Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-14

in Il Q storage, where they passed They
succeeding five days ss best tbs
could. Some weie good looking yount
women, aud there was a sprinklint
of small children and babes among
them. They were scantily clad, and US
Iooke ed ou them watching their country
{ be only oue they ever kuew) siDk.Ds
from their sight, could not help so
l,loquisiug CONCERNING TIM ir unfortunate
condition. They had been Irczen out
of the land Of their birth and were
compelled to leave a place in which
they could no longer earn living, and
were coming 10 new but to them q
strange world.
We had religious services Sunday,
the dinlug saloon haviog been utilized
Tor church purposes. The service OF
The Church cf England was read, and
r v DR.. John Hall. OF New York, who
was among the passengt r., preached
The weather continued good, and one
night we had concert in the main
saloon for the benefit of the Sailors
Homes in Liverpool and New York.
On Tuesday We were in the middle
of the Atlantic. The Gather was fine
aud the steam Was making excellent
time. | stood forward on the forecaslle
aud va cbed the prov cut the water
like knife and thought of the untold
millions of money which lie on the
oceans bottom, and wondered if was
passing over the hulks ofthe President,
Pacific, Al c,ic, Austria, Ci y of Boston,
Naronic and other ships which never
reached their destined ports. l thought
of the skulls and bones of the passen-
gers now wrapped in sea weeds or
Dleached on the oceans floor.
The time was passed pleasantly in
various ways until Wednesday, wnen
the steamer was on the Newfoundland
Banks, with a heavy northwest wind
prevailing Oid Neptune stemed de-
termined 10 give Us one good shaking
up before we reached America.
The seas soon ran as high as
an ordinary house, and the huge
steamer plunged fearfully. 1t was in
expedient, in fact dangerous 10 remain
on deck, "a foods of water were being
thrown all over the vessel by her
plunges. at one minute her Prov
would point heavenward, in the next
she was apparently about TO stick her
nose into he bottom of the sea. IL Was
a pleasant sensation to go forward in
the library saloon, which is on level
with he forcastle, and enjoy the weird
ride of the waves l CHANGED TO be
looking out of window engaged in
this diversion when cloud of water
shot up from the bow almost as high as
the smok kesiacks, and fell literally like
thunder on the saloon roof. The wave
was bliuding and it deluged the deck
from stem to stern. | left there and
made my way to the smoking room,
apprehensive lest the next wave would
smash the roof Of the saloon, as | after
wards learned had been the Case on
this same steamer some time ago.
The, wind continued all day, but
Gained off at night, and dense fog set
in after dark, which necessitaled the
lowing down of the engines and the
dismal blowing of the whistle every
thirty seconds. The next day the
5 Gamer rolled greatly and she kept ii
up until long after dark. The vessel
would careen to one side until her
lower deck would be almost awash
with the sea before she would right and
go Just as far on the other side. During
all these scenes hardly oue-third OF the
passengers responded to the calls to
meals, seasickness being no longer con-
fined to sporadic cases. but it had be-
come general. l, fortunately, was one
of the exceptions. The pight, which
was beset by fog, finally ra.sed away,
and when a corporal's guard of US gath
cred at breakfast we knew il no &C
cident occurred we would tatsupper iu
New York. Ahout ten o'clock the
southern shores of Long Island began
to show their dim outlines, and some
hours later Sandy Hook began to rise
out OF the water. Upon arriving at
the hook the steamer stopped and took
on a pilot. We had been five days,
eleven hours and one minute in run
ming from Queenstown TO Sandy Hook.
1t took aoout two hours to run up
the bny and reach the pier in New
York, and when the statue Of the God
uess of Liberty loomed up before me
and | realized | was once nore 10 my
native country suppose / felt AZ all
uatriotic citizens would under similar
circumstances, and as later walked
past the statu of Nathan Hale in one
OF the New York parks, after having
for two weeks gazed upon crouching
lion. and statues and tablets to British
heroes, some of whom lahored earnest
" to crush our aims and aspirations, |
felt more patriotism animsting my
soul than I had experienced for years,
and looked upon Hale as u greater
nero in every way, man who loved
his country and cheeriully laid down his
life for it.
The curtain had now fallen upon the
last act of my excursion, but the scenes
and "reminiscences are ineffacesble and
will ev remain stamped in my mem
ory.
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