New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-10
THE VOYAGE OF THE RED, WHITE AND
RITIE.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE

and Ayns lib fore main and mzlen courses topsas topgs
liant sails and royals ana panke Az these are oe 70 so
the Red White and Blue is provided with foreopmas stun
stores taken on consisted Of ~ Ogaon kegs Of
200 pounds OF bread pounds coffee pounds OF Yea
10 pounds Of butter smoked behring's dozen cans Of
milk pounds smoked beef II pounds cheese bottles pickles
mustard pepper salt and sauce bottles OF brandy bottle
Of whisky and Of bittes To these added as
g by Mr. Isaac Reckhow Brooklyn dozen each
the following preserved PROVISIONS Roast beef roast tur
key chicken and mutton soup Mr. Reekhow also pre-
sented Capt Hudson with his dog Fanny
sailing fixed for the 9Th Of July and on that
day Mr. Fitch boarded the shin in Whitehap and at II $50
No. took her down to Red Hook Point AT the same time
Captain Hudson went to the Custom House. took
out register clearance in ballast crew list bl OF
health and through precisely the formula as II his
craft clipper packet steamboat called the slas
Pearce took the Red White and Blue IN tow as lar as he
ghtshp off Sandy Hook Going down the bay poor Fanny
seemed 70 have Of the tate that awSe sr @
quarters and at last fell overboaTd but unfornnae per
hap may sold boat from the steamer saved her, About
the adventures cast off their tow line and fairly com
menced their voyage Before returning TO the city the
gave each Of them three cheers and Tiger Inc ogs
tell that mauy white handkerchief waved IN the breeze
and then the bright eyes Of warmheaed friends who
The little shp then and stood out 70 sea with light
breeze y southwest At 50 The Sina s1ea % me nOr.n
plenty Of water The crew made The unpleasant discovery
that the decks 6aa @ there SSs sCSS T C1 Tbsy
would have acted wisely to have run back to ana
repaired dsets but they stood reso9te On ..e course ana
they managed to lose their signal lamp overheard Ihey
passed vessels standing In for New and TO The
midnight took their departure from the OF
NavesiDk witch bore W by n NJ distant 20 miles From
this tine the ordinary n fCS6s S %stch course
the watch 90 desL had to steer The Sp SsS re be-
hurried out for the purpose bad sso perform all other
necessary ships duties Their first day ont commenced with
A out % shorten a nS and s . sTs @ veil 10
the wind with only the foretopsa During that fore
noon they spoke pilot boats and reported how the
ship worked so Tar There was kerosene stove on
board burn coal oil but the ship pitched and rolled about
though nearly wet through were yey seldom able 70
worf cosehaued gave the distance ~ miles On the
day the winds lighter the weather inner so tha
lance ron in the eS Sn ana Oae U1' miles, On
and the able to partially dry some Of their wet
clothes and to make mutton soup which n re-
corded tbe best tasted out OF cans Toward even
ing the wind esheped and the little craft began 10 bowl on
sx knots hour and IN the course OF that Wen
four hours made the excellent run OF 100 knots On the Jh
they made the discovery That their only time piece wsteh
had got wet In the works and had stopped was ionna on
forward their only Indication sunset sunrise
and meridian. We md recorded from day to day the
tor broth. 1t is satisfactory to find that tie dog
not neglected On the hhd day out there Is an entry
not be would appear that poor Fanny had become
somewhat reconced her situation and that occasionally
Of july as follows 'She takes sleeping The peri
Of entries recording expenditure Of cans OF
due to any Of Kindness and attention the part Of her
bped shipmaes. When running before iresh gaze from
Wei though tskiag in some water-Cspt Hudson says.
