New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-14
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY NOVEMBER "a, 1861

but you, on, my oneeT nave, Az S"h'AAeeii op
much trust in human nature to insnuate such base
Ness.
Again has the Atlantic which Is acting as sort Of
huge, good-natured Police Officer like Inspector
James Leonard, transformed into an Ocean steamer,
turned back. This time, however, with no alarm Of
noble ships gone ashore among dangerous reeis' o.
OF peris Of any other sort whatsoever but simply 70
keep the vessels in their appointed positions. An
this she does by singing to through The trum-
ret Of the Is. Ofcer to " fall back q little, by
calling to another ,hrough the husky voice Of the
let Officer this time, to " hurry up hule, TO Pus
on more steam, aud keep up TO her place BY run
ming up close to another and saying through the
mild voice of the CAPTAIN, on Ibis occasion that II
would lie as well to sheer OF little 10 one side 70
her sation'-of bowling at some great bully of q
steamer let Oicers trumpet, that is hurrytug along,
perfectly regardless Of everybody else, TO lend e
helping havser" to some little brave beauty OF q
gunboat that is pluckily doing her best but spite Of
her pluck and her best slowly falling behind all
the while-and not unfrequeutly Odiger Atlauti,
herself collars some staggering little feTy-bOat or
some tossing and tunbling gunboa, sni having
dragged her mp 20 her place IN the caravan dsmises
her with the admonition Through the hearts OF all
the Passengers now, snow DO your best, and get
along any how you can, only be on hand when you re
wanted
And 80 the s,auch and steady old Atlantic bowls
along, doing her duty as Police Inspector and Pro
tector General to the whole feet and doing il right
brayely too.
Porpoises came, I was going to say aboard, today
but mean came in sight, hundreds At u time, leap
ing, tumbng, rolling round the ship, exciting The
admiration Of every one by their lightuing-ke gau-
bos, vet sometimes in spite Of their quichness, get
ting drawn under tie wheels and coming out bruised
and battered They afford source Of uever-to-be
half-expressed wonder TO our Yankee soldiers, who
never tire watching them. Once our Purfer, good
natured. rotund man, round as a demiohn, and as
fall of fun az an egg is of meat, caused grand rush
OF soldiers TO one side Of the ship 20 get look az
one huge old porpoise and see how be sweat As
the old fellow eaped out Of the water dripping with
brine they really for a moment believed II to be
Derspiraiion. and were slow 10 see the joke.
A huge, lazy turtle, too, floating lazily and luNu-
rously on the waves is not without his share Of ad-
nirers but they are Of sort who season their at-
and with dreams Of Delmonicos and dinners yet TO
come.
Bad news from the Vanderbilt. The smallpox
has appeared on board. single case is true, and
not viruleut one, but enough to give rise 10 we'll
grounded uucasiHess. Our men, the soldiers mean,
who have not been vaccinated, and they are few,
are sought out, and the Doctor has employment for
little while.
Once more the Atlantic runs back Is miles end
brings up a tagging gunboat. At nOon, We are said
10 be miles north of Charleston. The wind, which,
true to the manycolored threat Of the rainbow, las
been steadily rising, has now kicked up sea enough
to drive our military friends below.
Dsconsolately the huge brass horns, with The men
attached, creep below, and we, who are in the
weather's secrets, know that before many hours
those selfsame horns with the men attached Will be
desperately sick, if not desperately frightened
During the rest of the day the Atlantic, unmoyej
by the rising wind, which has rapidly developed
from soft newborn zephyr to a gay AID froliosome
Young breeEeling, is engaged in her peculiar marine
police duty, doing her best endeagors to keep The
feet in its proper shape and comeness and succeed
ing admirably in her endeayors
But now the wind, no longer a breezoling or froI-
icsome, has taken on the dimensions Of a gale, all
has attained such sturdy ard athletic growth that
it is resolved to be Acknowledged master.
Which it quickyis
BY 4 o'clock P. chips NJ, which am given 10 un-
deIstand differs slightly but persisently from every
body elses No., the gale had so strengthened as 70
make the mornings Iris the partcoored subject Of
universal CURSE by o'clock p. M ships the wind
had far outgrown all vestiges OF IL youth, and had
come into its sturdieft galehood, and was making
everyt thing spin before it. here retire TO my bed,
aud am content to speak in the past tense Cor while.
N6t content with even it's hitherto unprecedented
Use and progress, our gay gale now expanded into
storm, and Immediately proceeded to fulfil the most
exacting conditions Of that por.entOus noun.
He turned up tie water into whole dozens, IN fact
entire crosses Of white hills, if they were the
cheapes things on earth lie scattered our iee., be-
fore 50 strong, selfrehant, and boastIul, now so
weak, dependent, and Inundated 10 the whole thirty
odd points Of compass; be lifted away the vail Of
clouds from before the skies andantaliZngy showed
as through the drifts and rents the clear calm
and the unmindful stars and lie picked up sianch
ship Atlantic in his inyincible and whirled her
away as if he going to let her drop I'LL II
suited his windy pleasure.
The storm was at its hight at about 6 P. M, aud
ragged with the utmost violence and withou! cessation
ill a. H., when the first signs Of abatement oc-
,urred. The Atlantic, Though sorely tried, Tough! .
nanfuly; every spar, and rope, and timber; every
.hain, and bolt, and BEAM every brace, and plank,
md stitch of canvas or inch of iron doing its dumb
iuty with as much sanchness if it had conscious
ness, and a vitality dependent on the hours ezef-
ions. Sic was driven from her course somewhat,
,ut the sturdy engines always brought her back,
81 ,h,p,b sore put to H. sbe rode out the gaia ina