The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-05
FLASHES OF SALIVA"
FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW
LIFE OF DICKENS.
The Private Letters of Dickens to Fors-
ter, Relating to His American Tour
I'm l842.
from Forster,s Life OF Dickens.l
THE OUTWARD VOYAGE.

from Forster's Life OF Dickensl
THE OUTWARD VOYAGE.
ssWe have eighty-slx passengers; anC sncn
strange collection Of beasts never was got to-
eether uuon the sea since the days of the Ark.
have never been In the saloon s.ace the hrst
day: the noise, the smell and the closeness
beine quite intolerable. have only been on
deck once-and then I was surprised and dis
anpointed at the smallness OF the panorama.
The sea, running as 1t does and has done, Is
very stupendous, and viewed from tne alr or
some great height, would be grand no aou9t.
Rnt seen from Ihe wet aud rolling decks, In
this weather and these circumstances, It only
impresses one giddily and rainfully. was
yery glad to turn away and come below
81 have established myself, from the first,
in the ladies' cabln-yOu remember IL! III!
describe Its other occupants, and our way Oh
passing the time, to you.
VFirst, for the occupants. Kate and l, ana
Ann-When she Is out OF bed, which is not
often. queer little Scotch boy, hy MRS; pI'
whose husband is silversmiih IN New YORK.
He married her at Glasgow three years ago,
and boted the day after the wedding: Delng
(Which he had not told her) nsavily ,n oens. har
mother; and she is now going out under the
protection of male cousin, to give him
Years trial. If she Is not comfortable at the
exn,ration of that time, she means to go back
to Scotland again. A Mrs. B, about twenty
wears old, whose husband Is on Doard WIN
her. BE is young Englishman d0mlcllea IN
make max OUT outi q woollen.drapsr. They have
been married a fortnight Mr.. and Mrs.
c., marvellously fond of each other, com
plete the catalogue. Mrs. c., have settled,
isa publican's daughter, and Mr. C-is running
away with her, the till, The time piece OH tne
bar mantel-shelf, the mothers gold walcn
from the pocket at the head OF the bed, aud
other miscellaneous property. The women
are all pretty; unusually pretLy; never saw
such good faces together, anywhere.
Their tsway of passing the time" Will De
fonnd in the Notes much as 1t was written 10
me, except that there was one point connect
ed with the card playing which he feared might
overtax the creduli.y OF his readers, put Wnlcn
he protested had occurred more than once !:
uAp-opos Of rolling, have forgotten TO
mention that in playing whist we are obliged
to p1lt the tricks in our pockets, TO keep them
from disappearing altogether; and tnat nVe OF
six times in the course OF every rubber we are
all flung from, our seats, roll out at dilleren.
doors. aud keep on rolling until we are picked
mn hv stewards. This has become such mat
ter of course that We go through 1t with per-
feet gravity, and, when we are bolstered up on
onr sofas again, resume our conversation or
our game at the point where 1t was interrupt
ed.n The news that excited them from DAY 10
day. loo, OF which liule more tnan a mint ap-
pears Ia the Notes, Is worth giving as origin
ally written: ,uo oe +,ot than
Won Would think for. One man lost fourteen
bounds of vipgt-un in the saloon yesterday, or
another got drunk before dinner was over, or
another was blinded with lobster-sauce split
over him by the steward, or another nad Iall
on deck and tainted. The ships COOK was
drunk yesterday morning., (haVing got aC some
saltwater damaged whlSkey) ana the capCaln
ordered the boaiswain to play upon him with
: Lne hose of the fire engine uutil ne roared 1vr
mercy-whlch he didn't get, for he was SEN
fenced to look ont for four hours oil stretch
for four nights running, without O great coat,
and TO have his grog stopped. Four dozen
nlates were broken at dinner. One steward
feli down the cabin stairs with a round Of
beef, and injured his foot severely. Another
steward fell down alter him and cut his eye
omen. The bakers taken Ill; so Is the pastry
cook. A new man, sick to death, has been
required to fill the place Of the latter otncer,
and has been dragged out OF bed anu propped
up In little house upon deck, between Two
casks, and ordered (lhe captain standing over
HIM to make and roll out ple-crnst: which ne
protests, with tears in his eyes, as It is death
To him In his bilious state to look at. Twelve
dozen of bottled porter has got loose upon
deck, and the bottles are rolling about dis
traetedly overhead. Lord Mulgrave "a hand-
some fellow, by-the.by, to look at, and nom
Ing but a good 'un to gol lad o wagrr ha WIN
twenty-five other men last night, whose oerths,
like his, are In the fore-cabin, which can only
be got at BY crossing the deck, that he wound
reach his cabin first, Watches were SCI oy
the captains, and they sailed forth wrapped
I'D In coats and storm caps. The sea orsKe
over the ship so violently that they were lVe
and twenty minutes holding on by the nand-
rail- at the starboard paddle-box, drenched 10
the skin by every wave, and not daring 70 60
on or come back, lest they should BIZ wash d
overheard, News A dozen murders IN
town wouldn't interest US half as much"
HIS ARRIVAL N BOSTON.
He resumed his letter at fremont House on
Saturday, the 2sth Of January, having reached
Boston that day week at five in the afternoon,
and, as his first American experience IS very
lightly glanced at In the Notes, fuller picture
viii perhaps be welcome: "As the Cunard
boats have wharf of their own at the custom
honse. and that narrow one. we were long
time ian hour at least) working In. was
standing In full fig on the paddle-box be-
aide the captain, staring sbout me, when sud
denly, long before we We're moored 10 the
wharf, dozen men came leaping on ooard q!
the peri, of their lives, with great bundles OF
noWSp1p9rS unu6T Iuelt al uos "oAo'oe Sot.A
forters (very much the worse for weary round
their necks, and 80 forth. AHA says 1, thls
ia like oar London brldge;' believing, oil
course, that these visitors were neWsooys.
But what do you think OF their being
editors? And what do you think OF their tear
ing violently up to me and beginning TO shake
hands like madmen? Oh! If you could have
seen how wrung their wrists? And If you
could but know how hated one man IN very
dirty CATERS, aud with very prOtrnding upper
teeth, who said to all comers alter o1m, 80
you've been introduced to our friend Dickens,
eh, There was one among them, though. VINO
really was Of use-a DR.. s., editor of the -.
He ran off here 1.-TWO miles, at least,) and or
dared rooms and dinner. And In the course
OF time Kate, and /, and Lord Mulgrave (who
was going back to his regiment at Montreal on
Monday, aud had agreed to live with us In the
meanwhile)sat down In a spacious and hand
some room to very handsome dinner, batting
nerulisrltles Of putting on table, ana had Tor
rottan the ship entirely. a Mr.. Alexander, TO
whom I had written from England promising
m sit for a portrait, was on board directly we
tonched the land, and brought us here IN his
carriage. Then, after sending present OF
most beautiful fowers, ne lett US 10 ourselves
and we thanked him for II.
What further he had to say Oh tnat weeks
experience finds It's first public utteTance mere.
nHow can tell you." he continues, "What
has happened since that first day! HOW eau
give Won the faintest notion OF my reception
here: OF the crowds that pour IN and out tne
whole day; of the people that line lhe streets
when 90 out, of the cheering when went