New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-08
Way.ide Notes Abroad No. l.

Correspondence Of The Tribune.
Leaving New York the great city OF trade and
care and embarking on board one Of is fine PACK
cts for Europe steam carries one almost '0o last
from much that now seems dearer than ever anu
over the fine upper and lower bays unspeakably
beautiful are those Narrows with the igreeniri
ell Hudson in the rear, the neat white cottages on
the Long Island shore and the fragrant green hills
Of lovely Staten Island, all within one coup Doll.
The stanch heavily laden ship emuiaiing the
ligh, steamer that tows it, a. in leading srings.
clides swiftly onward, and passing the white beach
Of Conev Island and the more verdant slopes q
Jersey on the West, plants upon this last green
spot land fartbesi outpost Of the Western breads
and Dryadsl a silent deep and holy farewell TO ma.
ny dear friend
In our case south easierly winds here ireslenei
and shifted into westerly ones, that seemed bolster
oasy joyous at orr approach, and bidding the fra
gle steamboat depart quickly and the ships canvas,
wings unfold and FILL ushered gallanily into The
iul presence of hoary Ncpiun.. who with way,
swelling muscles OF grasp gave Us at welcome
most thorough and uncquivocal shaking
bad Just begun to speculate on the probable ben.
Gifts Of a similar eiectual shaking Of the uner nan,
upon the host Of dyspcptics that crowd our city.
when a cry of murder murder brought most Of
us to the fore .:opcaste.
A sailor supplied by king Alcohol as is custom.
airy ON the day of sailing. had been called upon, By
the Second Mate, to perform some little duty on the
altar Of Neptune and not knowing how to serve
two masters uttered in his confusion the words
son Of q -" This the officer took to himself as
an insult to be aioned for only by TIE blood Of the
offender and, accordingly. by the time we had
reached the bow of the ship, we found poor. raw
boned. iorlorn-looking Jack, with eyes shameflliy
blackened and swollen by blows, bleeding from
smashed lips and nose, and resignedly bowling hi
own elcgy.
The First Mate in his nigh, and wisdom. thought
the punishment not half enough The gentlemen
passengers that had certificate of superiority writ
ten in bright colors upon their backs by the Broad
way Tailors, descanied sagey and half triumphant
Is on the crca; propriety and rights of subordina
ton, else the evident danger of being taken 10y
those rough characters and sold, clothes and all, to
slavery or what not. and rcjoiced at the bloody
warning thus early given.
Perhaps no one is entirely Indifferent to the noces-
suy Of discipline and order; but really who showed
the greater sense of it, The socallcd superior by
savagely beating a fricndcss, halfstuuncd sailor
into mince meat for uttering drunken word, or
this scfsame strong listed, heated and enragcd sail
or, by tancy submitting to such severe and une-
ven-handcd treatment
Yebc this itmay if correction sabsolutely ndis
pensable the homeopathic principle Of infntesimal,
would seem more in keeping with the spirit OF the
age than this blum, alopaihic lancet called the ist
and the twaddle OF the rights Of subordnaiion and
of danger sounds cowardly and mean when the
fundamental right OF all rights the right Of human
ty, is thus iaLpmanly violated. and thought saw
upon and know felt for Freedoms Banner
unser whose very eyes the outrage was committed
"A deep and painful dast2
Soon after this some of the crew, sympalhizne
with their fellow tar began grumblins, and four OF
them asked to be Sc, ashore. The Captain inter
preted this as refusing TO do duty, and told them
this was equivalent to mHfiny and that he would
make signal for the no; far of man oiwar, and have
them taken in irons back to the city. These hard
sounding word and associations, spoken with mod
crate firmness soon changed their purpose, as a
heart they were willing TO work and poor battered
Jack. shedding his tears that mingled on their pas
SAGE with the blood of his laceraied face turned to
the officer and said, God bless your soul did nj
mean to insult YOU, and ask you TO forgive me-
did MI know what | said &c.--afer which the
others went to their duty and he to his bed whence
he reappearcd at the expiration of six days with his
wounds considerably healed and did his work
manfully.
will close here by adding TIE substance of one
of the stories told during the midnight watches on
board the ship;
A sailor had been barbarousy whipped for
triiling word or neglect and having no chance or
hearing to vindicae himself bore the unreasonable
punishment with apparent submission. but sworo
inwardly the icrcesi revenge that sank with every
day and the profound silence he had to keep about
IT, deeper and deeper into his heart
He had shipped. as is usual for the out and home
voyage At the foreign por were no return freishts
but many passengers. Here he purchased suiia
bic augcr and in his night watch of the return riP
he went below and bored hall a dozen fatal holes
came on deck and the ship quickly I'll and be
gin 10 sink without having even excited susp
cion then went TO the Captain and officer who had
whipped him, and asked whether they recolecicd
the occurrence and added Now my revenge j.
compleie-your ship is sinking iast-you will go to
h. and | will die revenred.' The sad truth
flashed quickly but too late upon them. and ofeishy
passengers and sixteen sailors only two were saved
to tell of the horrors OF tina; fatal night. a. y.
A similar incident is made Of in one Of Sue
novels whether taken from fact invention OF what
might so naturally happen. We know not. There The
agent an abused little cabn-boy. Il took him man.
days 10 bore sufficient hole, during which he used g.
sing wild song Of The Rats are Craving OF which
none took notice unless 10 ccr him or beat him for max
ing a noise When the ship is sinking. wild shrek IN
a childish voice Of The Rats have Gnawed' nneIe-
wiki the dcah-cry Of the rest But not even the ara
matte sue can by al his art of narration make such
TACT more impressive than i, IN reality.
Way.ide Noie- Abroad mo. II.