The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-22

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W. Il II orders Our run TO
MA v NI within a few parallels
NH N OF the latitude OF the
TE&h- 4 Horn bad tecn extreme
--h- " pleasant; the proven
lsll mildncSs OF the
Pacifc ocean was in tho mellow sweetness Oh
the wind and in tho gentle undulations OF tfe
nlver-i,ced swell; but scarce had We issSon
tho HEIGHT Of 40 dogs. when the weather grew
mlloa and dark, "A heavy bank Of cioutts OF q
liyid hue rosD in the northeast, and the "1nd
came ard went in small gusts, tho gusts vent
ing themselves in dreary means, irfsoinucn
that our Oldest hands confessed they hnd
never heard blasts more portentous.
The ralc came on w tn some lightning ana
several claps Of thunder and heavy ram.
Tbouph il was but Q O'Clock in the Afternoon,
the air was so dusty that the men had 10 foi
for tho ropcs; and when tho first of the tenn
pest storincd down upon us, the appearance
of the sea was uncommOnly t%arriblc, being
swept and rnangled into boiling frCth in the
northeast quarter, while all about us and III
tho southwest it lay in a sort Of swollen hud-
die of sladows, Glooming into the darkness
Of the SKY without Offering the smallest
glimpsc OF The horizon.
Int few minutes tho hurricane struck Us.
We had Jared the brig down TO the close
recscl mai1t9psaii; yet, Trough we were
dead before the ouGiy, is first blow rent the
fragncus OF sail as If 10 wcrp formed OF
smo1e, agl in IN instant 10 disappoarcJ, lash
ing over tho bows, Ike a ac1tJ'rinS o1 torn
paper, leaving r3,Ii15 bat tho bolt ropes 10
hind. Tte llr...r. Of Gre to.eail was like
tbo ovnloso, az % l.-,-e cannon. Ina breath
Tho H. ,,,. e.,o.no-rd win roth torn uD in
~ cjo,,a. ,,l l.,riqI over and ahcod Of
To- in ,,,.t c~,,.-i,~ to.f-cs that flied the
iii ,e;., ~ di.~,f t,y1iohto their oun. in
rybioh not,,;,~ ,yas yieible bat their terrific
.~noolino T,r,u,h th.as singing. soft, ard
,,nrino ,,-..,.o II e.u,1a drove the rain in
hori-,r. p c-olll.9 lnos. which leaned ia
1t.r.,j,', g.. roto oe -hoDrb indeed tbey
wc,~ 5,,r..1 ,~,,no,s If brigLt metal. darted
NV or,,.,. ar i,risr!. erir,,s raving out their
wor c;.. f,o, chased rs.
n dorm, ,.,lo - lo,id tlyudcr in the sty.
o,J go. .~..,.,lo,o p,to,-,,c, dominated
witho.t ~l.b,a,.,4 a, many screaming. hiss
i,~ .h,.l;,r .,l boo.ing noises raised in
No ,i....,, ,,d ,ho,t the decks. and the
,yLl .o,i .,, y,cltario0 solnd Of the 81.
multi. =, oale and struggling In it,
GRO .io, rnJcr tho first choking and
i,,. ,~.. ~ .,o r,rriceres hand
D., ..., ... ct ,,,,o If Tho .4o,.n v,e
,o,-l ,oI. i.t ferca,ess did not como
~ .,..,. ! o,.,,ol j., ,hc ,,;ldIo
ua.o. I-.-t go tbo, .Lo COZ had crown
-. ...I a., d,,oo of orr o,,, ehou
80 cfolo,io0 ,,a .g,;,ht.
n .,,l, eho,y hireolr M, doc, and
- lie 10 pn.r.,o, Ito ,,i,s =. v,o.
W., hon .rI M, yy,.or converted nv tho
mo.ion+o of tho lri. into q wild torrent had
tic volume ,crro.,ally maintained b. ton
,ools nj sen falH1g IN dul and poY1ding
crashes over the bows on 10 the forrc,stie
Tharo vvos NOTHING To be dono but ecuro the
helm and await the issue below. Tor If we
were 70 be drowned it would make a more
easy fouudoriug 10 20 down dry and warm
!, Tho chi, ,hon 10 norisb hal, fro2,., ard
oIrcadv ncorly sr,nolci no the hitter COLI
and Noolcd tcr,rsst on decE,
There was Can't. Rosy: there was mveslf.
nv nono Panl Rrlney. mate of the lrig. and
there were the remaining seven of n crew.
inclnding tho c~lruentor. We sat in the
cobin. one of rs from time 10 time clavying
his way nm the ladler 10 peer thrulch the
comnanioIL and we looked at ono another
with the melancholy of Indicators waiting
10 he caleb from their cells for the last hunt
70 Tyburn.
Thus it continued till daybreak. when
something of it's midnight fury went out Of
the gale. The carpenter riadc shift to sound
the well. and to our great satisfaction found
but little water, only as much as we had a
ripht To suppose she would take In above.
By noon the wind had weakened vet. but the
sa still ran very heavily. and the sky was
uncommonly thick with pixies Of dusky. vel
lowish. hurrying clouds; and though we
could fairly reckon upon our position. the
neru,ade ourselves that Cane Horn was nut
close aboard.
We tnuld now work the unmns and "a