Year: 1874

J quite suddenly to an angle of almost 45 de- grees and then go back again, and keep do- ing so and not only to walk but to sit still. It is now so with us sitting on sofa in the first cabin braced against anything we can cling to, and yet we manage to write and aosW do t,even if the usually calm and even tenn per of our typos is slightly disturbed at their inability to decipher our chirography. This li:tle affair midway between America and Europe we are determined to write upin the time of it, even if our head is part the time parallel to the horizon. A short time since we attempted to>cross to the other side of the cabin, and being little off our guard were hurried down hilp in a manner more laughable than pleasant; ln other words we dove headforem ost into large elegant ly upholstered arm chair, and so violently were we plunged into it, we broke the back of it clean off. A steward just now attempt ed to go on deck from the cook room to the galley, when sea struck him and threw him with great force against the bull warks, and came very near going overheard. He was rescued by men who chanced to be near and was found to be very badly bruised.

 We are now in latitude 45.4l and longi- tude 4O26; in the neighborhood of 600 miles east of New Foundland, and the gale is bowling and roaring without, and ever and anon the screw, lifted clean out of the water by the plungng of the ship, revolves with great rapidity until it again dips and it's motion retarded by the action of the P. M., and the captain has not been to the table to eat anything to-day, but takes bite when he chooses to run in the cabin a moment. He is ahead on the hurricane deck, down among the engines, and in fact all over the ship seeing that nothing escapes his attention. All IS lashed securely (ex- cept the animated freight who persist in going about from place to place, grasping what is handy to steady their progress, )and we hope to get out of the area of storm be- fore many hours. Most of the ladies are below in the cabin feeling so sad, and seem all at once to have an intense interest in the life preservers in their rooms how they are adjusted, &c., sc.

 July 4th.-Four days more of ocean tray ell are passed since we left the above ac- count of the storm, terminating quite ab- ruptly at the &c., &c.,, and four such days as we hope not to see on our voyage home. The storm resolved itself into gale that sent the seas sky bigh,' and somehow we haven't felt like writing since. For four days this leyiathan of ship has plunged

 and rolled in this vast ocean, pitching it's freight of human beings to this side and

 then to that, rolling and tumbling them

 about in the most uncomfortable manner.

 That some among the large number should

 be sea sick is n't at all strange, aLd when

 we say some of them we might as well say

 all, for none among the number escaped

 except the three sea captains. That we

 have not felt much like writing for the

 past few days will be readily accepted by

 those who have crossed the Atlantic, as

 about as good excuse as is necessary. As

 we said about storm at sea, so we say

 about sea sickness, it must be experienced

 to be realized. An admixture of all tha

 is miserable and wretched boiled down to {

 saturated solution is thin drink in compar

 ison to the sufferings of sea sickness. Th'

 groans and agony that greeted our ears ol

 every side, accompanied by such expres-

 sions as the following: 'Oh God, why dit

 I leave home and it's comforts and fill my

 self with this mYsery !-Pd give $500 if

 was in America now! Oh-heave, ,oh !-ney CT will I-heG0e-oh-oh-leave r. home agail

 and-he-he-G-G Ue oh God what have don to-hea0e-merit this. and I'll Doe hoo O never come on bo-b6cE-boat again ? and multiplicity of everything that the huma

 mind, suffering almost the bangs of death could invent. It was too close and sicken ing in the cabin or state rooms below, an t so cold above that no amount of wraps wa sufficient, and to get a crumb of comfol ) from any source was utterly impossible, an l nothing remained but to lay or sit dowr : and be as reconciled as possible to b : thrown. rolled and tumbled about. Scarce V ly a countenance was visible but what ws q as solemn as dismal swamp after sun

 down. Captain Brown immortalized hin h self by calling at our state room door an I asking us if we would have our cofi II made of hardwood; or if white pine ws

 used, would it be good enoughr Todd ,, (Saturday) the seas having gone dow

 somewhat, all felt better, and probably tt

 unpleasant feature of this voyage will SOC > be drowned in the multiplicity of pleasal U sights and good things awaiting us 'on Il U other side of Jordan But this 'litt

 sail down the bay is getting to be quite g event with us. At future time when ol ls s portunity and inclination favor, we may T o sume our description of it, adding by ws , of spice thing or two of what we see ( the other side.

 10 To close this letter without word abo h this magnificent steamship State of Pen1 a sylvania,' of this new State Line, would th an injustice to our conscience we cam in admit During the extraordinary storm te the past few days, this vessel has behav ,d admirably. The united testimony of t os three sea captains, whom chance at one al ,h the same voyage placed upon her decks, be that no ship ever made could ride the stol ot better, and that she is as safe as any crs re afoat, The officers, Capt. Braes, Doct in H. B. Clark, Third Officer Arbuckle a se Chief Steward Hunter have our thanks or many kindnesses and courtesies.

 bs J. L. P. of Atlantic Ocean (near Ireland July 14 ,n 1874.

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