The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-10-21
WEDNESDAY, Oct IL.
ARRIVED.
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Through the medium Of your very
valuable Journal beg leave to insert few
lines of an outrage perpetrated ON me
poor defcnccless sailor, by Shipping
House in this city known as Young &
Bullock.
The circumstances of the case are as
follows: In the month of May, 1856, l
shipped at the office of Young & Bullock
for the Brig Sam'l. Churchman, to 60 UP
the river after load of Timber, and to
proceed thence ON the voyage to Boston.
| was to receive SIS per month wages
and half a months advance. The vessel
at this time was lying in Hampton Roads
where | was sent on board, but after tho
vessel got under way, to my complete Az
constituent, l discovered, and was told
that the vessel was bound for Rio
de Janero. | accordingly could not
then help myself and was conse-
quently compelled to proceed Oh this
voyage so different for what | had enter
CT! and was engaged by Young & Bullock.
The consequences of this outrage caused
me on my arrival at Rio to inquire of the
Captain what amount of advanced Wa
ecs was charged against me by Young &
Bullock, when to my further amazement
the Captain on producing me the articles
filled up by them showed me where he
had paid over to them Sl8 advance while
but 5000 only had been actually paid
over BY Young & Bullock to my landlord
in this city.
On my return, for the first time since,
tn thic Oo Erilo1, L..
| called at the Office of this Shipping
House and demanded satisfaction, to
which Mr.. Young replied that then did
not know anything whatever about the
matter, and took it upon himself to order
me out of the Office. | Immediately con-
cluded to redress myself by giving publ
lcity to this shameful imposition, and
Mr.. Young seeing me so determined and
fearing exposure, as have every reason
to believe, induced him, in my absence
from my boarding house, to call on nv
landlady, Mrs. Howard, on Commerce
street, and pay over to her the 50 which
he had defraudel me of also paying 81
extra, as an inducement not to saw any
thing more about it and begging to keep
the matter privatc-since which time, Mr..
Young, still suspecting difficulty about
this matter as | have every reason to be-
lieve, and seeing no other way of prevent
ing 1t, than to get me to leave the CITY.
called at my boarding house on Sa-
turday and used his best entl,ayors
in vain to have me again ship at
the office of Young e. Bullock. in a
brig as he said which was bound 10 N
u, which offer ImoSt positively declined
after being deceived by him already as the
foregoing article will most clearly estab
lsh. Under these circumstances if
Young Il Bullock, can for one moment
retute any part of my statement, am
ready to establish its truth by my affida-
Wit as well as by Mrs. Howard to whom
Mr.. Young paid over the remaining 5000
with S 100 hush money extra, on last Fri
day morning.
Feeling a deep solicitude in the welfare
OF my fellow sailors, and all others har-
ing occasion to ship in such like offices,
that similar impositions may not be prac-
tised upon any of them, constrains me in
to this course, and in thus warning them
against such fellows, as there is but little
doubt that am not the first nor only
victim at the hands of this Shipping
House.
hare served my country in their
National vessels, and though may be L
stranger to some in this community as a
proof Of what am and have been, have
their recommendations in my possession
which one and all can see.
Very Respectfully Sir,
Your o5edient Servant,
JAMES q. CARR.
At Mrs. Towards Rnar4linn Hnl1sa