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Show VOYAGE ~R0~1 NE\V YOJtK. I must however premise, that I undertook this journey, neither in pursuit of pleasure, nor for the specific purpose of ascertaining the effects of emancipation; much less as the agent or representative of any body of philanthropists, either in England or America; but in the character of a minister of the gospel. My primary object was to preach the glad tidings of peace and salvation to my fellow men, and ' from persons of every class, condition, and party in the West Indies, I have met with a cordial welcome, and the kindest attentions. In company with MAHWN DAY, a highly respectable citizen of New York, and a young fi-i cnd who kindly undertook to act as our attendant and helper, I sailed from that city on the 22m! of last Eleventh month, (Nov.) in the Camilla, Captain Watlington. Our ship's company consisted of about twenty in· dividuals, (mostly in search of a warmer climate and better health) who had taken their passage, in this accommodating little ship, for Santa Cruz. The fine but cold, frosty day, on which we left yom shores, gave them a sufficient warning, that the season was at hand, when the rigor of a North American winter would become dangerous. At the same time, it at~ forded such of ns as were in good health, a delightful opportunity-as we swept along under full sail-of observing, under the brightest aspect, the rare beauty of the harbor of New York, the bay, and the ncig\1- boring Islands. W c had not continued our voyage more than three days, before we fonnd ourselves in a genial climate. The thermometer stood at 70, and light clothing 'OYi\GE FROM l'i'EW YORK. gradually ca.m e into rcr1nisition · "I'I1 c c· h angc seemed almost magical, and certainly it was no small! . h · · ' LIXury t ns msenslhly to glide into warmth, and as it were to ca.t ch s"u mmer... , again by the skirts · W c were now' crossmg the (,uJph Strc·tm " I . . . . ' ' W leiC lt IS SaJ() to have a breadth of two hundred 'a ll r1 11. 1.t y m1. 1c s, and the tcmperatn•r c of the air wa' s Jlrobabl Y I1 e1. g I1 tcned by the heat ot the waves below · "1' o account f or this cnormons current of warm wat . l . ·I . . ' . ' Cl , w lie I runs np from the (.u!ph ot Mexico in a n ·tl I . . • ' ' Ol 1-eastcr y d1rec-twn, to so great a distance ' is nea' r! Y l.f llpOSSI" bl e. What the causes arc which occ(a. sion til e 1nagn1. tu(I c of the current, . and .t he he·' tt of the wa t er, seems to be mere. matter .o f eon.1 ecture.' but its. b cne fi em. I cutrc ct m. m\ eltm. g the .I CC, and unlocking the harhors· ' o ,. N ort h 1 merlca, afrords one evidence amono· ten th I I . o ousant, t mt even the w1. ldest sports of nat ure are sa bs ervJ.C nt to good and WISe IJurposes in the o ·I t" b . ' H cr o a cue-volent Providence. Boisterous weather and a stron adverse gale, were our portion as we crossed "th~ Gul p h." Th e f oam·m g waves, with tops of a lighct transparent blue, rose to an unusual height allrl · 1 · '• were In JeautJful contrast with the troughs b I f deep dull lead color. c ow, 0 a CAI\ULJ,,\, whilom swift of wing Ca~ now no longer fly, ' In vam her gallant sailors sing. She faint ;; ami longs to die. ' The waves o'er which she loved to dance Now horrid in her eye, ' In awful alpine forms advance, And cu~l their snows on high. Oh, were It not for sore affright They might have charmed he; view, |