Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29

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Msssrs. Bdiiors,--I propose to give you short
sketch of our recent trip down the Bay in the
schooner Farmers Delight, Of tl.is city. We
eit'townon Saturday, the 9ih instant, u dark,
ami dropped down the stream as far as the mouth
Of the Brandywine, when tide and wind failed,
ind 50 We l.y until morning, making delight.
full meal for the mosquitoes We left our place
Of anti-rcpose bcfore day light on Sunday morn.
ing, and passed New Castle at sunrise, and in the
course of the day Delaware City and other small
towns, arriving at Cohansey creek ut d-rk--we
ran aground in getting in there, and anchored for
the night Bat Oh, ye Gods, il we did not pay
the penalty for our tcmerty In trespassing en- the
domestic institutions OF the the Jersey blood-suck-
crs, yulg lilly dcnom;nated musquitoes. However,
in counting oar number in the Morning, we found
there were none missing, though considerable
blood war. We hoisted sail, struck our colors,
and len the glory of the field to our enemies,
while we went in senrch OF something bcttcr.--
Sure enough, we ovcrhuuled the oyster beds, got
about bushel and hale and made tracks for
Fronten-c, and when We were opposite to il, the
wind, which VS. blowing fresh all morning. com.
menecd 10 blow a gnlc.--therc were about fity
vessels in sight, bat they soon Disappeared
schooner, had her forestry carried awny-shc
looked r-tbcr shikey. We tried 10 make Fronle.
nae creek-it was no go, 70 We turned TIL to il,
and made for Tucksett creek, got ia safe and an.
chorcd We lay there the rest Of the day and
night. In fishing tod we caughi hall dozen
to4d fish and king crab. The toad fish, unlihc
theif i;nd nHmesakes, are very fcrocious, biting
aud swapping at every thing that dsturbs tfcn
having Eioolhs l,rgcr than catfish. II coinmenc-
cd raining at dark and continued the rest Of the
night to pour, not rain. In the morning we had
the consolAtion of knowing that We were sground
and had to lay there until 10 O'Clock, WHEN WE
left for Notwithstanding there, VIC went tc
lishiag for troIt---c- uCht h.lf Il dozcn--somc
went to tho beech to baltic, amongst the rcst-
the w-tcr Icing salt we remained lcre about two
heurs, and then lea for Morris Covc-got there
at shutdown and passed the night, and such o
night il mikes me groan 10 think Of. We have
certainly get into the land of the Philistisns---
The tide w.s well up, and nine Of US landed in a
small sluicc close by, and took a walk over to
Kings Island House, where VIC obtaincd refresh.
mcnt$, thu IS, those that wanted them. The
house was about two miles from our bout and BY
the tinr We returned the tide had fallen so that
the fluice was nearly bare except little water,
and plenty of mud over that. The boat h. to be
got somehow, and II was pretty has hnyhcw.--
went over in the boat, which kenlcd over and
came nc throwing all Of us out, however, we
got her straight once moro, with four inches OF
water In her. Well, TO get through, we all got
safely nbosrd, hoisted anchor, and fonnd that we
had TO stay there all night as the wind would net
f-ynr us this time, at least. We had most glo.
rious time OF il tina; night, tell you | refer you
to Cahansey before mentioned, with this dAcr.
ence, that IN the morning all hands wore hulassad
up about the ftcc. Ihld horn on my forehead
half the size Of hens egg, others in proportion.
The yclls and groans OF our poor fellows would
have caused my heart 70 bleed for them, had the
suckers not been bleeding me at the same time.
In the morning we started bright and early, and
got TO within ten miles Of Cape May, the wind
blowing fresh, when the courage OF some of our
party began to ooze out of their finger ends
their fear md clamoring caused us to bout ship,
and LEI Cape May be as one ofthe things to come.
We got 10 the front fishing ground in tho course
of the afternoon, and staid there until we caught
about one hundred trout and one dog shark, which
was three and half feet long. About sunset We
ran into Morris River for the night and went up
to the house where party was assembled, where
we rung and enjoyed ourselves exceedingly. In
the course OF the evening, they had speaking.
did not learn what the occasion of II was but for
the speech Of Mr.. Taylor. will refer you to SEINE
of the patrioicschool books. The other speech
maker Mr.. Lorenzo II. Lore, was so so, with Va.
riations. The music here was two flies, three
kettle drums and one base drum, and when they
struck mp, being in a small room, Il was really de-
lightful-huTd te beat.
Well, az, Ill things have nm end, so had our stay
at that place. We lcA at Q o'clock, r. H. fol
Newport, New Jersey, but the following morning
found US in Smyrna creeks mouth, Dclaware.--
We len there and got to Collins Beach by ter
oclces. We had great times here, and some o.
our party got most unaccountably exhilcraied-
brillss in their hats something equally curious
for my part enjoyed myself heartily until mid
night, with some very fno ladies' We started
from this place at sunrise for home, stopped q
Fort Delaware, to allow the sight seef's a chane,
to get the idea Of fort building into ih-r heads
staid here an hour and a half and lrfi for New
Castle, where we arrived in time to be too late fo
the eleven o'clock train of cnrs for Wilmington
as ono Of our party wishedto leave We lay her
4 short time and left for home. When we got nj
as far as the mouth of the Brandywine, the storm
which we saw coming, burst on US like tho iurics
and held US very uncomfortable for while tn
wind drove sloop ashore ON the creeks mouth
however,, we get out of that and in an hour VI
were On tho wharf, and may be we were no
thankful and all that, and so ended our trip b
Cape May, being gone seven days.
/ Yours, &c, RATHER.