New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-04

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walked by threes and mado s leave the marrow
said TO lie "custom OF the country.1 Nouc9u .
eraphed our safe the most Interested Ia IT,
and returned ~ snip. At night E6pt watch ana WATCH
and IL being clear, eonnted tho August meteors, W
served in AL. weSty from tine N b. skcs some very
brilliant; oolop yellow. - -,
Satsrdav, Aug. IO-Bright hot morning After break
fast all hands ashore and climb the townhill TINS y
lofty said eminenoe back OF tho village, banked with
shaped liked Meeting and painted brown. whose
stoeple the first object seon leagues away Dy hoo
ward bound Mariners This the fanouse fioVincesowu
Townhouse has a marble slab above the entrance boar
ing the following inscription: In conmeors'o a ,hn
the arrival of the Mayfower mt Cape Co., anu Oh upo
Landing OF the Pilgrims at this place November ln
162o This tablet Is presented by the oa1 oYa Of
the tower and looked out radius OF % miles IN
every direction, from Boston and Cape Ann 10 Bnz5iru
Bay Felt that we had reached the very beginning Oh
tho cod Colony" and were content. Proyincetown is
made of imposing shaIpcat series o. ne na
I'M yerds and gardens has been brought here
"a ballast in vessels from the mainland. koturning
through tho town. we learn that some & schooners anu
soops owned here and actively engaged IN tne nsn
ngrade During the war when ns9 were are %ads
prices low steamer runs daily 70 boston anu
stage connects with the Cape Cod Railroad at WeHnee
10 miles below good many BOstonans resort for Sum
recreation 10 this queer old place ana Ihrough az
open window heard strauss Wine, Women, anu
song" PLAYED upon q grand piano by some delicate
CITY hand Reached the Peterson and OF p m weighed
anchor, beat down the bay, and made for Welifeet
Course S. by f.; wind 5. W.-neary ahead, and very
fresh Trouble begins Tor we IOresee that VIC oni
have head winds throughout long coastng trip home
se Beating dead against BOTH 1t almost impossible
TO get along The waves are rolled up bys full sweep
across the widest portion OF the Bay The Peterson
pitches awfuly. and seems almost 10 stahu Oh
sGe is stancn cannot be blown over, ships very
little water but the waves slap her Daek ana we ee
fore and mainsais fearing that her stays VIII yied 70
the wind, she does little moro than hold her OWL anu ~
is evident shall not round Biingsgate POINT ny ay
light so shake out her reefs set al SAIL anu ado
the risk should make into Truro II We dared Dut 10
not know the channels running PACK 10 Nv
is not TO be thought Of so We Keep on our
crew pucky, and VIC all work IKE common saOS
steadily lacking against winA ana sen ~ nriiuao'te
there is welcome ull ana we are sVon on I s99as
Light, at tho mouth OF Woleet Bay Here ions sio
eheToSs eronee on The coast we are late for
the food.tide and doubtful whether we can make ~
nor 40 S we IN ac Standing in and out
| soundlngs. and each time are iorcou t puUh
by .c ssg Sppears 70 be working down from
the north. and anxious to mako haIoor htan'
but cannot find a passage; are thoroughly exhausted
with work. and at last are forced to come 70 acloI ~
among the shoals where shOuld soon be KhOched %
pieces I'D westerly blow. The skipper begins 10 ve
mis- responsibility and TO think that pGopIs s On seb
uise with no other crew. SKY still threatening MOI
caring 70 lie here we nang o for e irbthonse two
miles away, in search Of pilot Tide mas iaon 80, edS
ma from reaching the island There is nothing 10 do but
row back against the wud TO the Peterson, which We
DO and luckily reach her The tired crew turn Ia az
high noon and the skipper takes the watch until day
light. Fortunately the night continues caiin' anu VIC
S.'1dag Aug u.-Called all hands before daybreak
weighed, made sail, and the ude being msh We PASssu
over the bar with ease BY the channei Js Deo" t5e
lighthouse This passage answers at 1u ue ior Vessels
of hight draft, but the regular shehannei nes nearer
tbe eastern shore two miles below. The B1hngsgate
Lighthouse massive structure, with Dr1cKahdsVne
