New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-20

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probability of their requiring better aid in sickness than
the slp Is likely provide them The OMISSION 10 De
prepared or the emercenries of sickness t-ny good
for complaint among the sailors 20 II = hoor'as
that hundreds ~ lives annually lost n s'H 10. iA
Of the EnOp ed.3 Of how 10 lie the mescnrs @hitn a.
ships carry Blood letting brady plence All SEA ar
WORKING in II cases on good constitutions II very OH
ens hind OF treatment 81 all events can challenge al OIL
the profound systems 70 show 30 many recoVefes
aTe Effected board ship ~ vii not say whether oy
or IL spite 81 them Nevertheless, extraordinary faA
ities times occur and bad record. within week
OF this date te death Of entire crew consisting OF 'ne
mate. two sailor. cook ami boy belonging TO vessel
hound from of cur southern ports 10 Boston ne
Cspan bed keEise been attacked. bat recovered and
obliged e. navigate hs ship slone al his companions
having peristed sDd after SIX days loneliness on the
lie length succeeded in brin-ng her safe TO her
destination. We presume the indispensable medicine
chest On board this vessel. though the regulation
does not extend 10 ships engaged in the coastngtrade
We have already stated that the wages on board
American vessels varv from SIP 20 : - a month,
cOTdng the trade in which the ship Is engaged we
should have added that frequently happens that on the
arrival OF California bound vessels at San Francisco the
drser and cannot be replaced by others AZ less
than 80 or upwards a month. The hoSe prices We
lave mentioned apply 70 vessels engaged in the Ordinary
trades bur 10 all the whaling ships and Likewise in some
OF tie small fishing craft the paid BY share OF
the proceeds OF their skill instead Of regular wages
Leus low what services have % be performed for
tie remuneration given bearing in mind that all the ne
cesssry provisions are likewise furnished.
II il almost unnecessary 20 remind readers that
sailors reckon their time by bells instead of hours
one bell representing half hour. and each day
tanning seven Watches-ve Of four hours COR eight bells
each and tHO dogwatches OF two hours (or four bells
tie lhsr falling between four and eight clock IN the az
t.@on lie crew is divided into two equal sets called
the stsrboard aud arboard watch the latter being
der the command OF Le first Mate aud the former eft the
Captain and second Mate Thus in theory the sailor
expected 10 work twelve hours per day deck AMI the
remainder allotted To food. rest sleep below as
each relieves the other every tour hours except dur
re the docWaches when they exchange the due order
OF turu., in order that the may not always
keep tie same watches The practice however differs
very materially from the theory, few ships being sui
cieuty well manned 10 allow sailor relaxation of one
halt bis time. On the contrary IN many vessels the al
teuoon watch from - VI 20 p VI and the first dog
vatch from =. NJ 10 p. NJ are kept by All hands
unless in very bad weather and thus that portion of the
crew Who have stood the middle night watch trom Md
night till A NJ relieved for four hours returning
sgain from 81. to II NJ at or which all hands on
deck til in the evening that those keeping the mid
die ught.Watch work without intermisson from 10 g.
deductnc only of this hour for the dinner meal
At o'clock they get short rest, because rhe rotation
having changed they turn IN only for the d0gWatch at
: when they put on duty till midnight One-halt o
the has thus 10 take ts turn Of days duty OF
eighteen hours the remaining hours of remission being
the other Of hours rest and that Is frequently
curtaied ty apprehension ola storm or some other
real or ANTICIPATED danger During the next day. the
party no have undergone this eXeron get twelve hours
n deck and twelve below, the average time Of labor on
bosrd ship thus being about - hours day but these
nine hours of rest insufficient in the first place to
place the strength wasted in consequence of the great
phy sics' exerton required rendereds more by
ilcir being subdiyded into unequal portions TO say
nothing Of the frequent Interruptions 20 which even these
are necessarily exposed Some masters refuse their
hands the forenoon watch below and keep the crew on
deck twenty hours one day and fourteen the next
Such is the usual system adopted board English
and American ships though another plan, the suggestion
Of the men Themselves. successfully attempted on
board whaer: this Was, 10 divide the day into three
watches Of eight hours each, which allowed full share
of Iest 10 the crew and may add proved perfectly
satisfactory 10 the Captain Any innovation, however
whatever may be the Improvement aimed at is generally
regarded with great suspicion aboard ship by all on
board. from Captain 20 cabin boy.
Young gentlemen If excitabe Imagination who read
seanoves till they fancy they can only iulh their des
ny hy becoming sa os, seldom discover TIL too late the
real hardships the prOracted industry Of the life Of
tie seaman. While On duty, every moment is buslly
employed. Beside the usual duties indispensable to
the cation Of the ship such as steering reeing &c
the sails spars, and rigging are continually being set to
rights Wien required, the yards painted. the
masts scraped and vanished the decks oystoned the
bends and anchors BACKED and the sides painted and,
oke out the res of the spare time on long voyages
the men are set work in the manufacture OF gaskets,
man-roIes chatng gear balls OF MARLIN house-lIne,
spun-yarn and the various other articles which their
skl or ingenuity is capable II producing Indeed if
necessary work by any accident falls short most officers
will ind or make some, they say that ldleness de-
moralizes a crew much more rapidly than any quantity
Of labor