Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-10-21

mile TO the north of us. As soon ns It came In
slight, the Captain sneaked below, where he re-
malned until It was too late to turn back human
lives might have depended on II, but what is life
or Two, more or less, compared with the import
| ance of having the mails detained for half On
hour!! Great indignation was expressed on oil
| sides at the Captain's course.
What gourmand one ls likely to be on board
shipl No sooner Is one table cleared thnn an
other Is set; they seem determined that those
who are not SICK shall make up for those who
are. We have at O'Clock coffee or tea, at 0
comes breakfast, at - luncheon, at dinner, and
coffee at 3, tea at y, and supper at 1880.
31st-Our Grst stormy day: the wind blowing
very fresh in the morning and quite gale by
afternoon, with strong cross sea. The ladies',
who had begun to ''chirk up" little, all down
again, bad rs ever.
September 2d.-Three cheers were given by the
Happy Family, when an honorary member stuck
his head into their room in the morning, and an
nounced that we were In green water which iu-,
deed we might have known by the heavy ground
swell, which was disturbing theequiibrlum of our
moveable articles. At m, the welcome sound
ot Land, Ho!" called our attention to low,
dark line along the N. z. horizon, which was
Cape Race. Not long after, we spoke the ship
Liverpool" from London TO Quebec.
4rH.-I should have known we were near Amer
lea to-day, even had been ignorant of our posi-
tion. During oil my wandering had not seen
such weather as dawned on US. The bright,
clear, pure atmosphere told better than words,
that our dear, native land was nigh. Every one
was leight-hearted and happy; two musicians
were found in the steerage, and brought on deck,
while some of our passengers iudulged In the
festive dance. AT night there was a grand dis
play OF phosphorescence In the ocean.
5TH. Before we were out in the morning. our
pilot was on board, and from him we learned the
already anticipated news of the oxford victory.
AT noon we saw a school of whales, and al
o'clock Land, ho !" told of the f. point OF Long
Island All afternoon we ian along in sight Of the
cOast, and of the lighthouses all night. 1he
captain again seemed tired, probably on account
of exhaustion over his I" neat and appropriate ="
reply to the resolutions rendered him by sere,dI
of the passengers for ''gentlemany and sailor-ike
conduct."!!
6rH.-Wc dropped anchor In the Lower Bay,
just inside of Sandy Hook, Mt 2, A. NJ, aud lay
there IN SO dense o fog we could not bulge until
10. Meantime the tug boat "Tontine" came up
and took off our mails, aud then disappeared In
the mist. 1t lifted. for minute, at last, showed
us our course, and then settled In again, thick as
ever, but now our pilot knew where we were, so
we ran In cautiously left the fog behind aud were
10 the NarrOws, with the beautiful bay Of New
York spread out like fairy scene before us, the
green trees Of Staten leland the distant spires of
city and the calm mirror ot water with the blue
sky over head making picture of uurvalled
beauty. We stopped ut Quarantine for the ex-
animation by the Health Officer, then s,eam, d
on and dropped anchor ut foot of Courtlandt
| street, and our tender coming along we bade
adieu to ship and officers and pushed up the river
| to Pier 45. The "Russia," we saw in her place,
discharging her freight
The Custom House officers gave us most uu-
pleasant taste Of their ''litte hrief authority
that is. those who did not conciliate them with
two or three miniature likeness OF Queen Victoria
10 yellow, on yellow ground At 5 it was over,
| aud right glad was to settle down my weared
| limbs at the Westminster Hotel.
Next day 10 minutes on the Ferry and few
hot dusty hours ON the rail road bring me to Will
| mingtoH and end my "Travel Notes in Europe
DELAWARE.