Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-20
A VOYAGE NORrHWARD.
STEAMSHIP GEORGE APPoLD,
AT SEA. MAY II. ls15-

a comparatively smooth sea, and with all
sail set TO favoring breeze, certainly have
no cause thus far to regret this early north
ward voyage Perhaps there may be fogs,
storms and fields of ice awaiting me farther
on, but so far the trip has been very pleas
ant one. II may be wel 10 mention here, for
The benefit of those who contemplate a sea
trip TO Boston from Washington later in
the season that 1t costs no more, and is more
pleasant, to take the Jane Mosely 10 Nor
folk and there connect with the Boston
steamer on her arrival from Baltimore. Mr..
fairorother Will sell you through ticket.
which entities you TO meals and stateroom
al your baggage is transferred al Norfolk
without charge.
ABOUT THE sACCY JANE NosELY
The Mosely had a very slim passenger
list ard but little freight on Monday last:
but the time il not far distant when a daily
steamboat line will be in successful opera
ton between Washington and Norfolk. At
p. m. the lines were cast off. the paddles
began their revolutions churning the muddy
Potomac water into yeasty foam, and the
swift steamer sped on her way down the
river. beauty To look at and a fast one to
go is the Jane Mossly The run 20 Piuey
Point was made in little over six hours, in
GLIDING stoppages, and then, giving Point
Lookout the go by, we headed out into the
bay TO intercept and measure speed with the
bay line steamer from Baltimore for Nor
folk. At about half past ten her lights were
made out and the two boats rapidly neared
each other. But the Georgiana finding out
the craft she had to contend with, showed no
|
TO give her start. and then, as though
weary OF tagging in such company, the Nose
ly made Sudden and swift rush, and the
Georgiana was soon left far behind. Timing
| our boat from point TO point at this time
showed a run OF y miles in one hour and
south OF New York that can do better she is
yet 10 be heard from.
IL is too early yet for
MOTIFS FROM THE POTOMAC WATERING
PLACES,
but mention may be made of n new hotel To
| be opened by the Adams on St Georges
Island. about the 10Th of June. with accom-
mOdatiODS for seventy five or eighty guests.
Guests for this place viii land at Piney
Point wharf, where boats will be i'm readi
ness To convey them to the island. The
Adams are very popular in this section, and
with many who have in years past Soiourned
at Piney Point and Marshalls. and deserve
| TO succeed.
BY the time the season fairly opens on the
| lower Potomac the Lady OF the Lake viii be
! in readiness, and finer boat than before
She has been raised two feet, which will add
TO her speed, and is to haye fifty commodi-
purser on the Mosely. will probably take his
| old place ID the Office OF the Lake. She is 10
be commanded by an Easternshoreman.
| on the river, but carries more seamanship to
| the square inch than any of his rivals. He
| keeps his boat shipshape and neat as pin
from stem to stern, and yet finds time to
| make himself agreeable to his passengers.
don't think there was much sleeping done
on the MOsely last Monday night, for with a
| race in prospect no one cared TO 60 TO bed;
and while il was after midnight when we
| parted company with the Georgiana, three
hours later We made landing at Fortress
| and from the Fort TO Norfolk we steamed
slowly and kept the whistle blowing. How
strangely the vessels at anchor or drifting
! slowly with the tide doomed up through the
! mist which hung low over the water. At
| first only the topmasts were seen above the
fog; Then the whole vessel would come into
! sight for moment, but only TO vanish
| quickly like breath upon mirror. A few
| minutes after a. IN. the MOsely was mOOret
| TO her wharf at Norfolk. AS the sun rose il
| gradually overcome the fog and revealed the
| town and its surrounding.
| A LAZIER LOOMING
| or more dilapidated place il wouli be hard 10
find, Yet Norfolk is the third cotton port OF
| this country, and has a large and constantly
| Increasing bus mess in other lines. Appear
/ ances in this case certainly are deceptive.
| On Monday, however, there was a dearth of
| freight such as has not been known for years.
| The great warehouse OH the steamship wharf
| was nearly empty and drays and trucks
! stood idle. II has been charged that reports
| of injury to the crops in this section by the
| late severe cold weather were eXaggera ted
| and circulated with view TO advancing the
| price of garden truck, but these reports are
| corroborated by the steamship companies
| who are getting little or no freight of this
! kind. Last year at this time straw berries
were being shipped, but the AppOld has on
| board only few boxes of asparagus and
| carrots and barrel or two of kale. The
| truck season must be a short one this year.
o, a'h nous ene ie1.er nc eannos De SNUG
doing a large oyster business. We have on
! board a consignment for Portland, Me, which
are simply shoveled into gunny bags and
| sewed up. In steaming down the harbor I'VE
left Norfolk at p. m. yesterday we saw
hundreds of canoes engaged in Oystering,
with here and there a sloop or schooner
| taking in a cargo of the bivalves. Most Of
| these oysters go north.
NORFOLK TO BOSTON.
erybOdy predicted a squally night before
we left Norfolk. and I'm the bay we did have
| the wind from all points OF the compass, but
| when fairly outside the capes il was blowing
s. 8. f., and all sail was made, and we are
| still carrying it, The Appold is said to be
| the slowest boat on the line, but she is max
| ing twelve knots now, very comfortably. If
| the sea were not SO smooth we should have a
lively time of ii, for she is very lightly laden;
! but, as il is, out of dozen passengers We
have two or .hree on tue sick list.
have just finished reading oooS found
on board entitled "A Summer Cruise OH ne
Coast of New England" The book was pub
lished in 1869, but the cruise was made in
1855" as the author states, ''during my sum-
mer vacation from the arduous duties of
Washington correspondent of the New York
Tribune" That was ten years before my date
of service in Washington, but never have
heard of Mr.. Robert Carter. the aforesaid
tribune correspondent and author. Wonder
If the NeStor knew him, or Diggns? The
book is pleasant one, but should have en-
Joyed it more If the writer had not claimed
81 hAuSIi iOi IL in NE DItIdtt. lie assumes he
is making a valua BILE contribution to natural
history, but aside from what he has borrowed
from Perley mot our ''Perley'l, there is non
ing in his observations which is new s,rih
ing TO those familiar with Ne, $40 SIN
waters. The wonder is that b fgsa"
s0r' ON board and the" lei AMI Other an
pliances at har'' -Iat net anu olieI aP,
and reco"' more was hot uisooNereu
NAY l3th.-A bright beautiful morning
Wind west and all sail set. Last night there
| were indications of bad weather. A gale is
| not so much dreaded in these ATTITUDES, how
ever, as fog. Our course lays through
Martha's Vineyard Sound, which is full Of
shoals and rocks, as well as of shipping and
in fOppy weather navigation is difficult, as
well as dangerous. But the south wind,
4 which waited us on our course yesterday,
I and which would have brought fog with il
| had it continued, died out during the night,
and q brisk breeze sprang up from The west,
| which ensures clear weather. AT present
writing we are well ZIP to Cape Cod, and ex-
pect to be at the wharf i'm Boston at Up. m.
to-day, and as it is nearly breakfast time
| will put stopper on this yarn and pipe 10
greg PILsBURf.
| Mr. PoRTER'S DEFENCE OF BEECHER.-
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