dinssys single liked sbt one Of the brilliant
on this coast The wind now fair for us our course
being f. N E., six miles up the harDor to WeHnee ana
shortly alter SUNRISE after delightfully."- peaceful san
contrased with the miseles OF the hght, VIC aIchoIed
morning Many schooners lying about US and at tho
wRarvcs; as at ProyncetOwn, fakes, barrels, hsl;
terminating here Find that the fetsrs9a hS'
holiday, We are visited by several ships crews,
w wS0 ee an npon US The weeet vessels apparently
are largest eetest, ana handsomest owned III Cape
Cod Bay, mostly sehoOners, built at Essex, Mass Inc
shores of the harbOr made uD Of the square, lofty
sandblufs peculiar this region. I've are unable To
over the surf; in fact begin to realize That
have laid out TOO much of cruise Tor the time gwen
and shall be able to see very niue more Oh lhe Capo
than scaports and shOresI Al low Tue the hafDOr
bottom Is D% n6 h tSar ' 5e S" WH avoid tins Wiz in the
channel and further down After dinner at cary Hood
the lighthouse point which make ~ sunset ann shan
lie here ready u cross the bar IN the morning Ihere
is a fishing hamlet on the lighthouse island dozen
very humble cottages whose owners are chiefly al THIS
season engaged SEEMING buesh for the Boston mar
and might tarry here enjOyaDly for weeks. The
skipper not having slept much since he started, goes
ashore makes friends with the lighthouse keeper. and
obtains bed for the night The secont mate also has
privilege night ashore ana needs IT, and shares
the a bright little urchln in hsheImau'S cot
age. The first mate stays aboard the Peterson as boat
Mr. Heman T. Dill who has the station. find an
agreeable companion after his lamps are blazing and
pipes are lit evening smoke on the doorstep Ho
ow rs farm OH the eastern Shore opposite and per-
nitted 90 there for hour or two from day to day
He is greatly III need OF serylCeable boat III which 10
make his mail and fOraging trips to WelGeet and the
mainland. The Government should furnish one at once.
other pesquses In Winter IL sometimes Impossible
to reach tie mainland for weeks and weeks. Men, L
have always envied lighthouse keeper what chances
for reading writing, thinking and what perpetual COM
munIon with sea, wind and sky
Mondau Aug. l2-A hands ab0rad at day-break, TO go
over the with high tide Made SAIL crossed and bore
away East Dennis sesuet HarDor course r. wind
and still In the = W., made "a long leg ana
short one" steering for the southwark prominence
called Dennis Head Delightful run down the bay Inc
shores begin 10 put on verant arabic appearance and
the meeting hOuses of EASTMAN Brewster and Harwch
look pleasant against the SKY. For miles and miles
there are strange stockadeke frames built from
the coast, some projecting halfa-mie and over the
shoals These the famous, or infamous, wers OF this
region which bring such measureless slaughter tie
funny tribes. They built Of stakes laths ana netting
the shape Of heart, with great cheeks hanging To-
wards the deep and anged that fish swim in
with the hoodde and when the waters ebb are unable
TO find entrance, and left Mapping the sands
Immense schools of bass, blueish, nackerel cod-in
fact, of every norhern-own flsh-are thus captured
spectacle prodgous. much OF the destruction sheer
waste and the whole system wrong The Massachusetts
Commissioners now giving 1t u thorough mvestga-
ton, which should result III the abolition Oh many or
these vOracOus weirs.
inlet protected by wooden piles and just deep and
Tde eRoSgh to Ss5 r sSneOner AZ S ga ~SS
primitive, with one store and NO tavern
captains and other Independent country gentlemen Ono
is Capt Joshua Sears, ~ whom second mate
sailors hospitality after disaster which befalis Us In
tins wise We anchor in the channel near the outer
bulkhead, where seemed deep enough for us to float
through the ebb tide The fall here however, Is lower
than elsewhere the coast and at midnight we found
the Peterson suddenly heeling over on her side Un
fortunately her keel rests upon side hill aud she al
most bilges. taking in water literally and flooding
afoat, and tumble half naked, into the Mayh0wer as