New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-01


ks,syroo crossed bAw-e in a strange wy. l. she
stsesiI Will, w.,st j. it Seeing tso old unIni--
tai abe Yankee 9pmasterr. -iung oonp en,i1ly to-
geter Oh two ehsr- IA sii-c.IVnats prNimity q the
pinnacle aLdrs-- uy self 20 them, and NY question,
beng pu, in prcser nautical phrssn respect
in attention. find they agree With me- that the Nan
garoO IL ittc Wllul sr-ses hawse purpose,
ie come mabeu,Ie 10 discharge her pill. before We Do
our; aud thinks the qnss- rnaster, who comes al
tO night the cvlnrs. THIS TEoueusenng of the =. amer
pilot ycssel makes ~ incident i'r lew minutes
talk and an opening iur several acquaiuiances which
will BE- veyacr-long The pilots dropped into their
little cock boats and tteir boats drop astern ami 20
bobbng over tie reas 10 the pilot schooner that es
tn for them. The Kangaroo with her mysterious sub
marine art OF swimming without fns. .iands due east
for Liverpool ard Ne stand Gown the coast, sOp,hery
f,r the regions If the
The Elghis 4 NeyeTsiIk are passed. The night
closes in upon The sea dr-ay, cold, and snowugi cur
signal lanterns, the red, the white, aod the green,
gram cut into thc INST; the furnace fires throw lrd
light from the doors beov cheerful OF fearful ~ may
be the temper If mind Of the lOokerOu the long sse
lifts and dross the bow and -tern aud rolls he hip
from ide To- side the se.-bes begin to strike their
strange reckoning OF the halhours; the wet aud the
oarkLe-s d-1se a below but the experts aud the des-
perat., and Our tirst night at sea has begun.
At SIX kells, announced; and the bright nSnts
of the long cabin table shining plates ant cups and
cleaning knives and huuying waters, make cheer,
fu sDd lively contrast with the dafS, codi desefled
deck.
He finds the good ship in which be hiss en-
barked anything but floating prison. and
cannot speak OF her without a touch OF nautical
enthusiasm.
LIFE BOARD THE CAHAwBN.
T'usday february IA bright, sunny, cheerful
day Pass ngers have laid aside their thi TX coats and
eur caps the snow aud ice are gone from the rigging
and spaTs the decks dry the i calm, and the
steady.goirg engine alone, with easy exercise Of
power, drives the CREST hull, with IT. freight Of cargo
and provisions and human beings, over the placid sea-
as ast as furious gale could drye T. and leaves her
long wake Of foam the ,ea, and her long wake OF
dark Oke IN the ky.
The passengers are recovering f-om sea-sickuess.
The women sit on deck aud sew and read, aud the
CHILDREN play. That family Of Creole chldreu-how
salow how fra what delicate limbs, yet not without
hfe aud with no little grace But they are petted
Al the girls cOnplsin and the boys are disposed to
tyrsnnize the other boy and the dog- II l. ln
teTesng 10 see, fancy the effect not ony
of climate but m slavery and ~ de-poc institutions,
on the characters o children. What ia there
for Cuban youth of ambition merit and what must
be their life without one
| am feeling very much at home in the Cahawbs.
Size is an excellent boat and under the beet Of dis
cipline. hardy believed that her commander could
that any commander could-fuly come up To all the
praise that had been bestowed on bin; but think he
weahers il all. The rule of quetness prevails almost
to the point Of an English ciuner-pary. NJ order IL
given uules It be necessary, and louder than i5
Necessary fo il TO be heard The reports made in
little As possible of the discipline of the ship. They
do Tot know the quiet but certain means for insurng
the performance of every duty Ihey do not knoN
that reports made o the state Of every part Of tbe
ship, and that, through the night, the cabins end
passage ways and every place where tire can take,
watched end that the watch reports every half hcur
They have not learned the merits Of sturdy, fathiu
Miller, the chief mate, quick, plucky Porter, the
second mate, who can hardly Keep down ms Liner
training 90 the tone Of the Mail Steamer, nor the
thorough excellence of the Engineer. Bnt they do
know the capital qualities OF MIR. Rodgers the purser
a grandson Of the old Commodore, nephew Of yerry,
and connected by blood marriage with half the
navy;oT his station end duties among the eefen-
gers, an all become his personal friends.
The routine OF the sbip, "a regards passenger, IL
this. y cup O coffee, if you desire IT, when you turn
OUT breakfast at eight lunch at twelve, dinner at
three, tea at seven, aud lights put out at ten.
The approach to Havana presents an exciting
.cene, which is described in such faithful oeors,
that the stay y-athome traveller may enjoy It with
almost as much zeet as the writer himself.
ARRIVAL At HAyASt.
Fy,S1V Feb. ls.-We are to 90 in at sunrise, and
few II any are the ers that are not d. ok at
the first glow of dawn. Before US lie the novel aud
exciting objects Of the night before. The steep Moro,
with its tail sentinel lighthouse, and hs towes and
signal tas and teeth Of guns coming out into clear
daylight; the red and yellow striped nag Oi spain
blood snd gold-hoais over II. Point aiter point IN
tie city becomes visible the blue and white and
quaint old Cathedral towers, and the almost endless
lines Of Notifications The masts If the immense ship
ping rise over the headland, the signal for leave TO
enter is up and steer in under iuil hefd the
morning gun laundering from the Moro, the tru upets
brayng and drums beating from all the furtiif ations
the Moro, the Punta, the long CabaDs, the Casa
Blarca and the city walls while the broad sun Is last
rising over this magnificent spectacle
What world of shipping! The masts max, a belt
Of dense forest along the edge of the city, all the ships
living head in TO the street, like horses at their man
gers while the vessels at anchor nearly choke up the
passage weys to the deeper bays beyond. There are
the red and yellow stripes of decayed Spain; the blue
white and redblood TO the fingers end-ot La trdnie
Nation; the Union crosses If the Royal Common
wealth; the stars and stripes of the Great Republic,
and few flags of Holland and Portugal OF the States
of Northern italy, of Brazil, and of the Republics OF
the Spanish Main We thread our slow aud careful
way among these pass under the broad-le OF ship
ohe.lne and under the stern OF screw ingsit both
bearing the Spanish flag ami cast our anchor u the
Regla Bay by the side Of the steamer karnak, which
sailed from New-lOrk few days before u.
Instantly are ged by boats some loaded with
oranges aud bananas, and others coming for tessen-
gers and their luggage, all with awnings spread over
Their sterns rowed by swarthy, attenuated m-n, IN
blue and white checks ad straw hats, with here and
there the famiEar bps and teeth, and vacant easily
pleased face Of the negro. Among these boats comes
one fIom the sern Of wEch floats the red eud yellow
flag with the crown in itf field ana under whose avn
ing recines man in Il full suit of wnite lnep "lth
straw bat and red cocksSe and cigar. Ihl' "a tue
Health Officer Until he = satisfied DO one can come
ON board or lease the vessel Capt. Bullock saiute.i
.t.ps down the ladder to the boat bands his papers,
report al well-and We sre pronounced safe Iben
comes another boat of similar style, another mar re-
cining anoer the awning WITH cigar VINO cv'iies On
board is closeted With the purser, compares the pas
senger Est with the passports, and we are dee'sre
fully passed and general leave Il gwen TO lana Win
our uggsge at the CustoInliouse wharf
Now canes the war of cries aid gestures and
srimaces anong th, boatMeu, IL their struggle for
nss.euees increased manifold by the fact that there
Is but little language in coulmon between the pa'gss
o the bsrcsips ana bv the boxtmen bing required to
renair In their boats How thu these bOatmen looh