The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-17


exThe following was handed to usby
Rev. r s, Davis, being tBc concluding
portion Of "a letter received from bis
brother -in-law, who recently went to
Califofniagdg mid laoda golia q pasd
Oh Sunday ! 10. ready and went over to Brook
lyn again % Plymouth Church.. The Church Is a
large, plain brick building, and the spdlence room
Is calculated 10 hold two or three times As many
people as any chufehT ever saw ] got good
seat IN the strangers gallery, and enjoyed the SER
vices very much. They h I'VE grand music there,
The melodous thunders Of the mighty Organ,
which ds hbeut half o. large as common sized
house, combined with tho voices Of two or three
thousand people makes church music, compared
withlwhlch AIl The choIfs, se0Dcerts ana operas
thai ever hoard before, aFe as Vbut the gentle
breeze beside tie Ocean storm. Beecher looks
like Tie pictures that have seen OF him. and he
is certainly great pnacher hlso articulation y
distinct and ha yelocutlon excellenti ls style L.
bold, earnest and pointed. The house was full,
and for more than an hour he held the attention
of every ono And lnspite of his whims and &C.
SsntricltesaE believe. that an now an Adinirsr Of
II rot acquaIutcdwltu a. Canadian IN New York
by the name OF Dunkerly be, WAS midde-aged
man and married. and was very 6he fellow and
we went around : gethet votae. Itaw New York
pretty thoroughly and gosliairy ionpdpFeaep
| sightseeing. sf Ea4. [,
'''j '6n Tuesday I vent down TO ths Dock and got
on tue steamer p'Santiago du Cuba,r ghlchli ili
splienf her rough usage ls . strong, fest vessel,
though she Is SMALL We had nearly dye hundred
passengers IN all, and 81 three o'cl0ek 2. M We
started put Of the. BAys WeFeacbed Sandy Hook
about nlEes and " next morning xs w'sc ?u
nothing but water and sky aud II has ih6gFeet 20
| apparently contract tho horizon We were neaFsl
| ly alI sick that morning. was sick awhile then,
but he more Ill Sunday when whs sick about
thirty hours and again part Of day when about
| two days out from San, Francisco. II We had q
comparatively snlOdth voyage on the Atlantic,
though Il was pretty tedious got quite well hc-
quaintgd wlth'the two that spoke ofl before
/ when wrote from GTeytown. Weed was an old
bachelor Of fbFtt fr0A New YoFk. and MeCbra
| mick was about my age, and from nliiois0 They
had both been In the army and were both pretty
ane fellows, We were most always together
/ though Of cbuFseI1wRs more ofiileas acquainted
/ with many pthVr paesengerp. We used y talk,
/ sing, read, play chess, make Lemonade, and do
| whAsevtF We ooald1o pass sway the time. twas
| cold wlbeHwe lea New York, hntIn few days "
was. Internationally werins and after We paased
CNbait talhed SOME every day I'LL We left San
juan del Sur. (pUnounced santWaun del s1or.)
! We arrived A. Gres town. san slnen dql Notty
Ion the morning IL the eth, and there waited for
tliepaseenaors from lhe steamer On the other side
i and on the afternoon Of the next day about seYen
hundred returning Calliornlans came aboard the
/ Santiago de Cuba aud wegot OF aud went about
/ Two miles ID owiboatst0 two small flver b0ats,
on vhIqh ~ hlaifsah plkht sleepIng where We
could, Tho next morning we al got on ope boat
/ and leaving dfeyt0Wn, (Which i an old tumble
4 down spanish fsillAge, nsaAli The towns af0aud
there aFu,) we started up the fNieArauga River
We were two days and q half ln coming across
the Isihmus there, and I shall never forget the
beautnli 7tfoplcal scencfy thai ee came shfough
1 there, aud looking back new, ltseems llkdA beaa-
tlful dreanl. II d useless for me TO attempt dos
cnptIoh ofthe luxarIAace of tropical teFdhfe the
leaiy viatas aud bowers, the gorgeous birds aud
butterflies, the strange bright towers hanging In
4 lestDops from the thick luxurlant vines. ll was
pleasant most ef the time while we wete coming
ihfopgh. aud though We were considerably erowds
II Cd and bad ne place 10 Aleep, still we ENJOYED Il
very much. We goE great many fruits, sncli As
4 bananas, Pine-apples, Oranges, Lemons. llne1s
Planlans, Mangoa 0ocoaenuta. &c. Some We
wuald pick up and. some buy from the pnAllSes.
The passengeFs would sometimes agnqsa them
d.