New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-26

,so.;r, n boil halbut woce he read to the Assem-.
bled crew a. follows;
"a bsrbu,-and this o Pilot, applies to Oiecs a.
wall as TO the whole spimamust be well rubbed over
With ss and Aerpon' here he shook his hoad at the
Skirce" before II ia put in the water; have ready
la,ce baIibut kettle" What the deuce lie hsibut
kenle r. interposed the Pilot.
"Never mind, SAID the Assyriau amy kettle will
do il it is OILY big enough fear nat comes next
large bslibuket lie half fall of cold water aud TO
every six quarts of water put pound OF salt sy
tbe fish in, aud ace il a moderate fire. haibut
Of eight pounds-aDd that, Pilot, will apply To sigh,
pounds of hshbut may b. allo@ei TO simmer twenty
minutes or rather more; thus it will be about three
quarters Of bour altogether in the water when it
begins to crack very slightly, lift it up with the
drainer and cover a clean white nspkB over it, if you
intend serving the your fish, dsh it up
with naphin-hem, hem" continued the Assyrian,
after brief pause be his eye over the rest of
the reoeipt 81 guess may well stop here. Let
the drainer and the napkin and the sauce go-ths
amount Of il s Captain you must rub 1t with SALT put
lot Of salt IN the water and let il boil for somewhat
more than half hour"
:" knew all that forty years ago." growled the old
man az he turned 10 bis furnace and put his kettle
Though fifty years sgo the fishermen the banks of
Newfoundland bad such hatred and contempt for the
halibut that when they CHANGED to catch one they
sprit-sai yarded it," by thrustug a piece of wood
through it's gls and ettins go sarve to DEATH we
found it made q very agreeable duBer, in spite of its
cosrseDess and dryness
We sat long st table that day, and when we went
on deck about O'Clock 1t was raining and the wind
was beginning TO blow pretty hard. We made sail at
in the direction Of Boothbay but in the course
Of couple of hours the wind rose TO gale. The
grew very rough aud length almost every minute,
q wave would break over vessel, and, sweeping
along the deck, deluge the cockpit with water. We
closed the cabin to keep dry and gathering at the
stern, watched the scene, not without anxiety. The
air 30 thick with mist that we could ses nothing
but the raging waves around us, and could not tell
where we we're going, though the sloop was plungng
along at fearful rate, her bows almost continually
under water, and her mast, which we now found WAS
badly sprung opening wide cracks at every tug of the
sails. There was considerable danger of the mssts
going overheard and in that should have been
completely at the mercy of the waves coast every
inch of which rock,bound, 30 that if our vessel
struck she would be pounded to pieces in minutes
in such gale.
We drove along at furious rate, the grim old Pilot
at the helm and the aoxious skipper arrayed in oskin
to shed the wet, clngiDg TO the mast aud keeping
sharp lookout ahead. Suddenly the mist rose and
rolled away before a sweeping blast, and then
Seguin Lighthouse, and knew where we were. 1t was
a superb and terrible sight, such as Lowell saw in
storm from Appledore:
North east and south there are reefs and breakers
You would never dream OF In smooth weather,
That toss and gore the sea for acres,
Believing, and gnashing and Snarling together
But the poet saw it safe on dry land while to us,
dAshiugslong in little egg-she the view of these
wild reefs, with the fOsming and flashing over
them directly in course, prospect Of beauty
not unmi1ed with dread. 1t growing late and the
gaze evidently on the increase. The sea was
white with foam on the surface, but the great waves
they came leaping and roaring at US, had black
snd angry look not pleasant to behold Our aged pilot,
as he sat clutchng the helm, his hat drawn tightly
over his brows to keep it from blowing off, glanced IN
easiIy from time to time the abJrng and grooming
msst wbose wide seams were alternately opening and
shutting, but he said nothing. He had weathsred
many a harder gale, though never in so poor craft
The Assyran ciDging to the cover of the cabin for
support and with strong symptoms of sea sickness in
bis face at length broke out is whooping blliow
swept over US sOusing hiIO from head 10 foot:
Now would give thousand furlongS Of sea for
an acre Of barren ground; long hesth brown furze,
anything! say, Skipper, this is coming 1t rather
strong Can't we put III sOme~ hereF
Tie Skipper had bern for some minutes watching
large echoOrer about mile ahead Of US, anc coming
aft, said tbst il hardly possible to weather cape
Nevspin ia such storm even if mast held, about
which be had grest doubts. The schooner ahead OF us
Was running for shelter into Shespscut Bay where
there was an excellent harbor and could easily fol-
low Der in The Pilot aftersn emphatic reference 70
that id old stick as he called the mast assented
70 this opinion and our course accordingly changed
10 the nOrthward.
Following the lead of the schooner for several miles,
we reached about ngbtfall beautiful and perfectly
sheltered harbor which the Skipper called sometimes
Souhport and sometimes AbenscOOk--lt bearing both
nsrses sppaIently There were few scattered houses
ON the shore but nothing that could De called village
We anchored in the midst OF number of vessels
which had like ourselves, sought refuge there from
the gale though all except the schooner that we fol-
lowed had put in earlier in the day Tne Storm as we
afterwsid learned ragged all along the coast and had
done considerable damage TO the shipping.
The weather had grown 90 cold as TO be uncom
Portable even in our snug cabin and 50, after hastily
swallowing some supper, we stripped on our Wet
cothes ana turned Id berhs long before our usual
hour Of going TO sleep.
Ilay awake half the night listening to the rain pat
ta,ing on the deck ano when we arose next morning
1, was etl pouring hard 1t was 30 cold that the sea-
men got out of The fore peak old rusty stove and
We aeon had ERE in the cabin, to which the rain con-
fined IA all the forenoon. The schooner we had fol-
lowed into this harbor was bound for Boothbay and
after dinner got under way end passed into Townsend
Ont a massage Of some miles in length leading into
Townsend Harbor, as the port Of Boothbay Is Called
M, f.1t..a ou1 tho roin having ceased. had 8 de-