, 1859-12-29

F<rfioxs Trip or fhe Lady 1;tssa-- fsaIt4sf
E0adnef Of fisf Officers and Er<sc--6hs EorE
to 3A&oMaE0n.
[CoHespondeEcs of III erress and Tflbuue-l


rs much anxiety must be felt in Chicago, and
elsewhere, about the f4te Of this noble boat, and
her heroic crew. send you few particulars
concerning the trip from Wa-is.kay bay-where
she lay when crippled-to this place, so shat
you can allay I'LL unnecessary anxiety in the
hearts of some Of your citizens. All hands are
weal, and full Of hope, and are perfectly pre-
pared to encounter any md every difficulty TINT
may springup between, this place mud 0ntona-
gon, The port Of destination. THIS hupc springs
from tue confidence which the intrepid aud gal
lant conduct of Captain John Wilson, has in
fused into every breast-who. on this occasion.
has completely surpassed himself. but, 10 the
particulars
The boat lefl Nsiskay Bay, on Tuesday night,
the 18th Of November, ut III O'Clock and rczca'-
cd White Fish Point At 9! in the trorning;
wind, 10 the soutaward. Han beyond White
Fish Point about 20 miles, when the wind can-
tered round to ". \. W., and blew L gale; ran
back to White Fish Point. Wind died away in
the afternoon Of "Wednesday. the aotl Nov, and
cantcred to S. W, wien the bout left White
Fish Point ut four in tie afternoon, ran ur to
$ O'Clock, when the wind cantercd round to \.
by r., then blowed fresh accompanied by heayy
snow, and freezing keen1y. Hauled off ". \.
W., atmosphere so densefrom snosy, that 4 yard
ahead could mol DC seen. ehoeF 1aese 'r5ng
circumstances .ap'a1a :" 'son 1o"s'n1s" "
1has COURSE on'" ~ ~ NJ "Aen ~ 'AA0. a
calculations for Marquette, then changed his
course before the wind. and bit Marquette
n'ce's' "ne'e ~ a'4'.o ~ ~ =. ~ noA.;-Hs.s
''s' e's ~ " o.seo. =" ..a..:s. :.s.
uou ..,o ~: ;"o,as ds-.,,,;n. "a n,o.rrd;no and
.4e' AD'- .~S r. 1T, .s.'~
''s epps n:~,s- 49, .,I... c.,,,;, or 1,,.
eaP.a'n "'pies ~ o4oess o 1saa. ".h.~s
'upe''o1' na'~ 1aAse hssss tso., xv.;etsr
wateFs-"no nss seen vn oos,S s.e, ." a'"a,. ~ 49,
beyond ". +. Point was one Of The most severe
Deson~ ,:,.Sc..u..;.. ..5 49,.
ne Ever W
the "EGeiu' weathered It IN right gallant stsle'
none could do It better; md that, under the
circumstances, Capt. Wilson made most re-
Harkabie nit IN hts ea'euia''ons ~ aia'-
uuette, as he did" .. :, 49,!
Ahrr .1ischarcipp freight at MARQUETTE we
~ E,;j.r 11sr ad. y;n1an4
'e't d. :. 1''' w -, 49,.
! snow Storm came on at o'clock and lasted
nearly all Friday night, wind s. " Lay to
.to,,: a rndcr 1ec of tl,c Huron Islands. distant
aoo"s :, 1H =,
about hit5 mics 'fo" aatqoe''c' uh.' q, -.
| Saturday, then started for Portage Entry, which
W. ". .es .os:1.,s Ss4.s,.a,, u1,.n Can, w;,,am,
! ms "n.eA.e' ~, :
| with another man started for US IN small boat
-ther breaking the ice ali the way. Captaia
x,-,u,!.s ;.c,r+,.d mr. commander t1,t his tnc
AAa-. "a'. 49,. ' .,.ra +ro,cn IN. man Which cnnt
Wilson started for LAusc Bay to land his
f,.;cht 1or Portage Lake. On reaching L'Anse.
'te'eut avs 3. - 49,. -. -
the oay naa 'n''' 'o''"s'"''o. ., 's' 'n'''sa
Which Capt. DeudEy soon nladc ms way from
shore. and informed Capt. Wilson that be, Dcn.
| - ,~d.-ad 1,r The pcytaue LIKE fn1k. mi
a1y, W. ".a r,nt,.j ~ fre;rht yhcrcunnn I'm,
70 feee"e ppaaa penaaa " t. nrto's. Enfrr Xxi
"Ason esea:norts r;th Cantasn Mi.
,;a%e Maaos 5,@hn yss m boari from fbe eu,rr1 to
n,,t nut liz tug and scows. which lie went ashore
eus on' ol1 "Tn ~ ,,s.ut;,ne Can, Wilson
r a1.;.,,;ss ~ from he ,csrsnce ~ tba
tnonsot Sa," .s.. g., t.n,,,nr Harbor rnd i.nd
wealnea, 10 s'I.. ] ~ TX ~, i,osrd-.nd
MS tasHeE as ,s;1os ef Keeren,n 1a;nt
Wntn ~.nn hu-,fr.ns w{th hcn.T snnsx
npon which ws r.ufnsa asa 10 a1enns snd. ~ o ,sa;,e
f.n'sE .ra .au ani ssowS ~ h,,t nane comin~ ws
'of tae 1ue auu ~" ',;,,h, ~ ,sSsh.d ~
ataHea He1,e. ~ -, Wnnd,r Snndsr md rn]
e.. la.. ss;,rt rors t;nc md ern,le INV 80,
nuno1s i.rms Msr r;c:ss xdGje round he moon sun
aa5 h'E9. pui .hore ~ et conner Tsrbor to br scn
EaEsH az. - +i,nss rtoces md notw;thst nu
oset'auu ~ aatf,r ond 4he;r hei,'c cooned NJ
me se.eFe M a.; =, 1anrNnesrlx 1e,,r WeelsEl
G% sher D xc1t Ii in exc excellent condition. Al Corpe,
sos e ta m 1a ,e ost A. su
san "n'su nd @;scharce al ths Fortu,e ffeisbt a
| ho4. IIts k1a1;,bt spo,r .rH rontie tha a