Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-08-21
our roreIen Uorrespondsnos.
tipgcial cOrrslpOnlIeue. Dayton Eppirs.l

Two weeks ago, as sai in the saloon Of the
steamer, writies ous come incidents IN my
notebook, my plainspokcn friend, Patriek
McGicuddy with whom those who read my
letters will become. -better-neqnainted here
after, addressed his civil quesiiou to me'
"who in the devil do ye suppose is going 10
read all that2 answered km tliat isriting
was my wort, the reddidg wa f0s somebody
else to DO. Battlie question imposed itself
upon me rs time " warming, and will give
you in this letter but portion Of the sub
stance Of my memorial mp to this date.
j At twelve o'clock on Wednesday, June "a, /
found myself siting oniho quaricr.detk Of the
British aql North Amctican Royal Mail
Steamship Africa" ot Boston, en route for
Europe. Alihnughl was about realizing
hope entertained aitOm childhood found
my feelings were not those ~ unnixed pleas
ure and wl.'p the captain ascended the
wheel.house, md the bells rang The great
wheels revolyed aud the vessel bneked ont into
the stream, MY heart sahk within as If sor-
row, sudden and dark, had lallsn npon me.
/ This feeling lasted for moment, however,
aud as we paNed rapidly down the harbor, by
Forts lnd"prudrnce and Warren, objects Of
interest succeeded each other 50 rapidly that
! forgot my own existence in their contem-
plaDious The Day was calm and beautiful,
and the ocean spread ont before us "a sum
mer sea as charming aud as gentle ns IA
brede The bretzes from the west bearing on
their wings apiloubied not, the good wishes
aud PRAYERS II lhe dear ones lait behind,
lcRme after a., ussl1ting ny on our Journey.
Soon "lhrre WAS yis,hlr only II long low-lying
coast" behinl u.s. 6nd W. said farewell 10 our
Iualive .ihnd aud turned uur faces to tie ucuen
before Us aud The strange auds beyond
Thursday night nj eleven p NJ, we were
abreast OF Hnlilax light, and | concluded TO
remain up until we made the landing. The sky
was unusually clear, but the moon lett IN be-
fore We came up 10 The town and our own
view was limited to the sigaal lights on the
top OF the Cilad-l, which seemed like shoot
lGg stars, to the shores, dlmly seen on each
side ol the entrance to the harbOr, which
seemed scarce a mile in width, snd to the
crowd oi people which covered the mean und
dingy does, awaiting our arrival ! was well
pleasure found in watching the phosphores-
/ cent CLEANING of the waves, and in listening
! to lhr roIlicling conversation Of u Captain
r Fi.jd-n brother of Cyrus W nfthe Atlantic
Telegraph Cable. He is a great big fellow
with fat, kindly face, in years, "way down in
the 6ities as heIlold us, with rich, full
rEyoice, breaking ont into hearty 'ha ha 3, upon
the slightest proyoCailOns He was born in
| Massachusetts, but has been everywhere, seen
eyerytbinr and knows everybody lie lived
IN the South ~ yaars--mlt the suspension
= bridge at Nnsbvile-suunded the Atlantic
. ocean three times--helped lny The telegraphie
=, cnble-knows the whole face of the earth ms
u well as | know Montgomery county and bet
i ter, and wanders ali over IT, making fun
wherever N. yoes. Ms much at home at one
pInce as anolher--a perfect eosmopolite lie
i. lust now helping the blue noses of Nova
Scotia deyelupe dc resourcrs OF lie county
=, and eprcbinp himgell al lhe same time, bI
:. working "A nine of gold bearing quartz IL
appenrnnro hi. il a wsllto-do Kentucky farmer
! whose conscience is easy and wkose dignit,
r. ia rood--bcing in this respect a marked con
l. trasl TO his brother cyrus, who, Il my memory
i serves me correctly Il n hin pinched-luc,
men. with Yankees written on him from
= head TO foot He urged its to stop Off will
linn nj Halifax ,stnttft f,ira nn nducemen
a that there were more pretty girls there, thar
. in any place Of ils SIZE on earth and h,
) wonld nav our bills if we didn't find it 20
. w, reluctantly declined the invitation, an,
% the fame Of Halifax for pretty girls, as lar a
"a we are couccrned, must rest upon the SUP
ported testimony .lhs. gallant Captain
A From what others say, The plape has few olhe
. Recommendations Sfhs Citadel, he told us,
" place of great strength, high up in the ai