The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-27

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and gazing idly at the yawi and fell way to
Pilot schooner No which lay hove waiting not
ne casa OF huge pa ddaes ard the busy revelations
o. the screws bad left creamy wake half Tile long,
That one was conscious that the first Eastern trip OF the
great ship bad fairly begun.
Inc experience gained on the voyage out, and during
the trips along coast has thoroughly fmarized the
chief engineer, Mr. McLennan with the capabilities Of
weighted TO twenty i've POUNDS, greater pres
sure can be got than before and great
speed attained Half an hour after starting the paddles
goa up 70 eleven revelations and the to thirty
revolutions per minute. With these numbers the ship
began to roll over the long swes in the majestic way
cuar to her, at the rate OF fourteen knes per hour,
which speed was fully maintained during the night.
. line day was followed by lovely night. Although
us the faint light OF tbs starry hosts and the brilliant
corruscations OF the aurora boress In the northern
on the forecsste the great snip swinsy srandly from
side to eide and holding her course straight arrow,
for Halifax Your correspondents atenton had been too
much occupied during the from the Battery to the
Nsrrows to pay attention 10 the invitation TO dinner
extended to him. in with the Of the passen
forth, most vigorously "Ihe beef Of Old England"
When, therefore, about NJ the effective in
"Poy put the kettle on and wen all have tea" TO in
form all whom might that that refreshing meal
was on the table he gladly .v.ed himself o. The Sppor
had sharpened very satisfactorily ing to the
rs dining saloon be found three parallel table, extend
ing the whole length Of that spacious apartment all OF
which were pretty well occupied by passengers and three
or four walters or stewards rushing about in
satisfy tho demands OF twenty people al the same
time and with very little to do it witha After waiting
mot patiently for thirty minutes exactly he succeeded
in getting cup half filed with epd tea Ten minutes
more resulted IN some fragments Of crackers whersupon
second edition Of the Cape MAY excursion and-horrble
rehectouW was to endure for ten days 1t least Visions
of iced water at 81 the gass OF washing ones face being
fabulous uxury and OF dying miserably Of Starvation
Atted rapidly over his depressed mind Then came the
thought bow bad the powerful and rasobIe subject Of
her Majesty Queen Victoria borne this frghu revelation
Of our unhappy position? He not present At either OF
the tables Your correspondent with the penetration for
which he remarkable, saw eli Immediately. That
redoubtabie Brton had become OF miserable
condition. and had gone search OF the acoursed Cox 20
perfectly s.sabie homicide Il was likely that having
seached all through the ship he had at last found the
@ 1ne VIA n, %
est furnace Kaswmg that the violent character Of the
toodthirsy Enzlishman rendered such course highly
probable not to certain, correspondent sought
the deck and horr fled 10 nnd strong smell OF burn
ing fat, coming vdenty from the forward smoke stack
room with the melancholy conviction that he
after the fact to the violent taxing Oh OF
posdest passed miserable night albeit his aoconmoda-
tens very Ar superior 10 those he enjoyed on the
cow, asd The o,ns. in the boiler Of donTey engine.
