New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-01

tween 5000 and 4 900 sesmen ysS h oonsr. Al
scursy, and although the pnc.s charged AZ, |, ~.
business, under It's present msLsgemert, h,s mo-.
than .upport.d its.f for the whole penod e vhics
Capt Tracey has bad charge SO -,h osAer nst.,u-
tons CT similar nature, where the salW Is broz "A.
der fnpg and ,levsipg iaha. nces and oppor.
tubity afforded bin for the development Of habits Of
forehousbt ara econ pmy. We're there FIVE s1 sueh
Institutions 10 Nes York the ssiors Home, Cheuy
street, We believe tina, grest good wcud resak fIcu
their il hueDce ard operation.
That greAi share of the cruelty and oppreesoa -
Which ssors subjected lies at the doors OF our
chants, We folly believe Fret Of al, in tse selection
Of theu officers many Of them sinsalarly remiss.
With them vicious man who can mske qask and
highly Profitable passages preferable to commander
of the old school who does not overwoik his men nor
strain bis vessel The fret may be young and rash.
halt bill bis crew, lose half his spars and be constantly
taxing the under-ri,ers the second NAV no, hsv.
killed single ssior, nor have eost the underwriters a
penny. in pg life spent a. sea- yet the pref.reacs in
ne csses out Of would be favor of the ra,h ard
reckls 50 msn, who makes three months voyage Ave
dsys quicker than bis more careful competitor. The
came is true of the suboroinste ohcers They are Sc
l,cied more for their qusies savedrvers than fur
THEN ability ss sesmen'
Bu, independent Of an these considerations si q,
exceediI them al in its Wild spread influence for
evil is the Internal system of adSatce wages thby
mears Of these advance pa metts that saiors lose
all regard for the morrow all nreres, in their voeatoe,
all inducement 10 discharge thtic duties properly 81
incentive TO strive for promotion They come TO re-
gard themselves as mere machines, TO be put on board
ship at stated ntervals there 10 be scsnuly fed and
.everely worked until Q certain purpose Is accom-
pl.bed when they are driven ashore again, once more
TO be made drur and robbed by the landor and he
crimpe in consideration Of fun her advances upon other
VOYAGES, and 30 on to the end Thus the man be.
comes the brute whose reason has lorg sinee sue.
cumbed to bis passions, and may only be influenced
and moved through violence ard fear. This being the
character Of large class of those who 60 10 sesin
paeket-ships especialy-it will be readily perceived
that the better SORT Of hesitate about sssocst
ing with such beings and prefer to work on the lakes
A. &SO month or on ocean steamers and clippers for
good pay and fair usage.
Abolish ,he advance system, aud you at once make
the sailor considerable being v ithou.the advance as
security ssllor landlords would lot receive men VINO
could not pay for accommode ion; and sailors would
thu. be compelled to exercts, forethought and hue
h.nd thew would take that q get the worth OF
it, Sailors are naturally mpro,iicot, but this advance
systen increases their mp,ovd nee ten-fold. Sweep
Z. entirely away, and msny-y's we believe the ma
iortyof our mariners would become sober and careful
men. With the necessity for sobriety and industry
thus forced upon them, they would soon begin TO re-
tpeot themselves and command the respect of others.
Without the advance we should have good men taking
the place of worthless men, and instead Of desertiOns
when one half the voyage was over, we should zee
good steady, married mep who nov work sloog shore,
90 out and return in our packesbips and stay by good
vessels and good officers wherever they were 70 be
found.
But this would not suit the shipowners FOR il would
cost them about az much again for wages; it would
not suit the captains, for they are part ovn'isi !.
would not suit the mates, for they would not make
their commissions on rev men 10 place Of the de
s.rters;" it would not suit the ConsulS for their fees
would not be so fat 1t would not suit the crmps and
landlords, for their gains would be gone; would not
suit the shipping agents here for their business woud
be destroyed it would not suit the wrctched sborons
who now palm themselves or able seamen, fof they
could rever 90 to sea again. and 80 il is more thsn
probable that the infamous system will continue to the
erd of time, or until IL wesu oH Of itsclf.