The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-10


boat on the Hudson CT Mississippi The
night fell quickly and we realized tbs. the
great objection 10 ocean voyages in mid
winter months Is II the long nights.
There vas not 8 star IN the SKY. and the
darkness Of the water was deep and i'm
penstrable. and there was the sense that
the ship was rushing through space upon
some darkso1e Grand An hour later
there vas sudden spark Of IRE mort 7east,
and 10. the Fire island lighthouse.
Sill later there were two bright
lights IN the northwest, and they moved
along with rs. one gaining, and the other
going just about our gait They were our
partner, the Ems, and the grand old Gu
harder, E.-uriS. In the morning the
EtIuria was gone, and the Ems was family
visible far away 20 the north, her smoke
ike . pencil mark on the horizon. her fun
nels and masts racing along the horizon
where SKY and ocean were blending. and
as her course was northvard, she was soon
out OF sight and We were LETT 10 pursue
our Lonesome way.
He who from x1ns 70 zone
Guides te-oGg1 TIE bountless Al,
Thy certain tigAt,
II ;he long say ;ast must tread alone,
h4A Leaf Z! steps Alright
Sunday and Monday there was not
glimpse obtained o. the sun or OF star.
The snip Eas singalsriy easy, but the
breeze grew strong and the rain fell con-
stautiy. The number Of people who are
unseaworthy Is something wonderful, and
they still more surprisingly lack expert
ence. Scores OF our passengers were help
less IN their beds, holding the general
opinion that hurricane was prevailing,
and that they we're - any moment liable
70 De swallowed up. They were parchei
Elth thirst, narrsssed with terrors, begging
for lemons and cracked ice. and in :
pltlaole state Q. pallor and disQuietude
Monday evening there was a sudden
oommotlon on deck: several persons
sp-ang from their sea chairs and hurried
20 TIE scene OF excitement. In moment
IL vas ascertainei shat a man vas over
board: some one said Is was net 50, but a
lat was seen on passing wave. Another
sald two Italians were fighting. and
one had thrown the other into the
sea- There was q rush TO the bridge: the
ship was turned on her course. the screw
throwing up sparkling green letter IN
getting around: 4 boat was made ready
Tor launching, but there yss no speck then
70 De seen on the slopes OF the multitude
OF waves. a2i after lingering on the sUcr
where the tragedy occurred until all hope
was necessarily given up. the voyage was
resumed. Some were dissatisfied that the
boat was not lowered, but there was not
the least Use OF putting il IN the water
unless some object 20 pull 10 could be seen
from the deck. After a few hours it be-
came known that the lost man vas Mr..
Oswald Jackson. of New York, 8 gentle
man who had recently sustained grievous
losses and Was taxing journey for pros
tEatsoD. Exactly how he happened over
board has not been clearly stated. If
known 10 any one, as it probably IS
not ! was sitting within twenty
feet OF the spot where he disappeared.
Il IS known that he had been taxing de-
spending view of his affairs. No one
noticed him leave the deck. and Del haps
be might have fallen, as one can grow
dizzy and pitch over a precipice. A young
man saw him swimming. Il may be
grateful TO those near and dear TO him to
know that there was sincere grief in the
company on the Fuida that fellow pas
senger had been swallowed up in the abyss
OF the sea, and that there was painful SEN
sibility excited by the casualty that closed
his life. Mr.. Jackson was descendant IF
Charles Carroll, Of Carrolton, and q dis
tant relative of ex-Seeresary Bayard. His
wife IS OF Philadelphia family of celeb
rity, and his daughter the wife OF a dis
tinguished professional gentleman in New
YORK. 1t was an incident having q
pathetic charm that Mrs. Jackson wrote
her husband letters, and arranged that one
OF them should be handed him each morn
ing. There is a sacred package OF those
10 the bereaved writer.
At first there were two disappointments
IN this Mediterranean adventure and Pas
sengers Scol6ed q good deal. First, they
did not ike the fnass-meeting Of Italians,
the astonishing dingy mass Of humanity
that crowded the forward and lower deck.
IL Is due the descendants of the conQuer-
ors Of the world, however, 10 say that they
have behaved very well. and are no more
II the way tGan Il they were 8 dock Of
sheep. doubt whether they could have
been quite as inofenSive II they had been
what We cali gentlemen. There have been
no evil odors or offensive noises, but
must have suffered extremely through
the long dark nights, when
one could look our upon the tossing sea
and say with Byron IN his thunderstorm
IN the Alps, "0h. night and storm and
darkness, We are wondrous strong. yet
lovely - your strength, as is the light Of a
dark eye IN woman" The second cause
o. dissatisfaction Was the weather. When
we no longer saw the Ems scoOting along
the northern SKY, leaving Us 70 make the
tQ1 miles of northing 10 get into the Brit
ISL channel while We held steadily east.
We dismissed cur friends on the distant
and vanishing ship with the COMPASSION
ate reelection that while they were bound
for the cold and bitter northern seas 10
roll and plunge in fierce wintry blasts. we
were Of the happier ship OF which Thomas
Buchanan Read sang IN his song OF
drifting, that sailed not from lands
o. sun 20 lands of snow, but from
cilmes OF snow 70 chimes OF sun.
there 70 rise and dip with the blue crystal
al her lip. We were bound for the sIinnv
seas, the sof: southern airs, the lands Of
ianguishing; and vet for Is the mighty
winds came ont OF the north. aud then
began the waiIng chant in the rigging
that Is accompanied with singing sheets
OF spray. lashinE the wet decks IS with
whips OF ice; and as the hours passed. the
waves grew srander, until they we're a.
mountains Of iron tipped with snow and
edged with shifting curtains Of rIowiu,
l@ce. The sunshine that came uron the
stormy scene enhanced the magniHcenee
q the ocean. turning the rolling ridges 81
iron 70 a broad and biilowy splenao~
Of molten and blazing silver. TIE
ship groaned and sighed but the
engines moved with ceaseless throb-
blng, and the sound % them treasured the
ooServant that We had in hand the giant
forces OF nature. giving dominion over the
rncnstTous scope and whirl Of the angry
waters There was another change. ana
our long plume Of smoke, blown swiftly