The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-10-16
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AT SrA, August Is.
SIN r two 0 clock yestcrdss including all this
day We have had ii'et. foggy weather and
bead wind. rolling ship and sea-7ick passen-
GER Nearly all The ladies have deserted the
table, How SICK aud hopless they are. Mos,
Of the gentlemen, and the stnsiei, children a.
capa The motion which causes sea-sickness
seems FIRST 70 affect lhc brain, 80 that the effect
On iS stomach 70 only sympathetic ! have
no doubt bu, il may be successfully resisted by
q strong will, a, lcas: in m.ny caseg.
The fog cleared away for about fifteen min.
nies, during which tine The Captain deeeries
on EsJyg looming mp like mountain, and
seems sI,tat ten mles distant, The glasses are oil
in requsition, and while looking at il one sde
il melted away, ard the remainder Disappears
in fog bank.
Envelopcd in fog again. tine he'll with brief
intervals, sounding The alarm Can't ace ffty
yard. from the ship and going eight miles AZ
hour. Captain says n collision would not sinh
our ship she IL oI iron and built in three com
pafiments either Of which might BE- filed with
water and yet sho would font and he managed
All bel better after hearing this.
The fog CHAR away again Tor icw minutes.
quite clear, and large black ship in distress Is
distinctly visible on our stnrboard. She is dis
masted. Our bells are rung no response.
The Captain has changed his course and sails
towards the wreck which IL again envcloped in
tog. ship confines same direction constantly
ringing fog bells, till the search Tor the wreck
ia abandoned I. both hopeless and dangerous,
the fog is 80 dene. The sympathy and ankle.
" OF our passengers excited to tho hghes. pitch.
Various are the conjecture Some think ii an
abandoned wreck others, that oil on board
might be 10 state Of starvation, and unable
to answer our signals. dc.
hugua 2s.--for the last ten days We have
had very bad weather, and nearly all the ladies
have been constantly sea-sick. Very brief In
teryals OF clear weather. Some O! the sailors
say. "Just what We might have expected after
having scn the Flying Dutchnan, which some
OF them insisted the wrsok must have been, All
who are not sca-sck find some way to pass the
time PLEASANTLY. The smoking room, great
resort--but no more arguments between Broth.
er Jonathan and John Bull The leading
amusements are shuttle board and ship bill
isrds, and pitching quoits (quoits made Of
rope ON quarter deck la the cabin cards.
chess. dominoes and checker, while those who
prefer Il read or converse. One can always
learn something new IRON strangers. and thus
pass the time pleasantly anywhere almost.
A very intelligent English gentleman, who
has been many years residing 10 ST. Domingo
~ factor Of an English house says. that it is
folly to talk about the negroes governing them
selves OF improving in civilization that in
St Domingo, where they do as they please,
they are rapidly sinking into barbarism---tha
they will no, work 40 long as they can get
enough to cat without labor that they were
lar better of when slavcs-,heir government
perfect despotism,
This evening the sevcrcst blow yet -- the ship
rolls and staggcrs like spent top, and away
goes the crockery below deck, and the sas
above deck lying,jib and mainsai. and jib-
boom carried away. some alarm bu, no dan
ger.
august 29--Aiter ten days el head winds
and bad weather, the wind is just right, The
~asick patients are all on deck again, enjoying
the fuc weather and the prospect Of reaching
Glasgow in two or three days
iug,ni 81. ; ociook !. M-Ari,si a, Glss-
gov after voyage OF fifteen days and three
hours quick passage considering the bad
weather Oar ship is foar mastei screw
steamer Of 200 tons. | was not aware before
that the sccnsy ofthe Clyde and its bay,o Leith
aboun'ici in sch variety 81 the grand pie
turesquc and heautifh | have never scen any
thing to compare with it. The river from
Grrnock TO Glasgow is not much wider than
the Galcna aver, and is mad. naylgablc for
large ships csly by dredging and excavations.
For the distarcc Of miles this work is constant.
ly going on, and paid tor BY the citizens OF
Glasgow, whc by sheer energy have made their
city the third in importance and population Of
the British Empire; while Grcenocl, which
seems to b. he,tcr situated, and was once the
commercial metropolis OF Scotland has become
dccayel and insignificant place, Nearly all
the iron ships Of Great Britain ART bull, on the
Clyde The Cunard steamers were built here.
including the Persia There mist he at least
one hundred Of oil sizes. row in process Of
building be,xecn Glasgow and Greeneck, anil
am informed tina, upwards Of 10000 workmen
arr thus employed.
Mrs. Il. has just read Ia me her notes OF our
voyage, inated without any view to pablica-
ton, while am writing this which | have per
suaded her to let me incorporate 10 this num-
Der. A book nigh, 10 written on the scene |
ry and celebrities OF thc Clyde. but what is COZ
tanned in tho following by Mrs. H., prefer to |
any description Of my own:
Oar voyage across the Atlantic is iull Of
droary rccollectioGs u bead winds. logs, damp |
ness and personal discousorss, aud long days
AMI nights Of positive suffering. Who car look
upon the sas IN all its Wild hesvng unrest, i,s
l,.....,,l. $1,000 a. ..s.,. - -