The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-07-10
From ths New Nur, Evening
rHE GREAT EASTERN.
Her Departure hOm Southam m p,on- - incidents
Of the NoyAgc.-iIer Reception AT New
NoTk--IuteHsc Excitement.


Nork--InteDsc Excitement.
The departure Of the steamer from South
ampton VA, scarcely noticed There WAS no
public farewell, and the dipping Of flag at
Que of tie iar,s was tho only outward token of
respect TO the Great Eastern e, she left the
port whe'a she had lam 50 many months.
The first day out at 1910 p. ~. Portland
Bill was passed, aud at :45 the Great East
era steamed by Eddystonc lighthouse. The
next day there was "A strong wind ahead that
lasted DUNG the light aud created some un-
casiuyss among the landsmrn on board. A
fright was alsp dauscd by the fall from shelf
OF several hundred empty ale hotties, with a
loud crash. The next day Uhe tenth) tho
wing subsidized, and from this time 10 the end
of the trip the weather was quite pleasant
TIE passengers amused thcm.oves as usual
on ocean trips, in reading, conversation, and
various games There was q baud of six pie
eos on beard, and several amateur musicians
among tie passengers, and cverN evening an
impompln concert took place. in which Capt.
! Hall joined with his flute.
here wa considerable betting ON board As
to IT, probable duration of the voyage, th"
stakes being principally champrgnc. Wagcrs
wcre unde with regard to the possibility Of
the .idri0ijc crossing the ocean in less time
than ,ny Grem EaStcrn, ana considerable
harnl''- excitement preva led. Foot races on
deck ior"cd pant Of the auuscmonts of the
trip and on "intornational race" took place on
the siNlh day, between IN Eu-li,h md an
American passenger, the representative Of
Britta'ia winning the lrt. On .he eleventh
day # the trip :hc machinery was stopped for
sounding, aud nl eight O'Clock in tie evening
OF the twenty seventh the rnSsnnger-, thr ugh
II spok suau, addressed Capt Hall in neat
speech of corgmtnlation, to which he suitably
responded, aIgning the happie>t rc,nl;s for the
bic l.p.
At $50 the Nrversink Highlands were dis
cerned through The hazy horizn. The Great
E0St,rR mad sighrri the New Word. At
20 ,hc passed the light-ship, auJ the voy-
age WI, substantially ended Tho octual time
of the passage, without deduc'jug detentions
wa, eleven days and two hours-the apparent
tirae being ten days and twenty-one hours.
The lews.boat people came aboard shortly af-
ter. Daring mo yoyag the Great Eastern
passed large number of shias, exchanging
signg,S.wi,h some.
Tie oicat question a. to whether the ship
will ro'l rs much rs ordinary steamers was not
fully tired during this trip, rr tie weather,
with one or Two exceptions, was unusually
fine Certain it is that none Of the pa's.n
gers were soa-sick. 1t is moi" than probaple
that, for summer voyages, the immense size of
the Great Eastern preventing the usual
"pitching,' will obviate sen sickness, but in
trps during stormy seasons her passages will
be no more exempt from this iailiction than
those on other vessels.
The regular working of tho pouiorous ma
chinery excited the lively admiration of all on
familiar with its mechanism
or not. Lyory day the engine rooms were
visited hy inlulrng passenger, reporters and
artists, who took frequent nct'S and sketches
Of what lh,y saw. The passengers naturaly
felt "a certai degreetof set-compiaceucv at hav
lug been the first to cross the ocean IN the big
ship and all kept full joulu.is Of la.- iirstvoy
age Of the Greo' Eosteta.
THE TRIP TO THE GREAT EASTERN.
At lU:45 'o,terday morning snll steam.
CT, witt the appropriate cognomon Yankee"
was ha,uI, procured and hired hv the con.
signccs Of .Ac biz ship, Mes,r> Cirnuell &
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Tho r,,, ON Governors island and Fort