The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-01-03
MARINE COURT.
Nesv. York, Dec. 10.
SHAVING = ASSAULT AND BATTERY
- Peter UuGTe, ~

George Masthe1yson,- JOAN MarkaveH,
aud others.
The captain ard crew of vessel on the
hls l. seas, have no right to permit or ex
cite old Neptune to snave passenger and
inhne rse hImin tub oil water, contrary
TO his will ~,
lUis WAS an action Of assault and
battery, ailcdged 10 have been commit
ed on board the British ship Thomas
Of Lancaster, while on the high seas
N.NMhich ship, Ma,hcYsop was the cop.
ain, the other defendants. seamen, and
the plaintiff one If the passengers
Ii appeared tina, the ship came from
he cha;ky cliffs OF Albion, with mum
Der of passengers, and arrived OH the
banks oil Newfoundland. The sons OF
he deity who rules the wide domain,
through which they had passed Unsafe
~, with joy tesmipg in every eye, me'
and conferred. BY a recurrence TO an.
Gent legends coeval with the common
law, among them, OF greater validity,
II was found, that as otteu as a lands
man came IN view of the Banks. before
hem, lie mus: produce a bottle OF old
CosDiac or rum, as an acceptable sacri-
ice 10 Neptune.
4 he nature OF the sacrifice was ex-
planned 10 the landsT en-, ard the great
er part complied with a requiSiiion,
sanctioned by immemorial usage; the
defendant, with olhGrS, refused.
WhercUpon the sVanen invoked the
God, with sad COMPLAINS: Oh on
olpoient father, king OF the ocean, be-
pave dared To intrude into thy domin-
| ,0us, refusing 10 bend before Thy divine
altar, and 10 render 10 thee an accus-
toned hbation. Their bearcs, Oh {! ia
her, are hong, uncouth and indecent +;
retained by them in defiance OF thj
Jaws, AMI in derision of thy diyiniiy."
ne tither OF ocean heard, and lifted
MS awful he ad sublime above the waves,
tended by the TritcDs, the Neriades
! nd 1.-THE daughters OF the azure main
| He saw his Children, aud thus re
eponded to their complains, through %
3'azeh trumpet, whose roverbera,iors
| shook the distant 2romonlory of Cha
! peau Rouge, ard re echoet through the
spacious bay OF PIaceu,is .. Carry
these impious ,nortais from NY pre-
>ence---behold their boards, which they
tare 10 retain in Gcfance of my author,
my. They shall be shaved"
e'Sic fata sinant."
He said, and~taking his razor and
shaving box from his car, while hm-
phitlite hsid his horse 81 be sei2ed tbs.
prov and cended ~ the headrails iu-
o he lofty ship His presence Inspir
cd bis ohiisren with joy But whit
! imparting hfs commands, through his
| brazen trumPstfSo .tAe ctew, he lands
men below tremhled " Bring hi,seT
hat tub, and fill it with sea.waler''
Twas done. Bring forth the long
rear isi tribe, one by one" The com
mand was obeyed: but Dufiie, when it
came 10 bis tlrH, was inclined +, be rec
fractoiy, aud resisted-But Who can re-
sist, when gods commanA
The razor used by his godship, was
manufactured III the caverns OF Etna,
by oSe Of Tie CyClops from an iron
hoop; and, though some What Yongh on
'OC CH.S q ulu EJOu puSLA-SSs
Held above the tub, DufTie UNDER
went the operation with streaming eve,
while the most unsayoury smell from
the latnGr catered his nostriIs. As
soon as the Office OF the razor vas &C.
complished and the awful oath, Which
,oinds even Gods above, was admins
teted, the tub bslow received him ;
the ceremony was done, and the goo
descended into tho bosom Of "Ahe vasty
deep"
1t appeared that a lady passenger,
named Ann Jones, was subjected TO tn
some ceremony, the hunour of which
was enjoyed by DufSe, il common wits
the others. Maxwell personatod Nep
tune, and Ibe captain actedin The capacI-
ty Of an assistah. to the deity, and W q.
aidings abeitiDg and assisting in the
ceremony
Whenever vessel arrives On the
equator OF any remarkable head.land,
wnere the raw hands and passengers
nn board have not been before, The sea
men. according 10 an old usage, FIRE
1ueutlly proceed 10 the ceremony OF
shaving, which is thus performed: one
Of the crew, who is best calculated for