The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-24
1.-The passengers Eere sick. In fact, several
went into their steteroons when We passed
Iout'of the Capes, and never appeared again
nntlIt we were ialongsidc tde dock at' New

the 0at-DOnndf Trip was the hTc- and boat
drill OF the officers and crew while e-were
ut sea on Tuesday morning. The captain
no dontt took advantage OF the. absence, OF
the passengers from the deck TO drift his
men. The performance was highly credita-
bile. and WAS enjoyed by the fewswe pas
sengers who were out Of their rooms; t7is
"A FINE rREIGHf- GOOD LIVING. y "
We carried out, from Norfulks a full
freight. The vessel was drawing fifteen
feet aft and eleven, feet forward. She was
we'll ballasted, and consequently made good
headWay. Mr.. Thomas Mccormick, is the
purser, who has served the company many
years in this responsible. capacity. and is
not only most attentive officer, but a very
courteous gentleman, with whom it is very
pleasant, 10 deal. He has been upon the
Isaac Bell. and in fact nearly. all the ships
upon the line. = =! HIf> al Z -
The good living. on the Manhattan is one
OF the most attractive, features OF the ship.
Mr.. Jim Booth, so long connected with the
Old Dominion Line, is the steward, and to
him are the we'll passengers indebted for
their good dinners and other appetizlng
meals. What be don't know .aboiit cater
ing for ship amt worth knowing Pas
sengers who have sailed on. the Niagara,
Aibemarle, Wyanoke, Old Douinion. and
q. W. Elder will remember him with plea
sure. .~,a#s@ 15.-. -'i'%.. '3.s
The lady passengers will find in Miss
Maggie Guilfoil, the stewardess, lady who
will be ever thouehtfiI and attentive. and
whose long experience in the line eminent
ly fits her for the very delicate and often
times difficult duties she has to perform.
They viii find her lady, and that would
seem to be enough to satisfy those who
may be under her care. -. II,,--.j...s =.
NEW YORK AND THE ELEVATED ROADS.
+ The head wind and high sea heightened
the sail from the usual time OF twenty-four
hours from New York to Norfolk to twenty
seven hours, and we spent the first night in
the grent city on board the Manhattan. To
write anything about New York would fill
one page OF the Dispatch, so I shall content
myself with mere reference TO it. Ten
years ago. when business was brisk. II was
almost impossible to cross Broadway at
mid day, so great was the number OF yehi.
ces passing to and fro. Today it is not
so. The general depression in trade, and
the vehicles drawn Oft by the introduc-
tion of the elevated-raiIway cars, has so
far reduced travel on the great thorough
fare that 1t is almost as essy to cross it as it
is to cross Main street, in Richmond, on
busy day. was struck with this fact and
with the number Of vacant houses | saw on
Broadway. 1 rode around New York, or
rather part of it, on the metropolitan lInr.
1t was a singular feeling to be whirling
along over the sidewalks on line With and
looking into peoples second-story win
dows. The cars are drawn by small loco
motives at rate Of speed not less than
eighteen to twenty miles an hour, and move
SO smoothly that one can scarcely feel the
motion at all. Next to that OF steamship,
it is the easiest and most agreeable mode OF
conveyance I have ever tried. The fare is
ten cents, and for double that SUM you can
ride over the entire length OF road and
back eighteen miles-stopping about every
other block. In the early morning, when
the working. people 60 to their shops and
places Of business, and after sunset, when
they go home, the travel is very heavy, and
long trains of cars 90 dashing over the
streets; but late at night and at midday
comparatively few people travel on the ele-
vated roads. .. ......
HOMEwAID BOUND.
It would take the rest Of the night to
write Of all saw in the few hours was
on the streets Of New York, and SO IL
were lest to say no more.
Wednesday was a clear, cold morning
and pretty day. Towards IL O'Clock
Thursday it commenced showing very fast
and to blow gale from, the northwest.
By the afternoon it was clear, but the wind
still very high and cold. We sailed at 8
p. NJ. for Norfolk and Richmond. Every
stateroom was full, the writer being in
comfortable upper berth, where he could
roll out easily in case Of a storm: and storm
it did. Among our passengers was the
atrical company, and, with the exception
Of one or two, they were the slcke.t set or
people ever saw. During the night the
weather clouded up. 1t showed and
did everything else that it could 40.
The ship dashed along through it all,
however, the sea at times almost wash
ing over her decks and the spray going
above the top OF the vessels smoke-stack.
Ice formed everywhere except where the
heat from the boiler and furnace prevented.
The rigging was full Of it. The ropes and
lines shared the same fate, and some Of the
windows on The side of the vessel were so
covered with salt from the sea that 1t was
next to impossible to see through the glass.
1t was what the sailors call nasty night.
The wind blew harder from the northwest
on the memorable 18th OF, August, but with
that exception do not remember ever 10
have heard it blow much harder. The Man
haitian behaved splendidly. She moved
along very steadily through it all, and but
for some OF the fixtures on the foresali
being carried away By the heavy blow, ne
cessitaling change in the ships course IN
order to secure the sail, we would have
reached Norfolk probably before 3 z. NJ.
AS 1t was We came in at 5; and the result
OF that storm has proven that this snip Is
the best sea-coasting steamer that sails from
New York. " .'[ ..,...'.-........, -. =. ~. !
.., Personal. .r
We are now drawing very near the end
OF a very pleasant trip, made more ENJOY
able bv the kind attention shown TO the
passengers by Captain Kelly and his o1ncers'
Among the passengers from New YORK TO
Richmond are Officer LamkiD, OF The Rlcn-
mond police force, and his bride, who are
returning from their wedding tour as bright
and happy as people usually are on such IN
teresting occasions. H.
"THE GIRL Is MOTHER TO THE MA.
Mamma "W hats the matter, darllng
You don't seem pleased to see me?" ERE,
ceus Darling: ono, am not, mamma. !!
find YOU have gone and engaged yoursei1
to be married again without my approYa',,
when had already promised you'to one OF