The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-26

haze, for one, thought l should like to be
on terra 5traaG, rather thanin vessel exposed
to such threatened dangers. but the Captain
told me was safer on board his ship than IN
the town amidst the flying tiles and beams
of topping houses, and, besides, the fury of
the gale, even at this time, wouldnot allow q
boat to live longer than she touched the wa
ter. Finding no escape | nerved myself for
the worst, and, finding the ship riding at her
anchors without the assistance of steam, ex-
hausted with previous excitement and ankle
ty, threw myself into my berth and was
soon fast asleep, with every little idea, when
folly awake, of the terrific power of aTyphoon.
About O'Clock a. m, was startled from
my sleep by the most unearthly roar, as II
all Niagara was within the four walls of my
stateroom. sprang from my berth. The
ship at the moment seemed more steady even
than when fell asleep, as at the first blow
before the sea had been turned up from its
very foundation, the vessel seemed to be
blown straight' out and tol hang by her ca
bles for moment, nearly motionless. On
looking out of my cabin window saw the
effects of the power of the wind for the first
time in my life. The terrific waves we en-
countered at the entrance of the sea of Yeddo
was not Circumstance towards exhibiting
it's power as It appeared here. There pow
ertul ship with her ponderous engines could
make Roadway against them Here it not
only required all her anchors but the full
power OF an 800 horse power engine to hold
hel, and even all this did not entirely sue
coed The water, as / first saw it, lighted VI
by the phosphoric light, resembled the waters
of the great cataract, churned into as com
plete asfoam. Now the fight commenced
AMI, as the swell increased, the powers OF ev
cry ship were tested to it's utmost capacity
and we were thrown into all possible shapes
sometimes on one side and then on the other
sometimes one end up and then the other
and then again it would be difficult to tel
how it was Every ship was dragging more
or less The great ship Idaho, one of the
largest, showed us the full length of her keel
every roll she made. All her boats went BY
the board spare spars dashed down upon he1
deck broke loose and carried away her for
ward bulwarks. All went together and The
Captain told me day or two after, that HI
had no idea of living'through it, and God onl.
knows how she did. A large British Man OF
War with the assistance she could bring t.
bear with her powerful engines, could no
hold up to ser anchorage and came driftin.
down foot by foot broadside upon our bows
Every inch of our cables had been let ont t.
avoid the contact. Her last plunge was with
| in q few feet of our bow The steerage pas
| sengers, some FIVE hundred Cinnamon o.
| their way home, saw their danger and mad
| rush for the stern to protopg their llVes
few moments longer. 1t appeared as thong
our time had come, when, "presto, change,
the center of the Typhoon passed, and sn
was whipped around in another direction, al
most as you would swing bucket aroun
your head. For several hours thus 1T ragged
and then suddenly quieted down, and we al
| took a long breath, and thanked God for GU
| wonderful preservation from so many lmml
nent perils. There is no use In trying to de
scribe the terrific force of one of these Iy
phoons. It cannot be done. You may haV
witnessed the effects OF gale on the lake
Well, it is no more to one OF them than th
blowing out of a candle to the blast OF fur
mace. The damage done to the shipping
was less than was anticipated, but not 81
with the city Every house was more or les
uncovered and deluged with water-the quar-
Ao., c~or;1a5 Gov mn ouoouu the rest I WA
shown IL to one large stone building where the
heavy lied roof, nearly one foot in thickness
had been shattered to pieces and water
drenched in every part one wing, of neayJ
stone work, was all gone. The heavy blinds
were blown right in sash and all, and in sew
eral cases where three men were pressing
against the sash inside TO prevent the calami
ty. Such is Typhoon. never desired OF
expected to see one, much less to be caught
in one, and have no desire ever to hear o.
or see another.
To my great surprise and qualification,
found my destination was Yeddo, the seat Of
government, and residence of Teno, or EN-
peror- Mikado as he is most generally called
This was an honor had not expected. On
the 9th found two carriages Every rare
things in Japan with full escort drawn up
in front of my quarters, and guard of honor
ready to convey me up there. cannot stop
now to give you in detail all the new and
wonderful things saw in this old time world.
You must go back in history some centuries
for it's peculiarities, its customs, and
it's samples. They have not changed, but the
change is now about to commence. There is
o wonderful determination to break the
shackles which have bound them for ages,
and by the light of the most advanced civili-
uat;on thronohout Aha world now forthe first