The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-06-12
Letter from Our European Correspondent

Letter from Our European Correspondent.
STEAMSHIP ALGERIA, May II, 1875.
On Saturday, the 18th of May, your cor
respondent took passage by the Cunard
steamer Algeria for Europe and the Holy
Land. At 1 o'clock P. NJ. the bells on the
steamer rang parting farewell; the whis-
| tie blew; the command to start was given
friends and relatives babe friends and rela-
tives God speed; the engine commenced its
work. The pilot accompanied us to Sandy
Hook, where we dismissed him, and started
on our way to Liverpool, out into the ocean,
into the night.
Seven hundred miles from shore we en-
tered the Gulf Stream. was always un-
der the impression that the Stream could
be easily recognized by a change of color
in the water. Such is not the case; the
only difference is in the mlder temperature
of the water, and occasionally tufts of sea-
weed floating down the Stream, indicate its
| presence.
We had a delightful voyage. The sea
nevertheless many of the passengers were
dreadfuly sea-sick. l had not the least
symptoms of sickness. l soon got &C
quainted with the other passengers One
gentleman and his son informed me that
he had been taking homeopathic medicine
for sea-sickness for two weeks, preparing
himself for this voyage, and he was COM
forting himself with the thought he would
not be sick. On the second day of our voy
age saw old homeopathic yielding up his
dinner to the ocean in true land-lubber
STYLE Many persons get sick before they
leave the dock, so powerful is their magma
ton.
am located in the chief Stewards room.
This state room is about midship, is ele-
gantly furnished, and we'll ventilated. In
order that your readers may see that there
is no danger of starving to death, send
you one of our bills of fare for dinner on
Wednesday, May 18th, at O'Clock on the
afternoon or at bells.
BILL OF FARE:
| Soups German and Maccaroni.
Flsh-Bass and parsley sauce.
Boiled-Calves' head and bacon, fowl and
parsley sauce, corned beef and vegetables,
pork and beans, ham and tongue.
| R0ast-Lamb and mint sauce, fowls, pig
and currant sauce, beef and Yorkshire pud-
ding, turkey and sausages, geese and apple
sauce.
Entrees-Spring chickens and mushrooms,
mutton pies, oyster patties, escollope lobs-
ster, roast plevers
Vegetables Asserted-Baked and boiled
potatoes, boiled rice and Asparagus.
Puddings and Pastry-Apple tarts, apple
seuffies orange marlitons, bread and butter
buildings, lemon cheese cakes, Bohemian
charlottes, apple dumplings.
| Dessert-Bananas, apples, pine apples,
prunes, walnuts, peanuts.
In the morning we breakfast from 81 to II
o'clock, lunch at ~ NJ, dine at O'Clock,
tea from to 8, and supper 9 to II O'Clock.
Service on Sunday was conducted by the
Captain in the cabin, who merely read the
service of the day according to the estab
lished Church of England.
The manner of designating time on the
steamer is different from that on land.
Commencing at s o'clock in the evening,
toll strokes of the bell or s bells, and
then designating every half hour or hours
| by the strokes of the bell until bells or 10
o'clock, thus: o'clock, s bells; 81, bell;
8, . bells; 81, bells; 10, 4 bells; 10t, 5
bells; II, 6 bells; III, bells; 10, s bells;
and so on until clock in the afternoon.
| When between and o'clock in the even
ing. there is slight change in the ringing
of the bell, thus: commencing at o'clock
p. N. with bells; A. bell; 5, bells;
81, bells; 6, bells, when the first days
watch ends; 81, bell; Z, 9 bells; y, bells;
8, 8 bells. 1t is surprising how soon we
get used to this novel way of designating
time.
We met fine large French steamer this
afternoon from Havre, which signalled that
she had met icebergs on the way.
| We have on board the Tennessee Jubi-
lee Singers. They frequently sing on the
deck in the afternoons, good old Methodist
hymns, such as have heard frequently in
the Methodist Church at Elkton. They
propose to sing through England, Ireland
and Scotland, to raise money to complete
the university at Nashville.
True to the signal of the French steamer,
we, this afternoon Thursday, passed
within two miles of large iceberg. 1t
appeared like huge white crystal floating
on the dark blue Atlantic. 1t moved slowly
along chilling the air and water.
I shall leave the steamer at Queenstown,
Ireland, and travel through Ireland, visit
ing the places Of interest, to the Giants
Causeway; thence through Scotland, and
then visit England. In my next letter
shall give you a description of scenes in
Ireland, commencing with Blarney Castle
and the Lake of Killarney.
Not many persons have an idea how fast a
steamer travels at sea. / will give you list
of the number of miles travelled Saturday,
the 18th of May: From 1 clock to 10 noon
Sunday, 25s miles; May 18th, 312; 18th,
300; 10Th, 80; Goth, 1898; 21st 315; 22nd,
1856; 23rd, 1926; Gath, 400 to Queenstown,
o'clock in the afternoon. On this Gath
day of May at noon, the arrival of our ves-
sci at Fortnet lighthouse was telegraphed
to Queenstown, sixty miles away, and from
Queenstown the news shall be telegraphed
to Philadelphia, and this evenings Bulle-
tin and Telegraph shall announce the safe
arrival of the Algeria, after splendid voy
age of days and hours. r. II.
cB-A correspondent sends us several
verses on the moon, which show considera-
BILE talent for jingle and some fancy, but
lack the labor and finish to fit them for
publication. The following verse will serve
to show the spirit of the rhymes:
Beautiful Moonlight.
Oh, the light the beautiful light,
Shed by the moon in the stiffness of night;
Rays that are mellow and lonely and clear,
Driving away all that's lovely and drear.
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