The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-29

bic wife. Congratulations over we enrcr,
gcther and pass through the saloon, do....
the broad and elegantly carpeted stairs. III.
a carpct-covG1cd and finely furnished cutr
or passage-way, in front OF which is th.
dies Cabin, in itself rich and we'll aplon,
parlor, turn to the right, descend anu.
broad flight OF steps and enter the
DINING ROOM.
Alladins banquetng hall was suppo>cdt
a very grand affair bat there arr D
doubts existing in my mind about il, U.
rs nice as the dining room of the Er..
The soft, yielding carpets the massive pin
delicrs, the costly mirrors, the luynio
chairs, the eumptuouSly laden and richly
pointed tables, the ebony walters with W.
glossy white aprons, bringing yam dcIi..
strawberries and fragrant coffee Is Il pu.
yonr dainty supper, the nicely dressed l.u
the floating aroma of mnmerable hot.tu
flowers, the soft throbhing, thrilling GuH.
strains of music, and over all the hrill..
shmmering light of the gas lendino
ance and beauty to the scene. DO volIa.
if required great stretch of the ima"inY-.
TO fancy ones self in fairy land Mka4.
fairy land can get up anything better l...
Queen Nab will send me It ticket ~ u.
most dclectahlc of regions.
A STORM AT SEA.
Coming back from the dining ro.m
stop to watch the long threatened .4..
which has burst upon us in I'LL it, fury. .m
now running riot over the set The Wl.
dashed into n perfect fury by the hoWu
driving wind, which means and ~hn
around us until we fancy the air Is full o
cry ghosts the rain is descending in blu0.
torrents, the thunder rolling ominou-E a..
pitlcssh over or heads, and the I.....
lightning hlrrying and glancn@ from
to cloud. 1t j. 4 grand and never to be- ..
gotten sight. Standing here with tIe..,
spray fingng itself up rudrly into m, i g..
with the RAGING elements around. uu) u.
the lathomlcss ocean with nothing hctN.
me and swift destruction hlt Thu trail
how could the soul help humidity hoVm%I.
at the throne of Grace.
IN THE SALOON
once more, which is now brilliantly GuNd.
and watching the animated crowd WA.a.
either prntnenaling the saloon or the a>,0..
above, Here and there some mll.liu,.
persons, whose stomachs get c;l~sfv tu4
upside down, are seeking their >tate-s,.
Int tbaSn ara hA 81.
goes very steadily, though it Is POUCH. N.Y.
are soon acc">tcd by . gentleman who lo,t
to he my old prcceptor. Dr. r., unW au .
compshed surgeon il. tlas navy. lie is SD.
seated beside It's, amt recalling the oldr4d
lOur friend the Captain soon Joins t.. nal .
his quaint interesting style takes u ...
voyage to Australia, and We see with HIM 81.
huge mountains, the mmenSc tunnel. u
the new railroads. The doctor tells H. u0u
an interesting story al the war STOPPING.
and then to listen 10 the rNquisitr lurludl
is ringing out from the Niolins aud b.,u
throatcd comets above MS And thu A
music. adventure and mrcdutc. ia, u.
glide swiftly by until eleven o'clo.h a|.
1--WE retire. On deck 1T four o'c}..,A ~. u..
morning With the dclrrmiuatra. +. -.. u
last two hours sill
rp TINT s.t4 Nj.
| and we'll is one rc,nies ion the tr0uhLaol i..
rising. The naotn5ne is lovely. thu -
just rough o&s0o@h from last night Ind. -
Gus treatNa:at To look pretty, the cloud dr.,
by a tg.~h nouhrrly breeze Me rulliUu b,
, scn,s4ing away tot the ~outtw .cr,t yatlnan
, sy To MINI. the words I'll the poet
For 10! the dappGc IRA, cotlr-r,~ of tll,. p..
Beat up the 4f@kt "ith their bri"lh SILVER Ga.
And chase ii tluuliGh the Sky.'
The sttn soon makes hi appearances ,u
ing ~ rlear, stately and 4m7tnd in lhr
away east and now isn't Ii beautiful I'D
we sweep past vcrdant bamk~ and lovely ..
lagos, close under the shore. So that We,
hear the birds singing. in the Iraty bianrl.
and have It good Yaew of tine many lr,.
villas that line the banks Of the Sound
close proximity to New York They m,
so lovely tain would Stop To describe ,.D
one miGutcly, but onward thc steamer olid
rou~tting the Fort Just in time for u~ Do .
and hear the di>char@, of the sum
gun; up past Black wells Island, with it, t,0
rows Of massive and gloomy looking ht0
ngs, past Brooklyn and the long ln,..
ShippiM9. round Castle Garden. swine ol..
) side thc pier. and we are in
NEW lui;>
with our feet At last on the -hu,>.- IS. D9..
cratic State-''a contamination mos! tl,.yuu
wished for Our Republican, Friend I1u
forgive Us if there VIZ, fu-r httly touch