Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . 1776-1876. the green hills of Hampshire, the whitebatteries of Portsnioutli, and the pictur-esque coast of Wight, forming a linoframe-work for the picture. As the Volauto passed the America,
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . 1776-1876. the green hills of Hampshire, the whitebatteries of Portsnioutli, and the pictur-esque coast of Wight, forming a linoframe-work for the picture. As the Volauto passed the America,great was the delight of the patriotic, butthe nautical knowing ones shook theirheads, and said the triumph would beshort-lived; the breeze was freshening,and then the sprightly cutter must giveway, though she was leading the wholesquadron at the time. At half-past ten,the Gipsey Queen caught a draught of densely crowded. But the America wasforging ahead, and lessening the numberof her rivals every moment. The Sand-heads were rounded by the Yolante,Gipsej Queen, and America, without anyperceptible change in poiyt of time, ateleven oclock, the last being apparentlyto leeward. Again, the wind freshened,and the fast yadits came rushing up beforeit, the run from the Sandheads being mostexciting, and well contested. Here one ofthe West India mail steamers was ob-served jJaddling her best, to come in for. jssjs*. YACHT AHKRIOA : wind and ran past the Volante,—the Con-stance, America, Arrow, and Alarm, beingnearly in a line ; but in fifteen minutes,the breeze freshened again for a shorttime and the America passed the Arrow,Constance, and Alarm, but could not shakeoff the Volante nor come up to the GipseyQueen, and exclamations were heard of Well, Brother Jonathan is not going tohave it nil his own way, etc. Passing Ryde, the excitement on shorewas very great, and the vast jiier was J. C BTEVEN8, COM. some of the fun, and a slight roll of theset inwards began to impart a liveliermoti
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