Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-05-31
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EDIf0Rs AND PRoPRIEroRs.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1867.
Editorial Correspondence of the Free Press-]
Return from ST. CroiI.
Oy BOARD THE S. S. MERRIMAc.
Orr SANDY HOOK, May, %, 1867.
Dear Free Pres:

Dear Free Pres:
We left St. Croix for home on the evening
Of fie 10th inst, for St. Thomas, where we were
to wait the arrival of the Steam Ship from Rio
Jaueiro to New York. Our passage to st.
Thomas in sailing vessel was short-only Of
seven or eight hours duration; whereas some Of
our companions Of the winter, who left st.
Crolx three or four days previous. were thirty
six hours on the wsy, being detained by calm
and heal winds To avoid mischances we in
tended TO be at St. Thomas sometime during the
llth, the steamer being due there on the 18th
Bat il did not arrive till late in the evening,
and We left St Thomas at a P. NJ. Of the 18th
inst For tie first four days the passage was
as pleasant as could be, SO far as weather and
progress were concerned Most Of the time the
s=l was smooth as a mirror, the gentle undula-
tioa- Of 1t being unrufIlel by ripple. But the
last three days have been disagreeable enough.
Wial. sometimes fayoring, and sometimes i'm
peiing our progress. has kept the ship in
continual roll, aad for the last thirty hours
chilly rain has prevailed, adding to the discom-
fort Of the passengers not a little.
However. We have made steady progress on
cur course, and this morning about five O'Clock
took pilot Oh board, and by nine O'Clock the
coast Of New Jersey was discernible through
the ligh; fog. We hope to reach the pier in
New York by about one o'clock, and to get free
ia time TO mail this letter this P. NJ.
There are eighty-fye passengers on board, an
uuusually large number; and for the proper ac-
commolauon OF SO many the accommodations
Of the ship-so far as regards attendance-have
been below what they should have been. But
the passengers as a body have been pleasant
ani intelligent people; among them We met the
universal Yankee, Of course. and one a native Of
burlington, Vim. J. Metcalf-formerly COM
p-sitor in the newspaper Offices of that place
He had been erecting, during the past year, the
machinery Of al extensive cotton factory in
Brazil lie was accompanied by the young son
Of the proprietor Of the factory, whom he wss
tAh4-- tH Sums ll1-llAlpA u ltaIuluE near Due-
ION. Nr Metca1 speaks Of the better class OF
Braziliaus, in the highest terms. He pronounces
the emigration scheme to colonize Brazil with
American settlers, monstrous humbug.
When they get there, they must either starve,
OF enter the army, which for sometime past has
been meeting with very poor success, against
Paraguay" He has male something Of a
collection Of curiosjties, and rare birds. He has
number Of Photographic negative views, Of
the manners and customs Of that country. which
ve hope in a few weeks 10 have the pleasure Of
showing TO cur friends.
Our departure homewari puts stop, Of
course, 20 cur Letters from St. Croix.'' But
have several topics concerning the Island and its
institutions on which intend TO write for the
FnEE PHrss after we are well established in our
own beloved home on the banks OF Lake Cham
plain.
We shall spend probably week or ten days
IL New YORK and vicinity to visit the friends
there, and. Providence fayoring. expect to reach
home early In June-anI glad shall we be to DO
So. TIL then. COOL bye.
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