The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-19
Lsttsr from IreIand.
ViaI u q WResEng kaa % as Emerald
GLAHsLoUOH, INLAND, l
August 0, 1874 )

August 8, is74 +
Rditnn Of W IntSniEsneE.
Our steamer presented busy scene a.
hour before leaving her dock At New
, York. We had 40 GleeFAgs passenger
busy carrying aboard their luggage
and bedding, and 10 cabin passenger
similarly engaged, barring the bedding.
The dock Of the steamer was crowded
with friends oi the VoysgeFs; and now
the bell rings, and hand .S6Aking and em.
bFacing, with many q moist eye, AreSeen
At every hand, and the friends file down
tho steep gAng.WAy to take their place AI
the outer end Of the dock 10 give Q last
wave and cheer a. theBLeAmeT passes out.
A dsep-toned voice oFdeFB the gang.way
In. The pilot on the bridge whom We drop
In . tmAll boat OF Sandy Hook two
hourS later rings the engines TO start.
The screw is 10 motion, 70 stop not till
Queenstown anchorage Is reached. Il q
bright sunny day; the bay 10 smooth;
the formidable forts, with bristllng guns
and green close shorn lawns, are most
Ipromlnent in view; the bay WidenS with
the Teceding shore; the pilot d dropped;
more motion ls noticed on the vessel, and
finally you realize that you are
OUT At sBA.
Tho fret few hours Of the "chopping'
sea encountered OF the "baE' is hard 70
endure, and many below In their berths
and others on deck above pay unwilling
tribute to King Neptune, and curse the
day that brought them 10 SEQ. Dinner is
announced, and q score out OF fouFscoFe
appear OF table. Ono who had been to
sea before braVely partook Of the firSt
course Of soup aud had hopeS Of further
conques:s, bat when the steamiDg roast,
heavy with tumes ot cabbage, was unCoY.
cred In front oil him al table, he beat q
hOaty retreat, crying make way for lib.
efly," and was seen no moro below decks
TIL late bed time.
Life at sea Is dull and mouotonous, 30
one day will describe all others. Time
on q ship Is divided into six watches Of
four hours each In twenty-four. Eight
bells are struck OF meridian; half hour
and one 10 struck, and so on till at four,
eight bells are again reached. Ala o'clock
A. II. the sailors arc at the daily deck
scrubbiDg. Struggling passengers arc on
deck at . O'Clock, but by z most all are
up and pFomenAding the deck in pairs
and waiting anxiouSly for the $50 O'Clock
breakfast. Alter breakfast q smoke Tor
the strong slomached ones, o game at
horse billiards, which you soon tire Of.
Another game is one like quoits, played
with rope rings. Two checker boards
arc at your service, and q set of chess.
Some try cards, but the wind makes havoc
with the hands. You can't read with any
interest, so when lunch Is announced Rt
II o'clock you are glad the morning hour
has passed. Dinner Is served at 1880
o'clock and tea ate. There are few who
appear at all these meals, and none can
complain oi lack Of quantity; the quality
is often criticized by captIous ones.
Nothing breaks the routine but the occas.
ional appearance Of sail, which II near
brings
ALL HANDS ON DICK
TO sec the stranger. Her hRli-dozen sig.
nal flags give US the news, which We an
swer, and all Is over and the sensation
gone. On the morning OF the eleventh
day It was announced tho Captain had
seen land, and every eye and glass peered
into the dull band ol clouds TO the north.
ward. 1t was an hour before the i'm
pracliced eye could catch the dim vision
not larger than a mans hand gradually
growing 10 dark outlines ol hill and noun
tatH, and then lighted by afaint tinge Of
green, till four hours later the smooth
rolling hills OF the Emerald Isle were
clearly in view, and OF ten at night an.
chorGge at Queenstown Is gained. Here
We are met by tug, and amid noise and
Jam, our two hundred Storage, with bag.
gage I'D nauseam, and dozen cabin pas.
sengeIs, crowd every space on the small
tug Finally they "let go" and an hours
ride brings Us TO the dock at Queenstow
Tho bright lamps on its terrSced streets
made the night approach to this dlngy
town . very pleasing one. Halt an hour
by rail In the morning at nine, brings you
along the banks Of the river 10 Cork, and
affords the most charming view 10 be seen
In Ireland. Connecting with the Dublin
train leaving Cork at ten, We were Of,
reaching Dublin at 5 p. N and Eve hours
more brings you to Belfast.
now IRELAND LOOKS.
Twill attempt short description Of the
general features OF this region well known
and dear TO many OF homo. Depress your
Warrington county (Pa) hills somewhat;
gently roll your steep embankmentD; put
hawthorn hedges for fences; reduce the
size oi your fields, and add a much deeper
shade OF green to the whole landscape,
and you have scene much like the view
in general Of ireland, hereAbouts espec-
tally. More than halt the land IN this re.
gion is in grass, with scattered fields Of
wheat, now yellow, and oats In greater
quantity; barley, touched with yellow /;