Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-12-19
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snS ~ horses, ne SSiLcu ."s ,a..,
held al pa ~ = the head rails into the lofty
sscenasaI; 81, = oressnce inspired MS children
ship. ms Knit while imparting his com
with j III through his brazen trumpet. .a !"
Names, ass. the landsmen below t, tremole a,
the crew liner that tub, and fill it with
BRING ns,Twas done. g Bring forth or,
sea %a'et b...rded tribe, one byone." Inc
the loa I'd was obeyed-but Duffie' when
oomu, 'a n his turn, was inclined to ee re-
itcanae :" and resisted bat who can resist,
w' s.st s ss1or used by his godsbip, was ma
f.,rsd in the cayerns of Aetna, by
nu'a - tbs C,clops, from an iron hoop 4
one ~ tss ~ somewhat rough on the edge
Hia I ~ .boye the tub, Dufie underwent
~ n 0nsration with streaming eye, while
ns U Ulost nnsavoury smell from the lathef
o ors his nostrils. As soon as the Of
e emu &c tbs razor was accomplished and
ne .afnI oath, which binds even Gods
, tae a. was administered, the tub below
D LEV him; the ceremony was done
.aodth god descended isto the bosom OF
fine !. vastly deep"
W Ts,peared that lady passenger, nam
sd Ann Jones, was subjected to the same
ceremony. the humOr OF which was en-
;oyeJ BY. DufIie, in common with the o.
j ,Ssrs MAXWELL personated Neptune.
una the captain acted in the capacity Of
ass;st,nt to TIE deity, and was aiding a
hstt;na and assisting in the ceremony
After the arguments of the counsel.
NJ Justice Swanton charged the Jury,
that 4 was the duty of the master OF a
shin. to treat bis passengers with attention
and politepess. The captain stood IN the
same relation to the passengers, as a
master Of hotel or an inn did 10 ms
opests. Having the superintendent OF
his vessel, the law had invested the capt
with the authority necessary tor presery
ing peace and good order.
~, this occasion. the captain not Only
failed in treating the plaintiff with be,
coming decorum, but countenanced and
actually had some agency in The injury
charged in the declaration. The conduct
Of the defendants towards the plaintiff,
was highly reorehensible. After taxing
into consideration the wounded feel
ings Of the plaiatiff on the one hand, aud
the circumstances of the defendants on
the other, 1t would be the duty OF the jury
to render such verdict as they consl-
dered Just and equitable.
The jury rendered verdict IN favor
Of the plaintiff, for SO.
sWhenever vessel arrives on the
equator or any remarkable head land,
where the raw hands passengers have
not been before, the seamen, according
toan old usage, frequently p eeeed to the
ceremony OF shaving, which is thus per
formed enc Of the crew, who is. best
calculated Tor drollery, is habited in a
fantastic, ridiculous manaer. and, with a
speaking trumpet in his hand, perscua'es'
old Neptune, He gors forward to the,
bow OF the vessel, while those who are &c
be shaved, are kept below, and descends
until perhaps, he reaches the water and
from thence ascends on deck, pretending
to have emerged from the ocean. He
halls his crew with his trumpet answer
IS made, and mutual congratu atoms pass
between his godship and the old seamen.
lie proceeds to orier the requisite appa
ratus tor shaving, which generally con.
slsts OF a piece of iron hoop, compost.
ten for lather made of slnsh aud other Of
fensiye matters and lab of water. The
persons who are TO be shaved, are then
oscusht on deck, one By one blindtoldetl.
lhose who aaye treated well, are shaved
light, while those who are refractory are
shaVedhard. After shaving his cod
ship proceeds to swear the ncvica to hi.
ysrS singular obsery ance, ere Of which
Is, that he "will never eat brown bread
when he can eat whiten
Thsone shaved. is then either immers
ed ma tub of water. or has a bucket
iaii from above. poured on his head and
the frolie ends.