The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18
THE AzoR's TERRIBLE TRIP.
MR.. A. SB, WILLIAMS DETAILED.
HISTORY OF THE VOYAGE.
, li-om dc Gaerlest0n Nc,rs and Courier.
SIERRA LEONE, May so, 1878.

aSApeIlIuehltt lUau, icit SuditrSgOn t,tnio
the sounds of s'The Gospel ship is saiGp"a
and ever boun' for the promis' land, "
sung from the bark's decks, and re-echoed
from the Pocosin and Allison. The last;
sound of Charleston heard by the emf,
grants were the notes of ''The Sweet Bye
and Bye" from the excursionists aboard
the Rocosin. 1t is customary in letters
similar to this to give over two or three
spageso
stREFLECTIoNs ON LEAVING OUR NATIVE
LAND"
as if fanybody cared snap what your re-
5 Elections were We aboard the Azor had
our reflections, and, very grave ones, on
leaving our native land. We reflected
whether or not we were destined to be
sea-sick, and to what extent. Doubts
on The, point were. speedily and decisiyely.
decided after crossing the bar. One by
one the passengers fell until, with one or
two honorable exceptions, Everybody;
down. But surely such 8 good natured
and philosophical set of sick people was
never before seen. The steerage passen-
gers would each, between the intervals of
his or her own attacks, laugh at, and imi-
tate with, grutesque. gestures and; words,
some unfortunate comrade, amid the up-j
roaricus hilarity of the others. The few
who were not affected seemed to witness
the sufferings of their. fellows with e1-
quisite epioyment. The hours passed
thus until bedtime, when most of the
passengers .'turned in" A few, however,
preferred catching what breeze there was
by sleeping on the decks. There was
little application for or dissatisfaction
concerning the food that evening.
j think most Of the passengers were.
much disappointed in the ocean. They
had evidently expected 70 meet with
wayes about hundred feet high, orna-
mented with piscatorial banquets of
whales, ieviathans, sharks, mermaids,
sea cows, and all the real and mythical
monsters of the deep. They were there
fore somewhat disgusted at the ripples
which sparkled in the, sunlight in every
direction, and the fish which declined
showing themselves in any direction.
Z The morning of the second, regular,
day found everybody languid, feeble and
disposed to fasting. Despite sickness,
however, amusement could be, found, for
one way, in watching the arrangement of
society which even sosoon began to take
place. The cabin passengers composed
the eiite-shes creme de- Ia creme y The
quarter deck composed the West end"i
ofthe 8zor (she was steering east) and
there the. foot of splebeian- -whoSlived-
and moved and had his being in, the
lower straits Of the stsersge could not
tread. The captain, the two:mates and
], the only white souls aboard, repre-
sented those frayed ends of society ashore
who are tolerated everywhere, welcomed
nowhere. At II o'clock on Monday,
April %, il was announced that we were
NINETY MILES FROM CHARLESTON BAR,
having been becalmed during large
portion of the night ALI traces of land
had faded from sight, and i felt some
curiosity to see how the sentimental, or
loysof home, would display itself. Care
full observation, however, failed to dis
coyer an Indication of eitheraof those
feelings. When the strip of mist, repre-
senting the land of these peoples birth
and bringing up, which contained all the
memories, sweet and bitter, of their past
lives, and on which, their friends and kin
yet remained, was fading from their sight
forever there was no development of any
feeling other than q siight5interest in,the
distance from them at which it could be
seen - ~ 80 -, I
Every willing and witless wight who
I has ever been to sea, has exhausted his
literary abilities in describing the devel-
opnasnts Of fses;siss nsss st Is In1eces~--1
J, ~. therefore, forthe description to be
srone into, especially as my appreciauon
oS the humorous features Of the perform
snse iis !, as vet slight. Sufhce it, there
fore To say.that the afflicsion was gene
ralIy l remarkably well borne. The pas
ssngers of the Azor had been forewarned,
and seemed to have made nptheir MINDS
TO submit with equanimlty. IA ~. >.
The second nautical day terminates at
noon on Tuesday. During that DAY we
made lSa miles, having had a hgnt win.
Geafiy abeam, and steering nortneas
This putf us 224 miles from CEariesYn3
.tbe amiIes,, referred TO. being nautfal
ones a fraction longer than the stFu.e
measurement. On this day the csPtain
and mate went vigorously to wpfS re-
dEcLng - - III
THE ISSUING OF FOOD AND WATER
10 r,,as : system. Messes were formed among
the ,tweens decks passengers contalnlpS
from ten to twenty-five persons cay etsd
Some man was appointed to draw coowo ,vo
,.rayisiot,s for each of these messes, III ~
= meals a day being allowed, at abe. ..a -
. M and p.Fm5 These proyisior ior.%SesSs
taken from the egeneral store, and antnts as
inEthe ALLEY. Tone Of the enlgI Ia 4 fr;- r
sisted Hhe ship p'scook each DAY nm nnrnose ~
can potentate engaged for IT, .an pS A.
bayipe .abscondeS in, Char Isson ~ = as 20
soon as the food was cooked, Ia hS from from a q
the head of each susss was tsaS ~ fonJ T sns.
list, and he was given preF + was vas his
fciens for his party VII i " food u was vas
duty 70 a.ssss ssoed efaa'sS TsSsre was a super
gsnelSaa,y gSance ay N @ meal eE and rice and a
good qua1siIy ba.f ., eThe -four, however,
wss coase aud .rsrai r s;"sot;sfacs;on &
sesmedfo give ,ss.;sed s % "Liln %.Sriad
>.ls4bsS. Iily fit +. no I'd S;rt, raon;r;no
too. Mas breen ana oll'A requiring
Inch, snS clg gsn;,s The meat Nas enough
naSsst when Carefully doled OF All of
!. !. is.s sScent five barrels, belong4 to the
M; ~ months stores" intendedby the
smisrants mil for their support IL IN liberia
cum a. fbe first crop is made, but ltyas of
necessity used on the voyage: >, gss heI,t :; this
TSe supply Of moassss 0nsss;oss1IT was 50
i could only be issued s oscas,Tns asnsns;on ! 2
sa sralIy prevsiling about the galley, gg1sgoks,
causing much complaint soss sod sSuDs,Ss sssSseS
s,'.lsslns,l ass gslieate "a by sea-sickness, loathe
saas coarse aud badly prepared f09d 9d,sra Snis