The Republican journal., 1913-05-29
perils of the Sea.

s- rnrown into state of great
- by the announcement in the
5N t,- \ vessel of extraordinary
r picked sailing master and
WIZ" would sail in a day or two on
sxpress trip to Liverpool"
IS. vas in state of great eX-
The bulls and bears looked
+ -.v at each other, eXpe .ting an
and the street looked sus-
-aoughout the day. No one
~. .lether the announcement was
f,t. Some thought it was to
N ,rce of stocks; others that
was despatched with an
~. and many believed she
prs aut declaration of war.
.o- ascertained with any GER
ate in the day that the clip
- h 0 sail for Liverpool. The
-,.- lay at the foot of Rutgers
f. ruary 9th all ready and await
orders for departure. By |
many as five hundred people
4.~. on the docks for the pur-
l..-.,g her start, and many were
.-,s eNpressed that this dimuni-
~. would be able to compete with
~ r..uers that were to sail at or
AL .-sr,., as she seemed lost in the |
4 oftg hulls and towering spars
-4ceet ships lying at the adjacent |
She vas chartered by Barclay
-~--7- Of this city. Mr.. Barclay, |
-.ss Consul. was member of this
--re seemed no doubt but that
fo take out dispatches from Mr..
4r the British Minister. The
rJ Romer was to receive $4,000
-rp. besides the benefit of the
amounted to ST. 500. She was
t.rry TWO messengers, one from
IN rment, Mr.. Charles Metin-
conhdential and special agent
-- department. at Washington,
..- ~ was supposed to have, i'm
patches from that city. The /
-nger was Mr.. Bidwell, at
British Legation. Her crew /
H.. # Captain James Mcclure,
r wilkes, mate, James Conner.
Marshall Green, steward |
.. mes B. johnson, George
mes McLeslle and Edward !
p.n. she was said to be the
BOAT belonging to our port |
eaected to make the trip to !
atteen days, and leave again
ust The clipper ship Pat
- .4o sailed on the same date
re- many bets made as to
make the fastest passage /
the bets being about even,
rrain circumstances and con-
.s rim little schooner would |
4ntage over her larger op-
Vas also known as one of |
-.t Jackets sailing the western
. j. o'clock began to draw
IS on board began to clear
-.s and few minutes after II
-3I1ded the pier and shot out
am as fleet as courser. AS
wharf the assembled crowd
PEE hearty cheers, which were
r the boat in the same manner,
m the firing of a gun. The
aI the way down to the Battery
cred with people, eager to catch
If The schooner as she round
j. lJary, which she wore around,
stood back into the East river
-fl. awaiting the arrival of the
u mail.
VT our o'clock the mail arrived,
t { d special British messenger,
.sW minutes after the packet ship
henry came down the river. AS
.as passing Governors Island the
roa- dlled away and shot across the
n he ship and soon left her far
ID As she spread her wings to the
and flew down the bay, passing
Enng shade of Castle Garden and
psf the evening haze, the strain
Us ot the thousands who watched
-part1re were withdrawn in disap-
merit. The saucy little clipper had
laared from their vision as bird
ami sinks from sight behind the
ms VI the air. At half past four
b ia he evening the Sandy Hook
bore west by south, four miles dis
s.5 as the Romer passed the High
and stood out to sea the packet
Patrick Henry was three miles
g.. witt a strong breeze from the
-.og l-west.
sa,a-r had the pilot boat got her
l-t II smeli of land than it came
'.cF IS il old Neptune had deter
t. punish this daring little craft
ao1y adventuring out to sea. At
Jnty were obliged to take the
IF, vi the jib, two-reef the main
- lake in the squaresail altogether.
curse of the evening the wind
cd a little and both reefs were
ut Of the mainsail and by mid
The gatf topsail was set and the
Upper was surging over the waters
comfortable rate of twelve knots.
Gather was quite cold and the bull
s. beng quite low the vessel was
ai With spray created by her own
which froze as it fell upon the
piled about the vessel like an
sar snow storm and tipped the ropes
frozen feathers. At $50 p. m. on
.ja -he wind came strong out of the
md captain Mcclure tackled to the
and -ast, two-reefed the mainsail,
-he bonnet out of the jib and finally
q ID down and slowed it, lowered
fesall and furled it and set the fore
-try5all and put the third reef in
atsail The wind now blew a gale,
lpaued by rain. snow and hail, and
tepless discomfort of the voyagers
'sl VI romance and reduced to the
practical terms of reality COM
ed NJ earnest. The next day the
-91rinued, the wind having hauled
INTO the northwest, splitting out
sao| squalls, the wind constantly
sla- and the waves ran in noun
The vessel then shipped ire
gus sea, which swept over her decks,
lHg The pinnacle with it. One after
e' or The sails were taken in, I'M
'l5i'. craft was brought to under
ie7 main storm-trysail. the wind
- lerfect hurricane, all hands
!-9 very minute to be their last.
.as .rd the next day and the next
eve forced to lay-to, the gale not
E moderated to aDV pprcnntj hla do