Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-13
A Storm on the Gall.

We make the following extracts from a
private letter dated at the B.lize, Mouth Of
the Mississippi, Feb. 10Th, aud pos,-marked
Pensaeola. Flor. We have seen 10 account
in our exchanges Of the storm here men-
TONED, but u this season Of the year they
ere 90 common on the gull as TO elicit little
attention.
1--WE lett New Orleans last Saturday
shout S O'clock P. VI. We have been lying
here two days, awaiting trem ,ndoas gale,
which is now raging on the gulf, 70 subsde.
And truly it is an awful gale. The huge,
green WIVES come rolling, with awful
grandeur, upon the white sand. and break
ing into vast body of foam. roar Ike
thousand lions But, to add beauty 10 teF-
rife grandeur, and to redeem it Of It's macs
~, fcan discern as | write, thousands q
snowy ea-sulls lowering over the giant
waves. and with wild screams ever and
anon plungng into the foam to eaten ~
acme unfortunate Madasa, OF siray dwarf
crab'which may be thrown out On the SAINT
Heaven, how the wind blows The men
are aow busy with heavy tread on deck
taking down part of the chimneys tor fear
the wind will blow them down. Between
the hoarse voice Of the captain, the deep
roar OF the waves, the loud, unear,hly wall
OF the wind among the rigging. and the
scream Of the galls, there is wild terror Of
noise which entirely battles description
Bat it ia JUS. such sound as love, and
such sound S can never tire q. That
which is all grandeur, force and sublmity,
which alone combines and embodies the
grea, power of God, and his awful indai'y
can never pail upon the senses Hence
my proclivity for the ocean, and the great
peace and happiness experience when on
rs restless bosom"
FEB. 2Is.. This morning awhile atter
saylight--the gale having gone down--we
got up steam and pushed out into the gulf,
but soon put in again. TIE big waves
struck US right and left-oar vessel was
pitched hitler and thi,her-and it s9on be-
came evident 10 all, that she could no,
stand the waves, 50 considering discretion
the better par, of valor, we pus -bou. AM
ran sack into calm water. Ou- vessel vas
not built for a sea boat bat was only in
tended for placid water, and is seatto Flor
ida By Government 10 run in Tampa by.
whittier the sea never, or selioA rises high.
The wind is now due east, and IS we have
to run east, the waves are directly against
US. We shall. therefore have to Ee here
until the wind veers around to the west.
Staying here will not be irksome. There
are plenty Of excellent oysters on every
side Of us-any quantity Of fish anl plenty
of strange sights to look at"
FEB. e2i-I write nov from the broad
bosom Of the gull OF Mexico-out Of sight
of land. This morning we lel cur moor
ings and ventured upon the tleacherous
waters. Tie little vessel dances about
awlully. she pitched 50 dr.adluliy that
every moment expected to see the cabin
come loose and 60 into the sea. Soon we
came 10 hundreds Of barrels OF pork and
flour and boxes Of dry goods floating upon
the agitated waves. They had doubtless
been thrown overheard By some vessel
during the late gale, OF else the vessel !,
which contained them sunk u rise no more
and all on her persisted. PROPOSES are
around Us in schools. They present q
strange appearance, rising up and down in
the green water, AMI putting with each
rise.'
FEB. sd. Ship Island u IN ,sht, two
men-of-war are lying there, with their grin
nirg cannons pointing al Us as If they in
tended to challenge our passage on the F
score Of being ON a FJEbuzteEiug expe-
dition."