The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-14

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be found ef6cacious remedies for some of
the terrific diseases yet without means Of
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For the Register. r'.'
OLYMPIA, WAsnNeTSN TSRAIfeaY, !
Auepit 18th, 1851, az.S
| Ma. EDITOR "A long -sea=soyaee
may be thought mon nousirksome and
uuiuterestiug. Ttps thsi dauif9kpiNrn
great, yet every passing dey, sasats, semA.
change upon the broad sxp4pss ybicb
cheers and interests the yoyager or hin
way, though upon the confsss 5ofis fsge
joined pl.aks he sits, promopsdss. as.llss,. asAlss,
and lounges, for weeks and even months,
without setting foot upop lspd., TS R.n
the many .hiogs which hsye interested
me, would involve . long series Sf LEI.
teIs, hence propose sketchiug. briefly,
those most interesting .-,.. .Aa
Having previously alluded TO fev Of,
tho various sights upon the .AtiDto,
have next to notice The Caribbean sea.
In consequence Of the trade winds which,
prevail in this region, the Caribbsap is,
always rough 10 fac. i. seemed to, COP.
sist Of nothing but, pointed mountains
aud deep ravines upon which the weasel
was ever rolling and tumbling. Still
the thousand rainbows formed in The
sparkling spray dashes from the sopa Of
the conflicting waves added lnagni6cence
to tho ocean.
On Wednesday, March the llth, We,
we're in latitude 22e 32' NJ, and lonei
tude 74o ls' W. Distance from Nsw
York, one thousand ,hree hundred AID
fifty Sigh. miles. o. .hA evs, q che
same day, abou. dusk, We deserted ? y
volving light of the eastern extremity,
of tho is.aLd Of Jamaics, about twepty
five miles distant. I. was ever chang;
ing, now resembling distaD. twinkling
star then blazing forth like waving bil.
lows of fire from consuming building,
Every soa por. has its peculiar fieki, 10
order that the mariner need no. be led
astray by tho similarity q lisbs., tas
that be may be able TO desiguate, ,sny
port, in the darkes. night, shsp niles
out at sea. The interest wbich 5Nasex
cited by this new discovery ,biouehs av.
cry passenger On deot, and excited
train of reflections that mom sntui3y III!
creased, to see the inhs sbisauts, 1ssd 70
partaks Of the delicious fruits Of thSiis.
land but 10. consequence of ths1,sp.
proaoh Of night and the shoAlsdsad quick.
sands about the entrance oftAe harbor
this qualification was scesssFily dcIsrrsd
until the next morning ..,nisi,aq ssa
About tenl eloek ths3 sneineA wsrs
stopped, and We Aosted sbos. roa,,sids,
till the dawn, Of daR whishsNaslAn-
nounced by the firing Of -easnns, Sshs
whizripg and bursting Of sky rockets, ~
which the engines began to pefform o. Their
regular functions, and stthe Shesls 80
thunder in the waves, lsss.sdu iad, as
The happy anticipation Of visisisg the
strange land aroused most Of The pss5.
eueers long before the ndiyg l% ,dsy,
The first objects Of interest xetsi the
lofty mountains, which resolved aAem.
relves into four distinct ranger, each
range in the rear rising higher tHsn tls
one immedistcIy in 'front.' iiq .hs deep
blue b.ights we're mantled, With 1.-The sefs
T clouds Of heaven. The miuor Iiseqaii
ties, and rugged rocks we're spaoesksd
down BY the distance and The Iiipsstisg
shsdes of night We we're pyer pSieHs
for the rising sun to Withdraw cthS.ssil,
! that We might obtain . eleafet visS d
the harbor, and surrounding county !.
, As We advanced, the bsams of ,tbs rising
sun gradually descended ihel hills. ,pnti
the mist, dispellsd from The dsAd9 asa,
FASTENED away beforeis geHas Srsexf,
disclosing more dis,snt bills ssd Gyslls$ss
which were clothed ip sll therishnsss n
tropical vsrduro ;r f.s ssspassi.e ssy
scenery ] ever saw idaAs semperasss,os
Soon VIC were boarded by U.s.. .pitos
the health and snsto@ house iOhs,Js
The next objee, thai Ia,stasssdn sos,As
,ention wss the site Of the former port
Port Royal, which va 'npten by :,
earthquake, years ago. Now the water,
of a gentle bay ripple s0f.ly g svsss Ii
bosom, Of the silent slesPsrs; SSusb g
Kingston, which is the PripeiPsf town
!, lies long neck Of land, which s1 lend
0 nearly aOrOss the bay, thus, forming
0 beautiful and perfect hsrbot. Tks sY
trsms western point of this tongue 3
: land, is quite strongly fortified, sfcak'