The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-08-28

The Trip of the Miniature ship Across
the Atlantic.
The fairy little shell Of a ship chris.
tened the Red, White and Blue, that
left New York Oh the morning of the
9th of July, arrived in London on the
10th OF August, rounding the passage in
thirty-cight days. The New York
World gives the following history of this
curious venture
In the recent fair Of the Amcrlcan
Institute in New Yorka gold medal was
awnred to o. r. Ingcrsoll, Esq, for his
improved metallic life boat, now in suoh
general use. The boat that took that
prize passed up the Thames two days
ago amid the wonders and cheers of
thousands Of John Bulls, who, when
they sent us over their big ship, never
thought we would send them in return
the smallest craft that ever lived in a
sea.
Early last spring Mr. Ingersoll was
waited on by a little, natty sort of a
man, five feet two in his boots, with
light sandy harr, red whiskers, open rea.
lures, and an eye that looked right
straight ahead from its depths of deep
blue. He said: Il want to rig that
boat into full three masted ship; 90
over in her to Europe and enter her for
the Paris Exposition. II Il fail, fail;
if I don't III mako my fortune. l know
whav I'm about, so does another man I'll
take with me. We've been wrecked
three times and don't believe we were
born to be drowned Besides life
boat isn't a life boat that can't cross this
ocean. Will you let me have her ?"
Yes settled the bargain. The boat,
already water and air tight, was furnish.
ed with three masts, sixteen feet high
a full SCI Of sails, amounting to sixty
yards OF canvass in all; was cargocd
with enough provisions for two men
eighty days, including the rations Of
poodle dog, that was to be taken for
company, and to be used as a mop now
and then to clean decks. The bold men,
whom all thought FOOLS and whom suc.
cess has shown as skillful MS adventu.
rous, are Captain John N. Hudson and
Captain Edward Fitch, both OF whom
"ran away to sea" in youth, and were
cuffcd up from cabin boys to command
ers by rapid progressinn, the one being
AZ, the other 2S years ofage. We des.
cribed their departure on July 8, and
can never forget the anguish with which
friends and kin bade them good bye,
as they chccrily cut loose from us be-
yond the light ship
Till the log pf that memorable voy.
age is published, it will be difficult to
know the viciIsitudes and the adven.
lures through which they passed in their
thirty-eight days Of solltarincss. Alone;
thousands OF miles from land. the port of
destination thousands of miles yet dis
tant, in the midst of the ocean, that
might suddenly break over them in
mountainous fry, in what was scarcely
larger than, ard exactly the shape of
bray, the like bf which had never ven.
tured to sea btfore; stigmatizcd as fools
.ty all who mqirned what they believed
TO be their ceitain self-destruction; their
life bound up h their boat; given bare.
ly any sleep, and compelled to constant
watching tn Be two men have finally
safely reached the other side, and are
beginning to receive the Acknowledgements
of their courage Of their scamanship,
as well as oftheir tireleas vigils and un.
equallcd nau.ica! intrepldity.
How we'll the. mus, have comcto know each
other
How peril andhope musthave bound them to-
gether
From LoIdon to New York is, in
ronnd ierms3.500 miles, and the thirty.
eight days o their passage would rate
their daily toing at 90 3.l9 miles. or
some 3 o.l0 miles every hour. This