New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18
FROM THE PARAGUAY EXPEDITION.
Of The N. Y Tribune.
On BOARD TIN FrLTON,l
MoSTEvDEo, Dec. l6, 1S5o.

MOSTEvIDEO, Dec. 16, ISIS.
The longest voyage has an end, and We
have Just seen that OF ours. We steamed out
of Norfolk on the morning of the 9th Of
October, and as We sped dosn the calm
river, wrote you of our departure. Ten days af-
forward, having brayely bufeted wind and waves,
We arrived at Barbados, from which port also
dotted you some items of news. Our stay at Bar
bados was characterized by several fancy soirees,
and by the first blunder of the voyage. The Gov
eminent Of the United States contracted with the
owners of vessel called the Ocean Bride to carry
Goals for us TO the several stopping places, but
when we entered the harbor above named, there
was no sign of the expected thp. Fearing tina!
delsy might be productive Of evil consequences,
and being anxious to reach the tseater of war as
soon as possible, we purchased fuel from private
firm, and commenced filing our bunkers indus
triousy, but before we had got through, the
Ocean Bride came in. 1t was well she did, for the
stuff we were taking on board YVES almost entirely
worthless. While at Barbados, the Water Witch
and Harriet Lane arrived and also filed up their
furnaces We left for Pcrnambuco on the sd Of
October, few hours ahead of our companions.
Having cot fairly ont Of sight of land, we fell in
with the most delightful weatherI ever experienced
at sea. Canvas and steam drove us nine knots
nicely, and We all grew hght-hearted and cour-
ageous in anticipating quick trip. So favorable
was the weather, that our sergeant of marines
drilled both his own men and the sailors twice
every dsy. On the LIST of November, however,
Old B0ress reminded US that he only slept and
was not dead. A moderate breeze grew into
stiff NOR easter" which soon become hesvy
gale and finally turned into dreadful hurricane.
Our tiny little ship was stopped In her course; the
sea foamed and spat at us; every Dow snd then
huge breaker would drench every inch of the decks
from stem 10 stern; and We were often staggering
for hours between mountain waves, that seemed
only playing with us before finishing existence.
For four days. this rough freak OF the and the
atmosphere continued to annoy US until the 9Th Of
November, when We got toleraby fair weather
again. Our efforts to tight against the wind and
tide exhausted our fuel without forwarding our
progress in any way. The Chief Engineer, on
being ordered to report the state of the bunkers,
discovered that We had but three DAYS coal alto
gether, which would never bring US to Pernam-
buco; So concluding that discretion was the better
part OF yalor, We sailed into the pretty harbor Of
Maranham on the 9TH. have neither time nor in
cinstion TO describe the places We casually visited
We left at Maranham three Brazilian men-of-war.
one American brigantine, and two steamers. We
c0aled from an English bark. No Yankee man-of.
war had visited Maranham for some months pre-
vous to our arrival and the last one that did touch
there, the Saranac, got aground in going in. We
steamed out on the 18th, and when about 80 miles
outside met the Harriet Lane, beating to the an