Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-15
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with Two Ot4A sea % Ouu HtNetteE
and Asa MOstcr- iiih whom Il had some
a u.liEht aoquhintanoe. CePtaip Streetsr was
about thrspecpre, and had followed the sea
most Of bis life. Morton was oonslderably
young q, ,-tait still 3 -sseman Of much eXPer-
ieRoe, HThe subject Of abolition Of logging
in our navy came up in course Of converts
t0n, and Captain Morton expressed him
self decidedly in favor Of that time-honored
institution, The cat-O'nfne tails.
az an NOT prepared to say" remarked
Captain streeter, in reply, " that the cona
dillon 81 our man-of-Wars-men will be IN
overy cese benefited BY the abolition Ct
aorFinr. though an sure II might be SO.
I mean shat the officers have Il in their
power to do away with al kinds Of punish
ment mean, Of course for such offences
e are usually punished On ship. p.bOard."
gFer ny part 2 said Merton, ] shouldn't
cars e fake command Of q ship, II the
power a punishing refractory sesmen as
theught most proper were taken from
mens ar
aWslln said Captain slreeter, al used
% think just so. In fact, there we're but
fen masters more passionate or severe than
/ Was. Men used 10 run away from me,
and On more than one ooossion my life has
besn IN danger from the violence Of men
whom had abused. used the cat and
the ropes end almost Is freely as used
my tongue and I used % wonder how
had the luck to get such bad men in my
employ.
dWhen / was about forty years Of age I
took command Of the ship Petersham. She
vas an old craft and had seen full as much
- - annfuaw grrsFk
safety. But her owners were willing 10
trust valuable cargo in her, 90 wouldn't t
rsfnse to trust myBelf WeWere bound to
Liverpool, and nothing unusual happened
Until about the eighth day out, when We
ran foul Of q small iceberg. Il was nearly
In the morning, before sunrise, and not
above six or eight feet Of ioe were above
TIE water, II having nearly ell been melted
In the warm waters Of tie Gulf Stream. I
did not think We had sustained much in
jury, for the shock was light; but was
gYlEy snEry snd gave the lookout q severe
hrashing without stepping to inquire
Whsfher he could have seen the iceberg in
sine 10 escape it.
aNy cabin-boy was named Jack With
fsfe. BE vas fourteen years Of age, and
this was his first voyage. had taken
him from his widowed mother, and had
promised her that would see him well
treated-thst was, il be behaved himself
soon made myself believe that be had an
awful disposition. fancied that he was
site most stubborn piece of humanity had
ever come ACROSS. made up my mind he
had never been properly governed, and re-
solved TO break him in. I told him I'd curb
his temper before had done with him. In
reply be told ne might kill him If liked;
and hogged him with the end Of the miE-
sen-top gallant halliRrds till be could hard
u yBtsnd. ] naked him if be had got
enough, and be told me might fog him
more i'll wished it. ! felt 6 strong inclin-
stion to throw the boy overheard, but at
that moment he staggered back against the
niEEen-mast from absolute weakness, and
I lsit him to himself When reasoned
calmly sbout the boys disposition, was
forced to sokdoWledeo that he was the
smsriest and most faithful lad l had ever
seen. When asked him 10 do anything
~ would Be of like q rocket; but when I
roughly ordered him to do it, then came the
disposition with which found fault.
H0ne day when it was very near noon,
l spoke to him, and told him to 70 below
and bring up my quadrant. he was look
ing over The qHarter.rsil, and knew he
o. not hear ne, and the next tine Espoke,
I ripped out an cath, and intimated If he
did not move would help him.
90 didn't hear ye,' he said, in an inde-
pendent tone. .
@'No words said L
"tI s'pose I can speak he retorted,
moving slowly towards the companion
way. ttsfa EEh@
"His looks, words, and the slow, care
less manner in which he moved, fred me
IN moment and I grasped him by the
cellar.
"'speak to me like that again and I'll
fog yOu within an inch Of your life
BaidL ... ~
issYou can hog sway he replied, firm
and Undaunted IS 9 rock. r,-e
And did hog him. I caught up the
end Of rope, and beat him until my arm
fairly sohed; but he never WINGED.
90 HoW's that p said I.
SO There's little more life in me you'd
better hog out, was the reply.
And beat him again. ] beat him until
he sank from my hand against the rail;
and then I sent one Of my men for my
quadrant. When it came and I had adjust
"a i for ny obserVstioT, found the sun
wa already past the meridian, and that
was too lste. This added fuel 10 the fire Of
ny madness, and quickly seizing the lad
by the collar, led him 20 the main hatch.
way, and had the hatch taken of. I then
thrust him down and BWore I would keep
HIN there ti1 his stubborness was broken.
The hatch Was then put on and went into
the cabin suffered good deal that af-
tornoen, not with any computations for
what had done, but With my own temper
and bitterness. It made me mad to think /
that ! could not conquer that boy-that 1 /
could not break down his cool stern oppo-
Gition. HBut IWin do II, said to myself /
'fby the heavens above me, PIl starve him /
into L, or he shall die under the opera
tion.H
After supper vent to Che hatohWsy, and |
called to him, but he returned no answer,
% ] clesed the hatch and vent away. At /
ten o'clock I called again, and again, got /
no answer. I might have thought that the /
hogging had taken away his senses, had |
not SONS Of Tie men assured me that they /
had heard him, not an hour before, talking |
70 himself did not trouble him again /
unt1 morning. After breakfast went 10 |
ths hstohWsy and called cut to him again. |
heard nothing from him, nor could see |
Mm--l had not seen him since put him |
down there. I called out several times but
he would not reply--and yet the same men
told me they had heard him talking that
very morning. He seemed to be calling on
thsm fOr help, but be would not ask for me.
! meant to break him into it. aHe'u beg
before hs'n starve," thought, and 90 de-
tsrmined to let him stay there. supposed
he had crsEled forward 10 the foreoastIe
bulkheEd, in order 70 make the sailors hear
them. Some Of the men asked leave TO
90 down and look for him, but refused.
threstened 20 punish tie frst nan that