New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-10-19


providing comfortable lodging houses, To be man
aged under the asspccs OF your SOCIETY,".
Now We have charts Of ever coast ana ever
OCEAN. The Improvement in nautical instruments
has kent PACE ui;n the Advancement IN sclence ana
morals, Il IS said TIA; az the battle OF raiaisaF
,1sre was but one chronome,er IN tic BRUSH ieet
Now there i scarce d vessel tia; sails The ocean
without one.
Among the various ard salu;ury reforms that
are taking Race IN The management; ana treatment
of .earcn. nore seems 10 have attracted more
e.xov. a,cr,i1n than tue practico OF giving ;hc'n
4 daily allowance Of grog at sea. II IS be
Eevcd b. many experienced art worthy snip
masters IN tie merchant seivI-e, tAat mos, OF INC
evils which beet the life OF q Saor ana man, Oh
-, -,,,,;-,. and disasters at sea attributable
20 This practice and = N I, worthy ,Ne i'os'
s,r,,.. con. icra,ioa OF those 4; The head OF eur
nay AZ we'll A. those engaged in commerce. toa'
the seaman employed on board our whaling shiPs'
ard most. II not ALL our pacSct SHIPS ana many
common trading vessels receive 10 allowance ot
-,or. Its estimated that We have about one
hundred thousand seamca. and that near 'e"
thousand OF them are employed IN the ""a'c
fishery: we therefore perceive that about one
tenth Of our scauen have given up the use OF sros
!, sea. and it IS asserted that thsy discharge men
duties more efficiently and cheerflilly ;han when
thev were in the habit OF receiving Y. 1t !; mas
be,n found practicable and beneficial TO Abolish
This practice TO so great an extent in the merchant
service. the question may reasonably be asAed'
why not make the experiment also IN tse Navy
BY giving the crew of one ship in each squadron
additional pay and no -roC
The benefits which have resulted from, the estab-
rsbnent of Homes for Sailors afford the great
est encouragement to Your Society TO Persevcre IN
l., ,rrtp, pc
hose ,lrcady established in this city many thou
sands OF sailors have been admitted and in great
measure rescued from vice and ruin Within the
last three wears uniformed. between two and
three hundred of those who have been admitted
have become mates and masters OF vessels. In
Boston similar result has been produced-near
four hundred Young men have Become officers OF
vessels since thew became boarders OF the Home.
The reformation in the habits and conduct OF al!
who have taken lodgings Ut the Homes Is IN
deed most remarkable, and shows conclusively that
with proper efforts the character and condition ot
orr. s.a01en NAV be so elevated as render the
lie of a sailor dnsirn Ne to the young men OF our
country as any other occupation As iurther eN'-
dencs of the beneficial effect which has been pro-
duccd bv providing Homes for our scamen, we hnc
that during the year ending on June 80 1871,
the seamen .: this port made one hundred aud
niHetv-two deposites in rhe Scamens BANK tor
Savings amounting to STA $50. aud that the funds
in the Bank at this time amount TO $50 o0O ptin-
cipally belonging 10 seainen. These facts speak
lunru,cc not 10 be misunderstood or con,rudicted,
and ,hoy beyond doubt OF cayil the great change
which has been effected in the character and habits
of our seamcn by the efforts OF your Society.
What striking contrast IS presented in the con
dition OF our mariners rs compared to what It was
ton years aeo Then nothing had been done *
cent by individuals TO reform their habits. Now
we behold more than fifty organized societies, com
posed OF our wealthy and influential citizens, j'-
rectiSg their efforts 70 the accomplishment OF this
great work.
Sir. what gives to Great Britain her power, and
makes her The first among the nations OF the earth
1t Is not her twenty-five millions people a. home
nor Is /, her Colonies. 1t is her Commerce and
her Nav The United States are the second COM
,nrrcal natien and therefore only second IN that
description of powers which controls the "eaIth,
and constitutes the greatness of nations. France
and Russia NAV build fleets, out they cannot man
them If ever we have another with Great
Britain. it will be upon the ocean Her power on
this continent will be swept from it, as the mist is
driven before. the wind. But on the ocean the con-
teS; will be long and bloody. Let us be prepared
for it. though the day OF is coming be far distant,
The average life of a sal or is estimated at about
thirty-iyc years. There can be little doubt tha
MS existence and usefulness MAJ, by proper habits
% prolonged at least one third-therefole the re
formation which YOU vii IN all probability etiec'
must add very materially 10 our national strength
and the Increased number Of native born citizens
who under more favorable auspices may become
sealncu viii give Us the most efficient body OF ma
riners in the world. Gro on them sir, in your nob'
efforts to reform the habits OF gallant tars, anc
rest not until our whole country is aroused nnC
comes to your aid, and He, who alone can give The
victory, shall crown your efforts with success.
MuRDGR.-On the night of last Monday, gen
man named Jernigan brutally as'assinated
in Grecnboro by two mcn named Edward and
John Lanier.
The circumstances, we learn, were these =
Mr.. Ststharr.. a tayern-keePor in Greensboro, had
expelled the Laniers from his house for disorderIy
conduct Two hours af;or as Mr.. Jerngan wa
going towards the stable of the tavern, in company
with Mr.. Statham, he Mr.. J assaulted by
The Laniers, knocked down BY blow on his head
aud then stabbed through the hesrt He died in
,tantly. the assassin' had been lying in wait foI
Mr. Siatha0l, and mlstook J-rnisan for him.
Washington (Ga.) News, Oct. :.
SClclpE.-A singular suicide committed
Yesterday. at Mr. w Changers, the Macad