New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-12
FROM PORTLAND TO MOUNT DESERT.


n6s-;uc dismaly IN the midnight cold asd darkness
=. o.p. Had roee at 4 in the morning and got the
.loo, rrd.r WAY while we yet slept. The wind ct
-; ,-ss moderate but In the course Of an hour is
hsa ,;.en 70 gale accompanied by squalls Of rain aud
-. .b;cb made the al 30 thick that the land was
,o.,lv hidden from sight and the pilot could not tell
,h.re TO steer. The pitching Of the vessel in the
havv ses aroused me little after s. and leaving the
Artist end the Assyrian asleep in their bertha went
On deck The only object 10 sight, beside the white
vsyes and the driving clouds that envoloped u.s.
schooner ahead, pursuing the course with our
selves We were at the entrance to Penobscot Bay,
ak or seven miles from the mainland and the sesen
thought rot far from the wsst side of the North Fox
bland.
We followed the schooner for mile or two, and at
length caught sight Of land At great distance which
proved 20 be the Fox Island The schooner kept close
20 the shore and presently disappeared from view
within narrow opening in the rocky coast which we
now diuly perceived. 1t was q hsrbor not do rn on
the charts and III known TO seamen but they said
that O. the schooner had got H. could Of course fl
low and II vss advisable TO keep the se8 in such
a storm with our unsouDd mast. The Pilot, who by
this time had got his great iron furnace sbaze with
ocsls ready for getting breakfast now seered for the
entrance Of The harbor, which very narrow, with
o hHg6 biack rock rlsl1S rlt nb III the mic cle
This narrow channel Yves 20 strikiogly picturesque
that went below TO wake the Artist and the Assyrian,
ssvng the Skipper and the Professor standing at the
bows vigilantly scanning the water approached
snd locking out sharply for reefs and rocks Of which
they occasionally gave notice TO the Pilot. had
cseded by considerable shaking and punching 10 re-
storing the sleepers to gmmerng of CONSEQUENCES
when a tremendous uprosr on deck called me to the
eompsDion-wsy TO what the mater was.
A terrible and yet laughable sight met my eyss
ks the sloop surgDg on into the entrance Of the
hsrbor, the Skipper discovered supken reef right
ahead Of the vessel he shouted to the Pilot TO put his
helm hard up and the Professor ran aft to assist in
shifting the boom. Before he could reach the stern
squan struck the sloop, and the boom, as it swung
over hit the Professor, Who to himself chung to
the spar and carried half the side of the vessel
while al the same time she DO )m knocked of the
Pilots hat. To this particular article Of apparel the
old bad special attachment generated probably
BY the long series Of years during which had crowned
his venerable head. He therefore with one hand
made desperate grab at the beaver, which
he csnght ere it reached the water,
while with the other be pushed out the boom, to
which the Professor was still hanging with his heels
clingiDg TO the rail of the vessel The pilot at the
same time gave prodgious kick at the tller to put
It hard mp but missed IT, and hii his furnace, which
toppled incontinsntly The glowing Goals fell
come into basket Of shsviDgs and kndiogs uuder the
bench which around the cockpit and these highly
eombustible materials immediately blased up with
great energy other Goals set fire to the dry space be-
meath the bench to which tue rain never penetrated
others yet falling upon the vet deck caused great
gushing up of steam and smoke.
This was precisely the aspect Of affairs when stuck
L. II h. ha half ola
Artist and Assyrian. The volumes of fame aud
smoke ard steam that whirled in our faces together
with the bowling Of the storm and the frowning look
Of the black rock that guards the mouth Of the hsbo
70 which we were 90 eose that it seemed right over
our heads were well calculated to give slght shock
to our nerves. So sudden and unexpected combine
zion of TIE dangers Of shpwreek and Of fire at sea was
really exciting, though could not help laughing at
the droll attitudes into which the wayward boom had
Knocked our friends.
There being several buckets at hand and our vessel
20 low IN the water that could I'LL them BY merely
Lesnipg over the side the fire was easily got under,
and the ocp having ghded past the reef whose pres
ence in the way had caused the comnoon, ard which
abe cleared with slight touch without damage, we
sailed into the harbor, and presently were in still
wafer
This hsrbor, as we learned aferward is called Pull
Dit Harbor from the CREST high isolated rock at the
entrance, which the church, going Nsw-Englanders
have hkeDed pulpit in the csse Of 30 many other
"pulpit rooks on their cast. 1t is Of the finest
hayens ever saw If not the very finest. Except the
narrow entrance it was land-locked, aud as calm and
sheltered as an inland pond Is diameter seemed to be
about half mile, and it was surrounded by low hills
sopDg gently the waters edge The SUBMITS OF the
hills were covered with woods, but their cleared
and grassy slopes cattle and sheep were pasturng
few fsher1nens houses in sight, and beside the
schooner we had followed in, there were half dozen
small fishing vessels st anchor in front Of the hamlet
We anchored In the MIDDLE Of the harbor just oppo
se the entrance through which we had view Of the
turbulent sea without. The storm, however, was
abatinR the rain had ceased and by the time we had
nshed breakfast the broke from the clc uds No
where, am sure, did he smile on lovehsr or more
peaceful scene Of rural beauty. Nothing could exc cd
the exquisite freshness of the green hsides, and the
groves that bom ded the aDdwsrd view were taste
full sno natural fame 10 the picture. Seswsrd, we
looked q, through some mighty portal, half 10 ruins,
over the black and Jagged rocks Of the entrance and
thence ecross ton miles Of TO the mainland where
the rctuyesque Camden Mountains reared their bold
sunuits in full view. These mountains are not far
from the shore, and form remarkably beautiful,
though ,holt and olstsd range rising to the hight Of
Geen hundred feet above the surrounding plain They
Lie directly opposite the entrance TO Pulpit Hsrbor
To complete the charm o. the landscape, number OF
large 6shhswks, whose huge faggot-ike nests we
could through the telescope on the branches OF
grove Of tall pines were wheeling high In the air with
their wings wide extended and apparently motoness
watching school of mssksiel near Pulpit Rock, and
a lii AhA,