The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-08-23
Letter from Belgium.

Letter from Belgium.
Tie following is an extract from let
ter written by ". II. Ford. a son Of Theron
Ford. ESQ. of this city. now I'm The naval
service of the United states and serving
on board the . Colorado" As Nelly
was very well known ia this vicinity, we
have concluded To CRAFTY the curiosity Of
his acquaintarc hy giving il publicity
Ed. REF
FLrSuIN5. NEAR ANTWERP, BELGIUM
July Goth. 1850
M DEAR PARE>Ts:-I received -eiter
from You about five minutes since. dated
July 4,h. and il gave me a. much pleasure
MS any letter that have received from YOU
We LETT New York June p. and after being
TWO weeks without seeing land, we finally
sighted Fyal. one Of the western Islands: II
Is situated in about so ? Of latitude, right
on he coastof Spain. Tie inhabitants are
Pmiuoese. The first land thar we saw was
Nit. PcCO-i icv. B. Gan ot -.-.- --- -' 80
lance of go miles II Is about mile and
half high. and there are people living all
over it.
We laid at Fya two days. during which
time the American Consul came on board.
and we fired q salute 10 him Of five guns
f ON the morning of the ;hirl day. at four
F O'Clock. we weighed anchor and bid good
i've TO FyaL We had pretty good Wild for
about three days. hut after that time the
wind died out, and there was a dead calm
and we las perfectly motionless dixie q log.
ON the ocean. This lasted two days, when
a fine wind sprang up. and We We're once
more ON our course. ON the morning Of
the twelfth DAY we sighted " Lands End.
on the coast of England About 10 o'clock
we 8. hove TO " for pilot, and at 4 o'clock
we went into The harhor of Falmouth. We
sent boat ashore TO pay our respects To
the English governments. but we did notan-
Choir but 90 lay 10" all The afternoon, AMI
in the evening. about O'Clock. we took
another pilot aboard. and went out of Fall
mouth. up the English Channel But wait
a minute, and lr, mc describe Falmouth:
aihoutn is Fl" Slli'i-I eng oil "'ou- o'V'V i"-
nabitauts and is built after the general
type OF English cities Ii IS situated on
moderate high ground At the entrance Of
The harnof there Is q HisA h"i' upon "H'ch
Is situated a castle su'ihounle" WIN guns
ana Ii answers 'He purpose oi Il ioIl' bul
10 return 10 hy story We Aealeu our
course straight up the hnSlsh channel
the English coast oed'S in sisAt all 'ne
while Inc weather ol lhe Ohahhei Is ios
gy; ana as there were great many vessels
there we had 10 Keep bright iooAoul
ahead, all the time.
After we had sailed mp the Channels about
a day. We could see land on both sides; and
as we weniiarihcr 1t kept growing narrow
er until We got 20 Dover Straits which are
only % miles across. All That you can see
Of Dover Is the chaiA ellis The city beng
behind them out OF sight Al Dover straits
4 plot boat came along side oil Us ana we
took another pilot aboard The last land
that we sa" Of England, was place called
tie Downs place famous Tor lis race
courses
From Dover straits we en'efeu 'Ne NoT'"
+ Sea. where we could see no land Alter De
Ing id the North sea one cay we siSh'eu
The coast oi bel@iuhi ana lnaI highI we
anchored Ill Flushing lH ho-iahu- Ant
Werp is ABOUT 40 miles from lhe sea coast
on river u forget lne name % Ill., anu
Tie wafer oeins 80 s'a.io" 'n1' you c"uiio'
gel up there Only At certain ''iile7 "ue"
'he Tue Is hisni ana am lo' sur whether
we VIII 90 up 'neIe a' an Ut no'' 0u. 1e' Ct
'Ne'ess my le''el sAoulo oe @D'' es9e- 'De'e'
tlushih9 IS d c-'y ABOUT d. IaI7e d. IL
mouth OH one sue u u i De'@.u anu
on 'he o'Aer sue i iio''i-u' anu ." 'l7
HoIand sile Is WheIe 'uSn''7 = s''u1'eu'
Inc people are al oil 'ue'n Du'ei., '1l li'os'
OF them speak En-lisl solue' Inc l. =
steamship Niagara Is yihs mere anu 'ne
sloop-ol-War sacramento ana lne gun ooa'
hearsase, are lying III Antwerp
lo-moFio" IL WI" DC one month since l
leit the American coast we VIII not Oe
gone over '"o years IL 'ue mos anu 'Na'
VII soon pass mean 10 -e- Sol-'e 1i'O7i-
lies oeio'e come nome io1 re'' nO' &c
AFRAID thal lhls snip VIII oe "IecNel' 'o' sue
IS built so that 1t wonld take nard storm 10
destroy her, and sue has exceilenl 'es'l-a-
port Will be down some where near Iisiy-
Things are very cheap here ana also ID
Fyal In Fya they had peaches i've for one