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patched two cutters to her relief. After passing 

 near her a few times, taking a full survey, and 

 firing a few guns across her stern, the steamer 

 was boarded. Finally, being satisfied that all was 

 right, the cutters bore away. The news of her 

 approach having been telegraphed to Liverpool, 

 as she drew near the city, with her sails furled, and 

 the American colors flying, the pier-heads were 

 thronged by many thousand persons who greeted her 

 with the most enthusiastic cheers. 



" Before she came to anchor, the decks were so 

 crowded that it was with difficulty that the men could 

 move from one part to another in the performance of 

 their duty. Sho was afterwards visited by many 

 persons of distinction, and departed for Elsinore, on 

 her way to St. Petersburg. She next touched at 

 Copenhagen, where she remained two weeks. During 

 her stay, Mr. Hughes, the American consul, went 

 out in her on a pleasure excursion, about fourteen 

 miles, accompanied by the king and other noted 

 personages. From Copenhagen she went to Cron- 

 stadt and St. Petersburg. Not being able to get 

 over the bar, at the latter place, she lay opposite the 

 city, six miles distant. Here, too, she was visited 

 by the American Consul, Mr. Campbell, and by the 

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