Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-12-08
Cor. Of The Springfield Republican
Experience i'll Foreiga Travel.

""1e occGH rep o. a. uf8 pfgtY 7oeU along t03cGrts
the Etsi side,) on doayd ejipgsr slip l4tchstsp
Septenter 1917, 1865.
After several days OF decay beyond the ap-
pointed time OF sailing, owing partly to man
want OF mem ard partly to Providence, (want
OF WIND, we dld finally succeed in sailing from
the quarantine station in New York harbor on
lhonday, August 9th. The pilot appeariL z
Oh board early in the morning, in spite of rather
un1aVorahie wind and an immense amount OF
swearing, Il could hardly tell which was the
greater obstacle to the execution of his orders
was successful IN taking us out of the beautiful
bay into the open sea- Since o'clock the
same day we have seen no land except that
portion Of our native soil which still remains on
the faces Of some of the sailors; but we hone,
If our favorable wind holds, to make Land
End Tomorrow and London early next week.
However, this is all @uess-work with us. (pas-
sengers,) for the officers Of the shin take rar-
ueular pains to tell Us the most ridiculous and
connecting stores to our whereabouts and
progress Tins. and frightening the women
with fearful tales Of the dangers Of the sea.
constitute their idea of wit in its lighegt deYe-
opement.
FIRST layout Strong northeast wind. which,
rs that vas precisely the direction we wished
TO go, was not on the whole favorable to our
progress. The ship persisted in leaning over
at an angle OF fortyfi4e degrees, so that YOU
could walk with equal ease GU the floor and On
the leeward side Of the cabin. Passengers were
to be seen leaning over the bulwarks eoutem-
plating the ocean waves with signs of deep
emotion, and occasional outpouriugs of feeling
very touching to the beaolder,
sec01d day. Precisely similar to the first
Third day. If any thing little more so: the
WIND little stronger, the ship little sleeper
ana the passengers little sicker; every thing
III short slightly aggravated. The evening was
delightful Sat several hours at the stern in
the moonlight, watching the bubbles of fire in
the waves and musing upon home and friends.
" San on the lee bow shouted the lookout, and
gradually dark shadow became visible in the
dim distance, glided like a spectre slowly past,
and vanished. Waxing decidedly poetcal
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 taiIrail and depositing at least barrel
OF the & briny" in my lap Thus picked
retired dripping to my state room, "a wiser
and a metter man.
fourth day. A lurch of the ship sent three
cups OF coffee, two men, tone of whom was not
your humble seryant,) 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 a soapv bow in
it, all into a corner Of the cabin together
Selecting ourselves out of that heap of miscela
neous articles, and leaving the rest to be picked
up by the steward, resumed our breakfast as if
nothing had happensd. Smart ship is the old
Qulckstep, only rather playful.
The first few days are fair sample of the
x7t,ato ~,
and stupid in the extreme. Life at sea is very
ooetical one hour perhaps out of the twenty
our, but prosaic enough the other twenty
shree; may answer very well one day in the
week, but deliver me from the other six We
Ire bat dozen of us passengers. mostly cock
leys. returning in disgust from brief sojourn
n Yankee land to blessed Hold Hengland, the
ONE of their Infancy. Every one Of US dis
agreeing with every other one on all possible
subjects, we yet live together in great harmony.
performing mutual Offices Of kindness and good
fellowship; little bullet headed Dutchman
'fierlng a share Of his cherished Schieda1n
schapps to the sick wife of q Hungarian re-
u5ee; kentuckian and Londoner ending q
Srangle OF an hour ana y half about the merits
II their respective countries in a couple Of
rendiy brandy punches; free thinking Lou
lon bookseller and your humble servant. after |
pending the whole afternoon in the n,ain-top-
IN discussing. metaphysiea'ly. /
heoogieally, and scripturally, the Noashian
eluge, afterwards discussing II bottle of porter
ogether, thoroughly exhausting both sub eets.
,hough the Maine law BE- an admirable institu- /
ION on land, yet if any body argues in favor
t it here we silence him directly by presenting /
0 his mouth and nose glass of the diluted !
metic which goes under the name of water on
GARD ship. One doseis sufficient The patient
ecovers Immediately from his delusion, and
the Maine law emnently a ferres-
raj animal. If our tea and coffee were decent
be case would be different; but as it is we are
bsolutely driven to porter, and some, I am
fraid, even to stronger pqtatons.
Yours respectfully, DUN BaowxE.
NEW CAPITOL AT WAsHINGTos.-A Wash
'gton correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
avs:
Strangers who have recently arrived here.
nd fer the first times surveyed our New Capt.
u building, speak thereof in terms of high aa-
'lration Every branch of the work is in