The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-07-13
lIO! FOR GERMANY!
NORTH CAROLINlAN TELLS OF
HIS TRIP.
He Gives Mark Twain'> Definition OF
Sea SicknesS.-.SOme Incidents OF the
Voyage. Nc.. &c.

After the rush and excitement incident
to Decoration day in New York on the
3Oth ult., 1t was quite a grateful relief to
be pleasantly enSconced on board the
steamship ''HammOnia," of the Hamburg
American line, which sailed for this port
on the following morning. had paid my
respects to the President on Madison
square; | had enjoyed the well-weighed
speech Of Chauncey Depew who wants to
be Pres!dent; | had sat spell bound for
more than an hour listening to that great
est OF all living American orators Bob In
gersoil, who can never be President be-
cause he will tell the truth as quick before
taking an oath as afterwards: | had Join
ed in the general enthusiasm which always
greets the appearance of Buffalo Bill. -
who would not be President If he could,
because he is having more fun on staten
Island with his wild Indians and wilder
COW boys than every President from Wash
lngton up to Cleveland, not forgetting the
latter's fishing frOlics in the Adirondacks;
had heard Campanini's magnificent ten
or until ! almost imagined that the '.choir
inElsable, which George Eliot has long
since gone TO Join, was lowering near: |
had heard Rose Coghlan repeat the
Charge Of the Six Hundred" and for the
first time realized that Tennyson was in
earnest when he wrote it and not perpe
trating an awkward Joke: IN short the last
day Of my solourn n New York Was a
continuous treat OF the richest Kind and
VIII always be remembered by me a> a
most enjoyable close Of the two months
spent in that fascinating and truly cosmo-
pohtan city where restless thousands from
every nation come 70 worship at the shrine
Of Liberty, and, having worshipped, make
offerings of dynamite. Internal machines
and hand organs which latter are the
least humane for the fatal issue is longer
drawn out.
One word about IngersoIl. with the per
mission of Mr.. kingsbury, whom delight
to call my friend. At some future time
hope to explain what meant by greatness
as applied to Talmase. At present ] will
only remind the brilliant editor of the
Star that lie who preached the sermon on
tie mount was not great - compared with
the orthodox Caiphas nor the other priests
OF the synagogue, but was par excellence
the III D. POPULAR preacher the world has
ever known. and 10y His very iconoclastic
theology, SO to speak, won the MASSES to
Him. .almage does not preach to edify
the righteous but 10 call sinners to repen-
tance. 100 have heard some OF the
greatest public speakers of America, in
Guiding our own McItae, Vance, Fowie.
Bishop Atkinson, Deems and Moran who
Is slde-tracked on the road which leads
through Purgatoryl, Ingalls,. Sherman,
Butler Carlisle, Bayard, Bishops Lynch,
Wilson and Merrill; Beecher, Talmage and
many others; but for the stateliest pres
ence, the richest voice, the best command
of English, the most graceful GESTURES, eX-
quisite metaphors, whitening sarcasm in
short, that elOquence which thrills the ap-
preclatlye listener throughout every fibre
of his frame commend me TO Bob Inger-
soil, that great rascal who does not believe
that Jonah swallowed the whale at all.
But to recur to my own voyage. On
Thursday at ten O'Clock the great whistle
Of our ship blew and an officer gave notice
to those who were not passengers TO get
ashore at once nor stand on the order of
their going unless they wished to walk
back from Sandy Hook. In a few minutes
mo,e the gang plank was pulled in and
mid the waving of handkershiefs. good
byes' of friends and loved ones soon to be
so far apart, and a general Anglo German
hubbub the "Hammonia" moved ma iesti-
cally from her pier at HOboken and was
ere long on the trackless deep. Ocean
voyages have become so common of late
years and so much has been written about
the great transatlantic steamers that a
detailed account of our passage would be
a chestnut will say, however, that the
ship on which we sailed is the finest of her
line, but in point of speed does not com
pare with some Of the Cunarders: for while
we averaged only about $40 miles per day
the ''Etruria" recently made over 800
miles in twenty four hours and crossed
from queenstown to Sandy Hook in SIX
days and two hours, being the quickest
run on record.
For the first several days ont We had it
quite foggy, in fact antil we passed the
coast Of Newfoundland. The unearthly
notes OF the fog horn became awfully
monotonous, but gave us nevertheless a
certain sense Of security, for the principal
danger Of an ocean voyage lies in cropping
through the dense fogs of the Banks :"
We had the pleasure of a full grown storm
III mid ocean, any attempted description
of which by me would be absurd: but for
the benefit of those interested in such
things | would suggest the perusal OF a
little poem by Byron, known as Don
Juan" If Mr.. Antony Comstock takes
the CHRONICLE, Mr.. Editor. please leave
out all about the storm.
OF course, Mr.. COmstock, as do all other
big men, takes the CHRONICLE. 1t Will do
him good to read this EDITOR.
During the storm the ranks of the sea
sick were considerably reinforced. and
many were ready to testify that Mark
Twain was right III dividing this distress
ing disorder into two stages: first, that in
which you are afraid you viii die; second,
that in which you are afraid you wont.
NV belief is that il is one of the troubles
which is more easily warded off by a full
stomach and good supply OF the native
hue of resolution than by all the drugs in
the Pharmacopoeia. Happily, however,
was one OF the few who Were always ready
to do jus.ioe 10 the ample meals on ship
board, aad a. yet have never experienced
the slightest sensation of sea Sickness.
After the storm the weather was fne
and everybody was IN better spirits. on
Saturday morning, our ninth day out, we
F.! passed The Scilly Islands bright and early
F, our course having lain TOO far South fol
! Us to catch :: glimpse, Of the Emerald Isle
| We l.Iow kat England Is not far aheaC
(; aaI every eve is directed toward the caS
/ tern horizon. Soon a dim, grey line ap
\ pears and a general shout Of England. =
/ is enthusiastically raised Higher ant
higher grows the bank and soon we Sc,
green weed. and !ields once more whicl
I presently t.ecome dotted with houses al
| gli~teaing and white in the mornings sun
| The banks of Lands End are quite higl
and PERCEPTIONS and seemed to be compos
ed mainly of a chaiky stoar. At Plymouth
a small steamer come, a'it and many o
our passengers hasten aboard a. the Lon
don train is waiting On we steam a.roS
the placid waters of the English channe