New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-21
NEW.YORK TRIBUNE.
RAMBLING Noies on the OLD morlo
ORR PACKET SHIPS AND sEANES.


u note somewhat OF my observation m the Old
World which J now partially perform The de-
tails Of sea voyage are well enough known to
.xeuse my repetition Of them, farther than 10 say
i found lie Ocean less formidable in fact than II
had appeared 70 nay iancy--iaI OF variety and sub
6uity that ought 70 leave man 10 ann. and our
passage was short free from the slightest gale or
i storm. and altogether agreeable. We may well be
proud a car PscketShips IL is no Yankee copceit
alone that pronoJnces them the finest models the
sea ior both in Liverpool and London, have heard
this repeatedly Acknowledged b. seafaring Eng
nshmen Indeed our Liners in London are 50 much
the object Of curiosity As 70 attract crowds OF visitors
~ inspect them and the best evidence that can be
had Of their superior popularity is their passenger
lists They are no, only beautiful models reflect
inr the highes; credit upon our builders, but also
clean and neat in their arrangements beyond those
OF any other country and as TO their Commanders,
/ take them in body, DO no, believe their equals
can be found
The ship in which sailed from your city, as /
believe is the case with most Of the New York and
Boston Liners. navissted strictly under the Tenn
perance banner. The Captain himself is an coca
sonsl lecturer on that subject and has lifted up his
voice against the use Of strong drink in the 1aber
nace and at Exeter Hall II was beautiful 20 OBJ
serve during the DAYS and nights OF our voyage the
effect Of such example from the Master OF the YES
sci upon his crew. AS there was no intoxicstion,
there was no proiane language. disorder or lack OF
attention 70 the duties OF the ship nod from the
Captain was sufficient % insure instant obedience
the vessel was without speck OF dirt or struggling
rope; and the sailors during their leisure hours
a.. III c4rtr ffarr frftfT
with quite as much energy and intelligence as
landsmen And why should they not Ii is alto
ee,her mistaken notion that Seamen are neces-
sanly without case-that their occupation depuyes
them Of relish ior intellectual and moral improve
men, or shuts out the means. The sailor has been
admit too much without character but It IS all
attributable 10 a false condition that has been Ia
measure forced upon him. Heretofore. those who
have held the roins Of the Worlds Commerce have
thor ght il quite sufficient for the Sailor whose home
was 10 be the Ship and his empire the Ocean TO sim
ply understand the science Of shifting sails and haul
INK ropes in obedience 10 command; and, without
announcement % rise above the rank Of mere sup
ole machine he became just what the Service con
sempated. Bet the thing is changing now We are
coming 10 look upon the Seaman plowing the deep
DO the Peasant iurrowing the soil, and be-
hold in him one Of the most sterling and necessary
aids 70 the advancement OF Civilization Indeed
without caste and so he was, when, answering u
this beck Of the andsman's Capital he was content
IN gnde the white winged barque over the seas t.
,nrch the World by his toll and watch to wear ou
lis life like a serf, having no reward beyond The
months paw no care except 10 get nd OF his wages
Al the first port encouraged to dissipation by supe
riors who were themselves an example OF al tnal
was evil and the most tyrannical set OF men IN the
woal Under such regime we saw the Sailor
Keeling 10 and iro in our cities, and felt for HIM
minaled pity and contempt. A reform IN the man
agemeut OF our Packet Ships, which IS having ITS
h. a a s.~s.1 n
made the Sailor another being He begins to see
the ser,1ce as a means not an end-subserVient 70
bis life. and not absorbing II.
Of all men in the world the Sailor IS entitled 10
the highest sympathy. reward and encouragement
HIS life involves danger, constant danger uh
known 10 the Landsman. While the Merchant
Prince sleeps ON his purple cushions. and has hs
dreams melowed by aroma gathered from the
desert and fertile valley-while he counts his
treasure on the deep, accumuating beyond the de
sire OF Midas the Sailor biding the ery sun OF the
,upic and the iceberg and Northern blast watches
the compass and divines the starry heavens. pa
tent, brave and generous beyond compare, bring
inr from every cline its abundance He spreads
the Injuries OF the world before without ostenta'
ton and too often without reward. Were they
without caste, those peerless men headed by the
tienoese who sought n World IN the uackess
/ Ocean. who felt their faith and herolsm klndle
aaJer the glow Of the North STAR Were they
bat necessary drudges when. detyins the oppresse cd
worlds derisi0u they bore ON from day 70 day, the
wind lsshing then canvas and the clouds hanging
black with wrath above them, until there rose a
cry OF Land land such a cry as shall lot
sran be uttered until the World discovers It's lost
| Paradise And they. too. who, beaten by their
fellows and the tempest, sought shelter in the
wilderness daring the pillows that bore them q a
Ro. planted ior their feet 20 be hcnCeiorward a
shining monument And has the Nsyigators toll.
sraversing the Ocean - exchange the 'ruits OF the
soil to mingle the sympathies of nations, and
spread hight and blessing over the earth aud the
lar,hest islands Of the Sea changed and become
debssci. while Humanity, Liberty and Religion
have nlamcd the faces o; the jewellers upon all
the mountains and in all the valleys Let rs be
hcve thar j, is not So
| No man should have higher aim as indeed M
man hss higher trasf or a more splendid field u
which 70 labor .or and guard H. than the Mariner
Above all other men he should be brave, TEN
peratc true hearted and religious man. He hs
the leisure that belongs not 60 the LsndSmsn. h'
may have oil the appliances q knowledge Rn'
philosophy that belong 70 the latter, while there
snperaaaed a new and sublime world for hls study
| and contemplation The language Of the wind
! and tdes-of the blue cxpanse beneath and shove
4 foil OF changing phenomena beautiful as reS-sy
beautiful as ercr uew--and which enters not mt
our foggv vision These bring him closer 20 God
to the Spirit OF the Universe !-snd as the sur
sounds is perpetual anthem IN his ear. II tesche
hun OF an OmmpoteDce, before winch hctnah II
and strength sre the dew on Summer flowers
as the green leaves in the grasp OF Autumn. Tn
profession OF the Mariner who is nightly cultured
and superior % the craft that earns him bread AM
meat. conceive 10 be, in many Of IT'S aspects. III
grsndesi in the world Il learns the heart % b
brave and yet humble 10 De generous while It re
mains Just and divcsts Il Of that selhshness whcl
Nan exhibits everywhere else N proportion 70 HI
present chances OF safety and independence.
sea faith upon irsi arms OF flesh nor eSel
in the sioaiest bsrqae for the pride and pomP @
Navies lie strewn in the deep III must rest uPol
the dispositions Of the Universe. upon the WI
of God
On land. Msa is not 50 intimately in convers
with the Ruler oF TIN ELEMENTS; he Is not s.
reminded from day 10 day that his life hangs. hk'
the gilded sword above the tyrsnts neck. by
angle hair, which the slightest wind may break
and he naturally yearns not toward his fellow
with the eanestaess and faith that even in hi
lowest condition characterxes the Sailor. As A.
educated and thinking class wha. harSests Nigh
not the Mariners reap The ocean opens up new
treasures, the heavens CLEAN fsirer light thel
eyes gaze out by day and night and ten thousan'
phenomena plead 10 them tor impression and re
membrane. Their intercourse is with al ns
tions and they have the psvsr 70 make s6srl