Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-25
eraifty of heart of the waiter, who has no
hesitancy in charging, and especially
when the party is American.

erality of heart of the waiter, who has nj
hesitancy in charging, and especially
when the party is American.
ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP cIRcAssIA.
The ship has SOME six hundred people
on board, including the crew. The YES
sci is 450 feet in length by ~ feet in
breadth, and in many respects superior
| to the Anchoria, the ship that carried US
| to Europe. The first four or five days of
the home passage was attended with a
heavy gale, so that no position was as
comfortable as when lying down. A great
many were made very sick. On several
occasions the ship eareened to 36 and IS
degrees out of plumb. Indeed, many of
us thought the vessel could not right
again. She would dip so far that one
heavy sea after another would wash clear
over the deck from stem to stern. just
about daylight one morning, when she
was first on one beam and then on the
other, my partner, who occupied the up
per berth, opened the portfolio, and in an
instant not less than a barrel of salt
water shot through the open port before
he could close it, drowning us both COM
pletely Outof the stateroom. We did not
pity him, but for ourself compassion had
no bounds; for wet, sick and sore, and
chilled to the marrow, we were obliged
to arise and make a change in our toilet
amid the tumult of the crashing and
smashing of crockery in the kitchen, and
everything else that was loose on board
ship, such as trunks and valises. At one
moment we would be climbing a preci-
pice at an angle of 3S degrees, and the
next we would shoot through the state
| room door and bring up suddenly against
the partition on the opposite side of the
| hall. The passengers ate very heartily at
the start, and got on the outside of good
deal of provisions, but it was not long
until a great portion of the provisions
| got on the outside of very many of the
passengers. The main part of the voy-
age was very fine. Captain Munro and
his accommodating officers did all in their
power to make the voyage pleasant. Our
evenings passed off with entertainments
gotten up by the educational party, which
consisted of music-vocal and instru-
Misunderstanding and declamations, es-
says, etc., which, by judges, were con-
| sidered very fine. Mrs. Osborne, of Del
aware, Ohio, the accomplished songstress,
was called forth many times, and was
always found willing to respond.
We left Glasgow on the 4th, and arrived
at New York about five O'Clock Sunday
evening, the 18th inst. First the Health
| Officer came aboard, near Fort Hamilton,
and then the custom house officers came
with the declare blanks, which were filled
up and you were required to sign your
name in regard to your baggage. After
reaching the pier the baggage was put off,
when it passed thorough examination
by the custom house officers, and duty
charged on all dutiable goods.
Now, after having Travelled through
land which has been the story of life's
history for the past Two thousand years,
we all return again to our homes, salts
fed that we have seen more in the same
length of time than has ever been seen
by similar party; and to DR.. Tourjee,
of Boston, we are all under many obli-
cations. Hoping we, in our weak de-
scriptions, have not wearied the patience
of the readers of the HERALD, we will
retire from the role of its European cor
respondent. J. L. NJ.