Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-07
A sailing voyage to Europe.

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,yho 10 now IN Enrono ha,,;r,, soi,,d ,,na. l.,
March They aro written viii, oreo, r.oi,,,,, .,,a
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,ye think bo ;r,eres,,nr M ~, 49,
~" '"'AN"A' March ,I i'm nhH ni lax
Dear
An NV nrenorot;ono IN, 4,ao,n;n,, ,,,,, ~, ,.,
~ r,,1u' ~ oo.','s c'hs pc.'is
haue, VIII Jake inc ume sui lett me, to give
you an account Of our voyage thus far, though
husiy is not muchiy. We pot nnder yriyh .t =
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o'ioea, yos.cruhy ihori'hg, anu III Hpite Oh
very thick fog, ran down till we reached Fort
Mjillin when IL beca,ne 81, dense ,v,. ,vcr, rnrced
h, o,,,,, ~, .,..,o ...,, III. Mn. -.
T.. uoo " ."eno' "'u W "no ''ua oo'', pci's
III tho way, IL was four O'Clock L. NJ. before VIC
could proceed, and then we only got to Marcus
Hook when n come nm ,tiol,or tbon o,.r and
"a ,,, III -"
We i'uicu up once more, thls lille LOT inc night.
From the Fort we were accompanied by the Bre-
men ship "Elcctric.n which is To he flowed down
m ,,,o r,,n. Mn, :, a.. !, ,.',,.,
=, ~ ''e ups WIN u'' oic 10 lianicu ny inc
INC most stupid sci OF Dutcliincn l ever saw.
Well, VIC lay at Marcus Hook till after ten o'clock
this morning and Than ,y.,o l.,a;n,1 H.. M
,I,,a'.',.,, ~ a''A '''eii "o'o 'o''ineo y 'no
Eieclfic lor nearly an hour later, so that we
did not pass Wilmington until past noon. It was
still buzy. but with the Captain's nipbt-,l,ss
m,fe am mn ,,,,, n,,r here, h, ~, ,., IT.,
'i"'c out hot ohiy our mouse, put my own WIN
dow. As you supposed had, long since, gone
by, presume none of YOU saw us
"n'n We ie"eheo 'hc Dls'. oi new Castle,
thanks TO the fog and the Electric" we were too
late for the tide and us u large ship like this c,i
mot ,,et thro,,,h ,,;,ho,, i, So.
anchnr ,u,;';s',. a. n :" w. ny oneo hore Ut
more yexnious sill il tbe .nIend;I ,,aass
the N.st which ,ynld h ;.n,ss oiueA. iio ON
with Poor C,pt. + l. in n ..s1o, ~ Il nina IN II, =,
Ue has hnnn cL.t;,,,, .,nr .i, go, ,y, ~ u i
and hear him as write striaiu,, an ,,J aa,,,,
tl,c nuarter deck aver me- head lnm d'wn
care 10 le in ihe shoes of Ia Eruen. ,;i,, ~ 4,
he shonld gct hold ~ him !. VII !, p.ni ~
dinuer !. IL rnnls ora no, a., , ~ ~ IL ~,
srn before sunset anronas a. b',w.s ~ ~, ~
n 81 tor bns Nv M maanl dsa,,,,n,as ~, 1"p =,
pectuions Of hin liz Is anin.I Hi in lie ',,.e,
10 make mo ferl ,t home and ,nnt,rt. a ,,n
nv choire nf nn,, "1i in s,i,i,,,, 9,,i'i
Is indsr vcry IN. amor tr , III Hal, ~
have seu nj min IN ,hc exar,iso ~ IL rn,;..,
III, ~ n d,,I,nv crew and s.,,, hn ,,,., ,,;,,
carry a Whit, one main. Ile s,vs ette ,y,i,na
prt drink ii,,ht shi,I, thar ,yn,i NJ, Ill, q
ID nnt stan h,lf ihe fati,yn md ,w;s,a H.,
III, lIaols "a, ,,,h;i ~, e ,, = pu.N ',i"e
,rp, AMI ord",w NV ia''ei "ic i'r more QUE
like nil dnrkies thew ore yreot mnsicons o,d
sim, nj Their ,vnrl. VAIN and ha,; ~
r,lv m'In t,sir ,,aarauna T,,t y ,in,i,'',
nv tie lime we h,vn heen t,co Az ~, 'i''.''
Viii he n regar hand VIII frs ".ro,.' ,'i,p,,
10 anI reai IIao nn,, thrn,u ~
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Delaware R,y N,,ct, ,s,h
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down ~ FIR rs Rn,nb,y Hon a, ,, AZ, ny, ~, ,,,''
chnr in .nather ~ N, R,oJ, i si d'',l w. a-
rnde iii nirh Iast nilt ~. h,d s "i1' ~,
thunder a,d iin,ning L,t @ ,vi s ,r %is
thn~ tha hin ,i,nhn1 ,r1oJ ,aai t,,oSm ~
inr W., hn, n HIT. hreezn rrnm I'll" th. Nn",i,,v.st
M az ,',, sta'I;,,r ,,,, H.. .. IN,
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