New-York tribune., 1867-07-30

Rrom Oar SPECIAL Correspondent .I
AT SEA, June %, 1867
We had pleasant ten days run from New
York to the Azores Islands not fast run-for the
hstanoeis only 24O0 miles straight eastbut an ex-
beedingly pleasant one We had balmy Summer
weather, and the nights were even finer than the
bays We had the phenomenon Of full moon 10
patea just in the same spot in the heavens at the
same hour every ight The reason of this singular
eonduct on the part of the moon did not occur TO
me at first, but it did afterward when l reflected
That we were gaining about twenty hih"'oS
bvery day because we were going east so IaS'-"e
gained lust about enough every day to keep along
with the moon-it was becoming an old moon to the
friends we left behind u.s. but to us JOshuas 1t stood
still IL the same place, and renamed always ue
same. -, :. aro,, .So tor Ixyos+ and
Ia on his first voyage, good deal bothered by
the constantly changing "shiptine." he was promo
promptly when eight bells struck at noon, but he
tame to look after while assf he were losing conil-
dsnce in it. Seven days out from New he came
TO me. and said with great decision
"Thish-yers swindleP
p f'Whatis a sWindleP 80.
/ "Whv this watch I bought her out in Illinois
give also for her-and thought she was good. And,
by George, che Is; good on shore, Dut somehow she
don't keep up her tick here on the water-gets sea
sick may be. She sRfpS, she runs along regular
enough till half-past eleven. and then, ali OF sud
den. she lets down I've set that old regulator up
don't do any good she just cleans out every watch
in the shin and clatters along in way that's aston
Ishingt it is noon but then them eight bells always
dont know, what to do with her now;
She's doing all she canshes going her best gait but
1t won't save her.. I'll bet Ithere amt watch IN the
Ship thSs making better time than she is, but what
Hoes il tssieHfy When You hear them eight oells %
S% S ne e eSS sp gaining Ssh full hour
three days, and that fellow was trying TO make MS
watch 60 fast enough TO keep up with her. but as ne
had said he had showed the regulator up as lar as III
gOuld.Qo and the watch on its best gait and so
nothing was left him butto fold his hands and see the
sTnLained to him the mystery of "shfp-time,D and
BET his troubled mind at rest This IS the young
who asked SO @ many 10 Sno% What H
lstics were andhOw he was to tell when ne had IT,
tie found out. - o,.
and large schools of Portuguese men-Of-war were
hdded to the regular list of sea wonders. Some OF
Them were white and some of a brilliant carnlne
poior "Thgnautilus is nothing but transparent web
of iely that spreads itself to catch the wind, anu
has Aeshy looking strings loot or TWO long
ia an accomplished sailor and has good sailor Judg-
ment 1t reefs its sail when storm threatens OF the
Soes 1I down When h q gale Blows Ordinarily it keeps
It's sail wet and in good sailing order by turning over
and dipping it in the water tor moment Seanen @ len
tween the S5th and 18Th parallels of latitude. and
one of them told Blucher that when the rare pink or
oarmine ones showed themselves to ship when sne
was on the 10th parallel that ship was doomed to
disaster and would go down in some Tar ocean son-
tude and never be heard Of more Ihe fsct tnat we
were just on the 4Oth parallel gave the story vital
Interest FOR Blucher and made him unhappy TIL the
hew wonder of flying fish that darteo Oh Ooard ana
At 2 cclock ON the morning of the 10th of June,
we were awakened and notified that the Azores
Islands were in sight had only oeen ~ ,n+osst ooo I'm IN
islands But another prosecutor came, ana tnsn aea
another and another and finally believing that the
general enthusiasm.would permit no one to slumber
Ia peace, got up and went sleepily on deck 1t was
81 O'Clock, and raw, clustering morning The pas,
yengers were huddled about the smokestscks ana 10
fortified behind ventiatOrs and all were wrapped IN
@intry costumes, and looking sleepy and unhappy
Ia the pitiless gale and the drenching spray. The
Island in sight was Flores 1t seemed only noun
lam of mud standing mp out Of tho dull msts of the
sea But as we bore down upon 1t, the sun came OUT
and made lit beautiful picture: was wa "a %aSs bsSt Of
bf 500 feet and mingled1ts upper outlines WIN tne
clouds Ii was ribbed with sharp, steep
tsTs ts0'i and %IO there on the highs, rocky up
shaped themselves into mimic battlepents
aSS ont q eIG Scps
end glen with bands OF fire. and left belts Of s0mber
pale exiled TO Summer land. We skirted around
twothrds of the island, four miles. from shore and
pll the opera glasses in the ship were called into
tequsitiOn TO settle disputes TO whether messy
spOts on the npands were groves of trees groves
Df weeds, whether the whte villages down by the
were really villages only the clustering tomb
stones of cemeteries Finally, We stood to sea and
bore away for San Miguel and lOres shortly became
q dome OF mud again, and sank down among tine
mIsts and disappeared. But to many seasick pas
eenSer it was good to the green hills again. and
hl were more cheerful after this episode than any
h body could have expected them to be, considering
"A how sInfuy early they had gotten up.
~ But we had to change our notions about San Mig
- tIel. for storm came up. toward noon, that so
pitched and tossed the vessel that cOumOn sense die
tated run for shelter Therefore stcered for the
nearest island of the group-Faya (the people there
pronounce il Fyal, and put the accent on the first
kyl~ble) We anchored in the open roadstead of
HOrta, half mile from the shore. The town has
b00O to 10000 inhabitants. Its snow-whte houses
nestle costly in sea of fresh green vegetation, and
village couid lOJk prettier on more atIraotve 1t
sits iu the lap of anphItheater of hills which
from 800 10 100 feet high and carefully cultivated
clear to their sumnits-nOt foot of soil left idle.
Every farm and every acre is cut up into little square
Enclosures by stone walls whose duty il is to protect
the growing products from the destructive gales that
bov there, These hundreds of green squares,
marked by their black lave walls make the hills
look like vast checker boards.
1heislands belong to Portugal, and everything in
gayal has Portuguese chacteristies about it, But
Iuore of that anon. A swarm Of swarthy, noisy,
lying, sh0uldeT-shrugglng, gestculatlng Portuguese
eoaten with brass rings in their ears and fraud in
fheir hearts, climbed the ships sides. and various
parties Of us contracted with them TO take ashore
nt . cents a head-silver coin of any country; We
landed under the walls OF little fort armed with
eFs a most formidable institution, but II we we're
ever to get after it with one of tuITeted monitors
fheY Wond have TO mOY6t out in the country II they
wanted twhere they could 90 and find it'agan when
they needed il. The group on the pier was rusty
Bremen and women, and boys ana girls rcs
and dirty and by instinct, education
R0d profession beggars. They troOped after us and
never more while we tarred III fayal did we get nd
OF them. We walked up'tbe middle of the principal
street and these vermin surrounded us on all Sides
and glared upon IT'S and every moment excited
back, just rs village boys do when they accompany
NE elephant ON his advertising trip from'stTeet to
street It was very hattering for me to be part Of
tire material for such sensation. Presently an old
woman with fashionable Portuguese hood on, ap-
preached Ine. This hood is OF thick blue cloth,
attached to cloak of the same stuff and is marvel
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