The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-25
The Paths of the Sen.

fSTyRgsTIsa LECTURE ny LIEUr.sASr MAURY.
very large, elegant and highly intelligent ardcnce
assembled on Monday evening In Dc. Hn.sons church,
Washington square, TO hear Lieut. MARY deliver bis In
tercsns Instructive and novel lecture upon "rhe Paths
q the Sea"
Notwithstanding dresry snow storm-the Grst Of the
season-lhe ladies' turned ori In large numbers and hon
orsd The win their presence the audience, In
seed WA OF tho aneet, II not the anest that hiss
sxscns bed 10 hear this The lecture 10
enc OF tho course delivered before the Young Mems
Christian Agociation. Mr.. George W, oclArd, Chairman
ct tho Lecture Committee OF that Associston presided
largo map OF the world ihorlng the course Of The
wade winds, NC was suspended by the pnlpH. The
Rev. Or Hutton opened the ssrviees with prayer.
Lieut. NAuKy on bein. introduced 10 the audience by
tho chairman was greeted with loud applause. Ee pro-
coedod to speak substantially az folowu-
The paths q the rca are very ruch The work OF
chance and crcurassncos, When god was nrsl dlscov
cred California, and Tho ide OF population began 10
pouY IRON The Fast 10 tie ws our vessels saei ali the
vsy round Cape Horn, hey then upwards OF one
hundred and eighty days tsr passsge. They sailed
through new seas and b, ocare as ye, tte known 70
they made the passage one hundred and twenty
days. 20 II with Columbia, ne sailen 10 the south
and Tcsi, sftng way along vi Dc reached his con.
suent ana .hst route was coasnued up decara.
Of inaopandcnec BY that Iouie Charleston the
half way hose between 20 and q Old word-our com.
merce tossed through South Carolina The uaroinss
were the commercial colonies their exports
han .he OF al NeE EDgland- mbus
m spain snd stood southwark tn be met tho northwest
irsde WINDS and Valid wesiNsrc BY tber, be reached
shore. b 1873 Dr Franklin crossed the ocean 10
eree or The gxspcrAiure between The 6u stream aud
the surrounding BE ccnsi5crsi u OF great impor
Aanca and vos,d Icl, thercsore maize II known, but
kspt 4 Fos poalical purposes. Tho influence OF this
had cfer bern set but ts scure had never be-
sore zen knova. when Gor,ez came from Mexico be
Dot hrsef upos The Gulf stream ara upon s current
seated ship cut OF the Gar 20 the eceu sea Bus the
tempasstaro Of shs stream had never been known be
TNFA ffF Ia 4HN
sas considered OF great Importance fof al ths time tho
sabies by which askude ana ongi'ude were reckoucd
b. tEs Rilish goserame1t Tor sud simple
pntthod Of calculating the position q ship ut sea
a poTdsr,ag band of ribbon would ten the
navigator shat he WIS appToashirz the shore Of
ncv hemisphere snd 20. when oa,wara found, a. he
yassed beyond Il would MORN hihi hat he was IA
from shore upon the broad Atlantic -he lcturer here
traced the course or the Gulf Stream tke map say
Ing the stream 90 distinctly marked thai the very
ino Of is extent can be pointed out. soueunes you
half OF your ship ying In tie Gu1 dreAm and
nsn q without ~ o en- zoe pmus % ssoss
moi forget the dEculy they had TO contend with then
Their ships were very clumsy and could NOT We well ma
never been conceived or-now able 10 t, when
storm coming on, though is yet long WY on By
mot only iorewsrns the mariner or ss approach but IRE
epen,ly tells him whence II comes and 1t how rapid
es,Irey. one discovery one invention beges anothsr.
and nose 10 besouen before ~ wanted Sec steamers
wond been OF uee In those Tunes VIXEN 50 Aifs
was know n about navigation but ~ soon correct
system Of calculation esablsbet then the smoe' Of
the steamers upon the sea. Indeed, vessels
med 10 cot go far OF tho not TO whether
they we've in The Atlantic Pacific Ocean. / haves
we'll suthensscaed history where vessel having sailed
long time and been driven about by high winds, the
casin thought she had reached the Pacific ocees aud
90 turned north. The next day ne met another ship
and asked where he Vas The anyver was, III you
keep south for q day you viii tsch Cape Horp.v
Haugbter) Columbus sailed from SpsE Ia the month
OF Ausust r he had attempted 10 winter he wonld not
have Uncovered Amsrics-for instead o. andng the
trade Winds 10 help him westward ne would have found
strong uorthwesteriy wind With that wind in
large ships he never could have arrived here Ia
January. Indeed, returning 10 tba month he
ALMOST sbipwrecked. The vessels that went west,
ard those that went east both kept their reckoning
and reheousy noted their sabbsths but meeting and
Ing icsesSs me socIsy issads receive Their reckon.