The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-03

THE FIRST Attack Of scs-Sick"ess as
Described ~ am Oaa Voy"ger'
nn,nin Chlcago TImes.l


7, ssems "a me to be many year since j
nave road ANYTHING IN regard 10 an ocean
savage. n is assumed by those VINO Grows
Tho rulrbty deep that the occurrences 81
s,sh an occasion have been described unNi
sbcre + wothiag left Uxsaid; nothing whNn
can b. az iursrest 10 those who REMAIN BE-
,i.d. YScfe Is also smother phase OF ttc
matter. and that Is, the Journalist woo
srrosycs the Atlantic fesrs that " he may &C.
scribe ais tttp, there may come an iinPTes'
SION ina, he Is a novice In The business. He
would hase !, appear that he II ve'@%n
s.<si, - who has so Gten traverSed the sa-
Gins mar, that he has become bfGSt, add
the, tterejs no more which can be said on
40 ,hrcadksre subject.
Ths Is the fifth ume that have seen
fbroa.h x1isty eyes the shores OF one or Sac
other sftke contineets recede into the ass
fapee or come into view from out the cloou-
lined i,erl,on; and hence II cannot DC eaan
tbaf am one who II fresh, who has expe-
r,eured sspe,bing which be faucles ia be
,,o,,>l. an6 which Zee believes would he %
interest 10 ti,e gcnetyi public. Everybody,
4 know. lszs travelled and, az rule, 'he
highest com pliment correspondent can pay
70 sis te,Sers is Ia OMIT description OF GER
tais s0li eeis. thereby carrying the idea that
they aliea6y know ali about them; know
more eyen than he eau tell them. But Tor
once I am going 10 vary this method OF do.
ing things, sad shall gire some little space
20 sone al fsle incidents OF a sea voyage.
with the belief that. hosever much the SUD
sect may base been elaborated, there Is sun
somethiug TO be said which has not been
said. and may not, therefore, be wholly de-
void OF interest
Outward B0rND.
The last eorks were drawn, the bell
sounded it's warning for "all ashore
hands were ~fnng, adieuX burrledly bal
ferVemly ulteied: and in very little time
thereafter the l0w-iylng shores OF New
York and vicinity had mingled with tue
shadows Of night and distance. IL was an
ugly erecting that ocean gave us as we cut
loose from the father shOrc and went
pluuging aud rocking through the white
crested waves andtbe darkness. The spray
dashed over the decks; the winds drove
icy arrows through mail OF woOlen and
waterproof. and in little while every pas
>onqer had sought the shelter OF the cabin
4 choice bevy of Jolly souls gathered in tbe
emnking-roOm; but it was not late Gle The
uneasy floor and the irfachefous sc us had
sent all 10 their sta;e-rOGu.
rose early in the morning after dream
less sleep, took a cup Of coffee and biscuit
i'm the cabin, bad a shave from the barber,
lighted a cigar. and went up to the smoking
saloon. Here encountered the first paSsen-
ger whom had seen. He was pale a. a
sheeted ghost. and lay with his nervtless
head Oh bis clasped arms. glanced at him
With commiseraIioG.
"You are sickf You look wretched! |
know YOU must sUff-r. As for me, can
only imagine how one feels. have often
tried TO be sick when going to sea, but
a 4 a..
good in the end"
He gazed at me with lustreess eyes as if
but dimly cOmprehcnding what bad sold.
and then with a deep moan turned his face
away without any reply. Feeling intensely
sorry for the poor devil moved away, and.
putting vigorously at my cigar, thought |
would 20 down TO my state.ro0m for some.
thing 10 read.
"Let him that thinkcth he stands take
heed lest he fall.' | bad reached about the
centre OF the descending stairway when,
with the swiftneSs Of bullet, there shot
through me nausea as m0ral as the chill
of death. II seemed as if there had sud-
denly been opened under me vast chasm
into which sunk as II weighted with lead.
A moment or two later managed to reach
the cabin, and 10 fall on one OF the cushion.
ed benches as limp as ii dead and then
there came into my soul the conviction that
for the first time in my life was sea-sick.
NIGHT OF HORROR.
II Is in the direction Of this new sensa.
tion that fancy can say something which
has never been SAID before; can elaborate
some experiences which may prove 10 be
novel, even 10 those who have undergone
all the horrors OF this accursed malady.
think that | soon fell into a state OF
semi deliTium. All at once the ship be-
came instinct with life in every element
of its construction. She lag at the dock
"a motionIess and silent as if a huge rock
rising from out the depths of the ocean.
Now, as | lay on the cabin sofa, she be.
came querulous; each timber, bolt, appii-
ance was given voice, and all united III
utterances which were damnabe svmpho-
ny OF complaint, OF s0rrOwful, indignant
protest. IL was harmony which seemed
10 voice everything which was sad and me-
nacing; and envelOplng ii all was the tIe-
mendous roar Of the ocean, Ii was the sub
bass OF the symphony; but il surrounded
us as the shell does the kernel, and. at times,
so dominated that the minor Instruments
ton was obliteraied.
Suspended from the ceiling Of the saloon
in which | lay were dozens OF circular
shelves on which were fastened the glasses in
use at the tables. Among these were the
large lamps which lighted the cabin. and
each Of these took It's part in the grand
chorus OF hideOus sound. Ny hearing
seemed to be preterDatWally acute, 50 that
In a very little time could distinguish the
part which was sung by each Of them.
Each seemed to have an individuality is
distinct as that Of the instruments in quar-
let. To my imagination each had plaint
OF its own 10 utter, and each utterance Su@-
gestcd, IN the case OF this one, q neglected
life, In the case nf that one, some underlined
hut dreaded horror impending. and IN the
case of the others, evils which haG hap.
pened and which were irrerevabe, and
Others s,ill more deadly which were to come
and which were unavoidable.
DANCING THE "GBN,lAN."
The SYMPHONY went on, now rising. now
falling, whispering and anon numbering,
but always menacng aud .uiabolical, until
after time when the lamps and the shelves
seemed TO 0nite for tue performance OF
fantastic "german." The shelves were
blic5 with glasses, among which were many
ofSaiS0us bright colors. TIE narrow stems
whicheuspeaJed the shelves seemed like the
waists " bS'let-1ancers. and the parli-
co'ofed glasses took the appearance OF their
vdrlegxted dresses; and, a. they swung 10
ana iro under the motion OF the ship.
They g2sw iato Il NOTES crowd OF
danesss, whrltsS aud writsing In and
out will a;l the realty OF life. One OF the
Dug lStaps became the director OF the occa.
sioR, and lied the Z lbin With tie clamor OF
hs orders. lie had d voice OF Bower, and
every momest or two he gave Utterance TO
a I" feeki teek. tecki" which seemed i'm
tue nature 0 INSTRUCTIONS TO the fbrono