Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-28
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AAeeofed 10 mouth Of Sydney haf
Dor, =. : W.. lat. al nnsu 80 AZ :.
Ion. 5le 25f Z.
EDEroR PosT- IxrKLIIaKNcEn:
In tne hope OF being able TO catch ths
mail which leaves sydney tonorroz a,
pm, l write you thess few lines re.
R2rcinR cur trip; time for detailed state
meets there ~ none.
We cast euchsF et O'Clock this even
ing, having been t9wed IN some fifteen
or twenty miles by the steam tug Kate,
wnlsn came out 20 zs between 3 aud 4
o ets1k this afternoon. We wsrs riding
nscaiEasd. aud without any expectation
OF seeing tuRbOat, when the Kate set
all our energies IN motion, and sydney
became visible fact. A dampef on
cur enthusiasm here was the informa.
ston that the mail steamer sails az 8 o.
IN. tomorrow, and that the mails Close
al H:50 am. The Kate will TOW as fur
tner IN early IN the morning, bat the
chances Are that the enforcement ef
sundry harboF laws will prevent us from
being doSked In time TO mail any let
teEs. ] should like 10 write sou the par
ticulsrs Of oar arrival, bat must deny
uyself that pleasure this time. Accord
ing TO information from D. dney papers.
which some boatmen kindly brought ont
70 az. no mail fron here will leave again
until May 2lst.
al things considered, We have had a
very favorable passage; by which neau
a litGls Of all sorts of weather and no
sickness TO speak of. l have kept q
log" which, Of course, is more Of
diary than anything else, and will send
yOu selections from it next mail.
The weather IL perfect A beautiful
moon. vhieh at sos hid its silvery eoun
tenai.cs in storm clouds, 10 shining pla-
cidly ever the tWinkIing lights Of Syd-
ney, and the land breezss are perfectly
delightful. suggesting wild flowers and
spring, though here Il is early autumn.
We have been II days oat, and the
Brown Brothers, which sailed from Port
Townsend some hours ahead, and was
towed further out, arrived here last
Sunday, also in tow, and i've days ahead
Of ns- We encountered heavy head
winds and q towzlinz little storm dur
ing the past ten days, and bsatmen here
reported nasty weather, you know;
swfzily nasty, IN fact
/ am charmed with everythine-sea,
sailors. storms, Sydney, skies, and this
beautiful harbor, the entrance TO which
seems like gate opening to allow the
tides OF ocean refuge, bat keeping it's
hoisterous waves securely blocked.
Bat, / must confess it, the boats skim-
ming alongside, the steamers plying
back and forth and whistling on their
departure or arrival, and the twinkline
lights OF the town, send genuine waves
Of h0meslekness over me, the first
have felt, and it seems as If it must be
Seattle and not Sydney out there in the
distance. Sleep has fed from my eyes,
and | shall probably spend the night
writing short letters home, which means
Seattle and the csher side of the world.
Ollie 10 also busy writing, and | wish
vas an electric type-rettinR machine
for an hour or two. there is Sc much
want 10 speak Of.
10 some natures long ocean voyage
asight be conducive to spells Of sunui;
b ms 10 has been q constant delight,
beautiful pictures upon my
and making me recognize un-
phases Of character and life.
Are you q good listenerf II not, pray
caltiyate that desirable social quality
before | return, for shall surely talk
to you of what have seen and heard,
{ after / have heard all about Seattle
hrss from you) exercising q womas's
OF turning molehills into
perhaps. In the beautiful
banks OF clouds piled up above the hor-
ixon 1 have more than once seen visions
Of Mount Rainier and Of Mount Baker.
A saucy little steamer sped past, q few
minutes ago, with some newspaper re.
porter on board. Az least, We judged
20 from the questions be asked the
mate.
The Sydney and the Newcastle papers
are both AornsaS Heraids, and are
neatly printed. Several are lying be.
fore me, bat I hayen't time TO read
them. noticed, however, that all GEN.
tain leaders" 70 the public about
matters appeftaininR to the fear Of i'm
news regarding the same. And there 10
mach bewailing about the lack of de-
fensive guns AZ sydney and Newcastle.
the people Of which cities are up 70 their
ears 10 tear of the Russians. ID was our
columns Of q begrimed Newcastle Morn
on board BY the engineer of q tag from
Newcastle, which had steamed out in
+" 'spes Of 'ayip tow" No less than
three tugs wasted steam in their rival
effo4s to e'ave u.s." The third one,
indeed, did not steam up close enough
for conversation, seeing that there was
no chance OF getting TOW. The names
Of tbs two who did we're the Energy
and the Young Bungacse, and both
looked Disappointed; % did We; We had
hoped that they were Sydney tuRs. "yoG
know
And nov xs are anxious for home
letaenh which We feel are awaiting as In
care OF the consigpea. n0t q line Of
which shall Ne be able to answer this
mail, for IN all probability We shall not
receive them until noon tomorrow; and
naay some bright Pills be awaiting as
alsol THIS letter, eonfded TO your care.
oh ulgchiy missed morning paper. 10 =
Rrseting from this Australian shore 10
all OF oar mutual friends, 10 whom yoa
may whisper the secret that dearth
Vt postal cards preyerts the temptation
OF serldina them individual greeting. A
namber Of iournal letters. written dur
ina TIE voyage, viii probably miss the
mail, 90 expecting frisnds wall have 10
hide d wee and await che plessufe Of the
mail aystsrn and scheduls.
SkYuRDAr MoRxrNa, 25sh.
Tha doctor has been aboard. and va
rious other officials; also some visitors.
Much excitement about the impending
sfar.
The ssanery ID beautiful. ai.oeether
ditfersns from that Of Washington Fer.