better than expected considering that when she Is
hollow Of the the sails almost becamed On
the 18th Of July they made fair run Of l9 miles ana the only
remark in the spart from the ordinary entries OF tlo
hard place. You are cramped up Just high enough 10 caon
the hips; cramps knees and makes both sore. IL is
the hardest place on board the rest is bad enough
The day Sunday July 5 they were bshed by light
and sometimes contrary %pe no,ag1 Sn 70 be- due
Gulf Stream During the afternoon they were becsmed
in company witt bank about miles disan 1Aey set
their ensign and bark did the same bat from the flag
hanging down they were unable 70 make out bis nationality
Whatever bis country the captain OF her was an
churl for light air sprnging up ana the little snip head
ing speak TO her she round TO the north and kept ON
evidently Captain Hudson not wishing TO speak
US" There are very few readers who will not cordially In
dorse Capt Hudsons opinion when be says cannot say
much for that captains humanity when he you'd pass small
shjp with only two men 800 miles from land without
desiring to speak If be could do nothing Bowling
along favorable winds the little ship made runs OF ~
2 0 and 10 miles in the Of the "a hours and every
thing pretty ayorab except that when nine days
out poor Fanny logged sick will not eat On the 2Oth Of
july the wind drew ahead aud they ony made run Of 70
miles The next day II became rather more favorable ana
they got distance OF y miles out Of their little craft On inc
2d they OF Gulf Stream which had hitherto been
helping them famOusly on their voyage A.,
passes without such entries as shipping water mo
cooking to-day" ship makes water In around gunwae when
10 under water" Fortunately for those poor odden nav
tors temperature Of both air and water bad been hg
leaving New York But on running out OF the Gun
there Immediate fan fsomehing IKE degrees
both In the air and they began 70 eIpesnee
additional discomfort OF cold They pissed large green
turtle afternoon but their minds we're more intent on ba
ing out the considerable quantities II water they were
shipping than turtle soup snd the succuen reptile wen'
on h s r S5 %b sOaSe Wind through dens os
they passed through strong current ripple dot into u
before could 1t The water for about % yards ws
10 fearful foam. and topping up nve OF Elk feet ship
would hardly steer. Was a long time getting out Some
times her headWay stopped II resenbed passing through
Hur gate NewYok Passed through several smaller ppes
From that fact and feeling Ike ice 'oaeade we are III The
Polar" THIS was lat 80 ~ N and Ion 40 a. w ny
will probably with these data be able 70 deter
mine how Capt. Hudsons surmse is correct Al a. no.
the morning the little cra neatly upset Dy the eneet
Of current which nearly brought her 70 WINE ehued ne
lee OF sses The runs made were lJ9 90 ~ ~ ~ ~ o.
and l during the remainder D the month OF July mere are
repeated entries ia the log during the ser part OF e
OF being obliged to keep the ship before the sea when large
waves came them frsm coming OF BOARD AZ j.
~ on The morning o. ,he J)h they paid similar
20 large whale which came so close aOhBsue tHat tue!
81 kept away from him"
Al the close OF the month from M to midnight the log
says: Fresh breezss from s. W and overcast Ibe wafer
parkes much that almost light When the sea breaks
Toward midnight several ia succession came rolling
along carrying the ship tshe see'iog - VITA them
With great velocity that the sails hard aorek have
never seen the like before with anything at sea August
began with rdes oil 100 1902 100 aud 10 miles 10 the - hoas
aud with mseraby foggy drilling weather Capt Hudson
oyeThauls bis yase for mOdy clothes and was successful IN
faint gmmer OF sunshine through the apervadng log !.
diligently improved ths unpleasant tendency OF
everything on board the Red Waite and Blue On the AN OF
August they sighted bark the hst sail seen for twenty days
and the sunset the tst days The neIt day
Sunday August they saw another ship She ran down 10
and 20 be toe bark ROYAL Nova SEQ
tia She hove TO- aud The little ship ran under lee ald got
her bottle an old white signal aud The Irish Times
ana Ersaa Journal Of July a The bark II days out
found good Tor wet days experience which
feel inclined cordially 10 ndorse teeotas the contrary
Notwithstanding.
On The 6th lie sea ran so high that the little shin took in
the rather the fragments Oeoasoued by
her sharp stern splitting them az they dew About
blind took her on the port quarter and hove her
starbOsrd beam ends On letting go the topsa hal
yards she rghted about half minute There something
almost comica In the recording event which
a have sAi her do