Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-20

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We would fam hope, escape uoiicS from
the Department, as assuredly 1t Will no., |
the scorn Of every man OF honor in or
out OF the Service.
We have characterized the extract as
garbled--and this from Investigations
We took some rains to make at the yard
yesterday.
For instance under date Of June 18th,
this entry appears in the Standard.
"Read prayers, and punished the fol-
lowing boys with colts, by order of the
Commander"
In the original in the log book, the
entry is thus made:
June l5th-At 8 o'clock inspected the
crew at quarters and read prayers; at
| | loosed sails, punished the following
boys with the cot.
No word about blythe orlar OF the
Commander" and no such juxta- position
Of prayers and punishment as the Sian.
dard presents.
But If a true transcript had bcen Civ
en-, the obvious design of impu,ing n
combin alton Of cant AMI cruelty To the
Commander would have been defeated
Again: scverai boys among those hog-
god have annexed TO their'namcs in The
Standards record, su n expressions rs
these, good character" smart and
active" very good bay" none OF which
appear, as We are assured in ihe log
book.
Then again "a to noting in the log.
book all the mi ,or punishmehis, such
as those with GO is we believe that il
is by no means a general practice in the
serv &C. The seve CT punlshmenls with
the cat o'-nIns tai.s bang alone entered.
But OF the array of lIshc> Daraded in
the Standard, 80 10 ths are wi;ii colts,
and in fact less severe, probably, than
would have been inflicted b. masters on
shore.
The offences, moreover, are studious-
dIously made 10 appear as light and un-
serving Of correction As, for instance
IL Miller, l2 coils, for not haring u
lchite hat.
The italics are thus given in the SIAN
dard.
Now ifa white ha, was as much a
part of the unifor n dress, as blue lack
ct or clean shirt, the appearance at
quarters without one, was as positive
violation Of disci pine ss any other aci
Of disobedience.
But the case Of Miller was worse than
this. He had been ordered, during
more than m onth, to provi lie himself
with white hat Of straw, the mate
rails to make it being furnished him
Such hats are conducive TO health in
tropical climates,
From incidence or from the muffin
Gus spirit which was already ginning
| ground, under the systematic encour
| agement oil an officer, he Systematically
neglected TO obey all order daily repea-
ted to him at quarters, until punish ment
necessarily followed.
Dennis Manning was confirmed thief
whom no correction could check -
Breaking into the mess chests, stealing
sugar, cheese, molasses, and violating
IN every way the discipline OF the shin.
were with him incorrIgibIe vices; and
vain attempts TO subdue these vicious
propensilies, the attempt was abandoned
and he was left TO his own course until
the brig could reach New York, and he
be re-transfe.red.
Van Nelzer, another Of the honged,
was tho tyrant OF the smaller boys, and
every hogging he got was for striking
those younger than himself; and on
the last occasion bat one he was dis
tinctly warned that If the offence were
repeated he would be punished with
the cats. The offence was soon repeat
ed, he was logged with the cats, and ar
forwards there was no repetition Of the
brutality.
Lambert was logged for skulking, fof
stealing, for destroying public property,
and for gross indecency.
Mckinly was punished with cats, not
alone for breaking his liberty, but for
positive disobedience Of The direct orders
of his Commander, who, meeting him
on shore at Santa Cruz, ordered him on
board, as his liberty had expired
which orders he did lot obey.
| Other explanations Of the punishments
recorded in the Standard might be CIV
en-, but for the swelling this article TO
an unreasonable extent; enough, how
ever, has been said to prove the gross
injustice Of such an exhibit, without a.
ny reference TO the character and often
ces Of parcel Of New York loaIers, of
the most dangerous age, sent on board
United States ships, because neither
their connections, nor the Criminal
Courts chose to take the charge Of re-
forming them.
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Advancement Of agricultural science and improve.
meni' and Of rural education havo proposed 10 Mr.
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