Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-08-27
From our European Gorrespon-
dent-Scenes on board Ship.
correspondence of the Gallipolis Journal
STEAMSHIP CRY OF BosroN, J
NEARING LIVERPOOL, 4s
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| NEARING LIVERPOOL, p,
| a July Goth, 1868.
1t wonld require a dictionary con.
tanning the very strongest adjectives
only to describe the heat which visl-
ted New York City and affected her
citizens during the week of which
Saturday, July 18th, was the last day.
Deaths from sun stroke were so nu.
merous that the lists of names pub
lished in the newspapers seemed like
battle list with which war at one
time made us so familiar; business
of an out door nature was almost
suspended, and all those who could.
possibly get away betook themselves
to secluded nooks and shady glens
in the country to find alas, that the
heat too, for once, had gone out of
town. 1t was upon the morning of
this hot Saturday, July 18th. that af
ter night Of unrest at our hotel, we
found ourselves on our way to the
dock of the Inman Steamship Com
pany, Pier As, North River, where
lay the steamship City of Boston,
the vessel we had selected for our
world for the space Of ten days or
more. Arriving at the Pier pecul-
lar scene of activity and hustle is
presented us; such as will seem to
unfamiliar eyes without an equal, and
must prove very interesting, especial
ly when viewed by one who for the |
first time saw it with the eyes of a
passenger. The black smoke to be
seen issuing from the great stacks,
and the escaping steam, together
with the hastily moving porter and
busily employed sailors betoken the
hour of departure is nigh, and
having had our baggage slowed
away in our cosy little state room we
take our position on the deck and
watch the oft changing scene before
US. Hackney coaches, omnibusses,
private carriages and baggage wag-
ons are hastily driven on the pier,
there loaded and ldischarged-theJ
fares settled and then are off again.
Excitable, nervous old gentlemen
are driven nigh unto distraction in
their efforts to keep track of the nut !
merous articles of baggage with
which they have seen fit to ncnmber
themselves. While the old traveller I.
who thinks as little of a trip across I
the ocean as Of days journey at
comes on board with ono
more baggage than he can carry 3
and surveys with q smile
The frantic efforts of his more excl
table neighbors. .....y...,..r ~
Extortionate hackmen, taking ad-
of the occasion, reap har- =
vest of uneared cash, while scores of
dealers in cheap literature vendors
Of deck chairs and oranges crowd
around, each pressing his claim in
,he strongest terms. Such are some
Of the sights that present themselves !.
lpon the pier, and on tire boat the
scene is quite as varied. Some are '
lere to bid parting friends farewell, Z
md express regret at Heing unable y
% 60 along. Soft hearted females !
ire weeping, impatient passenger t
PAGES the deck nervously, while cool ht
FLOODED one carelessly sitsni and tF
waits the proper time to be Off g
officer in uniform IN owes hastily here y
md there, giving orders and getting n
ready for departure Az q
ength the time for departure. is at \
land, old Trinity bell tolls the hour !
If one-fifteen minutes .past-and C
fifteen minutes more, and so, until "
wo O'clock is reached, and yet we n
re not off. On enquiring, we are g
informed that the mails are being C
waited for and that all else is ready. q
rumbling sound is heard, down c
lashes the four, horse team and wag- U
m laden with scores of the largest b
'ags filled with, no one knows how U
many missiles of business, friend Il
hip, love, DC, and in the shortest T
'ossible time the bags are trans 4
erred to the vessel, the word is Civ 8
n that all is ready, the Captain and =
'ilot take their places on the bridge, Il
he engine commences to move, a v
hrob is felt, the vessel slowly leaves II
be dock and gradually moves down Y
he river. On ship and shore nu- a
nerous white handkerchiefs are q
rought into requisition. Glasses l.
re leveled, and the last adieus are n
made. While we gradually move g
own the river, friends on shore 81
s gradually fade from view,g and q
ther sights attract our attention, u b
lowly we steam down the river past b
Governors Island, and out into the II
tide bay. Jersey City fades away; g
,rinity's tall spire is lost among the q
which crowds around New fl
.ork. Brooklyn becomesindistinct, m
We strain ourleyes to catch o glimpse O
I Greenwood, and turn to- admire 81