The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-02-28
Letters by the Way.
By a Lad Of Lancaster Ohio.

How OFT the glowing heart will quail
Before tho tempest wind
| We fear the pillows dash, but whyi
There's One to guard and save;
| There's One whose wide and watehfil eye,
Sleeps not above the wave.
| Whv should the soul withdraw its trust,
Upon the foamy track1
| For lie who gave lie, awise and just
Knows when to ask it back;
Though death were nigh, Iwoud nos shrink
My faith, my hope should rest
| Upon Makers Will, and think
| Whate'er He willed the best;
| I'd ever trust the ruling hand,
| Howe'er the storm might rave,
For he who watches on the land,
Sleeps not above the wave"
Left New York on the 18th of Sep
tember, in the barque, Edith Rose"
crossed the Equator on the 25th of
October, land in sight November Sd
doubled Cape Horn Nov. 29th land
in sight. Dec. 10th, off Patagonia,
latitude, 48o 3O' South, longitude, 100
l8' West 10 A. NJ, the most severe
gale that we have had since we left
New York is now raging. AT ] A.
NJ we were under double. .reefed top
sails and reefed mainsais. AT 4 A.
M. the gale freshened; all hands called
to shorten sail; close reefed topsails,
and furled the courses. This minute
the fore torsail was carried away. The
watch on deck are cutting the bolt and
leach ropes. Ah there she goes to
the winds and now all that remains oft
is from the head to the third reef back.
The gale | believe is now ut its height,
we are under close reeied main top.
sail, and storm stay sail. The sea is
making a complete sweep over us, and
it is the hardest thing in the world
for one to keep his equilibrium" l
had several salt water baths this morn.
ing. Once | was carried from amid
ships to the scupper by sea. Once,
while going up the fore rigging, sea
struck me with the force OF "forty
horse power The same sea stove in
one Of the boats, carried away our bill
let head, and stove in part OF our rail.
Pump ship nearly every half hour.
6 P. M.--The gale has somewhat
abated but still it is blowing great
guns" We have Just set the fore sail
The sea presents the most grand and
wild sight l ever beheld. Language
nor pant can express he sublimity OF
the scehe. l could stand for hours
watching the dark blue waters roll on,
billow after bilow, and feel them lift
US, as itappears, up to the skies, and
the Lext minute let us down into val.
ley of water, the sides of which ap.
pear as if they would fall on us, and
crush us with their immense weight.
Who would pot live on the sea?
Jan 18th. Crossed the Equator (on
the Pacific and let 60 our anchor in
San Francisco bay on the morning
of Feb. 31st, being FIVE months at sea,
and saw land only twice from the time
we sailed, until we arrived at San
Francisco, (once off Rio de Janeho,
and once tho Islands around Cape
Horn, which were covered with snow J
Off Cape Horn we had 23 hours day
light, and one hour twilight, out of the
"a. am al a loss to know where to
begin TO tell all the sights that have
seen at sea- Whales, sharks, aolphins
bcneties, Spanish mackerel, porpoises
flying fish, &c, are some OF the fish
sights. We caught plenty of al
batross, (birds measuring from twelve
. to eighteen feet from tip to tip o
+. wing;) Cape hens, Cape pigeons, pen
gums, &c, &c, are among some OF the
bird sights.
Sea lions, sea dogs, seals, walrusse'
5 and turtles measuring from 8 to II
: feet long and from s to 10 wide. We
g caught nine large albatross one day
:; and had lot OF sport with them; they
we're all larger than Mr.. TaIlmadge''
swan; they resemble somewhat goose
$ but have bills like a parrot. Cape
> pigeons are just like our land pigeons
It only they are web footed. They will
d follow vessel tor days and weeks. :
There is something strange about al
); salt water birds, for they cannot fly OF
I of a vessel after they are once on it,
e The decks seem to have the Same Ell
feet on them that load d-stone has on
!, piece of metal AT Christmas, Wills
T. we were becalmcd off Chill, a tricnt
I" and ] jumped overheard, and had
8 good swim, whilst the fellows up north
1 l suppose, were skating.
u San Francisco is very pretty plac'
at least the hurbor is | have beef
7, trying to find some of our Lancaste
u friends and hear the news from there
Mrs. c., and family gave me
warm welcome, and showed me ever,
,G ,T kind attention. Saw also II. S. from
'g there, which was very agreeable L
me, to see familiar face from home
q am writing with quill, | got Of
Cape Horn, South America.)
PUGET SOUND, off Port Ludlow,
= Washington, Territory. J
= April 3rd.-"King Time" finds IN
, in this out-or.the- world place, enjoy
D. ing myself the best can. The pae
contains one hotel, one store, black
o smith shop, saw mill, a few old than
ties and few Indian huts; and t
make the place more pleasant, it rain
a eleven months out of the year, an
K, SHOWS the twelfth. If there shout
e. be clear day you can see the Rock
n, mountains the tops OF which are a
s. ways covered with snow The lr
y, dians hero are the greatest lookin
d, animals ! ever saw. They are cover