Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-05-02

the surface of the water, ventilated by
two hatchways situated about seventy-five
feet apart, and lighted by three or four
lanterns, which only served to render
darkness visible" This room, % by
l75 feet, was the sleeping room for some
five hundred men. We remained at the
wharf in Brooklyn from Tuesday evening
till Friday noon, no one being permitted
to leave the vessel, when we were towed
out some two or three miles, and there an
chored till Sunday noon, March l6, when
the anchor was raised, and "steam-tug"
lowed us out eight or ten miles, through
the +" Narrows," and then the broad ocean
was before us. 1a 8are & no bes 30 I'd
The wind at this time being favorable,
Monday morning no land was to be seen;
neither up to the present time has the
sight of land greeted our eyes. aa. aas
Sunday night and Monday morning,
the first and second days, could be seen
many elongated Uisages and hearing bos-
on,S, arising, however, not so much from
thoughts of leaving friends and home, as
from the motion of the vessel and many
were so much affected that they could not
remain on deck, but betook themselves to
their hunks; and upon going down, one
could discover, from certain guryltng
sounds, that the fountains of the great
deep were being broken up. This state Of
things continued for two or three days,
rendering our sleeping apartments any
thing but pleasant place of resort; and
being destitute of certain articles indis-
pensable to sick room, it made the place
intolerablo. Luckily for me, | passed the
grand ordeal, and came out unscathed.
On the fourth day of our voyage, the
wind from the west blew what zoe should
call perfect gale but the sailors called
it a "iolly good breeze" Yet the scene
that presented ITSELF as the vessel, one
moment, was riding the summit of the
highest wave, and the next, plunging in
the gulf beyond, GAS wave followed wave,
in swelling thousands rolled" was to me
one of royal majesty, yet beautifully sub
lime H. a5#o gal hrf
On Thursday morning, the fifteenth day
from N. Y, was performed the mournful
rites of burial at sea. Mr. George N.
Wiley, the one who formerly worked in
your ofice,) member of the Mortified
Company, having died suddenly the night
before. His body, with heavy weights
placed at the feet was sewed up in his
blanket, and placed upon board, one
end of which was placed on the side of
the vessel, projecting over, the other end
being supported by two of the sailors,
while the Rev. Mr.. Townshend, of Co. L,
offered an appropriate prayer. The end
of the board was then gently raised, and
the body slid off, and Immediately sank
beneath the swelling waves, there to re-
main till the day when "The sea shall
give up the dead that are therein
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Our fare since we came on board, has
been rather tough. There is not quite
enough, such as it is, and it is rather
poor what there is of it. But through
the exertions of Capt. Landon, who is ever
mindful Of the wants of his men, and
who is beloved by all, we have the assur.
ance of better fare for the future The
weather today is hot and sultry, with
scarcely breath of air. Consequently
we are making no Roadway. Ats O'Clock
p. NJ, the thermometer standing at 80 ii
the shade, several of the men went in
to bathe but the cry, "A shark shark |! =
from the captain of the vessel. made them haster
back on board, the last one being drawn in just
in time for the large back-fn of the monster
was to be seen by the side of the vessel. large
hook was Immediately baited and thrown over
which he seized and was fastened. Several shots
from the officers soon silenced his sharkship, and
he was drawn on board. 1t proved to be young
one, only seven feet in length
March 81. Sixteen days at sea. Passed thu
Bahama Isles on our right the largest of which
is Turks Island, or at least the largest that W.
saw. can give but little account of it, as W,
were, probably, when the nearest to it, one mill
distant. There appeared to be one place of som,
note, say about the size of Hyde Park. Their
were several vessels lying there being loaded will
salt, that being its only source Of wealth and o
{ that there appeared to be an endless amount
This island, with neighboring one of less mag
nitude, contains, as understand, some 5000 in
habitants. The buildings were all of one stor,
and fiat rooted. There was a little boat came ou
to us with five men, (negroes,) who took sew
eral letters for men, on shore. to be forwards
the first opportunity. They stated that thcr
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