The New York herald., 1867-03-06

has been robbed OF his last dollar in single night OF
wild reveL But thare older and wiser tars whose
expeuence has taught them not to risk their all IN this
fashion Many OF these on arriving from long voy-
age, place the greater portion Of their In the
hands OF the captain OF the police precinct IN which
Their dwelling place is located start on for iolihca-
tion" with $40 TO mark the extent OF their bacchana
Ian Indulgence or this they expect to spend - and
the remaining 80 they expect 10 he stolen Clerymen,
too have been known to at least tacty at nus
tce 70 the seaman. 0fen Il happens that while on
srk" some one Of them viii be led before the minis
ter, and when Jack gets sober he dnds 10 his
nsionshnent that he has been united in
indlssoluble bonds with some brazen belle OF
the Water street dance cellars. In this way woman
notorious in the Fourth ward under the Of lack
Bess has been united to nine sailor husbands all or
whom she robbed, obtaining from the latter, while he
was intoxicated all Of his savings in the hank amount
ing 10 ! sl30O, and, when brought before the police
refusing hs to give up ro rhnS h .s S ra as
the wife of the man whom, IL was claimed she had
robbed OF course there was no redress for the vctm
VINO was only too glad TO go to sea again 70 escape me
The character of the dealing with and for saors
may be learned from statement Of few Of their trans
actions Only week ago well-to do farmer from
Herkimer county who had never in his life seen salt
water before coming TO New York at that time fell into
the hands OF boarding house keeper who drugged and
conveyed him TO a shipping masters office. where no
unconscousy signed the necessary articles ana sent
aboard OF vessel. He first awakened to realiza
ton Of his predicament by hearing the rough voice
Of the mate ordering him to turn out, and
feeling the blows Of knoted rope ayM, which
ders in the hands Of that worthy. In another case
with wooden leg shipped first class sea.
man, but in getting over the bulwarks, the cripple was
detected in hoisting over his timber 'spropr and
Immediately put ashore by the captain OF course the
sSps5 Was psd hsn rate fr Of this his % e
vessels bound for Liverpool, incompetent to per-
form the duties Of ableboded seamcn having been kid
mapped, oisted the contracting parties through
the trickery OF shippers.
At New Orleans matters better than here.
helpless state Of ntoxcation and thrown into his bunk
10 awake at sea- and expected to perform duty which
never before devoved on him and of whose details he has
not perhaps, the slightest practical knowledge
There Is call for at New Orleans until the
sci has been gotten the BAR when the shippers take
advantage OF the hasty completion OF the details OF
rangement for the start 10 make mp the complement
with the first men who may come TO hand reeardng
nothing that may control their conduct in doing, but
the chance OF the greatest profit
On late voyage OF the ship John Calhoun from the
port in question 1t alleged that corpse was shipped
and placed in bunk being counted and paid for as
able bodied man. II only after the vessel had got
ten well ont at sea, ana the mate attempted TO summon
the slunbcrng portion OF the crew. that this fact was
discovered and close examination OF the body and its
dress confirmed the belief that the man had died before
being placed on board.
still and Of frequent aud rroDaby
no legislative action result in the entire alevia
or their woes inasmuch as the sailor himself from his
fear Of long and tedious confinement in the house OF
detention, Is TO making formal complaints against
those who prey on & h s The allowed "a charge 0 ,or
but in some Of them. however. the charges
have been known to run as high, lately, as
for the most contracted sleeping accommodations and
the very meanest fare In ono room in n boarding
house in the Fourth ward there sleeping accommo
dations for twenty seepers two being expected to
cupy each small bed.
A sailors profits are not very large Wow Of the
Of labor he does aud be rarely has very large
IN his pockets. After returning from very long
voyage, however, and receiving tho accumulated com
pensaton for several years labor the contrary often
the His port dues twenty cents per month and
hospital dues nifty cents while mates pay 81 50 yet il
sailor he taken sick while ashore after his discharge
from tho vessel In which he has served neither hospital
amshouse will receive him unless he pay his board
willie there The port dues collected from sailors amount
according to late computation about $50 600 year.
OF which So 900 paid over to the City Hospital for
the support of seamcn; but but those taken i'll
sh pboard allowed the benefit OF this provison and
the baAee OF collected accounted for
any way that would show that 1t accrues to the benefit
oi sailors individually or aciass. 1ssa4 sliis--4
Tho remedy for the ns:res OF tho seaarng class may
not owing The great disadvantages under which ph
anthropsts in this cId must necessarily laOor be within
the probability OF consummat0n by the action of any
legislative body, yet by prompt efforts this direction
the pcrslstcnt preyng of the s'sbarks poor Jack
Do made matter Of danger those engaged In 1t
aud less prsitnbie than present hauv keepcrs Of
sailor boarding houses have accumulated fortunes
through openly swindling sailors, aud their success in
duccs others 10 commit daily outragcs In the hope
OF acquiring speedily wealth without labor Il this royal
road 70 fortune bc made less smooth and more u0com
Portable for its travellers tho difficulty will no remedied
part at least