Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-28
ON THE POwHATAN.
A Rough voyage to AspinwaIl-lfow
yevtune Tried the Spirit Of the HAw
Recrufts-The Rainy season ON the
IsthmuS.
,poudence of THE EVENING arAR
U. q s. HOwnArAN.

Correspopdence Of TnE EVENING srAR
U. d s. P0wHATAN,
AspINwALf. Nov. Is, 1855.
On the morning Of the 27th ef October the U.
s. s. Powhatan left her anchorage on the Nor.
folk navy yard, bound 10 Atpinwaf1. u. g. c.,
having on board stores and draft of 1O4 men
for the Pacific squadron. By night We were
we'll clear Of the capcs OF Virginia, with pros
psets Of . pleasant passage before US. With
many OF the men It was their first experience
Of sea life. and Old Neptune. in order to make
himself we'll acquainted, on the afternoon OF
the following day stirred up Z fresh breese, and
by midnight it was q moderate gale, increasing
fn violence every hour and causing the ship to
the gale was at its height and sea after sea
washed over Us. Strongly secured anchors came
adrift, the n1alntopeatl and other sails blew to
Pun. Portions Of our paddIeboxesu sd fSasds
we're stove tn, aud every thing presented 4 sorry
sight Bins used for storing fresh vegetables for
cabbages, &c, rolled about promiscuOusly. The
offlcerS' meSSes Jared equally as bad, In adot-
ton to the loss OF mess crockery.
RUNNING OUT OF THE GALE.
The gale lasted about sixty hours. We were
near the outer edge of the gulf stream, latitude
Ago so, longitude TAO go, and our captain
to- we would have suffered equally as bad, and
when the gale subsidized found ourselves
many miles TO the nOrtI'ard of our course.
ship on her beam. ends, the force OF the wind
was SO great. All the matches were battened
down, aud ife-lines run fore and aft Of the ship.
No cooking could be done in the galley, and we
subsisted on coffee heated in the fire-room and
crackers.
But few Of the officers attempted to lie down.
only those having watch on deck and LII the en-.
CINE room-and cots had to be slung for them in
order that they might obtain needed rest to
perform their auties; At was almost inlpoSsloie
q n nm fOn RI ~ n
graphs Of this ship in a cyclone of Hatteras,
April 18th and 18th, 1877, who now say they
have no use for them. After the gale was over
the experiences OF former cruises were talked
o. and The general verdict was that this was the
worst one. Although this ship is an old one she
done and good material used, otherwise some
OF US might be climbing up the golden stairs.
RAIN AND DULL TIMES AT ASp1NwALL.
VIC arrived at Aspinwall on the 9th Of No
vember; found everything quiet and the health
OF the port good. The rainy season is not quite
over, and it has rained almost necessarily since
we arrived, accompanied with loud pcals OF
thunder and vivid flashes OF lightning. Bust
hess generally is in . depressed condition, ow-
Since the fire OF last March hundreds OF fine
buildings have been erected ana the city is last
assuming Its former appearances. The Panama
railroad company have reconstructed several OF
their old wharves, which are now models OF
beauty and durability. The Royal mail COIL
panys wharf has also been completed. Work
on the canal progresses very slowly. The prom
inent leaders of the late revolution have either
try. Generals Gaitau and AiZpura have been
sentenced TO ten years Imprisonment at Fo.
g;.ta. The U. $. S. Mohicarf is ut Panama, and
will remain some time. the Hartford left there
on the 14th for a cruise down the coast We
leave here about the goth for Key West, Fla.
The health Of all on board is good. V.