New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-11
fogs and dangers.

myth ahead % had to literally grope our way rouno
he Cape stopping and sorndng, and studying tne
yeolog al formations brought up by the lead. Wen
\, 40 end Of two days and two nights passed In ths
Voc succeeded 4, breastipg the narrow entrance
% 6, Johns. But 60 dense the fog that we over
shot the mark by distance of or miles, where we
found ourselves Ia pleasing proximity to two stranded
;cebercs reposing in 40-fathom water Retracing our
no,h. we made good the very singular harbor OF st.
folp's, about noon of Friday, the let Of June.
This is too small basn-landlock by high, rocky
hills on all sides, even TO the TANKS of the very narrow
entrance. The town is prosperous-a prosperity de-
rived wholly from the The island itsef though
of very considerable size las large as England, be-
level is chiefly one untrodden jungle and swamp, with
here and there unduatipg hlsidcs which, in the neigh
borhood of the town. began TO put on vernal smile
though neither blossom, nor bud even, was percepoe
on the snnted trees that Surround the Governor or
A. Bonnermsns) house and grounds. There Is gooo
shooting and hunting am told-hares, rabbits foxes,
cartridges and seafowlsin the cose neghborhood wme
the interior abounds with deer mooss-deer, sprmKDe
of bears, and eyerattendant wolves The place eaaos
count on much more than three months OF aos9iute
Summer weather but during 90 the season., from May
till November, mems wages reach the apocryphsa
of twenty to thirty pounds sterling mohtI IN .h
Winter, am told, hardy fellows s ON beod yvb a
bludgeon. They bring their boats TO the eoga =,
great ice field and pay their respects TO s TS
Inhabitants in the manner / have menuonen. mo
loftaP hay m
of skn over their heads TO protect that tender
acme of the large make desperate hght' nS
Taridity with which the young ones grow as.onsned
me- The will add 100 pounds to neir we,gh hnhhar
onjy is taken away The carcass goes to the nshes
Took in coal too little of it) in st. Johns and head
ed 10 sea at sunrise the I'd. Saw the lceoergs 10
great advaDtsge-whte, vast, and towering-disant
five or six miles.
$50 Nature works as If to mock at Art"
Again, again the heavy, impenetrable fogs-hnng mp
by the tOrrid warmth of the Gulf Stream waters, ana
struck down again by the frigid atmosphere above
We pod on heavily h-east-and-by course,
and thus obliquey retrace the course we bad groped
through two or three nights before. Battling WINDS
keep us three four days in this vapory curtain.
Temperature like December.
And here let me interpret the advertisement Call
ing at St. Johns for her Maestys mails and passen-
GERS 1t means the unnecessary stalking OF hundreds
of human lives against Government subsidy 70 tne
Galway Company. On the dreary night In whlch we
were eropng our way round Cape Race TO st. Johns,
there were one or two vessels lost on the coast Inc
Captain of one returned with Us TO Ireland.
Emerged from the Newfoundland atmosphere, "a vide,
blue, CLASSY sea-reflecting the sky and clooos ana
sunshine-presented its magnificent mirror But even
subljmty becomes monotonous, If long unchanged.
When far-o wandeIer like ourselves lifted its white
SAIL or black smoke-clOud, the horizon all were on
deck watching TIL it dipped again from our slgnt.
spoke only ship careering before the wind, and
bound for Montreal) and saw not more than half
dozen others during the voyage across.
The first land we made was the Mayo Mountains,
which form the southwest headland Of the immense
bay OF Donegal. This was early on Sunday, the l0te.
We at the time wide off Cape Zeeliipg which is
it's headland to the north. About twelve miles inside
of this headlnd lee the best harbor in Britain Easy
of access at Ill times it is the St. johns which
have already described only many times larger.
This port lies 100 miles north and about 80 east from
Galway. 10 is nearer 10 st. Johns by ~ mes-ln
il has an advantage equal to ~ miles more In
nId Of
the largest vessels, comparison can be made. Why
this port was not selected the starting point for ST.
Johns is explained by the plausbty and activity of
the Connaught men, compared with the stupid apathy
which found in the people who might have taken the
lead in bringing forward killybegg. Killybegg-des-
tined one day, TO be the startngpoint of European
travel to Americans Portland is 10 be the great start
ing point this way.
But to resumes On Sunday itblew for the first ii ne,
heavy gale which incre ased in the afternoon to split
Fail dimensions. Fortunately it blew of those savage
rocks that raise their brown, solitary, and warning
heads at intervals, far away out from the coast. Our
coal entirely gone, and spars and the wreck Of
steersge berhs formed very powerful substitute
to keep an unwiedy 4,000-tun screw all screws are
unweldy) off a lee shore.
In threading our way among islands, and light
house, and rocks nnumersbe, the scene was pietur-
esque dashed with little terror Indeed some of the
most hardy passengers kept the deck all night, deter
mined to make bold plunge for it, the ship should
strike. The of my health did not permit my doing
So and woke at anchor in the calm sunshny waters
Of Galway Roadstead, about an English mile from
land.
With dozen other passengers we hired Galway
fhollop, of which 1 found myself steersman TO the
shore.
II was after O'Clock a. m. when guide rung for
our admission 10 hotel in a WIDE ruralike square.
But all its inmates happily asleep and we had
10 adjourn to the next oDe Here after repeated ring
ings now halfpast - MISUNDERSTANDING kitchen
woman thus unusually disturbed) made her not very
classical appearance We got in and what is to
the purpOfe, we got good breakfast-everythng
the table of excellent quality-a something over half
dollar apiece
"Wbat fine country for frnt this must be, said
an American gentleman as we flashed along In the
trains the same afternoon for Dublin. never be-
held such a
'-bo undless blush.a wide emPupled shower
OF mingled blossoms"
For be could quote one of the finest English poets
CTbomsoD) though, believe least known in America.
"No" said l. " not mingled, if you please. Those
are all hawthorn" And so they were, "unproftably
gay" round every house, forming or embeshing all
fences scattered over all fields was the eternal profit
lets execrabe hawthorn
Shade of Burns, and sentiments of my early life
Jardon have not forgotten that no less philo-
Night beginning with Happy love-" and ending
with The milk white thorn that scents the even
gale" But could not love be happy" enough under
the blush Of an apple or tae bloom of pear tree
These reflections made me thoughtful. There are,
believe fourteen millions of available acres n Ireland.
On every acre Of this twenty luxuriant fruit trees
could flourish without mparing but cherishing rath
err the growth of the ordinary field crops The haw
planted and tended the crop would be uxurant. And
what would ii be worth and what employment would
IL give to the Departing, ragged primitive ones that
are met so plentifully all along our way
"Worth?" Why, very little at present, for the
people of ireland hare not learned 10 use the APPLE or
other tra, as an article Of food, but merely as lux
ury 10 be eaten from the hand, raw, in 'hapenny"
worths Three or four years ago there was crop 80
do,vp 90 Norfh - that IL brake eTsTg-