The Nevada journal., 1858-02-12
WHOLE NUMBER 397

learned from the following extract from
the Rev. Mr.. Taylor's "Seven Years
Preaching in San Francisco" This
book gives some graphic descriptions of
the wrongs perpetrated on the sailor:
When the sailors bill at the boarding
house runs up 10 cover the advance"
the landlord says to him, Jack, you
must ship" =
Il won't do it," says Jack. 81
'You shall do it; you owe me a hum
dred dollars, and you must either pay
me to-day or go to sea in the ship Chal.
lenge." f
80, 1 don't want to go to sea yet"
says Jack.
80, well, never mind" says the land.
lord "you're a clever fellow, and you
may stay at my house as long as you
please, and pay me when you get ready.
Come, let's take a drink"
Jack, very glad to be on such good
terms with the landlord, walks up to the
bar, and drinks to the health of his mas
ter, In ten minutes he is as insensible
as log. When he recovers from his
mysterious sleep he is out of sight of
land He is awakened by stern COM
mand:
Wake up here, and 60 to work !"
The poor fellow, rubbing his eyes,
inquiries:
"What ship is this Whittier boundl"
"Hong Kong"
Glow did get here ?"
why, you shipped, sir" says the
master
Il never shipped in this ship"
Eyes, you did, sir, and you must go to
work without any more gIumbling," re.
plies the captain, sternly.
II want to see the articles" says the
sailor.
"Well, sir, here they are. What is
your name 2'
''My name is John Waters"
''There ii is, written on the articles in
two places, once by the landlord, and
once by the shipping master"
81 never signed those articles" re-
plies John.
"No," replies the master, "you were
too drunk to write your name, but there's
your mark"
John puts his hand to his head and
studies moment, and says: ri want
my advance before | go to work; how
much was l to get p
"One hundred and twenty-five dollars
for the run, paid in advance" replies
the captain, "and here's your account
from the shipping office; your bill with
the bt arding master took one hundred
dollars, leaving me twenty five, which
he handed me TO give you when you get
sober"
John takes the twenty-five dollars
and goes to work. "But you ask what
did the landshark give to the sailor to
take away his senses so suddenly :"
1t was compound of whisky, brandy,
gin, rum and opium, which, if man
drinks, he sinks into the lethean stream
for dozen hours.
But the kidnappers practice not alone
on seamen. Here is a case from the
same volume
A landlord, lacking man to make up
a crew, met German glazier on Long
Wharf, with pack of glass on his back,
and said to him:
"Hie, my good fellow, don't you want
a job 2"
Yes, sir.'
81 want you," said the sharp, 'to put
some glass in the stern of that ship"
pointing to ship in the stream Jump
into my boat here, and III take you on
board"
SO off they went. As the German sat
in the tern of the boat, much pleased
with the prospect of a good job, the
shark said to him, "Will you have CT
gar, sir p
"Yes."
SO the glazier sat and puffed away as
he used to do in his Faderlan, but be-
fore they reached the ship he tumbled
over in the bottom of the boat The
shark threw his pack of glass into the
bay and running alongside, hailed-"On
deck there lower away and haul up
this man - A rope was lashed around
him and he was hauled up. The shark
ran into the captains office, saying,
captain, I've got a first rate sailor
here; he's little boozy to-day, but he'll
be all right tomorrow )" and got his
advance. The poor German wahed up
at sea, with longer job than he had
engaged for, and the worst of the bust
ness he must not only work for nothing
but be kicked and euffed through the
whole voyage for having the presump-
ton to impose himself as an able sea
man, when he knew nothing about the
business. The cigar was d,ugged.
On ore occasion shoemaker stepped
to the bar to take a drink, and walked
up the next day at sea, and did not get
back to his business for nine months.
A FIx.-The other day. as Chang
and Eng, the Siamese twins, were going