TO INDIANOLA. 
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ry, and embracing eighty-five men, accompanied the 
Commission. 
On the 13th of August, having closed up all the 
business of the Commission, and procured some as- 
tronomical instruments which could not be got ready 
sooner, I embarked on board the steamship Georgia, 
Captain Porter, accompanied by the gentlemen before 
referred to, for Havana, where we arrived on the morn- 
ing of the 19th, after a pleasant voyage. With the ex- 
ception of a thunderstorm off* Cape Hatter as, and the 
unusual sight of five water-spouts at the same time, from 
a large heavy cloud about two miles to the leeward, 
there were no incidents worth recording. The water- 
spouts were interesting on account of the unusual 
number seen at the same time. One of these, and 
the largest, rose in a direct perpendicular column from 
the surface of the ocean to the cloud, funnel-shaped at 
either end, or like a huge column, its base on the 
ocean, its capital under the cloud. All the others 
were spiral, and connected in the middle by an appa- 
rently small column of water. They soon disap- 
peared, as well as the heavy cloud with which they 
were connected. The turbulent ocean, which had 
lashed the ship’s sides for a couple of hours, soon 
became composed, and relapsed into a dead calm. 
This continued until we rounded the Moro Castle, 
and entered the beautiful harbor of Havana. 
In the afternoon of the same day we left the Geor- 
gia, which went no further, and embarked on board the 
steamer Falcon for New Orleans. A striking con- 
trast was presented in these two ships. The former 
was sweet and clean in every part ; while the filth of 
