Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-12

are treated as so many Duisancej.
29th. A pleasant, smooth sea, .om'
$ sickness on board cool breeze at evening
30,h. Weighing the baggage, which
5 takes three days. Had an animated dis.
n course on Religion. | would not be al
i infdel for all the world it makes one sc
d cold, aud so heart!ess; had rather believ,
the Bible if only for the enjoyment in thi,
: world
Nay lst Every one preparing to leave
the ship. Such a commo.ion Begin to
think | am seeing something of the Ele
phant. Sun very warm, but quite breeze
which makes it endurable, especially al
r evening
"a. AtAspinwall, 8 in morning; looks
some like Algonquin in Illinois. Leave
on the cars at ., reached Papams at r.
very pleasant ride across tho Isthmus,
though hot saw many kinds of tropical
fruits. Chagres River i. little, muddy
stream, aud s;agnant. Wecrossed it seven
times its borders marshy. In the dis-
tance mountainous, covered with beautiful
trees and verdure, natives and shlnties
81 Reached the Golden Gate steamer.
by small one, and left the Bay Of Paua-
ma at \. NJ 4 shark in sight, twelve
feet long. Trees from the bay look fine,
interspersed with little Islands covere .
with green.
4th. \ Pacific Ocean thunder storm,
very heavy rain SO overcome with heat
that can hardly stand it. Ia sight Of
land much of the way-a mountainous
country.
5th. Dreadful sea-sickness sll day
never experienced heat betore-the very
breezes bot as lection.
( 9th Hottest day yet-almost to the
Equator thermometer 90 in the shade
Sail ten and eleven miles per hour We can
hardly sit up or exert ourselves, SO over
come with heat. Boat took fire, but e1,
,inguished soon.
1th. Hot as ever through the day. eve
ming cool, breeze came up SO suddenly that
all took cold.
stb. At Acapulco at 3 P NJ, fine har-
Dor, with small fort, guns fired on our ar
rival, as usual. Scenery fine, bu. very
hilly, covered with low shrubs and moss
Natives beset US on every side with fruits,
nuts, and shells horrid looking people.
Preaching on board by Methodist.
9th. Fine sailing day-s:opped at a
little Mexican town to pu. off rich Span
lard and family, owner Of extensive silver
mines, and to take on large boxes of silver;
fellow was caught breaking open boxes
and trunks, helping himself; clipped him,
and put him on the upper deck, labeled
"Thict'' as scare crow.
10Th. Away out on the Pacific Ocean
-have made our last call, until we reach
San Francisco. Begin to count the days,
hours, and moments. Weather SO cool
that We have to exchange muslin for thick
dresses-rouSh crossing the Gulf.
llth Pass St. Lucas Cape; here are
barren rocks, rugged and high, the first
points of California we have seen near
shore. Pleasant but cool Have to wear
shawls, and walk, walk, walk, walk, TO
keep comfortably warm, in the middle Of
the day
18th. The ship stopped SO sudden
ly that We all ran out to see what was the
matter. A whaler had hailed us for news
the only way these poor fellows have of
hearing from home. Sea rough, fosgy,
and damp misty dismal day We are
low twenty-three days out At sea.
18th. A dense, foggy morning; clears
up before noon cold but pleasant; heavy
sea swells all day. A jumping kind of
porpoise-go in droves here We
have breakfast from to 9, lunch at Il,
dine from 1 to 6; have good fare on this
boat-still, everybody is anxious to get
through day is as a thousand years.
1ith. Heavy swells continue. We
have on board an Attorney General from
England, Russian Count and Countess,
md other notables, your humble servant
among the number.
18th. Great excitement about getting I
o San Francisco. One would think it the :
asst event ever expected to happen. Had Il
IN awful time getting into port, the fog 7
vas SO dense. Got in at 10, A. NJ. There
$ grea. bill q should say mountaiu) L
title out Of the city, called Telegraph hill; t
man is stationed there, when a steamer
5 due, and as soon as discovered (Which u
, twenty or thirty miles out it is tela- n
rapbed, and the city is all astir-guns are c.
red, bells rung, nngs displayed, and run n
ers out. We had been due three days, q
I'D our delay caused quite an excitement.
'ut this is their life At the Post Office II
mes are formed, and each one has to take k
is turn. ia
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