Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-09-04


from sea sickness myself, but great deal
from what saw and was forced to SMELL
The second night after the storm steerage
passenger died and we had q funeral At sea. /"
The man had but one acquaintance on the
ship and some Of the passengers think he
could have been saved il he had had propc,
medical attendance. He died Of a sore throat
something like dptheria. He was up to ths
Office Of the surgeon Of the ship for medicine
but short time before his death, and com.
planned to some of the passengers that the
doctor (who acts in the double capacity o,
purser and physician) seemed cross and act.
ed as though he did not want to do anything
for him. A word or two about the mode
Of conducting funeral At sea may not be
amiss : After being sewed up in canvass the
body was brought out and laid on q plank
aft the wheel house.. The canvass is sewed
quite tightly about the body and o band tied
about the waist . bushel or two of coal in
sacks are then tied to the feet, and all being
in readiness, the engines are stopped while
the captain reads the funeral service, which
being ended the body is pushed over into
the ocean. The machinery is then nearly
motionless for about twenty minutes, when
it again starts and all goes on as though
nothing had happened. The man whom We
thus buried was said to have been the only
support Of widowed mother. Not tea,
was shed for him aboard the shep, but tears
will doubtless yet be shed over his fate. Since
the storm we have had remarkable fine,
calm weather, and all our seasick patients
are able for whatever eatable thing they can
find zag 5s .s
We have an Irish bagpiper on board and
every night after sundown gay crowd col.
lects on the upper deck to trip the light fan.
tastic etc. Then we have songs, stories and
various other amusements, not the least be.
ing the making Of observations upon the &c.
centricities of some Of our fellow passengers
I find on board large number Of Washoe
folks; some of whom are old residents Of
that argentiferous region aud others who are
going out there for the first time. We ex.
pect to see land to-day tsunday, 9th) for the
first time since leaving New York. Gulls
are already flying about the ship, For the
present will stop writing, and finish before
we get to Aspinwall. q, .-.
Wednesday, 18th About four o clock or
Sunday afternoon, our convoy ship, the Sar
Diego de Cuba, hove in sigh and after send
ing boat aboard us for letters and papers
fell astern and followed in our wake, at the
distance Of about six miles. She only con.
voyed us for distance of some 27O miles
that is till we were beyond the islands. Al
Nevassas, the last land till we get in sight Of
the highlands twenty five miles from Aspin'
wall, our gallant little man, war left us
Nevassas is but mere rocky speck in the
ocean. 1t is gnano island and is only about
two and q half miles long, BY one and quar-.
ter wide. 1t rises to the height Of 180 feet
above the level of the ocean, and very much
resembles large fort. The water about II
is so deep that ship may run up and rest
her bows on the shore without danger. A
Baltimore company own the island and now
have men at work digging out the deposits
of guano. 1t is just six hundred and twelve
miles from this little isle to Aspinwall, and
lying east Of it about twenty-five miles ia
Hayti As we were passing this little island
our captain said: "Now If we are to see a
pirate on the trip, wewil see him within 80
minutes" We didn't see him, but we may
yet; for the Baltimore fellows who are at
work digging guano on the island of Nevassas
would readily tell the pirates, should they
ask them, that the convoy was in the habit
Of turning back at the island, when they
might pass down farther and cruise for us.
However, think they care little for catching
us, and cur passengers seem to have little
fear of them.
Wehave on board pair Of small lions in
the shape Of an English nobleman's son and
the Russian consul to Japan. The FIRST is .
very green specimen and was laughed at by
everybody till they found out that he was a
sprig Of English nobility, when Of course
some allowance was made for his puppyisms;
the latter is homely a. hedge fence. hugo,
hairy. and jolly. We are having very fair
weather to-day. though riding pretty heavy
swells. Tomorrow at noon VIC will be in
Aspinwall, and if the tide is right on the Pa.
cific side will go 1t once across. and aboard
the Constitution. This morning there il a
great overhauling Of baggage, as it is all to
be weighed and checked. a
Adios, -
TIE Richmond Whi9 Of the 21st says !:
"The loss of Vicksburg, and the failure at
Gettysburg, are the two events Of the year,
which seem to render highly probable q
long and almost indefinite Continuance of the
war. Apart from the victories we may
achieve on the field, there are but two means
Of counteracting the banefnl effects Of these
events and bringing hostilities to an early
close. These are either foreign intervention
or determined opposition By the conserva-
tive masses of tn. North to the Abolition fac
ton which has control of the Government at