New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-05

... r.. ~ N. U,,.d States. OF the severity OF
.bs.s .trieturss we hsve no means OF Judging; eu'
ue have ourselves been obliged TO use PLAIN IAN
susss when treating Of these mas'ers' A0a
Wel,huen are tnown to be pePpeV oy nasar''
probably Mr. C. ". Jonee's language was more
cordimen ntd than complimentary. At any rate,
thi. brace Of Yankee skipper. did not relish H AL
the c.st;easion of their compatriot, who does NOT
appear to have been the officer Of either Of them'
end they proceeded upon national principles 70
ayenge tie injured mate and our beloved bunting
together in ,tyle of the most approved quarter
deck ruffanism. In the first place, the more ee-
eantly pugnscious Of the pair invited Mr. Jones to
fpht duel, which be gave evidence Of good sense
apd selfreepect BY declining to do. Upon thls
they commenced Q course Of bullying, In which
noble art many Of our master mariners
are known to be eminently skilled. Inc
Door Jones had no more peace. Ills
tormeDtors were down upon him upon all conve'
pient and sometimes upon inconvenient OCCASIONS
They were alwsy. brandshing their fists in his face.
They threatened to shoot him. They expressed
continually the most cowhding intentions. They
swore at him in bis Office. They blasphemed "
him in the street They hurled hdeou' and heavy
oath, At him in his own house. Mr.. Jones hrst
bought pistol and then adopted the more sensible
course of going to magistrate, BY whose direcnon
the constable took these salt water ssyages In tow
and soon they found themselves in an unaccustomed
dock. Here these worthless were forced to listen to
little wholesome advice and reproof, and were az
The same time cut of from the od constitutional
privilege of swearing at the reprover, a. it would
NOT have been the acme Of prudence to have be-
slowed upon the magistrate those delicate atten'
tion, which were lavished upon Editor Jones' When
tle.e CAPTAINS were required to enter into recogn-
zances to keep the peace for three months, they
complied without audible murmur, albeit we
suppose they alIeyiated the pangs of restraint by
doing little abstract and secret swearing IN tne
privac, of their own bosoms On the whole, we
do rot think that they made great deal out OF the
affair Bullying the conductors of newspapers Is
by DO means so common or so tolerated IN England
AZ in this country and they deal there very summa
rily with brawlers and disturbep of the peace.
During the quarter long penance Of good be-
hayior which has been inflicted upon these brave
commanders, we hope that they will seriously and
solemnly reflect upon the awful scrapes into which
they may get, unless they curb more closely their
angry passions How the crews which are CON-
msnded by ruch captains are treated, it is not 9
difficult matter to conjecture. If these allied bull
lies could raise such row in Cardiff, where they
were under some restaint, what floating hell from
stem to stern can they make of their own ships,
where there s no one to say to them nay We can
imagine the scenes occurring on board bark thus
comm snded as she pursues her way, weary enough
at best, but made thousand times more weary BY
cruelty, hunger, insult and violence. We can
imagine the fights fore and the fights aft-the rows
on the rouId house and the rows in the cabin-the
squabbles on deck and the squabbles below. We
can imagine growing and srumblirg crew always
in a semi mutinous condition, only partially re-
strained even by the barbarites which their
sflcers employ to suppress rebellion wan
toply provoked. This may be al fancy.
Both these masters may be as pesceabs aaoat as
they are pugnacious On shore; but we cannot figure
such lions On land as lambs at sea. And therefore
we hope they viii be very careful, for the sake OF
their own necks. The authorities actually hung
captain in England the other day. Actually took
live captain and suspended him; so that he is now
dead captain. What had be DONE ask you, to be
so scuryily treated A mere nothing. Only killed
a poor devil on board his ship by systematic tor
tnre and prolonged cruelty. How different the
noble judicial practice of this land Here, instead
Of corsgniDg him to the e1piatOry hemp, the Court
would have acquitted him. and he might even have
received a silver spittoon with complimentary
inscription from the owners Of his chip. But, as
the time may come when it will be considered as
cuIpable to knock man on the head at sea as it is
to do it on shore, and when too bOisterous iudul
gence in ,uch Injuries may be followed BY some-
thing lees pleasant than argent offerings, we counsel
these captains to practice little selfcontrol Each
of them may BY rigid discipline persisted in for
great length Of time attain the ornament Of meek
and quiet spirit.
People turn up their noses at Jack; and Che
sweet little cherub that used to sit up alot to take
care of him, seems either TO have ontgrown its
sympathies or to have come down altogether The
sailor is 50 low-so fond Of rumshops and bswdy-
hOuies-so coarse in bis language-so unredned in
his habits and brutal in bis demeanOr It's all
settled. You cannot do anything for him. He
must live Like dog and die like dog. A little
while ago shp-owners were fairly shamed by the
press into adopting plan for ameEorating the con-
dition Of the sailor The time for trying the expert
ment was unusually propitious-we shall not pro-
baby have another such opportunity for years.
There were meetings held and resolutions adopted
and circulars Issued What came Of all this 7
Nothing at all. Wore than nothing. For it will
now be douby hard to make the sailor believe that