The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-29
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LETTERS FROM ABROAD.--No. J.
s,..u.s BALTIC, t4th day out from Now York,
September 80, 1857 "Wednesday


Ih.ya uromised 10 send you OCCASIONAL letter, and
=, 80 nrssrnt tecngs hold you likely to have the
o,,mise faithfully redeemed
Won have never tried leaving home and home friends
g., vnars You have never been called upon TO nerve
r heart TO place between yourself and them the broad
rornr sea Wen, try it when you may, and you VIII
And Il no laughing matter The associations OF yearsn
40 az all periods Of your ecome strangely back upon
Hor and when the excitement incident to parting 10
~ and the last tear ia brushed from the eye you lapse
isbly into rcvere obstinstey closed to all but the
Genial past In vain Is the fancy invoked TO trace the
hre An its brightest colorstotell OF health improved
Of educational Advantages fortune acquired OF lame
ocbryrdof new friends aud noble acquaintance -lof
splendid edifoes and grand esatessti that e.ofs IN
tina throat Is there aud the shoal waters OF the heart
90, ave-, ready to render up their fearful tribute to
tbs trial little girl about seven years OF age has
,an aced ON board In care OF the stewardess by her
nt In New York with whom che hiss been staying. for
bsr fathers home Ia England The poor child passed tho
st day In tears and the ready philosophy of the good
woman insisted that she must not begin to cry 1 shs
s, Jrerpol and not for her alt whos ste lsH baaid
surelv there was wisdom in the suggestion. but like
many Of wisdom $ Lessons right hard to be obeyed
BEFORE my eyes constant panorama Of friends. and
in my memory pleasant things. long forgotten, now Wv
dly revived And, noble Old Virginia. how hated TO
leave home of my BIRTH Of my earliest assoca
tons Of my hayward youth and graver manhood How
her beautiful mountains and lovely vaieys-the last the
np place of many once 40 dear passed to brighter
and banper to my heart with double love
The a.or uotrp is common virtue with Americans; but
The .entiment in the heart Of true Virginian Is even
ar. than this and passeth all understanding 1t Ii
dam abiding tender flial, holy passion The ann"ns
r.,oa is ever with him In all his plans and purposes,
his hopes and fortunes, Virginia is the bright browning
uoaI towards which his eye is ever bent But some
hing too much of this" Our two days in New York
were passed busily but pleasantly with our friends
the S. friends they are indeed, to admire and to love
At IL o'clock Saturday, the 26th we were all on
board the Baltic amidst crowds who had collected to see
Others and ourselves of. Many hearty " God bless
Won and pheasant voyage and other kind words of
parting were heard and at IL. precisely our noble
,b,p moved gracefully from her pier BY her side was
the Adac not quite prepared for sea- and whose decks
were filled with the friends of those who had left waving
them handkechiefs and cheering them GOD speed Gun
after gun doomed forth the good will from many friend
" consort in the beautiful harbor and steamed
away all seemed look with pride upon the great COM
neroa centre of their country and long OF the world
Scarcely had we reached the Narrow before the
aoaa sounded Its discordant to lunch and all
began to make friends with another. We have only
about sixty frst-cass passenger but from the four
days intercourse equal to months on land with them
am happy to say they are excellent and agreeable com
panions As for the captain comstock, heis trump,
indeed and he and are already friends for life.
Sunday was passed with becoming propiety and at the
request Of the captain who usually ociates in the alb
sence of minister Mr. Tucker read the Episcopal
vice to the assembled passengers. E"-a
The amusements on ship board are various, and old
Time receives so many terrible wounds from eating,
sleepnq cards backgammon, chess, reading, talking,
and racing and down the smooth clean deck that we
are scarcely conscious Of his fight, save when little
home sickness--sea-sckness we have none-steas In
upon us There is one thing about which have been
much disappointed and that is in seeing sails on the
oceau. We have as yet seen but two sad-looking
shooners and those beeamed at distance, and doubt
less envyng our smokestacks and fast-rong wheels.
MONDAY MORNING, October 5.
Bright and early all hands were aroused by the cheer
ing dngs of land which creates just about the same
JOYOUS hustle at that the advent of Christmas does in
a merry household All were upon deck, and the first
sight that saluted the eye those two singular rocks
standing curious isolation several miles from the Irish
coast right out in the ocean. And strange to say of
these place looking Masses which Nature in some
wild freak seems to have cut off Mrorn out there
one hundred iathoms Of water around them Such an
anomaly should make the geologist scratch has rse head
ugaa In q few hours began TO deScry the bold
coast Of old Ireland and the shore we en-
sbed with gasses to discover that the of what
took to be barren hills il in fruitful cultivation the
'aies of course looming up prominently In the dis
lance. - .0
Tuesday morning il here the boat has made great
in the last twenty hours, and we have good
prospect of being in Liverpool by from this point
have lust been called by the captain to Ire
lsnd-the Isle of Mainland Wales, sight rarely
enjoyed he tells me, at the same time. We are in the
harbor OF Liverpool. Its great forests Of shipping
Its numerous docks its solid blocks Of buildings
its great warehouses Its beautiful villages and vii
las on either side of the Merey the rich green grounds
that meet the eye on every side, giving air of
sprngtime rather than of the season of the 'dying
fall are all in grand landscape before us We an
Choir in the middle of the river, and here comes the
tug with the custom house officers to pry into
baggage after articles contraband Well, it's funny
sight varied and different emotions swell the breast
Of the Hurried voyager the grim officers (only grim in
fancy however, for they really very polite gentle
mem ask for the keys to their well cared-for luggage.
Some afraid of too many things being another
snug, Of TOO c and from my observation should pre-
fer to bet the latter being the class
Certainly there was one old gentleman who had been
most commercially regardul of the custom regulations
Tor In his bGn-sa pep trunk there discovered In the
only two compartments examined, clothes brush and
TtesPaper This raised good bnmored laugh in which
the officers vouchsaied to jon and the trunk was stamped
Of course. When they applied to your humble servant
for his key he remarked to them that his trunk
Ct the "open sesame order, II had never enjoyed
Of Icu for 10 tupn tv years nd m