The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-08-21

as caught a succession of heavy gales
His record runs . Pleasant gale :
'strong gale i "moderate gale :: ''galt
increasing:' "hloWing a gale :" "increas
INC gale; fresh gale almost eycry
day gale, and sometimes two day
Captain Dayton, of the NeSta, on the 9th
er hand, found only smooth seas anG
moderate breczcs in his Southern passage
except on Dec 10Th, when he scudded tul
eight hours out of his course.
Captain Samuels had chosen the short
est route. and that was his first adyan-
tage.
But it must not he supposed that the
Henrietta boWlcd along like i tunard
steamer. without any temptations to Cap
tain Samuels to change his plan On the
inst day out We encountered very heavy
squalls, with snow and Slrct ON the
second day a cmrcnt drttcd Us twenty
two miles to W.S.W ana more snow
squalls compelled us a. double reef main
sails. The third day was squally the
fourth very >qually the fifth violently
SQuallN, and the Sky 50 overcast that we
could take no observation ON the sixth
day it was blowing hard with passing
ShoW- Squalls. the Yacht running in the
trough ot the sea and fairly burying her
self under water, So that we declared that
she must tie an ron-clad monitor. and
offered To rcchriStcn her We were half
way to CoWcS on the Seventh day, and ut
noon it was dark and cloudy, with very
! threatening appearance to S.W. The
story Of the eighth day is simply told in
the Captains log: "Frcsh gales; blowing
very heavily, with high. topping seas.
| At :. 40 boarded bV very heavy sea, com
petelN huYing Us. filling the toresail and
STAYING the boat. iieaycd to under storm
main trysail But few Ships in my thirty
years experience could run in the trough
of the sea 50 long rs this little playthn.
did :" Certainly, few captains would
! have held a course rs steadily rs Captain
SmnuclS. Ihc only remark that very
rough weather induced him to dictate to
me for the log, was "ThiS is Yachting
IN earnest and the Henrietta was then
only half under water
My diary preserves more fully than tile
4 Captains Io- the incident, Of that Terrible
night when >aInucls wrote down on his
Slate thc words ''IloW hard to lay-to in
! such race" Ii would have been hard
4 cr To 90 ahead. ON deck the rain and
/ spray Shu. Ms in Like 4 damp curtain.
1 Below, tho pitching and tossing made
sleep impoS~iblc The headlights leaked.
''u'hrl "l water was PIdcrl frdu\ io
/ rAliII-NlNh liio llI' ~ lI' Stove ailh h"l"N
\ were h'ird ~ llr aldl"I"oA iIoor9 \" .rt
\ nai iho IlpoN. JU~l ~ hlliIl-hl lHc
"3untirSN ltthilrttd Was struck hi II IRE
/ lnrIh'"uN SEA UI'i hjIINl over tHr quarter
/ hroht against INC 1"irNMI and stove in
4 tIlr boat, SalaNhli- y mlo ~phntrrS. sun
4,' lhrou~Il. Ulc carpenter. hjIr II II -IloSi
/ HI Ill' fri-ilt. rushed NIdIN llln tlr cdnir
/ shouting. ''. Ni. hrhIrll. @ii" Is open
/ M ior ul tld leaking ms" Il SIEVE.
Mr. Bcnuclt Qulch'l seized thrralprhJ"r
dNd rdINiA rdilc'i i"f apldlll Na!HucL1.
/ Hho i"Nd iAAi thr llnbrIS Where tlr
| litIlIlt'ia Iidu hrrh th-lHrHtd were
/ WORKING backward an" forward like M
trrIac"d fingers \ QUrtng report oi
] "hI-r water il inc coos Mflh was
| passed. around. hut orders Ncl" gwen 10
| hcaNc-to at once. snail always r"mcm-
| hrr the peculiar smile OF Captain >amu-
/ els as cnndol"i with hlm on the loss OF
/ eur boat. "l'o l"u tlnllk a hoal could
I nave iNr,t n th~ >ta. n" whispered
ahd never Ir-ftlttH our .o0> aIjti ihd
| pregnant query. put agreed WIN lhr
/ dpJ4ln tIldl il "-d\r us more room "a
I acrh.
storms pr"NiA- 4 no aYaI fathrl
I Neptune, on thc tchth dal, tested u>
with q calm: Put win the same result
| Captain >amucIN stuck 10 ms steamer
/ tIack. as II the HENRIETTA had been ON
/ Hanged WhrclS, llhe 2 locomotive on the
| Elevated hailNaN ne Would NOT run
1 before Il gaze Il II took nm out ot his
/ course. He seemed perfectly satisfied t.
wait for favorable Wind instead Of 90
in- in search Of it, When the yacht scarce
/ ~ moved through the water and the sails
dropped IDLY from the wards we sight
cd and ~gnallcd all the regular steamers.
and beat the Scotia, which left New York
on the Samr day. carrying Commodore
McNickar, who arrived in England Too
late TO Judge the race, but not TOO late 70
| appropriate the largest share ot its hon
I ms Had tbr EIppt}tjUr and rhp \pSfl