East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-30
Original aslistrllany.
From San Carlos to the Pacific.

Leaving San Carlos, with only de-
sire to get away from there and to get
to some other place with no choice OF
conveyance and all the time going in
one direction, the voyager does not
stop to parley about the comforts of
this route or the disadvantages of that,
of the delays Of the one or the speed
of the other. Therefore we consid-
cred ourselves happy when wo found
ourselves on board of the only vessel
upon the lake, our passage paid and
the one only sail spread TO the fitful
dabs of wind that now and then just
famed the lake into ripples. This
craft, over which we so much rejoiced,
and to which we entrusted the pre-
cious freight of our life is worthy of
description. First let us understand
about to pursue and we shall SO more
fully understand the frailty of the
cockle-shell in which twelve Of us
crossed over to Virgin Bay.
Lake Nicaragua stretches itself up
and down the isthmus and nearly par
alel with its tide-water shores, a dis
tance of seventy miles, and averages
about thirty miles in breadth. Its
eastern and western bounds are high
ranges of mountains, while TO the
north and south the gorge in which it
lies extends for hundreds Of miles
Up and down this gorge the trade
winds of the tropics continually "do
blow" During the heat of the day
scarcely a breath stirs the foliage of
the orange and lime trees that are
everywhere, along the shore to be
found in abundance, but as night
closes upon the scene, the wind fresh
ems, and before sunrise a perfect gale
sweeps down the lake lashing the wa
ters into foam, or dashing them upon
the rocky shore with roar like thun-
der. These facts being unknown to
us we urged the captain of our craft
to make sail at an early hour in the
day, and although he assured us that
we might as well remain on shore
until nightfal, as we should make the
passage just as early, he was overruled
and all day long we rolled slowly for
ward aud back obedient to the slow
rolling swell upon the lake, and the
sail tapped listlessly against the mast
and the sun scorched and burned
without limit or mercy. Our vessel
did not furnish room for lounging in
the shade, and scarcely room for the
whole party to lie down at the same
lime. AT one time she had probably
occupied the honorable position of
cutter to a man-of-war but having
been lost or stolen, had been decked
over, single mast stepped, and sol
itary sail bent upon her booms. She
was fully twenty feet over all, five
feet beam, and three feet in the hold,
and was fitted out for the trip with
one man only, who was captain, cook
and all hands, and was stored for tho
cruise with n gallon jug full of the
yilest whisky that evar poisoned
Musquito Indian.
Everything was lovely" until
nb outmidnight when the wind having
got into motion, seemed upon the
point Of blowing us out of the watcr
into fucatan. The whole party, ex-
cept Tom Jeatherman and the Cap
tain were piled head and points under
the deck in space FIVE feet wide and
three feet high-rather close quarters
for ten men-but the jug of whiskey
made everything pleasant and agree-
able. The captain was holding on by
the stern sheets and stearing away