New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-26
Mr.. RlcHELEU RoBiNsoy " IRELAND.
Cor,.poudence Of TIE N \. Tib-1e.
LAKES or KILL,RSrY, Ireland,
ILL I91o

LAKES or KILL,RSrY, Ireland,
Juy =. 1859.
Here, in the shadow Of these magnificent mount
aims o. the borders OF these silver lakes, amid these
grand old castles, which have stood for how many
centuries know not before the cepturies Of rules
which cluster beneath their iSed walls and t1rrets
here in this lovely region Of song and story rest
for the first time since | lef. New-YoIk, on the
eighteenth Of last month. Three or four days of
the mos. lovely repose which f tempestto.sed mar
iner could Wish for, have fitted HE 10 forget the
troubles Of the voyage ac 'oss the Atlantic IN the
pleasure of communicating with old and familiar
friends
You are aware that the steamship City Of Wash
ipgton, which sailed from your port for Cork and
Iiyerpoll, went out o. her accustomed track 10
take up the passengers Of the Edinburgh, wrecked
against an iceberg of ~. Jshns. This was rather
am unpleasant detOur for those who lad taken this
line To syoJ calling al tlst mathematical st. Johns
and rather increased the natural tendency Of the
passengers L. sea-slcbness.
| need not tell you what sea-slchnes IL, but
think the sea was never made for the dominion
of man. nor man for the sea. You remember what
fool old Noah made of himself after biz first voy-
sg-. and bow poorly Jonah Jared; and every IN so
feels foolish in going 10 ses. Bat | am not about
10 inlet up0u YOU an essay on sickness. IL
has passed, and am glad 10 lei it 90.
a iter the frst dsy, We had Dgs and head-~lnds
and rain all the way; our sails were scarcely used
during the entire voyage, a. least TO glve Us any
assistance. We had 10 depend therefore almost
entirely On the propulsion of our screw, AMI that
could not BE- run at fall speed through the fog.
We had heard of the fate Of the Edinburgh, sId
were gong after her passengers, and @e could not
afford To sgslnst ano her iceberg; so We had 20
erope our way through fog, and against wind and
out Of our accustomed course; and YET. after all,
VI made good passage, arriving az Cork in Is
DAYS.
The ship is very good one | should suppose.
We had very ugly weather, ard yet no str.inlng or
creaklng was heard in any part Of the ship; snd,
for Capt. Petrie, he is cut oft for captain. !
have neye. seen a man So universally beloved by
passengers. HIS presence IN ANY part OF the vessel
seemed 10 dlspe SEES Sickness and make people we'll
whether they would no. The table quite
good, but would ssy word TO the aeen. in New
York, and that is that be should employ some one
IN your city TO write sn Ineligible advertisement,
affirmative. and not t negative anDOuEce nent.
Let him say plainy, what il nov takes some tine
Ia guess at in the advertisement IN your paper,
thst passengers coming BY this line are carried free
OF charge 10 London. Belfast sad other leading
towns and cites in Great British and Ireland. In
consequence Of the wsy Il is woried in THE
| IRIBUNE and other papers, shout one
half Of our passengers had tickets ~
their several destinations while the others who
hsd paid the same price hsd secured passage only
10 Cork or Liverpool. There Vas considerable
OF time over these irregularities, bat when the
gruneler' produced their ticket. they were showa