Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-13
Price Four Cents.

graph and thus endeavored to secure for our
 trunks place on board the Continental, which was to leave New Haven for New York at 10
 Q. m. delay in the sailing time of the Western Texas until p. m. was promised | us, and we waited in state of mingled hope ! and fear the slow creeping of the languid hours. O! how much depended on the re- suit. Whether we should leave our native
 land decent respectable people, or otherwise, all depended upon the arrival or non arrival on time of those ill-starred and sad-fated trunks. sat upon the deck of the Western Texas and closely scrutinized every approach | ing steamer. How beautifully like gigantic white-feathered water fowls, they unceasingly
 cut and skinned the dimpled waters which l constitute that grand navigable highway that separates and yet makes one two great cities. At half past three o'clock, a steamer more l beautiful than the rest with proud air of con- scious superiority, made her appearance and as she changed her course to enter Peck's slip the name "ContinentaP' was plainly discern ible. The next twenty minutes were the longest and most anxious ones ever experien.
 ced. Stars may wander from their spheres
 and be lost forever, and not affect me in the
 least-but to lose all ones wardrobe includ- ing one's newest and best ''store. clothes"-ah
 that was altogether more than my equanimity
 could endure there was no relief or palliation
 for 1t in the philosophical reflections and
 teachings of life time. There is an end to
 all things, and I devoutly thank God that sus-
 pense and fear have their limits. The last one Of at least fifty baggage wagons that I ex-
 amined contained the missing objects of my
 hearts then fondest affections. The couute- nance Of that old Jew who welcomed back the
 returning prodigal son was certainly less wreathed with smiles and less illumined with the light of 8 new joy than was mine at be- holding, at thatauspicious but late hour, those missing trunks - and after seeing that they were properly checked and shipped I went nrro in Oordo aud
 reading Milton's great work-so evidently composed for such an occasion as this
 Paradise Regained."
 This is our third day upon the ocean. and
 three nights we have been rocked in the
 'scradIe of the deep" The sea has treated us
 tenderly. For time it foamed missed, howl cd and shook us up, but only by giving us 8 slight taste and token of it's powers to make
 us more appreciate the greatness and good
 ness of it's forbearance. For perhaps a hun
 dred miles each side of Hatteras we crossed
 the great ocean storm belt, and the sky low
 cred upon us as If in anger, but we soon sped
 away from the impending danger and basked
 on deck iu the warm rays of more southern
 sun. Although out of sight Of land we have
 skirted sufficiently near the shore to have the
 constant company of large white gulls, who
 to some extent depend upon our ship for
 their supplies. The occasional appearance of
 vessels, with sails spread to the wind, clearly
 indicates that We are crossing one of the
 great frequented but trackless paths of the
 sea. We have passed the entrance to Charles.
 ton harbor, and if we could only prolong the
 daylight for few hours, we would reach
 Port Royal our first stopping place to night.
 A gentleman with sea glass has just reported that he has seen trees upon the shore, but suspect he was somewhat aided by his imag- ination.
 The Western Texas is one of g line of steane CTS which runs between New York and Nassau, touching at one or more of our South ern ports going and coming They are owned by Charles H. Mallory and Company, and carry the mail under a long contract with the Baha- ma Government, which pays the company handsome subsidy for the service. From their position and nearness to our coast, intimate and close commercial intercourse between the Bahamas and the United States is inevitable
 The Texas Is a new boat about three years old, and has superior passenger accommoda- tions. Its main saloon, 'sociai hall" and staterooms are roomy, very handsomely fin ished and furnished, and uncommonIy pleas- ant. Neatness, cleanliness, order and cficien- cy are marked characteristics, and comfort and confidence are the result. The table is supplied with an abundance of well cooked food, including all the substantials and many of the delicacies that are to be met with in a good hotel. She registers, I believe, 1,25O tons and is one of the largest of the line, the freight and passenger business not being eN--SASAS sells.
 While our passenger list this time is small, we are remarkably favored in respect to the general good character of all and the excep- tionaliy high character of some of our passen- gers. Among them are included the venerable ex-Chief Justice of Connecticut, the Honora- ble Origen s. Seymour, of Litchfeld, and his wife ; the Honorable George 0. Woodruff, e veteran of the bar of Litchfield county for legal ability probably second to no lawyer in our State, and formerly member of Congress, and his wife Mrs. Sanford, the widow of the late Judge Sanford, formerly of our Supreme Court-Mrs- Woodruff and Mrs. Sanford be- ing sisters of Judge Seymour-Miss Sanford, MT. and Mrs. Black, children of Mrs. San ford; Mrs. Edmund B. Dickernan of Water town, Connecticut, the Rev. Mir. Darling, a native of the Bahamas, but for some ten years a citizen of the States; Miss Darling his sis ter; an old sea captain who has spent the greater part of some forty years upon the ocean. These and others whom I do not know suffi- iently to describe, make up company in which I have not detected single unpleasant and exceptionable element. Inever look upon the Litchdeld delegation without feeling strong sentiment of State pride, and personal venera- ton and admiration. What a grand stock What 0 place is old Litchfield for mental, moral and physical development! At the ripe age of seventy-six, with what an elastic step our old judicial chieftain treads the steamers deck! How keen his intelIectl How bright and sparkling his undimmed and soul-lit eye How youthful, ever green and sunny his spirits! The great leader of judicial reform, there is not fossil or barnacle about him. But towering high and strong above all, see his tender devotion, his unremitting care and watchfulness, isdevoted and unfagging affec- tion and love for his aged and sea sick wife, the mother of his stalwart and able sonsi Turning from him to the hale, hearty. rugged Woodruff, full of the learned lore of the law, inwardly exolaim that the dream of the past is veritable fact-there is fountain of per- petual youth" and it bubbles up on the top of Litchfield Hills, and these are they who have drank of it's wonderful waters. May their shadows never grow less, nor their blood cease to circulate in the veins and arteries of the men of the futruei 0. l.