New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-10

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Marine Court stare and have pretty good rea'
son 20 know that Jack has TO this day, occasion
Al onoortu,ities Of seeing some OF the devils
doinea' when he can't help it But I'm going
rather large 80 you see u Just board my JAW
ing tscks and brace sharp up 20 my story
This Mr. Clark as was MENTIONING had tne
renutstios Of being q good sailor and an active
off Ger but il was said that he never coolo set
crew 70 sail with him second time ano tha'
more than once be had to secrete nlmseIi "nue
bis ship was in port. and JOIN her Only AZ 'u7 az
moment in order 20 avoid arrest at the CON palnt
Of some Of bis misDsed men. Bot so lar from tns
being against him, there were not a lev ora sea
docs who really thought that it wac In his favor
81 evan / az that time had no very clear ldeA
| Of the distinction between good of1cer ana 4
| hard one. Glad. at any rate, was l ~nen MI
! Clark Joined the brig, and commenced heiPins -
stow the cargo. soon found that report hau uO'
| belied bis character, and that he was thorough,
! driving fellow who knew What Work meant sn9
! how 70 have it done. he was evidently disposed
| 10 severty with csrtnen, Steveoores, ana o'neIs
! hit could perceive no evidences OF caProlou''
| ness or downright bad temper -. ..;;.
! and energy, the cargo was aboard and sto"ed
| and the brig ready for sea. Our crew consist
| inc "a have said, OF three men and ooy' came
On board aud the wind shifting Immediately 20
free we sheeted home everything ana $1,000
| out 10 sea.
became convinced that Mr. Clark's manner was,
N the fan. as rough as had heard represented.
| Hardly an order came from his lips unaccomPa'
MED by 40 oath, or some opproorious epltne';
| And but little less liberal was be In the use o,
| blows Upon several occasiOns remonstrsteo
with him. but he pleaded 30 strongly in Justlhca-
! ton the necessity Of the case, that l was com
pelled 10 let him have bis way IL is always
| delicate thing for a captain 70 meddle Win
mates authority discipline 10 the main point
and upon any disagreement in the CABIN II "a sure
@Anotber reason for my indsposition to inter
fere with the exercise OF Mr. Clark OF his author
ity in bis own way, was the fact that his displays
| OF bad temper were not wholly unproVoked' haa
| had Job himself for first officer, sure am that
| his weIl.tried patience would hardly have enabled
! him TO resist the temptation Of hOurishing ropes
end. at least a dozen times day. was fre-
| oueptly provoked beyond all bounds by the con
| duct OF the men.
"For a small crew, hardly worse one could
! have been selected. One Of the three men was
willing enough, bat he was slow and stupid Inc
| others were amart, active fellows, but real grum'
| bling. growing rascas, who had made up their
minds from the first, never to lift haad or STIR
| foot when they could help it. They had both
| been in the English service and although amer
cans they bad acquired all the vices OF the Eng
! Hsh sailor In fact, / recolect that one OF them
told me that he had made three voyages In
| Canadian timber chip. where, every time they
reefed topsails the officers were compelled TO
chase the men up the rigging with handsplkes'
"To these two men, whose names were the
usual sailor.haiiDg handles, Jack and BIZ, the
mate had taken a supreme dislike, and they TO
HIM. At last things got to be so bad, that not an
| order of his did they pretend TO obey, unless Il
WA accompanied with a curse and blow; and
not unfreauently, in the night during the mate
watch, when only three persons were on deck,
have been aroused from sleep by the sound OF
L 4 L ,ra1ln ~ and
pain. ,,,.
| hogeine az thousands Of vessels have done since,
| we made our course across the Atlantic. Had l
known as much then as l do now, things Wouid
| have been different | would have resolutely set
nv face against Mr. Clark's brutal and badgering
ways on the one hand, and, on the other, would
have triced up Mr. Bill or Jack to the rigging
upon the first sufficient provocaton, gwen them
three dozen with the cats, IN regular man war
style, called the accounts square, and treated
them mildly until they had run up another score
10 be wiped off in the same way. They would
soon have uRde rstood how the land lay, and have
! come to the conclusion that It was time TO luh up
a bit, and leave on packing ana nillnS rounu u"%
tiny point There never was sailor VINO Would
not knock under TO a due mixture OF severity and
| kindness: but this constant hectorlng only makes
| him feel bad. aud disposes him TO run his mead
against a marling spike or Delaying pin, when
! ever he sees his tormentOr have It IN hand. how
! ever, was young then, as nave sald ana aldn
| know as much as ! do now.
1--WE lef. Liverpool; and il it was bed before
we got there il was much worse after we les-
| Often aud often ! wished the voyage over, auo
| that Clark and his two bass drums, as he used 70
call them, were paid off, and discharged. General
ly enjoy the sea tits such grand place Tor SEN
| timept | like to come ON deck, and after giving
an extra pull or two upon the balyards and braces,
10 walk up and down, and study the ceaselesh
play Of isht upon the curling Kissing hills OF va
! ter. | love TO stretch myself upon the BOBBY
hatch or hen coop aud gaze up INTO the clear blue
vault of heaven, until the stars show themselves
! in the daylight and you dont so much as say
thaukye, but look right past them, up, up 10 the
| pure sapphire, where no sunbeams are needed
where God lives, and hosts OF angels float IN his
! bre ath around his Eternal Throne. l love 70 lean
over the taffrail and lower my soul out like deep
sea lead, down, down into the fsthOmless caves OF
the ocean love ell this kind Of thing, and enjoy
| myself very much not that | suppose that my
! imagination is up 10 the flights Of many Of our
great American poets or that can feel the senti-
ment Of the situation as fully even as many sea
sick girl on her irGtvoyage but still love 30 Ia
dulge myself as far my slender gifts in the
sentimental line will permit and, as said, gene
/ rally enjoy myself at sea very much But this
/ voyage was sn exception could neither read,
| sleep, nor think and ss for anything like quiet
| communion with nature, it was out of the ques.
| tion in such perfect marine pandemonium as the
| MoreEco.
"In three weeks we reached Mayo, the island
TO which we were bound and anchored in the
rosdstesd While getting in our cargo Of salt,
| which took Hs about two weeks, thinks vent on
rather more quietly but it was only la. before
the storm. Two days out from Mayo, our third
man fell sick, and was compelled 70 keeph his berIh.
This reduced the mates watch TO himself and
] Bill while my watch was composed OF Jack and
the boy.
at was in the mates middle watch, on the
/ fourth night after had started for home, thas
was aroused by the usual sounds of MIR. Clarks
voice, in tones of high passion. | heard him
elaine, with oath, I'll have your life, you vii
! liam III murder YOU and then followed tor
rent of Impressions To this some mutsered re-
| ply wRs made, which, as | Was almost half sssep