Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-02-05
Letter from the 18th n
A sriNwALL, Nrw c,.
january IA 1afs

January IA, lsjs
FRIEND EARtr'-Iti. qs,.. |
me- and one too which I an -.
answer whether a person 49, ~ [
pitched and tumbled about f., =, x. {
on the bosom Of the mighty il. |
any IDEAS or whether they a.. ~. a
ool, !. them into a tangible ,las /
inclined to believe the torn.. Is /
will appoint you the umpire.
We left the goodly citv q =
ten minutes past two on The o o,.a.a
the fifth of January, and .,.,- -
to Sandy Hook in about two T.- On
we're in high spirits from tbs
of a pleasant and SPEEDY ~ '.''''s
WALL and we were even 50 ... >, @'
to believe that new er, S.5
upon the travelling connpa..- q ',,
iornia; that the United S,-.. :,
Steamship Company, that ma, ','' Vi
nOpoly' had at last becou. I;, ...I.- .e R
bugging the community. and =, u a''.
Of the future had placed he a.. : -
splendid steamer Don, TAYLOR ID, a n.s 4, q
line for this trip and vb,. qi''a 'i
winds or waves, with new ana and ". ss "a
ship beneath Us that could m,r N 'l'pa.
teen miles per hour, Commando
GOwan, the man who swan Ii, ,l:.- %
the Central America went 5,,.. '.7
had nought to fear. But d., "
Cape Hatteras, that bug-bear ., i
ors, soon put these fine fars., .s+
for however well our new
perform on the smooth wss,tr
haitian Bay, We found she q.
for the angry waves Of the Jrs
Atlantic. In fact we were jn,,.
lieve that our ship was Egit de
Percha or India Rubber from h. ]
she bounded from one wave "a ,D,a
up and down, fore and aft. and f.,
broadside gun as if to be inpula.
one could complain Of being E-sl
and to show their gratitude conr.,.
discharging the contents Of tte- a.
achs. for the benefit and of coar -
delight of the fishes; from .teaBs-
from state room and saloon, all ,f,
the chorus, " Ka-bu-a-g-h Ka-5a-..3
Oh, dear !" Out of 43O passens.as-
were not probably a bakers Cor,
what were sea sick, sick as death. So,
laughed, some cried, and all wi,hsla-
selves anywhere bnt on The Nous ID
Tor. The fact of the case is Rsr
steamer was built for the New Ola
trade, and Of course much to small
the California line. Every thin.
craulped and contracted; hs-s.4.s 70
are abominably small; saloons she
none, unless q narrow aisle between
rooms on the upper deck and boz
low in which we are slowed away to /
are worthy of the name. And A..
again, our ship was not properly BAH
ed, which fact caused berto roll 50 nh
and from this neglect alone the pas,
gers were all fastened down behv
twenty four hours previous to reach
Aspinwall ; for our consolation !lsa
tain assured Us he would not care b
back to New York in the same ps.
but would have more ballast before
wing AspinwaIl. Cold comfort ia,
no doubt you will say. In justice 81
officers | would say, a finer set Of b
never travelled with. Everything
could be done for our comfort W4e
lingly bestowed, and lido believe 3
t jolly tar or thorough seaman than (r
&, John MCGOWAN, walks the deck d .
< vessel. OF our passengers I can srE
little, as the weather has been 50 bsl
: GUS that only five of them have rsa'
ed from the effects Of sea sickness g
I. perhaps I will give you few lines b
t Acapulco.
7 Truly yours, t.