. But with all these intefludes, time hangs heavily i for, however much man may be inclined to literary pursuits on shore, he will cer- tainly have no taste for reading or writing on ship-board. If he is fortunate enough to escape the nauseating and facilitating effects of sea-sickness in its usual forms, he can scarcely fail to experience the disagree able sensations which almost invariably result from the incessant rocking of the vessel.
 During the twenty -shree days sail of our good ship between New York and Liverpool, scarcely an event occurred to break the monotony of the voyage. Pnrpoises and sword-ish occasionally played along our coarse-now and then sail wss announced or steamship passed us in the distance and sea-birds appeared and disappeared a. brief intervals during the whole passage. For the most part we were favored with fais breeze-,hoagh few days of high w,nds.succeeded by calm of like duration, gavsus an idea of the rariety which usually attends fife at sea. The winds at no time rose to the dignity of gale. yet the ocean was oftea lashed to foam, and the pillows not anfiequently swept completely over oul ship. To a Iandsman, tiie scene was au exciting and fearful one. though others seemed 10 regard it as very tame affair.
 Having inti,nated that no event worthy of especial notice took place on our outward bound trip, l must beg leave to correct myself in one particular -though ! canno' but regret the necessity which impels me te
 make the correction. refer to the treatment I of the sailors by soma of the officers of the
 packet. Often during the voyage, the pas
 sengers were shocked at noticing the bra.
 nlisy which the former experienced at ihs
 hands of tho iaster, apparently for the mos