New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-07
.cRCELTTSS on BOAPD AMERICAN
SEfpS

The f,>nwoy "a a sreciA feco,, tor ths msasst,x
! nur'eh re usns+ of The Ly-rpeo: Spesety q
t'fr 0s g lie egfess pRirs.s ads ptst A, u.aiise
bed &C me i.h Fsbru.y. iS7.
= Ever s'ros the foundation cf tse IAvvrroa ~
coy o! tfenSs a tO'essnsss II Dsrp~s in 1851 tss
sits Lior ~ he Couues tas 'eteeieS, baeo 49,
10 tie stTt,rss Inflicted upon fcrec,e.. hv ~. az.
T. m IN scce IT some OF shs por.s Of tie Uui,si S,.
FER suppiy rg ire fuef'caa mercantile mario va
ssrrs ergo portion Of = e Co ~ the soc,ssv
bas teen led to toe eiie Of the victims Of tins ,va
sy-'sm.
,uSe and threatens such rspid ipcrssse that TIE Geo.
ui.tse Ccpsisr lbe sphere OF their action oasat
iop.er % h corfnsd 70 he grsntrg OF assistance 70
TIE fe,f-. tut hat L fss become their d-tv 70 A.
resi 20 ire AUTHORITIES e both couptres Ii tia hspe
ths s,ers may be taken TO attack the evil at its root
Hun 6rsds OF poor men OF al nations are ancusIly
css .ropg - ~ the carse ment Geo In AZ utterly
v-etchcd CO dtor 10, only deet ti'e at mocey ssA
cT'trg hHi tcc C;ffn 10 riped sfse OF hesh. ron
tie rtvorg ussgs thty received board the Ams<t-
csn verses Some OF them have teen earned oil ~
fcrIe er sgem leaving behind parents, wives soA
ohi'drfr o'te-s are entced BY the pnomise Of gneA
v~see ard The Eat msiori'y turned entirely
destitute 90 their arrival IN England.
Thee are grave obsrgrs. and the Society must q
course he ex-tc'ed 20 suhs'ans'e them with rAA
view the {, mmittce have extracted from heis boeks
st of cssss which they have examined curing the sSt
yeS; they amount II - ard sirce the beg lnning a
TIE tew ear thew have alrra6y hsd u oass Only
g O hese have SHIPPED Of their own accord. ~hile Ns
reusinrg 60 had been bruch, over sgsirst their ~
With two eycep,ors. ttcys oomplai-ed ~ having
hten i6pea,eoy ard grossy assaulted snd ~ resteA
cur'tg tie voyage ard The fact !hs. ~ Of them vas
Ctsr obliged their erivsl "a te sent 10 ths II &C.
rits az Otherwise receive medical asistarcs, ssfh'
GENTLY Corruboisiss the complaints
Al so';s ol nivsnces Il appears are resotte1 70
at Nv l'rk to obtain seamen for The Ameresa
packft flirs. for nstruce. The NevIok chipping
ssfrts advertise in Ersffh snd in German for yosng
utn who red rot hsvs been at sea before 10 yak
-. eek lab eis ~ fixed wsge-: under tho pretcxt
they se decoyed on end and vhen once there thcv
retained force. Others ergnge of their owa A.
co,d a. ordinary seamen, cooks. carpenters, NC, nat
ae Ike deceived others again src enticed info poe-
&c hsuses made drurk ard thus betrayed on board.
II ia on record that MANY have been offered work -
board stesu er 10 the river. 10 unload ships sa1
are thus prevailed upon TO step into email boat to -
carried on board. which caves thtm ~ Soon AZ thsy
ave Tut CT The deck OF the chip, where they ars resneA
fore b'y.
Among the applicants fo- relief there have sees
ccopeis carpenters cooks walters, Clerks, ans sot-
eeons who have been csued of 10 this netNious wsv
Very recn after they on beard they ere robbed a
oct Of their effects and there IL no redress TO be OBJ.
tanned their circumstances are laughed or answered.
by treatment. and The same means ae employees 70
force them TO 90 aot and TO DO sill that able seAnaa
are expected 10 do.
The cruetes which ale practiced upon thess per
unprotected men on beard these chips would be inc ed
be he'd they not been 81 late frequently confirmed by
tie ediues in the Liverpool Police Court but
fortunately IN redress for hese erocious assaults com
NIT 81 rpon the high seas there is no practical remedy
las been proved that Court that on bo,rd OF no
Ocean Monarch men bsve been forced to draw With
their teeth iron nails from the deck into which they
bad been dri, for that purpose to the deph OF I've
rCles That they had been compelled literally to lek
I'D the dust from the deck Of the csbn hoor; and &
The inquest he'd upon q Dutchman who bad been
beaten 10 death by the third mate and the boatswaa
of the Guy Msnnerirg the surgeon who made tho pee
mcrtem examination ceposed that the head pr ssnts1
an enormously Confused mass The face WA completely
battered in ard there were from 20 to W oontassa
wounds upon the feet legs, thighs, and back Ths
bCspits,s OF Liverpool record many instances of me
lsmc n.abe condition in which the majority Of tbess
yic,ims Of "a, oge ferocity are brought IN.
at nav pefhsps be pleaded in exteuuatios ttaf
thee sbip under fake pretenss. o. able ,esmse
and that phtn they found on board to be ONLY
lsrdimen the officers feel annoyed snd dhappontsd
that they give vent 20 their veHation IN ii-tresment
Although this would fern excuse whatever for ne
babarous Crueles prao.iced, yet even this VIII nN
avail for The shipping masters who are employed ~
the owreIs to procure crew, ana VINO must W sup
posed 10 enjoy and TO retain their csnsdsnce are per-
f.ctly OF the condition and the quslity OF tbs
mo. they engage at the wages OF from eco and 80
I,r montn Il or, over u IL stated IN recent osss
teed in the Liverpool Cour' that two Germans and .
FrencLnan wbs were dtcoyed On board Of the Abbott
Gelatin when The crew were mu'ieied on deck we're
objected 10 rot beisg on tho muster roll and we're
poIosed 20 be Mt shore the irrt mate ho~svsr,
pevenied this being DONE stating that he would rstAS
have these 'hres foreigners than three seamen already
On ne !0l 90 doubt thinking that the former wodl
troye The ehcsper men it being the Pfsodcs IN 81
Gees that have bsen brouga. pc'ore o,c,ety, "A.
eludng the one p quesios, TO turn OF such unsAopy
fellows on their sniVsl without paying them sny'hos.
OF the msny cases which have come under the NOTICE
Of he Society Il would be difficult to find any
that could have passed themselves of as sailors their
outward appearance rendering It impossible for tSe0
10 impose upon the pracced Judgment OF sesmsa ~
sbitpirg master.
It's however, but justce TO exonerste tho majority
OF the captains roIn Any participation in the actual i-
treatment. The hal been generally piac'ised by ths
na'es Soatsvsins, and crews.
" That srch system il frsught with the most dsa'
getous c'rseqn.Loes to the shipping interest must 30
elf evittnt-tp incompetent will always On.
dsDger the safety Of q veesel-but II Is in bshAn a
hun sny that the society have taken up this subject
and in behalf they plead forciby, earnestly, and
mems for putting an end TO system which by IL
bsrbsity and cruelty must prove thgraoe 70
civilized nature. BY order Of he committee,
~. PRAS0E, Vice PIssdest.
" EDMUND PlC1ET, Hon SIC
"su Thous.s Bufdinss Liverpool"