Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-08-12
Our Foreign CORRESPONDENCE.
OK SHIpBoARD, July, 1858.

"S'so nv AVi d utnCripuioA Va ny ' 'NJNoN'
sea-slckness, and the thousand-and-one things
never saw before, permit me to say would
gladly sit in your Office and spin you yarn Of
sea life, till deatened you with a long har-
rangue of all the sights, &C., but as | am little
accustomed to writing, and much less to desert
bing, fear that you will repent you made the
request. However, as cannot do the former, |
will try TO- in some measure, perform the latter.
Then, should we ever meet, you might have some
hopes of having the thing all told without be-
ing obliged to stop your editorial duties for a
week. Should you find any thing you cannot
read, and much less understand substitute some
Latin phrase, and pass on to the errata.
Describe my sea voyage! That's nothing
any body can do that Millions are on it all
their lives, and never think of saying anything
about 1t. Thousands have sailed around the
world, and seen nothing wonderful. Yet you
seem to think because came from Vermont,
have, in the short journey across the Atlantic,
seen enough to gil volume. hope you will
not be disappointed
[ cannot suppose all your readers have been
in New York 50 allow me to say to them, it is
quite town and should they, their children,
or friends, wish to visit the city on American
soil, let me suggest a trip to New York, (espe-
cially if they have any money to spend,) for
there can they see city 6 acot is d city," and
there can they representatives from nearly
all parts of the. wegslpa New York is NeO York.
As its name does mt convey any idea of It's i'm
portance so will not attempt to describe it,
for might make it even less.
Went on board the Northern Light Saturday
noon, June 18th. Themorning having been very
rainy and bad, our three hundred passengers, as
might be expected, presented no very enviable
appearance-being clad in their worst travelling
habiliment. When the call came for friends to
depart you might have seen in many an eye,
unaccustomed to weep, the unbidden and I'M
checked tear. sBut friends part steam is on ::
and mid The long continued cheers and loud huz-
zas from shore, and the booming of cannon on
board, we arc sailing through the bay, appa-
rently able to run over or down any thing that
might chance to come in our way. Yet one thing
soon made its appearance, that we could not
run over, and much less run down, in the form
of dense, heavy fog and rather than attempt
the fog and violent storm with it, our prudent
captain anchored off Staten Island where for
fourteen hours we rode out the storm with fal
more comfort than we could have done in the
open sea.
Our captain, a very fine, portly-looking man
made himself so conspicuous that we could moi
fail to dub him THE MAN, and feel proud to b'
on the rolling wave with such an able and &C
comphshed guide and guard But the effects O
the storm, while riding at anchor, laid him or
the Shelf and for four days he was unseen anc
unknown outside his cabin; and when he die
return to life again, instead of being the com
mander of the concern, as before, he claimed tt
be only a member of the PENNSYLVANIA Pill
Makers association
Our company was most motley representa-
ton OF many nations, and from all parts of tn,
United States. Germans French and Spainard
composed the larger part-there being but very
few Americans. Having located ourselves, ant
passed th- iirst nfp'rt at anchor, wewere prepaf
ed to enjoy our first day Sunday by the way) OF
the open ocean, and although there were two o.
three ministers on board, it was not though ad
visable to hold church service, as many wer,
very badly sea sick, and it took nearly the re
mainder to care for the i'll. So my companion
whom ehall call H., and myself, highly favored
in being free from sea sickness, passed the da,
as best we could and, believe me- it was long
drcary, dreary day
1t is hardly necessary to describe our accom-
modations; but believing that the experience o
one who has once seen and used them is bette
than none, pardon me if suggest few thought
upon the subject Your readers may have takel
trips upon our beautiful lakes, but from then
one cannot fully know the wants and necessitie
of u transatlantic voyage. When one can ste]
aboard steamer and make the pleasant trip O
Long Island Sound, the Hudson. or Lake Cham
plain, in few hours, having a nice visit with
happy company Of his own people, enjoy tn
beautiful scenery with which they are all sur
rounded, partake Of the noted dinners of on
Champlain steamers, Ito say nothing of thei
celebrated champaigne,--he can but say, whe
compared with other methods of travelling
show delightful " But when you exchang
the short pleasure tripon our All erican water
for fortnight's ride; your jovial friendly com
panions for the people of half score of differ
ent nations, talking all kinds of dialects, II
goodly number with the same tastes and wishes
but all looking solely for their own interests
our fine dinners changed into a regimen q
strict as though boarding at the States expens
in Windsor, and as poorly cooked trust MOI
so; when, in fact, this conglomerate mass al
made to become one family; then, to say notl
ing of scenery, of which there can be none, BIZ
the vast expanse of -tks dark blue wave, | thin
you will agree with me that sea voyage is nj
a voyage of pleasure, and not the place for a
American to go for pleasure But for a Yank'
to be out two weeks among such compan
and not find something amusing is not to be c.
pected.
Here we are, fairly settled-threc in a sta
room, nine by five; and here we are to liv
sleep, read, write if we can, and in fla
! make it our home for here, if the weather
stormy, we must stay most of the time, save
} meal hours, when we go into the saloon, an
: there eat such as they have, if you please
4 go without The fare is good enough, perhap