The next morning when the breakfast bugie out the
revsi he sought the dining saloon rather a. matter
ia eat Words not strong enough to express his sur
prise at ending the breakfast proceeding very salts
factory way with apparent want Of the necsseTies
and the uxrvies of that very necessary meal What
mere, he found the muscular Christian already re-
beeisteaL ana Keeping watch and ward over q vacant
chair which he had thoughtully retained beside him for
are 81 S, S. avy
the demands Of hunger he elected the foowins parte
lars in reference to the past nights proceOdes Of hs
cid he wat TO see the humbug any more whls he WAS
aboard the ship He bad taken dinner COMING down the
were net up to their work the same as
in the Cunsrd line; the wors, par. of
for your wine with shoppers to them. He had not
gone down 10 tea because he did not Indulge IN caargh
made Of it, because the stewards had had joliscaion
with their dinner and nine enths OF them bad gos drunk
That was the reason Why the bessars looked 90 sedy and
moved round slowly this morning. These statements
relieved your correspondents mind much the mt
ton chops, beefs'esks potatoes hppsssd salmon ham
and from that moment he felt that he could devote him
self to the performance OF the duty which had been 30 a
Your Correspondent bads to the Gland free
when the twin lights the Highlands OF Navesins,
which had glimmered less and less distinctly anay sank
below the horizon, and when the flashes from the revolt
Fire Island could longer be distinguished with
pushSa her way esndy .hroSss ~ long s~es coming
from the southeast The ship much higher out OF
quite considerable Tough representation t. the truth
average Of ak complete rolls per minute aver
aging 10 deg to port and ssss % ;arso',S ~, Sn0 sa
and AFT canvass would noa draw that could be set the
motion otto would se d%in, ,,;s very considerably
but a misty haze bsrsirg about the horizon in the
southwest quarter warned US that We we're
opy wanted half hours shift Of wind to envelope Il
tba, damp shilpg mis-. which broods frequently omar
80 N. Nantucket light sighted fresh departure
taken, ard stered for the outside OF ST. Georges
Bank.
Obseyva,ious al nooa showed that In the seventeen
hours since starting bad made OF two tsadred
ard ihiy Knots or nautical miles, being as asar as
possible fourteen knots hour. As The machinery s
getting warmed up 20 It's work may expect 10
bar Of quick from Halifax to Milford Haven. Mr..
makes ,ecret Of bis belief tina, there is more than
fourteen knots the ship Of his intention to &c, As
himself na and aud" stan a. viii eject. Al p. n the
engines stopped, reversed and analy the great
Sp sIGssh to .us cast Of the ss sea saa gave
The position To be fifteen miles 10 the eastward Of
ST. Georges Bank. smart looking, dsppsr EnslishmaD,
who appeared 10 take great interest In the proceeding
proved 10 be Captain Gucford the halifax pilot OF the
Cunsd line Of steamers who bad come TO New YORK 70
take IN the Great Eastern Getting again under weigh
the huge ship rolled onward her course, steering
for the edge Of the next bank had to
The heavy swell which appeared rather to nerease than
diminish AZ we got TO The eastward rocked the sleeping
rssscrg,rs ain The cradle Of the Deep very eiccinaly
producing with tho air decidedly somaerous eaec
The morning Of saturday, August IS broke gloriousy
Not breath of wind ruied the smooth surface o. the
water which hut fur the long fluctuations from the south
cast would have seemed like some huge mirror rejecting
the deep az the sky above Patches Of weed that
bad drned out of the current showed that we we're
far frcm the edge OF the Gln Stream. GfampGscs or
blsrk8-h 10 the surface and puned their esiheiy
cloud Of spray into the air, while scnoo's Of small
fish. revealing in tie beams Of tho morning sun
hecsod the dark blue water with drops u molten o.
YER The edge Of the lie Bavre Bank was ssnos
at seven NJ, sn5 as the morning siyapced schooner
were sen 10 the northward, anchored out Oh
| their fshirr ground, showing thai We acre
| " psdiy drawing In with The land At 10 A NJ aad was
sighted from the top OF the wheel house Little 10 the
southwark Of Cross Island, whererpon Capt Ggdflst
tos charge ard tie ships bead pointed straight for
Haitian hsrbor. During the early morning the revolu-
tons Of the paddle eng got Up 70 IL aai those OF
the 10 10 per minuethe shlp going aftccn kaots
by the log The latitude aud loagitude yesterday at
were 40 AZ y lai 90 o. W long 90 dag the- were
20 lat 90 IL W. long showing that the ship bad
made distance equivalent to thirteen Knots per hour
The difference between the distance made and that shown
By the log 335 miles, "a accounted for by the existence
cfs iso tnrt westerly current About one p NJ VIC ral
through feet Of American fishing -ohOoners standing N
towards the land and sno Eesgcd their suis By most
iug and dipping the ensign.
colonial coasi'ag schooner bonni 10 Haiiat
aLh siiirh Of CAnNala at Ell. cll-s