The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-07
WAYNE COUNTY, IND. OCT.

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deIicacy ia and out OF season.
The wines are OF excellent quality,
and to Americons, OF wonderfully
moderate price, consequently they
flow like the waters of the ocean,
in unlimited abundance, indeed,
the nearer We approach land, there
is considerable evidence Of a su-
perabuLdauce, but under the cir
cumstances it is granted lcgiti-
mate indulgence.
We did not 60 up to Queens
town, but were met by q tender
sent down to convey such pas
sengers as desired to land there,
and here l had to bid adieu to my
kind friends, Prof. r and wife,
whose kind and delicate attention
l can never forget. They landed
at Queenstown for the purpose OF
making the tour of the Irish lakes,
and kindly solicited me to make
one one of their partp, but as my
movements had already been de-
cided upon, l was obliged to de-
cline such an offer Great excite
ment was produced by the news
brought down by the "tender' that
that the City Of Paris was not in,
and the Calabria had won.
The gentlemen at once proceed
ed to pay their debts and drink
their rewards, those who lost and
those who won seeming equally
pleased. The "casting up ac-
counts" had ceased, and there was
a general settlement.
July 4.-Our last day at sea. It
is singular what an effection one
feels for the ship and al those
who for ten days have had one
common life and interest, and have
shared together the perlls of the
deep. Very strong is the sympa-
thy which goes out from those who
have not been visible since two
hours after we set sail ; half
feeling of regret steals oyer one
as our voyage ncars its completion.
| have made the acquaintance OF
those whom l shall long remem-
Der, and parting is not pleasant.
1t being the Fourth, our ship
was gayly decorated, and toasts
became the order of the day. II
compliment to Lady Thornton. oul
: good Captain, and the flag under
, which we sailed, the first was t.
Queen Victoria, and was respond
! ed to by an Englishman in a very
: neat and appropriate speech. IheI
5 came the President Of the Unitet
4 States, but alas ! America wa.
without q champion we were yer,
sensitive to this, and | sighed, oh
, for j. w Forney, Ben. Ferle1
Poor, or some other Of America
famed orators to do justice to thi
occasion. The case was withou
! remedy, and we had to let it pass
AS the tide would not admit c
our vessel going to the port Of Liv
, erpool until late at night, we wer
: met by "tender'' with q dozel
= officers of customs on board, an,
: immediately all was confusion, con
sternalion. and delivering up o
\ keys. l flatter myself l carrie,
! my passport in my face, for OIL.
!. one piece Of my baggage wa
y opened. and that the merest pre-
:, tense of o search; but it was yer
i amusing as we'll as astonishing t
/ see the nice young men having t
= deliver up pet packages to the off
!. GERS, who thought they would b
n safer in their keeping. 1t ha
e been dull and rainy, but as we too
i our departure the sun looked for
: brilliantly through broken cloud:
!, and we cast lingering and CRATE
! full looks back at Captain Nc Mich
- en-, and the good Calabria whic
n had borne US safely over. Ther
! is something wild and intense i
!, this Old-W orld verdure, and trol
% occasional hasty glances | thouot
II the approach to Liverpool very a
i tractive, but we were chiefly OF
; cupied in keeping warm, or tryiu
il to do so, for we certainly did n,
. succeed. After enduring this Wi
ter temperature for about the spac
Il of halt an hour, we landed, al
o. with !. STANCE thrill, and for Il
ia first time since my earliest i.
at fancy, my feet pressed the soil
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