Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-18
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The third nautical day closed at IL o'clock
on Wednesday, April "a. The Azor has
made good use of the fine breeze Of the pre-
ceding twenty. -four hours, and scored 214
knots, or miles, thus bringing her total run
to 43S miles in three days, and putting her
on the average required to make Monrovia in
twenty-five days-144 miles per diem. On
this day the captain and mates raided OH the
steerage and had every piece of bedding
brought on deck and spread out in the sun
and wind to be aired and ventilated. The
quarters we're then
THOROUGHLY CLEANED OUT,
the floors being scraped, and everything
thrown open to admit fresh air. The selec.
tion of officers for the Asor really seems provi.
Dental, for not one sailor in hundred would
have taken the unceasing pains to secure
health and cleanliness that Capt. Holmes and
his mates, Messrs. Horne and Thatcher, did.
One of the greatest obstacles that they had to
contend against was the wonderful indiffer-
ence displayed by the passengers themselves
on the subject. 1t was only by the most un'
remitting begging and driving that they
could be induced to "clean up" around their
OWE berths, and in many instances even those
means failed. So it was throughout the pas
sage, They we're not rebelious or illnatured,
but their naction appeared to result solely
and simply from profound Indifference and
aversion to trouble Of course there we're
some honorable exceptions The Shaw and
Reeves families from Georgia, Clement Irons
of Charleston, who voluntarily surrendered
his cabin passage for which he had paid, and
went in the steerage to make room William
Adams from Lancaster and few others set
examples worthy of imitation. cheerfully do
ing whatever seemed necessary to make the
voyage a success; never grumbling, and
always looking at the best side. Early on
the trip the steerage had begun to ass1ms the
the appearance of the plantation quarters so
familiar to all Southerners. Scraps of rags,
bones, pieces of bread and "chunks" of rice
lying about; dirt and grease about the
floors, and "piccaninies" crawling about over
it all and the old man or woman sitting
around, munching, smoking and "jawing."
Against all of these things did the officers
perpetually war. .. -.
On the evening of the third day, the mis-.
sionary and his wife fought on the quarter.
deck. The skirmish eliminated in running
battle, lasting to the cabin door. Here the
affair was stopped, good society gathering in
a body on the field, where Mrs. Missionary
gave, in painting tones, an account of the Fray
while her spouse contemplated her visage
with his head on one side, wearing critical
air, as if he rather thought that another
thump on the left eyebrow and touch of a
scratch on the starboard side of the nose,
would lend the work an artistic finish. The
pair we're reconciled, however, and retired on
their laurels.
At noon on Thursday we had made 206
miles, making the total for the four nautical
days 644, giving full average and something
to spare. A number of crafts we're sighted,
although none came near enough to speak.
The eager outlook for marine monsters was
rewarded by the sight of a whale blowing
away off to windward. He did not, however,
create half the excitement that poor, tired
little land bird, which had probably been
blown OF shore, did. It alighted on the
spanker boom, and flew about the ship amid
many expressions of wonder and delight.
The idea that it was a good omen sent eepe-
cially by Providence seemed to strike the
popular mind at once The little creature
was assiduously fed and petted, but disap-
peared during the evening. Probably not
one of the passengers had ever read or heard
of "Ye rime of ye Ancient Mariner" but the
mysterious taking off of the little visitor was
received with as much genuine gloom proba.
bly, as was displayed by the companions of
Mr.. Coleridge's hero. Always afterwards,
whenever there was prospect Of anything
like dirty" weather, this matter was gener-
ally recurred to with solemn head shakings,
expressive of evil forbodiug. My own theo.
ry is that the bird was taken for food to the
"nariner's hollow" but which mariners hol-
low it is difficult to say, all the mariners ap.
pearing to me to be in habitual state Of hol-
lownesa, albeit we'll fed. The only Moses of
the exodus, however, huge black cat of the
captains bearing that cognomen, was gener.
ally suspected of the crime, getting into bad
odor thereby, and being regarded as an ennis
sary of the devil.
During the day ending at noon on Friday,
April 26th, we made 155 miles. Total dis.
tance 799 rules northeast of Charleston, 79
miles ahead of the required average. During
most of this time there had been fresh breezes,
and as we we're steadily working nortbward,
there had been no suffering from heat after
the first two nights which had been very un.
pleasantly close and hot in the steerage. Sea
sickness still lasted, although
A GENERAL RECOVERY
from that maady had begun. The weather
had been generally fine and sunshiny, and
general health was good. 1t was announced,
however, that two children were dangerously
sick below. The decks and the tops of the
different houses made splendid lounging
places, and the emigrants, having begun to
feel better, and being tired of looking at the
water, usually lay about in confusion by no
means beautiful, most of the men sleeping on
their backs the entire day. As recovery pro-
gressed, the Exodites, like their exemplars of
Israel, became more and more discomfort
ed with food, water and surroundings, and
murmured, especially when certain develop
ments, which this narrative will hereafter de-.
velop, were made. I myself could not but
confess longing for the flesh pots of Egypt
as embodied in the soft boiled eggs, butrered
toast and beefsteak of the Pavilion also re.
membering with regret that at that hostelry
there was no necessity for holding fast to your
soup plate to prevent its drifting down to
leeward, and becoming nameless and shape
less wreck against the butter dish.
During Friday night the wind shifted to the
east, and finally dead ahead, driving the Azor
to the north. She, however, made 112 miles,
bringing her total to Oil, and keeping her
still ahead of her average. The head winds
continued all during Saturday, still driving
her north, and occasioning may relapses to
the sick, dashing bright hopes, and reducing
victims to the depths of despair. There was
one man. however. who was not reconstructed