, 1870-07-18

Further Particular. OF the "Trip nne1

Further Particulars OF the Trip and
te~~vl.
Firm q. - L'"ti' Etpnt''can. .J"!v!a-
Captain L. II. Carpenter. OF tic yacht Jcn-
mic bonnie, whose arrival leze. after d IT.
marhablr roxage Of over 26,001 miles,
by sea coast and .iuer, has boen already notel,
WAS introduced. yesterday. by Hon. Gro. Il.
lea to the members OF the Merchants E1-
change. \ large lumber Of people during
thu ,lay raid v,-it 70 The gallant little craft.
at the foot OF .almund street. and manv had
the pleasure Of forming The acquaintance Of
the Captain, who readily answered questions
put TO him With regard to his 1e-
visitors WAS the venerable Cap
tain raggett, one of tho oldcrt steam
loatmen ia the city. Captain u. stated that
he was in this city when the first sea-goiug
adelphia, and was sloop-riggea. arrived here
e1a tho gulf. He WAS also living hero in 1917,
when tie steamer General Pike came from
Louisville. Previous to that date river craft
we're prorelied BY corlelling, polling. rowing.
and bnahwhacking.' term then in vogue
and applied to tie moving Of Lo.ts by milling
at the bushes along shore.
Captain Carpenter dweli on the sailing qual-
iticn Of his little yacht. and owing to hcr
light dEaughs, the ease With whicL tae r<sle
OVER the waves ID 6iotpl. as in tue terrible
hurricane on Cape Cod, where si3 merchant
FEkEEl6
into tie harbor without uamage.
Seven sails can be hoirte1, but t1is IL rarely
done. Ehe usually earring main sopsail au1
fib. Size Of cabin. fourteen feet iii length
aud nine feet VIDE. 1t il cozs place. caps-
hle Of being made water-tiGht amid tho spray
Of heavy sea. There is 8 forecasts :.
Cockpit behind, couerel With paiuted cA4sr az,
a1ld the hull il copper.bottomel. She carries
everything needed for Captain, steward. and
crew. con=irting usually Of one man: There
| II portable cooking apparatus. b,okr, per-
traits OF famous uayiGators.
lhe yacl.t Il Al yeEteEdaf httnmeA shout by
| some lily steamers. hut tile Ca.taia hupe,l to
| get her out. provided there was a good breeze
| ~ morning, and ehow her behavior under
sail The boat il si1 tens hrrthea, one-m,st-
ed, and cutter-nggcd. instead Of schooner
| rigged, Is mentioned in cur previous A.
count Her dimensions Aro as follows ::
Length over all SC feet: heel. 50 feet :
| bresth OF beam, 11A feet. With traught OF
| two feet Of water. She has ono mast, how
.Irit and jib. Her nAiu boon is 81 feet in
length.
The Captain has alsn = telescope 1ihe for
| shooting game: also, . patent tire e1-
! tingaisheT. Among the cuFiosities picked up
Oh the royage il u lve sea gull. eosalls, ehelis,
| epongee, specimens Of curious b1rds, includ.
ing the pink eu1lew aud tne blne .nd white
teaEs ago list February. She vaa trans
ported On 3 asetsnes to Savannah, Ga. whsr
The capssin sailed her to Florida, where AZ
exploration was nsde of the tivers and lakes
4 gear ago last month, in June. tho Cspta.r
sailed noTthrard keeping the coast ali the
way from st. Johns. IN Florida. to Portland
Maine and there be sailed in October fol
New York, encountsring on the srip tho Severe
| csle in massachusetts Eas, lefuEe alluded t.
lie eailed through Long fslaud Sound, thence
down the coast to FLORIDA, where last wintel
was spent Oh tue ct. 5ohn- Isi-sF, up -!.ie1
be sailed $50 miles, to Enterprise, Lake H,r
neg. Jessup, he. Arriving ria the Gulf =
New Orleans. The YACHT WAS lowed up tt
this pIsce in order to save time The Cap
tai1,, at,er Stopping here short time. VII
start for the Upper Mississippi. and theme
ria the 1akee and st. Lawrence, home again
The programme OF his retEru trip la not Ee
fully decided. however. He may spend th'
winter III New Orleans before starting Tor Ii
lakes.