Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-01

sailing Away ON the Blue Waters
4 burial in Wild Ocean-Enthu-
siasn for II Life OH the ocean Wave
"A Chicago Convention and "a
Breach of Promise case The
"AtIantic Daily"
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
STEAMSHIP "DEvoNIA" ATLANTIC OCEAN,
June 9TH, 1880 From away out here Id
mid ocean, hundreds OF miles from any
land, my mind turns at last to the New
World which is left so far behind me and
to promised letters which must be written
at once if | would preserve the clear con-
science and light heart which has buoyed
me up for the week past. Something has
held me mp wonderfully above all posi-
bilities of earthly annoyance of any kind,
and | suppose the conscience and the
heart has something to do with it, though
the chief credit is doubtless due TO the
splendid DeDORia. How | love the dear
old ship that has turned into glorious
reality, the highest dream of all my life
that OF sailing away for days and days
upon the mighty blue waters. which have
always had such MI irresistible fascination
for me- Not tiDge of disappointment
has clouded my delight not a qualln of
discomfort has disturbed my very reliable
stomach, uot disagreeabe person is
there On board (though some are very
conlicGl ones), not II ulsagreeable incident
has mAried the most perfect voyage that
ever was made from the Western to the
Eastern hemisphere.
u'---there was very seasick set of
passengers on board the DepOiiit, some
three, tour and five days back, during
which nue, also, the hun scarcely broke
through The great white clouds which
yelled the entire expanse OF sky, while the
wind was strong and the waters rough,
causing us whosh sea-iegs We're newly
discovered belongings, to describe many
fantastic pafaboias III the effort to 'go
below to seek the seclusion, &c, while,
to judge from sights and sounds. the in
terror arrangements OF many unfortunates
were very similary affected with geomet-
rlcal difficulties, as wss also the crockery
anu the glassware on the tables In the
dining saloon.
True also that on the third day out, that
siddest OF all sad scenes occurred, "A
burial ut SEN. But l was not wrong in
saying that no Incident had occurred to
mar the perfection OF our VOYAGE for the
death of thus poor young gIl who had
shlpprd in the hteerage TO 90 home to her
friends III Ireland, there to die of the
Fatal dlsease which had long since mace
her lis certain victim, was only link
which binds us closer 10 that other life
which il always just beyond. She bad
had every care and attention from the
ships surgeon, the stewards aud her
fellow w-passengers, as the awe-stricken
women told me, when ! made my way
down iuto the steerage that bleak cold
morning. The hou's that the small coffin
lay on the forward deck shrouded in the
flag of her native land, were heavy ones,
and the occasional thcughtless laughter
and chatter of the cabin passengers vino
were well enough TO Indulge therein, Jared
and grated Oh the nerves of those who
could not forget. But at . in the after
noon the bell tOlied slowly, the passengers
gathered from all parts of our little float
ing world, the sweetly solemn service q as
read by u Boston clergyman, the Rev. Mr..
Bancroft, and the light burden was slowly
lowered into the deep dark water. 1t was
sad, but it was not dreadful. Many Of
the most painful features of death on
land are wanting in death at sea. The
slow, deliberate, cold blooded toriures of
our modem funerals are absent All that
respect and affection for the dead can sug-
gest is done ana all the terrible rest is left
undone.
For three days past the sun has shone
out bright, beautiful, glorious, Just as it
did throughout the long, splendid day
when We sailed out of New York harbor.
! The horiz IN bounded expause of deep
blue water CLEANS aud ripples and laughs
up at the Hrchipg sky, whose paler blue is
| tleeked with delicate clouds Sometimes
white caps dance over the waves in mad
sport, and again the sea is as smooth as
glass but whether the great sheets of
canvas ure spread to the wind above us
or not, we keep straight on over the ocean
toward our destination at the rate, l
believe. of about 800 miles day. But
neither you nor | care for the exact
figures. | didn't give the latitude and
| longitude in the date at the beginning of
this letter, because | knew you wouldn't
care for it. Enough that we are some
where Oh the water, long since oat of
sight of land, three DAYS past the
region Of icebergs which your cor
ra.pOnd,nI unbappily mish,d seeing
ill the, W., re- in tho distant Euriz III, owing
tu h,r lnhl of comfortably seepiug till
tht y u'clack tihing bell sounds und ex-
p"rtlnp 10 touch NJ MovilIe IN Ireland. on
Tuesday mNt. and 10 iand nj Glasgow,
Sratltnd, on Wednesday H0DiHg should
CAV? We'll, really. don't feel TO hope
it, or TO wish il nnly ,xpeet il II
w.r,to wish awning I'm afraid IL would
be TINT we might btramc another hyiup
/ DulcAman, thar this drlcions fascinating
life mipLi go right uu forever II IN only
by r. solu,rly turning my thoughts to The
dear ores nj home that can make my
s.If realizu that there il or ever was any
life or any world hsr thun lust this on
board cur beautiful steamer Don't laugh
| nj my enthusiasm its honest, every word
I Of it. II YOU have been to i, u and haven't
been seasick. you'll understand the fesci-
nation under who's. spell am bound.
The people; Oh Ses--though they are
/ al If less consequences thsn the sen and
the steamer. But that isn't fair; for the
btains of the boat, without which she
would ne II mere log of wood, is the cap.
nn. Captain Hugh Young-youtntul in
appearance ss in name. but over two score
IN years-,of whom the stereotyped words
gallant and noble" may be truly used,
aud the hli d4omest man on The boat, is
one of the he st commanders in the Anchor
Line service, and the corps of officers
whom he commands arr fine men, every
one. They are all Stotchmen. Us are also
the rough looking sailors, who are by no
means the picturesque fellows Ihad fondly
! imagined, though the officers are quite
ideal
| Officers and crew, with steward, walters
! &e. number about 100. and there are