Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-08-27
Correspondence Of The Tribute.
Waysidc Notes Abroad.

Leaving New York, the great city of trade and
care. aud embarkrng on board Que Of its fine
Packets fnr Europe, steam carries one almost TOO
| fast from much hatnow seem dearer than ever e.
over the five upper aud Iower bays. Unspesks-
bly, beautiful are those Narrows with the green
fringed Hudson in the rear, the white coiia-
yes Oh the Long Island shore and the fragrant
green bills OF lovely Staten Island all within one
coup d'oll.
The stanch, heavy laden ship. emulatiag the
hight steamer that tuws il, iu leading strings,
glIdes swiftly onward, and passing the white beach
Of Coney IsaLd and the more verdant slopes rf
Jersey on the west ,oue plants upon this las, green
spot (and farihes outpost of the Western breads
and DryHds) silent, deep and holy farewell TO
many dear friend!
In our case south eas.erly winds here freshen-
ed shifted Into westerly ones, that seemed boister-
ously joyous at our approach and bidding the fra.
lftl steamboat depart quickly and the ships can
vass wings unfold and fill, ushered galianiy
into the full presence of hoary Neptune, wilo,
with avy, swelling muscles of grasp, gave us
a, welcome most thorough and unequlvocal si,a-
king. +,
had Just begun to. speculate. on the probable
benefits of similar effec,ual shaking Of the inner
man, upon the host OF dyspePtics that crowd our
ely WITCH cry OF DuT0eI InuI0et. OIOuSM
most Of US 10 the fore-lop-castle. =
A sailor. Supplied by king Alcohol, as is costom-
airy on the day of sailing, had been called upen,
by the Second Male, TO perform some duy on the
alter of Neptune, aud not knowing how to serve
two masters, uttered in his confusion the words
"son of a. This the officer took to him
SELF as an insult be atoned for only by the blood
Of the offender, and, accordingly, by the time we
had reached the bow of the ship, We found poor
-boped forIorn.looking Jack,with eyes shame
fully backened and swollen by blows, bleeding
from smashed lips and nose, and resignedIy how.
ling his own elegy. 7sa
The FIRST Mate, in his might and wisdom, thot
the punishment no, half enough. The gentlemen
passengers. that had Certificate of superiority
written in bright colors upon their backs by the
Broadway taiIors. descanted sagely and half iri-
umphanily on the great pr0preiy and rights of
-s,ia,l;- ;--I H.,
ken by those rough characters and sold, clothes
and all, to slavery what not. and rejoced at the
bloody warning thus early given. ~.
Perhaps no one is entirely indifferent to the nee
cesslty of dsiplne and order; but really who show
ed the greater sense of il? The so-called superb
or, by savagely beating friendess, half-stunned
sailor iuto mince>meat, for uttering drunken
word, or this self same strong-fsted, heated ana
we're and uneven, handed treatment.
Yet be this as it may, if correction IS absolutely
indispensable, the homeopathic principle of infin-
Iesimals would seem more In keeping with the
spiri! Of the age, than this blunt aIIopahc lancet
called the fist; and the twaddle of the rights of
subordinaiiop aud Of danger sounds cowardly and
mean, when the fundamental right of all rights.
the right of humanity, is thus inhumanly violated
aud though saw upon land know felt for free.
dom's Banner under whose very eyes the out.
rage was committed deep and painful blush!
Soon after this, some of the crew. sympa,hixipg
with their fellow tar, began grumbling, and four of
! them asked to be set ashore. The Captain inter.
preled this as refusing to do duty, and told them
this was equivalent 10 mMiny, and that he would
make signal for the not far off man-of-war, and
have them taken in irons back to the city,
These hard sounding words and associations, spo-
ken with moderate tirmness, soon changed their
purpose. as at heart they were willing to work,
and poor battered Jack, shedding his tears that
mingled their passage with the blood of his lac
Grated face, turned to the officer and said, ,"God
bless your soul, did Ut mean 10 insult you, aud
ask you TO forgive me; didp't know what said !;
&c. "-after which the others went to their duty
and he went to his bed, whence he rcapeared at
the expiration OF six days with his wounds consd-
erably healed, and did his work manfully. -
/ / will close here by adding the substance of one
of the stories told during the midnight watches on
I board the ship:
sailor had been barbarously whipped for a
trlhlng word or neglect, and having no chance or
hearing 10 indicate HIMSELF bore the unrea sonable
punishment; with apparent submission, but swore
inwardy the hercest revenge. that sank with evr
cry day and the profound silence he had to keep
about it. deeper aud deeper into bus heart. ::
He had shipped, as is usual, for the out aud
home voyage. AT the foreign port were no return
i freights but many passengers. Here he purcnae-
eda suitable augsr, and IN his night watch of The
return trip. he went below aud boared half doz.
ca fatal holes, came OH deck, and saw the ship
quickly fill, and began to sink, without having ev-
4 EN- excited a suspicion; then went 10 The captain
and officer who had whipped him, and asked them
whether they recoIlected the occurrence, aud ad.
ded Nov my revenge is complee-your ship is
sinking fast you will 20 TO H., and will die
reyenged." The sad truth flashed quickly Eul
100 late upon thenl and Of eighty passengers and
sixteen sailors, onlv two were saved TO tell the
horrors Ofihat fearful night.
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