Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-19

suSance clerk said, Wills standinE on
= South street pier the other oAJ.
looking 1t The fierce countensnce OF
the deurshe4d Of the Eastern Mon
arch, loading for Nelb0urne ny
business has. Ia one way aud another.
brought 9 good many 70 my notice.
Men who own ships have the tame
characteristics - others, probably,
bat they hare q better opportunity TO
exhibit them TO the world For In
stance. there ID the bark Ascenzione,
formerly the Resurrexione- She
was built 81 Proseds, and 10 own
ed by Sig. Galat0IA Of Naples The
Immaculate Conc<xione Is owned by
Sig. de Naunzs Of Sestri. II You
could zee 9 parade Of ships which
beay such names - Queen Of Scots.
Centurion, Crusader, III. Carmel. Pal
essine, and the saints Of every name
and degree Of holiness, you would
find the Italian red. white and gresu
flag, With . white cross In the center,
gould lead all the rest, and the Span
ish yellow and the French tricolor
would follow.
The ships of the more vigorous
seafaring nations show much less pi-
ETY. across their sterns. IL New Eng
land. and 10 old England, for the mat
ter Of that, the young men who we're
In the old times born With weakly
constitutions were educated for the
ministry. and the young toughs were
sent to sea This seemed TO have
worked well for commerce. 10
America there grew up, one might
say, class Of ships which, bore the
names OF the Conquerer. ME Chai-
lenge. the Sovereign of the Seas. the
Perseverance,, and that old fsvorite,
the Dreadnaught. There are ships
afioat now of similar names. bat they
are reminiscences--namcd inmemcry
of the merchant marine we once had.
The pride and enterprise that once
dictated the names Of the American
ships seem 10 have departed forever.
lone OF the feelings whish govern
the naming Of ships nowadays Is the
hope Of gain by fiattery.> Without
mentioning the fleets that have been
named for men who were supposed
to be mere or less able TO put cargoes
into the new hulls, you would be as.
tonished, think, 10 see The number
of foreign Americas that hsunt our
ports. There are four foreign steam
ships. one foreign schooner, two for
eign briggs, six foreign barks, and
three foreign full-rigged ships with
that name across their stems. This
does not include the Americans, the
North Americas, and other yaria.
tons OF the same name. No other
country can boast as many foreign
namesakes. India PROBABLY comes
next In the list Where patriotic
feelings control the British, theiI
British Empires, Briiish Queens
Great Britains, and 30 on, take the
lead Hope of gain and loveaf home
place the names of unnumbered towns
and cities on vessels Of every rig
There Is not settled port ia thu
world that has not at leSst one vesse
named for IL, and many, like New
York. have several.
Merchants Of literary accomplish
ments or tastes, MANS their ships
Charles Dickens, Guilty, Sark, Lore
MacauIay, Don Quixote, Falstaff
Ivanhoe and Don Juan. II theil
taste has special bent 10 ancient his
tory, they entwine q serpent amonl
the golden letters of Cleopatra, OF
they call their ships Hannibal, or lie
onidas, or Patrician Others take Il
drama. The old Collins line O
steamships grew out of what wa
known as the Dramatic line oTLiver
pool packets, but now the Fam,
Davenport, the Prima Donna, tn,
Rhea, and the Rialto are alongside o
some dirty pier while sweaty long
shoremen are h'istin' the cargo int,
'em.
Ship captains are astronomer
through necessity. and consequently
under the taffrails OF no cad Of ship
are Sunbeams,. and Moonbeams, an,
Stars, aud Comets. and the Pleiades
but no Nebuia. There Is a ship Bore
alis, however. Hero worship pre-
duced the Ericssons. the Farraguts
the Garibaldis, an the Andrew JACK
sons; but what produced the Ruthe
ford b. Hayes Is past finding out
The Garfield Is Liverpool shil
launched In 1882, but probably nam
ed when her keel was laid the yea
before. when President Gastield haC
just died This brings into considera
ton contcmporaneous history. TIL,
Volunteers were launched fTequentl,
during the recent war OF tire rebel
lion. and the Loyal was another pop
ular name. This cause nSmed th,
Balaklava and the Gettysburg, but |
was no doubt an unprejudiccd Low,
of pluck that named the Thermopyl@
A Quaker probably owned the Peace
maker.
:" Ii there was not genuine love o
the sea Ia the breasts of manY mel
the American foreign marine woulS
have long since wholly disappeared
Lindsay In his history speaks of the
pride which snipowners take In thei
ships and their business. Some owr
the Flying Cloud. the Spray. III,
Wave, the Cutwater, the Revolvins
Light. the Foam, the Mermaid, ami
the Sea Serpent. Some men " hSs ar,
OF romantic turn have named shei
ships Cleaning sud Charmer. AkiI
to these are the names Minnehaha
Hiawalha, Border Chief, IroQuoSs
Mohawk, and Red Jacket. The geo
graphical names are plenty aud .nsu
ally appropriate. The oceans gnsfs
bays. capes, rivers, lakes, etc. are Al
represented. The lords, ladies'. nar
quIses, the clans OF Great Britain
aud the counts, princes, AID prin
ceases are freely remembered TIL,
one feature Of American ships is In
iiuence of home on the names. Tn,
mothers. wives, aud sweethearts. o
New England have Travelled In nam,
from the Ice of the North 10 the ice o
The South. and have crossed ever,
sea and entered every inlet and an
chored In every harbor of the world
Nearly one half the American sailin,
vessels bear the name Of womes
There Is no name In the female cats
logue that has not graced ship. |
was Senator Frye. l think. wher
speaking on that section OF the Dins
| ley bill which permits owners to>cn
roll or register vessels as haiiiIg from