The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-13
TRAVELLING SKETCHES.
HuNBnR fERRE.

Tuesday and Wednesday are delightful
lays prosperous gales attending the pa
is'' As she glides through the deep, like
hing Of life. Weare getting along famous
y, and everybody seems to enjoy themselves
At lI:3O p. NJ, we are startled by the cry
''bard aport steamer on the weather bow"
% rushes the captain, in slippers and shirt
sleeves. But the danger 10 over. The City
CT Baltimore has just passed US. Up goes
two, three-the signals are re-
turned. She is now a mile behind the
captain does little private 'cussing" and
again retires aud so do the passengers.
With the morning comes change; the
wind is right ahead, the sea and the ship
are dancing quadrille; no blue to be seen,
not so much as to make pair of sailors
breechcs, nobody ventures on deck who
doesn't wish bath; the breakfast table Is
almost deserted; everybody has eaten .
very hearty dinner the day before, and con-
sequently don't feel hungry-in the least
The day wears on with little of any change !;
the dinner of the previous evening saves the
lunch, so we conclude it must have been q
hearth meal. Between nine and ten o'clock
sad event il recorded. A young seaman
~ the name Of Carroll, on the forward look
out has been washed overheard. But, az his
loss was not ascertained for some time, and
as the night 10 very dark and heavy sea
running, the poor fellow must be left to his
fate. A subscription started for the bene-
fit of his family the following morning, re-
Allies the handsome sum Of SOS. The fund
was entrusted to Purser Ross, who promis-
ed, upon bis arrival in Liverpool, to hand
it over with the coincidence of the passen-
gers. Such incidents, thrilling as they may
be esteemed, and as they are esteemed by
many, go a great way to redeem mankind
from the charge that cold, hearty selfish
ness alone controls all human actions.
Friday and Saturday-wet and disagree
able,-though we we're assured by the
captain, if all goes well, We shall be al
Queenstown early on Monday morning. On
Saturday evening mutual admiration So
ciety Is held ia the saloon speeches and
tOasts are INDUCED in, Surgeon Lacroix re-
spending 10 behalf Of the fair sex-but
declares "'pon bis honor he feels himself
inadequate to the task no short
Of celestialscan do justice to terrestrial
angel"
Sabbath morning Calm and serene again
the existence of the great AMP 10 humbly
aekno wledeed-and his protection invoked
In the evening-our proximity to Erin's Isle
is guaranteed by the number Of sailing crafts
in sight, aud everybody is on tip toe Of ex-
citement. Four O'Clock Am. the welcome
light Of the Fastnet Rock is seen and is
greeted with three hearty cheers. Six
O'Clock finds all the passengers on deck, in
the best Of humol. "There indeed is Old
Ireland, God bless her" shouts Father En-
right, as be grlsps our hand. All America
is great place to be sure, bus there is my
native soil-the sweetest spot on EARTH"
and the tears rolled down his furrowed
cheeks. 'Look there, ''he exclaims, stake this
glass, and soc il your fields are cultivated
like that garden AS nobody wishes to
disturb his equanimity, and as we are soor
to leave his genial company, he is allowed
his own way. Now, here is the far-famed
Ballycotton Island, upon which is erected
one OF the most substantial lighthouses, -
which has often been q welcome BEACON to
the storm-tosse mariner. Nine O'Clock
and we are off the harbor of Queenstown,
which is literally crowded with shipping
prominent among which are the Austr ian
and Italian flags; but as We are 10 a hurry
to be Of to Liverpool, we must wait till our
homeward voyage for a sight, and descrip.
ton Of its beauties.
Now, comes the tender for the mail and
passengers. The first man who steps oh
board is the pilot, a tall, portIy, weather
beaten sailor; then comes the newsmonger
with. the Cork Examiner. who charges the
modest sum Of six pence for the same and
Several other nondescripts. Here we part
with our old friend the Colonel, who gives
Us an invitation to Carlow House; the
bride, IN prospectu, now, become a general
favorite, and VIII is wished by every one,
as prosperous a voyage through the ocean
Of life, as the one which has just terminated
Father Enright, and a number Of the steer.
age passengers, who come for the purpose oil
bringing the ould woman and the childer
out.
Over they step into the tiny shell over
goes their baggage The men who handle it
have evidently graduated at western rail-
road depot, but, all right, the Paris " is
in hurry to be off, and puts US in mind Of
a racer, which requires bit and bride and;
all the strength of her rider to hold her in.
Well, well, we are under way once more.
Again the good-byes and handerchieis come
into play; gracefully the little puffer rounds
the Cove, and as majestically the pride Of
the Inman feet, dipping her flag, steams
past the batteries and flagstaff The "chan-
nell" true to its well-earned reputation, be-
comes foggy and disagrceable-the Internal
and eternal drizzle is on hand. Fortunately
the time can now be spent to advantage in
packing up, hoping better things for the
morrow. In the evening. we have the pleas
ure Of having . cozy supper with Surgeons
Brown and Lacroix, Purser Ross, Chief En-
gineer Rutherford, friends Parker, Battin,
and HansOn-Anerica, Eugland, Tom, Dick
and Harry are toasted-after which all retire
with bright visions of the morrow. Tues
day morning finds US lying abreast the port
of Liverpool alongside OF us is the Ne
braska, which left New York four days in
advance, 50 that we have no cause for COM
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