New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-10

seem only impatient nur.u,s not HGrp ~, tSe nm
S,;."s 4 present and real; lot us esy. 30
mn Ssck 70 eur first passion for the see, just AZ
w. :. other loves that have deceived NJ ready,
S ~r o "v Sckie smile to endure al again.
thosc dreamy days Of convalescence, in such sun
.hre and such breezes 40 We never have on land !;
welcome 10 me- wbencessever they camel for
had arown reckless Of ports as Noah hnaself---
m. memory of much thoughtful kisdness from those
hardy wanderers Of the sea is vivid and grateful;
ether inpressions are less distinct. In the con-
fused tbrong of restless figures, pacing up and
Down the deck, o. eaking many tongues, few are
ndisidualized, and learned to distinguish the dd
ferpnt tread with varying emotion There was the
Herr Doctor" whs did not know what eeidltx Or
soda powders meant, when his patients were fever.
ish and thirsty; the approach Of that trashy step
was always accompanied by an unn,istakeole
qu,ln, with which the vessel itself seemed to gym
paihize. Clcsing the eyes or looking at the aosu
made no difference; the vision Of haGrpe Sum-
mer squash, in riDless spectacles, and mustache
waved a la shOe.maker's thread, and that quan,
would follow the sound Then the affected trip
ping gait of certain specimen of Young America,
just from college, who chanted scraps Of what he
called Italian ssngs assuring everybody that it was
lust the language for music" The effect was
X,
an applications of eau de Cologne. But there was
an ahidote for this in the elastic step Of the Mil
tary officer, who sketched flowers bsautfully-pssi
tive refreshmeht in the sight Of an eIquisitely-
tinted bouquet of his designing, executed in chenille
embroidery, by q German lady who was both enter
toDing and attractive without being either young
handsome. Think of that, American girls, who
place your faith IN curls and sinpeer. Then The
ecsdnatsred, hearty Swede, chatting in Greek
,.ith tho ali Tux ,pbn HAL ham on faur fhrouoh
the States leaving the sixty.fve beloved wives Of
bis bosom at home, meanwhile, or singing Spanish
songs to the guitar, always CHEEKY, never sick in
bis life, on sea or land, walking with the same frn
and steady tread Though the plank is at an angle Of
forty .fve-th0t sound brought just enough Of envy
ing bitterness to make the effect decidedly Tonic
After while, murmurs of prolonged passage
arose among the impatient passengers; we were
not coming to pert "on time" and, for several
days. little else was discussed with much interest.
That theme did not fail when il was discovered that
defective machinery was the cause. Seine grew in
dienant over it; some dismal; others facetisus; O
few kept their temper. ALI were weary when, at
last the shores of England the horizon with
bealIDg effect. Our captain sent the stewafdess to
wake me early, that l wight see the Needles, and
the shores If Wight. Coming on deck, found
and looked on the green fields the cropped
hedges, the ived castles, the parks tho lawns, the
quiet hemes Of dear old England-fair garden,
fenced with threatening batteries. That day, the
Queen was expected at Osborn Castle, Cowes; and
at Portsmouth We saw many vessels decorated with
flags aud streaners in masts and rigging, 80 that
the whsle seemed like gigantic bouquet of gay
tinted flowers. The grounds around the Queens
palace at Cowes, and those of the adjoining estate,
rather excelled my imaginiugs of such scenes; yet
had more delight in certain triangular meadow
lot, quite remote fpem these buildings, having o
copse on two sides, and trim hedge on all: such
al exquisite green was on the grass.
The day was very fine; good humOr was restored
to all; those who, while out at sea, had intended
leaving at Southampton, frem disgust, or despair Of
arriving ut Antwerp in this chip, now resolved TO
stay on board another day, and land at their origi
nal port of destination. When we had entered the
Scheldt River, and shipped an Antwerp pilot eighty
mics from port the voyage seemed just as gsed as
ended. 1t was wonderful how gay everybody was.
could hardly see how they should be so Oyerjoyed
at the prospect of leaving a place which had, in
three weeks, become home to me. There was
hustle of preparation for going on shore; trunks
were packed for cu.tsn.hsuse inspection; guide
books consulted hotels selected, fresh linen donned,
congratulations exchanged on the prospect Of a
supper ON terra frma when, suddenly, the engines
stepped working, and the vessel came to anchor.
When the ANXIOUS passengers inquired OF the COM
posed officers what was wrsng, they were greeted
with the dismayng intelligence that, the tide being
now sut we must wait for it to rise; daylight being
also essential to our progress, we should net be able
to leave here before nine or ten O'Clock next day.
su :h black shadow as fell over the faces just now
70 gay Such curling Of lips and knitting
brOws! Indignation, both loud and deep, wa
freely expressed. Our Scandinavian indicated his
nationality by "snering when incenSed:" some.
however, felt themselves incapable of doiag JUS
tce TO the subject, and make no expression
.tba hy 1ocL 1noEsI Malan.
chOy, desperate resignation, saying, plain as
words, "Nothing can startle or surprise or
disappont me after this; / have seen the
"worst. A month on this spot can make no differ.
"ence now" Even that universal paclfcstor, the
diDner-bell, scarcely made diversion; they came
to the table, slowly and sullenly. But dinner be.
ing over, and the captain having caused champagne
to flow water, the state of feeling was somewhat
improved. The use of the gig was rendered to such
as fancied going on shOre-the low-dyked shore Of
Holland. All the American party would CO. OF course
and, by the by, it was rather an oddly assorted
| pa1ty-such a one as would scarcely be made up
elsewhere than in America, fancy, for any exped
tiop either of business pleasure Indeed, with
out business basis, scarcely any long exeursion
would be pleasurable to genuine specimen of New
York activity, like our respected Chief. If there
were nothing to be risked nothing to be done at the
end Of the trip adding zest to the characteristic de-
.ire Of ''setting there" this finding new world in
the old would lose half its interest for him. Nov,
while the main point of reaching the journeys end
is in due progress no is willing to make the most OF
the shortest route seeing and enjoying intensely what
ever may be, without retarding; industrious in his
leisure gathering, from whatever sources facts and
hints which may Ave bearing on the busiress in
question. Then comes the Colonel, or, as we call
him, Boston," New-Hampshire Yankee, who
has been in Europe before, and seenthe elephant,
as be elegantly expresses it, our Swede, who has
been in every large port the globe, having spent