New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-15
cApTAlS WILLIAMSS LECTURES.
THOUSAND WHALEMEN
READY For TIE WAR.

READY FOR THE WAR.
Whatever doubts, arising from supposed errors CT
translation, may have existed relative to the ability
of the Whale comfortably to swallow Jonah, and of
Jonah to be swallowed comfortably by the Whale
and to hold the place Of Secretary OF the Interior Tor
the Spermaceti Department during several dAys.'
will be removed by an attendance at Hope Chapel,
No. 20 Broadway, to hear and TO see the illustrated
and Muscular Lecture of Captain Williams on the
Leviaihan hunt in the South Seas.
An eloquent writer has said: " He was bold
man who first went down to the sea in ships but he
WAS a holder who first battled for human rights.
If we add whaIe-catchng 10 the going-down to the
sea, we think the widest dream Of arch-courage
will not evoke anything more romautcaliy, nspir'
ingly, snperby bold, than to advance In the uny
boat with the slender lance upon the monster OF
monsters, to strike, to Kill, to capture 1t, ana 10
renee its remains subservien TO the grandes pnr-
poses Of civilizaton-in defying the black night and
shedding the uster Of day over the still, small hours
The American Eagle would shrek more melod-
ousy if his song were set ofener TO the yrennote Oh
S,aiistcs. What can compete with bis swoop in tue
South Seas when hamboyant fact bears him along
Such fact arched over tboss great waters while yet
the presence Of whales invited the heart and arm OF
New-Engand heroes to the trenchant task. For
when the united pride and strength Of Great Britain
and France only afforded some fourteen whale-sbps
all told the United States which means very neary
New.Eogland in this sense, displayed ak hundred.
Into the jaws Of death,
Into the mouth Of Tell
Rode the sI hundred
II you doubt the ultra peril OF whaling, 60 hear
and see the lecture of Capt Williams, in the base
ment of Hope Chapel now copsecIated to the world
and the esh-the devil being left out, for the present.
at least.
TIE motto Of Capt. Williams is quorum Par' In
detailing the marves and dangers Of the iar-oh
waters. The gallant Captain is the concentrated
eeseuee of the best specimen OF the Jack-lar' EA'
cept for a limited period required for his olrtn,
Grst dentition, and The acquisition Of Newengisb,
the Captain has spent his life on the far. waters
hnrpoonipg their oeaginous tribes lie ooks, fpeaks
and walks the sea. lie is the salt OF the earth. II
The Captain bad not been of Nantucket, where
whales are preferred to the regular drama, be would
probably have been stage-stiuck instead OF whale
struck for be has qualities for an actor. Not all the
hardening OF rough winds and exposures has stricken
from his epderms the mobility due the expression OF
tie hs,rionic man. lie acts out the wbaler. de has
the machinery less the whale and less the water, to
do 80.
On the stage there Is a whale-boat, provided with
harpoons. ropes, oars. sailors. The whole tragedy
and comedy of undertaking, not mared by blood
or coarseness are represented by the captain and bis
crew. They row; they throw out the line; they
strain at the OAR the comic sailor lad falls overheard
they harpo0n one wstery brute, and mics anotheri
they fall asleep with over-exeron the captain pre-
cedes and posteedes this practical display Of the art
by reciting dramatically, technical and romantic
matter connected with Il; and a series OF we'll
executed illuminated panoamas Of the magnificent
work of the wbaer and the magnificent proportions
Of tie whales pass before the spectator; while IN
seen musi,ia,s discourse sweet and applicable music
and verse; and 40 the moving picture comes to the
Island Of Queen Pomara. and the American fleet
looms on the scene the inevitable flag let fall before
the audience, and the inevitable "Star-Spangled
Banner stirs the Of the audience. The tIans-
parencies in question give clear views Of the subject
tie whale spouting blood as though ship were on
Gre and casting its flames into the heavens; or
branching up a boat and boat-load of heroes or
describing his vast arc of agony before he sleeps on
the bosom Of bis mother-water.
When the Spsrmaceti Captain recites in bis per-
Grafton the large truth that there are Twenty-Five
thousand Sons of New-England who have ex-
hausted the depths Of heroism in their leyiathsn
campaigns, and acting in, or ready for the war,
we feel the value of bis craft and calling: we feel
Lis art is no play, but work: great, vital work; that
of the country nourshing her sons in the strength,
and courage, and address, without which Liberty
and Unity cannot thrive and be enduring.