New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-13
THE COMMERCIAL MARINE AND THE MEX
CHANT SEAMEN OF NETWORK.


In our last article this subject exhibited an easy
mode in which the sailors cOtriyed 10 get rd, IN
few teks of the hard-earned wages OF many months
aud shall proceed to expose another method OF
extracting the loose change out of the Insecure pockets
Of our maritime friends Besides the temptations TO IN
ten peraDce held out in the manner We have seen may
Of the keepers Of sailors boarding houses have, IN con-
lection with their establishments auother and perhaps,
as equally profitable OF income as they Ind even
In the tipping department OF their prOtessiOn-ndecd,
NAV safely be averred that this class of traders have
ducd the study OF how get the highest profits AT tue
least outlay 90 perfect science We aude to the SAIL
oTs dancing saloons 10 be found III great numDrrs III
mott of the the whars especially IA Naer
ST. on the East River side; bat though many oil these
places are in connection with the boariBghouses Or'
ig part of the premises there appear 70 De
many kept open solely from the proceeds OF dance
money and tie sale of liquor 1t is impossible % say
tWoId in favor Of any Of these, In whateTer hgnt re-
rarded. but If a comparison could be made anil such
ceIes Of vice probably the former, considered IN every
view, are the more Infamous though u Is yer! dli
hcut TO hazard "A Judgment IN case Wnefe tn
dement's are so nicely balanced Some Of the saloons
attached to the lodging houses present inviting
aI1eaTance on entering than do the upper rooms with
which they are connected being well lighted, ami clean
IL painted and tie floors washed and sanded though the
ceilings are generally low on account Of the dmcng-
room being in the basement Thus rendering IL very de-
frctye in ventilation Here again bar Is 10 ll opera
ton beng extensively patrOnzd by the yOtares OF the
dance. male aud fenae-the majority of what We were
about probably in this instance unretectDgy to cal tle
Toul her sex consisting of seamen, though TAR sprnh
linz OF indescrbabcs and 81 that Iowdy class deghngn
the appellaon Of the bhoys 70 be met with The
female portion this assembly probably belong much %
the landlord as his bar and bottles and be certainly uses
then with less consideration for be can replace tacm
when longer attractive, and be gamer by the change
while the ether stock il trade Viii cost outlay d
place if broken or damaged IL ia impossi )e 10 with
hold a CERTAIN degree Of commlseracn from the poor
wretches one encounters in these haunts OF vice Jr
though their method Of existence IS so degrading ald
their manners language and actions are sucn as mlrdg
10 unsex them. the brutality exercised towards them
BY those men whom may not Improperly call their
owners a. well as by visitors, their miserable depend
ence and the perpetual physical mis- ,ries from other
causes which they evidently suffer exact our sympathy
for their condition. They Ike the sailors themselves
have for the most part been elced into debt by the
proprttors Of the places where they frequent, but
HE the male dupes not turned adrlit son as
their treasury exhausted but are retained 10 palder %
the lusts If those for whom these saloons are more
eNpres.v established Their dresses provided for
them as required thus keeping them IN lretreyabe de-
incidence on their masters, who make use OF them
decoy ducks to plumber their admirers IN moments Of
ipatua OF drunkenness Ii unnecessary 70 describe
nnutey The proceedings II these Infamous resorts as
that has DO doubt been done elsewhere many times;
sense Of propTety will only allow 10 say, that n
depcv Of language OF gesture is omitted excite the
most brutal OF the human passions aud no facility with
held for their qualification. The undsgu sed fercty O
the keepers OF these places toward their Is not
little manufacturers Of personal ehGstisement for
some se neglect Of orders such refusal 20 dance
when called upon (snd many look too weak and III Tor
such violent exeIton) being openly made with very
evident nten If being carried cut II Necessary though
We mus DO the ladies the Justice To say that return
they rattle out yoey OF defiance aud Oaths that woud
justify Any modest military in Considering the term
of swearing Ike trooper libel ON his brethren 10
AIMS
such be las in truth II icy faithful picture Of by far
the most mt and ~ecunducted place cfths kind taat
We have ys ed viii be easy conceive that any worse
must be p.Ieet PsIjemonium. In other saiiors dan
eng rooms We uud nO longer the brilliant ights AM
clean fOOr but ia their place semio bscuri.y auI the
utmost want Of cleanliness, though accessOly-ths
bar-STpeaIed universal and in cast TO have any ack
OF suppOrtels some 81 tie had tables a. which
uusu,p citing ssoIs were undergoing the apparently
pleasant md easy process Of be alnost lnvauao'y
robbed; End in woman removed from
table which she seated with speed than GER
euony, 10 make way Tor the sEe' % try bis iuca'
eaIng The present Vieran Z. LO- that native mod
es'y compelled rs 10 decline
IL appeared 20 Us taat Ia the proportion IS tue gh-
ness 6rd cleanliness OF the SAlo decrease the DARK
ness oi tie profgacy and the dizziness If the language
sud c,ICuct ARE the more wsuiiesf. Men and women
then appeared equally lost % shame though sometimes
the sexes seemed TO have changed their naturL sttF
tUtes, the eoarseness and Iudccency pretOminating
among the females While III e ups uf pine or ten years
ii see, Vhh he devil mark already indeiby painted
Cd ,heir evil irees and bopeesly beyond al the eNer-
titls Of al the Societies Tor the reformation OF juvenile
a,u6eFs. tt,ed about evidently ql.s AZ hone aaI n
tleiT Emulation succeeded sing those yices Oh
their cdrls vIrh e, were Only ambirsls Of approach
c or they I'd III indeed urPass, the youth Of these
children at lesss rendered wee the more hideous.