The Georgetown news., 1856-02-21

Emma Barnes
Where were you born, and what is your
businesS?
Il was born at Moscow, in the State of
Maine, and for eighteen months past have
followed the sea as sailor
How old are your
4 am little over seventeen years.
Have you had protection?'
4 had and have it STILL
Under what name did you ship?'
George Stewart
What is your height and your weight?
MY height, sir, in my bare feet, is full
FIVE feet nine and quarter. inches, and my
weight is one hundred and eighty pounds
on shore, at sea it is rather more
Did you ship on board the ship James
Rear
4 did,
In what capacity?'
'As an ordinary seaman
Did you sign articleS?'
4 did,
Under what name and at what wages?'
George Stewart, and at eighteen dollars
a month
Did you get your advance?
4 did not
Did you go in the ship and do your duty
as an ordinary seaman?'
Certainly, and l came back to this port
when the ship put back
Are you sailor, and can you go aloft
and do all he ought to dor
AS an ordinary seaman l think | have
no superior; as a cook and steward, every
captain has said was A No. L.
What is the duty of an ordinary sea-
man?'
1T is to do all he can, and obey orders,
and work cheerfully; that 1 have always
DONE
is the James Rea staunch ship?'
She is a crank ship
What do you mean by crank ship?'
i mean that her rigging is too heavy for
her hull, and she is not ballasted right :
Why didn't they pay your advance mon
ey?'
That [ can't tell; knew l deserved it,
'Do you like the sea?'
That l do; rough as it is, there is some
thing pleasant about it-a landsman's life
is but one thing over and over again. A
sailor at sea is kept too busy to be troubled
with blues
Where do you intend to 60 next?'
Down East, to see my friends and folks
at home
How did you conceal your sex?'
THAT, sir, | can't tell you now; perhaps
when we are better acquainted and are
alone, may tell you; women can keep Sc
crets as well as men,
Didn't you lick a Yankee Captain once?
That did; it was round the Horn-I
mind it well; he was big fellow-as big
as | am, but over six feet. He picked up
quarrel with me and struck me with his
fist. | knocked him down with left-hand
blow; he fell on the quarterback and hal
loo'd like calf, and l gave the saucy fellow
just what he deserved
Were you not afraid to trust yourself
with sailors?'
God knows I was not. They are easily.
managed, and generally speaking, they are
theIwarmest-hearted beings in the world. |
drank and smoked with them at all times.
George Stewart hasn't an enemy among
them
is there any one of your messmates here?'
Nv ny, yes, there's my old friend George,
his last name [ don't remember, there the
witness pointed out an old salt in the cor
her, chewing monstrous quid and looking
all astonlshment,) many and many night
have we slept together
Didn't he know you were woman?'
Indeed he did not; the thought never en-
tered his mind
Are you really a woman?'
1 suppose I am
That is not direct answer; are YOU a
woman or not?'
'On my oath, am woman and not
man.
AT this answer some of the sailors cried,
George, you know you lie,' but they were
promptly called to order by the Alderman,
and the examination proceeded for short
time and then closed, exhibiting on the part
OF the witness great readiness in answering
all questions touching the duties of sailor,
the perlls OF the sea, and the attributes of a
good ship. She then left the office, was
handed into carriage by Jim Tarpaullnl'
friend OF hers, and was driven of amid the
cheers of the throng of men and boys who
stood On the pavement. The discovery OF
her sex by the mate of the james Rea oc-
CURED from her having unintentionally re-
sponded to an order given while aloft iuri-
ing sails, in feminine tone, instead OF the
rough voice previously used He at once
her with being female, and she
acknowledged it.
n6zs Renentance hath purifying power.